17 week belly picture and another yummy lunch

Here's a belly picture of me at 17 weeks, I'm glad that I finally seem to be making some progression :-)


For you brave souls here is another one to show off little Spot hiding in my belly!


Today my friend from college brought over lunch from Nood.les and Company. It was the first time trying this restaurant and I had this Bangkok stirfry dish that was so yummy. I'll definitely be sending my husband for takeout again soon! Visiting with my friend over steaming hot soba noodles was just what the doctor ordered. She brought me a light hearted pregnancy book about get this...a comical approach to bedrest! I'm anxious to read it cover to cover and have a good laugh.

Things are still quiet here on the homefront, thank heavens. I am ever so grateful for those kind of days. Tomorrow should hopefully be an uneventful one, and then Wednesday our cleaning lady will be here in the morning. This is something that is truly priceless when you're not able to do even the simplest of household stuff. I swear, I never thought I'd see the day where I actually yearn for some one on one time with my vacuum cleaner. I miss the dear old dust sucker :-) (No I don't mean my husband, hehe!)

Although things have been quiet for the last few days, I feel like I've already learned a lot from my short stay on bedrest row.

1. Despite having all the time in the world to sleep, bedrest causes this weird type of insomnia. I either can't fall asleep at night and am up until 4AM, or if I am lucky enough to fall asleep at a decent time, I wake up at 4AM and can't fall back asleep.

2, Since I am up often at 3 or 4 AM I have discovered that VH1 plays the newest song by New Kid.s on the Block once an hour every hour from 3AM until 10AM. It was alright to hear it at first, but now I have the video memorized. If you tell anyone I will hunt you down.

3. Grilled cheese with tomato is great for breakfast, lunch, or dinner and is very easy to make when you don't feel like cooking. It is my new comfort food.

4.You can watch the entire first three seasons of Showtime series We.eds on Netflix. I did just this in less than a two week time period and now I have the intro song about ticky tacky little houses stuck in my head. My husband also sings it randomly because he has heard it 3o times already. (By the way - there is a new episode on tonight!)

5. I miss the bleep bleep bleep noise of the anesthesia machine from work. During a long OR case, you got so used to the noise it almost put you in a peaceful trance. Don't ask me why - but I miss that sound!

6. Since my cerclage, my lady parts down below have never quite been the same. I know that with pregnancy the whole area becomes "puffy." But I think mine have taken this to new heights - I'm not sure if it's due to the surgery or what. It looks like I've had the same collagen injections as Angel.ina Jolie's lips, but instead injected in my area "down there," if you know what I mean! (My friend pauline actually came up with that description when I mentioned the puffy nature of the lady bits to her the other day.)

Thanks everyone for the food suggestions. Cibele, no I've never had Brazilian food - gosh that sounds good to try though! I hope everyone is having a great start to their week, and thanks again for sharing the bumpy ride with me lately. Fourth of July is almost here, and hopefully it means a short work week for everyone and a long lazy weekend!