Naps

I'm back to almost needing mid-day naps again. I can't figure out if it's the time change or weeks away from entering into the 3rd trimester.

My friend Shawn tonight was telling me about all the emails she was getting regarding my shower next month. She sent invites to a lot of out of towners and since all won't be able to come, they are sending emails she can't share -- they're a surprise. I always never know who to invite to showers. I work with over 500 ppl and I only invited two ppl from work but more ppl keep asking when my shower is going to be and I'm touched but embarrassed I didn't think to invite them. When I'm at work, I'm work. Sometimes I socialize but it's kept to a minimum because we're swamped right now. But I'm touched, really touch at how many ppl I have there for me even when my family is far away and my mom isn't alive. (Gosh darn hormones are getting to me, can you tell).

My latest issue is with immunizations. It wasn't a big deal until all the news last week regarding autism and immunizations. I think I'm going to talk with the pediatrician about spreading them out but I turned out fine and I had them all on the schedule. The web isn't the best place to research it but I guess this is a start of the lifetime of worrying I will have when it comes to having children.

Speaking of immunizations, I guess I'm not immune to measles? That's what the doctor told me last time so I will need that before I leave the hospital. I know for a fact I had to get that shot again when I was in the third grade because there was a recall on the serum from when I got it as a child. Isn't that crazy? Or maybe I'm just immune to the shot completely!

Hormones, oh my

This whole pregnancy has been a breeze for me. I didn't have much morning sickness and I'm not having cravings just an aversion to vegetables but today I realized that I'm coming down with "mommy amnesia" -- the part of the pregnancy where you mix things up or forget things. It has happened several times today and my god, it's embarrassing because I'm not a flake. My blackberry keeps me organized. I use Microsoft Project at work. I'm organized. You can tell which room is not mine in my house because it's a mess and that's my husband's office. Hormones have struck too. Just ask my poor boss.

She gave me a few takes -- a couple in Illustrator, a few in Project and I had a meltdown on her. These are things I can do so why I am being difficult. At least I realized it and stopped myself. Let's just say she had a good laugh.

Thursday marks 3 months from my due date. Can you believe that? I can't. Before you know it, he'll be here.

Happy 26 weeks

I noticed yesterday that this guy is more and more action than he ever has been. Maybe it was because he reached 26 weeks or he was having a good day? Who knows. He was all over the place. I can't wait to see what he's like. That's what I'm most excited about.

The furniture is up! I'm going to spend today unpacking the closet 'o stuff everyone has given me. Pictures are to come.

The Bend Blogger story is online today. For the most part, the reporter got right what I said with one exception (which is OK). I had said after our first blogger meet up four years ago, I became friends in real life with a few, mainly Jon and Simone but somehow that was quoted as Jon and Jake (not to say I didn't become friends with Jake but I have become a regular commenter on his site). The story for once isn't behind the pay wall. You can read it here.

I met Jen, Missy and their husband/husband-to-be last night for Missy's bday. I was so tired from work that I just wanted to stay on the couch all night but I drug myself out because my husband had practice and I didn't want to be home alone. Those gals always give good advice. The thing I was stressing out about this week was immunizations because of all the talk about the autism link. They helped calm my fears so I guess it will be something to discuss with the pediatrician.

I still have a nasty cough in the morning only. It's dry and then my throat is really dry. Hope it goes away soon but it has gotten better.