Christmas Eve

If anyone asks about my baby theme, I seem to be going towards Whales and Giraffes. I know, weird combination. I have a couple of Giraffe outfits and they are so cute! Seems like Carters has the Giraffes. I can't seem to find them at Target. I'm liking the animals..not into the the sports or transportation themes. A couple of days ago, Jay put together this nursery cart. I started filling it up with stuff I've been holding in a drawer. Also, in the drawer, I started to finally start hanging up the baby clothes I have gotten as gifts (so far I have yet to buy an outfit..but something tells me that is going to change real soon!) when I pulled them out of the drawer, my heart melted...I was thinking "awwww!" I guess since it's getting closer and baby things are now coming out, I'm having more of a visual of the baby. Before, I never felt that. I think it was because I felt it was such a long ways away. Now things are getting closer. My tummy has gotten a little bigger. He's kicking more strongly. And when he turns (I think), it now feels like worms inside me (I don't know how to explain that part..it gives me the Willy's when that happens) When he moves, I can now definitely feel him on the outside of my stomach. I also got this link from this website where you interact with the baby in the womb...it was so cute!
http://www.fisher-price.com/us/pregnancy/prenatal_shell.asp?z=3

It made me get excited about when the baby will arrive.

But then I watched this other video and went "Ack!" http://www.thehappiestbaby.com/excerpts.htm

It was the video excerpt on babies. I don't remember them crying that loud! I was remembering cute, quiet little newborn cries.

I guess no matter how much you try to prepare yourself, you are still unprepared for what will happen once the baby arrives.

Crib

Erin asked me when I was doing another post. So, since I have an avid reader, I'll try to think of some stuff since the last time. Let's see, I've stopped having my Pie cravings. Lately I've been feeling like I did in the beginning of the pregnancy. Picky about what I want to eat and sometimes when I think something sounds good, it's not as good as I thought it was going to be. Mainly between the 5th and 6 1/2th month I was eating ALOT (that was my pie craving period). Now, it seems to have tapered down. I'm being grazing more again. And, I'm not eating big portions. Part of it probably has to do with feeling a little acid reflux. I'm starting to crave more of the healthy stuff again instead of the sugary fatty foods. I'm back to eating at least one piece of fruit a day. And, and at work I've been nibbling on a lot of almonds, cashews, and dried cranberries. Jay brought in the last of the tomatoes off his plants. I'm getting that ick feeling about tomatoes again. It's very strange how my feelings of food has been. Jay, on the other hand, has been having some cravings of this own. Lately he's been telling me that he's been craving Nachos, Beef, and Anchovie Pizza! (not all together) I don't know if I mentioned it in my previous post, but he's also starting having acid reflux the same time that I did. Sometimes I wonder who the pregnant one is! Last night, Jay FINALLY got to feel the baby kick. Before, everytime he tried to feel him kick, either the kick wasn't hard enough or the baby just didn't want to do it. It was good that there was that interaction between them, since the last time was the ultrasound. It was good to share that experience with him and baby again. Since people and myself see that I look small for almost 7 months (I'll be 7 on Tuesday), I look and feel more chubby than pregnant. It's when he kicks I think, oh yea, I'm pregnant. It seems weird right now. I'm sure it's going to be different once the 3rd trimester hits.

Here are some pics of the crib I thought I'd share. We still haven't figured out how we are going to configure or decorate the rest of the room. Also, Wanda made the sock monkey and the little tomato hat!

Six and Half Months

Here’s a pic of me at 6 ½ months. Ugh..guess I'll never think my pregnant belly pictures will look like good pictures:


Well, I think the Honeymoon phase is slowly coming to an end. In the past week, I have had calf cramps in the middle of the night and an itchy rash on my stomach. I think the leg cramps are worse. It’s usually in the middle of night, where I’m struggling to turn on my other side with the snoogle body pillow in my way and my calf cramps up. Sometimes I can prevent it before it really hits, but other times it happens. Those really suck cuz I can’t just jump out of bed. Instead I’m struggling to stretch out the calf in bed with the body pillow in my way. I don’t know if I’m waking Jay up or he’s getting used to me shaking the bed when I’m twisting and turning.

So I went to the Dr. yesterday for the Rash. It’s been 2 weeks since I last saw him. They wanted to me to come in after I called the advice nurse. My appt was at 3:15 and it took FOREVER for him to see me. He looked at my stomach and said it was due to hormones and it will probably come and go. GREAT. I also decided to do my Glucose Test for Pregnancy diabetes since I was already there. I would’ve had to leave work early again next week, if I didn’t do it now. Drink an orange soda, wait an hour, then get pricked with a needle. After that, I had to go to the pharmacy and get my hydrocortisone prescription. Even though I live 2 miles away from the hospital, I didn’t home til 5:30pm. I was at the hospital for 2 hours.

Jay’s been supportive. I get back massages from him, which is nice. I think, though, he’s getting Pregnancy sympathy symptoms. Lately, he’s been getting acid reflux around the same time I started getting them. Also, he's been like me since I've been pregnant, you say one thing, and he think's it's something else (could be our lack of sleep)..weird

This Past Weekend

Jay and I decided to use our Movie Gift Certificate from our Broker on Saturday. We thought we'd better start using it now before the baby comes. So, at 1pm, we decided to head for the mall to see Harry Potter. Yup..1pm on a SATURDAY when all the holiday shoppers are out! The parking lot was packed! But around the corner there was a parking spot in the front of the mall..it had a Expecting Baby sign. Hey, I'm not like 9 months pregnant nor bulging out like crazy yet, but they never said how pregnant you have to be. So, we took it....hee hee hee. It only took us a few minutes from the street to the parking lot to the parking spot. I guess it's on the honor system there. I told Jay if they ask, I can lift up my shirt or they call call the hospital. We were a little worried, but when we came out from the movie, there was no ticket and our car was still there. I should be taking advantage of this spot in the future while I still have the chance! Am I being Chinese? =D