Baby: Ups and Downs

Wow baby, this morning you're doing jumping jacks on my bladder! The last few days have been a rollercoaster.  We finally got in our prenatal visit Wednesday, after being rescheduled twice. At 20 weeks we weighed in at about 127.5 lbs and measured 22cm. Weight gain is slowing down a bit but I know you're healthy everytime I feel you doing your acrobatics.  Our next visit will be with the new practice, Birth and Beyond.
Wednesday night my gut emptied itself out at both ends.  Thursday we had more snow and I spent the day between sleeping and trying to rehydrate myself.  Friday was the same, I got cabin fever and tried to go to work but I couldn't manage it, did a small grocery run, came home and continued trying to recover. Everyone pitched in to tidy the house a bit in preparation for Saturday. Saturday was an emotional and physical rollercoaster in itself - Mike decided to subject us to a Directbuy presentation at their showroom.  It's a club where they give you access to order consumer goods and services directly from the manufacturer to give you better prices.  But it costs a LOT of money to join. It is really only worth it if you are buying a house or routinely buy a lot of big ticket items.  That's not us right now.  Maybe 5 years down the road, but even then doubtful.  Anyway it was intensely mentally stressful.  Our reward was a restaurant.com gift card and a very basic tablet PC. After 2 hours of this, we threw the children in the car and rushed off, grabbing a quick but not very healthy sub from Subway to eat and then meeting our friends at the movie theatre to watch the LEGO Movie in celebration of Derek's birthday (he turned 6 Wednesday). Great movie but it resulted in us wired and eating a lot of salty popcorn.  After the friends came over to our house, which was also fun but again took energy. By the end of the day we were all completely exhausted and emotionally drained.  The kids and I had meltdowns, at least theirs was fixed by a good night of sleep, I was not able to cope with getting up and going to church the next day. After everyone left for church Sunday I was able to calm down some with breathing and yoga, then spent the rest of the morning crocheting a hat for Elinor and slippers for Derek. A friend out of the blue offered to do a prenatal yoga with me one on one Sunday afternoon, Not coincidence... We played games and put the kids to bed, and went to bed early ourselves! So far, even though it was a slow morning, was able to get ready and make it to work - at this point that is a major accomplishment!

Here's a picture at 20 weeks (Elinor is the photographer):