Seven Somethings So Far

I sure love all you friends and family! Everyone has been so wonderful and supportive during this crazy time in our lives. We're just so excited about a little baby blessing our lives in May.

I started keeping a record of memorable experiences during this first pregnancy and I wanted to share some of those. Most of these have to do with food ha ha.

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1. My stomach has been very sensitive to how certain foods look and smell. When I walk through the Clarke buidling on campus I have to go through the culinary arts hall to get to my family relations class. On one occasion I was walking up the stairs toward that hall when I saw someone with a blueberry bagel. I had a sick feeling in my stomach just looking at it. As I reached the hall and continued down it I noticed EVERYONE had one of those darn things. And they were all talking about them. Plus, the further I got down the hall the scent of them got stronger because the students were making them. Talk about overload!

2. I've had to either eat a sucker, munch on crackers, or sip on something like diet pepsi on my way up to campus or my gag reflexes go crazy. There have been a couple of times when I thought I was going to lose it all over the sidewalk.

3. Every morning before school I have to pack up snacks for the day. I'd rather snack all day than eat actual meals. This normally consists of:

• half peanut butter sandwich
• saltine or ritz crackers
• a string cheese
• some baked cheetos

Pretty much a good mix of things to munch on throughout the day. On one particular morning I was running really late and Tyson packed my food for the day. Here's what he packed for me:

• a whole peanut butter and jelly sandwich
• gold fish crackers
• saltine crackers
• a raspberry jell-o pack
• a baggy of dum dums
• fruit snacks
• raspberry newtons
• carrot sticks
• diet coke

It was so thoughtful and sweet! He definitely didn't want me to go hungry. Needless to say I ended up eating half of the sandwich and a few of the other things. But he has been so supportive during everything, and I've really appreciated all of his help.

4. One night I randomly craved a Subway turkey sandwich on white bread. I don't normally get this ever, but it sounded so good! And it was. I told Tyson about my craving and he took me right over. That sandwich was amazing!! The funny thing is that it hasn't sounded good since. I guess that's how the craving thing works!

5. Brushing my teeth was REALLY hard for a while. It still is a little bit, but not as bad as it was before. I was a little worried about my teeth for a while because I couldn't keep the toothbrush back there for very long. Flossing was also hard.

6. Walking through Walmart was hard until yesterday. For the longest time I couldn't even walk through the grocery section without getting super nauseated. Specifically the Great Value box of lasagna made me sick. There were moments where I came close to ripping open a box of cereal or crackers to help calm it down. Instead I bought something that sounded good and waited till I got to the car to rip into it. Yesterday was the first time I have gone to Walmart without feeling nauseated once the entire time. Woo hoo!

7. The other day I woke up from a nap and was SO hungry. Then I remembered we had chips and salsa from Cafe Rio. So I decided to eat some. Wait, let me rephrase that: I decided to eat it ALL. And I was so sick afterward. It was great at first, but I over did it!

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I'm sure I'll do some other strange things in the near future that I'll be sure to keep record of ha ha. In the mean time I have loved being pregnant. The first appointment was a wonderful experience, and I'm so excited to continue this journey!