Heartburn

I have heartburn. I hate heartburn. I get heartburn from taking my vitamins. I get heartburn from eating toast. Dry toast. Most people get heartburn from spicy foods, eating too much, laying down after eating.... I get heartburn just by thinking about food, taking a sip of water, and bending over to pick something off the floor. It fucking sucks. Yes, I dropped the f-bomb over heartburn because that's how bad it is.

With E, I ate hot wings like they were going out of style. I pigged out on a regular basis. I went to bed immediately after eating. I didn't have to sleep in an upright position until after I was 30 weeks along.

I mentioned today at dinner that this pregnancy is not typical. My friend asked, "How so?" My husband replied, "Because it's not like the last one." Fucker.

Seltzer

I just received the most awesome Christmas present from my sister -- a seltzer maker, called sodastream. When I was pregnant with E, I craved seltzer like a mad woman. All there is to drink in Portland is "sparkling water," which sucks. It has absolutely no fizz. To top it off, most sparkling water beverages around here are sweetened. That ain't seltzer. There were many times I asked Paul to fly to New York to get me real seltzer.

I no longer have to. I can make my seltzer as fizzy or as flat as I want. AND, if it loses its fizz, I can re-fizz it. How freakin' awesome is that? I made a bottle, drank a few sips and burped the biggest burp in the world. Ahhhh, so refreshing. Paul tried it, and made a funny face. He just doesn't understand the appeal of seltzer. I guess you just need to be an east coaster.

The box I got came with various flavors to add to the fizzy water. You can make actual sodas. Unfortunately, they're all sweetened with splenda, which is something I won't touch. But there are flavored stevia drops that you can get. I made some vanilla soda from some drops we had, which wasn't bad. It also came with unsweetened flavors, which will make some nice flavored real seltzer that I love. I can't wait to make myself a bottle to bring to work tomorrow. YUM!

15 Week Ultrasound

Here are a couple pictures from the 15 week ultrasound.


Profile (That's the cutest nose in the world)


Sucking his thumb.

It's a boy!