1st bump shot :)

Yes, I am aware there isn't much to see. I'm also aware this is probably all bloat still and not much baby. But I'm finally starting to "show", so I'm going to start tracking my progress through photos. Today you get both a full shot (with some awkward shirt twisting) and just a belly shot. Enjoy!

Baby Reeder at 14w2d

Crib = ordered.

Baby Reeder now has somewhere to sleep. Well, he/she will soon. The crib has been ordered, along with a lovely dresser that will also serve as a changing table. After a little shopping around, we agreed on an adorable coffee-colored crib from JC Penney. We'll be picking it up in the next few weeks!!

Note: I think it's too early to be ordering nursery furniture. Not that I think it's going to jinx us or anything, but it just seems too soon. I guess I didn't expect to be doing this for several more weeks. But the most adorable crib I've seen in a long time was on sale and just calling my name, so I caved. I'm in love. We're a mattress away from having every single piece for the crib purchased! Check that off the list. Since my goal is to have the room 100% ready to go by 30 weeks, I guess this helps get us closer to that goal.

Next up: cleaning out the nursery (of my scrapbooking crap) so we have somewhere to put the most adorable crib we just purchased...

14 Weeks.

How far along?: 14 weeks, 0 days
Total weight gain/loss: -1 this week, down 1.5 lbs overall
Maternity clothes?: Shirts only (God bless my cotton drawstring skirts.)
Sleep: Never enough.
Movement: Still no, but getting closer.
Food cravings: None. Aversions are back and I can't get full to save my life. Eating has become a chore.
Gender: The husband's praying for a boy, which will be interesting if we then follow Molly's advice to name the baby "Ariel" or "Beauty & The Beast" (1st name "Beauty", middle name "& The Beast" I guess...)
What I miss: Sleeping comfortably/on my back. I thought this wouldn't really be an issue yet, but, alas, it is.
What I am looking forward to: The 2nd Trimester "Honeymoon Period" I keep hearing so much about...
Best moment this week: The husband's first (unofficial) Father's Day :)
Weekly Wisdom: None, I'm too tired to think about it. (I'm such a whiner today.)
Milestones: Though it's not as cute as the produce comparisons, the baby is now the size of my fist!

My vice.

Anyone that knows me well knows I'm a sucker for TV shows/documentaries about things that will never, ever happen to me. Medical shows - like The Man Whose Skin Fell Off or Born Without A Face. Shows about prisons, polygamists, coinjoined twins. A huge fan of shows about high-order multiples (say what you will about them, I still watch Jon & Kate weekly.) Give me one of these shows, and I'll give you an hour or more of my time. It's not rare to find something along the lines of Raising Sextuplets or World's Tallest Woman in our DVR list.

Well now, of course, I'm obsessed with all pregnancy-related shows. Not the nice ones, like A Baby Story, but the weird ones that will never happen to me (well, hopefully.) Some of my faves - Little People Big Pregnancy, I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant, Twins By Surprise, and my new fave 16 & Pregnant. On last week's episode of this last one, the following exchange happened between the 17-yr-old father-to-be & the OB:

OB: Do either of you have any questions?
F-T-B: Yeah. Now that's she's been pregnant, will it be easier for her to get re-pregnant?

"Re-pregnant". Oh. Good. Heavens. The husband and I (yes, he's forced to watch with me) laughed quite a while about this one. This was preceded by the 16-yr-old mother-to-be not thinking it was her cervix that would dilate to 10 cm, but rather something else (I'll let you think about that one....I laughed hard, the husband was seriously grossed out.)

On the baby front: No real change. Baby Reeder's still sucking the life out of me. I can't physically eat or sleep enough to satisfy him/her, so I feel sick most of the time now. Still look fat, not pregnant. HATE coming to work in the mornings (so does the baby; he/she had me dry heaving in the kitchen sink for a while this morning to delay my departure.) But crazy me still LOVES being pregnant :)

Second Tri...finally.

All is well on Kingsport Dr.!

Baby R is finally giving me a break, even letting me go through the entire Dave Matthews concert last night without any issues (with the exception of 1 bathroom trip.) It's far too early for me to feel any kicks, but I'll be 18 weeks when we go to the next concert this summer, so I'm sure I'll endure a beating that time. But this time? Smooth sailing and a lot of fun!

How far along?: 13 weeks, 0 days
Total weight gain/loss: 0 this week, still down 0.5 lb overall
Maternity clothes?: Slowly but surely easing into it.
Sleep: I cannot get enough (and, unfortunately, don't.) Fatigue is worse now than it has been the whole pregnancy.
Movement: Um, no.
Food cravings: Anything made with lots of sugar.
Gender: No feelings this week.
What I miss: My camel-like bladder. This is not an exaggeration - I peed 11 times yesterday (yes, I counted), and that was just during waking hours. I used to be a 3-a-day girl...*sigh*
What I am looking forward to: The first "stranger comment", i.e. someone I don't know that doesn't know I'm pregnant to comment on my "status", i.e. finally getting out of this is-she-or-isn't-she state I'm in so people don't think I'm just gaining back all that weight I lost.
Best moment this week: My 2-yr old niece asking me if my baby was still sleeping and if she could see him/her.
Weekly Wisdom: A coworker (after I commented on how hot it was in the office) - "That's the pregnancy talking. That baby's going to suck the life right out of you." Good to know :)
Milestones: Finally making it to the 2nd Trimester!! 1/3 of the way there, baby!

Welcome back.

Morning sickness has decided to return in full force, but in a new, actually-throwing-up kind of way. Awesome. I've also hit a new level of exhaustion that I had yet to experience.

Brief life update: The weekend started out well, but quickly went downhill. No more P.F. Chang's for this baby; I believe it was the root of the constant state of discomfort I was in Saturday night (which had me in tears at one point.) By Sunday, I was completely wiped. So much for the burst of energy and lack of symptoms that are supposed to come with your second trimester...

Oh no he didn't!

I forgot to add this to my earlier post today:

The husband actually used the term "beached whale" in reference to me lying on our floor last night. And this was after my 4-mile walk.

(I promised you I would post this. I hope your parents read this.)