week 27

really?  week 27?  this is the last week of my second trimester... at times i feel like this has been going on forever and other times like it's been way too fast!  things have been going very well this past week.  jack is a mover and a shaker and if i can get matt to try we should be able to hear his heartbeat through my stomach!  weird!  this weekend we had barbecued ribs - yum! - and jack liked them too.  yesterday i had some jambalaya with a ton of kick - really.  i got about halfway through my bowl and i was getting punched and jabbed like crazy - "what are you doing lady?!  you trying to kill us both with that heat!?"  it was HOT!!  pepe even got a taste of jack's attitude when he got kicked in the butt the other day.  pepe was sitting on my lap with his buns pushed up against my belly when all of a sudden - POW!  he got kicked in the butt.  he turned around and gave my belly the stink eye so fast!  then he just kind of got up and moved to the end of the couch.  it was pretty funny.  

school is finishing up with just a couple more weeks to go.  i finished BTSA - that 2-year thorn in my side.  matt is done with everything for the credential!  all we have to do now is find jobs for next year!   oh - and a babysitter.  although i really think that pepe's maternal instinct is going to kick in and we will have free childcare from him.  =)  

week 24.

so here we are in week 24.  ears are done.  fingernails are done.  lungs are finishing up and starting to work their magic.  jack is practicing breathing in there amongst other things.  he's been giving little jabbers and pokes pretty regularly now.  maybe it's because he's getting bigger and feels all macho or something.  by the end of this week he will be about 2 lbs. and a little over 14 inches long!  crazy!  hopefully that means he'll be filling out a little too...  get some meat on them bones skeletor!  and i mean that lovingly...  =)  but really, the ultrasound pictures are a little creepy with no fat on his face.  

i've been doing pretty good too.  some heartburn and other crazy aches and pains but not too bad...  i heard it gets worse.  =)  i'm taking a "mental health" day today.  more for matt i think.  we were talking about how living with a pregnant person is like pulling out onto a blind curve with your car.  you might get out just fine, but other times you could get hit head on by a mac truck.  poor matt.  last night i was the 18 wheeler and he was a bug  stuck on my windshield, holding on for dear life.  so....  jack and i are taking a rest today to recoop and be nice people again.  =)

¡happy cinco de mayo!

we're coming up on 24 weeks here in a couple days...  it's so weird to say that i'm about 6 months pregnant.  jack's into it though.  we've really started to feel him moving around in there.  matt finally felt him kick the other night.  jack had been messing around, kicking me for a little while, and when i got matt to come over, he stopped.  so matt gave my belly a couple jabbers and then walked away... i kid you not - i watched a small bump pop up on my stomach!  jack was probably cursing us both... "leave me alone!"  =)  i yelled and matt came running back just in time to feel a nice little punch.  it was a great time.  =)  

i tell you what's not so great...  heartburn.  holy moly.  i feel so bad for anyone who has chronic heartburn.  i've never had it before and for those of you in the same boat i will describe what i felt last night for about 1 1/2 hours.  imagine you've been stabbed in the chest and then the person wiggled the knife around to make a huge hole.  then they pour gasoline inside the hole.  and then they light it up with a flamethrower.  repeat.  oh god make it stop.   and guess what started it all.  one orange wedge.  that's right.  roughly 1/4 of an orange.  oh god make it stop.  don't worry.  tums is my new bestie.  =)