Dream On

My dreams continue to get weirder and weirder with every passing day. The other night there was something about a "boat show" in one of those scenes from an old show like CHIPS. You know the car chases where they go down this steep cement embankment and they're in a waterless causeway or something, 20 foot high barriers on either side? I have no idea what that's called but these motor boats were flipping and whizzing in and out of barriers and flipping over. And there was something about a mountain trail and Hunter was there and he was crazy thirsty so I had to lead him to water. It was odd.

This morning, I had two very bad dreams that I won't repeat as they're scary and quite depressing. There was a third but I can't remember what it was. Nothing like being left with the memory of the bad ones.

I'm in CT (got here yesterday) and am heading off to NH today with my mom. We had a crazy thunderstorm last night and the lightening was like a strobe light. Needless to say, I was awake from 4 - 6:30 or so, my mind wandering everywhere while I wasn't sleeping. And I don't know if LBH is like this every morning at 4:30am but she was off the charts crazy. If I didn't know any better, I'd have been worried that she was going to come out through my naval. And really, I LOVE it!!

Dreams

As some of you know, I've been having the craziest dreams. They are always incredibly vivid, very memorable and sometimes they are quite hysterical. A couple of times I've had to think long and hard, "did that really happen or was it just a dream?" One time I even had to ask Paul if it had been true (it hadn't). I've decided that those that are appropriate, I really need to start writing down.

So for last night...

I had my first dream about the labor and delivery. Labor was all a blur, I wasn't even sure I'd had the epidural. It was like I had labor amnesia or something. But in my dream it wasn't that bad. I distinctly remember the lady telling me to push harder. Then we were checking out of the hospital but it was more like the vets office than the hospital. My baby girl was a boy and then a girl and kept shrinking until he/she was like 3 inches tall. Oh, and he/she could talk immediately. He/she said something quite adorable and everyone in the waiting room was all, "awwwwww." Then we were in the car and the car seat was gone and he/she was rocking all over the place. I was yelling at Brian Q about it and he couldn't seem to figure out how to stabilize the baby. Don't know where Brian came from but there he was. And then there was something about an airport and a HUGE plane and for some reason we were on the tarmac and Brian wouldn't cover him/her in the rain. So weird.

The night before I had a very vivid dream that my car got hit by a car that ran this four way stop that I go through almost every day. I went into early labor and everything. It was terrible.

Every night is a new adventure!

Feeling pregnant

All of a sudden I seem to have popped. Over the past several weeks, depending on what I was wearing, some days I looked pregnant and some days I didn't. I think those days are behind me. I am pretty much looking pregnant every day. And feeling it too. My lower back is very uncomfortable and I've been getting weird pains in my lower abs (more consistently than before). Oh, and I have Braxton-Hicks every now and again. I know it's all natural, part of the experience and all that, I guess I just didn't expect it to happen so soon. A couple of times this week I had to use the heating pad on my back. It definitely helps but really, I haven't gained that much weight and I'm not that big yet. What am I going to feel like in 3 months when I'm much bigger and who knows what I've gained?

LBH is now about 7-8" long and weighs almost a pound. I think she may be a gymnast at some point, she's somersaulting all over the place!

A name?

Paul and I have been kind of working on a name for LBH since we found out we were having a girl. We both made lists, we'd compare our lists, decide nothing, and then move on to something else. Or, one of us would throw out a name and the other would reply with an "eh" or something equally reaffirming. Today we sat down and went through our lists and we actually picked a name!! Of course, I can't tell you what it is. You'll have to wait until November but it was surprisingly easy and we really like it.

LBH is moving a lot more every day. I don't know what the heck she's doing in there but she's thumping and moving all over the place.

We went to visit our friends Megan, Christian and their beautiful new baby girl, Julia. Megan is doing amazingly well and little Julia is so beautiful. I held her until she started to scream and then gave her back (not an option I'll enjoy later). I'll tell you though, I can't wait to hold my own little one. It felt very natural to hold a tiny little baby. And, of course, I almost started to cry but I managed to keep it all together.

Dolls vs Trucks

As I'm sure you can imagine, I wasn't much of a girly-girl when I was little. I preferred trucks to dolls, legos to Barbi's and pants to frilly Gunny Sack dresses. There's a family story about how when I was 2 or 3, my great-aunt Tia made a bet with her friend of hers. She bet that I would like a truck more than I would like a doll. I got the Hess Gas Truck for Christmas that looked something like this:



And I guess there was a doll but I have no idea what it looked like. I'm sure you can guess who the winner was.

As I'm sure you can imagine, my mom was very dismayed by this. I mean, here she had this little girl who wanted nothing to do with all the things that make girls girls.

Welcome to the present day. My mom is determined that LBH is going to be a girly-girl. Last week she sent 2 very pink dresses. Today she sent this, complete with a crib!!


I'm not sure what one does with a doll. If anyone finds a Hess truck in the next couple of years, please send it my way. I'm going to need all the help I can get against Grandma Q.

Half way?

At this point, I'm officially 1/2 way through my pregnancy. That could be 1/2 way, depending on when the little lady decides to make her debut. I can't believe that we're already half-way to making a little person. Granted, the first 4 weeks or so I didn't know I was pregnant so that certainly made things go faster. But 20 weeks isn't really a long time. And, in the next 20 weeks I have 2 week long vacations and a trip to NYC and all that will make the time go even faster. Before we know it, it will be November and none of my coats will fit and the little lady will be here! WOW!!

I've been feeling more movement lately, mostly at night. I can't make out arms or legs yet but there's definitely someone in there, flipping around and tickling my insides.

I did go to Babie's R Us today and bought a couple of adorable little outfits. No pink though, I think my mom will cover that color for me...