Week 12 - Staying Busy!

 Week 12 - August 29th to September 4th 

This is where it is really helpful that I am "back-blogging" because I can actually talk about what has been going on!

I woke up very happy to reach week 12! There are plenty of debates about when the second trimester begins (at week 12? at week 13? at 13.5 or 14?...all would say by 14 you are in it) - but it doesn't matter - reaching week 12 seems monumental and exciting! Risks go way down from here, Baby Hals' major organs and systems have formed (still plenty of maturing to do...but that takes time), the baby bump starts moving more "out" as things shift around and the baby starts kicking his/her growth into high gear! Oh yeah and - I grew an organ too!

This week was a particularly busy one. First - Daniel had his on-site interview on Thursday and flew up to Maryland for a 26 hour whirlwind trip. When he got home we had lots to talk about (but it had gone very well!) While he was out of town I took advantage of the uninterrupted time to clear out my closet...complete overhaul. It's a lot easier to do when we might be moving, when I have the time, and when many of my clothes that were in the "eh" category weren't going to be worn for another nine months or more. The "Eh"? They're ALL gone. I tried on EVERYTHING and evaluated whether it was not going to be wearable until this baby growing business was finished or if...hmm, maybe this might make a great in between time top ("in between" meaning the time between needing maternity shirts and the fact that some of my shirts no longer fit or now look ridiculous). I was pretty excited to discover I have quite a few "in between" friendly shirts - it's like I have a new wardrobe in some ways because everything fits differently! :)

Daniel texted me this morning to show me his snazzy self all suited up :) good thing we finally bought him a suit that actually fits!

Knowing we might move (and that if we do it will happen super fast) and knowing that in other cases we are going to have a baby and will be shifting quite a few things around here has been a huge motivator - I had steadily been working through each room of the house and weeding things out. There's a massive Goodwill down the street and I have made several trips - the one I made after the closet clean out involved my car being loaded up top to bottom - the trunk, the entire back seat up to the ceiling, the passenger seat - we have been emptying out! I've been spending about 4-5 hours a day either sorting through and reorganizing or deep cleaning the house (as in washing the walls, touch up paint, deep dusting...you name it).

Baby Bump update -continuing to grow!

This week I also visited my grandmother and Aunt Florence in Orlando! My grandmother had flown down to visit Aunt Flo so I drove over for a day trip and got to catch up - we had a really nice morning, lunch, and afternoon together and they were both incredibly excited for us and all over our upcoming adventures! While I was there Daniel called and said APL had called him with an unofficial offer! We were unofficially moving to Maryland! It was really exciting to tell my grandmother we would potentially be only a few hours away with the great grandchild!

My lovely sweet Grandmother!

And last but not least? At week 12 how am I feeling?

Food is still Meh. I think Baby Hals may be comprised on blueberry nutrigrain bars this week (I know they are not the emblem of nutrition in the granola bar department but this week they are a delicious snack that I don't hesitate to eat...so I'm going with it). I am suddenly absolutely exhausted again...I had energy and vigor from weeks 9.5 - 11 or so and then I seemed to have fallen back off the cliff into exhaustion land. And the allergy season I was bracing myself for is here - Ragweed has blossomed in full force! To the point that if I don't take a benedryl at night I can't "keep up" my fight against allergies and I get a raging sinus headache. Can you tell I tried to push through and go without benedryl? Yeah - I lost. Benedryl at night until the ragweed season it is. I surrender.

But to recap? Week 12! Yay! So excited that we have made it this far and that things are going so well! Grow Baby Grow!

This picture has oh so many explanations. 1) Daniel brought a cold back from Maryland and only wanted popsicles. 2) We made Ryan (the only person we know who likes lime popsicles which were in the variety box) eat the lime popsicles first before he was allowed to have another flavor. 3)Knowing Daniel had an unofficial offer the boys had a Rockband-fest at our house and enjoyed being "mothered" as I made a junk food (ahem - popsicle) run to target and kept them stocked up to rock.

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