Autumn

They say we don't get the chance to witness the changing of the leaves here in California. However, I think this leaf is a perfect example that we do. Happy Autumn everyone.

18 weeks and 4 Month Belly Pic

Hello friends and fam. This week I am 18 weeks and Turtle is the size of a large sweet potato. Who knows how large a large sweet potato is? Not I. Turtle is 5.5 inches long from top of the head to bottom of it's butt. Teehee. Turtle has been nudging a lot lately, mostly at night. It is such a neat feeling and I cannot wait until Boogs can experience it as well. Super exciting! We will be finding out whether Turtle is a boy or girl on Nov 4th. YAY!! Cannot wait.

As you can see from my picture I'm starting to protrude a bit more. I am 35 inches around (weird), and I swear I can feel my skin stretching. And my pants are getting tight. I'm sorry, but I don't know how girls can have muffin tops!! This feeling of be uncomfortable will forever keep me from letting myself go. I think I might go get my first set of maternity clothes tomorrow. We shall see how that all goes.

Remember people, you can always comment on these post so I know I'm not typing just to type :)

Pregger Dreams

OK, these pregger dreams are crazy. I mean I did dream when I was not pregnant, but these dreams are vivid. I thought Boogs only had crazy dreams with a bunch of details, but I have now joined the group. I had my first look at my "dream baby" last night. It was a boy and it had manly chest and back hair. This hair was thick and curly. His skin was also chapped and dry. I just kept looking at it thinking, "Boogs was a hairy baby, but I am pretty sure he wasn't THIS hairy." Craziness let me tell you. I also had a sad dream that had me waking up crying. That was a first as well. Pretty sure it was the hormones, but who knows. And can you believe I was crying over a hamster? Like I said, weird crazy dreams. I hope that tonight's dreams are a bit more uplifting. We shall see.

17 weeks

OK. First off, feeling Turtle kick on his/her very own for the first time THIS VERY SECOND!! Oh my goodness how exciting! So today Turtle is 17 weeks (in the tummy). Turtle's cartilage is changing to bone, is about 5 ounces and is about 5 inches long :) Turtle is the size of a large onion today.

And my belly is beginning to get larger and evidently it is beginning to become a bit more obvious. A client at the Center yesterday asked,
"Are you pregnant?"
".......is it showing?"
"Yes, a bit."
"So it begins, yes I am."
No more hiding it from the world. Not that I was hiding it, but I told who I wanted to know and let everyone else just figure it out for themselves. So if I told you, feel loved <3 It will be harder to hide now, although the cooling of the weather calls for sweats and hoodies so I can cover it a bit and be much more comfortable. I am not excited about people touching the tummy, and it is happening more and more now. I have decided when someone rubs my tummy I am just going to be forced to rub their tummies back. Logical solution, right? Thought so.