This week

The past week has been a bad and good one. Last Sunday I felt really awful after church. There was something really weird about the dinner we ate and I think it set me off in a bad way. I got sick several times throughout the night and just felt awful on Monday. Deanne G rescued me for a couple of hours on Monday by having Katelyn over to play with her girls. Katelyn was so excited! I got sick a couple of times that morning and then that evening it got even worse. I could barely keep crackers and water down. I just kept throwing up. It hurts so bad to throw up like that. I called my Drs office desperate for some anti-nausea medication and they wanted me to try some over the counter products first. So I did, and it helped a little, but I wanted more dangit! Tuesday I still felt pretty nasty, but I had stopped throwing up. I called the Doctor again and it took all day, but I was able to finally get some medication. I was feeling pretty miserable, so I asked Justin if we could go to Spokane when he got off work that night. He was nice enough to oblige. I just needed some relief and for Katelyn to have some better care. We stayed a couple nights with Justin's parents and when he drove back home to work for the weekend, I went to my mom's. Armed with my prescription drugs and a whole lotta over the counter remedies I started to feel better towards the end of the week. Happily, the nausea has really subsided and as long as I eat about every hour I seem to be able to keep it at bay. In exchange for more mild nausea came a real bout of constipation, but I will save the details on that one. Luckily, things are getting better in that department as well. Thanks to a little cocktail of Magnesium Citrate. (I hope none of you ever have to drink this).

I am really glad we came up to Spokane for the week. Katelyn has been so happy to be with her grandparents and cousins. I felt really bad for her when we were at home and all I was doing was laying around in bed or on the couch all day. While we were here, Justin made a trip to Newport to pick up some things from our house and I had him get the stroller. I really want to start going on walks now that I am feeling better. I need to get this body moving. I had a goal to not gain any weight during my first trimester and so far I have succeeded. I would like to do a lot of walking during the second and third trimester to make sure I don't become as big as a house and to hopefully help out in the labor and delivery department. I have my first doctors appointment this Tuesday and I am looking forward to getting in and seeing what they have to say. All in all the weeks are going by fairly quickly and for that I am very thankful. When you feel like death, it is hard to not be whiny and complain, but I told Justin that I wanted to try and be less whiny with this pregnancy. (I thought I was pretty bad with Katelyn). So far I think I am doing ok. I know people care, but I also know people don't want to hear about how awful I feel all the time. I also sometimes feel like I am being ungrateful if I complain too much. Feeling lousy really is a small sacrifice on my part to bring a child into the world. It really is a labor of love. And we are really looking forward to having another addition to our family. Katelyn says she wants a baby "sisser" and to name her "Audrey".

Another fun thing is that after I found out I was pregnant, my sister found out she is pregnant (has been trying for 8 years to conceive) and is due about 2 weeks after me. Then to make it even better, one of my very best friends is pregnant too (tyring to conceive for 3 years, I think) and due a week after me. It just made our news even better.

Katelyn got to meet her newest cousin, Lillyanne this week. She was born on Christmas day. She likes to hold her. I wish I could find the picture of them together.