You Know You're Pregnant When...

You receive returned mail because you forgot to add the stamps

It takes two different alarms to wake you up in the morning; lesson learned after completely sleeping through the alarm for the third time

You pass over your credit card to get on military base (no it doesn't require payment, just your military ID)

You scan the kitchen for 30 seconds, ask your husband where he hid the breadsticks and when he gives you a funny look while pointing, you see they're two inches away from your plate

The first night your "Elf on the Shelf" is back in your home, "he" forgets to find a different place to sit for the next day and makes for some confused/disappointed kids the next morning (*insert random, made-up reason here*)

While checking out some "pretty beads" at a store you leave your purse on the ground and later accuse your husband of forgetting to grab it from the shopping cart, in the following store

You sleep in, take an afternoon nap, take an evening nap, and sleep in again the next morning

You go an entire day without taking a nap and when you go to bed, lay there until 3 am before falling asleep is even an option

You search the entire house for any type of candy since Santa's elf always leaves a little something in place of the kids' Christmas list. Finally, after almost giving up you realize the Christmas Tree is filled with candy canes and could spare a couple

…Unfortunately just being 16 weeks along, the list will more than likely grow over the next few months…

…But fortunately...

Our bouncing baby is doing wonderful; we all loved seeing our baby-thumb-sucker! At my check-up this past week we learned that the tear caused by the clot is finally closing up, YES!!! The most concerning area, the chorion, is healed and now just needs to reattach along the edge of the placenta (this was concerning because it could have lead to a miscarriage or preterm delivery). This also means that the clot is considerably smaller. I have been gradually feeling better over these past six weeks and though I'm still taking it easy, I'm no longer considered complicated and am back to monthly check-ups. I've done enough reading on this topic and understand that these beastly clots tend to tease and sometimes reappear so I'm planning on staying on the cautious side for a while but we couldn't be happier with how things are looking right now. (As far as my tiredness and confused, partially working brain; My doc has prescribed iron for my lower hematocrit. Which should help. A little anyways ;)