Week 18

I am always amazed at how much can happen in just one week that it worth documenting. Last week I forgot to mention that I accepted another research study to be a part of, so I am now in four total. I love being a part of different studies! We get paid to do the simplest things and it will help other women in the future. We got our first check in the mail yesterday and even though it was a small amount I still was super excited to have a little mula to go towards Baby Crow. I will write more on the specific study I am doing when I actually have to participate.

This week we choose our name for Baby Crow. I realize that we still have many months to change our mind but I LOVE the name right now and I don’t see myself changing my mind so we are going to name him Kendrick Crow. We are still trying to decide on a middle name. We don’t know which side of the family to pull the middle name from so it has been hard coming up with one. I love Kendrick because we can call him Kenny (My fav) or Rick for a nickname. The only problem with the name is that it is kind of difficult to say the end K with the beginning C in Crow. I have decided that I don’t care  enough to let it stop me from using it so I wanted to make sure I blogged about it on the week we found it. We came up with the name from a baby name app I put on Nate’s Ipod. I wouldn’t let Nate go to sleep until we found a name and once we found Kendrick I was satisfied. I am really excited about it so no mean comments please!

My stomach has been acting up this week. I have still been able to have milk products but because of my acid pill that I have to take most foods that are high in proteins make me really sick. I bought a ton of protein bars, and jerky because I am supposed to have protein but I always get really sharp stabbing pains that last hours when I eat it. I will probably have to take another pill with my acid pill so that my body knows to still break down food and not just stop all acid production : (

I have failed to write about food cravings most of this pregnancy so I thought I would fill in that info. I have yet to have a craving where I just have to have a certain food. For the most part I eat almost exactly as I would as if I wasn’t Prego. The only difference is that I now eat boring and “yucky” flavors like grape and lemon first. I used to love the fun artificial flavors like apple, peach, and watermelon, and now I love cherry, grape, lemon, and just basic boring flavors. I surprise myself every time when I go for the opposite flavor that I usually would. Other than that I don’t think much else has changed.

We got a sweet little white cradle this week from a neighbor that it moving. It currently has pink bedding but I’m planning on having my ma help be change that. I wasn’t originally planning to have a cradle or bassinet because our apartment is so small but it was so sweet that I just couldn’t pass it up. It is white and has a pin in the side of it that makes it stay in one spot or if you pull it out then you can make is swing. Kendrick is going to look adorable in it. After we get our carpets cleaned I can set it up and will post some pictures.

Can you see Kendrick growing?? I’m not so sure I have changed too much lol except tights are extremely extremely uncomfortable to wear!!