5 Weeks 1 Day with #2

So this week we did a lot of different activities including going to a drive through safari; driving to Round Rock (just north of Austin) to go get some delicious brisket from Salt Lick BBQ; visiting IKEA to pick up a few things for the house; having a playdate with a friend I haven't seen since 1995 and her two daughters; and finding a brand new park that Abby LOVED!

Staring at goats 

She sees a big ram (she thought the rams were a little scary with their big horns)!

Speaking of scary...this Ankole-Watusi's horns were like 6 feet wide and it came running STRAIGHT at our truck!  So what did Rock do?  Threw a whole bag of feed out the window and took off!  LOL!  

Pony wants more!

This zebra was so nonchalant...just strolled up like it knew what it was doing and refused to look at us until we fed it! 

Rock was so excited about feeding a zebra...I am pretty sure he had more fun at the safari than Abby!

Cheeky bird that whistles at ladies

His name is "Knock Knock" 

Coloring at Salt Lick BBQ 

I am also starting to feel a little more myself.  The super uncomfortable bloating in my stomach has gone down a lot so that definitely helps and I have had "morning" sickness strike in the middle of the day only three times and each time I hadn't had something to eat for a while so now I carry a LARABAR with me at all times!

5 Weeks 2 Days belly shot (you can totally see how much the bloating has gone down from last week)

5 Weeks 2 Days from the front

All week I have been craving meat like crazy.  I feel like a carnivorous cavewoman on the hunt!  I had bacon with three of my dinner meals, two breakfasts and ate a whole plate of brisket and ribs at the restaurant.  If you know me at all, you know how odd this is because I usually only eat meat sparingly and when I do it is usually chicken and I rarely if ever eat pork products!  I can't help it though, it is the only thing I want to eat!

This craving is so odd to me because when I was pregnant with Abby I couldn't even LOOK at meat for the first trimester without getting sick and then when I could finally handle the sight of it, I couldn't touch it without wearing rubber gloves (I am not even kidding)!  With this pregnancy, I could swim in a pool of brisket and eat my way out!  I wonder if that means BS2 is a little boy???

This is me right now and that club shows how serious I am about getting some MEAT! (Also, doesn't this statue look eerily similar to Teresa from The Real Housewives of New Jersey?)  

Other than that the only consistent pregnancy symptom I have is super frequent bathroom trips.  A quick funny story: before I found out I was pregnant, Rock noticed how much I was going to the bathroom and asked "are you OK?  You are peeing like a pregnant lady!"  I told him I noticed that too and I was not sure what was going on, so I took a pregnancy test (this would have been at Week 3) but it came back negative.  After that I was super worried and sad because I was convinced I had diabetes because why else would I all of a sudden be peeing nonstop?  I was one weekend away from calling my doctor to schedule some tests when I took another pregnancy test and it came back a super faint positive!  Everything made sense after that! ;)

Right now I am researching different OB clinics in the area.  I am assigned to the Army hospital near us but I don't want to go there so I need to read up on some reviews and their policies to see which hospital gels most with my needs.  There is a brand new, beautiful hospital that is opening up just five minutes form my house and I am really hoping that I can get a spot there because that would make my life so much easier than having to drive 30+ minutes for each appointment.  That hospital opens in early June, so we will see.

We have some friends coming over for dinner so I am going to start cleaning the house.  See you all back here next week!