Week 18

Well my continued quest to diminish my ailments has been once again deterred this week. After taking the antibiotics to clear up my sinus infection I thought I was finally done and on the road to a healthier 2013. But Wednesday morning I woke up and my left eye was a little swollen, but it didn't hurt and I went about my day. But as the day went on my eye started to show signs of irritation and I started to think that I somehow cut my eye or worse had pink eye. I went to bed that night thinking that maybe all I needed was to get some sleep and I would wake up on Thursday feeling better. Well so much for wishful thinking. During the night I could feel my eye draining fluid and when I woke up my eye was "glued" shut. Not a good sign. Once I pried my eye open I could see that my eye had gotten worse. I made a quick trip to my eye doctor's office on Thursday only to find out that the sinus infection I thought was gone, was now draining out my eye.  Since then my right eye began to do the same. The swelling has gone down a bit in both eyes, but as you can see in the chalkboard pic my eyes are puffy and bloodshot. I swear things like this only happen to me. Maybe I should change the name of this blog to the Never-ending Ailments.

Thursday afternoon. I know, I look so cute

So now on to little Baby H...

This past week has also been the start of the long awaited baby-prep! The baby gear is slowly starting to make it's way out of storage and into the appropriate spots in the house. Randy and Rory brought the bassinet upstairs and put it into our bedroom while I was taking a nap. And Rory was so excited to show me, he woke me up shouting baby night-night! He's so cute!

Puffy, bloodshot eyes!!!

How far along? 18 Weeks & 6 Days
Total weight gain/loss: 8 lbs 
Maternity clothes? a couple of pairs of maternity leggings and a few more maternity tops. 
Stretch marks? No
Sleep: Never enough! Sleep is good. And my pillow set-up has been working out great.
Best moment this week: Tuesday when I thought I was finally done with being sick!
Have you told family and friends: Yes!
Miss Anything? Oddly enough I miss Subway sandwiches. I rarely eat at Subway, but I miss being able to have a ham sandwich with mayo, mustard, lettuce, pickles and olives. Yum!
Movement: Yes! And I love it!!! 
Food cravings: Apples, homemade chili, vegetable soup, homemade salsa, orange and rainbow sherbet, strawberry-banana smoothies, and banana laffy taffy. Super Yum Yum!
Anything making you queasy or sick: Fast food is still on the yuck list
Have you started to show yet: Yes 

Gender prediction: Girl (Rory also thinks it's a girl)
Labor Signs: No
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On and still a little loose. 
Happy or Moody most of the time: I'm definitely moody this week. I'm just tired of not feeling good.
Looking forward to: Going home this weekend to take some family photos. We didn't get a chance to have maternity photos taken when I was pregnant with Rory. And now I regret it. So I'm looking forward to getting some good pics of our growing family.