I'm including Cici of course. I will start of by saying this post has little to no pictures and for that I apologize.... boring, I know. Mark and I have been super busy this week: conferences, a cold, after school meetings, professional development, Valentine's Day parties, etc. etc. Needless to say we were VERY ready for a 3-day weekend!
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| 3rd Wheel :) |
Valentine's Day was special in our own little, we don't care a ton about gifts, kind of way. I stopped off at Papa Murphy's and got Mark a heart-shaped pizza and cheese bread; and he got me 2 cupcakes and a piece of cake from the gluten free bakery up the street. We enjoyed those with Cici and watched a couple of the newest season of House of Cards (which started off with a BANG!). We also received entirely too much candy from students, but that we gave away Saturday at Mark's party...
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| Gf treats :) |
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| Heartbaker |
Speak of Mark's party, we had Mark's 30th birthday party this weekend! Yes, he turned 30 last month, but with my Mom here, and Henry being born, we just didn't find a right time to have the party. So, we had it Saturday. It was extremely fun. We spent all day Saturday cleaning (it's always nice to have to have an excuse to get the house in tip-top shape) and then waited for people to arrive! Most of Mark's friends were able to make it and we had fun talking, eating snacks, playing Cards Against Humanity and "bro-ing" out *Just kidding... boys club does not bro-out. I was appreciative of not being in my first trimester this time, and actually found myself enjoying the party and getting to stay up until past 1 am and see people. I felt much more human this time :)
Today we are enjoying not having to have had to commute in the 4-6 inches that has been falling since 4 am... it is beautiful but I do have to say that with this extra-cold, extra-snowy winter all of us are ready to see some thaw. It is supposed to be in the upper 30's this week, so hopefully that will happen (Otherwise there is a good chance we will only be able to see SNOW outside of our windows downstairs it's piling up so much!). We don't have many plans for today, other than my blood-glucose test at the doctor this afternoon to check for gestational diabities.
The pregnancy is going pretty well still. This week was kind of neat because I got to see Baby A move for the first time in my stomach (Yes, I mean that my stomach was moving from the outside, like I had an alien object in me trying to get out....weird). But he's been VERY active this week which is comforting, and helps make up for the extra pains he's starting to cause as I head into this last trimester. I'm 26 weeks pregnant right now, and have less than 14 weeks to go! I'm definitely getting bigger; Paul came over last night (hadn't seen me in a week) and said "hello stomach!" haha. But I still don't feel overly huge and my energy (aside from my cold) is still staying strong. If I could just get the pelvic pains that happen every time I get up or turn to go away, I'd essentially be normal :) Mark and I are getting more and more excited, but I can't say we aren't a LITTLE scared. This week I was feeling him kick around like crazy and then had the thought "Oh God, he has to come out at some point!" I'm sure I'll be ready the bigger I get, but currently with our empty nursery and the cold snowy weather, we'd like him to stay put for as long as he can :)
With that I'll leave you with my early morning pre-gym photo that I tend to look Oh so tired in... Next time, I'll be in my Third Trimester!
