this pregnancy

this pregnancy has been so different than my last, it was no surprise to me that it was a boy. i had a brief moment of panic after the words, "it's a boy" set in. this could be largely due to the fact that i have four sisters and no brothers. i wondered what we are going to do with a boy...and i couldn't help but fast forward to the teenage years - yikes! i took some deep breaths, reminded myself that thankfully boys come as little newborns, just like girls, and thought of all the little boys i know who love their mamas. that last part really got me. our girl is a bit of a daddy's girl, so the thought of having a little boy who thinks his mama is extra special makes my heart melt a little bit.

this has been a pregnancy of fruit. there was a brief phase near the end of the first trimester where it was all about cereal, but it didn't take long before i moved onto fruits. first it was grapes. i think that was around week twelve. all i could think of was grapes - green ones, not red. i went to the store three times that week to buy more organic green grapes. i just couldn't get enough of them. next it was clementines. then grapefruit. oh grapefruit - i would eat one every morning with breakfast and then sometimes even snack on one later in the day. last week it was strawberries. this week it's oranges. i don't mind all of this fruit eating - better than some things i could be wanting to eat. there is a pineapple ripening on the counter and i have a feeling that might just be the next target of my fruit obsession! i have a feeling this baby might just be a fan of fruit when he hits the solid food stage.

last night i finished up our daughter's baby book - something that was on my list to do before this baby arrives. i know that usually all of the kids after the first one get less photos and memorabilia to look back on when they are older. i am determined to give this baby a baby book. it might not be as detailed or as beautiful as his older sister's, but it will be a baby book nonetheless.

that's another funny part of this pregnancy...i have been in nesting mode since before i even knew i was pregnant. once i got that positive pregnancy test, i thought, "OH, this is why i've been sorting and cleaning every cupboard in our kitchen". this is great news for our house. i've been decluttering and reorganizing like crazy. it's not great news for my husband who has to put up with my impulsive ideas about what furniture must be rearranged "right at this very minute because i can't stop thinking about it and it's driving me crazy". thankfully, he is very patient and helps me out as he is able.

while i was finishing the baby book last night, i was looking at photos of my first pregnancy. i thought that i was carrying this baby about the same way that i carried our daughter, but i realized that is just not true. i definitely show a lot more with this baby and he also seems to be higher. by the end of my first pregnancy, i still thought i looked pretty good. i have a feeling i won't feel the same way about this one.

also, i've had an extra sensitive nose this time around. the other day when we were driving home from our travels, i suddenly smelled flavored coffee. it was such a strong smell, but jeremy was sitting right next to me and said he didn't smell anything. finally, a little while later he said that he did smell something that kind of smelled like flavored coffee.

speaking of my extra sensitive nose, as i was sitting here i started smelling something that smelled like it was burning. turns out, it was our computer charger. it recently started fraying and we taped it with electrical tape, but i have been worried about the fire hazard ever since. i looked down and the part with the electrical tape looks like it's splitting and i smelled it and that is definitely what i was smelling. don't worry, i unplugged it. i guess we'll be getting a new charger.