Week 14

Oh week 14, you are balm to my soul. I am beginning to feel hints of my old self returning. New energy spurts arrive each day (ie. what I used to feel like on any normal day in my life) and though I am still nauseous if I don't eat every two hours, I am not living inside of a "flu suit" that I beg to unzip myself from. Oh, and I am feeling less drugged by sleeping pills (progesterone) that have made me feel as if I move through quick sand. And my skin! It's clearing up everywhere! My friend Kelsey said she too broke out horribly in the first trimester, however the second trimester led her straight to the prettiest skin she ever had.

Yes, pregnancy is being kinder and more gentle. Thank you thank you baby and body for working things out because I might have entered a depression if I had to walk around any longer feeling like I had the flu but going to work every day anyway.

A therapist at my office is having a fund raiser yard sale this weekend and she let me "pre-shop" and I scored a blue Baby Bjorn, a Boppie pillow, and seven little boys clothing items that could maybe be called gender neutral. I like tough looking little girls too.

Right now I have a little baby stack beginning to grow, along with some cute wooden puzzles that Grandpa Riss bought for the baby in Switzerland while we were there.

I am so happy to be on this journey! Much love to you little baby, keep grow grow growing!