1/28/10 :: day 84

I feel like complete crap today.  I am tired from going to bed at the late hour of 10:30pm and due to the winter storm front moving this way I now have a sinus headache to deal with.  I am so not going to be pleasant or productive today.  No way…no how.

Today has been a strange roller coaster.  Due to my nasty sinus headache and strange stomach pains I was down and out most of the day.  I kept having the strange urge to cry every hour or so.  Not typical of me.  I guess this means the hormones are officially kicking in.  Not good.  Not good at all for Derek.  Poor guy.  Sweetie, I vow to do my best to keep them under control. I was feeling so out of whack and completely crappy that I left work early today.  Let’s hope this starts getting a bit more regulated and not an all the time thing.  I don’t need any more bad habits.  I have plenty.  I had to go to Target to pick up a baby shower gift for a friend for this weekend so I don’t have to fight all of the crazies just before the big snow/ice storm hits that all the weather men are predicting.  Since I was there I decided to take a quick peek in the maternity section.  I’m not quite big enough to fit into maternity pants yet, but I sure ain’t fitting in my normal pants.  I bought a belly band for my normal pants so I can keep them unzipped, but having pants unzipped makes me feel like I’m gonna drop trough on accident one day.  That would NOT be very lady like…now would it?  I think I can start wearing the maternity pants to work I just need to make sure that I keep the big ole’ belly fabric rolled down for a while.

1/29/10 :: day 85

All I’ve gotta say is pregnancy makes ya gassy!  Shew weee!  Before the pregnancy I was lactose intolerant.  I had to take lactaid w/ any meal containing an average amount of dairy, but now it’s not so bad.  Which I am super happy about.  I know it will come right back once I pop this kid out, but I am grateful for now.  However, the gas has increased exponentially.

1/30/10 :: day 86

Today I went to Cari-Beth’s baby shower. Going to this shower made me realize how much baby stuff we need.  I had no idea there were so many cute baby boutiques out there.  I told my friends that I will be picking their brains about where all of these baby boutiques are at.  I’m at a loss when it comes to that stuff.  Oh, the entire time I was at the shower, which was a blast by the way…good job Sarah, my left boob was itching.  It was unbelievable.  I’m sure there are a few pictures of me trying to scratch my lovely itch.

2/1/10 :: day 88

2/2/10 :: day 89

Okay, today I am super excited about the baby.  Not that I wasn’t before, but today I am just giddy.  I think it’s has to do with me honing in on a nursery design.  Well a girl nursery anyway.  We are still 5 weeks away from knowing what we are having, but i kind of want a general idea for either sex before we find out the gender.  This way I can have all of the stress of that decision out of the way and I can focus on the excitement of knowing what we are having when the time comes.  I would also like to have a name picked out for both genders w/in the next 5 weeks as well.  Now all I have to do is convince Derek to agree on the name I want.  

2/3/10 :: day 90

Last night I noticed, well all day yesterday actually, that my belly has begun getting and feeling (from the inside) tight.  This is an all day thing.  During the first few weeks every now and then I could feel a tightness, but yesterday I noticed the feeling ALL DAY LONG.  My chest has begun growing too.  Kind of like my belly my chest during the 1st few weeks didn’t really have much change…until now. I assume this is how it’s going to be from this point out. Oh, yesterday I came up with a mood board for a girls room.  Not that we know what we are having yet, but it’s always nice to be prepared.  I’m gonna get started on a mood board for a boy’ room next. Heck this may work for a boy’s room too.  I may just play down the orange a bit.