growth spurt

Oh my. I can hardly believe the changes that I have been going through the past 2 weeks. The past week in particular has been the most noticeable. Up til recently, everyone's been saying that I'm not showing and that it doesn't look like I'm pregnant with twins. I haven't worried about it much because I know my time is coming. Well, I didn't know it would hit so fast. So I'm guessing that the babies are in a real growth spurt right now. For the past two weeks, I have been feeling fuller and my skin has been feeling tighter. This past week, I have been uncomfortable with the changes. All my innards feel shifted and my sense of balance is off kilter. My belly skin feels stretched tight as a drum. I get hungrier a lot more frequently, but the filling capacity of my stomach has diminished dramatically. I'm eating about half the amount I usually eat at most meals. However, once in a blue moon, I can eat a truckload. Sleeping is getting really rough. My shoulder and hip are continually sore from sleeping on my sides. And I'm just feeling generally crappy. When I walk, I feel like something is wrong. Like my spleen is where my kidney should be. This past weekend, Javier and I went shopping for some maternity clothes. It was a huge relief to put on pants that actually are comfortable. My local girlfriend also gave me some of her past duds, but mostly tops. I was in real need of some pants.

I've been wanting to do some shopping for baby items, but egads! There is so much stuff out there. I feel like I'm way out of my league. It's like a whole different language and I'm not speaking it. There are so many gadgets and widgets, and I just don't really know what is really useful or just junk. I want to cloth diaper, but I'm afraid that I'll be in over my head with two little tushies to change. At least we live on base and I don't have to worry about the water and electricity bill.

In other news, we finally received our furniture and household goods from the military yesterday. A lot of stuff was chipped, scratched and broken, and we even had a few boxes come up missing. This was probably our worst moving experience ever. It'll be awhile before we are able to assess full damages and turn in a claim to the military. Until then, it's very slow going getting this house put together. Neither Javier or I are motivated to tackle the big job. Our stuff is everywhere and it just seems overwhelming. Javier checks into his school on Tuesday so we only have a few days before he's busy and needs space.

How do I feel right now? Belly feels tight and big. I'm tired and exhausted even though I haven't done much today and even took a short nap. I'm hungry, but the meat hasn't thawed out from the freezer for the spaghetti I'm making tonight. And a little headache is creeping up on me. I better go take some tylenol before it turns into a migraine. Ta Ta.

~Latrice