Baby Update

I’m 23 weeks today. I’m surprised at both how quickly this pregnancy is going and yet also how slowly it seems to be going at times.

We have no names picked out. I take that back…I have thought of some names that we both liked until we looked at the initials (like PMS). So we’re back to square one.

We have not even started to think about the nursery yet. This is the bad thing about moving into a new house…we have to do a nursery again. The main problem is that my parents’ house is STILL NOT DONE, so they are still using our 4th bedroom when they come and stay with us. The room is definitely not big enough for a double bed and a crib.

We have started talking about maternity leave at work. Unfortunately we have this dumb policy that if you are collecting short term disability (that’s where having a baby falls – interesting, huh?) then you can’t get paid. The problem is that I have to work for about 4 weeks because we will have a filing due and there’s no one else that can do my part. I don’t mind working (I volunteered to do it) because I’m only going to get paid for 4 of the 12 weeks I’ll be out, and since I’m keeping the nanny the whole time, I will take any paycheck I can get! So now my boss and I have to figure out what little lie we’ll be using in order to get me paid for the work I’ll be doing.

The baby is moving around a ton! Not a whole lot that the kids can feel yet (at least not when I’m with the kids anyway…during the day is a different story). My daughter has felt it once and loved it!

So far I’m not too miserable yet. My “big” stomach is definitely annoying me…I keep bumping into things because I haven’t gotten used to it yet. And just the extra energy needed to move myself around due to the extra poundage is exhausting. But, I’m still able to play outside with the kids without too much trouble, which is really nice.

That’s about it in baby world…I do need to get on the ball with the preparations for this baby so that I’m not doing anything last minute. But playing outside with the kids is so much more fun :)