June 11

Hi little one,
Here's the weekly chalkboard! Your mama feels HUGE.

Up and down: I feel so all over the place lately! I was sick (like, bent over the trashcan in my classroom, puking my brains out style) on Monday and Tuesday. You probably know by now that I never dealt with morning sickness for the first few months, so getting pukey by 8:30am really threw me for a loop this week. I have A LOT more compassion for women who suffer from it throughout the first trimester. I'm not sure how they manage!! But, I made it through today so I'm hoping it was a random, two-time thing. Either way, you're worth it, though :)

Wedding: The countdown to the day I marry your daddy is on! Only 16 more days! I feel like everything is coming together (finally), and I'm starting to get even more excited. Last Sunday we dropped off my engagement ring so it could get fitted for a band. It's soooo weird not wearing it! I do want everything to be perfect and if that means not wearing my beautiful ring for a few weeks, then so be it. We got a lot done last weekend, but there's still quite a bit we have to check off before I'll sleep at night (I've been having horrible dreams that things suddenly go wrong and it rains, or it's melting hot outside during the ceremony, or the music gets lost, or the caterer doesn't show up, or my dress doesn't fit. Blah!!!!). But everything will be fine, because it has to be! I just need to remember to breathe in the meantime.

Acrobatics: You're quite the little acrobat! I can feel you moving around in there, doing little baby kicks, all throughout the day and night. It's absolutely the sweetest thing, and I really wish your daddy could feel them. I think you're just too small still (or my belly is padded with one too many Chipotle burrito's worth of fat) for him to feel much when he puts his hand on my tummy to feel you moving. I know you'll start gaining weight a lot more quickly now, and it'll be a matter of time before we can see you moving just by watching my tummy! I'm so excited for that day!!

Drink me: I'm sooooo sooooo incredibly thirsty lately! Especially for a mix of cherry limeade and orange juice. Weird! And water with lime and lemon has never tasted so amazing before. Daddy keeps telling me to wait until it gets hot outside in the middle of summer, and then we'll see how much more I drink. He doesn't realize that my favorite part of summer is going to Sonic and getting a huge ass cup of ice and just crunching on it, so I say bring it on!! I bet you'll grow up with a weird love for ice, like me :)

That's all for now, little spaghetti squash! I love you, I love you.
Mommy