Where's Alice?

I got a bit of a cleaning bug yesterday. After spending the morning at a nice clean house, coming home to mine made me feel less than great. I looked around at the dirty floors, clutter counter tops, and fingerprinted windows and just knew what needed to be done. So, I put the little girly girl down for her nap and went to work.

I vacuumed the rug, swept and mopped, cleaned all of the surfaces, cleaned the windows, and put away all of the junk sitting around. Afterwards, I sat on the couch and felt my muscles tense up from all of that activity. Now before you think I'm a huge wimp, please remember that our whole upper floor, stairs and part of the lower level is hard surface flooring. That means I cleaned all of it...twice. That's no small thing, hence the reason it hardly ever gets done.

The saddest part? When I looked around from my spot on the couch, it didn't look all that different. 

Oh cleaning, how you are not satisfying at all.

Hubby threw together this ensemble for bed. Isn't she cute in her Christmas top and too small pants?

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SAHM thoughts

I've read a couple of posts by other bloggers about not feeling satisfied with the ins and outs of being a stay at home mom. Every time I read it, I think to myself, "Do I feel this way? Is that me, too?" But honestly? So far I can say no. I'm only five months in but I'm not sick of it. I don't wake up thinking of my tedious tasks ahead or dread the "boring routine" that we have. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a fan of most of the chores that need to be done, but I know it's my job to do them and I'm not going to complain about that right this very moment.

Life will change soon, so very soon, and we'll reevaluate then, but for now, I'm good. I know without a doubt that this is where God wants me, and for that I am thankful. I haven't always known where I am supposed to be and it's honestly a relief to just know that this is right for now. It could change, but for now, this is right.

On another note, we had Jo's 15 month appointment and I'll have an update on that soon. My blood pressure has been consistently low (back to normal) so I'm not as worried about that, and I'm trying to reduce my sugar intake to a more "normal" amount while drinking my weight in water. 

I do miss my pumpkin creamer with coffee in the morning though... thankfully this baby girl is worth giving up caffeine for. Plus it's only 6 more weeks!!



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They're here!

I'm mildly obsessed with these shoes. They look so comfy on her cute little feet and she was struttin' around... for real.

Score one for this mama.

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Baby #2 Update - 33 weeks

How far along: 33 Weeks

How big is baby: Durian Fruit

Average size: 17.2-18.7 inches, 4.2-5.8 lb.

Durian Fruit

Weight gain/loss: 33 lbs... +6 in the last two weeks! (more about this later)

Maternity clothes: Mixed with regular clothes, but always at least a little bit everyday

Stretch marks: No new ones!

Sleep: Surprisingly well as long as I'm comfortably positioned

Diet/Cravings/Aversions: Sugary goodies are out of control, ice water

Exercise: Not so much since I'm in a lot of pain from mole removal surgery that happened on Tuesday. I'm supposed to take it easy for a while.

Gender: Girl!

Movement: Like crazy, I felt a foot for sure and she's not afraid to let me know she's in there.

The belly: I feel like it's gotten more pointy... judge for yourself in the picture below

What I'm loving: We've got a tentative name that we're trying out... won't share until we're 100% sure though! It's a relief to not be thinking about it all the time.

What I miss: Bending over without losing my breath, picking up my baby girl whenever I want, having shirts long enough to cover my belly

Symptoms: Some slight swelling in the feet, the "too full" feeling every time I eat

The nursery: No big changes this week, just keep adding clothes purchased or found for baby girl

What's different/the same this time: See "Last appointment details"

Best moment of the week: Trying to get Josie to say her sister's name... she gets close once in a while!

Last appointment details: So... I had my appointment today and was completely shocked to see that I had gained six pounds in just two weeks. That just seemed impossible to me! Yes I've been eating more sugary foods, but six pounds is a lot. To really add to the craziness, though, is that the last time I weighed in was just Tuesday (two days ago) and I have gained four pounds since then. Obviously, something is up and it's not just overeating, but I'm still worried about it. Plus now I'm at a higher weight than I was ever with Josie (I started about 5-8 lbs higher anyways) and that is just depressing... I was hoping to just stay under that number.

Anyways, weight gain aside, my blood pressure was also out of whack. It was super high (higher than ever in my life) at 151/82 and didn't go down all three times they tried. Finally they had me lay on my left side to help with circulation, and it dropped back down to normal. This is a problem because even though my resting b.p. is low, that isn't as important as my average b.p. because if that gets too high, I could go into preterm labor and obviously that is bad bad bad.

Preeclampsia is what they are worried about. I have two big symptoms but there are a bunch more that I don't have. Hopefully it is a fluke and everything is fine, but she asked me to check my blood pressure every other day or so and be weary of the other symptoms like headaches and dizziness or extreme swelling.

If it doesn't get under control I'll be put on bed rest. She said its really hard for women with these symptoms to be on bed rest because they feel fine but can't tell when their blood pressure is getting higher... hence the reason to be so cautious. I DO NOT want to be on bed rest for seven weeks.

Next appointment: 2 weeks with my midwife whom I have yet to meet. I am going to miss my OBGYN so much...she's been so great. I'm thankful that I had her as long as I did and am excited to meet the midwife and get some more questions answered. AND then after that appointment they'll be every week. Time is going so fast!

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