Hard Squish?

First of all, thanks everyone for your input on whether I'm baby bumping or squishing out. After reading a bunch of comments I noticed that if I tried to pull all of the squish on top of the bump away then my stomach was still pretty flat, it's just that the bump that only I can see was pushing the squish to the front. That was on Friday. This week though, in the last 2 days I seem to have gotten larger suddenly. Monday I was teaching my class wearing one of my flowy-fatty shirts that normally makes me look skinnier than normal, and while I was teaching one of the girls in my class says "You know you can really see your baby bump in that shirt!". I wasn't sure whether or not to be offended, so I joked it off that my stomach was not the reason people get Searching for Satellite Signal on their television, concentrated more on sucking in my gut and moved on.

Of course after that comment all I could think of was that my stupid belly is poking out and it's not even a baby doing it. Then I realized that I couldn't suck in very much because it was either extremely uncomfortable or impossible to a point. Then poking my stomach it was very hard. We'd just had lunch, so I dismissed it. Today however, it could just be my imagination but I swear it was bigger when I woke up before I ate anything. I also noticed it was harder to poke, and it was harder for me to suck in. Thinking I was crazy again I had Jon poke my belly and he was shocked at how hard it felt and is convinced it's a baby bump. So yeah, after convincing myself that I was just getting chunky, now I'm convinced it's a genuine bump. There's still a layer of squish on top, but that's nothing compared to the rest of it. Since everyone else said that they didn't start showing until the end of 4 months or during their 5th month, I'm not sure if I'm happy or upset by it, but I'm positive this time that it's not just me, even though I'm only 14 weeks...hmmm...

On a lighter note, we get to find out what we're having in 5 weeks! The doctor said that he always waits until 19 weeks so it's easier to tell, so I just have 5 weeks left. Yay!

End of the 1st Trimester!

Yay! I'm practically done with the first trimester! Milestone! I've figured out my vitamin cocktail to make me not as sick (Unisom sleeping tablet at night with 1/2 B6, then another B6 in the morning), plus I've learned most of the foods that make me sick and I'm sticking to my diet of breakfast cereal, pot pies, and meat. I know, healthy huh? :) Plus, I think I'm getting my baby bump. Okay, it might just be because of all of the Honey Nut Cheerios I've been eating, but I swear there's a little something there besides flub. I'll take a picture when I'm more sure of it. ;)

The other thing is that after my appointment tomorrow morning, I think the next one will tell us what we're having! I'd really be happy either way. After seeing all of my cute nephews and how much fun they are, as well as Sharece's cute little boy, I think that a boy would be sooo fun! Plus I've always liked the idea of older brothers, so that's another bonus. But all of my little neices and our friends little girls are so cute and fun too, and they have more fun things to buy for them that a little girl would be so fun! I just want to know so I can plan more. :) I've started thinking that it might be a girl though. Of course I mentioned this to Jon and he said "Nope, we're having a boy". Not because he really thinks that, but because he likes to prove me wrong and likes to bet on anything he can. :) I don't know, it could very well be a boy, or a girl...Dang it I just want to know! Stupid waiting time. Well, I know that this was a relatively boring post, but thought I would write something because I just don't want to go to bed yet and I have nothing better to do.

I do want to ask the other mommies out there though, when did you start to see your baby bump? I'm just really wondering whether it's me or the baby showing, and want to see when you guys started to show so I have something a little more to base it off of. Look forward to your comments! (And don't forget to vote boy or girl on the right!)

New Moon Pics Anyone?

Okay, so I was blog-stalking and on the Twilightning blog that I found off of my SIL's they have some of the New Moon pictures from the set. Even BETTER though, is the link to this site that has more pictures!

http://community.livejournal.com/rpattzdaily/693381.html

It has sequential pictures of Edward stepping out of the shadows while taking his shirt off in Italy (you know the part I'm talking about!). Anyway, I'm thinking of printing them off and making a flip-book or something because they are sooooo hot! That and it shows Bella running to Edward and him catching her and - (sigh) yeah. You'll just have to look at them. :) Okay, here's two of the pictures that I love, but seriously go to that sight because I almost melted in my chair! :)

(Sigh) Even if I don't think she has a very attractive lower back, that is still just a sweet sexy picture.

Go Bella Go!

Do I even need to say anything about this picture? Amazing, wonderful, and part of the nice little flip-book I mentioned earlier. *wink*

I can't wait for the movie - I just hope they do a better job with this one then the last - so far it looks amazing though. :)

Fun (or something like that) with Pregnancy

Okay, I've decided that when you're pregnant you make a lot of enemies. Yep, you read right, you make enemies with ones that you once thought were your safe haven. For example, up until very recently my favorite food was chips and salsa. Last week they turned on me. Jerks. Now I can't even look at the salsa without going green. Another pregnancy enemy I've made - chocolate. This has been one of the worst culprits. A few days after finding out I was pregnant, I was hungry and decided to get a Twix from the vending machines at work. I love Twix. I used to get them all the time. Well, about half way through the second candy bar, I suddenly felt like I wanted to die, and I knew instantly that it wasn't caramel and it wasn't the cookie, it was the chocolate! So I threw the rest away and tried to stay away from chocolate since then. Of course I keep trying, because I LOVE chocolate. I tried eating an Andes Mint about a week or two after the Twix incident. These are another one of my favorites. I took very small bites to see if it would work, then eventually ate the whole thing. About 10 minutes later, my stomach was trying to kill me again. Even the other day, now over a month later, I made chocolate chip cookies for my parents when they came to visit, and ate a few not thinking about that devil ingredient, and what do you think happened? Yep, once again I was curled up on my bed all night wanting to die. Other items that have joined my enemy list are any and all fruit (including fruit flavored things), avocados/guacamole (my one time cravings for a whole week), Cafe Rio food, Club Crackers, Nilla Wafers, yogurt, some breads, turkey, most cheeses, pepperoni, marinara sauce, garlic, Panda Express, most types of chicken, pork, and probably more that I haven't discovered yet. Then of course there's things like driving and walking for any period of time that stir up the evil juices as well. Honey Nut Cheerios are still helping, they're my friends. Right now they are my best friends when it comes to neutralizing the enemies. Even my precious Filet Mignon steaks are feeling like they're going to turn south soon. I sure hope not.

Between being completely ravenous to the point of digressing to a wild animal and all of my favorite foods turning to poison, I'm starting to wonder how people do this more than once. I actually started yelling at a pot of water while trying to make Mac and Cheese because it wasn't boiling fast enough for me. Silly I know, but I seriously go crazy when it comes to eating time. Just a few more weeks, then I can forget about all of this fun just like everyone else...

Anyway, this is really just a rant, but I'm mostly just upset because I didn't think that all of my favorite foods would turn against me. Another one of those pregnancy symptoms that is either underplayed or I ignored when people would talk about them. :)