Well, I’m definitely showing at 24 weeks. No denying this preggo belly. I’m already feeling the effects of it when I try to bend over to tie my shoes. I can hardly imagine how those laces will be tied when I’m 8 or 9 months!! Getting up from the couch is also a bit of a challenge…I didn’t expect that so early. How do those preggo’s do it and why don’t they constantly fall over? And aren’t they defying the laws of gravity? I guess I’ll figure that out as time goes on.
I am still feeling pretty good but my upper back is a bit achy. Not too troublesome yet. However, the pregnant dreams are starting to haunt me. Earlier in the week I had a terrifying nightmare that left me clinging to poor Gus (my lab) in my bed. What would I do without him in bed beside me when Larry is working nights?? And this nightmare was especially scary. I don’t remember it at all…all I know is this…it was not your run-of-the-mill blood-and-gore horror dream…it was more of the psychological-thriller variety. Too scary to allow myself to remember it. I covered my head with the blankets and grabbed a hold of Gus (is that completely crazy for a 37 year old woman to put the blankets over her head??). But, then I got so darn hot and I would’ve tolerated the heat had it not been for the nagging thought that my body temperature is not supposed to increase too much during pregnancy as its bad for baby. But, oh my the fear... I could not take the blankets off my head. I let out my legs and that cooled me off. Eventually I drifted off to sleep. Nightmares like that stay with you for a while, even if you can’t remember them. 16 weeks to go and I have to wonder how many more nightmares I’m going to endure. As long as Gus is there I’ll survive I guess….oh, and Larry if he’s not on nights.
Larry surprised me with a dozen red roses on Valentine's day. 
It was a very nice surprise. He also made dinner and bought a fancy (and very yummy) chocolate cake. It was a nice night. He's going to make a great dad to a baby girl because he knows how to treat a lady.
