15 Weeks and Dreams

I turned 15 weeks (well, baby did) yesterday and I honestly feel like time is moving soooo sloooowly, but then again the half-way point isn't too far off. There are a lot of milestones coming up such as the 3rd doctor's appointment, the anatomy ultrasound (hopefully at the end of April!).....and I guess that's pretty much it. Oh! And hopefully the first kicks and whatnot. I've felt some randomly weird feelings, but I don't know if it's baby yet or not.

What this picture should tell you, if anything, is that I need to clean my mirror. I just did it like 2 weeks ago. Stupid mirrors. And, yes, I'm aware that I look like a weird letter "S." Lol.

Anyway, now for the dream part. Last night I had several dreams where I went in to have the gender ultrasound done. They all turned out pretty strange.

Dream #1: I was in this huge hospital that looked more like the subway station in D.C. Naturally, I was lost. My step-sister, Melony, was with me and said, "Here, I'll take the baby to the pediatrician and you go get the ultrasound done." It seemed like a good plan. Kill two birds with one stone and all that. So I somehow got the baby out of my stomach (well, uterus to be more anatomically correct).....I guess it was just like a pouch I could unzip or something....handed her the baby and rushed to my ultrasound appointment. I guess I was running late. When I got there, I told the u/s technician that I didn't have the baby with me at this time. He said that was fine and we'd just have to find out the gender next time. I was so mad! Lol. So then I tried to go find Melony and all I found were a bunch of Chinese restaurants. So weird.

Dream #2: Not a whole lot of extra stuff in this one. I went to get the ultrasound, and they told me I was pregnant with a flower. And it wasn't any kind of metaphor or anything. It was an actual flower. I saw it. It looked a lot like this:

Except without all the grass and stuff. And I know what you're thinking: "Awww, that's pretty. Flowers are nice." Wrong. It was not a nice dream at all....I was so mad and kept thinking to myself, "Well, flowers are all fine and good, but I could've just grown one in a pot and it would've been a lot less trouble."

Dream #3: This one didn't really go anywhere. I was laying there waiting for the guy to tell me "It's a ______!" and all he could do was make fun of me for being skinny. Lol, story of my life. It was just annoying.

Dream #4: I went in for my appt. and there were a TON of people waiting ahead of me. They told me the wait would be at least an hour. So, I went outside and did God knows what, then came in an hour later or so, only everybody was gone! And the u/s technician went to lunch! The receptionist got annoyed to have to put my name back on the "after lunch" list. Boring.

Dream #5: This time I actually had the baby (a girl) and Dimas & I were trying to figure out her middle name. (I think we already have the first name picked out). Well, some random family member.....not quite sure who it was, but it was a male figure....didn't like the names we were thinking about so he took the baby to go get her named himself. I think he had to go to the court house in San Antonio or something. Anyway, so we go to his house to get her and they gave her the middle name "Wilhemina." Lol, I hated it! So, Dimas and I decided to change it. I thought of the name "Rose" and he loved it. I think my step-sister was in this dream too, as that's her middle name. Anyway, there's that. All ended up well I think.

I could probably post a new dream every day....I've been dreaming up a storm! Alright kids....I have to get ready for work. Take care!

Hooray for sandwiches!

I hit 13 weeks today, which also means that I am officially in my 2nd trimester! Maybe it's a coincidence, but I woke up super hungry today and have remained that way....basically for almost 24 hours.

My photo for the week:

I think my "baby belly" may just be completely related to the digestive process, but you're missing the point! The point is that I don't hate bread anymore! You see, bread has been my nemesis so far through this pregnancy. The look of it, the smell of it, the thought of the look or smell of it.....it's made me so nauseous! Today, however, was different. I wanted a tuna sandwich, went to the store, bought the necessary ingredients, and ate two without batting an eyelash. Good. I like bread again. There is a little bit of normalcy in my life. The word normalcy looks incorrect.

Oh, and just a disclaimer: I take these pictures with my cell phone (obviously). Well, when I edit them, I have to rotate the pic because it's always sideways or upside down or whatever. For some reason, it adds bulk to my frame when I do this, so I may or may not be as big as my photos suggest. I honestly can't tell. Just thought I'd mention it in case I ever get my regular camera and it suddenly seems like I lost half my body or something. :)

So, I'm hoping the rest of my 2nd trimester goes as great as the first day of it has. I'm hungry, I'm eating bread, and I'm starting to look forward to, you know, living life again. Morning sickness is for the birds, I say.

Funny Pregnancy Quotes

So, in between working and sleeping I tend to get bored. I found some funny pregnancy and baby quotes online and thought I'd share. Enjoy!

If men were equally at risk from this condition - if they knew their bellies might swell as if they were suffering from end-stage cirrhosis, that they would have to go nearly a year without a stiff drink, a cigarette, or even an aspirin, that they would be subject to fainting spells and unable to fight their way onto commuter trains - then I am sure that pregnancy would be classified as a sexually transmitted disease and abortions would be no more controversial than emergency appendectomies. ~Barbara Ehrenreich

Never go to your high school reunion pregnant or they will think that is all you have done since you graduated. ~Erma Bombeck

Love is all fun and games until someone loses an eye or gets pregnant. ~Jim Cole

Love and pregnancy and riding on a camel cannot be hid. ~Arabic Proverb

Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child. She must be found and stopped. ~Sam Levenson

You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment. ~Dave Barry, "Things That It Took Me 50 Years to Learn"

There are three reasons for breast-feeding: the milk is always at the right temperature; it comes in attractive containers; and the cat can't get it. ~Irena Chalmers

Life is tough enough without having someone kick you from the inside. ~Rita Rudner

If nature had arranged that husbands and wives should have children alternatively, there would never be more than three in a family. ~Lawrence Housman

It sometimes happens, even in the best of families, that a baby is born. This is not necessarily cause for alarm. The important thing is to keep your wits about you and borrow some money. ~Elinor Goulding Smith

The worst feature of a new baby is its mother’s singing. ~Kin Hubbard

"A grand adventure is about to begin." - Winnie the Pooh

Well, internet world, it's official.....we are going to have a BABY!!!!

Okay, so it's been official for a few weeks now (12 to be exact), but until now I've been hesitant to blog about it. I don't know why, since I've told everyone who will ever read this anyway. I'm a weird pregnant lady now. Leave me alone.

So now for the all-important belly shots. I don't have a whole lot going on yet, but it's definitely noticeable to me and to my pants, which refuse to button, zip, etc. Since I just turned 12 weeks today I haven't taken a new picture yet. Just imagine my 11 week belly bigger, and that's basically where I'm at. :) Pictures!

7 weeks in a weird nightgown. It's the only one I had from the earlier weeks.


Blah, I still haven't really figured out how to display pics the way I would like to on here. I should take a class. Oh, here's baby's first picture!

(Edit - I'll have to repost this pic when photobucket starts working again.)

I promise you it's cute when you kind of know what you're looking at. :)

Well, this is all getting kind of random so I'll return with more organized thoughts soon. Just wanted to share the most exciting news in the world to the whole internet. (It's a series of tubes.)

Happy daylight-saving!