LOTS of stuf happening this week! 19 weeks is the official halfway point to full-term twin gestation. Yes folks, we’ve officially made it halfway! For that, I think I deserve a medal – but I’ll wait for the true gift that comes at the finish line. Here are some things that have occurred during this 19th week –
Registering
Okay, so registering should be fun and exciting right? Not so much. You see, I’m pretty freakin’ good at registering for wine glasses (and knowing just what to do with them) and home decor but registering for baby stuff was WAY beyond me. Me and the husband ventured out this past weekend and went to three stores. The first was Buy Buy Baby since they had the bedding that I wanted – except they didn’t. It was one they didn’t carry on hand but have it on the website only. Wonderful. But we poked around and then headed out to the Baby Furniture Warehouse to look for another crib (World’s Greatest Cousin is giving me her crib so we only need to buy one!) since the All Knowing Julie got hers there and they are really nice. This place kind of skeeved me and the husband out a bit – and everything was seriously between $800-1,000 a piece. All Knowing Julie got a hell of a deal for hers – and we couldn’t find that…nevermind in the color wood we wanted. So we left there rather quickly and headed to the baby shit mecca, also known as Babies R Us. It was at that moment that I wanted to turn right around and walk out and forget this ever happened. I’ve never been so overwhelmed in my life…well, until I got the book they give you to “help” you with your registry. We essentially spent 2 hours walking around the store CLUELESS as to what we were doing. I had some good tips from the All Knowing Julie – but finding a sales associate who could give us more information or help us was like pulling teeth from an alligator. Here are two things that could have helped this experience: 1 – have people on hand (or as Julie suggested – hire moms to help) to provide guidance and literally walk around with you and 2 – offer snacks. We were there for so long and I was getting so run down and cranky a.k.a. I needed something to eat – they should give us preggos some trail mix or something while we’re there! Anyway, we headed home where I proceeded to spend – no joke – 6 more hours over the course of that night and the next day tweaking the registry to a point where I think we’re finally there. Holy crap. It was one of the few times during this pregnancy that I really wished I could have had a nice stiff drink…speaking of stiff drinks…
I turned 31 on Monday!
This was an interesting birthday – it was one of the few times that I wasn’t waking up in a warm, tropical location on my birthday and I didn’t have the option to enjoy a nice, fruity umbrella drink at lunch, dinner, and in between. I must admit – I’m spoiled. In the 8 birthdays I’ve spent with my husband, I’ve been away for more than half of them. Disney, Naples FL, Key West FL (x2), and St. Croix… So, waking up fighting for space between my husband and two dachshunds in my bed was quite the wake-up call. And then…AND THEN I had to work! Gross – working on your birthday is ZERO fun…I can promise that. But, I did get some wonderful presents and had a very nice evening with the hubby at one of our favorite restaurants, Solstice. And, although it was the first birthday in well over 10 years (sorry, Mom…underage drinking admission!) that I didn’t have an adult beverage – I can truly say it was worth it and WILL be worth it in a few months. I did, however, explain to the husband that he best be working on next year’s birthday travel plans – including a place for the peanuts to stay for a few days. I mean, it’s only fair right? Speaking of babies…
I felt Baby Boy move!
It was seriously the COOLEST experience ever! Last night while eating some buffalo chicken macaroni and cheese, I felt this rolling sensation in my lower right side and I just KNEW it was Baby Boy doing some flips! It seriously felt like something rolling around in there – I got this huge smile on my face and proceeded to exclaim “OMG OMG OMG” to Chris and I finally got the words out that I had felt him move and he immediately put his hand there. I felt so bad telling him it will probably be a while until he can feel it from the outside, but it was the best thing I’ve ever felt! I am hoping I’ll start to feel movement more often as it was just amazing – and everyone says that is one of the best parts about being pregnant. Remind me of this when they’re kicking me in the ribs and bladder, mmmkay?
Other than that, we’ve been preparing the house for our additions. Chris has been working like crazy cleaning out the basement (it’s amazing how much STUFF two people acquire over the course of living in one place for 7 years!) and cleaning out some closets. I cleaned out our bedroom closet so he can eventually “move in” since his clothes are in the upstairs guest bedroom which will be the nursery. It was kind of funny piling all my winter pre-pregnancy-sorry-you-can’t-wear-these-nice-things-this-year clothes up and looking in a barren closet at just the few things I *can* wear this year. But, I do have to admit, pregnancy leggings are pretty much the best things ever. I’m going to order me a few more pairs of those! And – the kicker? The husband thinks they’re “sexy”. Oh yes – I’ve worn them twice with tunics and he told me both times how “sexy” I looked. Who would have thought?
20 week OB appointment on Monday – let’s hope everything still looks and sounds hunky dory!
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