WEEK 20

Appetite for Destruction!

This past week, I have wanted to eat any and every sugar loaded treat I came across.  This is NOT my norm.  I’m typically a big fat eater (cheese, olives, and lots and lots of chocolate). Because of that, I made a strict “no sugar in the house” policy for the week, which we adhered to pretty good. 

All of that will be blown out the water this weekend, though, as I get to baking away for a trip to Thibodaux Saturday. 

A coconut pie for the in-laws and chocolate, white chocolate chip cookies for Baby Brennan’s baptism party!  Mmmmm.  Those kind of treats are worth it. Not so much the sour gummies from Fresh Market!   

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This next part (Q&A style), I’m copying from a sorority sister of mine, Tara.  She is such a cute pregnant person with such a creative blog (she’s due with twins any day now!). I loved this idea of her of how to quickly divulge info to y’all, so here goes...

How far along?  21 weeks this Saturday.  Here's what our butterbean looks like:

Total weight gain?  7 pounds (which officially means I weigh more now than I've ever weighed in my life, but for good reason!)  Considering most of that is baby business, I’m very pleased at that number and know my metabolism must just be working in overdrive, because I have been eating non-stop!  The good news is that the baby is bigger than it should be (which means I am pumping plenty enough nutrients in my body).  At this point, I could have gained up to 11 to still be in the healthy zone.  Glad I’m got some wiggle room for that inevitable monster gainer week I’m bound to hit.  I like have cushion in the bank!

Maternity clothes?  Sitting here typing this, I am wearing my very first pair of maternity pants!  Ahhhh sweet relief!  While I have 2 pairs of work pants that technically still fit with the button extender, they are not nearly as comfortable as the maternity specific ones.  I’m still wearing the you-know-what outta every dress I own (and new ones purchased!) lately, but my office gets a little chilly sometimes so I needed some pants!  I could get used to this over the belly thing.  SO comfy!

Miss anything?  SUSHI SUSHI SUSHI!  Oh how I long for one of our 3 hour Sushi Yama trips – complete with a full jar of pineapple sake!  Luckily it is CRAB season and Sushi Yama has an unbelievable blue crab spring roll (that is completely cooked) and full of delicious lump crab meat that somewhat gives me my fix! 

Movement?  FINALLY starting to feel some bumps in the trunk….hah…or should I say bumps in the bump. Not very often, but I still feel them. Typically around 1 and 10pm and during my workouts.  I think the little sucker likes all the movement and music. Prolly getting in some of those crunches it was doing in the last sonogram. TeeHee.      

Symptoms? Just some round ligament pain that started happening around week 17~18 and will supposedly stick around until the end.  Nothing too bad, but nonetheless, any sort of discomfort in the belly reason can makes a girl nervous. 

I am careful to separate my heavy activity at least a day apart. For example, I had a very hard workout yesterday, so am going to take it easy today and just walk my girl Pep around the neighborhood and do some cooking and baking in the kitchen.  Taking it easy basically means that I am nixing mowing the grass and mopping the floors from my to-do list this afternoon.   I could do those things, but know the ligament pain will be felt much worse tomorrow…and I’d prefer to take the safe route.   As Leigh Anne (sister) and Shelby (brother) can attest, it’s in our genes to overwork ourselves by trying to do way too much in one day.  I’m trying to suppress that desire while pregnant as much as I can!

Belly button in or out? In, but creeping its way out.  I’m so nervous it’s going to stay out! 

Mood? This past week has been a grouchy one for me (sorry, Michael!).  For no good reason at all.  Ahhh hormones!  

Looking forward to? This weekend for our trip to Thibodaux Saturday to visit the family and give Brennan some kisses!  As well as next weekend…Michael is going to be out of town for work ALL week (returns Friday) and I know I’m gonna be ready to hang out with him this weekend. 

Highlight of the week? Getting a new vacuum cleaner.  (What has my life become?!)  This has been a long time coming….it's a dyson which means this puppy was expensive (but worth every penny), has a 5-year warranty and is a model specifically designed for pet hair. There are just some things in life that give truth to the saying “you get what you pay for.”   For the past 6 months, vacuuming in the Guillot house has been done on hands and knees using the tube of a shop vac!  Imagine that!  Freakin’ pitiful is what it is!  The shop vac works wonders, but talk about a back ache.  Well, back ache no more……hello new investment: