I just finished cooking a
gourmet meal for dinner. It was grilled cheese with tomato soup. You should be
jealous. It was amazing! The soup even had macaroni noodles. That’s very fancy
of me, I know. You are probably drooling as you imagine dipping that sandwich
dripping with cheese into the creamy soup. Yep, it was creamy. I made it with
milk, not water.
Speaking of food…I LOVE food
lately. Well, most of the day. Breakfast continues to be a nightmare. My staple
foods are one fried egg done to perfection thanks to Chef Travis and a bowl of
instant oatmeal. I seemed to be able to stomach that the best. It may take me
20 + minutes to eat, but I do it. Shortly after I get to school I am hungry
again. I can’t seem to eat enough lately. My morning snacks keep getting larger
and larger, as do my lunches! So for the time being, food is my friend most of
the day and that is how I want it to stay! Um, also, I think I am addicted to
ice cream, even more than I use to be.
Here I am at 24 weeks. My belly is growing out more
and has surpassed my boobs! Although they are working hard to catch up…
And here I am on my 34th birthday.
My birthday was fantastic
this year. Over the past few years I have dreaded birthdays because I just get older. But then
the day comes and I feel so special and loved! All the messages on Facebook made
me smile. At work the whole staff got an email about birthdays, so everyone
said Happy Birthday. It was a great start to the day. My team also celebrates each of our birthdays. At the end of the day we all gathered in Krystle’s room and ate
cupcakes, donuts, lots of fruit and chips. It was delicious!
That night we went to dinner
at a Lebanese restaurant. I had gone once before with a large group of women.
The food was amazing and it was so nice to order lots of different foods and
then share them. I wanted to do the same for my birthday. There were 10 of us
and we had a great time. Everyone came to our house first for a little gathering
and some tea. Then we took a bus to the restaurant so we didn’t have to
worry about driving in the traffic and parking. We ate tons of food and had
wonderful night.
Here are a few pictures from the night.
Allison, Krystle, Liz, me and Tracy
Here we are outside the family entrance section of
the restaurant. That’s my gorgeous Abaya. Single men have their own entrance
and section of the restaurant. Don’t go in the wrong door, they will stare you
down and make you feel awkward, so I hear.
Oh, I almost forgot…last year for my birthday we had
a PJ Pub Crawl on Yongkang Lu. We dressed up in some great jammies. Krystle,
Zach and I got to wear ours again this year on my birthday because it was pajama
day at school!
This year Tristan joined the outside world! He was
the cutest batman!
The next day was our book
club meeting at Marcelle's house. We had a delicious meal and I had a special seat. The group gave
me a balloon, a card and I got to blow out candles. Here are a few pictures.
That weekend there was a
craft show at another compound. I went with Tracy, Josiane, Josiane’s mom and
another friend Jessica. While there, I got the first piece to baby girl’s
nursery. I LOVE elephants and I wanted the room to be pink, gray and turquoise.
I found a woman there who custom makes art. She had an adorable elephant that I
had to have. She is making me a pink and gray one. I can’t wait to see it and
get going on decorating the room!
It ended up being really hot
that day and I was feeling quite ill by the end of our shopping trip. I sure hope that
it was just because I didn’t eat and drink enough and that it is not a sign of
the future. It doesn’t seem to be cooling down, just getting warmer. I hope my
pregnant body can handle the heat that is coming, because baby girl is not
making an appearance for quite some time still.
And finally we had another
doctor visit. This one was pretty pointless. We went in, the nurse weighed me and checked
my blood pressure and then talked to us about the glucose test and sent us
home. Seemed kind of silly to go all the way there, just for that. Anyway, I
learned that I have to go in next week for the three hour test. This is to see
if I have gestational diabetes. I have to fast for 10 hours before and that is going
to make me feel really sick. Then I will go, drink the stuff three times and
get my blood taken four times. I can’t wait! Ugh. He said I have to do the
three-hour test instead of the one-hour test because my dad had diabetes. So, I
guess I will deal with it. I have a good meal planned for before the fast and
after the tests! We will learn the results and have another ultrasound on
Valentine’s Day.
That’s the scoop over here. I hope everyone else is well and that all
you Michiganders enjoyed your snow days! I sure am jealous of all that white
fluffy stuff.
In case you were wondering, after I post this I will be getting a nice big bowl of ice cream...
Mama
and Baby this week:
- Mama gets swollen ankles and feet after a long day of standing and walking.
- Mama has very vivid and strange dreams.
- Mama craves tomatoes with salt, cucumbers in Wishbone Italian Dressing, ice cream, fruit and sour candies.
- Mama’s belly button is getting closer and closer to an outie.
- Baby is the size of a foot long sub!
- Baby weighs a pound and a half.
- Baby’s lungs are getting better at breathing
- Baby’s face is almost fully formed, with eyelashes, eyebrows and hair, which is all white since there is no pigment yet.
- Baby likes to dance around in mama’s belly, especially after long walks.
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