Twenty-Four

I’m a little late with my update this week, but only because I’ve been so busy! ‘Nesting’ has totally taken over my life. My eyes are transforming into Mommy eyes, which means that I see things that I haven’t ever seen before. I actually took an old tooth brush and scrubbed my cabinet doors in the kitchen, focusing on the little nooks and cranies of the cabinet lip. Every time I open a window, I’m instantly disgusted by the dirt build up and have to give it some instant attention. I even took a sponge and cleaned the little valleys that lay between the walls and the trim. Opening closets in my house is quite dangerous right now because it’s just a constant reminder that I need to go through and re-organize everything inside. Oh, and Glen definitely feels my wrath when I use the mop on the floor and he instantly drags dirt in the house. I end up on my hands and knees with a paper towel following him around. Mommy eyes have taken over my life so much, that I look around the house and all I see is a never ending pile of things to do. I guess that most pregnant women go through this; or I have to believe that any way to justify my crazy. The thought behind everything is that I want my baby to arrive in the safest, cleanest, happiest home possible and I’ll do anything to ensure that it happens. Is the baby going to care that the wall behind the garbage can has a food particle splashed on it? Or that the couch has a collection of crumbs hiding beneath its cushions? Of course not! But, for some reason I care.

I feel big….really big. I know that people probably look at me and think that I look small. Actually today, I’m wearing a black and white floral shirt, which is really cute but it kind of makes me feel like a cow…with giant utters. It’s really weird; shirts that I thought that would last me my entire pregnancy are growing tight and getting shorter. I’ll be lucky if some of them last me another month. If I’m walking around too much, like if I’m cleaning or shopping, my stomach starts to feel very hard and heavy. My baby is only a little over a pound and I just don’t understand how I could be feeling so heavy. The weight is starting to come on a little faster now and it’s getting a little challenging lifting myself up off the floor by myself.

This week is the first week I saw my baby move. It was pretty amazing and a little creepy at the same time. I was laying on my back in bed one morning and I just saw poking at my stomach. It kind of reminded me of the scene in Spaceballs where the alien is busting through the woman’s skin. Feeling and seeing the baby move is my absolute favorite part about being pregnant. I know I always say that, but it just makes me so happy when I feel or see him move. I know that he’s in there safe and warm.

At this point in my pregnancy, my cravings have gone away (for the most part). There is nothing that I HAVE TO HAVE RIGHT NOW! I’m a little bit more flexible although earlier this week I just had to have a pint of chocolate chip cookie dough for dinner. My body is naturally craving fruits and vegetables. Things I used to love such as chocolate, sweets and candy are no longer appealing to me. I’m often weary about eating red meat as well. I mostly stick with chicken or seafood. I thinks it’s pretty cool that my body is telling me what I should and shouldn’t eat. I also notice that if I get too hot that I get a little queasy and if I’m around a chemical or cleaner, I’ll start to sneeze. Pretty cool, huh?

I attached some pictures from my company’s annual meeting showing off my bump!