Fatty Fatty 2X4

This is what I feel like this week! I am in that phase of not looking preggo yet, but feeling extra fat! None of my pants feel good anymore, when I button them, I feel like I cannot breathe! But I am not ready to start breaking out the maternity stuff just yet (but I may have to soon!). At home I just wear gym pants or capris and I have 2 or 3 pairs of pants for work that I can still breathe in :) But man I just feel like a lard-a&^!!!!

On top of feeling so fat, I have been EATING like a pig too this week. I am finally winding down on the nausea, so bring on the food! I have been trying to eat healthy when I pig out (today I ate 3 clementines at one sitting) and I am loving those cheddar cheese rice cakes that MeMe introduced me too (but they aren't that good for you when you eat a whole bag in 1 or 2 sittings)! But what I am really wanting to eat is sour candy (Cedric brought me a box of Sour Patch kids-my favorite except for sour patch fruit which is hard to find) and I ate them in one day--it was a small box! I craved sour stuff with Gabriel, so it makes me wonder if I've got another wild man on the way! I am trying to eat as much sour fruit like green apples to stay away from the candy. AAAHHHHH!!!

Here is a tribute to my favorite candy and most craved item this week!

What I am Loving This Week!

Green granny smith apples- I love the little apples from Mcdonalds that come with caramel, yummy and only $1!!!

Decaf unsweetened tea with splenda- this is about the only thing I can stand to drink besides water

Rosemary mint shower gel- got this at TJ maxx and I just love it! Smells like a spa to me!

The fact that Gabriel is doing #2 in the potty 80% of the time!

Wheat thins with pimiento cheese

Pants with an elastic waist- I can still fit into most of my pants but they just don't feel good on my belly!

My fingernails! They are sooo strong and long when I am preggo, thank you prenatal vitamins!

Weekends! Work has really been wearing me out--lots of traveling = one tired Morgan!

Mother's Day

I had a wonderful day yesterday! It started off with breakfast in bed with Gaby and Ceddy. Ceddy surprised me with a yummy bagel from the place across the street, everything bagel with sundried tomato cream cheese, YUMMO! I also got an adorable picture frame made by Gaby at school and a gift certificate for a Mani/pedi and a MASSAGE! I must have been a good girl lately (probably not, I have been bad and Cedric is trying to make me be nicer). Also gorgeous flowers!

We went to church and Mease suprised me with Paul Frank monkey chapstick, love it! And Gaby was hilarious during children's church, he told the preacher he got me a tractor for Mother's Day. We spent the afternoon visiting with mom and dad and then went to see Grandma Dot. All in all, a very fun and relaxing day, which I really needed...

As a late Mother's Day gift....I went to the doctor today for my first prenatal visit! Yep, we are expecting a baby brother or sister for Gabriel. Everything looked great on the ultrasound and the due date is 12/10. We will do a scheduled C-section the week after Thanksgiving, right around 12/1. I have been feeling pretty lousy for those of you who have been around me.. Lots of nausea and just feeling YUCKY. The doc gave me some meds for the nausea so hopefully that will help. Here is our first pic:

What I'm Obsessed With This Week

1) Cutie clementines! I just love these things and have been eating 3 or 4 a day (they are small)....They are very easy to peel, seedless, and just YUMMY! If you have never tried these, get yourself a bag!

2)Strawberry Shortcake (the original one, not the trampy modern one)-I am almost out of checks and just ordered 2 new boxes of SS checks, plus a cute SS checkbook cover, all for under $20, you can't beat it! These are going to make me want to write checks instead of using my debit card.

3) Pilot G-2 inkpens-If you are looking for a good inkpen, please try these! They are just awesome and come in a variety of colors including turquoise, pink and even purple Mease! I cannot stand to write with any other pen!

Monday Blahs

Well, it is a nasty, rainy Monday here. I was supposed to be heading up to the mountains today for work, but lucky for me, they called to reschedule for later in the month. It has been awhile since I have blogged...not sure why, other than that we have been busy and I have had 2 really bad colds and have been feeling like crap!

This past Friday I headed up to Chapel Hill to meet up with Susan for a 40th Speech and Hearing Anniversary...We had such a good time(minus the speech stuff, which sucked)! We checked into the Carolina Inn around 3, then headed to our favorite sushi place for dinner. After that we walked around campus and Franklin Street then were back in our pajamas at the hotel by 9:30 or so, we are old ladies and DO NOT CARE! I was starting to feel bad by then and slept horribly. We were both wide awake at 6 a.m. We went to our continuing education thing, which was AWFUL, then had lunch and headed for home. The professors that we had in graduate school have not changed at all. They are still full of themselves and living on CLOUD NINE, with no idea of how SLPs work and operate in the real world! Some things never change! We decided we will definitely meet up in Chapel Hill again, it is about halfway for both of us, but we will not be doing any more of the speech stuff!