22 Weeks...18 to go

Week: 22

Size (according to babycenter.com): The length of a spaghetti squash.  Whoa, that seems massive.  See my face here?  That's me crying to not cry.

Weight gain: 4 lbs.  yikes.  How did I double my weight gain in a week?  Starting to regret tracking this.

Physically, I'm feeling: Good, but huge.  I'm not kidding...I feel like I'm exploded this past week.  My normal clothes that were still fitting last week are getting to the point where I need to retire them. 

Emotionally, I'm feeling: So, so, SO happy that I made it through September.  I've worked every weekend since Labor Day and desperately need some time off.  I'm going to work from home Tuesday and Wednesday this week which will be nice.

No random emotional breakdowns this week so let's consider that a victory.

Sleep:  Better, but not great.  I'm definitely sleeping better as my work stress level has gone down.  3:00 am is still my favorite time to wake up for no reason, but at least I can usually go back to sleep.

Baby's Movement:  I'm feeling the kid more and more....usually in the morning and at night, but occasionally during the day.  It's still very soft and sporatic.  (Does anyone else think of Clueless everytime you hear "sporadic" or "sporadically?"  I can't be the only one.)

What I'm nervous about:  Doubling my weight gain again this week.  Holy shit...that cannot happen. I'll die.

What I'm excited about: Bud and I are buying him a new car, hopefully this week.  The Altima has treated us well, but it's to the point where it needs more repairs than it's worth so it's time to move on.  I like the Ford Edge, but we also want to check out Explorers and the Nissan SUVs.  I'm hoping he'll get some decent cash for his car, but with needed repairs we don't have high hopes.

Anything else?:  Bud and I might never pick a name for this boy.  We've had girl names narrowed down to two names that we both loved for a while (did I mention I thought we'd have all girls?), but we're more or less at square one with boy names.  I had several that Bud didn't love so they were eliminated and he had several that I didn't love (George Garro?!?!) so they got the boot too.  Now we have about 7 that we both like, but I'm a little ehhhhh about them.  Good thing we have plenty of time.  Because Bud had full naming rights* to both Uma and Juno I've never done this before.  It's a lot of pressure.

* I bribed Bud into getting girl dogs by telling him that he could have full naming rights.  #sorryboydogs

Best Gift Ever

This might make me sound like an ungrateful brat, but I wanted to let everyone know that I recieved the Best Baby Gift last night so don't bother getting this kid anything else.  I mean, what kind of high maintenence kid needs more that this outfit, right?

My thoughtful, amazing, brilliant sister had this custom made for her nephew:

You might not think that this is as amazing as I do, so let me break it down for you:

1.  Since I decided that Bud was the guy for me, Allyson and I have been determined to name my first son Roland Garro.  Click that link to understand why.  It is actually impossible to have a cooler name if your last name is Garro.

2.  Each year the French Open has artwork made to commemorate that year's event.  Allyson searched her apartment to find the 2006 art which just so happens to be the year I got hitched and also happens to be the coolest art ever. #perfectiontotheface

3.  The back of the onesie has the French Open logo.

4.  It was from this adorable place near her in Chicago called The T-Shirt Deli.  The shirt came wrapped up like a sandwhich (no pickle, obviously) with a side of chips.

5.  Allyson had been lobbying pretty hard since June 3rd for me to give her a niece (sorry to disappoint).  Luckily, Paul pointed out that she can call the kid Roland and now she's excited for the little guy.

Get outta my business, Zuckerberg

Computers freak me out.  Look what ad was on the sidebar of my facebook account this morning: 7 Steps to Dealing With Sentimental Clutter.  Seriously?  Just because I mentioned organizing a bedroom yesterday?

21 Weeks...19 to go

OK, so I'm going to try to do a weekly update from here on out.  I predict I'll keep this up for 2-3 weeks, but will honestly try.  Some of this information (like weight gain...TMI!) is just a way for me to remember things on the next go around (yes, I will probably be knocked up again). 

Week: 21

Size (according to Babycenter.com):  The length of a carrot

Weight gain: 2 lbs (quick note here: According to my doctor, I'm only supposed to gain 15-20 this pregnancy.  I'm terrified of having Bethanny Frankel's jowels or any comparisons to Jessica Simpson so I'm really doing my best to try to not look like Shrek.)

Yikes:

And this is actually a decent picture:

KCG in February, Option 1:

KCG in February, Option 2:



Physcially, I'm feeling:  Pretty good.  I'm having round ligament pains which is about as much fun as it sounds.  It's not bad...bascially it just feels like someone kicked me in the stomach and I'm bruised.  Other than that, I'm good.

Emotionally, I'm feeling: Like I'm a fucking basketcase.  I cried at work this week.  Like, sobbed-in-my-office-for-5-minutes-with-the-door-shut cried because some asshole told me he didn't like a few things about the walk in Gainesville last weekend.  I've also cried recently because I couldn't decide what I wanted for dinner.  I blame half of this on the kid and half of this on lack of sleep.

Sleep:  Ha!  This has been an ISSUE lately, but I don't think I can blame it on the kid.  It's all work stress, but not sleeping has been my M.O. this week.  I've been falling asleep fine, but have woken up around 3:00 every morning and not really gone back to sleep.  It sucks.  I just lay there thinking about work.  When I'm not thinking about work, I'm usually thinking about how much not sleeping sucks which is really helpful.

Baby's Movement:  Yep, definitely feeling the kid now, but not reguarly.  It's totally weird and not what I was expecting.  It's kinda like a random (but not painful) pop just below my belly button. 

What I'm nervous about:  Bud has said some really mean things lately like, "You know our kid is going to eat ketchup."  Ah!  Didn't think about that part of parenthood and I'm know I'm not ready for that.  Thank god the kid won't eat french fries right out of the womb becasue I'm going to have to be pretty freaking madly in love with him if I'm going to wipe condiments off his cute little face.  Definitely couldn't do it right after meeting him.

What I'm excited about:  October is almost here!  September has been a shitty, shitty month.  I've had 3 walks in a row and another this coming weekend.  Thankfully, I'll have 3 weekends off in October.  I need it...badly.

I'm also excited becuase Bud and I have started getting the house in order to make room for the babe.  We are getting rid of the office because neither of us ever use it, turning what was the office into a guest bedroom, and turning what was the guest bedroom into the nursery.  So far, I've thrown away about a million bags of bullshit treasures that I was sentimentally holding on to and donated about 100 bags of clothes to goodwill.  I was holding on to a lot of 2-6 sized clothes in hopes that they'd fit again, but the truth is even WHEN they do fit, my style has changed since 2004...it's time to move on.

Anything else?:  I think I've officially wrapped my head around the fact that this kid is a boy and am very excited.  I don't know why, but I've always thought we'd have all girls.  Maybe it's because neither Bud nor I have any brothers?  However, I always wanted an older brother growing up (in addition to Allyson, not instead, obviously) so this kid will be my daughters' big brother.  Yes, plural.  I've already decided that the next kid will be a girl and that every girl needs a sister so I guess they'll be a third too.  Getting ahead of my self a bit?  Nah.

And it begins

written on 9/19/12

So I’m pretty sure the hardest thing about starting a blog is actually starting a blog.  You know, important things like picking the name.  I’m assuming that this blog will get pretty cheesy from time to time so I may as well give everyone fair warning. My apologies in advance.

OK, a few details and some FAQs (I’m sooooo official, right?)…

1.  I use “…” a lot when i write.  Not sure why, but if you go back and reread emails from me you’ll see a lot of it.  It’s an impulse.  I can’t do anything about it.  I will do my best to proofread this shit, but it you ever point out a spelling or grammar mistake, you are dead to me.

2.  I am currently 20 weeks, 4 days pregnant and found out today that it’s a boy.  Whoa.  Monumentally huge day.  I am equally excited and terrified at the same time.  I have to keep reminding myself that I’m 30 and married and really want this baby because I still kind of feel like I’m a teen mom that people are judging. #thanksMTv

3.  We do not know what we’re naming the kid.  I assume we’ll figure that out at some point in the next 19 weeks, but Bud and I have decided not to share our choice until he’s here.  I know this might torture my mother and it’s not nice to tease old people (love you, mom), but I just don’t want any feedback.  I guess I’m hoping that if you hate the name you won’t tell me if the ink is dry on the birth certificate, right?

4.  My due date is 2/2/13 which is the day before the Super Bowl.  Let’s hope the kid likes a Super Bowl themed birthday party every year.  Cheers!

5.  No cravings, except wine and jager.  OK, not jager, but I always thought it’d be funny to “crave” jager.  But wine and champagne sound pretty freaking good.