I've been able to be pretty consistent with getting in 2 miles every other day on my treadmill. I'd rather be outside, but sometimes I'll be fine walking and then all of a sudden the round ligament pains will get so bad that I have to stop, so I don't risk being away from home. Baby girl seems like she's bigger than Ryker, but when I read my posts from his pregnancy it seems like I thought he was the rumbliest baby also, so maybe that's just something Momma's always think. She lays in a transverse (hip to hip) position most of the time, which isn't the most comfortable for me. She's always rolling around too, and she does this thing with either her hand or foot where I can feel her just rubbing it back and forth, like she's petting me from the inside. Thinking about her doing that just made me so happy to get to hold her!
Symptoms wise, my heartburn has me at dragon status most days. I've also determined that if I eat too big of a dinner, or eat anything at all after 6:30pm I'll throw it all up before bed, so I've stopped eating very much for dinner and I just graze all evening, which is what I do all morning and afternoon at lunch as well. I decided to not drink the Glucola drink for the blood sugar testing and instead opted to test my blood sugar four times a day for two weeks. It may seem a little crazy, but considering that I am working on finishing the last few classes of my Masters in Sports and Health Sciences, I thought that it would be cool to be able to recognize exactly how my diet affects my blood sugar levels throughout the day. So far, it seems like my ability to process sugar is right up there with my fantastic cardiovascular system, my levels stay pretty close to my fasting levels all day. One time I hit 100 mg/dl, after I had fries, toast and lemonade for dinner. I'm glad to see that I definitely don't have gestational diabetes! Hot showers are the best trick to help my back pain and when she's just moving too much to be comfortable. I read in Spiritual Midwifery that island tribes would have women hula dance to get baby into a better position, I tried that the other day in the shower to get her to stop pressing on my hip bones and it helped!
Cravings have been pretty consistent, Starbucks lattes, fruit, French fries and chocolate. I never really have a sweet tooth until I'm pregnant and then it's insane. I try to be totally on point with what I eat in the morning and for lunch so that dinners and weekends can be pretty free for whatever, like weekly pancake trips!
Ryker has been a combination of a completely wild little monster and the most perfect, sweet and hilarious little boy lately. It really is either of the two ends of the spectrum, he can be making me want to just give up and hide in the closet (he'll just bang on the door, so that won't work) and put him to bed early, or he's giving kisses and singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and playing peek a boo. I've heard of language and learning explosions happen and that is definitely the case. Every day he does something new that makes us laugh and blows us away. Seeing him learn and become such a cute little guy has been an amazing process...until he learns a new way to throw a tantrum or something else to call "mine!", haha.
May means we're officially in the last month of Ryker being a one year old and that his birthday is just a few weeks away! Vic and I have talked about getting him something for the backyard, like a water table to put by our little pool, that way we can have some summer fun at home. We took him to the beach after school a few weeks ago and he was not so excited about the sand, which kind of bummed me out but we'll keep trying! I don't think he appreciated the insane amount of sunscreen that I put on him, I'm pretty sure I covered my little vampire with half a tube of Honest Co. sunscreen.
All in all, things have been pretty great. Vic got inducted into an honors society this week and I couldn't be prouder of him. They read off some of the achievements of the other students that were getting scholarships for the rest of their education and I was amazed at the group of people that he's joining. When you are used to seeing someone you love be fantastic on a regular basis it can be hard to realize how special everything they do is, then someone else points out how much they go above and beyond and it's all reaffirmed! He's been such an awesome support system for me, during the pregnancy and always. He's had his last semester finals to worry about, along with starting at Merril Lynch and yet I still get time to come home from work and lay down while he picks up Ryker from daycare for me, this is just one of the little ways that he makes me feel so spoiled.
Well, I'm done rambling for today! Sorry about the big lapse in posts and updates. A toddler plus work and a research methods course all at once have made life a little hectic for us! But of course, we wouldn't have it any other way.
