Boy am I glad last week is over and done with! We had seven showings in three days (not to mention the weekends!) and E has been working until painful hours of the night (poor guy) and well, I’ve just been exhausted. All that traffic (through the house… which by the way spiked a ridiculous nesting phase, just in time for my cleaning lady to go MIA) and still not one offer. Keep your fingers crossed for us. I’m not sure how much more I can take. Anyway, I feel like it’s been ages since I’ve posted anything with substance… well, some sort of an update, at least. So, I suppose I’ll do it list style, because I’m feeling listy.
- Jack, Jack, Jack. What a character this kid is. I mean seriously. I can hardly get over some of the things he’s been saying these days… he is a big fan of saying thank you. Even when he’s playing by himself, you’ll hear him chattering on, telling this toy and that toy thank you. Well, lately he’s been following it up with a “you’re welcome” as well (pronounced “a welka”). But to top it off, now it’s “you’re welcome, honey”. AGH! So cute I could puke.
- He was getting really bad about picking his nose recently, but that has seemed to taper off a bit. But recently I’ve discovered that a book I bought him quite a while back, called Yummy Yucky, has a page that says “Picking nose is yucky.” HA! So we read this all of the time. It’s become a new favorite. Well, now, when he picks his nose, he sticks his finger in his nose, and says, “a picking nose”. Thanks for the heads up, bud.
- One last cute Jackism… a few days before his birthday I took him for ice cream, for something to do and because he was being so good. And when he woke up from his nap, I asked him if he wanted to go get ice cream. Of course yes… anyway, he was completely elated the entire ride, yelling from the back seat, “I- keem, its siting! I-keem, its siting!” (Ice cream, exciting! ice cream, exciting!). I have no idea where he got the exciting thing from… me, I’m sure, but when, no idea. Anyway, now any time we do anything he deems as exciting, that’s all we hear!
- Ok, so I will officially be 14 weeks this week (tomorrow), and I can hardly believe how quickly it’s going this time around. We’ll find out the sex of the baby in about a month (17 weeks) and I’m pretty pumped. Of course the idea of a girl is always exciting, but I sort of have a feeling it’s a boy… even though I’ve already picked out the entire girl nursery – why do I do this to myself? I did the same thing last time. Girl stuff is just so dang cute. Anyway, I’m pretty sure I’ll be surprised either way. But if it’s a boy, I have no idea what we’ll do for boys names. We had a list of 24 with Jack and I’ve looked back at the old list and hate them all. Soo… hmmm. I may need a little help. I’ll let you know in about month.
- I’ve been feeling great this time around, which is kind of surprising actually, because after my last doctors visit we discovered that my thyroid is way out of whack. Which is no surprise at all – it did the same thing with Jack. Anyway, after receiving a call from my OB (yes, she actually called me herself) to discuss the subject – which I have to say I found quite cool – I wanted to give her a big “I TOLD YOU SO,” because I’ve been on them for weeks to check my levels and they kept telling me it was too soon. So, anyway, back to the thyroid issue. That may be have something to do with my completely ridiculous rapid weight gain… or maybe not, I suppose doubling your daily caloric intake can do that as well. And it may also explain a few other issues I have been having that I will spare you all the details on. Mom, you know what I’m talking about.
- Speaking of rapid weight gain, as hard as I’ve been on myself over it all, I’m still lighter than I was with Jack at this point in the pregnancy, so I guess I need to back off. In case you’re interested here’s a couple belly shots. I’m going to try to keep them coming on a regular basis… which I know you’re thrilled about. But, hey, it’s nice to have them all organized for the baby book – so I might as well share. Ok, and I have to say, in my defense that that is not the most flattering position – E gets home so late from work that we don’t have any natural light to photograph in, so I’m left to manuver the camera in the hall mirror. So, I’m all contorted and stuff trying to get a side view of the belly.
- So no other news on the prego front. I’m feeling really good and still working out as much as I was pre-baby – although not nearly as hard, but still… I didn’t work out at all when I was pregnant with Jack. All I did was walk the dog every day. So I’m pretty proud that I’m able to walk occasionally and get to the gym 2-3 times a week for an hour.
- Last but not least, cravings! It wouldn’t be a prego list without an update on my cravings! haha! Ok, I’ll make it quick, considering this post is a novel in itself. Pie – coconut cream, and sour cream lemon, I’m also DIEING for a strawberry rhubarb crumb pie from here (I’m going to try to hold off until my birthday), let’s see – bagels with cream cheese, and mexican food – the spicier the better (Texas Pete’s!), chocolate milk (still), and Squirt (once again… I wonder if it’s another boy).
Hope you’re all doing well! Have a great week!
Mama Zzz... 
