Week 15 & 16

So, oops! im a little late on my blog, i know people, i know. I didnt realize that many of you actually look forward to my ranting and raving every week, haha :) so glad to know that now though! i just went thru a few weeks of being purely exhausted and never got around to doing it, work has been really busy and when i get home, i could barely force myself to cook dinner or exercise, much less write the blog..i did start on it the other night and told myself i wasnt posting again until i uploaded my pics to my new laptop...well, it took me (computer illiterate apparently) like an hour or so to figure out how to go back and drop pics into my old posts, but for some reason it kept putting them all at the bottom of all of my blogs and in no particular order..needless to say, i gave up that night. good news is, there are pics up, you just need to scroll to the bottom of the page, i did manage to rearrange them in some sort of "order" at least :) i think it will be easier next time when i just add them in as i type, but i personally gave up on making it look pretty for the past blogs, so i apologize. i dont know if pregnancy brain has kicked in or what, but i was getting frustrated and had been staring at a computer all day anyways...so there is my explanation for being late, ha. now for the exciting news....one week from today we find out if we are having a boy or girl!!!! i cant believe that its here already!! we are super pumped and cant wait for the big news! hopefully it will make the "naming process" a little easier, and its not that we cant think of anything, its that we have thought of too many options...like 3 pages of options...i think when we find the right name, we will just know, kinda like a wedding dress, right???
anyways, we had a great trip down to New Orleans for new years, the saints game was so much fun and a great one to be at, considering drew brees threw like 5 TD passes and i was a witness :) thanks again Alicia for the tickets! now, i have to admit, it was the earliest i have ever been to bed on new years...we did more of a "food crawl" rather than a "pub crawl" and i must say, i think my idea was brilliant! we ate some really delicious food while we were down there, and were back at our hotel by like 10:30 or so...richard had to wake me back up for the countdown, but o well, i slept really well in that fancy bed, so i didnt care! i am just thankful that my husband is not a big drinker or partier, so the night was perfect for all three of us with no complaining! it was the "back to reality" part the following Tuesday that really bummed me out. o well, it is what it is!
Stats:

• Weeks preggo: 16 weeks 6 days, so technically almost 17 weeks!
• size of baby: about the size of an avocado, 4 1/2" long, 3 1/2 oz.
• My weight: 126
• Fun Fact: my baby is growing nails right now, ha...weird to think about!

How am I feeling?

• Emotionally: still crying over the stupid stuff, like OnStar commercials where the kid calls in and saves the moms life cause she is going into a diabetic coma, or having a stroke..things like that. but i think i am a little more adjusted to the hormones overall...maybe.. :) also, just so overwhelmed and excited that we are having this baby and next week i can call it a he or she...which also makes me get emotional. momma...dont you start crying too! (us lofton ladies are criers)
• Physically: i am hoping i am starting to get some of my energy back these days, trying to incorporate my walking routine once again. i was finally starting to exercise regularly when we found out i was pregnant, then i lost all energy and was not feeling well...needless to say, exercising went out the window! im hoping soon enough i will feel like dancing to my micheal jackson on the wii again :) but for now, walking is good enough, at least its something!
• Cravings: still nothing too weird, in my opinion...granted i did eat some chicken casserole for breakfast today, haha. i was so tired of grits or oatmeal!! i have had to have a whopper with extra pickles at least once a week. and may or may not have drank out of the pickle jar the other night, but hey, i pretty much did that before i was pregnant..dont judge me :) other than that, i think i have stayed pretty normal..well at least i thought that before i started typing this section...hmmm.
• Fun Stuff: are you kidding...the only thing i can think about right now is finding out the sex!! and picking out a name :) i cant wait till next Thursday!!!
• O, and i forgot to mention that not only has my appetite increased dramatically, so has my road rage. i literally almost put my car in park and had a few words with a lady on Monday morning..i have never been so serious about getting out of my car to go off on someone as in that moment..just so you all know, i stayed in my car, and just had a "talking to" with her thru my rear view mirror..i may or may not have made certain hand gestures, but i dont care, i felt better after that :)

Well, since i decided to once again, write this post at work, im not even going to attempt to add any pictures in, but we should be caught up on all of my "weekly photos" at this point..hopefully i can keep up with this better once i get more time/energy, etc. to do it at home and add pics as i go..o, and obviously everything went great at our appointment last week! my appointment got delayed at first because my poor doctor had kidney stones :( but all was well when we finally got in. heartbeat was 148 this time, slower than last time...so my doctor said she wasnt guessing on the sex this time..at first she thought boy, then she said it sounded like a girl, now she refuses to guess, haha. guess i have thrown everyone off! so, if you have any guesses...please share! i love to hear everyones opinion!! hope everyone has a good rest of the week, its almost friday, woo hoo!!

kristin