Week 11

Last night Steve and I sat in bed and read about what’s happening in week eleven. Here are the highlights:

-Baby Staton is the size of a fig (or about 1.6” from head to rump for those who haven’t seen a whole fig in person…like me)

-Over the next three weeks baby will DOUBLE in size. Bring on the baby bump!

-Baby is growing finger nails. How cute!

-Vital organs are formed and my blood is now circulating between me and the baby.

-Baby is moving around like crazy (according to my sources). Wish I could feel it.

And for me, well, it’s been a rough month. We watched a movie the other night called What to Expect When You’re Expecting. Not as funny as I had anticipated and I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it, however there is one part that keeps coming to mind. One of the main characters, who is well into her third trimester, gets up to speak at a maternity convention. The topic is supposed to be about finding your pregnancy “glow”. When she comes on stage she is completely disheveled (all due to various pregnancy symptoms she experienced backstage) and she begins to read from her flash cards. After only a few seconds she puts away the cards and declares that she is calling bologna (she used something slightly more vulgar) on the whole thing. She starts to cry and in this really pathetic, whiny voice says, “pregnancy is REALLY hard.” Well that kind of sums up my attitude the last few weeks. The excitement and joy is still there but has been mostly taken over by the pregnancy monster (we’ll call her Medusa). Medusa has filled my life with nausea, headaches, complete exhaustion and dizziness. Not to mention that she is now stealing my things. Don’t trust me with anything important over the next few months. She will take them away forever.

So, I have probably been a little whiny lately. But I will soon be in my second trimester and with this comes hope of improved energy, renewed appetite and hopefully a more positive attitude (keeping my fingers crossed.)

On a side note I will be including more pictures in my future posts to spice things up a bit. Make them more interesting. For now I don’t have much to take pictures of other than me lying on the couch eating crackers. For now here is a picture of Steve and I on our 7 year anniversary back in August. We went for a hike in Cooper Landing. I was a few weeks pregnant. 

I am so in love with this man!!!

On another side note people keep asking me what I’m craving. So in case it’s on your mind as well here is my answer:

Nothing. Lately I mostly hate food and dread the feeling of being hungry because it means I have to find something to eat. The one thing that I would say is my friend is fruit. Not so much a craving, just something that I can eat without forcing myself. And I can eat it guilt free. Right now I am drinking a delicious fruit smoothie. Banana, strawberry, blueberry, yogurt, peanut butter and almond milk. YUM!

Hope you're having a wonderful day. Enjoy fall! It's my favorite season!

-K