October 21, 2012

How far along: 13 weeks 2 days

Maternity clothes: Not yet, but I have used my hair bands as a belly band. I am trying to hold out as much as possible. I’m eyeing these cute clothes I saw at Kohls in Vegas though.

Stretch marks: No

Sleep: This week I am definitely a lot less sleepy than the first trimester. I have been waking up in the middle of the night a lot and can’t go back to sleep. My dreams are so crazy and super emotional. I feel so anxious about everything! (Work doesn’t help.)

Best moment this week: Making it to this week. After miscarrying before, every week is a miracle. Also, having Mike on day shift has been great for night-time because we actually get to sleep together at the same time. I sleep so much better when he is home!

Have you told family & friends: Slowly. I am typing this before we tell everyone and leaving it as a draft. Mike says he wants to be the one to drop the bomb and claims within the next few days he is going to do it. Silly guy. I have told a few of my students and co workers at work because my clothes are kind of giving it away. I never realized how most of my clothes were form-fitting.

Miss anything: Mountain biking and races. I love having something to train for. Also, SUSHI!

Morning sickness: None at all. I was a little nauseous for a while, but never enough to think of throwing up. I am very lucky.

Movement: Nothing to be felt yet… but at my ten week heart monitor check, I heard the heart beat for a second and then it would keep disappearing because the baby was moving around. Hyperactive maybe?

Food cravings: SPICY food, garlic, grilled cheese, and grapes.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Microwave food for a while. Today I actually made a microwave meal and ate it without feeling disgusted. The thought of Teriyaki Chicken makes me sick.

Have you started to show yet: A little bump..mainly in the evening after work. It pretty much looks like I am fat, not pregnant.

Gender prediction: Boy
Labor signs: No
Belly button in or out: In
Wedding rings on or off: Off. I gave up a while ago because I was retaining water so bad. I don’t want to risk it.

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy until about eight o clock when its time for bed. Then I am cranky. 🙂

Looking forward to: The next ultrasound and doctor visit so we can have a peace of mind.

The one thing about living in a small town like Cruces, is that there is always something going on that involves corn, chiles, or some type of farm activity. We are very lucky to have the Mesilla Valley Corn Maze down the street from us. Mike and I went a couple of years ago and had a lot of fun just hanging out and having a date night. We wanted to go again!

It was really nice to hang with Mike because during the work week we hardly see each other. The weather was so awesome! Love me some fall weather.

You take a hay ride out to the pumpkin patch to pick out a pumpkin. We weren’t planning on getting one, but still wanted to go look.

Mike wanted to find a really big one that was “manly” looking for his picture.

I had to grab a small one. 🙂

Of course, he had to make a remark and demonstrate as to why there were zucchini growing out there.

I loved this pumpkin because it had a Curly Q on top. The girl next to me got a similar one too.

We were one of the last people to go in the maze and only had twenty minutes to find the lookout and then come back. The last time we went, we got a little lost. We decided to play it safe and just walk straight there and straight back.

Of course Mike had to try out the little bikes. He was having a hard time getting this one going. We didn’t notices until we saw the picture that one of the tires was flat. That would explain it!