Hellooooo Second Trimester

Thirteen Weeks

We are officially done with the first trimester! Well, according to half of what I read on the internet and in books anyway. It's all so confusing. Some tell you it's over once you hit twelve weeks, and others say not til week thirteen is over. Well, I am halfway through week thirteen, so therefore I SAY I am finally in the safe zone of the second trimester (and I said that last week too). Woohoo - we've done it!

Last Friday was our second doctor's appointment, and we got to hear the nice loud thud of it's heartbeat again...what a wonderful sound. So all is looking good so far they said. In another couple of months we will get a second ultrasound and will be able to find out the sex. Can't wait! I personally have ZERO preference on gender...all I am wishing for more in the entire world is to have a healthy baby that cries loud and strong once it's outta there. 

And perhaps a hairy one too...cause I have been having a lot of heartburn. And according to the ever-wise internet, that old wives tale about heartburn equating to a full head of hair on your baby has actually been proven true. At least it won't be for nothing! I can smell heartburn on food now...that is actually a thing. I can just sniff it out and make the decision to pass on eating it or suffer through it because it will be worth it.  

Eleven Weeks/
Dumpy Pants

So that's pretty much it. If you see above in the photo I am rocking maternity jeans. I compared this photo to the last one at eleven weeks and I think I actually look slimmer in the one above. I'm giving credit to the jeans vs. the dumpy track pants I had on in the last one. So note to self - don't wear dumpy clothes. I like the new belly...it's just beginning to "pop." I can't wait til it actually looks like I am pregnant. Cause right now, all it really looks like (if you had to guess) is that I've been eating too many capicola subs and drinking a ton of beer. Which is what I would absolutely love right now. UGH, can't have nothin.

Okay another thing that has changed - I have an odd new interest in attending baby showers?! Ha. In the past I have always been so not excited about attending those things...I didn't even want to go to my best friend's! But now that I too am pregnant I feel a sense of understanding and admiration for these parties. Babies are expensive, and cute...so why not shower mom-to-be with cute (maybe) stuff so they don't have to blow all their money on it all by themselves? Brilliant. 

At my bridal shower last year I was excited for it but felt completely uncomfortable being the center of attention during it, and opening all those gifts in front of everyone was even worse. I know my family will want to throw me a shower at some point and I have already decided that the invitation will read "FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DO NOT WRAP YOUR GIFTS PLEASE," something about being green or whatever. No one wants to spend over an hour watching a grown adult do that anyway.  

And for my cousin's girlfriend's baby shower present, I even got all crafty. I bought a used sewing machine off of Craigslist recently, and here is my first official project. Not bad, huh? Taggie Blanket Tutorial

Taggie Blankie for Baby Jones