Week 23: Grapefruit

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I am too suggestionable while pregnant.  I really want some grapefruit now.  The only grapefruit I have are quite old and probably not very good.  I have been saving them to half for the birds.  But I really need it now.  Ugh.

How far along: 23 weeks (You know last week of course.)

Total weight gain: 11 pounds according to the scale at work.  But this was also last week.  Still no new scale.  I went to buy one at Target and they were all 35 bucks and I am cheap.

 Maternity clothes: All of them.

 Stretch marks: Not any new ones that I didn't have from Kai. 

 Sleep:  I have actually slept really well this week even unmedicated.  Well until Monday when I got Kai's virus.  Colds and pregnancy aren't fun.  I am so out of breath all the time from the cold and being bigger.  Ugh.

Best moment of this week:  Thanksgiving for sure.  I love Thanksgiving food.

 Miss anything:  Turkey and ham Subway sandwiches.

Movement:  Feeling him every day. Numerous times a day.  He even kept me up late one night having a dance party in there.

Food cravings:   I pretty much wanted all the food.  All of it.

Have you started to show yet:  Yeah quite a lot.

Gender: Bouncing baby boy. 

 Labor signs:   Braxton Hicks at times.

 Belly button in or out:  Out to a disgusting extent. 

Wedding rings on or off: On

Happy or moody most of the time:  Stressed.  So much to do, so little time plus Destructo could not seem to get healthy.  But pretty happy since it was Thanksgiving.  You know when I wasn't stressed.

Resolutions

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This year I have one main resolution.  To survive the first few months with a honey badger and a newborn.  I kid, I kid (although that is high on my priority list haha.)  No my main resolution is to get my house more clean and organized.  Yeah yeah yeah I know that was on my resolutions list from last year and in some ways I got a bit done but this year it is even more important.

I am going to have a very active, very spirited honey badger of a toddler and a newborn that is needy.  I won't be able to watch Destructo like a hawk to make sure he isn't finding things he doesn't need to get into that is stored in with the clutter.  Plus I will be home all day long every day now and my house stresses me out because of the clutter.  There will be no escpaing to work anymore.

I am not sure how to accomplish this goal though.  I know I need to form  habits now in the few months I am staying home with just Destructo before newbie comes that hopefully will endure.  And I have gotten better since I got married.  I clean up the kitchen nearly every night after dinner.  I pick up Destructo's toys nearly every night before bed.  But I have to tame the clutter.

My plan right now is to focus on a small area each day/week and try to tame the clutter there.  Then move on to another small area and so on until I start making progress.  I have to get Mr. Destructo on board though as the clutter isn't just mine.  It is our clutter.  Aww so sweet.

So do you guys have any clutter taming tips to help me out?

My other goals are to live more frugally than we are now.  With only one income, we will have to.  I also plan to continue in my natural living walk.  I recently bought reusable snack bags to stop using Ziplocs.  I want to continue to make my own cleaning supplies and as I run out of store bought, find more ecofriendly and frugal solutions.  I want to expand my garden even more this year.  This one might be a bit of a stretch though this year since I will have a newborn.  But we learned to can in 2013 and ate the first cans of tomato sauce and they were actually good.  We could have canned far more than we did, but we just didn't have the time. 

Week 22: Papaya

 

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How far along: 22 weeks  (again this is last week.  I am currently 23 weeks 5 days.)

Total weight gain: 11 pounds according to the scale at work.  I finally got batteries for mine and yeah it isn't the battery.  I have to get around to finding a cheap scale because I am going nuts not being able to weigh myself.  Not that it matters in the great scheme of things as long as baby is growing and healthy but still.

 Maternity clothes: All of them.

 Stretch marks: Not any new ones that I didn't have from Kai.  But now the varicose vein on my right leg that I got with Kai has gotten horribly disgusting looking.  :(

 Sleep:  Yeah I have to take Benadryl or Unisom every single night to sleep.  It is awful. Sleep isn't my friend.

Best moment of this week:  Getting Mexican food with the hubby.  How I love Mexican food.  White cheese dip yum.

 Miss anything:   Running more than anything now that the weather is cool.

Movement:  Feeling him every day. 

Food cravings: None this week.  Maybe milk.  But that isn't anything new.

Have you started to show yet:  Yeppers.

Gender: Bouncing baby boy. 

 Labor signs:   Braxton Hicks at times.

 Belly button in or out:  Out to a disgusting extent. 

Wedding rings on or off: On

Happy or moody most of the time:  Stressed.  So much to do, so little time.