Mother's Day, Turning 43, and second trimester fun

I have been physically and mentally exhausted for what seems like for months.  For whatever reason I decided to have a small dinner party on sunday for mother's day.  I had Suzie, Sarah, Beth, Roy and Larry at dinner.  I made a small dinner of honey mustard chicken, brown rice, mixed vegetables, garlic bread and a tossed salad.  Roy was impressed with how healthy everything was and gave me high praise for doing better.

I played the Wii with Sarah and we played tennis and for a good 3-5 minutes we were lobbing the ball back and forth and Roy got very concerned that I was exerting myself.  But as I reminded him, I have to exercise and this is low impact.  He laughed and boxed with his daughter, which was very wrong on many levels.

Sarah and I had a long chat and thanks to Ken's advice, I told her that she cannot hurt me or the baby if she gives me one of her hugs.  I told her I missed her hugs and with that she gave me such a bear hug I stifled an "ouch," but it felt so good.  She started to talk to the belly telling the baby how I drive her nuts but it is ok.  She is uneasy touching the belly because although I always had a little one, this one makes her uneasy and I told  her it was ok.  I wouldn't make her do anything that would make her uncomfortable.  She timidly smiled and held my hand.

We texted back and forth via our DS' and she looked at me and said "I love you Aunt Kate, forever and ever."  Her eyes nearly broke my heart and I hugged her and I said "I love you Sarah Goose forever and day, I promise."  So she snuggled and I kissed her head.  This is going to be very hard for her.

I turned 43 and had so much energy today it was a nice change of pace.  It was almost like the baby wanted to give me a gift of a good deep sleep and that is exactly what I got.  I was energetic today and got so much done that I am so excited about. I boxed up a bunch of stuff that we sold on eBay, got my homework done earlier than usual.  Larry came home to his teasing mischevious wife and jokingly asked "where's your pod."

So welcome to the second trimester where dizziness reigns supreme, but nothing new for me who is teased that my relationship with gravity has always been a love/hate relationship.  I am hoping the energy will last as I enjoyed my walk to the library today.  With Larry's never-ending energy the house looks great and hopefully I'll be able to keep it going.