18 Weeks

How far along? 18 Weeks
Total weight gain/loss: 3 pounds gained after 17 weeks of losing 20 pounds!  Never thought I'd be so excited to report that I've gained weight!
Maternity clothes? Does the gynormous bra that I had to get for my newly humongous knockers count?  If so, then that's it for maternity clothes.  Can fit into all my skinny clothes that used to sit in the back of my closet.
Stretch marks? No.  Dying to get my baby belly though. (No stretch marks please!)  I've been lotioning up my body like it's my job in order to prevent them for whenever my body decides to grow.
Sleep: My back and neck hurt when I wake up and Dan likes to flop at night.  I'm rather tired from having to 2+ bathroom breaks at night.
Best moment this week: EATING BLACK DOG!  Not once did I get to eat Black Dog, but I got to go there twice!  This officially marked my first real meal I was able to eat in its entirety!  Mmmm! Pulled pork and sweet potato fries!  Then the next day I had Burnt Ends with sweet potato fries!  I'm drooling just thinking about how amazing this was!
Miss Anything? Hard cider, margaritas, Jimmy John's ham and cheese sandwiches, raw cookie dough and brownie dough
Movement: Nothing yet but desperately looking forward to that first kick!
Food cravings: BBQ (if that wasn't obvious), ice cream (that's not unusual or only found in pregnancy for me), anything spicy (but I know that's a bad idea. wah!)
Anything making you queasy or sick: Too much food at once makes my tummy hurt.  Still trying to stretch out my stomach from when it shrunk.  Brushing my teeth makes me queasy sometimes.  Waking up too fast.  The smell of eggs or broccoli (also not unusual for me....I hate that broccoli stuff.  I don't care what anyone says, it's disgusting.  Why would God make something smell and taste so horrible if He wanted it to be good for you? He wouldn't.  Therefore it's probably really bad for you.  I don't want that stuff in my body).  Leafy greens make me gag which is sad because I actually want to eat a salad. But good news is that I haven't thrown up in over 2 weeks! (yes I'm keeping track and you would too if that's all you've done for the past 4 months)
Have you started to show yet: Sadly, no.  The doctor said that it is because I'm so tall that it's taking so long for the baby (and all the other stuff inside of me) to get big enough and move up my abdomen to make it look like I actually have a baby inside of me.  I do have a baby inside of me...I promise.  I guess that's good for later on, but I would kind of like my bump to be here....like stat.  Because right now it just looks like I have a little pooch instead of a nugget growing inside of me.
Gender: Don't know yet.  Would have come in handy though when I was garage saling (yes that's a word) this past weekend, scouring for awesome deals on baby stuff.  Everything was gender specific and I wanted it all because there were soooooo many great deals but I couldn't allow myself to do that to my future kid.  Gah!  Do you think they'll have some more garage sales in a few weeks when we do find out? I did manage to find an awesome bassinet for $10!
Labor Signs: No
Belly Button in or out? In...Dan is convinced I have the world's deepest belly button so he's pretty sure it's not going to get anywhere near flat (or out) during pregnancy
Wedding rings on or off? On.  If you've ever seen my unusual (awesome) wedding ring (it has hinges!) then you know that my ring will most likely be on for the entire pregnancy.
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy now that I'm FINALLY feeling better and no longer feeling like a dragon. (If you've ever felt like a dragon during pregnancy then you understand what I'm getting at)  Feeling that I can finally start enjoying pregnancy instead of just being the recipient of some of the horrible symptoms that go along with it.   I can only tell that I'm moody when I wake up in the morning (also not exclusive of pregnancy.  I've never been a "morning person" and don't understand people who are).  Dan would probably tell you other times that I'm moody or "not rational" in his words.  I think I'm the most rational person on the planet.
Looking forward to:  More garage sales!  Hospital tours with Daniel this next week! Finding out whether we're having a boy or a girl.  Moving to our new place in July so we can start putting together the baby's room!


(How many times is a person allowed to use exclamation marks in one blog?  I fear I might have exceeded the number of permissible uses of an exclamation mark in this one.  But I'm just so darn excited that I'm finally feeling better!!!!!!)