Week 18

With week 18 coming to an end I have my big ultrasound before we are officially in week 19. My ultrasound is tomorrow (will post picture next week). This is the big one. This is when we get to find out if it's a boy or a girl. That being said, we'll pass. Thanks but no thanks. Lalalalalala – I can’t hear you – don’t want to know if it’s a boy or a girl. We want the big bang surprise at the very end. I am sure it will be followed by many surprises after that (What? You mean babies have to be fed every 2 hours?!). We have friends (Sara- due a week before me), who found out they are have a girl. We also have friends (Hetal – due two weeks before me, and Prashanthi – due a month before me), who are not finding out. They say it’s the year of girls, so we’ll just have to wait and see if it is. It must be semi-true. Nital had a baby girl earlier this year, now Sara with a girl, this other girl I know on Facebook had a girl about a month ago…. so? Maybe, a girl? On the other hand, there are 3 other girls who had or are going to have a boy this year (Nisha, Huma, and Rupal). I guess you never know.

My appetite has increased like 100%. Although I eat healthy and make conscious choices I found myself eating a cookie or a dessert daily. Still no particular food cravings – but I don’t crave chocolate like I used to. Still can’t eat too much chicken. I am obsessed with eating a big breakfast. On the days I work from home, I eat like a king – eggs, toast, tea, fruit, Indian snacks. This was my breakfast one day last week from home:

I’m going to go do my registry with our resident mom Hetal today. I dread going into Babies’R’Us. I swear there is something wrong with me. The idea of stepping into that store makes me anxious. I don’t like it. I have nothing against baby stuff but that store is so disorganized and hard to navigate that I have this resentment toward that store. Hopefully that will change today. Hopefully things will make sense.  We are also going to register at Target and I am looking forward to that. Give me the scan gun and move outta my way! Yes, I know Dawson’s Creek Complete First Season isn’t baby related – BUT happy mommy equals happy baby.