Little update

I thought I would get a little update on here before this pregnancy flies right by me and all the sudden the baby is here! Gosh, the weeks are flying!

Anyway, we are 17 weeks along now and I am feeling FANTASTIC! It has been such a blessing over the last month to finally have my appetite back and my energy as well. The nausea is gone for the most part, except for every once in awhile if I haven't eaten. I can't really say that I have any one certain craving, just really random ones. I crave orange juice a lot and could eat cereal for every meal. And who, I ask, ever craves mac 'n cheese?! Oh, I do! WEIRD! I haven't eaten that for years, and now for some reason it tastes delicious! Go ahead and say it, YUCK, right?! Other than that, it's anything and everything...and I mean everything! I get hungry so much more often these days!

I haven't felt any movement, which I guess is pretty normal for your first. Hopefully in a few weeks I'll start to feel more -- that will be sooo exciting! But, I am starting to show! YAY! It felt like it was literally one day I woke up and there was my stomach poking out! Although, it is still that phase where it's like, hmmmm, is she just letting herself go or is there something actually in that gut of hers?! Hehe! But it is so fun to look down and see my belly growing and to feel my body changing! I am really, really loving pregnancy at this point!

I haven't been too super emotional...but maybe you should ask Chris about that! I mean, obviously there are days where I am a million times more irritable or get frustrtaed way easier. And there are also those days where I can watch a gum commercial and start crying! But for the most part, that doesn't happen too often, thank goodness!

At this point my biggest concerns are the hope that Kaiya will be able to adjust easily to such a HUGE change. I worry about that a lot. Not that anything can be done about it, but I just hope it's not too hard for her. And I worry about my mom not being able to be here with me. I can't focus on that too much, because it will make me and my mom too sad. But it sure would be nice if she could be here to help me somehow recover and keep my sanity in those few weeks after the baby comes.There's nothing quite like the presence of your mother, ya know? And finally, when will I sleep?! Haa! I guess everyone wonders that! But with Kaiya it was just so different because she was bottle fed and Chris was sooo good at getting up with her at night. Is it so dumb to even be thinking about this stuff so far in advance? That's just me -- I'm the worrier and try to prep myself months in advance for stuff like this!

But really, right now, we are just enjoying this whole experience. Chris and I are so loving this time together -- the appointments, the changes, the antcipation, the curiosity and beauty of it all. It's funny how it has made me love him so much more and our relationship seems to be growing even closer. How I wish Kaiya could understand it a little bit more. But she will one day very soon! We are also loving and cherishing this time we have together, just the 3 of us. Not that having another one will diminish the joy of our time together, but there is that sense of wanting to hold onto every last minute of this particular phase of our family before it changes. We are pretty much smothering Kaiya with all the love we can give! We feel grateful beyond expression for such a miracle! And sooo excited because we find out TOMORROW what we are having!!! YAY!!! Any guesses out there?! More updates to come!