Peanut's First Audio Track!

Here's Peanut's first audio track. Heartbeat is 165!

http://crimsonnox.com/evilkitty/peanut/Peanut.mp3

K was nice enough to extract that for me :) Thanks! Appointment was good, everyone seemed healthy. 27 more days till we might find out the gender :) And now this morning... I'm thinking french toast might be tasty. Just have to get up and make it. Gonna be productive today - I spent most of yesterday asleep. Boi was productive though, got the couches moved back and raked the backyard. I gotta match him today now - I should be rested enough now though!

Ate the french toast, yum! Much better than cereal, that's for sure. And it's Wednesday, and if you've been reading you know I love Wednesdays. I'm closer to the next week than I am the old week :) Peanut's getting to the point, if she's not already to the point, where she can start to hear my voice, apparently. Gonna have to start reading out loud or just talking more or something. Singing in the shower, pick a soothing song to play a lot to give Peanut another recognizable sound. Stuff like that :)

I said I was going to be productive today, right? Better go get on that!

It's sunny out there

We haven't had to great of a time these last few days, but I'm pretty determined that today is going to be different. So we're just going to ignore flu-injuryness, and feel completely swell from here on out, just like it looks outside. 40s today baby!

I really love Wednesdays. Because it's closer to the next week then it was the old week. So I figure if a stranger came up and asked me, I would just say Peanut was 15 weeks. Yeah, I know. I'm like a three-year-old, but I love it. But hey, it's exciting, a week further, and this time Peanut will be 3/8 of the way there!

I have a new favorite outfit for lounging around at home. I used to spend most of my downtime at home in a sweater, it's become just way too warm the last few weeks... already... great. So lately I've been wearing a tank top and one of Boi's short sleeve button down shirts. It's usually just right, nice and comfy. 

I have this sudden desire to pack up the cats and go on vacation somewhere tropical. Yeah, yeah, it's warmer there then in my house, but hey, it's trooooopical. How can you go wrong? Instead, I have to leave them and get ready to get picked up for dinner. It's my uncle's birthday, yay! And anytime I don't have to drive the Boi-Mobile someplace, I'm happy! I miss my car, but I know it's happier getting driven every day. Too bad dinner isn't on a coast someplace, it's downtown. But I guess it's a step in the right direction - out of the house!

Baby wants Kiwi!

Yeah yeah, I was on a fruit thing the other day, it still sounds good, but I'm very happy that eating a kiwi calmed that down considerably. Actually, I was sitting here considering another one, and I was holding it, I realized that it's actually smaller than Peanut. Fatter, sure, but still smaller :) Awesome!

I've been researching baby products, today it's been car seats. Go for the 'travel package' and get the infant car seat with stroller, just get the car seat, go with a convertible car seat that will last the entire life of Peanut... went back and forth for awhile with my girl T, and I've settled on just getting an infant car seat. Plus then you can get the stroller you like, later on after winter, that doesn't necessarily compromise on the safety/comfort of one or the other. So Mom went out with me to Target to look at them, and to browse other items. Alas, as I figured, the most expensive model there WAS by far the nicest. Easy to unlock clasp, really comfy feeling, I liked the way the newborn head rest was secured, great reviews online.... ah well, some things really are more important than price I suppose. So it's on the registry!

Mmm just ate dinner. Ended up being cashews, kiwi and apricots. I figure I'll get carbs when I steal some of Boi's dinner later tonight. Prolly just make him spaghetti, easy go to favorite of his. Alas, Lidia is on Create TV cooking seafood, and now THAT sounds really good. And my sushi partner is in MN this week. Hrm, and I won't have a husband again tomorrow... oh well, if I still want it tomorrow, I'll figure something out.

Tomorrow I'm offically 14 weeks! That means I'll be officially out of the first trimester, which will mean no more sickness and exhaustion! (yeah right) I'm counting on it, and I'll have to have a stern chat with my stomach if I don't. At least my trip to Target tonight didn't completely wear me out. Whoops, just spilt some ginger ale on me, time for a change I guess. Ta!

 

ThunderSnow!

Last night Peanut experienced their first Thundersnow! We had a good time turning off the TV and just listening, as it went on for a couple hours. Too bad this morning that meant super wet and heavy snow. Boi wouldn't let me help him shovel, and then he hurt his back, a cat escaped, I dropped their food, now Boi is late for work. At least that's all over with, he should be at work by now, assuming the roads are mostly safe. Sigh - I should have told him to call when he got there.

Wonder if the neighbors think I'm just lazy. I did dishes while he was out there at least! Can't clean upt the cat food though until my morning gag reflux dies down a bit. Smells = bad

During the thundersnow Boi got hungry, and we had two slices of pizza left over from our trip down to Milwaukee on Sunday. So we split, him putting most of the topping on his piece. Mmm, a delicious way to get the extra 300 calories Peanut needs :) And there were still bits of veggies left on it to make it kinda healthy. I wish veggies didn't gross me out so much like they are right now, they didn't bother me a few weeks back, but maybe next week pizza will gross me out and all I'll want will be carrot sticks.

I still sometimes have a hard time imagining such a tiny little person inside of me. Somewhere around 3 inches tall from crown to rump now. They start doing full height around 20 weeks, when they tend to be a bit less curled up. I guess, it's not like I've been through this before. But no matter how big Peanut is, Boi says he's never had a hard time imagining it. He just pictures a dancing baby inside of me. Heh, I suppose that's one way to think about it. I guess I'm just being too literal, trying to imagine the mouth, the nose, the fingers. 

Dance baby dance! I know the non first time mama's on my board are all reporting to be able to sometimes feel their baby, but they're all a bit ahead of us firstimers. But I shouldn't expect to feel anything until at the earliest 16 weeks. But I still sometimes like to lie quietly, and try to feel for the  butterflies in my tummy. 16 weeks is, after all, only a litle over two weeks away :) And then I get to hear the heart at the clinic :)

And now I'm off to see if I can't get Boi's mouse to work.... hrm...