Week 13

This week is a good week for many reasons. The first one being that this is my last week in my 1st trimester!!! I will be officially graduating to my 2nd trimester as of Sunday :) I've heard nothing but great things happen during the next 3 months of this experiment so I'm really looking forward to some relief. My cold/congestion is almost gone (for now) which is a nice relief and I'm feeling less and less nauseous everyday.

I'm still an emotional wreck however. I've almost hit my breaking point a few times now. I honestly feel like I need to go away somewhere to like a rehab center or something. Just somewhere where there's no stress, no work, no home, no kids, no phone, nothing! Just me and the growing baby. Obviously this will never happen, but I can dream can't I? :) I know this hard stuff will pass but when you feel as helpless as I do now, it seems like forever before anything will go back to normal. I also seem to have "pregnancy brain" I can't seem to concentrate on anything and I forget stuff all the time. I usually don't forget anything but lately I've been lucky I remember to get up and go to work in the mornings. Or remember to bring the kids to Nana and Papa's every morning! I'm also having weird food issues. I get really really hungry and decide on something to eat, get it in front of me and two bites in I'm done. I seem to be able to snack easier than eating a meal.

There has been some good stuff to go along with the bad though. I did get to have my first drink (or drinks) this past weekend. My friend had a big birthday party and one of her friends who is 7 1/2 months pregnant was there and she let me have one of her non-alcoholic drinks. It was a St. Paulie's Girl beer and it tasted amazing considering there was no booze in it :) I knew I was saving one of my cheat drinks for this night but couldn't decide on wine or beer, so I opted for both! A wonderful person gave me half of their Newcastle beer (one of my favs!!) and then I had half of a glass of red wine. They were both SO yummy but it was hard not to steal a case of beer or a bottle of wine and hide in the corner and get smashed. And having to sip the drinks really put a damper on my normal drinking habits...

I also bought my first baby item ever!!! It was a white onesie and it says "I LOVE MOM" in different colors. It could definitely be worn by a little girl or little boy. Although I bought a newborn size and now I'm worried I'm going to give birth to a 20 lb toddler and it won't fit. Jamesy was 9 1/2 lbs and I was almost 10 lbs. so if that's any indication on the size of my little nugget, we're in trouble!! But it was just so cute and it was only $4 I couldn't resist! I also cruised the baby section at Target and looked at all the baby seats, cribs, changing tables, bottles and diapers. It looks so intimidating and expensive but I'm starting to get excited about getting ready for the baby. Of course, I had to hold back from crying while looking at everything. I do that a lot lately :)

So tomorrow we're off to Vegas for the rest of the week/weekend. One of James' cousins is getting married and the whole DeLucia clan will be there. I will also get to see my Momma who just recently moved to Utah. She is only 2 hours from Vegas so it will be nice to spend some time with her as well. I am SO excited to get some rest and stress free fun. Not sure how much rest I'll get sleeping in the same room with the kids, but I'll be buying ear plugs tonight and hoping for the best :)

Oh and before I forget, I have to tag my Dad (Tom Wigdzinski) in this blog so when he googles himself he can find it. He still doesn't know how to work a computer....he can google himself, but can't figure out how to copy and paste a link. Love you Dad!

HOW FAR ALONG:  13 weeks (baby is the size of a peach!)

SLEEP:  In the great words of Depeche Mode, "I just can't get enough"

FOOD CRAVINGS: Salt, salt and more salt please!

WHAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO: Not stressing about work for a few days and road trips :)

WHAT I'M NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO: Right now....pretty much the rest of my life! haha

BABY NAMES:  Just a few more weeks until I found out if I'm carrying a little Emily or a little Daniel!


Love, Diana