- my christmas decorations are still up. at this point i'm debating whether i should keep trying {and failing} to squeeze in time to take them down, or just give up and leave them until we move in may...
- i spoke in our new singles branch today. it went ok, though i was a bit distracted by the baby kicking in my gut the entire time. i just want to stop and feel him everytime, but you can't exactly stop your talk in the middle to stare at your belly for ten minutes. people might think you're strange.
- orlando is adjusting to all the changes and responsibility wonderfully- he has become {in just one week!} really good at balancing school and family and church and friends and i'm quite impressed.
- for date night friday, orlando surprised me with dinner at a little mexican place called 'el jalapeno' and oh. my. goodness. it was the best mexican food i've had in months. i almost cried, i was so happy to really be eating good mexican food after a sad, seven month drought. we are probably going to make that our monthly date night out from now on, it was that good.
- the weather here is awful. cold and windy and gray, day after day. i cannot wait for spring to start showing her pretty face. if it were up to me, we would probably just skip february all together.
- i'm coming to utah at the end of march for a quick weekend visit and i'm really excited to show off this baby bump and see friends and family. sigh. utah, i miss you!
- we have started looking for a place to move into in may, and yesterday we toured the most awesome retro house i've ever seen. brown + cream + gold sparkles in the kitchen, a completely {ceiling to floor} turquoise bathroom, camel brown carpet, and a few really classic light fixtures to tie it all together. actually, i kind of loved it and all it's outdated charm. if they're willing to hold it for us until may, i would totally embrace the vintage and live there in a heartbeat. we'll see, we have lots of looking left to do, but it's high on my list of favorites for sure.
- i'll be 21 weeks along in this pregnancy tomorrow, and i'm feeling great so far. i'm equal parts very impatient for june and incredibly glad we have a few more months to get ready.
- baby boy has a very regular schedule. he starts kicking and rolling around 1pm and keeps it up pretty continually until around 9 or 10pm when i fall asleep. it's still pretty soft, so orlando hasn't been able to feel him yet, but i think he recognizes his daddy's voice cause he always kicks when orlando talks to him.
- i feel so connected to him, it's crazy. the other day, he hadn't kicked me all day and it was almost 4pm and i was getting a little worried because he's usually so constant. so i told him {in my head. i try not to talk to him out loud at work so as to not appear crazy} to kick me so i'd know he was ok and thirty seconds later, bump, he kicked me. i love it. i feel like we have this secret way of communicating, like he already knows me and i know him. have i mentioned that being pregnant is the best?
- i have been so sore the past week and a half. my hips are sore, my abs are sore, my thighs are sore- probably from all the stretching and expanding my body is doing to make room for this growing boy. i feel like i ran a marathon- all the time.
- i've been practicing my hypnobirthing relaxing daily and i love love love it. i once had a yoga class at byu and my favorite part was always the shavasana {the breathing and relaxation} at the end of the workout. that's exactly what hypnobirthing feels like to me. i'm so relaxed that i could fall asleep, but i don't because it feels so good to stay awake and just... be. i can't think of a better way to say it. i hope when it comes to birthing, i can really get into the relaxation state because it would be awesome to labor like that i think.
- most of my cravings are gone, except that i want mexican food all day, everyday. too bad we don't still live in san diego, that would have been
perfection.
