17 Weeks!

   17 weeks is here and I can't believe it. Looking back, its hard to believe it has already been 13+ weeks since I took the pregnancy test. It feels like maybe a month ago at most. Wowzers.

   This weeks has been busy busy. School has picked up the pace and I can't seem to get ahead. I'm starting to get anxiety--seriously. I am really getting worried about the baby's room getting done it time because well... I haven't even started. Right now, the future nursery serves as an extra bedroom with grey walls, black furniture, clouds painted on the ceiling, and a closet stuffed full of my clothes. Most of my anxiety is thinking about what I am going to do with all that stuff, not necessarily finding new stuff to put in there.

   First and foremost, the clouds MUST go. They were also on the ceiling in Rory's room and I painted over them as many times as I could. Yuck! When I was 5, I may have thought they were pretty cool but not anymore. Good riddens blue clouds!! Next is to apply beadboarding on all 4 walls. This is something that Don wants no part in so, as usual, I will do it  myself. I did Rory's room without any help, so I can do this one too I suppose. But when?? I am SOOOO incredibly busy and stressed!! My week days are filled with class, lab, clincals, etc. and my weekends are spent studying and making up time with Rory. Whoo... I need to breath for just a minute but there is no time.

How Far Along: 17 Weeks

Size of Baby: a turnip! 5 inches, 5 ounces  <---finally, baby has grown enough to maybe give me an excuse for this rather large bump I'm sportin' around

Total Weight Gained/Lost: +5
Maternity Clothes: Mainly just pants, but starting to wear my maternity shirt more often.

Movement: Oh yeh and its great.

Sleep: Really good. Not to jinx myself, but I've only been waking up once every night to go pee

What I miss: My period!!

Ha! Thats a joke. My period would normally start around this time, but in your face Kotex!-- I have 5 more months before I have anything coming out down there! Boo ya!

Cravings: Syrup. The salt craving has diminished and I'm moving back over to the sweet side.

Aversions: None. If I don't develop something to put in this slot soon, I'm going to delete this dang question.

Symptoms: Exhaustion, irritability, mood swings (stay away from me), hungry every second of every day, mild cramping every now and again, mild headaches

Highlights from this week: Working out again. I went a week or two without doing too much so this week I finally paid a visit to the gym and it felt great to be back!

At Nicki's Baby Shower