Week 12! Here we come!

It has been a tiring week.  I have gotten at least 2 hours of napping a day.  That is very exciting for me.  I still feel tired.  I think that once I stopped going on the treadmill, my energy level decreased.  It sounds very contradicting but, I feel I had more energy when I was going to the gym at least 3 times a week.

My excitement has doubled since I last posted. I think I am contributing to the excitement by looking at stroller videos on YouTube.  I also am trying to build my registry.  I love that there are so many modified versions of baby gear since the last time I looked for things for ZOe.  I am looking forward to going to BabiesR'Us or another baby store to test drive strollers and baby carriers.  Looking at baby clothes help raise the excitement of bringing this new life into the world! I have a feeling it is a boy, but since I don't feel as sure about that as I did when I was pregnant with Zoe, I have been checking out neutral clothes.

My husband has been talking about having a gender-reveal party. I haven't heard of it, so I looked it up on Pinterest and it is so cute!!!! The idea of bringing my close friends and loved ones to celebrate together in finding out the sex of the baby is pretty fun!  Pink or Blue? It gives me more reasons to start baking again.

These past couple of weeks, I have been eating a lot of french fries and chicken.  I haven't had soda in a while yet.  My new craving is orange juice.  I am trying to discipline myself with drinking water, but, I still love my sweet juices.  Fortunately, this NYC summer weather has sparked lots of desire for  huge water intakes.  I know that my horrible diet this past week, all the salt I'm consuming is also helping me drink a lot of water.  I have not been worried about how my diet is affecting my little one, but I am very conscious of it! I haven't gotten any lectures yet, but I am definitely starting to meal plan after Independence weekend passes.  I really want to go back to my first healthy love, which is, anything that has to do with butternut squash, sweet potatoes, eggplant and anything that can be roasted and beautifully-seasoned.  My husband is an amazing chef so he knows exactly what magic to put into produce so that I can eat it with just the same desire that I have for chocolate.

So, my most exciting moment this week was interviewing with a midwife! She seems so amazing, so loving, so nurturing and so comfortable to be around.  She is very knowledgeable, informative and helped me understand more of the benefits of home birth.  The best part of our meeting is that she persuaded my husband to be really into it!  He is really looking forward to us having a home birth! I am still amazed an hope that he doesn't change his mind.  His comfort with it makes me feel even more comfortable with the whole idea.  I have only heard amazing things about home birth and it sealed the deal when I met with Marcy.  I am really looking forward to giving birth in the comfort of my own apartment.

Here are some fun things that I received so far from a couple of great friends that I told that I am expecting: My husband happily shared the news with everyone at his job and soon after, he was given a Bjorn from one of his Coworkers.  I got a 4mom's infant tub from a fellow mom in the neighborhood, and one of my great friends blessed me with a Burt's Bees Mama gift set!  It is becoming more real as time goes by.

I have graduated from my Size 6-8 clothes to sweatpants and T-Shirts.  I realize that I am having a difficult time buttoning my jeans, so I just have to "LET IT GO!"  No more holding on to the slim life.  I at least will have a vacation from it for the next 6 months.  I am still going to try to keep up the workout life.  It is easier since I am now always dressed like I am ready to go to the gym.  No excuses.  But this new life is very celebratory for me.  It's even more celebratory now that I am going into the second trimester where I won't feel as exhausted. Yay!