30 weeks

28. apr

BABY'S SIZE     a zucchini! 15-16.5 inches and 2.5-3.5 pounds (that is one heck of a zucchini - i feel like maybe an alaskan zucchini?).

HOW I'M FEELING     this has been a good week.  but i do get tired easily.  lots of naps.  lots of doing things in little spurts.  lots of breaks.

WHAT I'M EATING     i was thinking the other day that for the most part, i don't think i've had any cravings that felt stronger than cravings at any other point in my life.  the occasional bologna (i know, i know) and dessert, but i think i normally have cravings like that.  maybe i'm just a cravey person, so it makes my pregnancy cravings seem not so bad....
arley may beg to differ.  i have to admit i texted him from work at 0530 the other morning to make sure he was going to get milk for breakfast so i could eat cereal...

HOW I'M CHANGING     my belly is getting tighter, with all the growing.  it's getting easier to feel the lumps of baby.

MOVEMENT     lots of stretches, i think.  really slow, hard pushes.  it doesn't hurt yet, but i'm waiting for it!  i think baby is head down (or was for the last ultrasound), and it seems to be doing this weird poke with its hands (or maybe even head?).  it just gets me in the guts really really low and to the left side.  i'm not sure if it hurt hurts, or tickles, or what, but i flinch every time.

SLEEP     oh, sleep.  i am wishing for a good, hard sleep.  when i wake up in the middle of the night and it's been 4 hours instead of 3, i have a little party.  it's so sad.

THINGS THIS WEEK     our birth class ended last week and one of the other couples suggested that we keep meeting.  they told us about this park that has food trucks and a band every week.  so this week we went.  because we don't have any friends, and we decided that we probably need some.
i could only go if i got cancelled at work.  and when i get cancelled, i tend to forget everything and just go back to sleep.  so at 630 arley woke me up and told me that we had to be there at 700.  and it is a 25 minute drive.
it was a rocky start.
so i was getting flustered about being rushed and was trying to get ready really fast.  finally, i was ready and i grabbed my water and threw it in my bag and we jumped in the car.  a few blocks later, i went to grab my water and realized that it had opened inside my (leather) bag and the entire 16 ounces spilled out.  i threw my purse in the back seat and started crying (of course).  so arley was trying to drive through all this construction traffic, and find our way, and figure out what was wrong with me.
i was cranky, so he started getting cranky and we couldn't find the park.  FINALLY, we found it AND a parking spot, and arley said, "are you ready?"  i was still on the brink of crying again, and said, "i just want to go home," in that really majestic wobbly cry voice.
luckily we stayed, because we got to hang out with some really cool couples that we might be friends with.  it turned out to be a pretty good time.

LOOKING FORWARD TO     mikah is getting here tonight and tomorrow we are driving to wyoming for a quick baby shower and mother's day trip!  woo hoo!

FUN FACT     baby's brain is getting wrinklier to make way for more and more essential brain tissue. baby is also now strong enough to grasp a finger!