Beware...

...of the hormones that come with pregnancy.

Holy cow...I was a mess yesterday and so far, today isn't any better.
It has a lot to do, at least yesterday, with my lack of sleep. The night before, a certain baby had decided that 2 am was THE perfect time to start her morning kalestenics. I couldn't get comfortable and was up for most of the rest of the early morning hours. I got up with Caleb at 7am yesterday and got some things done around the house. At lunch, while Caleb was trying to get lunch together before he had to return to work, I snapped at him, the dog, the cat and the dishes. When I started crying that I was a bad dog mom and am not doing enough for her, he ordered me back to bed for, at the very least, a nap. I did take a nap before running a few errands.  Add to that the fact that we were SUPPOSED to have 20-ish Amish men at our house today working on our roof and we won't, until at the earliest, next Monday... I was all around cranky. 
Today hasn't been much better - Caleb woke up late, I woke up very sore and cranky.  He has a consultation today for the local sleep clinic - we are pretty sure (the doctor and myself) that Caleb is having sleep apenic episodes throughout the night and from what I can tell, they're getting more intense (more gasping for breath) and more frequent. So, the doctor referred him to the sleep clinic to see what they can do to help - needless to say, we're both a bit nervous and I think that added to the tense feelings this morning. And I was going to go the consultation with him but decided that it would probably be best if I just stayed home. And the way my stomach currently feels (thank you baby, Braxton-Hicks and something that isn't agreeing with my stomach), I think I'm better off here.
Today, I also have the grand task of finding out what permits we need to acquire before the Amish come and fix our roofs. Looking at the city's building department and their website, it seems that we may have to apply for a couple of permits but I'm not sure - hence, why I'm going to call. The contractor is going to take the two flat roofs (who EVER thought those were a good idea had some issues), make them into pitched roofs to match the rest of the house. And because they're pitching the flat roof right under our bedroom, the infamous-random-door-that-leads-to-the-flat-roof has to be removed so that they can pitch the roof correctly.  And in addition to that, they will remove some siding from below to add/hide where the door was.
Ugh.
So I have to call and find out if we need a siding permit, a building permit, roof permit or a combination of the three. AND, the siding and roof permits each cost 100 dollars plus the after-inspection.

I'm going to cry.

And then throw up from the Lucky Charms that aren't sitting well.

Happy Tuesday

Update

Well, I at least changed the theme of our blog...

and finally took some pregnancy belly pictures.

Pregnant belly at 30 weeks in a very comfy (but increasingly tight) sweater:

sorry this is blurry - my camer and I don't always love each other

I'm 31 weeks pregnant and it still feels unreal.

Baby Sprout is definitely bigger and moving all over the place.

Moving so much so that you can literally see my stomach move.

And last night, she showed off to her daddy and used a pointy part of her body (elbow? knee?) and ran it across my belly. It totally freaked mommy out and just made daddy laugh. hard.

She has also taken a love for momma's ribcage. She likes to, as it feels, walk along my ribcage. I'm not sure that's what she's actually doing but it feels like she's walking along/running/drumming her fingers along my ribcage. It takes me by surprise when it happens and it tickles. A lot.

I look and feel pregnant but there are often times that I have to remind myself that this is real and still really happening to us.

I'm definitely more uncomfortable but I try not to complain because I feel guilty for doing so.

I love my pregnant belly but will be glad when I can bend over like a normal person again :)

Belly picture at 31 weeks:

Unkept promises

I know I said, nearly 3 weeks ago, that I would post soon.
But life got in the way. Life gets in the way a lot these days.
Tonight, after running a few errands, and going through yet four more boxes of paper work, I want to sit down and just let the words flow...

and change our theme to Christmas because I simply can't wait any longer :)

Pregnant and sick.

• I'm sick. 

• And pregnant. 

• And emotional. 

• And there's so much on my mind but my mind is so tired. And my body is starting to feel pregnant and a wee bit sore. 

I want to update and will hopefully do that tomorrow.

• That was my plan for today but my body had other ideas.  I slept a lot. Even through WALL-E. Three times. I woke up enough to start the movie over, hoping I would make it past the beginning 5 minutes. 

I never did.

I slept a lot today, coughed a lot, blew my nose a lot (thank goodness for Puffs with lotion!) and cried because I finally am starting to feel "sick".  No fever, body aches and minimal headache. It feels like a nasty nasty sinus infection. Praying that's all it is.

Tomorrow. I'll update. Promise :)