The crazy lady

Have you ever been out somewhere and someone feels the need to jump in to your conversation and share their wisdom with you? And then you're left thinking, "Okay crazy person, I did not invite you into this conversation.". Well, Meet the crazy lady! Last weekend Aaron and I were at our new super cool Target store. We were walking by the maternity section and this woman was holding up the best maternity product ever- the Bella band- like she was debating about whether to get it or not. At that moment something came over me and I felt the need to chime in. So I said, "I'd go with a small size, they run kind of big."

At this point the couple turn and stare at me (with afore mentioned crazy lady look) and ask, "Oh, do you have one." And I continue, "Oh yes, I have three- one in every color. But they kind of run small and they aren't as tight ad thick as the ones you can buy online..." on and on and on.

Finally I turn to leave and I realized, "Oh my gosh! I am a crazy lady!"

I caught up to Aaron who was practically running in the opposite direction from me and I said, "I was just that crazy lady wasn't I?" To which he gave me a sympathetic- more like pathetic- look.

I asked him, " Why didn't you stop me? Grab my arm and pull me away?!"

He replies, "I didn't know what you were doing and by the time I realized it, it was too late so I just tried to run as far away from you as possible."

We had a good laugh about it in the end. But I wonder- what possessed me?! Every time I see another pregnant woman I feel the need to go up and talk to her. I want to know how far along she is, and how she's doing, etc. However, as great as this need is- I've always been able to suppress it. ( the one time I DID talk to a fellow prego, I told her I was 12 months preg. instead of 12 weeks preg.- I'm sure she thought I was crazy too!) Still don't know what came over me. I am blaming the pregnancy hormones- they are some crazy things!

The picture is of me at 18 weeks. It's a little cheating 'cause my pants have an extra waistband- but you can see a definite increase from week 12! Getting harder to hide this baby! Now that I look at the picture- I'm realizing how messy my kitchen is- please don't judge! We're getting ready to move!

clumsy

Monday morning I was walking to my classroom and I tripped and fell. Thankfully, I landed on my knee and hands not my tummy. I was fine, but it really scared me. I am so clumsy it doesn't take much for me to trip. I still made a call to my dr. and heard the heartbeat that day to make sure everything was okay. I don't like this part of pregnancy. I am also thankful that God gave me the words I needed to relieve my fears. Just the night before in my Beth Moore bible study we were talking about fear. She gave us two verses to read when Satan used fear to get to us. I was so glad to have those verses as a reminder on Monday. God is so good!

I had more energy today (maybe it was the decaf Starbucks, ice cream and cookies I ate) and was able to work out even more than normal. It felt SO great to have energy again! Hopefully this energy stays around! I have a house to pack and a week to get it done! I've been meaning to post an updated pregnancy pic- I will do that soon.

Have you seen my brain?

This baby is sucking all my brain! Today was my evaluation at work. I was nervous- like I always am. I wanted my lesson to be perfect I wanted to bring my "A game". Well, that is pretty hard to do when you're pregnant. I feel like I'm going crazy. Like I can't think or speak right anymore. I can't count the number of times my kids have said, "You just said this..." And I am like, "I did? I didn't mean that. I meant to say this." I would think they were lying to me except it happens SO often! And spelling- I can't spell anymore- it's not that I've lost my spelling ability. It's that instead of spelling snake, I spell snack. Or I spell Speech s-p-e-a-c-h. What is going on? I think my lesson went well today, but there's no telling if I said something wrong! I wouldn't even know- or remember saying it.

It's not just happening at work either- it's at home too. We are buying a house right now- we close in two weeks. Well, I am absolutely NO help with anything house or moving related. Too tired to pack, and I can't use my brain either. I am certain that we are using an escrow company in town- we had a 10 min. discussion with our lender about it- only to find out last night that our escrow comp. is out of town. It is really scaring me! What am I forgetting that I can't remember I'm forgetting? Yikes! I feel like I'm going crazy!

It's a GIRL!!

I don't have a pic. yet but I had to post anyway. I can't believe it. When the technician told us I think my exact words to her were, "You're lying". I don't think she appreciated that, but I had totally convinced myself that it would be a boy. I'm still in shock. I think Aaron was in shock too. We are soooooo excited! We got to see her hiccuping today and yawn. That was SO SWEET! We got to see all the fingers and toes and little feet. Awww!!! the little feet were enough to do me in. I am so in love with her! I can't wait to kiss those little feet! Isn't it amazing! I am LOVING this!

almost 16 weeks

Aaron's niece Audrey. Isn't she SOOO cute?

At his grandma's funeral.

I will have a very exciting post come Friday when we find out the sex of the baby. For now, I will update you on what's been going on. We had a great time seeing family in Colorado, even under the bad circumstances. It was actually a very relaxing trip. Last Saturday I entered a 6 mile race with some friends. It was SO hard! People kept passing me and I was SO SLOW! I was pretty mad when I finished. I just kept thinking, if it's this hard at 15 weeks, what's it going to be like AFTER the baby's born? I was feeling pretty down when my friends called me to say that I got first place in my age division. The 30s aren't so bad after all! So, the baby has it's first medal from a race! It's going to be an Olympian at this rate. I've decided to increase the number of days I run. This should help with endurance- which has been way down since I was sick. I really want to keep my endurance up to help with labor and delivery. I really don't care how slow I run now (just as long as I'm not in a race getting passed by everyone!), I just want to keep running.

Had a dr. appt. today and got to rent a heartbeat Doppler. Aaron got to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time! It was cool. I'm glad he finally got to experience it. Clothes are definitely getting tighter and baby is growing. I'm still feeling really tired. I'm going to start taking iron supplements to see if that helps. I feel like falling asleep at 7pm right now in fact I did on Friday night! Hope this gets better soon. Going to bed now. Can't wait until Friday!!

Hello Second Trimester

well, I've survived the flu. I still have this annoying cough that is driving Aaron crazy. Bless his heart! He has been wonderful. He looks at me so worried every time I cough. He's always cared about me so much, but since I've been pregnant- he's even more protective. I love that about him. I've noticed as I started to feel better this week that I was less and less tired every day after school. Then this afternoon I realized, I haven't had a nap all week! I like this second trimester bit! I like having more energy!

Aaron's grandma passed away after a fight with cancer. We are getting ready to an unplanned trip to Colorado. After being sick last week and missing school, I really feel out of it and so far behind. Even though this will be a fast trip, I am hoping the few days off work will help Aaron and I rest a little bit. Maybe we can get some extra sleep even!

new worries

So I came down with the flu on Friday. I called my dr. who told me what I could and couldn't take. Then I called my primary care dr. after I discovered I had a fever. I went in and he prescribed Tamiflu but suggested I not take it unless I really need it. Well I went away from there feeling so stressed and confused. I got home and did research online about Tamiflu and pregnancy. Then I called my ObGyn on Sat. morning who told me to take the Tamiflu. This is one of those concerns that I have as a new mom. There are so many questions about taking this drug and the effects on my unborn child. Then there are stories of preg. woman dying from the flu because it turns into pneumonia. It has been a stressful few days. So, day three of the flu and I'm sure it will get better on its own, but I have decided to take the tamiflu anyway because I think it will end it faster and I won't worry about it getting worse. Now I just worry about my unborn baby. I guess that means it's time to pray.... Where's that motherly instinct?? I don't like making decisions that affect my child!