Wow. My procrastination skills are really showing off this past month or so! Sorry about that, things have been a little busy around the Wagner household; we've both started our new jobs and we're getting things together for Reid's nursery (slowly!). Speaking of, I need a second to vent. Anyone else out there not able to complete a home project with their spouse without wanting to drop everything and call your lawyer to start filing for divorce?! We've had three drop-down-drag-out fights in the past six years and they occurred with we put together our entertainment center, our IKEA furniture (don't get me started on those damn 'directions'!), and painting the trim just now for Reid's room. I never understood why people paid other people to paint for them, it seems so simple. I 100% understand it now...they're saving themselves from World War III! But, after a few hours of a lot of cursing, sighing, and eye rolling, the trim and doors are painted....and our marriage is intact! Thank goodness my dad is painting the walls (although I think that would've been much easier!). I'll post pictures of the nursery when it's all finished, which will be around the beginning of November (hopefully!).
Speaking of pictures, I have some updates! Enjoy!
Here I am at 20 weeks...HALF WAY!
Profile view @ 22 weeks...he has momma's nose!!
22 Week 3D - kind of hard to make out, but it's a side view of his lil' face!
22 Weeks 3D...FEET!! Look at those lil' toes!
So I'm about 22.5 weeks along as I write this, and I'm over being pregnant!! Don't get me wrong...I couldn't be happier this happened for us (and so quickly at that), but I'm ready to stop feeling like hell for most of the day, and more than anything else, I want to meet Reid SO badly! December/January feels SOO far away from now. I was super excited when I had to add another blanket to the bed in the middle of the night last night though, because the colder it gets, the closer we get to meeting our little man! Let it snow, let it snow, let it SNOW! ;-)
As I mentioned above, I've been feeling like hell, but it's not that bad I suppose. But when it's bad...it's bad. I've had some days where I feel like a million bucks and feel like I could do anything, and other days, I just want to lay in bed and not see a single soul. One symptom that is COMPLETELY gone (YEA!!) is those nasty headaches! Turns out it wasn't from being pregnant, but because we have mold in our air conditioners! Not exactly happy about that, but an easy (and expensive!) fix. And lil' Reid is already a pain in my ass, literally. I've noticed that when I stand for quite a while and then sit down to rest, when I get back up...well, I can't! My sciatic nerve is really acting up! Oh, and my emotions are getting even more out of control...damn hormones! I've started crying over very simple things the last two days in a row, and can't stop! I mean, I go into full-on bawling, and can't stop!!
But other than that I've been doing pretty well...welllll....there was that trip to the ER a few weeks ago! I fainted twice while getting my hair done (at the salon! how embarrassing!!). We went straight to the ER and turns out I just too much sugar/carbs for breakfast without enough protein and my sugar dropped too fast. But while we were there they discovered I also had a kidney infection...hmmm, no wonder my back hurt so bad! And I've had another one since then, so I've been on antibiotics for about a month straight. I hope Reid doesn't come out immune to every antibiotic available!
And after the fiasco that was the ER visit (trying to get a hold of my OB to get discharged, and she was the doc on-call, kept us there about 3 hours longer than needed be), we finally were able to change doctors! We LOVE our new doctor! I really felt like he took the time to answer all my questions (some of which I knew the answers to, but wanted to hear it from his mouth rather than babycenter.com!) without acting like I was wasting his time, much like our old doctor did! So anyone in the southwest suburbs of Chicago in search of a good OB/GYN, see Drs. Flosi and Doha - they're amazing!
I leave you with the traditional fruit/veggie of the week that is the size our lil' boy! (at the ultrasound we just had he weighed in a whopping 1lb 1oz! Since I've been procrastinating, I've missed an onion, sweet potato, mango, cantaloupe, banana, and here we are at 22-24 weeks as a.... papaya!
