17 weeks

I know I know I missed yet another week, but remember I said I would try ;). I am happy to report that I am feeling much better. I am very thankful because we have been very busy! I had a wonderful birthday weekend. We went out to eat with friends and Dono on Friday night, and then I was kicked out of the house for the rest of the weekend. The guys worked all weekend (almost, there was a well deserved golf break) painting our kitchen cabinets, it was very stinky but they turned out great! Meanwhile I got a prenatal massage which was wonderful and maybe a little addicting :) Then Jennifer, Lexi and I spent the weekend shopping which wasn't too bad! We were even able to pick up our new entertainment center. Our house is still a wreck, kitchen items are in all rooms which has made cooking a little like a scavenger hunt. Our goal is to get it back in shape this week!

On the pregnancy front I have been having a few cravings, including pancakes, crab rangoons, popsicles, cheerios mixed with honey bunches of oats, salad with thousand island dressing, and pepperoni pizza from Mama's. I have also been having crazy dreams one of which involved Skyline Chili where I would NOT stop talking about the cheese and Frisch's where I wanted a small fish sandwich well done just like grandma! Needless to say I craved both restaurants for almost a whole week, unfortunately there are none around here :(. Another dream I had involved Ben taking the baby golfing and propping it up on the golf bag because he refused to take the stroller. Sleeping has been becoming more difficult although I am very tired I just can't seem to get comfortable. Ben says I kick a lot and even told him "NO SHARE" when he tried to use a corner of the comforter I cocooned myself in :) oops sorry honey.

This past week was teacher appreciation week and we got to wear jeans all week, sounds great right, well when you only have 3 pairs of stretchy jeans it just means mid week laundry arrgh. I might have worn a pair twice shhhh don't tell! We have 4 weeks left WOO HOO and only 2 weeks until we find out the sex! This will be a short week for me at school because one of my other birthday presents was from the government, Jury Duty, I have never had it before and the only thing I am worried about is if I were to be picked and not be able to go to the 19 week appointment to find out the sex..... uhhh sorry city of Fort Worth I have WAY more important things to do ;)

Baby Development This Week: Baby is the size of a turnip, 5 inches long and 5 ounces. The skeleton is turning into hard bone, and the umbilical cord is growing stronger and thicker. Baby is moving around and I can't wait until I can feel it!

17 Weeks

Our newly painted cabinets :) (excuse the mess!)

Our new entertainment center that our TV actually fits in! (again excuse the mess)