2nd Trimester, Beeyotches!!

Ok, sorry it's been a while. September has been a rollercoaster for me, hormones and schedules all over the place. With that said...

BOOYAH!!!!!

I am now OFFICIALLY in my 2nd trimester! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
*break for victory lap around the room*

I feel so much better. Not just the nausea finally giving over 99% of the time now, but also because we are past the worst danger of miscarriage and birth defects. I feel SO DAMN EXCITED now, this one is really gonna stick! Thank you for all the sticky velcro-tape-glue thoughts early on; they seem to have worked like a charm. <3

My biggest complaint now is that April feels so far away and I'm in desperate need of a baby fix. I think I'll start making the rounds of all my new mommy friends and usurping their bundles of joy for a few hours at a time.

Things are looking up for the household, too. We've been in a conundrum over how we'd afford a 2nd vehicle once baby's here, but needed to make it happen so I wouldn't be stranded w/no transport 5 days a week. But we figured it would work out like it should, and we'd find a way to budget for it. Then my grandmother (bless her to the bottoms of her feet) decided she isn't driving enough to need her car anymore, so she's selling it to us. It's only 4 years old, has less than 30k miles on it, and has been kept in fantastic shape. This will officially be the youngest car I've ever owned, lol. We may not get it until spring, but considering how well everything else has worked out on its own, I think I will not stress about that detail.

In slightly weirder, ignore-this-if-you-want-to news, I dreamed about the baby. Definitely a girl with the chubbiest cheeks you've seen. (She's probably gonna have my cheek structure, poor thing.) Lots of sources - including my midwife - say that pregnant moms will often dream their babies with surprising accuracy. Hope so. :)

p.s. Believe it or not, I am 99% sure I felt the baby flutter-movement in the past few days. Very faint, can only feel it occasionally when I'm lying still and quiet at night, but I swear to you it is there. Crazy. :D