17 weeks

I am 17 weeks today!

This weeks yays and boos:

Yays

• We finally had our great room painted! A friend from high school owns his own painting business. He did the hard part (darker color) then the next day Neil did the lighter color at the bottom. I love how it turned out. All of this is part of my master plan to get the house looking good before the baby comes.

• I had a dental checkup last week and all is well. I was getting paranoid because pregnancy can apparently do weird things to your teeth so I figured I'd better be sure.
• Got a Costco membership (all of these sound so suburban). Good deals and I noticed they have baby furniture. Will definitely look into that and also start stocking up on things we will need.
• We bought a doppler to hear the baby's heartbeat! It's awesome! Neil is the only one who can find the baby every time!
• My nails and hair are growing like crazy. My nails always broke and split so I'd keep them short so I'm loving this. And there's no better time to grow out my pixie cut!

Boos

• People are starting to stare. I know why, obviously but there's always that few seconds when I get paranoid that my fly is down. But then I remember I am wearing maternity pants and those don't have zippers.
• My appetite is back with a vengeance. My weight is normal but I'm finding I want to eat ALL THE TIME so I'm really trying to continue to eat well. My doctor told me to eat more protein, which puts on weight and is also somewhat challenging when I don't always want meat. It was tough this weekend because we went to a pizza place and then I was trying to stay out of the house while it was being painted and ended up eating fast food. I truly feel better when I eat well and can tell right away when I don't. I keep my fruit bowl filled as always and I pack lunch or eat at home whenever possible. It really is a challenge to keep it up though!