Overall I think I have been feeling much better this week; my nausea still comes and goes, this week the worst were minty toothpaste and my prenatal vitamins. Still brushing my teeth and taking my vitamins but it was definitely more of a fight this week than before. Despite my constant love of Chinese food when we went to pick up our order the smell turned my stomach so quickly - I recovered once the food was separated on the table so I assume it was just the mixture of smells. I am still loving milk but that spicy craving shows up every now and then which even Dylan has started to point out (you know, when I'm chowing down on spicy chicken wings which I seldom ever do). My chest is only becoming more tender and sore, oh the beauty of my body preparing for our little baby. I've been very emotional, not just because of the struggles we are facing now but just randomly emotional lately; the other day I cried, like big heavy sobs, because I poked Dyl without realizing he was holding a cup of hot tea. Cried even more every time he teased me about it that night too, his response "awe, you're so pregnant" I love him.
This week we toured the new temple, going again this week with my family too, it was so beautiful to see and I loved that our little baby got to join us - I had first heard of the plans for a new temple shortly after loosing our precious son four years ago, it was the first real thing I was excited for and I anxiously watched it be built over the years. It makes me smile that in a tiny way our two children have the temple in common; announced when our sweet boy was born and finished during my pregnancy with our little baby. This week is also Thanksgiving, we spent Sunday with my family and on Monday we'll spend the day with Dylan's family. Having our families so close to us definitely makes the holidays more busy but I know we are so incredibly blessed to have both of our families close to us.
What I am thankful for this year? our precious baby, I can't even begin to describe how thankful I am for this little one. My Dad's amazing recovery, I'm so thankful for his strength and bravery. The strength of my marriage, it has surely been tested recently. My husband and our families. I have so many things to be thankful for, we are so blessed.
I am incredibly excited that with this week coming to an end we begin our third month pregnant with only a few weeks left in the first trimester. On the agenda this week is that battery of tests my OB is sending me for and we have a couple baby bump projects in the works too which I'll be sure to post about soon. I'm looking forward to the possibility of using my home Doppler, it says it can start detecting baby's heartbeat at 9 weeks, while I won't be holding my breath or assuming the worst if I can't find the heartbeat since it is still so early that some doctors won't even bother until 10-12 weeks. But it is still fun that we might be able to hear our sweet little baby's heartbeat at home this week.
This week I also pulled out our little pregnancy journal, I bought this little book when we decided to start trying more than two years ago and while a part of me feels like I am just making more work for myself it is nice to have a physical book to write in and it feels so personal.
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