John has family living in North Pole, AK and we went to visit them for the long weekend. It was so good to get out of Anchorage and actually be around people! John's family is awesome and I really enjoyed hanging out with them and just relaxing! We had a great time and it was hard to leave! The ladies went out for pedicures and it was awesome! I had my first hot wax pedicure ever and I think I'm addicted! John will definitely be treating me to a few of those in the coming months!
We took a different way back home and the scenery was incredible! Sitting around in Anchorage it's easy to forget that 10 minutes away Alaska is out there and it's amazing!
Coming back home I realized how quiet and boring my life has become! I'm used to being constantly busy and having at least one pet in the house to keep me company. After just 6 weeks of sitting around by myself my vocabulary has deteriorated quite noticeably! The four-year-old and I communicated just fine, but I found myself struggling to find words with any more substance than would be used to play Littlest Pet Shop. I know some of this is mommy brain and a lot of this is grief, but I'm afraid some of it is brain atrophy. I started doing the daily crossword in the paper and I ordered some board study books, so, hopefully that will help!
I'm loving being pregnant! I'm probably going to jinx myself, but I'm coming up on the third trimester and I'm feeling pretty good! I'm having a bit of swelling, some mild heartburn and the occasional GI issue (which is probably more gallbladder than baby), but that's about it. I am wanting to sleep more than usual, but the therapist I have been seeing attributes that more to stress and grief. I love feeling Denali moving around! She cracks me up! She's getting so big and strong it's almost unbelievable! Her kicks are quite impressive! Oh, and I think she was responding to some of the noise this weekend! If there was a loud noise, she started moving around and kicking! She's supposed to be deaf, but apparently some babies with anencephaly have some hearing. She definitely responds to touch. If her space is invaded, she goes crazy!
I'm also loving my pregnant metabolism. I feel like I can eat whatever I want and still be hungry and still not gain any weight! If I ate a tenth of what I'm eating now when I'm not pregnant, I would have gained 50 pounds by now. I'm normally very picky about my diet, and I probably should be even more picky now. However, everything tastes amazing and when I'm craving french fries, gosh darn it, I'm going to eat (two orders of) french fries! I think I'm doing okay. I'm not eating fast food or a lot of processed junk. And John is doing a great job making sure I eat plenty of protein.
Well, that's all for today!
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