Seasons in the sun

We said goodbye to our poor dog today. I thought I would be completely fine, I mean there's only so much eh hem, crap, one pregnant woman can clean up. Regardless, I still cried when his nice new owner offered to let us come by anytime. I'm so scared Eli is going to be devastated. That dog was his best friend, but as my friend pointed out, he'll have a new best friend, a little brother, in a few short months. Optimus didn't seem to be bothered at all. He hopped in the car without any prodding and was like "bye suckers!"

We're moving out of our house on Monday and Eli and I are off to Denver until the 16th when we will close on our townhouse. He's super excited to see his cousins, Tenley in particular. I told him we were going to say goodbye to Optimus, get on a plane to Denver to see his cousins, then maybe go swimming to which he replied "that sounds fun." Wish us luck! Once we get settled I will feel relieved.

Week 22

Baby's size: ear of corn

Symptoms: weird sensation of my mouth tasting hugely bitter or tasting like soap at random times, waking up with numb feet, seeing stars

Cravings: Pretzels from Flying Saucer- even though they make me sick; I have had dreams about chips and pickles several times, which is odd

Milestone: Forgot to mention that daddy felt baby move at 19 weeks

<--pouting because mom wouldn't give me my binkie

Eli

I say baby's name so loudly and with gusto, it's never just Anias it's "ANIAS!!!!" I'm very sweet, and when mom got a new shirt I told her she looked cute and baby looked cute. She thought it was so funny I said it over and over. I love to walk Optimus and run as fast as I can. I pretend that my fish bath toys talk to each other and use different voices for each one. Usually they just say hello, okay, and bye bye to each other. I pretend to be on the phone with a one Mr. Chicken Nugget almost daily and I find myself wondering months later where Santa went.

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