31 weeks

This second pregnancy has been so much different...and even now towards the end it continues to defy my expectations.  I have had quite a few more doctors appointments - more tests, more monitoring, more ultrasounds.  My cyst has grown a little bit - most of the time these darn things resolve during pregnancy and I am beginning to be terrified of the potential pain post delivery as this thing may get twisted.  This week I had a urine culture for a potential urinary tract infection and also began a special diet/ monitoring for gestational diabetes.  With my family history and the weight gain from my first pregnancy, I guess I shouldn't be too surprised, but it sure does suck.  My fingers are sore already from the finger sticks - so in addition to the numbness I experienced last time, I now have tiny bruising and soreness on each finger.  I can't even attempt any jewelry right now...so sleepless nights are spent reading on my phone.  Running out of websites.  I also am starting to get a very itchy rash on my belly.  Anyone who enjoys pregnancy is either crazy or luckier than me.  For me, this is a means to an end...and not an enjoyable process.  The baby is about 3.5 lbs now and seems to be healthy from the scans. I would like to decorate his room - never got to do that for Peanut- but Ian is still trying to finish projects at the Philly house before we can really dive into the new house projects.  I am really afraid we are running out of time - in more ways than one:  before the baby arrives and also his contract patent work has dried up, so the financial picture is scary once again.  Have I cursed this economy yet today?  We absolutely must add heat to the sunroom - that is a project that must be completed before winter and we have to order oil for the furnace...gotta shop around for the best prices.  I haven't had to worry about oil for 10 years, since living in MA.  I miss gas already and it isn't winter yet!.
Fingers are numb...gotta quit now.

Owl house

A present from Pop to Peanut...it has a Momma and Baby owl in a hollowed out tree trunk.

Labor day weekend

Peanut and her wild beast

Luna

Yum...apple!

Flashlight

Ginger and Peanut have bonded over the flashlight...Ginger loves chasing the shiny.

Chocolate brownies

...a magical cure for a really crappy night/morning after evil Irene.  

I hate Irene

Water in the basement...and we aren't even at the center of the storm yet.  I am cursing this storm right now...along with this economy and the lack of a sump pump installation on our part.  

Irene

I wasn't feeling very well all day yesterday - massive headache and some cramping....I'm thinking it is due to the weather (pressure changes) due to the impending hurricane Irene.  Still feeling crappy and didn't get much sleep at all last night.  Ian didn't either because we remembered late last night that all the window ac units and fans in the Philly house were still in the windows...not good in hurricane winds with no one in the house. So in the middle of the night he had to go and close everything up in Philly.  We still have to wind proof around here before the storm comes.  I am really hoping we don't get water in the basement because we haven't moved anything out of there...water in the basement would be disastrous.  And I am rather useless in moving anything these days so it is just Ian.  I had wanted to install a sump pump in case of water coming in the basement, but with Ians lack of work and these cursed double mortgages...wasn't going to happen.  As soon as we get through this Irene business, I have to get both of our cars into the garage...Ians is leaking fluids and mine is making an odd noise.  Getting by as usual it seems...
I have almost lost sensation in all my fingers...ah, pregnancy, how I hate you and you hate me...so I am ending this now.
Hoping for an uneventful hurricane...keeping those fingers and paws crossed.

Lots of hair accessories

 

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