5 Weeks and 1 Day- EMOTIONS AT THE SURFACE

This pregnancy has been wonderful so far. The only complaint is the very VIVID nightmares. They are strange...they go from me fighting in the revolutionary war to friends of mine having affairs to things I will never tell anyone. These dreams come one right after another. After most of the dreams, I am so disturbed that I am unable to go back to sleep. These are very weird dreams. I just wish they would stop so I could sleep! I have been getting up every morning since Friday at 6:30am. Okay, I like my sleep so this schedule has to change...I need sleep really bad.

Today, Mary Catherine brought a book into the den and wanted to know where it came from. It was called "I'll Love You Forever." It was a book given to us by the Boozer family at Mary Catherine's baby shower. As I read the note Marsha wrote in the front of the book, I started crying- that was just the beginning. I have always thought to this point that the book was a bit mature for Mary Catherine but, for some crazy reason today, I decided she was old enough to understand it. If you have never read this before, I do not recommend reading it while you are pregnant. As I began to read the book to Mary Catherine, I knew immediately I was pregnant...I was sobbing by the middle of the first page. I cried through most of the book. By the end, I was sobbing hysterically. Poor Mary Catherine was so confused, she couldn't understand why I was crying. Then the crying got mixed with hysterial laughter at myself for crying. Kevin was trying to help me finish the story. Oh my...this is going to be a long 8 months!

Besides the emotions and nightmares, I actually feel pretty good. I have slight nausea but, I just keep eating and it goes away. I am prob going to be as big as a barn when this is over but so far so good.