An 18+ Year Adventure {Try New Adventures Thursday!}

I've been...forgetting things lately. Taking a nap every day. And as of yesterday, eating saltines. To boot, Squishy has a new shirt:

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That's right, folks! Come a bit after Christmas this year, our family will be welcoming a fourth member. We are thrilled and thankful.

It's quite early in my pregnancy (almost 6 weeks along), so I would greatly value your prayers during this beginning time.

So what does 6 weeks pregnant look like for me? 

     -Super tired. Thus the nap every day. This started around week 4.
     -Amazing hyper sense of smell. This was my 1st clue that I was pregnant. If there's mold in the bathroom, I can smell it when I walk past the door (the bathroom has since received a good scrub). If my husband turns off a lamp, I can smell the burning odor of the filament. And I can smell poopy diapers from across the room. Fabulous, I know.
     -A bit absent-minded. *sigh*
     -Ligament pains. Sharp quick pains in my lower abdomen if I shift position too fast, especially at night.
     -A higher heartrate. My heart normally beats around 70 times per minute...now it's more like 80-100 (my PA school student hubby gets to practice taking pulses for fun). This is due to the extra blood volume that comes with pregnancy.
     -As of two days ago, I now keep saltines handy. If I don't eat every 1-2 hours, my stomach starts to feel unsettled. No really awful nausea yet, thankfully.
     -Very frequent trips to the bathroom. 

The symptoms are rather fascinating and crazy. Over all, I'm grateful for every one because of what they represent.

Looks like #27 on my list has been crossed off! What a gracious God we serve. Now the crazy 9 month + 18 years + rest of my life (God willing!) adventure begins...
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What adventurous things have you been up to this week? Link up your post about it below, link back to Alicia's Homemaking, and visit around, leaving cheerful comments on other people's posts! Our twitter hashtag is #TryNewAdventures. :D







P.S. Not sure if I'll be getting to that 5k this year...Joyce was right, I should have tackled that prior to getting pregnant.

An 18+ Year Adventure {Try New Adventures Thursday!}