26 Weeks: I'm FEELIN' it.

26 Weeks! Last week in my second trimester and I'm feeling very pregnant. I run out of breath often, I can't tie my shoes correctly, I pee every 20 minutes, and I feel a lot of stretching going on. What I have noticed is that I'm still sleeping really well {despite the bathroom trips}, I've only had a few episodes of heartburn {had it daily last time}, and my back is not hurting! With Madison my back was in constant pain from 22 weeks on, I was always getting massages and they didn't help very much. Maybe I should have spent that money at a gym, haha. 

I am carrying this baby a lot lower, he is constantly kicking me wayyyyyy down there and it's not comfortable. I'm still craving carbs over sugar, getting back to my regular eating is going to be hard, for Oliver and I! I've been slacking in the cooking department lately which affects both of us. 

You may have heard that it iced over DFW this weekend, our half was canceled, bummer. I know it was for the best, but it's really dissapointing. We had a fun weekend planned and we were both really looking forward to not just running, but just enjoying a weekend out together. There is another one in Dallas on NYE, but there's a wait list so I'll just have to see.

I know most of you scoff at us southerners and our 'cold' weather, but the fact is that our good state is just not equipped for dealing with it. They don't come around and salt our roads, people are not used to driving in it, our drought ridden trees were bent to the ground under the weight of the ice causing power outages. It's just a mess all around. 

Friday I worked from home, with a toddler it was interesting. She kinda gets to be quite while I'm on a call. Then she gets bored and forgets and starts building forts behind my chair and making a gigantic mess.

Saturday we ran out of toilet paper and coffee so I insisted that we leave the house. It took me 45 minutes to deice my car, I had to use a empty milk jug filled with warm water and pour it over the doors and windows. I don't even own an ice scraper!

Since we had no plans for the weekend I thought we may as well head to the dealership and take a look at a few cars, Oliver's truck will not hold two car seats. We decided to keep the truck {you always need one in Texas!} and also to keep our Camry for Oliver, but I was undecided on what kind of car I wanted. This is the problem, I hate spending money on cars, in fact we've never had a car note. I just think it's the worst investment you can make, BUT hauling 2 kids and a stroller and a Mimi around shopping can make you run out of room real quick. So we decided to get something a tad bigger.

We've rented a minivan for road trips before and really liked them, but we went to the Honda dealership and I just couldn't. I sat in that car and couldn't imagine spending my hard earned money on something i didn't love. So we looked at an Acadia, it was nice, but I didn't love the middle seats I thought they were too close to the front, not enough leg room. Next we looked at a Pilot {liked!} and a Denali {loved}. What I loved about the Denali was that it had captain chairs in the middle and not bench seats, but it was above our price range. We left to talk about it at lunch and decided to check out the Toyota dealership before deciding. We saw a few others and then we saw IT. A Highlander. I LOVED it, captain chairs, 3rd row, upgraded options, low mileage, and it was closer to what I wanted to spend {but over Oliver's of course, haha}. We couldn't really take it for a proper test drive because of the ice so Oliver's going back today to go over it and hopefully I'll come home to a new car. I told him I was FEELIN' it, pretty much how I make all big decisions in life. 

Cheers to unfrozen highways and getting back to work!