13 Weeks and counting!

Hello Everyone,
I wanted to take a few minutes to send a quick update. I just had a doctor’s visit on Wednesday. I was able to hear the heartbeat again. It was a 150beats which they said was great. I just love my doctor she cracks me up! She is so blunt and honest; it is like having John with me all the time! She talks to my baby the whole time we are there. She just kept saying come on wake up; let me hear that heart beat! She has four kids. She just came off of maternity leave herself, from having twins!

All my test results from the first visit where great! I am progressing fabulously! I have only gained 5 pounds which is good! I was positive that I had gain about 20! I guess that is just my distorted picture. It amazes me, how I can eat every two hours and not gain anymore than 5 pounds! John is amazed that I can eat so often, also. He has had to learn not to eat with me. I see why men gain weight with the women!

I am now 13 weeks. I am trying to hold on to the fact that I should start feeling better in the next couple of weeks! I am no longer sleeping through the night. I usually wake-up two or three times a night to go to the bathroom or because I am nauseated. Unfortunately, I have a lot of trouble going back to sleep. So some days I am dead to the world. I am starting to have baby brain bad. I can’t concentrate for more than a couple of hours at a time, which is awful. I couldn’t remember the other day that I need 36” for a doorway! For those of you that are confused, that is my lively hood! I can rattle off ADA and fire code dimensions in my sleep, usually! Other than that I am feeling great! I feel like the time is going really slow though.
The funny thing, I think for John and I, is my sense of smell. He calls me Wolverine (from X-Men). I hate when he eats meatball sandwiches from Subway! I make him eat them in the other room and then spray something that smells good. This morning the cows were extra potent! The other day we went to a Diamondbacks game with some friends. We were waiting for the elevator in the parking garage. There was someone smoking right by it, I had to walk away a little because it was hurting my nose it was so strong. Then when we got on the elevator there was someone that smelled like BO really bad. So the combination of the cigarette smoke and BO was making feel like I was going to be sick. So instead, I decided it would be better to stick my nose right up to Jake’s (one of the guys that John coach’s with) arm and smell is cologne instead. He didn’t know how to react! John and Jake just stared at me like I was crazy. We got of the elevator and John goes what is wrong with you. I apologized to Jake and said it was that or throw up on you, which do you prefer? He just laughed and said it was ok. We laughed about that all the way home. You might have had to be there! If so sorry!

My stomach is starting to get harder, also! John thinks it is the coolest thing. He rubs my tummy every night and talks to Swirl. He is already teaching basketball techniques. I told him he needs to learn swimming info so he can start talking about that!

Ok, that is enough of a book for now! I will keep everyone updated!
JB