1) I have always worried that if something happened to my Grandma, my Grandpa would be completely lost. How would he take care of himself? What would he eat everyday? Would he stay at home all by himself? My Grandparents have the old-school marriage where the wife cooks and cleans and the husband does the usual husband chores like take out the garbage, wash the cars, etc. At times that has completely annoyed me but I do understand. They were raised that way. Well when you take all of this into account, I really worried about what my Grandpa would do without my Grandma.
What I didn't understand is that my Grandma would be just as lost without my Grandpa. Watching her in the hospital was really interesting. She hovers over him as though he's going to break. She knows every detail of his treatment and if he wants to adjust himself even a little bit while in the bed, she helps. She jumps up anytime he needs a little help. What would she do without Grandpa to talk to or to help? My Grandma is a helper and that's why she'd be lost without him. Thankfully Grandpa is recovering really well! We are all hoping he'll be back home and nearly back to normal in terms of walking before Thanksgiving.
2) My entire life I've been told, and believed, that I'm German on my Dad's side. The back story on this is that my Grandma hosted a reunion for a certain side of our family. She was the only one who attended but it turns out a few older family members were there, and one had been tracking our family a long way back. It turns out 4 of our family members fled France through Germany and came to America. Everyone thought we were German because they came from Germany but we're actually French. Amazing! I guess my name is even more fitting...since it's French too. That will be an interesting story for the baby.
Between last week and this week, my clothes have decided they just do not want to fit. I retired some of my shirts and all of my jeans. The jeans were fine when I stood up but when I sat down, they sort of hurt around my belly. Mom and I went to Khol's, Target, and Motherhood Maternity when I was home. I did get a few things, jeans included, and found a few great deals. I'm going to have to buy more things in the next month or so...or this belly's gonna be cold! Yesterday I pulled out all of my summer things and left only those that might still fit for a while in order to layer or for these days that are summer warm once again. Currently, my closet is BARE. That's even more overwhelming.
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Sunday of last week, Daddy (Robin) decided baby's crib should be put together. He did a great job all by himself! It was up and ready when I got home on Monday night. Too bad nothing else in the room is ready! We can't even pick paint yet! We did attempt to get the dresser put together but realized it was a bad sign when the drawers wouldn't even go together. One piece was too long. We skipped that and continued on, only to find other pieces were the wrong sizes. Thankfully this baby is not due to arrive until April! We called the manufacturer and they're sending new parts which will arrive later this month or early next.
Grandma Jeri got baby his or her first outfit last weekend! It's a sleeper that's a little larger so that he or she can wear it after a few months. Our reasoning here is that if I'm cold in air conditioning, the baby will be too! The sleeper is adorable! You can't tell in the picture but there are barnyard animals and small barns printed on it. The animal on the shoulder is a steer. We think this will be adorable when the time comes for the baby to sleep tight! First piece of baby clothing, CHECK! Lot's more to come...definitely!
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| 15 Weeks! Obvious bump! |
Last but not least, my body has been changing pretty significantly lately. I'm now 15 weeks and it's usually very obvious that I'm pregnant. Sometimes I still feel "fat" because I'm in between with clothes. Maternity is too big, normal is too small. I try not to think about it too much because I don't want to stress about being "fat." I've started to have some ligament pain in my abdomen and hips. Earlier this week, I thought the baby was standing on my left hip flexor it hurt so bad. I also have horrible acne on my face and upper back. Most mom's tell me that went away for them so I'm hoping they're right. NOTHING seems to help! On a good note, I haven't been sick in 3 weeks now! I have had bouts of slight nausea but nothing at all like I did the first trimester. It is so nice to have an appetite again! The only interesting craving I've had is continual cravings for Mexican food. Specifically, our favorite place in Kansas City, Rudy's. Apparently this baby wants salty, not sweet!
A week from Friday I'll go back for a checkup and two weeks later we'll find out if this is a boy or a girl! Stay tuned!
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