Constant Craving...

The cravings have started to hit.... Big Time.... and only over the last few days.

Mainly, Chocolate. I bought a bag of Dark chocolate dipped mini pretzels at Trader Joe's today... and ate an obscene amount of them. M&M mini snack size bags. Chocolate milk. This is insane. It's bad. Please send help!

That's not even mentioning the things I have been craving, yet haven't had. Caramel Dip and appples, Pumpkin pie ice cream, apple pie, and not a single damn good for you thing on the list. Sigh.

Here's to hoping I get through the second trimester without turning into Shamu!

Oh, yeah, 12 weeks yesterday! :)

Rambing....

Yesterday I had my OB appointment. I got a bonus ultrasound! Everything is fine! The reason for said view into my womb was the Wold's Oldest Doppler, coupled with the fact that I am chubby. I think. Anyway.... no luck finding the heartbeat with the Star Trek-era doppler..... so they popped me into the u/s room for a peek. I finally got an abdominal one, no wand in the hay-hay in the A.M......thankyouverymuch! Woofreakinghoo!! No print-out of this one.... but heart is fine, everything appears to be on track. So much so, that I get to go in bi-weekly for a bit! YAY! These weekly trips to his office have served their purpose.... but I am ready for a bit of a break! Not to mention the $35 co-pay each visit adds up!

And, I didn't even bruise so much from the bloodwork. It's about the size of my pinky nail. Nice, really....unlike last time where I was sporting a HUGE nasty bruise for 10 days afterward.

Also, I bought a doppler online last night. I found a Hi Bebe for about $100 - and it seemed like a great deal.... considering the digital-readout ones are close to $50 monthly to rent, and even the basic ones are at least $20 a month. This will be good, cause I will own it, and be able to use it for this and any possible future kiddo.
(Or, at least let friends borrow it, whatever....)

Anyway. Need to get dressed and start my day. I was up at 4am... but went back to bed as Jeff was getting up at 5:30ish.

I also need to decide if it's worth dragging Travis to Parent's Place today.... he's been a pain in my arse about it the last few times. Melt-downs, tantrums, the whole nine yards. We may just try the drop-in classes for a bit.... he can only go to Core class for another couple of months anyway - turning 3 in November and all.

Later!

How my morning started....

(crappy picture.... but my first Moblog!!)

I had to go to the lab and do the 1 hour glucose tolerance test. Meaning....
I got there at 7:30, and proceeded to have to down this nast-ay orange syrupy crap in 5 minutes. Oh, yeah.... on an empty stomach. No water chaser. Lovely. Then I had to wait there for an hour..... not bad.... I had my iPod, and my knitting....


And then they took eight vials of blood from me. Lovely, no?

I joked with the nurse that she could go ahead and put half the vials back when she took them out of the drawer. She was sweet, and laughed.... and tried to keep it quick and painless.

When I was pregnant with Travis, I didn't even have to do the glucose test until, like 22 weeks.... so having it done this early was new to me. And I have felt tired, cranky, and crapppy all day long because of it. Yay. :(

But, I guess I just don't do well with blood draws.

Fall is here!

I made Caramelized Apple Pecan Coffee Cake today. Starbucks has the recipe cards in their stores, and it is SOOOOO GOOD! MUCH better than the who-knows-how-old-version they have in the display case. Of course, the apples alone would be great on anything.... crepes, pancakes, ice cream.... drool.

The worst part about being pregnant is always wanting to eat, but not being able to. I am always full after not all that much food. Oh well. It's not like I want to gain THAT much, anyway!! :)

The Update.....

So.... I feel a little less superstitious after today. I am coming out of the blog closet. No, not THAT closet. LOL. But, for those of you who don't know.... I am pregnant. Yup. Knocked. Up. Again. 10 weeks, 1 day based on today's ultrasound. Which brings my edd up to 4/7/2008.



Hello in there!!! :)

And it's hard. Harder this time.... because I have to drag my almost-3-year-old who is acting like he's closer to 2 sometimes..... to my OB appointments, and try and coax him to nap with me in the afternoons. And I am exhausted, and feel mommy-guilt when the only outing we've had in days are trips to Starbucks and Target. Park? Um, yeah? Notsomuch. Bad mommy!

Because I've been through this all before.... I am not obsessing NEARLY as much as I did with Travis. Shut UP! I'm NOT!

But, that doesn't mean I'm not obessing.... 'cause ya know.... that's just what I DO!

I am most nervous (right now) about the whole family dynamic changing. Even though this baby is COMPLETELY wanted and PLANNED.... I feel, right now, we've got a pretty good thing going.... we know what we're doing (most of the time). Day-to-day stuff runs fairly smoothly... again MOST of the time. And, quite honestly - adding another baby into the mix is going to seriously shake things up. But, then again - two is twice the fun. Right?

How to be a Domestic Sleep-Deprived Goddess...

I was hit with early morning insomnia. Meaning, I woke up thereabouts 4:00am to pee. Then.... no sleep. Even though I lay in bed for nearly an hour. So, I threw on a robe, and came out to the living room. I knit a bit, and then surfed a little on the 'net.

Then, decided, well I've got 4 perfectly good blackened organic bananas on the counter.
So, I did the only logical thing. And right now I have a loaf of Nigella's Banana Bread tucked into the oven, baking away. (Sans raisins or nuts, only 'cause we didn't have any)

Um, yes, as a matter of fact it is only 6:30 AM!

When life hands you bananas, you make banana bread.