#17w1d

Things are doing a bit better over here. Thanks to everyone who sent love and support over, I feel it. 🥰

Chocking a lot of the emotional roller coaster up to pregnancy hormones. Hormones are so much more powerful than I ever would have thought!

I’m enjoying the weekend just hanging out with my miniature human, eating donuts, giggling, and trying to catch up on sleep. I *think* I taught pep how to give a kiss by prompting him — when we’re face to face, I’ll make a kissy face and go “mmm!” and lean in, and he’ll give me one of those big slobbery open-mouthed baby smooches. It’s the BEST. He also really only gives me kisses, which makes them feel extra special.

Pep also has been showing more and more interest in music lately. He cannot get enough of cocomelon (how annoying can that show be, though, guys?!) and he now shakes his head and bops and dances to the music. Any music, though, really. It’s so funny.

Oh! And switching gears a bit, we also decided on a name for baby #2. We were between two names — one was B’s favorite and one was my favorite. We both liked both of the names quite a lot, but each felt strongly about our own #1 name pick. Because we both liked both, in typical fashion for us, we left it up to chance and flipped a coin. The result of the coin toss? My favorite name wins! 😁 I felt guilty at first, but B is totally down for it and calls him by his name all the time already. So, we’ll have a baby H (pep) and a baby L.

I had an early glucose screening last week and passed with flying colors. Such a relief, especially since I had to get the 3-hour glucose test done not once but twice when I was pregnant with pep. Smooth sailing is a very welcome thing right now! Baby L is measuring great and has a strong heart beat. All good things.

Did the 3 hour glucose test today and it actually wasn’t that bad? I mean, apart from the whole sitting in a waiting room for 3 hours of my day and getting blood drawn 4 separate times by someone who seemed brand new at this (she had a bit of trouble finding my veins. I get blood drawn all the time by all different people and no one has trouble finding them in either arm). After the 1 hour I was woozy for the rest of the day, and I remember feeling really sick with the 3 hour with my last pregnancy, but it’s 2.5 hours since I finished and I pretty much feel fine. I ate a protein bar straight out of the lab and then was fine to wait til I got home to eat and drink more. So...hopefully that’s good news? Like if my body was able to process 100 grams of sugar well enough that I didn’t feel that bad at any point after drinking it, hopefully that means no GD? Will find out in the next couple of days, I guess.

I haven’t posted any updates in a while. I just don’t have much to say.

My husband hasn’t been feeling well, but he’s been amazing lately. He’s been sleeping on the couch so he doesn’t disturb me, or get me sick. He even cleaned up our bedside tables yesterday. It inspired my first burst of nesting. I found a couple of great deals on kijiji and emailed them. I also decided to finish cleaning the bedroom and buy us a bed frame. It’s on sale right now, so tomorrow we’ll meet my mom at Ikea to get it. She’ll keep it until we (I) get everything cleaned up. I’m so excited! I finally feel like an adult, buying a real bed. 

I’m going to spend the day getting my lush boxes packed up, wrapped and stored in the bathroom. It’s sad, they smell so good, but it has to be done. I’m also going to run to Walmart and get things to make salad wraps for dinner, because they sound so good right now.