updates and stuff

do you know what my fantastic husband is doing? he's recording songs on the piano for our babies. and one of the babies has an opinion (hopefully it's a positive opinion) because there's some kicking going on. :) you see, I am all about singing to our babies at night, but singing is not so much blake's thing. awhile back, blake recorded some songs for me, but one one fateful hard drive-erasing day, those songs got deleted. so I told him that when I was pregnant he had to record some more for our babies (ha, at the time I thought it would be baby!). so tonight he got it all set up and started. i love blake, he is so sweet.

other reasons blake is sweet: I took mediocre care of him while he was sick last week. he woke up sick saturday morning and stayed sick for several days. finally, thursday he was actually better and we both went to work feeling pretty awesome that I hadn't caught his cold. friday morning we discovered we were wrong, as I was definitely sick. bummer. and, besides feeling sick I have to mix in a little guilt because he is taking great care of me... far better care than I took of him and it is definitely the exact same cold, so we were pretty much feeling the same way!

so, how am I feeling? well, having a cold when you're pregnant is really a bummer because there's not a lot you can take for it. and having a runny/stuffy nose while also having oxygen tubing in your nose is... undesirable. I've been compromising w/ oxygen at night but not during the day. (my lungs seem okay with this plan, which is good. no more bubbles or back pain.) i am allowed to take benadryl which I'm taking mostly to make me sleep and, joy of all joys, I am now the owner of a netty pot. what's a netty pot, you ask? you stick salt water in it and poor it in your nose until it comes out the other nostril. awesome!! actually, I've tried it a couple times and my nose has been too stuffed for it to work. but blake gave it a go to make sure we were doing it right and if your nose isn't completely blocked it apparently does work. I pretty much hate water up my nose so it hasn't been a great experience but when it's your only option, well, it's your only option.

today I was supposed to do the holy yoga in the morning and then go check out wedding venues w/ Ev (he's home for easter) but I had to bail on both. which was a bummer, but I am feeling much better than yesterday, so hopefully I'll be all healthy for Easter tomorrow. it's a little optimistic considering blake's recovery time, but... that's my plan.

ah, yes, and... thursday was 19 weeks. the only real excitment there is that the babies are each 6 inches long - and that means that I have a foot of baby in me! ha! today I ate a really small strawberry and I was like, look at this baby strawberry! and blake was like, it is bigger than our babies. then we paused and both said, in fact, our babies are bigger than all these strawberries! to think they used to be the size of a poppy seed! ah! they grow so fast!

well that's all for now. upcoming excitement: we'll find out genders on friday!!