Newlywed Game :)

I saw this on Katie's blog, Cleared for Takeoff  and thought it was cute. ;) 

The Newlywed Game 

Hopefully you guys are familiar with the format of this game. 

1. She's sitting in front of the TV-- what's on the screen? 

Brandon: Pride and Prejudice. 

Jami: I will say that I'm usually watching netflix or bonnet pieces on youtube, so he's half way correct there. 

2. You're out to eat. What sort of dressing does she get on her salad? 

Brandon: Ranch. 

Jami: Ranch. 

3. What's one food she doesn't like? 

Brandon: Oysters. 

Jami: Never had them, but they sound disgusting! So I'll go with what he said!

4. You go out to eat and have a drink. What does she order? 

Brandon: Water with lemon. 

Jami: He knows me so well. 

5. What shirt size does she have? 

Brandon: Medium. 

Jami: Maybe in the distant past... more like large, x-large, or medium maternity. 

6. What shoe size does she have? 

Brandon: 8

Jami: 7 1/2-8 

7. What's her favorite type of sandwich? 

Brandon: Turkey burger from Red Robin.

Jami: Not technically a sandwich, but sure! 

8. What would she eat every day if she could? 

Brandon: Buffalo chicken 

Jami: *gag* I don't think I can honestly think of anything. 

9. What is her favorite cereal? 

Brandon: She doesn't eat cereal.

Jami: Special K w/red berries 

10. What would she never wear? 

Brandon: Lingerie. 

Jami: LOL! 

11. What is her favorite sports team? 

Brandon: NJ Devils 

Jami: Don't really care for sports...

12. What is something she does that you wish she wouldn't do? 

Brandon: Steal the covers. 

Jami: I'm guilty as charged. 

13. What is her heritage? 

Brandon: Cherokee, English/Irish/Welsh

Jami: I guess so!

14. You bake her a cake! What kind? 

Brandon: Red Velvet

Jami: I'd eat that. 

15. Did she play sports in high school? 

Brandon: No. 

Jami: HA! I tried soccer and FAILED. 

16. What could she spend hours doing? 

Brandon: Blogs.

Jami: Addiction. 

17. What unique talent does she have?

Brandon: Attracting homeless animals. 

Jami: It's true. I did find two of our pets abandoned. The other two were from the shelter and were technically homeless before we took them home. 

18. What's her favorite type of coffee?

Brandon: Light and sweet.

Jami: Iced vanilla coffee...

tale as old as time...

If there is such a thing as a perk to being nauseous and sick all day, I would say it would have to be staying in bed and watching movies on netflix and youtube. 

That meant I got to indulge my Disney love for a bit. I saw a commercial last week about Disney's Beauty and the Beast coming to DVD and blue-ray, and it made me think how I haven't seen my FAVORITE Disney movie in a good ten years, at least. Probably more like fifteen. I think I watched it nonstop when it first came out.  That means, in my nauseous insanity, I watched the entire movie ten minute clip by ten minute clip on youtube. 

I kind of forgot how emotional the finale was, and I ended up BAWLING because of the music. This score is just incredible, and this was back when Disney movies were GOOD. I have to say. . . the stage musical doesn't nearly have the same effect on my emotions, and we all know that I love some Broadway! 

I remember my mom taking me to see this in the theatre in 1992. 

So good. Want it on dvd to watch with my kids. I actually want them to put it back in the movie theatre so they can have the same experience I did, complete with popcorn and a massive coke that meant numerous bathroom trips in the middle of the movie. I came home and sang the songs for days and acted out the opening scene in my parents' garage with my neighbors and cousins!   Sad that I remember that! And I wanted to be Belle for Halloween that year, but the costume was so popular that no one had it, and my mom wasn't at her sewing prime yet! Sad day! I think I ended up being a hobo or a bunny rabbit that year. :/ The next year it got even better, a pumpkin. And the next year, Pebbles Flintstone-- ( And to think I resurrected that 4TH GRADE costume by squeezing my 18 year old college freshman self into that seven  years ago!)

This mama's acting like such a LITTLE GIRL with this pregnancy! I hope baby is a little girl because she's certainly getting an overexposure of Disney, froufrou, and classical music. 

I heard little girls are the causes of swollen pregnancy faces and excessive nausea and ACNE (GAH!) , but that's neither here nor there. 

NOW... I MUST finish laundry. It's very inconvenient to get sick in the middle of the day and fall asleep for a few hours trying to "get over" it.  I did manage my grocery shopping ns even succeeded in coming home and putting most of it away. There's still cans on my counter because, despite the lack of food, my pantry is somehow exploding. I have to organize it, clean a sink full of dishes, empty dishwasher,  throw something in the crock pot, and finish laundry before Brandon makes it back home. It's not that he's exactly expecting this of me in my current state, but I'm sure he would like a hot meal every once in a while, right? And I sure would like something that resembles a clean house. 

BAH, nausea, BAH! 

::nervously waiting to hear back about our bid on the house:: I don't want to post pics yet because I'm not sure it's going to be ours. Even though I'm already painting and redecorating that blank canvas of a house in my mind, it's not real yet, and therefore-- I'm not going to break my heart by packing early and buying material for new drapes. Life in limbo is kinda fun, kinda not. It means that I've stopped decorating and rearranging the current house in hopes of packing all of this stuff up. I haven't even dragged my pumpkins and fall decor from the basement. I'm THAT excited.  That, and the idea of going down to the basement for laundry is nauseating, let alone spray painted pumpkins, gourds, and twigs. :/

The house we bid on has a laundry closet upstairs. WIN! And while I wanted an actual laundry room, it definitely helps that it's going to be on the same level as our bedroom. Where laundry used to be one of my favorite chores, I now hate it because it means lugging load after load up and down some majorly narrow steps and hanging out in the dark, spidery recesses of our basement. THAT, and our stupid Whirlpool Cabrio's fabric softener jet is clogged, and my laundry just doesn't smell as pretty anymore. I tried doing all the things the representative told me to do, and we're no longer in warranty because the thing's over two years old. *sigh* Stupid high efficiency piece of junk!  I have to change our detergent anyways. Tide's making me gag.  Too many conflicting smells with the Febreze and the oxyclean and what not. Spare me. 

Okay, that was definitely a housewife ramble. I'm going now. 

no place like home ;)

We just put an offer on a house last night, and I am hoping we hear some good news today. 

Even if it's a counter offer from the sellers. . . 

:) 

In other news, I am doing laundry today and making a lunch of turkey burgers and sweet potato fries. Hopefully, I am back to the land of the living and can step out of icky, fast-food land and into wholesome, healthy pregnancy food land. 

I don't want the diabetes, you know? 

Week 14 Bump Date, abbreviated

Abdominal Achiness During Pregnancy (Round Ligament Pain)

What causes those pains in your belly — and what every pregnant woman can do about abdominal achiness.

What round ligament pain is: As your uterus expands during your pregnancy, you may experience "growing pains" around the middle. The pros call it "round ligament pain," and whatever you want to call these pangs (no cursing, please), round ligament pain is typically felt as achy or sharp sensations on one or both sides of the abdomen. 
  
What causes round ligament pain: Your uterus is supported by thick bands of ligaments that run from the groin up the side of the abdomen. As your uterus grows (and grows and grows!) the supporting ligaments stretch and thin out to accommodate the increasing weight. This weight pulls on the ligaments, causing sharp pains and/or dull aches in the lower abdomen. Other causes of abdominal achiness include increased blood flow (you've pumped up the volume to nurture your baby) and the buildup of your uterine lining. 
  
What you need to know about round ligament pain:
You'll probably notice round ligament pain more when you change positions suddenly or get up from sitting or lying down, or when you cough. It may be brief or last for several hours (yet another mystery of pregnancy). As long as it's occasional and there are no other symptoms accompanying your abdominal achiness (such as fever, chills, bleeding, vaginal discharge, or lightheadedness), there's nothing to worry about.

What to do about round ligament pain: Get off your feet, get comfy, and stay there for a while! If that doesn't bring relief, or if the achiness crosses the line into severe abdominal pain, contact your practitioner and let him or her know what you're feeling.

Need I say more? That's what I'm feeling, what I'm going through besides "fat face" and the occasional toilet-hugging episodes of the first trimester. 

I probably won't post a belly pic this week because I look the same as last week. 

fatty mcbutterface

Remember the good old days when Lyla was fatter than me?  I kid, I kid. 

She looks like she loves me, right? 

I am getting a fat face from this baby. 

Genetics were already working against me because I inherited the full face of my Cherokee ancestors, but now I am double-chinning it with the best of 'em. 

And I hate it. I've always hated my fuller face. Even when I was slim, I had a full face. 

Now that there's a baby in my belly, my face has rebelled against me and probably needs to be donated to science. It's a massive face explosion that has resulted in seven or eight chins, probably closer to ten when I laugh. 

If I were an emoticon, this is what I'd look like :-D ) ) ) ) ) 

Apparently, this sometimes happens.  I was hoping and praying for the only outward indication of pregnancy to be the beach ball belly and some amazingly lush hair due to prenatals, but it appears that I am going to spread in more places than I thought possible.  Believe me, I am so excited for this baby! The baby outweighs all of the discomforts and ugliness I am starting to feel, but I seriously thought pregnant women were supposed to feel beautiful. 

I just feel fatter. And oilier.  Seriously. Hey pregnancy, thanks for making my hair greasy and my face explode with random zits and double chins worthy of a Sumo wrestler. 

And get this, I'm only 14 weeks. I am SCARED of what I'll be 6 weeks from now at the ultrasound. I am not truly in maternity clothes yet and won't be until I pop. For now, I'm just meandering around in my tight clothes and struggling with the constant annoyance of my belly band.  

I'm starting to experience round ligament pain which is a BUTT. 

want your bad romance...

Well, we didn't get the house that prompted the panicked blog entry a few days ago. And when we heard the news, my heart did not explode. I did not break down and throw a tantrum. I was okay. By that time, we had found another house that was "perfect for us".  I know you're rolling your eyes. 

No one ever told me this would happen so much in the real estate game. I think we're just looking for something that's perfectly not a rental that we can make our own.  If it is has custom cabinets and granite counters, that's a plus but definitely not essential to happiness. Because we know THIS girl only spends enough time in the kitchen to EAT. 

( My face is enormous. Seriously. Pregnancy face is not my friend.) 

On a side note, I follow a lot of Jane Austen-inspired blogs. Austenism is one of my guilty pleasures. I love reading spin-offs, thinking up variations. The Regency time period is my favorite. One of them had a post about neo-Regency hairstyles making a come back on men. I found this hilarious because when I people-watch, I imagine people in Regency era clothing. I know I'm weird. Do any of you do that? It's better than imagining them naked, right? ;)  I think of all the various shapes and sizes of people, how their hair would like styled in Regency fashion. . . odd. It's like I'm constantly casting a period film in my head.

But then again, I'm crazy. Have a good night! We're about to watch Four Christmases. :) 

Weird, non-edible pregnancy craving: Christmas movies. 

out of my control.

I hate when things are out from my realm of control. I know that sounds really stupid, but I just hate it. There are some personal things that happened yesterday that I won't get into on this public blog, but anyhow. I wish I could control those things, too! 

I am not usually an insomniac. I owe all of this bliss to pregnancy, bizarre urges to go to the bathroom, and intense hunger pangs. I also owe this to my house lust for a particular house that I posted about and later removed due to fear of the real estate agency seeing my post. 

Apparently if you yank the pictures from the real estate site, it links the house number ( though I didn't list it) to a basic google search of the address. ( I figured this out in my frequent googling of said house.) 

So, we're going to put an offer in after our parents take a look at it on Friday night, and I'm terrified that it's going to sell and that we won't get it. I already freaked out because one real estate site looked like it had sold, but I later found out it was one of those generic things that the agency had on their site for any address, like " Just imagine-- your house, sold!" Apparently, it was some form of encouragement, but it caused me to break out in hives and run through the house bemoaning the one that got away.  Major meltdown, worthy of any toddler's tantrum, I assure you. I'm pretty sure a demon entered me and I screamed to Brandon, " YOU SAID MY PRECIOUS WOULD BE OURS..." 

I'm also terrified that my dad, the handyman of the bunch, will find some major flaw in the house and add his sage wisdom to the decision.  And that Brandon will be unflinching in his desire to NOT sink that much money into the house for repairs, to start looking for something easier, etc, etc...lot of nail biting over here.  I'm starting to wonder-- if it's such an easy fix, why haven't there been more bites? Every house on that road is selling in the $200k except for the one we're looking at, the big "F".  

Basically... a nervous wreck. I don't know if we have the time to move. I know we have a lot of help from both sides of the family and that everything will work out, but I'm just overloaded with feelings about the pregnancy, work, and repairs we need to make to this rental house before we remove ourselves from it. 

Also, we have some friends of ours who desperately want to get out of their own house ( bad neighbors) and rent ours for what we're paying monthly. I don't know if we could snag the same deal for them.  The only reason we caught this break is that my family and these landlords have known each other for generations. It's not every day you rent an 1800-sq. foot renovated house with a full basement for $500 a month, not in this wonky economy. This was our blessing, and it may still continue to be our blessing if things don't work out. I'm trying to be content, but my house lust is overwhelming me. I think that once you hit the fourth or fifth month of pregnancy, your need to nest is uncontrollable and you'll do anything to bring your baby home to something nicer than what currently exists. 

In case you're wondering, I would like to sink about $500-1000 in the rental for repairs. We have to repaint our bedroom due to some sheetrock damage that happened when the roof was leaking. We have to repaint the den due to the paint mishap of 2009 that was not documented anywhere because it was so embarrassing. My mom and I got so sick to our stomachs when we saw that the paint color I had chosen matched the couch exactly. How one does that is beyond my realm of understanding. And then we kept adding white paint to dilute the color, oy vey. Not good. 

And the carpet in the den. . . it's berber, and you know what that means. It unravels at the least disturbance (especially the vacuum) . And we have cats, and I'm sure there's a foot of cat hair beneath that carpet despite the amount of vacuuming I do. And the cats are still fully clawed, so there's some damage to door facings due to their need to go anywhere but the scratching post. Nothing that a small hand-sander and trim paint won't handle, but you get the point.  And then Brutus ( our dog) has completely scratched the heck out of the back door.  That needs to be sanded and repainted. Just a lot of minor repairs that add up to money. I think Brandon wants to sit down and talk to the landlords about the carpet. I'm the sort that doesn't want to talk, just replace aka I'm driving him insane. 

Anyhow, I just had to get that off my chest so I could go back to sleep without making Brandon hate me. There was much tossing, turning, and whimpering about the house when I thought he was awake. HE WAS NOT AWAKE. I woke him up with my pathetic heavy sighs. 

God, please give us this house. 

candy corn candles :)

Don't really have a use for these cute centerpieces this year since we might be moving and won't likely have a Halloween party over here, but I thought these were cute, cheap, and easy! 

You just take different sized wine glasses from Dollar Tree, get some cheapy votives, and fill the glasses with candy corn. ;) 

You can also take a vase and fill it up with candy corn and caramels. 

And take skinny taper candle holders and balance your votives on top. :) 

What a cute idea for a party, no? My kind of decorating-- on the cheap. 

Lyla :)

Lyla :) 

I update way too much these days.

I have massively failed with fluid intake during this pregnancy, so I am trying to make up for it in one sitting. Let it be advised that one should not drink four glasses of water in a row when one has only one bathroom in the house to be shared by two people, one of whom has a nighty ritual of occupying the bathroom for twenty minutes upon arriving home. Ahem. 

Because I don't want my baby to be victim to low levels of amniotic fluid, I am drowning myself.  And today I actually had broccoli and cauliflower. The cauliflower was disguised as mashed potatoes in the form of a meal lovingly made and delivered by my MIL, but I digress. I happily devoured it, washed it down with a microwaveable White Castle ( I hate myself), puffy cheetos, and ice cream, and decided then and there that some things are gonna havta change...

I feel like I ate so much today. It is awesome to have an appetite back, but someone actually told me I was "showing" today. 

Breakfast

-coconut milk and berry smoothie

-bag of blueberry mini muffins 

-trail mix 

Lunch

-small bag of puffy cheetos 

-Chicken Fresco 

-raisins 

-Broccoli and cauliflower florets with ranch dressing 

-Sprite 

Dinner

-chicken 

-2 pieces cornbread

-mashed cauliflower

-microwaveable White Castle 

(This is the point I entered the realm of Chubbydom) 

-cheetos 

-bowl of chocolate ice cream with banana

I don't know why I feel obligated to post so darn much. I guess this is my way of hanging out with baby right now. 

Anyhow, baby and I are going to go curl up and read some Jane Austen and try to down one more glass of water before the night's over... 

BUMP DATE: 13 Weeks!!

It would probably be better for me to wait until Monday to do a 13 week post, but according to my doctor, I'm actually 13 weeks today and up earlier than usual, so I'll do the post now. :) 

TOTAL WEIGHT GAINED:  Holding steady at the weight I've gained since April, but I haven't gained any weight due to pregnancy--YET. 

MATERNITY CLOTHES: In regular clothes still, but I'm probably going to need to go up a size soon. 

SLEEP: It's getting better, but I woke up this morning coughing and hurting in my lower abdomen (round ligament pain from where baby's making room!). 

BEST MOMENT OF THE WEEK: Hearing a strong heartbeat at 158 bpm and Brandon being there for it! :) He looked blown away. It was cool. And then we forgot to whip out the camera phones because I started acting like a fool and crying. . . :)

FOOD CRAVINGS: Well, it was anything that stayed down. I am playing it by ear. Brandon went to the grocery store last night and in my rummaging through the fridge, I have found nothing that appeals to me yet. Stressed out. 

FOOD AVERSIONS:  The same as last  week. Darn it.  

SYMPTOMS:  Tired, random bursts of energy, nauseous with and without throwing up, thirsty, headaches, round ligament pain.  Same irrational fears and vivid dreams. Being able to scope out any and all pregnant women who cross my path and KNOWING how far along they are... :) 

WHAT I MISS:  Feeling "normal". Now it's normal to have a day-long headache. 

WHAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO:  Getting big(ger). Having a healthy appointment on October 13th, the gender scan in November, being pregnant in the holidays, nursery, new house, giving BIRTH, meeting and loving on our baby. :) 

WEEKLY WISDOM: Whilst preggo, do not bend over and cough. You will vomit in your hand. 'Nuff said. 

MILESTONES: Making it to week 13, woohoo! 

13 week belly at 5:30 am. . . 

Don't you dare judge my impossibly large arm.  :D 

I think it's a little bigger than week 8 below. . . Hmmm...

12w5d WOOT WOOT

12w5d... 

Anyone else excited that my doctor has bumped my due date up by 3 days? That means I'm REALLY out of the first trimester. That means nausea may soon go away for good, and I might get some honest to goodness energy.

This is the long and short of my appointment today. 

I did not gain any weight. Woot, woot.  Thank you, nausea. I have been able to gorge myself this entire month with nothing to show for it. 

I had to pee in a cup so they could check my urine for sugar. No threats of gestational diabetes. WOO! I was concerned about this because I've not been the healthiest. 

All of my blood work was absolutely normal, but I have not been immunized for chicken pox, something they're going to have to do ASAP as baby is born because apparently getting the chicken pox while an adult is horrific. 

We got to hear the heartbeat via doppler, and it was loud and clear! 158 bpm compared to the 164 bpm a month ago. We're thinking this baby might be team blue. . . when the tech left the room, I started my typical routine of fanning myself and crying. 

Doctor came into the room and answered some questions for me, said my chance of miscarriage was 2%, if that. WIN! Told me to tell the world.  Looks like I'm going to have a healthy baby. 

My next ultrasound is at 20 weeks, so some time in November. That will be the gender scan. I can hardly wait. I really wanted an ultrasound today, but she pretty much assured me that everything was right on track. At that appointment, they will be able to see the heart chambers and make sure there's no defects. I'm worried and wary, but I am hoping and praying for a perfectly healthy baby! 

She also gave me a flu shot today. Apparently, pregnant women can develop pneumonia if they get the flu. The immune system is not as equipped to fight infection, so this was a highly recommended precaution. And the flu shot has knocked all energy out of me, so I will be confined to my bedroom yet again on my day off.  ( I am going to try to stir before 4pm so I can drop all of my "Hoarder-closet-cleaning" clothes off at Goodwill.  And I want to clean! And do laundry! BAH!) 

Anyhow. . . great news!! Now to change my ticker on the top right of my page. It's no longer accurate, and I want to see the light at the end of this fun pregnancy tunnel!! :) 

She wore an itsy bitsy teeny weeny preggosaurus gut tankini...

Hahahahahaha....dork.

Yes, I ganked this from one of my many Jane Austen blogs. Yes, I am that kind of dork. Elizabeth Bennett's google mail. 

Bump Date: 12 Weeks!!

TOTAL WEIGHT GAINED: I don't know for certain, but at the time of my first prenatal visit, I had gained nine lbs since my miscarriage in April. :/ I don't really feel like I've gained any weight other than typical pregnancy bloat and retention. I've also been pretty sick for the past few weeks, so I probably have lost a couple pounds due to all that fun. 

MATERNITY CLOTHES: I buckled and bought a few pair of pregnancy pants on clearance at Old Navy, but I haven't actually seriously worn them out. I'm fitting into my regular pants with the help of a belly band, but I can still fit my belly under my shirts, dresses, and skirts. 

SLEEP: Tossing, turning, getting up in the wee hours of the morning to pee, wondering when I'm going to spew.

BEST MOMENT OF THE WEEK: Making it to 12 weeks, for sure!! And knowing that I'll get to see my little guy or gal on the ultrasound on Wednesday. Free dinner at Bosco's tonight with Dr. Josh Axe was another plus, though!

FOOD CRAVINGS: It varies, but I've had a serious soft spot for chicken nuggets for the past few weeks. They're cheap... which means I don't feel like I've wasted a lot when I have to throw them up. LOL! And Pei Wei. . . nomdabomb.com! And Cici's Pizza Buffet... I learned tonight that my eating habits aren't the best, nor is what I'm eating "real food". But it doesn't take a rocket science degree to get that!! 

FOOD AVERSIONS: Probably anything and everything considered "healthy". I hate it, but it's the truth. Oh, and tacos, pasta, Which 'Wich, diet coke. . . there are many more that I don't realize until there's a heaping plate of said aversion in front of me. 

SYMPTOMS: Parched and dehydrated, throwing up, nausea without throwing up, acne, headaches, fatigue, motion sickness when I'm a passenger. I think pregnancy has amped my need to be the driver in most scenarios. Brandon wreaks havoc on my pregnant sensibilities when he drives!! Ocasionally, I'll have little twinges around my belly button that might be stretching. . . 

Vivid dreams, irrational fears, compulsive googling (though partially abated). Then again, the last three are probably regular occurances that have absolutely nothing to do with carrying a child.

WHAT I MISS: Not throwing up bile in the morning upon waking. 

WHAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO: A healthy ultrasound and prenatal visit, finding out the gender, decorating the nursery, holding and loving on our baby!

WEEKLY WISDOM: Do not google SIDS or birth defects or miscarriage statistics. 

MILESTONES: Making it to the 12 week. Um, yay! 

I realize this isn't much of the belly because of the angle of my computer, but here's belly at week 12!! WOO!! And yeah, I'm trying to make it look like more than what it is. Believe me, I got this much belly when not preggo, but I LOVE my pregnant body.  It's coooooool. 

say what?!

So, you know it's a good day when one of your facebook friends, the mother of a newborn, puts this up as her status-- 

"How come no one warned me about projectile bowel movements?" 

LOL!! I laughed so hard I cried, and I'm a little disgusted now. Seriously, though. . . sounds like a party. 

House Hopeful

I have found the house I want us to buy. It's at the lower end of our price range, and it's almost 2000 sq feet! It's in Mt. Juliet which means I'd be closer to work, and it's closer to Nashville for Brandon and school. 

That being said, here's a picture of the facade. I'm not going to put MLS information on here because that would just be dumb in the event that we actually get this house, but. . . here she is in all her beautiful two-story glory. 

We're going to try to have a viewing tomorrow afternoon. The bonus is that she's completely vacant. I would love bringing home a baby to this house! No more struggling to get up the front porch! No more house that's not mine. Bring on the paint, bring on the decorating. (Within reason... we'd be on a strict budget for sure.) Anyhow, I'm in love! Isn't she a beauty? 

Hoarders

Hoarders. Do other people cry when they watch this show or just pregnant women?!

I can't breathe. My heart hurts! 

cleaning bug

Yay! It's my day off, and I am feeling fabulous. No more frumpalufagus. Well, I'm still pretty frumpy with no shower yet, but my house is getting cleaner by the minute! That's right. . . 

No shower by 5pm?! Eww, girl... you ARE frumpy.

I'm cleaning. And what better motivation than providing you guys with pictures as proof?! 

Stay tuned. When I find my camera charger and all's complete, I will post pictures. 

hide yo kids, hide yo wife...

Hello....

I'm just sitting here in the living room being a nauseous little frumpalufagus and waiting for some sort of miracle to creep up on me where I'll start to feel better.

I labored on labor day, so nothing exciting there.

After work, I went to Ross and bought some new sweats to lounge around in.  I don't look at regular cute clothes anymore because 1) I can't fathom putting anything around my waist that is not supported by elastic 2) Frumpalufaguses don't usually wear cute clothes. 

I am beginning to wonder if I'll get that cool pregnancy glow or if I'll just have this sick pregnancy pallor all nine months. 

I am so sick and tired of feeling like this! 

.....

Baby Nella

 Cheered up, as usual, by Kelle Hampton's blog.  Would you believe that baby's eyes? 

What a sweet girl. Can't wait to see what my own sweet one's eyes will be like! 

:(

And, on a completely unrelated sidenote, *headdeskheaddeskheaddesk*

NAUSEA x 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000!

Come quickly, second trimester! Make haste, make haste!

Darcy's Voyage Giveaway!!

I've entered a giveaway for the new book Darcy's Voyage over at http://janeaustenreviews.blogspot.com , and you should, too!!!

The setting of the beloved, traditional Pride and Prejudice is shifted to the high seas! Should be a fun read by a new author!! :)

Go on, my friends, enter. . . and if you happen to be the lucky winner, please share with me!! :) You know how much I love my P&P, and I know some of you are avid readers like myself.

Nausea, cravings, aversions, side effects, tiredness

Okay, so just to be fair and update you guys. . .
Remember that night that I was having a super awesome pregnancy night and feeling great enough to do my chores and make a pie?

Well, it looks like that is in the far distant past, and I'm back to puking my guts out again.

Seriously, I am ready to be out of this trimester and able to enjoy pregnancy. Not that this little blob inside of me won't be worth all of this nausea and pain in the end. . .

I have finally entered the realm of cravings and food aversions.

Craving: Chicken nuggets, chicken tenders, milk, carrots, salad, potatoes
Averting: Avocado (usually love anything with this), bleu cheese (I'm a buffalo chicken kinda gal, but I cannot handle this right now), pasta (spaghetti, any kind of noodle), 'Which 'Wich (ever since I had one of their sandwiches with avocado, the entire place sounds nasty), Taco Bell ( I usually LOVE anything from there, Arby's ( I usually love their roast beef, jr. GROSS!), Diet coke and regular coke ( I have limited my caffeine intake and usually have about 8oz of coke a day, if that, but I cannot handle diet soda anymore, so I'm having to drink the regular . . . which now tastes like diet to me. I dunno. Water (I'm not avoiding it, but it makes me super nauseous. I can only drink it in the morning or late at night. During the day is a no-go because it makes me sick.)

Weird side effect tastes: Had a slice of cheesecake yesterday and seriously thought it was laced with jalapenos. Had my friend try it, and she did not agree.

Other that all of that, I'm super tired but good. And my house is back to being a comfortable mess until the next trimester. That is all. Wish I could feel good and energized!!

Bring on week 11 and the energy, I say! :)