I'm thrilled to say that we are in a good place. All big purchases that need to be purchased (because they take a whopping 8 weeks to show up!) are ordered, nursery is coming along, and classes are scheduled.
Weight check: up ... gulp ... 18 pounds. oh dear Lord.
Belly width: 40 inches (up 12 inches, cripes!)
2nd trimester wrap up!!
So everyone told me "The 2nd trimester is the best! You're not nauseated anymore, you're not uncomfortable yet, the baby starts lightly kicking you" ... well um not quite. for me anyways. haha. I started to feel "better" on a more regular basis maybe around 21 weeks. But, "better" sadly didn't equate to great and each day still has some tough times in it. (And not to sound like a sour Sally but if you're not constantly throwing up everyone thinks you're awesome ... I would argue it's even harder getting through the day when you're still feeling icky but everyone thinks that because you're walking and talking you're perfectly fine and shouldn't be complaining. Living with constant nausea and choking back puke in your mouth everday is hard people! Be nice to pregnant people!) Thank gosh my doctors keep refilling my zofran prescription ;)! I still gotta take a pill, almost daily, but I have more better hours than bad ones and (as you can tell!) am eating so heeey success!! As far as comfortability, I heard you weren't supposed to be uncomfortable until well into your third trimester. Not so much. I've been pretty uncomfortable for a while now. haha. The little man likes to crawl up into my the tops of my ribs and hang out there and I can constantly feel this stretching of my belly, like the baby's trying to get out but has no room so is pushing my skin out. Also makes its extremely difficult to find a position to sleep in. I'm exhausted. Boo. And those little kicks? Man, this kid is an animal! He kicks all over my stomach all day long. I love knowing that's he ok in there but my God child, sometimes you are so not helping my nausea. Though all this kicking makes me soo anxious to see him lying in his crib kicking his little feetie in the air :)
So all in all, not the ideal 2nd trimester, but hey! it's over and wer're that much closer to getting to hold the little sweetheart! A small price to pay for such a great gift :)
On the productivity side, the 2nd trimester left us in an awesome place. I actually just look at my to do list and sigh. Nothing I can cross off soon because nothing that has to be done yet! Just playing the waiting game! The furniture is built and the glider is ordered, but until the glider arrives we can't put up shelving or decor because we're not quite sure where the chair is going to end up going and Scott doesn't think it's amusing to move shelves around the room once he puts them up on the wall :) So we have to wait for that. I put a whole lot of baby clothes (ohmygosh he has a lot already and we have 2 showers still!) in the crib, but didnt take off any tags or wash any yet because I have no idea what is going to fit him yet :) But don't worry, just because they're in the dresser doesn't mean that I don't go in there everyday and go through them, just to look at them and smile :). I want to put the stroller together, but then I'll just want to take it for walks and I'll look kinda silly. (And, it may never stop raining!) so that's still in the box. Sigh. We start birthing classes and cpr classes next month. (Yes then I may actually have to start facing the fact that the baby has to get out of me somehow, a fact I've chosen to ignore for the time being!) I'm currently on the hunt for a little white lamp with a green shade (pottery barn has the perfect one on sale but stupid pottery barn is stuck up and their white does not match real white and I'm not sure how I feel about things not matching correctly, we'll see how desperate I get) but if you've seen a cute one, give me a heads up people! I'll post pictures of the nursery once its done but here's some sneak peeks till then!
Stay tuned for more pictures of a finished nursery to come!! :) And celebrate with me, tomorrow = 80 days till due date!! Piece of cake!! (mmm that sounds good ...)
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