Kitties and Braxton Hicks

Oh yeah - forgot to give an update on the kitties. The novelty of me being prego and them being protective has completely wore off - they are sooo over it already... ;)

Gracie Kitty comes and crawls under the covers with me sometimes in the mornings and lies right next to my belly (SWEET) that is until Dax starts kicking her - she gives the unhappy meow or the "Rrreor" meow and runs off. HAHA!

My dad thinks we should get rid of them but I don't know how we could do that - they are both de-clawed which means they can never be outside kitties again (a bed we made and now have to lay in- well, it was actually Clint that wanted the Italian leather furniture hence the reason they are de-clawed).

I'm not scared of them biting Dax or clawing him, I'm worried about germs, allergies and them getting right in his face. We'll wait and see how it goes once Dax is here - if there's problems, then neither of us will hesitate. But it will break even my heart if it comes to that - they literally lay around the house all day just thinking up ways to be precious!

It looks like my fun days of the 2nd trimester are over - I thought I might have at least a little fun at the beginning of the 3rd. I'm getting the Braxton Hicks already - on top of the new excruciating RLP it scares the crap out of me at night and is quite painful. I didn't realize RLP were that uncomfortable. They aren't really that bad I guess, I think it seems it happens when I'm trying to sleep - like Mrs Angelo said it makes going to bed at night miserable. Cross your fingers for me that it will ease up - I'm hopeful... but like I said earlier - as long as Dax is fine and not in distress - I'm still as happy as a tornado in a trailer park.

Good News

I gained a pound instead of losing – Yipee, it's not much but it'll do. I asked if everyone's "iney" belly button eventually pops and he said no, but mine probably will b/c I'm thin – (yeah I totally looked around the room to see if he were talking to someone else). I may have not put on much weight, but I still wouldn't call myself thin. LOL! And I know, of all the things to ask your OB – who would think to ask if your belly button will pop. – haha. I get so excited even over the small things.

However, my belly (not belly button) finally has officially popped. I've been showing for quite a while, but in the last 2 weeks it has finally been just out there, no matter what time of the day it is and I'm carrying LOW and is probably the reason I'm having such a time with round ligament pain. Although I don't think I'm going to have a huge belly; I still think it's kind of small. Even despite other people saying by looking at the belly that Dax is going to be big. I don't see why they think that. ;)

We got our crib 2 weeks ago also but haven't put it together but I'll admit that every time I walk in the back door and see it (still in the box) it puts me in a good mood!!