14 weeks and counting.

As expected, I am behind on blogging.  That is ok though, this isn't school, there are no deadlines here.  It seems these days I am behind on everything though.  I guess that is what the first trimester of pregnancy does for ya.

As of this past Tuesday, I am 14 weeks pregnant which means I have entered the second trimester of pregnancy.  Supposedly, morning sickness is to cease this trimester and I am suppose to have all this amazing energy to clean.  So far, this morning I still had to hang my head over a trash can and well as far as that energy, I can't even see the floor in my room.

On a good note, the bloating has FINALLY went away.  I don't feel like I have ate a small animal all day anymore, which I am very very very thankful.  So far, I have only gained three pounds, all of which have went straight to my chest (so no complaints there).  I still haven't been able to eat much.  And even though I haven't gained weight, every time I eat my belly looks as if I swallowed a watermelon...seriously.  I envy people who can finish their entire meal.  I am still failing in the eating healthy department.  All I want is starches and something about meat is disgusting.  I still crave salt and sour stuff...so my purse stays stocked with warheads and sour skittles and I have even considered putting a salt shaker in there (I thought people would look at me strange when I pulled the box of salt out of my purse, so I have decided against it). I don't eat much at all but nothing I eat is very nutritious.  I have vowed to start eating better tomorrow.  Exercise would be great to but I am still waiting on all the energy to kick in!  When we were on vacation this past week I realized how out of shape I have got since becoming pregnant.  I couldn't even walk up the stairs to our beach house without feeling like I ran a marathon.  That was hard for me because I was in decent shape before...I am already planning how I will lose the baby weight and get back into shape after baby arrives.

Johnathon and I are still hanging in there.  We have are ups and downs. He still doesn't understand why I want to stay in bed all day, why I don't won't to be outside in the 105 degree Carolina muggy weather, or why I want to lay on the couch and watch the ID channel or baby story reruns all the time.  But he is trying, we both are trying to be more considerate of each other.  When I have a problem I try to let him know so we can work on it.  Needless to say, he probably wouldn't mind if I would go mute for a few days or he probably would even settle for a few hours.  Seriously though, Johnathon has been great and I wouldn't trade him for a million bucks or Magic Mike (well...Magic Mike may give him some competition, haha I am totally kidding Johnathon, your moves are way better anyways and I love you).

My emotions have calmed down some what.  I am not shedding near as many tears as before and most of the time they are happy tears.  I don't cry at the site of the baby clothes sections in stores anymore, so I would say I am doing wayyy better.  I think Johnathon would agree, too

We have so much to get done before the baby gets here.  I feel like we will never get it all done.  We are in the process of finishing our house right now, which is going slow but I know Johnathon is doing everything he can.  I will just be so glad to be settled and have the baby a room.  I think that will take a lot of the stress off of both of us, especially Johnathon.

We are hoping to find out what the baby is in a week and a half.  However, I have not been able to get in touch with the imaging center but I have been recommended another one so I am going to give them a call tomorrow.  There they can tell you at 15 weeks, which means we could find out next week but I highly doubt they will be able to fit us in next week.  It would be awesome if they could, though!

We have names picked out.  I have known the girl name before I ever dreamed of being pregnant: RaeLynn Taylor.  Rae is after Johnathon's father, James Ray and Lynn is after my mom Tammy Lynn. I have always loved the name RaeLynn (and it isn't pronounced Railing it is Ray Lynn). Taylor is Johnathon's mother's maiden name and my grandma's maiden name.  It is also my sister's name, she would be upset if I didn't though that in there, lol.  And no we are not kin, at least we hope not!  If it is a boy, his name will be Lane Michael.  Lane is a name Johnathon kept going back to time and time again.  I gave in and told him if it was a boy he could name it that.  Michael is after my Uncle Michael and Grandpa Mike (the two first men in my life!).  Unfortunately, I went to see Magic Mike this week and his name was Michael Lane, lol.  I told Johnathon we had to change the name but that isn't an option since he has been calling the baby Lane Michael for about two weeks...yes, he is still convinced there is a little boy in there.

Well that is it for this week.  Maybe I will blog again before the baby is here.  Maybe this time next week we will know whether it is a baby girl or boy!