This week Luke has been busy preparing for a big presentation at work. He’s been waking up early to practice, practicing in his car on the way to work and the other night while I was at a happy hour with my girlfriends he made Jak & Zeus listen to his presentation. From the looks on their faces, Zeus thinks there’s room for improvement and Jak thinks it’s a home run! I can’t believe they just sat there without falling asleep while Luke talked about phasing on building an intersection for 15 minutes!

 

Here I am at 21 weeks, that belly is getting huge! I feel lucky that through over half my pregnancy I haven’t really felt pregnant yet. I haven’t had any morning sickness, I am still sleeping well, and for the most part my range of motion is still in tact. At my 20 week appointment my doctor told me that my blood test came back showing that I was borderline anemic so she prescribed me an iron supplement and said that it might help with my energy levels. Lack of energy is the only thing I am full on experiencing so hopefully the iron helps. I am expecting the not-feeling-only-looking-pregnant state I am in to come crashing down when I start my third trimester in April but am going to enjoy it while it lasts and hope it lasts through our vacation to Hawaii in 2 weeks!

I haven’t had any super weird cravings either. I ate an avocado a day the entire month of February and often crave cottage cheese with peaches. Those are both on the healthy side which I happily accept. On the other side of the spectrum, I would happily make my entire diet pizza, vanilla ice cream and potato based but I know that I have to fight the urge! I wish moderation were an option when it comes to these cravings but if there’s a pizza, gallon of ice cream or bag of potatoes in our house I will devour them as soon as they can be prepared.

OMG. I totally forgot (momentarily) that today is Zeus’s third birthday!! The goose and my dad share the same birthday, how cool is that? My dad and mom celebrated my dad’s birthday in Marsall Islands yesterday because they are a day and a half ahead of us, weird right?

I can’t believe that the sweet peanut below:

 

Turned into the wild goose he is today! In dog years, Zeus turns 21 today which explains his recent interest in drinking all things alcoholic. I imagine his 21st birthday will go something like this:

 

Drink until he passes out and then spend the next day recovering in his favorite pillow:

It’s no surprise that Zeus and my dad have a special kinship being born on the same day and all. The first time they met they both fell asleep on the couch. Zeus was woken by my dad’s snoring and instead of moving to a quieter spot he snuggled closer and looked adoringly at my dad like, “you are my soul mate.” Every time my dad is in town they have a snuggle session / snore-off on the couch and subject the rest of us to their concert. I will admit, though, that they are getting pretty close to harmonizing!

 

I’m thinking Friday the 13th can’t be that bad if two of my favorite guys will be celebrating their birthdays! Happy Friday to all of you and I hope you have an amazing weekend, we sure plan to!