The Mini-Miller is now about 10 1/2 inches long (from head-to-toe about the length of a carrot!) and weighs three quarters of a pound. And the M-M is moving quite a bit more. What was once occasional, is now pretty much daily. What a wonderful experience thus far!
This has been a great week. I spent a relaxing weekend with my husband and playing board games two days in a row with friends that I haven't seen so much of lately. Yay. My ultimate happy place is being surrounded by friends, talking, laughing and connecting over board games. So much fun.
Moving forward, I've had several good nights of sleep and some not so good sleep last night. It's funny how much I already began to take the good sleep for granted. No more! Tonight, I shall appreciate it. I think part of the problem last night was that I would wake up and start planning out the Mini-Miller Gender Reveal Party details for this Thursday night. Then, I drifted in and out of some c-r-a-z-y dreams. I shall describe them to you if I remember correctly.
In one dream, I was going into some sort of battle (think David vs Goliath) where I would be pitted against some sort of superior foe. Well, I was preparing and this good-witch-like-lady shows up and says that she has one special cat that hasn't "bonded" with anyone yet and gives it to me to aid in my battle/quest (the dream was evolving). The cat was big enough to ride, long haired and buff-colored like my Curly-Cat, only with a white "soul patch" on his chin. The cat turned purple when you would ride him and I got the distinct impression that he turned into a dragon or a unicorn (so he would be comfortable to ride)...of course, the purple color would stay.
After trying to "bond" with the cat, he wandered off and I continued to get ready for the challenge. While this was going on, some sort of flood came on and we had to evacuate the little apartment in a mall that we had been preparing in. When I left, I couldn't find the special kitty, and had to leave him behind, knowing that we already have two cats and knowing that my husband would be most displeased if I brought home another cat...even a color-changing shape-shifting one.
The other dream that I remember is that Ryan and I were visiting his parents and we left. We chose to go home via a high-speed train. Now, apparently when my brain thinks "high speed" it thinks of multiple g's. Here's what happened. We got on the train, Ryan got strapped into his seat and the conductor of the train entered our modern-looking compartment (looked more like bus seats with those upright poles for balance), and introduced herself. She was elaborately dressed in a sequined outfit and dripping with costume jewelry, her blonde hair adequately poofed up. As I was talking with her, she mentioned how nice I was and then left...and immediately, before I could find a safe seat, she started the train.
It was reminiscent of being in a low-gravity tilt-a-whirl or scrambler ride at the county fair. I grabbed onto one of those upright poles and held on for dear life as I was thrown from side-to-side and up toward the ceiling then back down toward the floor. At some point, I managed to get buckled into a seat and reproached my husband for not making sure I was safe in my seat before strapping in himself. After a while, I fell asleep on the train and when I awoke, I found our luggage in the compartment with me but no one else. It was then that I realized that I left my huge new pillow at my in-laws house and I began to have a melt-down and my husband showed up. He told me that he needed to "take a bath" so he left me in the capable hands of the conductor so he could go do that. (Ryan only takes showers, so this was very strange) After that, I think I woke up, for real from dreaming.
I find these bizarre and hilarious at the same time. I hope you enjoyed them. Now, onto more pressing matters. The newest picture is below.
My energy level has come back up a bit, in my opinion due to the quality sleep I've been getting. I did a couple of loads of laundry the other day, made the guest bed, and did some other miscellaneous cleaning.
Cravings: Still just the chocolate milk and Saturday it was ice cream...particularly custard or a brownie sundae.
Other random observations: I find that pregnancy has been liberating. I don't have to "suck in" my belly. People expect my belly to grow; me to get bigger. So, in that way, I am really enjoying this new type of freedom. If my tummy hangs out while I'm walking or if my clothes "make me look fat" it doesn't matter. I'm growing a baby and that is beautiful. I've read about other women not knowing that they would go through a stage where they didn't look pregnant, only fat, and that disturbed them. I am not having that problem. Quite the opposite, I guess.
Tomorrow is the BIG day. Tomorrow, assuming the M-M cooperates, we will find out if the M-M is a boy or a girl! I could not be more excited. I hope I will be able to sleep tonight. Thursday we will be having a Gender-Reveal Party, and I am really looking forward to it. Even if a lot of people are unable to attend, it will still be fun and special to me. :)
Cheers, and I'm sure you'll hear from me again this week.
~N~
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