18 weeks

Looking back, my first trimester of pregnancy really was NO FUN! I felt so horrible all the time! Now, I am feeling so much better that I can’t even believe I made it through the first 3 months! I have moments of queasiness, but they are far and few. I also have times when I get really tired. But that I can live with also.

Yesterday was one of those days that I got really tired. But, it’s no wonder. We woke up about 6:30am and left the house by 7:30am to go to the Arthritis Walk. This year, the city held an Arthritis Dog/People walk. So, WnW sponsored a booth. I was in charge of it. We set up our pop up shelter and tables. We handed out information about the store, tennis balls, biscuits, and all kinds of good stuff. There were probably about 30-40 dogs that showed up. We also set up kiddy pools with water in them for dogs to either drink or romp in. Mostly dogs romped in it. One even laid down in it! When we get the pictures up, I will send them on. We packed up and left about 11:30am. So, that whole time I was on my feet. I think that really wore me out.

We came home and ran a few errands, but after that I took about an hour nap. I spent the rest of the afternoon in the Lazy Boy while Hubby did homework. He left at 6pm to go meet with his group for his school project for a few hours and I watched the Richmond race. Hubby made it home for the end of the race. I was in bed and probably asleep by about 9:30pm. I felt completely wiped out!

Other than that, things have been pretty much the same here. Hubby was pretty much gone the last two weeks with work. He’s home now for at least 3 weeks. We booked tickets to go to Monterey, CA in July for a few days, just the 2 of us. And towards the end of July we will go to Vegas for his work conference.

The puppies are doing well. Bristol is really having fun in his Agility class! He is too good at it too! I have a hard time keeping up with him! He is fast! I have heard that there is a place out on Woodmen that has a full course that you pay a membership fee to and you can go out and practice with them all you want! I think we might do that after we finish the current class we are in! Maggie starts her next class on Tuesday. And Buddy enjoys being an 8 year old beagle by spending his time sleeping or eating.

My grass isn’t turning green yet. All the neighbors have green grass all ready and I still have mostly brown grass! I did have our lawn people put organic fertilizer down this past week and they also got the sprinklers up and running. So, hopefully we will start to see things green up soon! I turned the sprinklers on when I got up with the dogs this morning in fact, to help my poor grass. I feel like I have been watering like crazy though, because before the sprinkler system was turned on, I was using the hoses to water!

Well, I have to go and see if I have a clean pair of maternity pants to wear for today! My regular clothes just don’t fit anymore. I am up 9 pounds so far! I am just starting to get a little belly. Nothing really noticeable yet. But here is what the baby is up to now that I am 18 weeks!

http://www.babycenter.com/mybabycenter/118.html