What do you mean we can’t BBQ tonight?

Can you believe I had a night off last night?! My client cancelled last minute and I didn’t know what to do with myself, so Bert and I decided to have a date night and went for dinner at The Keg. We were going to BBQ but it wasn’t really ideal BBQ weather yesterday…. It was April 12th and it was SNOWING again!!! I am going to blink and miss summer this year. Where is spring?!?!!!! Hello?? Are you there…??

I’ve had REALLY BAD food aversions (and did I mention nausea?!) the past 3 months and could only eat foods that came from a box, a can or was HIGHLY processed. Ahhh yes… who doesn’t want a diet high in saturated fats, starches and sugars?! When I think of my ideal pregnancy I’ve always dreamed of gaining 10 pounds of pure fat while in the first trimester….

At least I was eating though right?! My doctor kept telling me “Don’t worry about it, your body is getting what it needs”. Oh yes…. I’m sure its purely satisfied after eating white cheddar mac and cheese for the third night in a row. But at least I squeezed some ketchup on it this time, so that counts as a serving of fruits and veggies, right…??!

Yesterday was the first day I had eaten meat since I petty much became pregnant. It was like I was 4 all over again and couldn’t even look at a vegetable without crinkling my nose. And even worse… meat was ABSOLUTELY REVOLTING to me!!! It made me gag just thinking about it and I had a hard time sitting across somebody who was eating it. I was like a dog, my sense of smell was heightened and I could smell EVERYTHING… Meat was not my friend. And vegetables….?? GROSS. Lets not go there….

And then POOF…. I ordered a steak!!! I ORDERED A STEAK!!?? HOORAY!!!!!! I didn’t eat much of it, but it was on my plate. That was a step in the right direction, right??!! It was EVEN wrapped in bacon. Surely my meat aversions were turning a corner!! I managed to get about 6 bites down then decided it was time to crush the baked potato.

They say one day you wake up and your symptoms just change. Knock on wood, the nausea has been minimal since Wednesday, so maybe, JUST MAYBE we are on our way to eating like an adult again!!! I am ACTUALLY craving a salad today!!!! Hmmm… maybe we’re on to something here.  Yeah – its called the SECOND trimester!!! YAY!!!

Mom asked me on the phone last night “Are you showing yet”. I laughed and said “define showing”……