Sweet Dreams?

Did you know you have amazingly weird dreams when you are pregnant? I had no idea until yesterday when I was recounting a few of the dreams I've had recently and my sister told me she'd read something about it recently. It actually made me feel a lot better. I've never been one to remember many of my dreams. Now I remember a lot of them and they are just plain weird. That used to only happen if I had ice cream before I went to bed.

A few nights ago I had a dream that I divorced Hubby. Something he did made me mad and I wanted out (really, whatever it was I doubt it warranted so rash a decision). Well, we got divorced and I married someone else but I wasn't happy with this person and I knew I would only be happy if I was married to Hubby again. Hubby and I ended up at some Jewish temple to talk to a Rabbi about getting remarried. And we're not Jewish.

A night or so later I had a dream that my dad was on life support and dying and we had to make the decision to leave him on or take him off and let him die. We decided to take him off because there was nothing else that could be done for him. But as soon as we did he got up to hug us all goodbye and it took forever for him to actually die and it was a totally weird and horrible dream.

I think it may have been that same night I had another dream. I have very fitful sleep these days (also due to pregnancy because we just bought a fantastic new bed and I STILL have a hard time sleeping). I dreamed I was going to take a yoga class but it was in Wyoming and took three hours to get there and three hours back. We didn't end up doing any yoga in my dream though. We just filled out paperwork and figured out how much money we had to pay for this yoga class and it was something like $80 a month and the teacher told me I had to buy some special yoga bra that was like $120 or something and I was thinking this yoga thing was going to be way more expensive than I had originally planned.

I know! If my dreams are any indication I'm a total whack job! Hopefully it's just my crazy pregnant hormones.

One perk to pregnancy though: I don't have to worry about getting in shape for summer! For once I'm allowed to be a little on the round side and waddle when I walk!

Happy Valentine's

My Valentine's day was pretty uneventful. As is usually the case. Even now that I have my very own Valentine life seems to get in the way on that day. School or work or pregnancy or whatever else. I did get a new movie and some roses so I'm not complaining. Just nothing really to share. So, I thought I'd send you to a funny Valentine story I found on another blog. Enjoy.

Valentine's Day in the Tiny Kingdom

Hummingbird

Hubby and I went to meet our new baby doctor on Thursday. She's very nice and the appointment only lasted about 20 minutes which was fine with us. We got to hear the baby's heart! It sounds like a hummingbird - thumpthumpthumpthumpthumpthump. Really fast. Apparently that's a good sign. Doc says we're pretty much in the clear of having a miscarriage once you hear the heartbeat (not that I was anticipating a miscarriage in the first place). I never have any questions for the Doc. I don't know if it's that I read a lot and kind of know what to expect or if I just have no idea what to ask.

I had to go have more blood drawn. I'm starting to look like a junkie with my arms all black and blue. Thankfully I haven't had the problems with getting my blood drawn that I did with the IV. I'm grateful for that.

Hubby has taken to calling the baby Fetus. At least until we know what the gender is. He had a friend whose 3 year old brother went around calling everybody Fetus and he thought it was funny. "Hi Fetus." "Can you get me some juice, Fetus?" Stuff like that. I guess it is a little funny but probably more funny when they're not actually a Fetus.

So the time's starting to go by fast. 6 more months and the baby will be here. Now, if only we could get to the part where I'm not sick anymore I think I'd be a very happy camper.

Oh Baby, Oh Baby

Now that the sickness is subsiding and I got all kinds of magazines and samples and things from the doctor I'm getting more excited to have this baby. At first I was mostly just overwhelmed and not feeling well but now we're getting to the fun part.

The other day Aphrodite and I went through the Baby Registry catalogue from Target that was in the bag of stuff from the clinic and that really got us both in the mood for babies. She's not pregnant yet but it's still fun to look at. There were cute toys and fun little baby clothes and all things baby. And as women we just like "stuff" and we'll be excited to add to all the "stuff" we already have all "stuff" baby. You need a lot more "stuff" than I originally thought. And these catalogues help you realize that you need things you didn't even know you needed but now that you know these things exist you can't imagine raising a baby without them.

We're going to have to move when our lease is up in December because our one bedroom apartment is nowhere near big enough to house all three of us and all the "stuff" we're going to need. I don't think we can even fit a crib right now so maybe we'll have to get a little baby basinet until we move into a bigger place. I was hoping to not have to move again until we bought a house or moved out of state or something but I guess it'll come a lot sooner than I had anticipated. Hopefully I won't be doing most of the moving - I'll have a baby to take care of!

My 12 week appointment is on Thursday. We should be able to hear the heart beat and then we'll get even more excited for this addition to our family. At 20 weeks we should be able to find out the gender and we're definitely going to find out. It's so much easier to plan and get things (like clothes) ready when you know what colors to get (I know, I know, guys can wear pink now but I can't see Hubby being ok with that).

You Kiss Your Mother With That Mouth?

I watched Fear Factor last night.

I was flipping through the channels after American Idol thinking maybe Law & Order: SVU would be on but it turned out to be Fear Factor instead. I'm not one to watch it very often. I think the contestants are all a bunch of idiots for doing those crazy stunts and in my "delicate condition" I have a hard time watching them eat much of anything. But Hubby likes it so we left it on.

I have never been so mad about a person's behavior on reality tv in my life. And there have been plenty of behaviors for which I could have gotten mad. But this time I got really really mad.

I think we came in in the middle of the show. It was mother and son teams and they were working on getting keys unscrewed with snakes everywhere and opening cans of scorpions they had to transfer from one bowl to another with their teeth and then something about chugging rotten milk (yeah, couldn't watch that part). The team that won that stunt actually got a year's worth of mortgage payments paid for them. Not a bad deal. And on the next stunt the winners of that first stunt we watched are the team that made me furious. I'll just call them the Spoiled Brat (SB) and the Ridiculous Mom (RM).

The first team did the last stunt and they did really well. The moms had to drive a little sports car (sons were in the passenger seat) under a semi and get their car locked in under the semi. Then they both climb out of the car and up into the semi, grab a set of flags each, climb out of the semi and hang all of their flags along the side of the semi. Still with me? It looked like quite a crazy stunt and having been in several accidents I don't think you could have gotten me to do it so it's a good thing I wasn't participating. But the first team did it no problem so it looked a lot easier than I had expected. They did the whole stunt in 2minutes 20seconds.

Then the second team goes. As soon as they are out of earshot SB starts badmouthing the son on the second team. He starts in about what a jerk he is and F this, F that. And RM just sits there and doesn't say or do anything about it. SB is probably only 16 or 17, I'm sure he still lives at home, and she has every right to reprimand her child when he acts completely ignorant and immature. But that wasn't the part that made me completely furious.

The second team goes and for all the smack SB was talking they complete the stunt in 2 minutes flat. So then SB and RM are up. As soon as their out of earshot the host asks Team 2 about SB and they're nowhere near as badmouthy as he was. But the son says something with the word "hell" in it and his mom looked at him and was like "what did you just say?" and he apologizes for using THAT word! Good mom. That's what RM should have done. You could tell he respected his mom, unlike SB.

So then SB and RM take their turn. RM doesn't clear the back wheels of the semi before she starts moving over and it ends up clipping the semi and they end up whirling around on the road and that's pretty much the end of their chance. But they decide to try one more time. Same thing happens. SB FREAKS OUT! He's completely livid. Swearing up a storm AT HIS MOM! Telling her how stupid she is and F this and throwing a tantrum like a 2 year old. I could not believe it. And the worst part was RM just sat there and took it. If it had been me I would have given him something to freak out about! I COULD NOT BELIEVE how ridiculously he was acting and that his mom just let him act that way. I mean, yeah, they lost a lot of money but they already won a year's worth of mortgage payments which may amount to more than the money they would have won if they'd won that challenge. And I have seen sore losers before but this kid was the worst one ever. I was furious with how he was acting and even more furious that his mom didn't do anything about it.

So I was mad when I went to bed. And then I had dreams all night where I had to deal with rude idiots that made me even more mad. It was a very fitful night of sleep. Stupid Fear Factor.