16 weeks!

Another week bites the dust. As does another year. I turned the big 2-5 on Tuesday. It's strange to think that I've been on earth for 1/4 of a century. I guess I'm getting old. Still no more tangible movement from our little monkey. I can hear it wiggling around on the doppler, but I can't feel anything. This weeks has just DRAGGED by. And I imagine next week will be even worse with all this waiting for my next appointment. I am excited to see the baby again, but I'm even MORE excited that Justin is finally excited to see it too. I am STILL down 1.5 pounds. I switched from skim to 2% milk in an attempt to bulk up a bit, but I'm still not gaining. And I suspect that what I have gained back is all baby, uterus, and fluids because my butt has definitely shrunk.

I'm still waiting for the lauded second trimester energy to kick in. I'm still pretty tired and run down. I'm not sleeping very well though. My hips, neck, and shoulder are not too happy about me not being able to sleep on my back. I am up before the sun every morning, absolutely famished. I about ready to get a mini fridge to keep next to the bed so I can have a glass of milk without traipsing all the way down stairs. I'm also having nightmares. This morning I heard a loud and menacing growl that startled me awake. I made Justin get up and check outside to make sure there were no monsters on our balcony. The sound must have been in my dream...scary!
Now lets talk food. I still don't like the sound of most things and stick mostly to dairy and carbs to fill my tummy. I am loving citrus fruits (oranges, satsumas, and clementines) and apples with peanut butter. And then there are times I have these out of the blue cravings. Some of them have included mom's candied carrots (which I have had in probably 10 years), chicken terriyaki (from the place in the mall of course), guacamole, mom's spinach artichoke dip, hot dogs, and borscht. And then sometimes I really want something so badly I'm drooling over it then I get it and take a bite and can barely choke it down. Other times I think "hmm...I'm not sure I can eat that" and end up wolfing the whole thing down after the first tentative bite.
When I get too hungry I dry-heave like mad, so I try to eat every hour or so to stay ahead of the hunger...but that means I can only eat about a handful of food at one time. Which totally blows. I spend all my time eating and sleeping. I can't go out without eating first and taking snacks or planning to stop and get food. And I can't finish whole meals so a lot of the microwave meals I take to work are wasted.
This growing a human thing is some hard work.
Le Sigh. I am so ready for bed right now.