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Week 15

Well, Katie's back in town, and she brought back a virus! She got back from Oklahoma on Friday afternoon. By Saturday night, she was totally out of it. Then I started coming down with the bug on Sunday. Basically, it's a deep hacking cough -- with killer headaches.

In other news, we had a "wake-up call" on Saturday -- baby furniture. We bopped around the town just casually checking out the wares. I guess it's like anything else in life, there is such a wide variety, you can basically get whatever you want. Well, we found a couple of nice pieces that will really fit in with the rest of our house, so we were feeling pretty good about ourselves. Then we found out the timeline: if we don't order it all in the next 2 weeks, we'll have an empty baby room when the baby comes!

Things just move so fast --

As I sit here writing, Katie's home sick, relaxing and on the phone with her mom. She's really had a hard time with the virus. Saturday afternoon she took a long nap and when she got up, she started crying because her head hurt so bad. She just felt miserable: body aches, sore throat, cough and trouble breathing. She called the doctor on Monday and they told her what she already knew: take Extra Strength Tylenol and Robitussim. That's about it.

From the journal: Morning sickness is waining and she's feeling pretty good in general. Snickers and other candy bars seem to be the cravings of the moment. (She really liked the chocolate / caramel / popcorn bar candy I got her for Valentines.) She's getting better about sleeping through the night -- except for being sick -- and she sometimes feels fat and not very pretty.

It's week 15 and everything is humming right along. The bulge is definately noticible, and according to the books, the baby should be moving around enough to notice (if you know what to feel for).

What do the experts say? Here's the scoop, from Baby Center

How your baby's growing: The big news this week is hair. Your baby is growing lots of it now--on his head, eyebrows, and all over his body. In fact, he's covered in an ultrafine down, called lanugo, that usually disappears before birth. Some of your baby's muscles are starting to work now too. This week he can grasp, squint, frown, and grimace. He may even be able to suck his thumb.

Want a pic? Again, from Baby Center

Last week was just a long series of long days and longer nights. With all the social stuff going on, plus work and my short story class, it kept me busy enough to not be too lonely with Katie out of town. It was tough to not know what was going on with her and the baby though. And I did get tired of the constant "go, go, go" of the week. I guess I'm getting used to the idea of having a family.

Things like looking for furniture and planning on redecorating have also made the pregnancy more real for me. I don't go through the constant reminders and changes like Katie does, so things have to be a bit more real-world for me. And I like that.

Hopefully we'll get over this virus soon and get to having fun with the pregnancy. I hear that the middle months are really the best!

And the Beat Goes On . . .

Check back next week --