Sooooo.......it's been a while......how bout we just pretend like that whole 3 month plus hiatus never happened and pick up where we left off shall we?
If you haven't heard, we're having a baby! The blog is a little late to the party considering I only have about 3 months left (crazy!). I'm still having a hard time wrapping my brain around the idea that I get to be a Mom....we had been waiting and waiting for this to happen for sooooo long that it's kind of hard for my little brain to change from the mind set of "I want a baby" to "I'm HAVING a baby!"....ahhh those are beautiful words!
This little boy Smith (we're having a boy by the way!! wooot!) has been having quite the growth spurt since Thanksgiving. I think all that turkey must have been a jump start to his system or something because I feel like we're growing so fast!
I was pretty nauseous for the first trimester but it wasn't anything that a bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit from McDonalds couldn't fix. Eating one for breakfast was the only way I could be guaranteed a nausea free day, very strange especially considering how healthy I was eating before getting pregnant...all healthy eating was out the window! No green smoothies or almonds would touch my lips for the next few months....when you feel sick you do what works I guess. Most of my second trimester was awesome! I felt great, was sleeping a full 8-9 hrs a night straight through, and got my appetite back which was great. Sadly that wonderful streak only lasted a couple months and I've moved on to the "uncomfortable" phase....the baby seems to have a penchant for squeezing off an important blood vessel because sitting down longer than 10 min., and laying down on any side but my left, are no longer relaxing or comfortable.....aaahhhh the days of sleeping on my back, how I miss those.... He also seems to have Joel's appetite because my body now REQUIRES me to get up at least twice a night to eat. I have never experienced anything like it, I wake up with a pounding heart and a horrible feeling in my stomach that will not go away until I've had my protein fix. Caaarazy..... thank goodness there is a cure for all these maladies called childbirth :).
Despite these not so fun things, I know things could be much much worse and the fact that we get a baby at the end of all this more than makes up for any discomfort. We feel so blessed to be looking forward to our little baby arriving and are so thankful for all the prayers and fasting done by our family and friends, it really is a miracle.
Weeks 17-20
