Week 5

Oh yes. The hormone roller coaster is back in full swing! You know you're pregnant when you cry watching The Price is Right. Yep. The Price is Right. Riley and I were playing and had the TV on in the background and for some reason I started paying attention to this kid and his prize up for grabs was a boat. He was probably twenty-nothing and was such a very nice and respectable kid. Well, he won and he was so excited and started jumping around all over the place. And then I lost it. I was so happy that he won and it looked like he never could have afforded anything remotely that nice.... yeah. I'm just glad they stopped showing that Dawn commercial with that baby penguin. And, as always, my ever patient husband is humoring me and supporting me fully.

I've been having those pregnancy dreams too. I'm not sure why dreams are so vivid during pregnancy, but I've had some whoppers so far. My favorite has been the one where I was Spiderman. It was pretty fun swinging from building to building on my webs - that is until they stopped working and I woke up. Ever since the dawn of time my mother has told me that I couldn't talk about a dream until I had a bite of breakfast otherwise it can come true. I have no idea where this superstition came from.... maybe as a child, I talked about my dreams all the time and Mom wanted to at least have a cup of coffee before I launched into the tales of my slumber or maybe this rule is something from her own childhood.... but it has stuck. Not to say that I always eat breakfast before I talk of my dreams. Sometimes I'll retell a very vivid story before Ryan and I even get out of bed, but if I have a nightmare, I always eat something. I guess I am a little superstitious in my own way.

I've been feeling alternately very good, very tired, and very queasy. Last week tired won and I didn't work out as often as I would have liked. I am feeling better today so I think I will tackle some sort of work out. I'm very concerned about weight gain during this pregnancy. I had wanted to lose all my Riley weight before I put my body through another pregnancy. I still needed to lose about 10 more pounds, but that's okay. At least this time around, I know better than to eat a Blizzard everyday for the first four months. Instead, I have stocked my freezer with sugar free cream pops and sugar free fudge pops. After about 10, the craving for a Blizzard usually subsides... ahahhaahhahaha.

But all in all, so far so good. Ryan is still convinced it's a girl. Elece and my mom are convinced it's a boy and my dad and I are convinced it's a baby. I will say that I feel a lot more tired and a lot more queasy than I did with Riley. But we'll see. Thanks again to everyone for all your support. We wouldn't want to do this without you all!