18 weeks

4. feb

BABY'S SIZE     a yam!  5.5 inches and almost 7 ounces.  it actually says sweet potato but i like to say "yam" better.  i do like to eat sweet potatoes though...

WEIGHT GAIN     still nothing, so i stopped weighing myself.

HOW I'M FEELING     up and down.  up and down.  mostly with the tireds.

WHAT I'M EATING     arley is really pulling through for me.  i've had cheesy poufs, and brownies, and ice cream, and froot loops (i think that's how they spell it).  and somehow, we've also been having really healthy dinners.  score!

HOW I'M CHANGING     i don't really feel different, but arley says my belly is growing.  "you're getting big," is what he actually said.  "that phrase is off limits," is what i said back.
people at work are feeling my belly, so apparently something is happening.

MOVEMENT     still nothing.  pooh.  i'm trying really hard, but then i only feel my pulse or my belly growling.  i read and was told that it can wait as long as 22 weeks.  especially since my placenta is attached in the front.  during the ultrasound on monday, we could see baby moving and bonking into the placenta, and i felt nothing.  apparently the placenta is kind of the shock absorber and that's why it takes longer.  baby has to bulk up a little before i'll start to feel those sweet kicks and punches.  and by sweet, i mean those cute little rib kicks that take your breath away, and those lovely kidney punches.

SLEEP     i got kind of sick this week, and so have been sleeping A LOT.  speaking of, i'm going to go take a nap right now.

THINGS THIS WEEK     we had our anatomy screen on monday!  baby is tucked way down in the corner next to my bladder (hence the pee every 10 minutes feeling), and even if we wanted to we couldn't have found out the sex.  sneaky, stubborn little thing.
the ultrasound makes things super distorted sometimes, and our little yam sometimes looked like a gorilla, then a dinosaur, then a skeleton monster.  so now we refer to it as monster baby.
i was given an order to have my blood drawn again and when i read it i thought that the ultrasound tech had lied and actually knew it was a girl.  i read claire, birthday, female, WHAT?!  turns out, it's me who's the female...
didn't cry watching parks and rec when leslie and ron became friends again and bonded over jamming to billy joel.  success!

LOOKING FORWARD TO     moving back into our bedroom.  fresh paint, ya'll!  and it looks fabulous.  we even have fancy new gold buffalo skull to hang for sweet dreams.  that's a thing, right?

FUN FACT     baby yawns, hiccups, sucks, and swallows.  baby is also twisting, rolling, punching, and kicking.

18 weeks and 4 days.  according to the ultrasound, our monster baby weighed 10 ounces already.  that's like an ounce a day, if my food facts are correct!