6 weeks 5 days

Ugh.  Morning sickness is the worst.  Most days, I can control it by eating little bits throughout the day so that I never get hungry.  Some days, like this past Friday and Saturday, it doesn't matter what I do.  And those days are always work days.  ......aaaaand I work in a restaurant, so that's awesome, getting to smell the disgusting food smells (our food isn't really disgusting, that baby just thinks that) all day. 

I've heard ginger helps, so this week I'm going to try to find a candy or something with ginger in it to attempt to combat the nausea.  I'm also finding that Biscoff cookies (the kind you get on the airplane) are helping.  And I haven't thrown up (yet), but that's normal for me, I feel miserable and horrible and barfy but never have any action to back it up (as in cases of motion sickness).  It's a rare occasion for me to vomit, and I'm not looking forward to it.  But according to all the pregnancy apps and information, I should start feeling better around week 13, so only 6 or 7 more weeks of wanting to die! 

Scott is getting more and more excited about this.  He keeps insisting we're having a boy, and will use male pronouns and talk about his son, and follow it up with the afterthought, "......or daughter."  I'm really feeling like the baby will be a girl.  That's my gut feeling.  I honestly don't care either way, I just want a BABY!  But I'm not really as interested in thinking of boy names or anything, I'm just focused on the girl aspect.  Plus, kooky as this sounds, I went on a website and took a Chinese gender prediction test (it chooses based on your age and the month of conception) that is reputed to be 90% accurate, and it says girl.  So we'll see. 

Scott keeps trying to touch my stomach, which I HATE (its always been my least favorite part of myself, and I don't like to have it receive attention).  I keep trying to tell him there's nothing to feel yet (Baby is only pea-sized right now) but he wants his "son" to "receive his energy."  What a goof. 

I already have a registry put together at www.target.com  if anyone is interested :)  I'm figuring we're going to mostly be getting the bigger ticket items ourselves, because I know lots of people are just going to wing it sans registry and get us cute outfits and whatnot, and I don't want to be majorly disappointed when I don't get complete matchy-matchy sets (I sure do love when things match).  Though I know if the bedding set isn't complete I'm going to freak out.  It has owls.  OWLS, PEOPLE!