So it's been awhile...

And I don't even have the excuse of working!  Thanksgiving was crazy busy but I can say that it was a successful dinner for 7.  Having the 'rents and the in-laws together was stressful, not least due to some typical yet-still-frustrating communication problems on the part of the in-laws.  With their various and innumerable dietary issues, a holiday meal was a challenge, but i think it turned out OK.

Anyway, what is this blog all about...oh yeah, pregnancy!  I'm doing much better in terms of diet, though still having trouble with meat.  There's still an occasional whiff of nausea when I'm eating something, but overall it's do-able.  The heartburn's a lot better, too.  BUT, (of course!), a new annoyance has popped up, which is insomnia.  UGH I hate it!  I'm tired pretty much all the time (what's with all those people who say fatigue goes away during the 2nd tri??  Mine is worse than ever!) but as soon as I crawl into bed at night, I'm instantly awake and TWITCHY.  Oh, so horribly, annoyingly, screamingly twitchy.  I've hear that restless leg syndrome can be a problem in pregnancy, but I have restless arm syndrome!  So the first couple hours in bed are pretty miserable, and then finally I go to sleep.  Sometimes I wake up around 4 or 5 and have another bout, which is the worst.  So weird, and really not good for all the fatigue.

So, being at home...getting used to it, and also bored of it.  It's a weird combination of boredom and being tired, so that I'll have a list of stuff to do (not a huge or very hard list, mostly cleaning or laundry) and won't be able to get through it without a struggle.  I really, really should be walking the doggies everyday, but somehow it's hard to get myself to do it.  I'm doing OK getting in some prenatal yoga most days, which is good.  Overall, I could use some help with the inertia problem.

Getting bigger, finally, though I still don't know that I look pregnant.  I waffle between feeling huge and not huge enough.  We went to Dan's work Xmas party on Friday and he hadn't told many people, so I got ALOT of weird looks.  You could practically see people were thinking, "is she pregnant or just fat?"  Fun.

So, nursery update: I've found a nursery furniture set that i LOVE LOVE LOVE.  Yes, it's a million dollars, but hopefully I can convince my parents to buy it (they've agreed to furnish the nursery which is a HUGE help).  It's Oeuf, which is known for beautiful, sturdy nursery furniture and I heart it.  It's the Sparrow collection and I can't decide if I like white:

http://www.oeufnyc.com/images/products/detail/sparrow_crib_white_lg.jpg

Or grey:

http://www.oeufnyc.com/images/products/detail/sparrow_crib_grey_lg.jpg

And I've found some fabric I heart for the crib set, which I will attempt to sew myself:

http://www.amybutlerdesign.com/images/fabrics/soul_blossom/hd_joy2.gif

http://www.amybutlerdesign.com/images/fabrics/soul_blossom/hd_bliss2.gif

http://www.amybutlerdesign.com/images/fabrics/soul_blossom/hd_joy1.gif

They're all from Amy Butler's Soul Blossoms line, which is so beautiful and vibrant.  Hopefully it won't be too jarring for a nursery!  Dan likes another set of fabrics that are more vintage, but I can't turn these down.  Crossing my fingers it won't be too hard to sew all this stuff myself!