Baby Diary: Weeks 13-14

Dear Bucky,
Thanks for joining us on my birthday dinner last week- the big 29. Yikes!

Also, I sorta wish you weren't there so that I could have enjoyed a cosmo with appetizers, then a glass of wine and a medium-rare steak, and then a glass of champagne with dessert. And probably some ceviche in there somewhere.

Now I have a confession to make. I know you don't care, but I'm afraid some of my readers will be uncomfortable with this. I did have several bites of your dad's medium-rare steak and about 1/3 of a glass of champagne. (grimace at judgemental thoughts from whomever)

The steak was absolutely delicious, I wish I'd ordered it myself. But all the books say that you can get sick if you eat undercooked meat. For some reason I tend to lean toward undercooked things- that would explain the fascination with the steak, the ceviche, and sushi- that I'm not allowed to have according to whoever made the rules.

And as for the champagne, it's just not a birthday for me without champagne. I did have to convince your dad to let me have it, and he agreed as long as I had it WITH THE MEAL, absolutely no sips allowed before having food in my stomach! He was very earnest about that. I wasn't even allowed to order it until we placed our food order and I had to specify 'with my meal'. :)

It was nice to have a birthday not in the middle of a vacation like the last two, and it's the first birthday I can remember not making a big deal out of it.

This week, I think you gave me a belated birthday gift: two days in a row, and counting, where I haven't needed a 2-hour nap and have felt well enough to eat healthy food and actually cook dinner. It's a miracle!

Some of the stress at work is quieting down, so that may be a contributing factor too. It's definitely not sunshine and roses-not at all; but several of the extra things I was asked to do have been taken care of, so it's back to the business of getting my store running right, putting out fires, and dealing with complaints that I never had before the big assistant swap.

We went to the grocery store on Sunday, which is complete torture for a pregnant lady with lots of food aversions. That day I still wasn't feeling that great and I'm pretty sure I ate something processed or fried for every single meal. Then Monday, I cooked a big pan of lasagna, and I've been eating oatmeal and greek yogurt for breakfast. I'm also drinking more fluids and sticking with the gummy vitamins. I bet when I run out of this bottle, I can switch back to the regular ones.

It's amazing the difference in my mood when I know I'm eating healthy and not feeling so crappy all the time.

I bought my first pair of maternity pants this week. They are so ugly, but very comfortable. I had to send a picture to your Aunts because the way they looked made me laugh so much.

Also I felt a couple of bubbles in my belly near the same side they always find you on. It made me think of bubbles in a fish tank that just kept churning, and then it went away. Was that you doing cartwheels because you loved the lasagna?