Tomorrow will mark the start of my 2nd trimester! It feels exciting and like quite a milestone. We are 1/3 of the way there! I've been feeling so much better the past couple weeks. I actually had it pretty good in the first trimester compared to some people, but still....I did have mild nausea and felt extremely tired. But, now the nausea is gone....yayyyy! And, I don't conk out on the couch at 8:00 every night anymore. I'm also finally able to cook without feeling sick, so after about 3 months of either just heating up something frozen or eating out or hitting the drive thru, we can finally enjoy a nice meal at home.
I've gained more weight than I had hoped in the first trimester, but what can I do now? I'm now at that kind of awkward stage of.......is she pregnant or has she just packed on a few pounds? I guess I could wear a "baby on board" t-shirt.....but that's just not really me:) I'm gonna break out the maternity pants here in a couple weeks. My pants are a bit snug, but not quite ready to move on yet. I'm excited for my stomach to "pop" as they say and finally have that baby bump.
My next midwife appointment isn't until January 7th and then shortly after that we will be able to have our ultrasound to find out if we are having a boy or girl. I'm so excited for that. I'm so ready to start buying some things and to start being able to work on the nursery.
We've got a lot coming up in December and January. We are heading to Nebraska for Christmas and then celebrating Christmas with Chad's family over New Years. Then January 15th, we close on our new home and start the moving and settling in. Lot's of excitement and lots of change coming our way.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Monday, December 1, 2008
Thanksgiving in Chicago
We just got back to Nashville after a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend in Chicago with Chad's parents. They live in Newburg, Indiana which is about 2 1/2 hours from Nashville and then about 5 1/2 hours to Chicago. The night before Thanksgiving, Chad and I drove up to Indiana and spent the night with his parents and then on Thanksgiving morning we all headed to Chicago for the weekend. We had a nice drive to Chicago with only 2 bathroom stops.......not bad with a pregnant girl along:) We arrived at our very nice hotel - The Allerton Hotel around 3:30 and relaxed a bit before meeting to head to dinner. We had a little time to kill before dinner that night so we went up to the top of the John Hancock Building and saw a great view of the city at night. We ate at McCormick and Schmick which is a seafood restaurant, but they had a special Thanksgiving meal which everyone but Chad got. It was yummy and we all ended up ordering dessert that night.....so we were quite full!
On Friday we headed out to do some shopping at Crate and Barrel at 9:00 but found that they didn't open until 10:00. So, we went to an indoor mall on Michigan Avenue and shopped around a little before lunch. We headed to the area near Lincoln Park to have lunch at a place called Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinders, a place that I had been before with my brother and it's amazing! We got there early and walked over to Lincoln Park Zoo....which is free! I love zoos and we had a ton of fun checking that out until lunch. Lunch was wonderful and it was a hit with everyone. Thanks goodness, since I had really raved about it. After lunch Chad and I went our own way and did some shopping in the afternoon before we had a nice date night at an Indian Restaurant and then to see the musical "Wicked". We had a great meal and the musical was really fun!
On Saturday we started our day by going to Millenium Park to check out the bean sculpture. It's actually called "Cloud Gate", but it looks like a bean and people kind of just called it that. It's really cool and fascinating to look at. The park has such a gorgeous view of the city skyline. Then we checked out the Navy Pier, which was very chilly with the wind off Lake Michigan and not too busy in the morning. We were all starting to get alittle hungry, but didn't have a plan for lunch. We felt like Mexican food, but when you are in a big city you don't really know where to go. I had a little guide book in my purse and flipped through to see if there were any Mexican restaurants and I found "Frontera Grill", which is a restaurant owned by a chef that I know about names Rick Bayless. Sounded good to us and we hopped in a cab. It was delicious. Chad's dad thinks it's the best Mexican food he's had! After lunch Chad and I headed our own way, Chad's mom headed to Nordstroms and his dad back to the hotel. We all did our own thing for the afternoon until dinner. We went to Gap where I tried on some maternity clothes. They had a fake belly you could try on which was kind of fun and enlightening. After I picked out a few things there, we got alittle snack at Starbucks and then just walked around all over. We went down by the river which is such a cool area. A bit cold out, but invigorating as long as you kept moving. We wore ourselves out....or rather I got worn out and headed back to the hotel for a break. Chad headed back out to the Apple Store. That night for our last meal in Chicago we went to a famous classic restaurant called Gene and Georgetti's. We are pretty sure there were some mobsters there. It had that classic italian look with the red checker table clothes and a very lively atmosphere. It was yummy and once again we were full after a big meal. Back to the hotel for bed since were were heading out the next morning.
Sunday we headed out around 9 and our plan was to get to IKEA at opening at 10:00. We got there a little early and they have a cafe that was open and they were actually serving a free breakfast. Cool! We ate and then hit the shopping. We had a list of things we wanted to get, so we had a strategy that made us pretty efficient. We also knew we were limited by the amount of space in the car to get it all home. But, we wound up with a good amount of stuff for our new house and we were really excited! It was snowing when we left and had about 5 1/2 hours driving ahead of us. The roads ended up being fine, but it was a long drive home and we were all very happy to pull into the driveway that night. We got to hang out a bit with Braxton and Sarah (Chad's brother and our sister in law) and our little niece Jolie. We had some yummy tortilla soup that Chad's mom made and I was really to hop in bed by 10:30.
Today (Monday) we headed home for a short 2 1/2 hour drive back to Nashville. We had a wonderful weekend full of memories. But, it feels good to be home and have a little time to relax before getting back to real life. I actually have Tuesday off from work which is wonderful. It's been a nice break. Now it's December and it'll be a whirlwind month. I'm very excited to go to Nebraska for Christmas and then once we get back it's just a few more weeks until we close on our new home! Lot's of changes for us. It's been an exciting year and it's gonna be another exciting year in 2009.
Happy Thanksgiving!
On Friday we headed out to do some shopping at Crate and Barrel at 9:00 but found that they didn't open until 10:00. So, we went to an indoor mall on Michigan Avenue and shopped around a little before lunch. We headed to the area near Lincoln Park to have lunch at a place called Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinders, a place that I had been before with my brother and it's amazing! We got there early and walked over to Lincoln Park Zoo....which is free! I love zoos and we had a ton of fun checking that out until lunch. Lunch was wonderful and it was a hit with everyone. Thanks goodness, since I had really raved about it. After lunch Chad and I went our own way and did some shopping in the afternoon before we had a nice date night at an Indian Restaurant and then to see the musical "Wicked". We had a great meal and the musical was really fun!
On Saturday we started our day by going to Millenium Park to check out the bean sculpture. It's actually called "Cloud Gate", but it looks like a bean and people kind of just called it that. It's really cool and fascinating to look at. The park has such a gorgeous view of the city skyline. Then we checked out the Navy Pier, which was very chilly with the wind off Lake Michigan and not too busy in the morning. We were all starting to get alittle hungry, but didn't have a plan for lunch. We felt like Mexican food, but when you are in a big city you don't really know where to go. I had a little guide book in my purse and flipped through to see if there were any Mexican restaurants and I found "Frontera Grill", which is a restaurant owned by a chef that I know about names Rick Bayless. Sounded good to us and we hopped in a cab. It was delicious. Chad's dad thinks it's the best Mexican food he's had! After lunch Chad and I headed our own way, Chad's mom headed to Nordstroms and his dad back to the hotel. We all did our own thing for the afternoon until dinner. We went to Gap where I tried on some maternity clothes. They had a fake belly you could try on which was kind of fun and enlightening. After I picked out a few things there, we got alittle snack at Starbucks and then just walked around all over. We went down by the river which is such a cool area. A bit cold out, but invigorating as long as you kept moving. We wore ourselves out....or rather I got worn out and headed back to the hotel for a break. Chad headed back out to the Apple Store. That night for our last meal in Chicago we went to a famous classic restaurant called Gene and Georgetti's. We are pretty sure there were some mobsters there. It had that classic italian look with the red checker table clothes and a very lively atmosphere. It was yummy and once again we were full after a big meal. Back to the hotel for bed since were were heading out the next morning.
Sunday we headed out around 9 and our plan was to get to IKEA at opening at 10:00. We got there a little early and they have a cafe that was open and they were actually serving a free breakfast. Cool! We ate and then hit the shopping. We had a list of things we wanted to get, so we had a strategy that made us pretty efficient. We also knew we were limited by the amount of space in the car to get it all home. But, we wound up with a good amount of stuff for our new house and we were really excited! It was snowing when we left and had about 5 1/2 hours driving ahead of us. The roads ended up being fine, but it was a long drive home and we were all very happy to pull into the driveway that night. We got to hang out a bit with Braxton and Sarah (Chad's brother and our sister in law) and our little niece Jolie. We had some yummy tortilla soup that Chad's mom made and I was really to hop in bed by 10:30.
Today (Monday) we headed home for a short 2 1/2 hour drive back to Nashville. We had a wonderful weekend full of memories. But, it feels good to be home and have a little time to relax before getting back to real life. I actually have Tuesday off from work which is wonderful. It's been a nice break. Now it's December and it'll be a whirlwind month. I'm very excited to go to Nebraska for Christmas and then once we get back it's just a few more weeks until we close on our new home! Lot's of changes for us. It's been an exciting year and it's gonna be another exciting year in 2009.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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