14 weeks

I'm going to try and update on my pregnancy every two weeks. Really, in the first and second trimester not much happens to warrant a weekly or daily update.

Today I am 14.5 weeks. So far, in the past week, I have been able to eat. Food. Meat, in particular. Hamburgers and chicken and steak. And you can bet that the steak was the best tasting steak I've had in years. It was so good. I do still occasionally feel the baby flutter in there. Nothing beats the sharp jab I felt when the doctor attempted to locate her little heartbeat.

I'm actually starting to feel a bit better, less physically exhausted, no more nausea. I had a bout of insomnia there, which I also had with Jack, but I'm pretty sure that just comes with the unknown of a new baby. I can't afford to lose sleep with a toddler in the house, so I've been really struggling with it lately. I've been taking one Tylenol PM every night and that at least is helping me get to sleep. Once I'm sleeping, I sleep fantastic, it's just getting my brain to shut off in order to get to the point of sleep that I've been struggling with. It also probably had something to do with the weird weather we've been having lately, as well as some stressful events that have popped up over the last couple of weeks. I forced myself to get out on Friday night with some friends and I felt really good about that. I didn't feel fatigued like going out has been making me feel.

Our washing machine broke. Just quit agitating, spinning, or draining. All at once. At first, it started with a miserable clunking sound. The 30 year old behemoth just died on us. Sad. So, we took our meager savings (savings that we had planned on using in Disney World) and upgraded to a new washer. OMG. I LOVE my new washer. It's been a definite godsend. Because the washer lives on the 4th floor and we don't have the greatest ducting, I opted for a HE washer. I had heard that they spin more, or faster, or something, and that results in the clothes being a bit drier before tossed into the dryer. Instead of the usual 2-3 dries EACH load, I've managed to dry a large load of towels in one cycle. This is unheard of. I actually enjoy doing laundry now. The hassle of timing loads just right so that I don't leave wet clothes in the washer overnight is gone. Although, I'm still known to do such a thing, as I am pregnant and lack the necessary memory cells to remember such important details.

We leave for Disney World in less than a month. We're excited to go. I really, really hope that Jack is not fearful and tries out some rides with us. I hope that he doesn't freak out when he sees the life sized Mickey and Jake. I hope we can manage a schedule where he isn't overwhelmed and grouchy by the end of the day. Vacation semantics are always worrisome. I'm just glad that I appear to be on the mend from my pregnancy induced exhaustion! I was hoping that I would feel better by the time we left and am confident that I can now battle the lines in high heat and humidity.