Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Baby Wisely: Week 14


How far along? 14 weeks

Best moment this week: Being able to walk around work not worrying about hiding my belly!

Miss anything yet? Starting to miss wine a bit more. Poor wine... I hope it still knows how much I love it.

Movement: Nope

Food cravings: Still cereal. Moving from Honey Bunches of Oats to Special K with strawberries. Yay, variety!

Anything sounding disgusting? Still treacherous chicken.

Showing yet? Belly is definitely making a point. Easier to button the pants, harder to disguise the higher bump that is happening. I think baby is starting to outweigh the cereal!

Gender prediction: Still sticking with 'the bean' only at this point! Everyone I talk to has different advice to predict; mostly all of it contradicts one another. Chinese gender chart says it's a girl (obviously, so accurate I might as well start painting the nursery).

Sleep? When I'm not waking up in the middle of the night to tinkle, just filled with crazy dreams, and a very early bed time.

Belly button situation? Getting shallower.

Clothing situation? Bought a few shirts with some more 'give' in the middle, much more comfortable!

I'm generally feeling: Super energetic! Forgot to mention: in the first trimester, I had about two weeks or morning sickness (or rather, 'just feeling awful/nauseous/hungover the entire day' sickness), then have been feeling super awake/sharp/happy most all of the times. Still down for an after dinner power nap at about 7pm every day.

Looking forward to: Finishing compiling our two rooms! Our house is a bit of a mess at the moment. We agreed the office would be the best spot for the nursery, but that means a whole lot of stuff. Fitting into a room with a whole lot more other stuff. One closet emptied; one guest bed disassembled; one scope out session at Ikea to find some better storage solutions. Let's hope the energy keeps up so we can keep things going!












Baby Wisely: Week 13

I have never been a fan of having my picture taken, but I figured if there was one time in my life to hush up and deal with it, it would be now. I think pregnancy is absolutely fascinating-- why not document it, right? So here goes-- week 13, and only looking slightly concerned!


I also like the idea about being able to look back at this one day, so I'm going to try and answer a few questions each week. Here goes!

How far along? 13 weeks

Best moment this week: We had already told close friends and family, but best moment this week was definitely telling our co-workers/rest of the world, too!

Miss anything yet? Being able to grab a sandwich just because it looks good. Dang listeria.

Movement: Nada.

Food cravings: Cereal. So much cereal.

Anything sounding disgusting? CHICKEN. Ug.

Showing yet? Showing baby? Nope. Showing cereal bloat? Yup.

Gender prediction: Not a clue. All baby is telling me is that it'd like more cereal. I'm happy to oblige.

Sleep? Very happily ready to go to sleep at about 7pm.

Belly button situation? In-- but surprisingly more shallow than normal.

Clothing situation? BeBand is my new friend. Super bloat-fighter.

I'm generally feeling: In denial! It still all feels a bit unreal.

Looking forward to: Finding out the gender! Very awkward to refer to the bean as an 'it'. I feel like we're giving it (ahem) a complex already.













News of the Biggest Sort.

We are having a baby! I can hardly believe it. Bryan and I have been so excited to be parents for quite awhile now, and are so excited to finally share our news with the world. We were able to tell our families during Christmas, which was incredible special. We are already so excited to meet our little bean we can hardly stand it!