We Survived the Storm!

Hola a todos. Bubba turned 24 weeks old on Saturday! How wonderful, no? Here we are on Sunday:

This boy is kickin like crazy now! It's great! 

The substitute teaching caught up to me quick. After a few weeks of being around all those kids an germs, I got sick. It was bound to happen. I worked a week and a half straight with no days off- This is great! I'm rakin' in the dough! Then Wednesday came and BLAHHHHH! Stuffy nose, sore throat, exaustion. So I've been resting and I'm just now, 6 days later, starting to feel better. I just have all this thick sticky yellow snot that's still in my head and coming out in chunks. Ew. I know. 

The biggest bummer to me about all this was that it really threw me off my exercise routine. Before I was making it down to the gym nearly everyday. But lately I've just really felt like I need to rest. I think tomorrow I will finally be well enough to get back to it. I hope it didn't set me back too far. I pack on the pounds quick these days, and my developing relationship with Ben & Jerry has not helped. I am breaking up with them now though. Yesterday we had half a pint in the freezer and my excuse to eat it was that the power would probably go out with the storm and it would go to waste if we didn't eat it all, right then! I shared it with Noel... this time willingly. But after I vowed that it would be our last time together for a while. They are just too controlling. 

So anyway, I'll go back to work this week. Tomorrow I'm working a half day in the afternoon. But if I end up sick again in just a few weeks, I don't know if I can keep doing it. The only other issue I have with subbing is that I often feel like this: 

I have to go to the bathroom so frequently, and I can't always go when I need to. 

Sometimes I already feel uncomfortable enough just being pregnant... being sick on top of it is no fun. The other day, while was laying in bed with my sniffles, I just couldn't get comfortable. And well, I was being kind of whiney about it. Noel says, "It's ok sweety, you only have 3 and a half months to go."

I glare at him and start laughing.... "Hahahaha. Haha.... 3 and half months!!! Does that sound short to you!?!?" It sounds like a long time to me, considering I'm only going to get bigger, heavier, slower... I'm thinking You clueless man. You don't know what I am going through here. You don't understand! LoL... the words that come out of a man's mouth to his pregnant wife are quite laughable sometimes. But they all must know... tread lightly. You don't want to bring out the hormone monster. 

Sunday I was about to head out to meet my friend from Peace Corps for breakfast... Noel is kindly trying to help me with how to get there, explaining directions. I am looking at him and trying to listen but next thing I know I am crying. I didn't even know why. He says, "Why are you crying?" and so as not to seem like a stupid cry baby that cries for no reason (although I'm sure he knows pregnant Amy is already like this) I came up with a reason... "I'm hot." Yea, like that's better. A grown woman crying because she is hot. It sounds like BS anyway coming from the same woman that endured the tropical heat of San Vicente, El Salvador for years without air conditioning. It was just one of those mornings, I guess. The sobbing continued even on the road as I got lost trying to find my way to Silver Spring, Maryland where my friend was waiting for me. I call Noel, not sure about my route. He explains to me which way to go again and I start crying. "Pull over Amy if you're crying Amy!" he says, "I don't want you to get in an accident!" I managed to pull it together and get the monster to go away. I made it to the restaurant, finally, after my friend had been waiting for half an hour. Poor Jessica. I apologized a ton, and we had a nice breakfast. The monster went away for the rest of the day, and we haven't seen her since. But she's always in there someway, lingering, waiting to make her next appearance.

So you probably heard about Hurricane Sandy that was headed towards the Northeast this weekend. They were expecting her to affect the DC area, and so schools were canceled and Noel didn't have to go to work yesterday or today. It's been a nice and relaxing few days! And the storm wasn't too bad where we are. We had stocked up on water and food for it.... but we never even lost power! Hallelujah! It was a little unsettling though riding out the storm. We live on the 17th floor of our building and we could feel the building moving a little from the wind. And we have huge glass windows in our living room that were shaking, as the wind whistled outside. All we ended up with in the end though was some wet carpet in our living room that the wind had pushed through the cracks of our windows. Not too big of a deal. I'm sorry for all the people who were so badly affected by the storm, but I am grateful I was able to have these days of rest at home with my husband. 

I think we've picked a baby name! I'm 95% sure. There is a small chance I will find another name that I love even more in the next few months, so I'm not going to be 100% til he's here. I did some shopping for him this week, and then my mom did too! Baby Bubba's wardrobe is growing and oh so cute!

This is the stuff I got at Target. I wish I had the picture of all the stuff my mom got.  So cute! All this stuff is newborn, which was apparently stupid of me to buy because he won't be able to wear them for very long. *sigh*

I've been hitting up the Goodwill lately for maternity clothes. I found this dress for $3! It's look kind of spring timey thought doesn't? I don't care, I like it! 

This week, I am thankful for....

... this wonderful man that cooks me delicious dinners all week when I just don't have the energy to do it myself. And look, he even does it with a jig and a smile on his face! :) Love you!

So my tummy is rumbling... Egg time! Happy fall everyone!

Paz y Amor.