Nesting?

Not sure what hit me this weekend--think it might have been that elusive "nesting" thing that everyone keeps telling me about. All I know is: a) I was driven by strange forces to be amazingly productive and b) Pete was great--my own personal manual laborer moving shelves, gear, and other heavy stuff.
To house Baby Thunder in the other upstairs bedroom, we are having to shift the guest room to the downstairs office, and the office to the gear room, which in turn becomes the gear room/office. So, this weekend's project was sorting, straightening, and rearranging the gear room to make way for the office "stuff". It was actually kind of fun:)

On a side note, it is amazing for me to look at the pictures of myself as I grow... I know that I feel bigger and can feel a growth spurt coming, but when I see the pictures, I can actually see the difference. In this last week's photo (Week 22), I was a bit bigger than the week before(they weren't lying about the 1/2 inch!)--but, for me the main difference was in how I felt. It was like sometime on Saturday night/Sunday morning, Baby Thunder shifted positions. S/He'd been hanging onto the bottom of my ribs, but by the end of the weekend, it was like s/he'd settled in, and all the pressure/weight was much lower in my tummy. I'm not sure which I prefer! :)

We had snow again today (Monday early a.m.)--about 4 inches at the house--and we're supposed to have highs in the low 40s all week. I need warm spring to arrive sooner than later, as I am rapidly outgrowing all of the sweaters and long sleeves I bought to carry me through to warmer weather. If this cold stuff keeps up, I may actually have to go out and buy a new coat!

Hugs and Love!

kate

New Stuff!

Pete and I have posted a few new things to the blog in the last couple weeks, so be sure to check them out! Along the left side of the page, you'll see a poll, a slide show of our ultrasound pictures, and a slide show of my expanding tummy that we will be updating each week.

We also learned that the blog had been set up so that only "gmail" users could post--we've now changed it to allow anyone to post without signing up! We'd love to hear from you all:)

hugs!

kate

Ultrasound

March 3rd, 2008 - We had our first ultrasound! I have to admit the notion of becoming a father is a little scary. Everyone I talk to about this seems to assure me that everything will be just fine. True enough, my father has managed quite well and has never showed a hint of nervousness about being a father or soon to be grandpa. Now, I know I've heard stories about my father dropping me off at grandma Mahoney's with a fully loaded diaper and asking for a little help. I'm sure there will be plenty of calls asking "how do I do this?" or "am I doing this right?". But so far I seem to be handling it all in stride. Thats why I am happy to post the first pictures of our baby. Before this ultrasound any time I saw ultrasound pictures it all looked like a blurry mess. But now that it's my baby it's all crystal clear. From the tiny button nose to the little throwing arm, it's perfectly clear!

Now that Kate is 20 weeks, we plan to take pictures every week to document the growth of her belly. We have read that she will grow approximately 1/2 inch every week for the next 20 weeks. I think it's cool, but Kate's a little scared by that. We will post it as a slide show for your viewing pleasure, updated weekly.

Food!

Well, whatever was going on with my food issues, seems to have pretty much faded away! Relief! Dairy is agreeable again, so I've now been able to enjoy ice cream, chocolate milk (my latest craving!), and fruit smoothies made even better through the glory of yogurt:) Animal proteins have also been ok lately, though I still have a little bit of a hard time with beef. While I can eat meat again, cooking it is out of the question as the thought/sight of raw meat is wholly unappealing!

I haven't really had any "weird" cravings, though I did crave midget dill pickles, Pearson's Nut Rolls (sweet & salty goodness!), and now I am crazy about cakes, cupcakes, doughnuts, and any cake-like sweets washed down with chocolate milk. I guess it could be worse--greasy foods, fast foods, etc aren't even tempting:)

I do have to laugh though, as I've become like a squirrel. I have food caches everwhere! Since I am hungry at least every hour, I keep food in my desk, in my purse, in the car, in my gym bag, so that I can eat anytime the need strikes:) I'm curious to see what I weigh at at our appt tomorrow:)