Our Weekend

My new favorite spot to sit

We had planned for this weekend to be a low key weekend since Jared was traveling all last week and all this coming week. He got home Friday afternoon and we ran some errands and got ready for Friday night with friends. The boys came over to play poker while some of the girls and I (and sweet baby Ben) walked across the street for dinner. Poor Jared was exhausted but still hung in there with the guys...they had a great set up...beer, cards and baseball playing on the wall from a projector!

Sweet Ben...he was so tired

Em, Naomi & I had a great dinner at Encore sitting out on the patio...however when we got back to the house heartburn started setting in. Once the girls left I ended up throwing up six times and was utterly miserable. Not sure why I always throw up...not fun! And all the while the guys were still downstairs playing cards. I woke up around midnight to Jared laughing at me...I was in so much pain I fell asleep sitting upright in bed propped up with about eight pillows. I'm sure it was a funny sight...but I just couldn't get comfortable any other way.

I woke up Saturday morning heartburn free at 8am and laid on the couch letting Jared get as much sleep as he needed. I finally woke him up at 12:30, only to realize he wasn't ready to get up yet...so we both laid back down and fell asleep until 2:30pm!!! At this time I woke up with the worst "heartburn" I have ever had in my life. I threw up a few more times...at this point I wasn't keeping anything down but water. I was miserable...I tried walking, I tried laying down, sitting up, kneeling on all fours, rocking back and forth...NOTHING helped. I was crying. Poor Jared couldn't do anything for me and I know he felt bad. He tried rubbing my back which helped at least take my mind off the pain. We finally got out of our PJs at 6pm and walked across the street to get some medication and hoping the cool air would maybe help a bit. And I did feel a little better. I bought some Zantac, however after an hour it still hadn't worked. around 11:30pm I tried Maalox...which again didn't help. Again I couldn't lay down or sit up or walk without being in pain and I was starting to think something was majorly wrong. Plus I was freaked out that if this was heartburn and I couldn't handle the pain, how was I ever going to handle labor???!!!

I dozed on and off until 2:30am (pretty much woke up every 15 minutes in pain)...I called the doctors office to see if they had a nurses line or something for after hours so someone could at least reassure me that it probably is heartburn and to just ride it out...but wasn't able to talk to anyone. At this point we're talking 12 hours of being utterly miserable...crying again...I grabbed two pillows and went to lay on the couch so I wouldn't wake up Jared. I was actually able to lay on the couch semi-comfortably and promptly fell asleep. I woke up this morning pain free...thank God!!!

Need I say more???(notice Mally in the background keeping me company)

Needless to say we were lazy yesterday partly by choice, partly by the pain and today we are doing pretty much the same (although PJ and pain free!!). I'm praying for a good week, especially since Jared will be out of town. We're very excited for the doctors appt. on Wed and for the chance to see our sweet baby again...who by the way is definitely feeling bigger...or at least his/her knees and elbows are! More to come Wed.

My baby Micha...she loves to sleep on the changing pad
My hospital bag is pretty much packed...come on, you know I'm a planner!

-T-