18 weeks

I am 18 weeks today. Time is going by really fast. It is hard to believe that I am a few weeks away from being at the half way point. I'm starting to feel more pregnant and less like a fatty. Monday, April 5th, we find out what we are having. We are so ready to know! Last weekend I went shopping for some maternity work pants and Kohl's gave me a $10 coupon for baby apparel. I mean, it was free money! So even though I didn't know the sex of the baby yet, I still had to go use the coupon (it expires two days before we are supposed to find out)! Duh. Craig and I have both had dreams of it being a boy, so I went ahead and got a couple of onesies and saved my receipt. The girl clothes are so darn cute though. I won't mind exchanging for some pink.

I have been having some of the CRAZIEST dreams. I've had the same one where I lose my teeth three times now. The first time it was one tooth. The last time I lost three or four of them. I've read (through my Googling abilities) that this is a common dream among pregnant women. I also (with my Googling abilities) found that it means that I going through a time of big change and I am apprehensive about it. Really, you think? I had another dream where our department at work was going to a conference and I got left behind.

I have started cleaning out what used to be my scrapbook room. But it seems like no matter how many storage containers I fill up, I barely put a dent in the massive amounts of stuff. Right now it looks like a tornado has gone through it.

So this is the before...


After picture to come in the next few months.

So I'll update next Monday on what we are having. So excited!!

So I just spent some time reading the "Month Four" chapter in my What To Expect When You're Expecting book and I'm a little shocked I am already in the fourth month. The first three months have flown by.

I had a random craving tonight for a sesame bagel with cream cheese for dinner. So I made a trip to Dunkin Donuts (where I learned the life story of the sweetest girl working the drive-thru). For the last few weeks (since our mini snow storm) I've been wanting a chicken cheese hoagie from Philly Connection. So Sunday I trucked it to Snellville to pick it up for lunch. Came home, laid it out on my plate wth some chips, went in the living room, laid it on the ottoman to open the blinds, and turned around to find Sadie (my sweet little puppy who can do no wrong...until now) chomping down on the half of the sandwich she swiped off of my plate and on to the floor. We had a heart to heart and she spent a good portion of the day in her pen. And aside from my fast food trips, my other cravings are orange juice, milk, popcorn, bananas, strawberries, and orange creamsicles.

I had an appointment a couple of weeks ago. Craig was sick and stayed home from work so my mom went with me. We got to hear the heartbeat for the first time. It was great. My next appointment is March 19th. And then we should be able to find out the sex of the baby at the next appointment after the 19th (if I don't talk Craig into going to one of the 3D places ahead of time). Can't wait to find out what we are having!

And because I don't like posting without a picture and because I don't have any baby related pictures to post, I'm posting this (more for me to remember the story behind it)...
My immediate supervisor is on maternity leave for the next few weeks. We have close out every 28 days. After a week of close out, my main jobs become paying rents to our landlords and reconciling balance sheet items. When my supervisor was there she put cute little notes on my recon folders after checking them, a lot of them including smiley faces.

When Jenny went out on maternity leave I started giving my recons to Mike, the controller, to review. I asked him if he would continue to put smileys on my recons (I know, I know, I am so professional!) and it has been a topic of conversation ever since (mainly with a big fat NO as an answer to that question). This is what I came in to this Monday morning and it made me crack up! I am so blessed to have a job that I love so much!