Week 22

Our little girl is now the size of a papaya, give or take a little bit. She will this size for the next 3 weeks, so no new pictures for a while. Actually, there are only 4 more pictures total, kind of scary! Makes the reality of her coming that much more real.

This has been a very long week. I had been anxiously waiting for the second trimester, after hearing friends describe it as the 'honeymoon' phase. Honeymoon phase my ass. I'm on my third cold since Christmas and have a handful of other complaints that I will not bore you with. All in all, being pregnant kind of blows. In the end it will be worth it, but right now - it majorily sucks. What has me worried is that they say the first time around is the easiest. Ugh, what is the second kid going to be like?

On a pleasant note, because we all need to hear pleasant things, my boss confirmed I'm going to get 6 weeks of unpaid maternity - WOHO! Since I won't qualify for FMLA I was thinking I would only get 3 weeks off but he put together the rest of 2009's budget together this week and put me down for 6 weeks. I think I scared him by telling him if I have to have a c-section (which I hope I don't!) I would need at least 6 weeks to recover because of what it entails. He's a pretty young single guy and I think just the hints of what a c-section entails scared him. No seriously, he is a great boss. And not just because he is letting me have 6 weeks to bond with my little girl after she is born. Though that does bump him up to superstar status in my eyes. Talk about getting loyalty from an employee.