Week 16 Yays and Boos!

Tomorrow I will be 16 weeks, or 4 months. It's so hard to believe that time is moving quickly now, since the first 10-12 weeks just seemed to drag on forever!

I'm becoming more interested in reading pregnancy books. Before I felt so overwhelmed that I felt like I was just trying to make it through the first trimester alive. Now I'm getting more excited and want to learn about everything from cloth diapering to labor meditation methods.

Yays for the week:

•  This book. It was given to me by a new mom and is the first one I've seen that doesn't try to scare the living hell out of you. It's a funny, light read with just enough substance to make it worthwhile.
• Finally looking pregnant and not just like I ate too much.
• Everyone at work finally knows. I know there were people who suspected but were too polite to ask.
• My new Brita bottle. I hate Cincinnati tap water, and this helps since I'm religious about drinking the required amount of water per day.
• My Dr told me to eat more cheese!
• Getting stuff done around the house that we won't have time for later. Having the great room painted, getting the carpets clean, getting new bedroom furniture, etc. Want to make it as cozy and organized as possible.
• Eating healthy about 85% of the time. Eating good food makes me feel noticeably better to the point where I don't even want junk food except for the occasional desert or snack.

Boos for the week:

• Smokers, still. Seriously, I'm tired of having to turn off my air in traffic because your bad habit is being sucked into my car.
• Dizziness. I get it, bad. I love Bed, Bath and Beyond but had to leave after all of five minutes yesterday because I thought I was going to pass out. I talked to my OB's nurse and she said I needed more protein. I'm trying!
• Peoples' obsession with me having a nursery theme. I personally don't like matchy-matchy stuff and just want something simple. You would think I was killing puppies when I tell someone I don't have a theme.
• Just when I got a little energy and appetite back, work is full-tilt crazy. So now I'm still exhausted and have to force myself to eat while on mute on conference calls...and hope nobody asks me a question while my mouth is full!
• Freaking flu epidemic. I swear, Neil and I pick the best times to have compromised immune systems! When Neil was in chemo, we had the H1N1 outbreak and now we're having one of the worst flu seasons in years. Watching the news makes me paranoid. I am trying to minimize my exposure by working from home a few times a week and using hand sanitizer by the gallon. We both have our flu shots as advised by my OB but it's still very scary.