14 Weeks

how far along? 14 Weeks and 4 Days

how are you measuring? umm, fat?

size of baby? About as big as a lemon right now

heartbeat? According to our doppler, last night was about 137-140bpm
total weight gain/loss? + 8lbs

maternity clothes? Yup definitely in the maternity clothes

stretch marks? Nope, not yet.  I've been using the Mama Bee Belly Butter almost religiously!  Plus it's a good way to get a belly rub from Chris ;)
sleep? Sleep is such a pain right now.  Just lots of second tri aches and pains
best moment this week? Chris and I went and purchased a couple of children's books this weekend.  
movement? I don't feel anything yet but hopefully will start feeling little flutters shortly.
food cravings? Jalapenos, oranges, pineapple and the pickles from Chilis

gender predictions? I really feel like it's a girl.  It's such an overwhelming feeling sometimes.  

what i miss: Going to pubs on the weekends.  There.  I said it.
what i'm looking forward to: my spa day coming up with my hunny :)
how are you feeling? Right now, awful.  I have an appointment in a couple weeks to be checked out to make sure it's really just "typical aches."  The other night I couldn't walk because of a very centralized stabbing pain almost in my butt, I think it's my lower back though.  It's there, constantly.  Just not usually crippling.  Mostly makes me walk funny.  I've had sciatic nerve pain many times and this is definitely not it.  I just really need some kind of relief.

13 Weeks

how far along? 13 Weeks and 4 Days

how are you measuring? 

size of baby? Baby is about the size of a peach :)

heartbeat? No clue right now.  Our doppler is definitely not accurate but whatever...I still get to hear my baby
total weight gain/loss? + 8lbs

maternity clothes? I'm wearing the maternity pants now because they're definitely more comfortable on my belly

stretch marks? Nope, not yet.  We finally got the Mama Bee Belly Butter in, thanks to my MIL!
sleep? Sleep is....okay
best moment this week? going to Saarbrucken with Dave and Margaret and we got to buy our first baby jumper.  
movement? I don't feel anything yet but hopefully will start feeling little flutters shortly.
food cravings? Jalapenos, oranges and the pickles from Chilis

gender predictions? I really feel like it's a girl.  It's such an overwhelming feeling sometimes.  

what i miss: Having energy to go to the gym every day
what i'm looking forward to: Actually having a bump instead of just looking fat.
how are you feeling? Easily frustrated....especially if I'm hot now  

On My Way To Crazy Town

Well I suppose it was only a matter of time before hormones caught up to me.  Today has been a real treat.  I guess I knew it would happen soon but I just was not ready for the amount of psycho I would produce in 12 hours.

Let's start with this morning where I woke up feeling annoyed that I even had to wake up at all.  But that's pretty much everyone most days.  Not too bad, right?  I proceeded to go from feeling annoyed to very playful which consisted of trying to pop my husbands cheeks while he was swishing his mouthwash.  I was thinking to myself "Okay, this could actually be a really good day!  Yay!"

Then the crazy set in.

I poured myself a glass of orange juice and took a nice big gulp and found myself basically getting weepy because it was so good and I was so thankful I had time to sit and enjoy a glass of it.

I got pissed because Chris asked me to take the car by the mechanics today after work.

Then I cried because I felt bad for getting pissed.

By the time I got to work this morning I was back to being just neutral.  I quickly realized that would not last and that I, in fact, had zero tolerance for stupidity or arguing.  I would get pissed every time a cook would argue with me, if someone touched me or if I had to pour a stupid Diet Coke because the damn foam takes 10 years to go down.

I finished my shift if a good mood.  Now I'm home, relaxing and I feel like putting someone's head through our wall.

ALL ABOARD! Next Stop: Crazy Town!

12 Weeks

how far along? 12 Weeks and 5 Days

how are you measuring? 

size of baby? Plum! I just thought this weeks fruit was particularly cute :)

heartbeat? No clue right now.  Our doppler is definitely not accurate but whatever...I still get to hear my baby
total weight gain/loss? + 4lbs

maternity clothes? I bought my first pair of maternity jeans the other day.  No maternity shirts yet but I'm getting there.

stretch marks? Nope, not yet.  Still waiting on the belly butter.  I bought some stuff from the BX that is supposed to help so hopefully that will suffice until my good stuff arrives.
sleep? Still waking up at the butt crack of dawn and can't get back to sleep
best moment this week? getting to hear our baby's heartbeat again :)  
movement? I don't feel anything yet but hopefully will start feeling little flutters shortly.
food cravings? Jalapenos, oranges and the pickles from Chilis

gender predictions? I really feel like it's a girl.  It's such an overwhelming feeling sometimes.  

what i miss: Having energy to go to the gym every day
what i'm looking forward to: Actually having a bump instead of just looking fat.
how are you feeling? Super emotional!!  Omg....it's ridiculous.  

11 Weeks

how far along? 11 weeks and 3 days

how are you measuring? ????

size of baby? Lime (getting biggerrrrrr) 

heartbeat? 165bpm (I'll know more once our doppler arrives!)
total weight gain/loss? + 4lbs

maternity clothes? I bought my first pair of maternity jeans the other day.  No maternity shirts yet but I'm getting there.

stretch marks? Nope, not yet.  Hoping my belly butter will come in soon so I can get a jump start on avoiding that mess.
sleep? I have no problem getting to sleep around 9 or 10 but I always wake up around 4 and can't get back to sleep easily.  Also, I've had the same headache for a few days now and it keeps me up.
best moment this week? looking at baby stuff and getting a good idea of products I want to use.
movement? Oh there's lots of movement but I probably won't start feeling anything until closer to 16 and 18 weeks.
food cravings? Jalapenos and ice cream.  I also keep craving things I can't have like bleu cheese, bean sprouts and Dos XX haha

gender predictions? I really feel like it's a girl.  It's such an overwhelming feeling sometimes.  

what i miss: Having energy to go to the gym every day
what i'm looking forward to: Actually having a bump instead of just looking fat.
how are you feeling? Still exhausted, stuffy and I have a horrible headache.  Also...I'm really moody which kind of sucks.  So far I haven't taken anything out on Chris :)

10 Weeks

10 Weeks

how far along? 10 weeks and 4 days

how are you measuring? ????

size of baby? Prune

heartbeat? 165bpm
total weight gain/loss? + 4lbs

maternity clothes? No maternity clothes yet but my shirts are starting to look awkward sooo I might be making the switch in a few weeks

stretch marks? Nope, not yet.  Hoping my belly butter will come in soon so I can get a jump start on avoiding that mess.
sleep? Some nights it's awful and others it's pretty good.  Right now being stuffy is keeping me awake.  Plus getting up to pee all the time haha
best moment this week? Getting to hear our baby's heartbeat and see him/her on Monday.  So cool!
movement? Nope, I probably won't start feeling anything until closer to 16 and 18 weeks.
food cravings? Sweet tea and these breakfast wraps at a coffee shop on base.  I think it's because I haven't been able to eat meat in 2 months and I can finally hold down a little bacon.  So my body is begging for protein and those little wraps have egg and some bacon in it.

gender predictions? I honestly have no idea!  In the first month of my pregnancy I just had this overwhelming feeling it was a girl.  I can't describe it.  I still feel like it's going to be a girl but all of my symptoms point either way.

what i miss: Having energy to go to the gym every day
what i'm looking forward to: Actually having a bump instead of just looking fat.
how are you feeling? This week I feel like I've been hit by a bus.  Just REALLY exhausted and stuffed up.

The Haircut

A couple weeks ago I decided it was finally time to have my hair trimmed.  I mean, it's only been a YEAR since my last one....(I need to get my life together).  Anyways, my sweet friend, Christine, offered to do it for me but life got in the way of that appointment.  So I had to make one with the salon on base.  I thought to myself "How bad can someone f**k up a trimming?"

(sigh)

Let's start with my arrival.  I walked in at 9:00AM to find every employee pissed off because 2 people had called in sick.  That's understandable because that's two people who have appointments all day and now those appointments all need to be canceled or shifted around.  The woman I had my appointment with was not sick....yet the woman up front still rolled her eyes and sighed like I was such an inconvenience when I checked in.  I know - how DARE I show up on time for an appointment I made days ago!

I will keep names out of this post so let's just call my lady "B."  B walks over, calls my name and walks away.  I had to peek around corners to find out she went to the sink where I was apparently supposed to be.  The conversation went a little something like:

Me: "Oh!  I didn't see where you went."
B: "Yes.  Sit down." (she's German, btw)
Me: "Well is there somewhere I can put my coat and purse."
B: "Just put it beside you."
Me: "Mmmkay...please don't get it wet.  Seriously.  Don't get it wet."

She proceeded to wash my hair and I hear the conversation between her and the woman up front.  Discussing how to work the rest of the appointments.

Desk Lady: "well we can always squeeze someone in between her and your next appointment."
B: "I guess. I don't know."
Desk Lady: "How long will her haircut take?  15 minutes?  Can you hurry?"
B: "I don't know."
Me: "Please don't cut my hair if you're going to rush through it.  I'm serious.  I'll come back some other day if I need to but please don't hurry through this."
B: "No no, don't worry.  I'll take my time."

Well after making sure to get water all down my face, the hair washing was over and it was time to cut.  B just walked away again.  So I just assumed I needed to get my things and hunt her down.  Her tip was quickly going out the window.  I didn't know which chair to sit in so I sat in the one she was standing by.  This was a mistake.  She made sure to inform me of this mistake:

B: "NEIN...here, move over there"
Me: "Oh, you're right, I should have known that."  (I don't think she picked up on the sarcasm)

She went right to parting my hair down the middle and grabbed some scissors like she was just ready to go to town on my mane!  I put my hand up and said "Ummm, don't you want to know what I want first?  Also, I part my hair on the right soooo none of this...."  She says "Oh, yes, I'm sorry!  What are we doing today?" and she laughed nervously.  I said "Ohhhh, I think just a small trim will do."  We got through the rest of the hair cutting without any issues.

The drying of the hair was awful.  She grabbed a crap load of round brushes with the really fine stiff bristles.  I thought "Okay...that's weird."  B starts rolling my hair in one of them with the blow dryer going....still normal.  She then left the brush in my hair.  I thought she just needed to grab something.  NOPE!  She starts rolling another into my hair.  Then another.  And another.  Like they're hot rollers.  At one point I LITERALLY had SEVEN full size hairbrushes in my freaking hair.  My head felt like it weighed 20 extra pounds.  I stopped her when I saw her grabbing another one and said "Hey...this is reeeeaaaaally uncomfortable and it's breaking my hair.  Can you just take these out?  I don't need my hair curled anyways, I'm going to the gym after this."  She unrolled them but then started to do it again on the other side of my head.  I thought "okay, well I guess I don't want one side curly and the other side just flat so I'll let her finish."

Such a mistake.

B was trying to roll one on top of my head and the top of my head is not flat.  It's round.  So of course the brush would not stay put.  TWICE I said "it's not going to stay.  Can you please take it out?"  "Please take the brushes out of my hair."  Then the brush rolled off my head and the wooden handle cracked me hard on the nose.  I stood up, PISSED - took the cover off of me - unrolled my own hair while saying "Nope.  We're done.  I've had enough of this." - grabbed my stuff - paid - had some choice words - left.

Never going back.  Ever.