New Kids on the Block concert

It was AWESOME! I had such a blast, I felt like a kid again. I was a little concerned at first because my head is stuffy so I thought my ear drums were going to burst from the music, but they adjusted. :) Natasha Bedingfield was one of the opening acts and I think I will definitely be buying her CD this week. The New Kids really know how to put on a great show. They played for just under 2 hours. Let me tell you, they are just as cute now as they were 15 years ago. My crush on Danny Wood has been renewed. Unfortunately, no pictures. I didn't want to chance my camera being taken away. The person I went with took some with her cell phone and if she can figure it out, she'll email them to me. woohoo I'm so glad I went. I am sore from all the standing, my throat hurts, and I only got 4 hours of sleep, but it was soooooooo worth it!!!

Holy Hotness!!!!!!!!

I have a cold.

I've known for a week that I was getting sick, but it chose today to hit. My throat hurts, my sinuses are stuffy and I have a migraine. I'm supposed to be going to a concert tonight, New Kids on the Block to be exact. Yes you read that right, me, a 28 year old mom of 3 is going to an NKOTB concert. Unfortunately, it does not start until 8 so that means my usual bedtime of 9:30 will really be pushed back. Hopefully I'll feel better by tonight. Maybe I can talk my husband into stopping at Dunkin Donuts on his way home from work and picking me up one of their yummy hot chocolates.

It's getting colder..

I don't really mind, but it seems like we went from the 80s to the 50s in a day. I thought pregnant women are supposed to be hot all the time. I seem to be the opposite, I am always cold. I long to pull out my heating blanket, but that is another pregnancy no no. I'm finally starting to feel better, but I still have some days where I would love to just go back to bed and stay there all day. Then again, I think we all have days like that.

I forgot...

Some baby info. I'm officially in the second trimester at 14 weeks! Here is some info on a 14 week fetus and a baby bump picture, although not a real great one.



How your baby's growing: This week's big developments: Your baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his thumb! Thanks to brain impulses, his facial muscles are getting a workout as his tiny features form one expression after another. His kidneys are producing urine, which he releases into the amniotic fluid around him — a process he'll keep up until birth. He can grasp, too, and if you're having an ultrasound now, you may even catch him sucking his thumb. In other news: Your baby's stretching out. From head to bottom, he measures 3 1/2 inches — about the size of a lemon— and he weighs 1 1/2 ounces. His body's growing faster than his head, which now sits upon a more distinct neck. By the end of this week, his arms will have grown to a length that's in proportion to the rest of his body. (His legs still have some lengthening to do.) He's starting to develop an ultra-fine, downy covering of hair, called lanugo, all over his body. Your baby's liver starts making bile this week — a sign that it's doing its job right — and his spleen starts helping in the production of red blood cells. Though you can't feel his tiny punches and kicks yet, your little pugilist's hands and feet (which now measure about 1/2 inch long) are more flexible and active.



I must respectfully disagree on the last sentence since I have been feeling the baby move for almost a week now. However I was able to feel movement early with all my pregnancies. SO here is the picture, not great, but oh well. As you can see my belly just barely stretches out further than by boobs. LOL! I no longer fit in my regular clothes, but a lot of my maternity clothes is still too big. I've been wearing maternity undies lately because when I wear my regular underwear, it cuts right through the middle of my stomach giving me the appearance of having two fat rolls, not so attractive if you ask me.

Hello Sciatica!

My sciatic nerve reminded me that it was still around on Wednesday. Woohoo! Unfortunately the medicine they tell you to take to help it I can't because of the baby. So I spent a good portion of the evening with a heating pad on my lower back. Thankfully when I woke up the next morning the pain was gone, but who knows if it will return. I had a lot of Sciatica pain when I was pregnant with my daughter, but not with my sons. Could this be a sign it's a girl? Who knows, probably just means my body is getting old. LOL

Cold & Flu season has arrived!

Of course my kids don't like to do anything half assed. Do they get a little cold? Nope my oldest son woke us up late Thursday night coughing and struggling to get a deep breathe in. Scared the crap out of us. Off to the ER we went where we were at for four hours. He got a shot of steroids and diagnosed with Croup. Not to be outdone, my "baby" (he's 2) came down with it Monday night. Thankfully he didn't have an attack, so we didn't have to go to the ER just went to the doctor's the next day. We'll see what my daughter decides to do. Hopefully, she'll just stay healthy or just get a normal cold.

Wow, it's been a while..

There was nothing really new to report. I was still feeling like crap, so how much can one person complain? We did tell the kids the day I had my ultrasound and they were excited especially our daughter. You would have thought we told her Christmas was the next day.

I saw the doctor yesterday. My official due date now is April 17, 2009. I did not gain any weight this month, but I didn't lose any so that is good. I met a different doctor in the practice and she was super friendly and nice. She prescribed me Zofran for my nausea and Immitrex for my migraines. So far, I haven't had to use either.

My next appointment will be November 11th and they will schedule another ultrasound then. Hopefully the baby will cooperate and let us see between his or her legs. I'm going to be taking a new belly picture, so stay tuned.