week 8

Wow what a week!! Currently right now I'm a little late on this past weeks' blog! Opps. I'm 8 weeks and 3 days today..I think! Tomorrow we get to confirm all this with an ultrasound..we hope..woowhoo!!


So anyways here's a check at whats going on. Colt and I just came back from Vacation at the beach. We celebrated our 5 year anniversary a weekend early because of his race at Gresham this weekend outside of Atlanta.  We had a fantastic time, and to be honest the fun just kind of took my mind off my symptoms for the week..it was so relaxing at that. I really only felt bad at night and in the mornings of course. But the elevator really gave me a doozy for dizziness and the food aversions and light meal thing I have going on made eating out at night almost impossible. On with the stats for the week:


Hey Hey Baby J:
Okay since I'm updating you late this is really what was up with Baby J last week. Apparently our little raspberry this week has got little arms and legs and is sporadically moving around. I can't feel it yet. Not til around week 15-20 my online books say. He or she also developed some new organs like the liver and spleen..cool huh!

Hows Mom? :I can't decide if I feel like I've ran a marathon all day, or hit the gym for 5 solid hours. I'm so tired and drag my feet everywhere. This is not the norm for me as I normally am known for my spunkiness and get up go energy. But lately I have trouble even pushing a grocery cart at walmart...I mean really! That second trimester better get here quick or my new first graders will run me over like mini steam rollers.

Symptoms:

The boobs are a huge pain this week...ouch!

 Nausea was bad over the week due to the elevator at the beach..yuck!

Headaches...can get they get any worse. My new trick since I'm only allowed 2 Tylenol. A good does of caffeine in a coke :)

Dizzy spells happening so much more!

Hot flashes..wait I think it's just the heat..I wake up hot, everything is just HOT! Even Colt swears my skin is on fire hot.

Exhaustion level=extreme

I puked again this week...mac and cheese and some stop and go traffic on the way home from the beach did the trick....ugg!!

Food Situations: Okay so the meat aversions still there, but some meats are coming back to me slowly. Sandwich meats are still good (heated of course), I had BBQ the other day..so good! Bacon..yeah I love some bacon!! Chicken that is breaded is good too!!  But now I've hit that stage where I eat two bites, and I'm full. Colt is totally annoyed with this and said our entire beach trip with humor that I just shouldn't order and nibble off his plate. I change my mind about what I want while out to eat because I see other food go by, and it looks so much better. So I've went to ordering kids meals all the time. Even then it's a task to eat all that if I can. Dinner seems to be an impossible task because I never really know what I want, I may take a few bites and change my mind about what I really wanted and resort back to that great bowl of cereal that I love so much!! Which by the way the new Fruit loops with marshmallows is the sheezy-fo-hizzy!! So good! But I really do miss my love for food..I guess it's a good thing that I'm not scarffing in 500lbs of food right now, but glutney and I were such good friends. I miss him!

Things to buy: Still need that boppy pillow! Also I need to buy some things for school too this week. I have a major need for a teacher store run before Monday!

Belly Button: Still in! :)


Weight Gain: Gained another .5lbs. so puts my total weight gain at 2.5 lbs. Not too shabby I guess. Only a few more weeks in the first trimester! Hoping I can stay under that 5lbs goal!

Favorite Memory of the Week: Baby J's first beach vacation (in my tummy of course) Our extended weekend was so relaxing and nice to spend time together. Such a great mini-honeymoon. With being preggo we really didn't want to travel too far due to how I felt so a beach trip was the perfect getaway. I must say I was pampered the entire weekend and my sweet husband fixed breakfast for me every morning and waited on me hand and foot almost the entire trip. Very nice!! :) I know I'm blessed with an amazing hubby you can all be jealous now!! hahah!

What I'm looking forward to the most: TOMORROW!!!!! Our first doctors appointment and hopefully ultrasound.

Other News in the Hood: Cheryl flies in tomorrow night to spend a few extra days with us, and Colt is racing at Gresham this weekend in GA. So we will be heading down on Saturday.  Also today was my first day at my new school for a summer grade level meeting. I got to meet all the new teachers..and check out my new classroom. I'm super excited as I have a door that goes outside, windows, and wallspace..yipppie!! I've graduated from a storage closet classroom! hahah!