It's official

I definitely felt Baby Porkchop move last night. I was with my friends Amy and Brett and at the end of the movie, my belly just started going crazy. I've thought a few times that I felt him when laying down, but this time I was positive it was him moving around in there. It felt so crazy and made me happy to know he's moving around in there.

Although last night was a fun experience, today my center of gravity decided to give up on me. As I was walking out to the car tonight, I slipped and fell. I landed one knee on the cement and the other in the mud. My hands luckily caught my fall, but my tummy still hit the cement with a little thud. I, of course cried because it's scary as shit to know there's a baby in your stomach and that falling could hurt him. But I know that everything is okay. Just the fact that I fell so easily was really scary. I'm glad Kai was outside to help me up and calm me down. He always has a way of making me feel better when I do silly, clumsy things. :o)

This last week Kai and I also began talking more about names. We looked up some of the ones we had come up with a few months ago and numbered them with the top four we both liked. Of course, the two of us only agreed on two of them (typical!). At this point we're keeping our ears and eyes open for names that we like. It's down to a couple right now, but we're going to keep it to ourselves. Don't want to make the mistake of telling people our names and having them try to change our minds or steal them. Hey, it happens!!

The attack of MORE bugs (and rodents)

I know I write about bugs a lot, but they seriously will be the death of me. While reading my "What to Expect When You're Expecting" book today, I read a little blurb about mosquitoes. Why in the hell did I not read this BEFORE vacationing in Hawaii?? It pretty much said that pregnant women are more prone to getting mosquito bites than those that are not pregnant. Why?! Seriously, why?!?! I would have loaded up on OFF! had I known I needed extra protection! Grrr.....

Not only have I had run-in's with mosquitoes, I had a run-in with a freakin' cockroach today (puke in my mouth a little). Let me tell you, if you have not seen these things before, the first time you do, you will be disgusted. Not only do they look gross, they make this horrible clicking sound. I, luckily, shut this cockroach into the drawer and I'm pretty sure I smashed it *crossing fingers*. I will not be opening that drawer in the next two days...haha.

Another little rodent I had a run-in with was a mouse. Now don't ask me why, but mice don't bother me half as much as cockroaches do. I was sitting in the living room the other night, enjoying me some Chelsea Lately (Porkchop will NOT be allowed to watch Chelsea Lately if she's still around when he's old enough to know what they're talking about - she's a crazy cougar!). Anyway, while watching Chelsea, I see something scurry across the floor out-of-the-corner of my eye. I think, "It's just a brown gecko", because let me tell you, those things are prevalent in and out of all the homes in Hawaii. So a couple minutes go by and I see this brown thing scurry out again and this time, it's not a gecko, it's a mouse. I start giggling because he's actually really freakin' cute, but I know his time will sadly come. Today Kai smeared the mouse traps with peanut butter and I hope that in the middle of the night that I don't hear a loud SNAP, but I have a feeling that's exactly what's going to happen. Poor, poor mouse.

Mosquito Madness

I was so excited coming to Hawaii thinking, "Maybe this time the mosquitoes won't like my pregnant blood and they'll leave me alone." Boy, was I wrong! The haole in me is still apparent to them and my sweet blood is still a hot commodity. We went to Miloli'i, a fishing village on the Big Island for two days and one night. Kai's grandparents live there and I'm usually bit a few times by mosquitoes, but this time they loved me WAY more than usual and I tasted mighty fine. I thought Porkchop would be able to protect me, but it didn't work. I have bite welts all up and down my legs, as well as, my toes, my fingers, and a couple bites on my arms. Why in the hell do the mosquitoes have to like me so much?! I still haven't figured it out...

I've now began this whole car-sick feeling thing in the last couple days. Porkchop and I do not like bumpy roads in these parts and don't feel too hot when daddy flies over the bumps at warped speed. It makes mommy's tummy hurt. I guess I need to either begin sleeping in the car or just not ride with Kai anymore....hmmm, what to do...? This trip is great so far. My stomach is growing at warped speed all of a sudden, but I'm loving it and it feels more real then ever. Baby Porkchop will be here in less than 5 months, what do you think of that?!

We made it to paradise

So yesterday we flew from Portland, OR to Honolulu, HI to Hilo, HI. The trip was long and tiring, but we are finally here! I was super exhausted yesterday because we had only slept a few hours the night before our flight. Porkchop had his first plane ride and I'm sure he was having a blast in there. I got up every 1-2 hours as the doctor ordered while we were flying. I also got up too early in the flight and tried to use the bathroom, only to get yelled at by the stewardess. My bladder was about to explode and I had to go pee so bad, but I waited like a good girl and finally got to go about 1o minutes later.

Kai and I were discussing that the next time we fly to Hawaii we will have a baby and we will be "those" people with a baby. We'll be "those" people that get stared at all the way down the rows of the plane (you all know EXACTLY what I'm talking about). And I know people will be thinking in their minds, "Please don't let "those" people with that baby sit right next to me." Knowing our luck, we'll have the best baby in the world at home, but the minute we get him on the plane he'll cry and throw up everywhere...ohhh, how fun to look forward to parenthood.

Honestly, I can't wait til our little man comes, but I watch people with their children in a whole nother light now. I find myself feeling a little less judgemental of the people who have those naughty children throwing their bottles and screaming at the top of their lungs in the store. I've just decided we're blindfolding our children everytime we visit the grocery store so they have no idea what they're missing. Or I'll buy one of those backpack leashes to make sure the little sucker doesn't run away. Kai, of course, is against this. I, on the other hand, am highly, highly considering it...

The crazy pregnancy dreams begin...

We found out what kind of baby we were having yesterday (YAY!). We found out it was a boy and I can't believe the happiness that ran over both my husband, Kai, and myself. But last night, I had my first crazy pregnancy dream...

I dreamt I was in my high school in my hometown. I was in school, but still the age of 26 (don't judge me!). So I was in the commons area and all of a sudden I felt like I needed to pee, really, really bad. Then I went in the bathroom, sat on the toilet and out popped that little guy. He of course came out ridiculously clean and I just happened to have baby clothes packed in my backpack. I dressed him and I latched that little guy onto my breast and he began breast feeding. SO WEIRD!