Oh 2 a.m., when did we get to be such good friends? 4/12/11

OK, OK, I'll admit it! I have forsaken caffeinated tea (tea fergodsakes!), coffee (entirely), never had a 5 hour energy slug nor any crack for that matter, but you've got me! I ate some chocolate before bed. Someone, somewhere, sometime may have mentioned that it has a bit of caffeine in it. Or sugar. Or little dancing gnomes whose job it is to keep me awake all night- for a week.

There were a lot of things I expected to experience through my pregnancy.  Nausea (check), belly getting bigger (check), odd food things (check and double check) but no sleep? C'mon, really?  I got a mostly full night of sleep on Friday night, but I've been up for at least a few hours every night for about a week. Before that I had a few days, but it was spotty at best. I can't take anything that will really knock me out, but I've been allowed an itty, bitty Benedryl. Woo hoo, little pink pill the size of my pinky nail. You'll save me! Harrumph I say. Harrumph!

Well, at least it's given me a minute to check in here. Some cool stuff has continued to happen. First, I never thought I'd be happy to say that none of my pants fit. But, woo hoo! I have a belly! It's not that big so far, but it's definitely there. I can't suck my gut in at all anymore, and probably shouldn't squish the beansprout anyway. I've been wearing stretchy-waist skirts to work and sweatpants when I'm not. Who ever thought it would be so awesome to have an excuse to wear sweats all day! The belly is rounding out but I don't quite feel like a beached whale yet.

I still don't have food cravings, but some aversions are certainly there. I don't like jellybeans. What's up with that? Also, those Popcorner chips that were the best before are no longer so. Thankfully most of my staples are still tasty, and I'm just not going to forsake chocolate, so screw that.

Otherwise, we're still happy and incubating along :) I found a "gestation calculator" that makes me sound like a science experiment, but it's a pretty spiffy tool. As of right now, I am 12 weeks and one day along, with 27 weeks, five days and 21 hours to go till baby bean should pop out. Pretty cool. Hopefully I'll be posting some more pictures of something rad soon. For now, let the gestation adventure continue!