Belly Status – Week 16/17

It is kind of amazing to me how I have lost track of this pregnancy already.  Someone asked me last night how far along I was and I didn’t know.  I know I am in my 2nd trimester… but what week?  I have to really stop and think what did my last email from babycenter.com say.  If it wasn’t for them I would have no idea what week I was on.  Guess this is what happens when you have an active toddler to take care of.

I’m some where in week 16 or close to week 17.  I believe baby is the size of an avocado right now.

Mally is attempting to show her belly too.

Ups:

~ I’m starting to feel better!!!  There are still moments of nausea, but I can usually power thru it much easier then early weeks.

~ I’m cooking again!  It feels so good to be back in the kitchen (most nights) and putting hot food on the table.

~ I’m feeling little movements!  I’m sure it is a bit early to feel anything – but I swear those are little baby flutters I’m feeling.  I usually feel them at night after we tuck Mally in bed and I come and crash on the couch and wait for my own bedtime.

~ The neighborhood we live in is awesome!  Basically all of our neighbors – even “neighbors” up the street/hill have told me that they would take care of Mally if I go into labor all of sudden and need to drop everything and run.  : )  I actually had to take Mallory to neighbor Judy’s the other night because I needed to leave and Jesse was outside working and was just about done and wanted to finish his task.  I called Neighbor Judy and she already had 4 of her grandkids, but she wanted Mallory too!  : ) 

Downs:

~ Exhausted!  I am still really exhausted and very tired.  I crave naps, but don’t get to take them – especially this time of year with year-end coming and 2011 catalogs coming due.  By 3pm it takes everything in me to keep my eyes open.  Even today I did a big grocery shopping trip and as I was sitting at a stop light I thought… I could just close my eyes and take a quick power nap and the person behind me will honk when I need to move.  ; )  I didn’t.  I wanted to.  But I didn’t.

~ Leg cramps.  Those blasted middle of the night leg cramps are back.

~ I’m starting to get too big for my normal clothes, but not big enough for the maternity clothes.  Which is always an awkward and fun stage to be in.  ; )  I started doing the ponytail holder trick to give me a little bit of wiggle room with my jeans.  As for my shirts, pppfsshh – there is no hope.  I bought bigger shirts a couple of months ago thinking they would be great to grow into… not so much!  They are now tight and well I don’t look 100% pregnant yet so I look like I’m trying to squeeze into small cloths.  I think I will be doing some after Thanksgiving shopping for mommy this year!  : )

I like this picture – however it is blurry.  I was doing self timers and I guess it didn’t know where to focus and everything turned out blurry.

Tin is going on!

We have been the talk of the street lately with our garage going up.  The neighbor lady that I walk with wanted to know if they could store stuff in it – it’s so huge.  The mail-lady commented on it.  The chiropractor (who also lives on our street) said “Now that’s a man garage”.

It is way taller then I had imagined, and it looks huge right now.  I have no doubt that FreyMoto (and our little family) will have any trouble putting it to good use.

I have been terrible about taking progress pictures.  It’s been cold and yucky out which makes me not want to go out there.  Also by the time they leave at night it is dark out and I can’t get pictures then.  Today I got an email from Jesse that said… my pictures were getting old and I needed to update.  : )  So I took pictures this afternoon and then I got grief from the contractors.  They said something to the effect of “oh now pictures” and I said “hey hey hey” and they said “just make sure my butt crack isn’t sticking out” and I laughed and told them they weren’t even in the shot because I couldn’t see them when I took the picture, however they are in there now that I look at them… but no butt cracks!

Here is the front.

Side view with the tin going on. 

We have a porch on this side – which I am going to love.  I need to be on the hunt for some rocking chairs.  ; )

By the time they left today they had this side fully tined and the other side done and they were starting to wrap our posts in tin!  They move quick!

Here is a short video of my tech girl.  Jesse got out his old laptop from the closet and hooked it up for Mallory to play with tonight.  This the quietest I have heard her in a long time.  It is usually constant chatter coming from her, but I guess this computer had her full attention.

Here is one of her putting a puzzle together where she is a little more chatty.

You Wanna Go?

My sister-in-law, Steph, and I had our own little ladies night.  We went out for appetizers and drinks.  They actually made me a kiddy-cocktail with a real cherry garnish!  I felt so special!  : )

Then we went to the main event – a concert.  Steph and I have been little concert buddies.  We both love country and our husbands don’t like concerts… so we leave them at home with the baby and go have fun.  : ) 

We went to see a new up and coming country singer Jerrod Niemann at a bar.  The last time I saw an up and coming country singer in a bar was in Portland and it was Sugarland!  It is way fun to see these guys before they get big, or at least I think it is.

Here we are before the show starts.  Standing in a massive crowd of people standing our ground so we don’t get pushed around and moved off our perfect view spot.

See here is the thing with Steph and I… we both show up one night to a family supper and we both have dark hair.  (We are both naturally blonde.)  I looked at her and said, did you color your hair?  and she says right back at me, did you color your hair?  YES!  We never even told each other that we were thinking of going dark and then we both did it the same week!  Special little bond we have.  : )

After standing in the crowd of people and people watching for about 30 minutes Jerrod finally came out.

We were kind of in the middle of the crowd – but as people needed to leave to go smoke or go get another drink we slowly made our way closer to the stage.

  Because we keep making our way closer and closer… I find my cousin Megan!  I really need to go to smile school!  Why in the world do I flash my gums when I smile!  Do they have a smile school?  Because I’ll go!  I only need to show my teeth – not my entire mouth!  And those things in my neck.  Gross!  Maybe smile school could make those go away too.

Jerrod is done with his performance and goes off stage, but of course he comes back out in a few minutes and sings a few more songs.  While this encore is going on two girls walk right in front of Steph and I and stop!  I kind of mumble under my breath “keep moving please”.  Now, I must remind you how loud it is in here!  It so loud that in order for Steph and I to talk we have to scream in each other’s ear and I do mean scream and even then you have no idea what each other is saying.  And if Baby2 doesn’t grow up to be a drummer I’m not sure what Baby2 will be.  Some how this girl heard me and whipped around and pointed her finger at me and yelled “The show is almost over!  So chill!”  I started laughing!

Steph looked at me and wanted to know what she said.  So I’m telling Steph what happened and that girl whips back around and is pointing her finger again and yelling “You wanna go?  Come on!  You wanna go?”  Again, all I can do is laugh.  She eventually walked away and I wasn’t worried at all… granted she was bigger then me and I would of totally been creamed.

See how close we got thanks to crazy drunk girls who need refills and leave.  ; ) To end my post I’m going to tell you a funny Mallory story.  Mallory and her puppy May (Maggie) are BFFs.  She loves Maggie.  We have been letting Maggie come in the living room at night.  Mally loves that.  She likes to walk around with Maggie tucked under arm… When Mally is standing she puts her arm around Maggie and walks around like that until Maggie suddenly turns and leaves and it sends Mally tumbling to the ground.  She just gets back and runs after Maggie and does it again. 

Anyway – she has been paying close attention to what Maggie does.  Like licking for example.  If Maggie is licking the floor (cleaning up Mally’s supper mess) Mallory will bend over and attempt to lick the floor.  To which she finds a screaming grossed our mommy yelling at both of them to stop!

Tonight – Maggie is licking Jesse’s feet.  Jesse loves it.  Lynn hates it!  I try to make them stop but neither one of them listen to me.  Maggie is licking away and Mally spots Maggie licking Jesse’s feet and goes to inspect.  Mallory then leans her head next to Jesse’s feet with her tongue sticking out.  She was going to lick Jesse’s feet just like her BFF was doing!!!  Noooooooo!!!