Baby, Shopping, and Nuts

I can feel the baby moving.

I first figured out on Saturday that is was most definitely the baby, and not gas bubbles or anything like that. Once I knew what it felt like, I realized that I've been feeling the baby off and on for almost two weeks!

It doesn't feel like butterflies, or bubbles popping. It definitely feels like tiny little kicks and punches. I call them itty bitty thumps.

I had an appointment on Wednesday, and my midwife tried to listen to the heartbeat. She found it, but she couldn't hang onto it. We heard a lot of wooshing, and she said the baby was quite active and moving around a lot. Except I couldn't feel it all! I still don't know if there are certain times of the day that the baby likes to move, but I'm starting to feel him/her more and more every day.

I'm almost 19 weeks along (so close to halfway!), and sometimes it's still hard to believe that there's a little person inside of me! Maybe when I have my first ultrasound? Or maybe when I can see the baby moving in my tummy? Or maybe it will always seem a little surreal.

I feel like I've been doing a lot of shopping lately, but I seriously need everything I've purchased! I got myself a new purse yesterday at Target (because my other one was falling apart). I was bemoaning the fact that there is no such thing as a good purse for under $25. But yesterday I found a nice one on clearance for $17.99. I was so happy! And it's pink.

Lately I've had only black or brown purses, and when I saw this one, I had to get it. I need to live a little. Plus, I don't have enough pink in my life. I'm very happy with my purchase.

I also bought new everyday sneakers (because mine fell apart). This I had more trouble with, because I was looking for something specific. I needed to be careful what the overall material was, because winter is on its way, and it's starting to rain more. I need to make sure my feet will stay dry. I also wanted a minimum heel, and that is hard to find in a walking shoe these days.

But I found a pair online (gotta love Zappos!), spent a little bit more money in hopes that they would be a higher quality and would last longer, and crossed my fingers. It's hard to buy shoes online, because you can't try them on first to see how they'll feel. But these fit pretty nicely, so I'm going to keep them. They are also pink (mostly silver, with a bit of pink).

Also at Target yesterday? I bought a body pillow. I have been wanting one for a while, but when I went to Wal-Mart on the weekend with Art, I couldn't find one. I didn't think a body pillow was that odd an item that I couldn't find at Wal-Mart. So I decided to go looking at Target instead. Without Art, and without a vehicle.

I didn't care that body pillows are huge. I didn't care that I would be walking it home. I didn't even care if it had skulls on it. I haven't been sleeping well, and I needed a body pillow. I decided that if I found one, I would buy it and take it home, and that was that. So I found one, and it was surprisingly lightweight, and I bought it. And it's pink. :)

When I mentioned on Facebook all my recent pink purchases, someone asked me if I thought that meant something. As in, maybe I suddenly love pink because I'm having a girl? I doubt it. I've always liked pink. It's only recently that I decided to actually buy some pink things for myself. I don't think it means that I'm pregnant with a little girl. I think it means that I'M a girl.

Not that I don't think I'm having a girl. I have no idea what I'm having (besides a baby). What I'm trying to say is, I don't think this whole pink thing is in any way connected to my pregnancy.

Wanna see my latest belly pic?

This is me at 18 weeks. So this picture is actually a week old already. Art thinks I've grown a lot in the last week. All I know is that the baby is growing, and therefore, I am growing.

That's pretty much all I've got for now. I am going to try roasting a batch of nuts again. I tried to roast a pan of holiday spiced nuts and seeds a few weeks ago, and I burned them to a crisp. Total failure. But I need more good fats in my diet, and one way to do that is with almonds. Raw almonds kind of gross me out, but roasted almonds are good.

So here I go!

A Video to Share With You

So I said I had a bunch of pictures and videos I wanted to post, and I've noticed that I don't do very well at spacing them out. I tend to flood my blog with posts containing pictures and videos. I just have this.....need.....to do them all at once. Maybe someday I'll get better at that.

Anyway, here is the first video I wanted to show you. I took it back in July, and then I totally forgot about it. It's a video of the duplex we lived in, right before we moved out. You should know that the whole place never looked that clean. Ever. Not that it was a pig sty. But there are certain areas kind of designated to contain clutter, and I even managed to clear those up. I was very proud of myself.

I don't understand why I'm giving this long of an intro. It's just a video tour of our old place. Pretty self explanatory. I'm done typing.

(It was too large to simply upload to blogger, so I uploaded it onto YouTube instead, and then embedded it here.)

"What To Expect When You're Expecting" Didn't Tell Me About This

Here's a pregnancy symptom I totally wasn't expecting: dry eyes. And I'm kind of really bummed about it.

I have pretty bad eyesight. I have been wearing some form of corrective lenses since I was in Kindergarten. I was SO HAPPY when I finally got contacts in.....9th grade? I was one step closer to not looking like a typical nerd: short, skinny, glasses, braces, and acne.

I've been wearing contacts without trouble pretty much all day every day for years and years. And then suddenly, a few weeks ago, my eyes decided that they weren't so happy with the contacts. I thought maybe it was just a temporary thing, so I tried to wear my glasses for a few days, and give my eyes a rest.

It didn't work. After more than a week of strictly wearing my glasses, I put in my contacts this morning, and not even four hours later, my eyes are starting to get red and slightly irritated. I HATE wearing my glasses. I can't see quite as well with glasses as I do with contacts, they slide down my face all the time, which means I can't go to the gym for a workout.

So it looks like today will be another non-gym day for me. I'm going to go straight home and take care of my poor eyes. I figured that with a little planning, I can still go to the gym. I will have to bring my contact stuff with me when I plan on working out. I'll wear my glasses all day, and then put in my contacts right before the workout, and take them out right after.

So it's not like I'm totally doomed. There are easy solutions to my problem. I just really really really really don't like wearing glasses!