$10.00

Most people would say that in today's world $10.00 is not going to get you very far. You can go to a movie for $10.00. You can buy 10 things off the McDonald's $1.00 menu. You could buy 2 foot-long subs at Subway.

Or you could go to a Toby Keith concert on Sunday night!!!! Yep, you read that right for $10.00 you can go and listen to one of the Country Music's most popular artist at Wells Fargo Arena on Sunday night.

I have to say this might be the best $10.00 I ever spent.

Getting to the Good Part

I am officially in my 2nd trimester!! I really could not feel more excited. I think I'm really getting to the good part of pregnancy.

I guess the best way to explain this is that pregnancy to me is like an Oreo cookie. I twist it open and eat the cookie that does not have all the yummy filling on it. That part is probably the worst of the 3 stages of eating the cookie. This is like the 1st trimester. I was sick, not the throwing up kind of sick but the I feel like I could throw up any second all day kind of sick. Not fun. During the worst of this I also developed a sinus infection, add that to morning sickness and I was not a happy camper. Just as I was recovering from the sinus infection, my OB called and said that I had a bladder infection, so I no sooner finished one antibiotic and I started the second. Oh yeah, and I felt FAT, BLOATED, and TIRED all the time!! I have to say this stage was not fun and I would pray everyday that it would be over soon. The good news is that it does end!

The second part of eating the Oreo is licking the yummy filling off the remaining cookie. This is the BEST part. Although I'm not very far into my second trimester I can tell that I am starting to enjoy my pregnancy. I have had 3 WHOLE DAYS of not feeling sick!!!! My belly is starting to look like there is a baby in there, at least to B and I, the outside world can't tell yet but I know that will happen soon enough. We have our ultrasound on March 11th, which I can't wait for. I should also be able to start feeling the baby kick in a few weeks. I also am starting to gain some of my energy back, I stayed up until 10:30 last night!!!! Yeah, this is the good part :)!

The third part of eating in Oreo is better than the first because usually your remaining cookie has a little filling on it you were unable to get, so there is a little treat attached to the cookie. I can't really comment on what the 3rd trimester is like yet as I have not been there but I think I will probably be feeling HUGE and HOT and ready to get the baby OUT!!! I will get back to you on this when the time comes and tell you how I am really feeling.

In the meantime, I'm going to enjoy this fun stage. I'm going to decorate the nursery, buy maternity clothes, be excited the first time a stranger notices my belly, cherish every kick, and starting buying wither blue or pink baby clothes. I'm going to do all of this because THIS is the good part!