Awkward and Awesome Friday + 17 Weeks!
Ahhh Friday. One of my favorite days ending in “day.”
It’s been one of those weeks where I’ve kind of been all over the place in many senses of the phrase and so I figured why not share some awkward and awesome?
Awkward:
- So, coming home from life group on Monday (life group is just another term for small group or bible study) John and I come home to discover that our dogs have broken open my bottle of prenatal vitamins and eaten the ENTIRE thing. Yes. My dogs ate my prenatal vitamins. To make matters worse, they had barfed in like four places in our house. One of which was the couch… which I did not discover until I SAT IN IT. Yes, I sat in dog barf. It was as terrible as it sounds and it did NOT make an already nauseous preggo lady happy.
- I was so worried that my dogs were going to OD on prenatal vitamins – I figured 90+ pills can’t be good for a dog. Luckily they had already barfed most of them up and I then spent time with them in the backyard giving them hydrogen peroxide to make them throw up the rest. It was not pretty. READ: the dogs are just fine… they are just as happy as can be now and they act like nothing ever happened. I now know not to leave my bottle of prenatal vitamins sitting on the kitchen counter. Who knew?
- Also, our house has smelled like dog barf all week. It is awful. We are STILL trying to clean it all. Gross, I’m aware, but I’m keeping it real here.
- I was giving a presentation on blogging and personal branding to a class in the journalism school at UNC and I burped. Right in the middle of my presentation. I blamed it on the baby.
- The staff at Chipotle now know that I’m pregnant and they can tell because I am eating there more often than usual.
Awesome:
- Well, the bright side of the dog barfing on our couch and RUINING it? Husband and I went out and bought a new couch on Wednesday night! HUZZAH for new couches that don’t stink up the house!
- I felt the baby move this week! YAY! (more details in my preggo update below)
- I discovered that the Wendy’s by my office has the Coke machine with the 100+ combinations. You know what that means? THEY HAVE CAFFEINE FREE DIET COKE ON TAP. Which I can drink! Winning.
- THIS. (I shared this on my Facebook page earilier this week and it literally made me BAWL my eyes out. It is awesome and I dare you to watch it and not tear up):
This week’s pregnancy update:
How far along: 17 weeks!
How big is baby: A sweet potato! (5.5 inches)
Weight gain: I honestly didn’t weigh myself this week. Woops.
Sleeping: Eh.
Food cravings: This restaurant here in town called [B]Ski’s. I want it ALL THE TIME.
Food aversions: No chocolate… still. And I also have no desire for Tokyo Express (fast food Japanese place by our house that I LOVE).
Symptoms: Same ol’ same ol’. Nausea. Sleepiness. Except my newest one is crazy painful leg cramps at night
Doctor’s appointment: Next week!
Movement: YES! I totally felt the baby move for the first time yesterday (Thursday)! I was sitting at work at my desk and I was kind of leaning forward and I thought I could feel my heart beating in my stomach, but then I realized it wasn’t rhythmic enough… it felt like a little froggy hopping around in my belly. It kept doing it sporadically throughout the day. I LOVED it! It’s still faint, but I can’t wait till those little movements get stronger.
Best moment of the week: Feeling the baby move, definitely!
What I’m looking forward to: My doctor’s appointment next week. 🙂
What I did / Got for baby: Nothing really this week…
What I learned this week: The leg cramps are, in fact, a symptom. And they are not fun.
Prayer requests: That this baby just continues to keep growing strong and healthy. 🙂
Happy Friday!
That is SO cool that you felt baby move! It must be kind of a weird feeling to have froggy movements in your belly, but it must make everything even more real now!!! Ahhh so exciting! And girl, I have been there with the dogs – just over Christmas actually, so I feel your pain. My shepherd mix actually refused to throw up in front of anyone so we were finding little piles for hours. So gross. lol But I’m glad to hear everyone’s ok (and that you got a new couch out of it!)
aw thank you so much, niki! it felt so cool!! and yeah – it was DEFINITELY a mess. yikes!
Haha…. this is terrible but you described it in such a hilarious way! Hope your dogs are ok and Yay to a new couch!!!
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aw thank you so much, elena!
Beautiful! How lovely you look with baby, it’s an exciting time. On another note – my MIL dog, several years ago now, ate 50 baby back ribs (after a 4th of July party). He almost died, but with surgery and a lot of $ he lived! Glad your pups are ok 🙂
xo Lulu
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thank you so much, lulu! that is SCARY – glad your pup is okay, too!!
WOW! What a week! So cool that you can already feel the baby move!
thank you so much, sandra!
YAY for feeling the baby move. It must have been amazing!
xo, Yi-chia
Always Maylee
thank you so much, yi-chia!
This was a very entertaining post! I know it was probably stressful at the time, but I love how candid it is. I also love [B]Ski’s & the Tokyo Express on Franklin. I haven’t been back to try the new Korean joint, but I’m very interested in giving it a go. Well, here’s to a better week next week!
thank you so much, crystal!
Molly that is so exciting!!! Eat all the Chipotle you want, obviously baby S loves it if it’s dancing around!! You have my prayers!
-Chels
http://cchicc3.wordpress.com
aw thank you so much, chelsea!
Congratulations on feeling the baby move! That is so exciting. And new couches are pretty cool too (even though they were the result of lots of doggy puke.) 😉
aw thank you so much, lauren!
Leg cramps at night does not sound like fun! But how exciting you can feel the baby kicking/moving! 🙂
Hey Molly! You look awesome! I’m loving reading your pregnancy through your blog 🙂 If you haven’t already tried this for the leg cramps: drink lots of water throughout the day and take your prenatal right before bed. Maybe try to eat a banana before bed, too. If you still get them make sure you flex your foot when in starts and it should help. I know this is leg cramp basics, but I never knew this stuff before I got pregnant 🙂 hope it helps! I do not miss those!
aww thank you so much, angela!! yeah i’m drinking SO much water but i should try the banana thing!
goodnesss look at that cute little belly of yours!!! so exciting 🙂
-marsa
The DayLee Journal
thank you so much, marsa!
Sounds like you had a pretty crazy week. The dog barf would have totally gotten to me, especially being pregnant. I saw the video posted on facebook, but didn’t watch it. I just bawled my eyes out. What an inspirational story. Thank you for sharing. By the way when i first felt my son move i just about jumped out of my skin from joy.
Agi:)
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yeah it was bad. noooo fun. 🙂 but that video? oh i die! thank you so much, agi!
Oliver threw up on our couch a few weeks ago RIGHT after I had walked him so I was pretty peeved. Luckily most of it was on a blanket (which was thrown out) and the couch is leather so I was able to clean the rest. It was disgusting though!
That is so exciting that you felt the baby move!!
-Sharon
The Tiny Heart
oh man that is the WORST. dogs are gross but you have to love them 🙂
If it makes you feel better, my dog ingested some paint thinner. She {apparently} had knocked over the can and stepped in it, then later she licked it off her paws. Her poor leg kept twitching and she couldn’t do anything about it. We had to feed her super burnt toast and milk. Luckily she didn’t ingest a lot of it, and she back to normal the next day.
ahhh that would terrify me!! paint thinner?! crazy.
sounds like a great week. heck, I’m all over the place all the time and I’m not pregnant. No excuse 🙂
ahaha love it. thank you so much, stephanie.
Looking great, Molly! I love your plaid top 🙂
Our dog ate Carmex and washi tape this week! and he never gets into stuff. Thankfully he’s okay, but I have been watching him…I think he knows something is up and he’s going to less attention in four months or so 😉 glad your pups are okay after eating the prenatals!
aw thank you so much, beth!! CARMEX? that’s crazy. dogs are crazy.
Your bump is so cute!! I had a little incident like that with one of my dogs, except it was an entire bottle of tropical-flavored Tums. Oy. So ridiculous. I can’t even imagine being pregnant, much less feeling the baby move – I would just sit there all day and hold my bump! 🙂
aw thank you so much, catherine! hahaha tums?! dogs are so weird 🙂
I am so so so excited for you for Baby Stillman! I love reading about it, and you look fantastic, and I’m just so happy for you. 2013 is such a big year of change for you – God has big plans! 🙂
LIOB!
aw thank you so much, jennifer!
you know that is something my dogs would get into as well if i were taking prenatal vitamins. i would never ever suspect in a million years they would choose to get into those but with my dogs if there is a will there is a way. and i would be running around the house upset at the thought of how many pills they ingested and them following them around like a crazy lady to pour lots of hydrogen peroxide down their throats too. all dog owners should have a bottle of that stuff, part of dog first aid!
hahaha yeah you’d never expect it but oh well, right? you live and learn!
Omg, you blamed it on the baby! HAHA!
Hope you have a restful weekend, so excited that you felt the baby move!!!
Carly
http://www.lipglossandcrayons.com
hahaha i know, right? thank you so much, carly!