24 weeks 3 days

I have been really slack getting to my post for this week. To be honest, I've been having a really off week, and if I had written earlier on I think it would have been a jumbled, depressing mess.

I don't know what's up. I've been feeling really disconnected from everything and everyone, even hubby and kids. Yesterday I woke up in a foul mood, quickly lost patience with the little miss, felt awful and spent the rest of the morning crying on and off. And those that know me know that I'm not usually a cryer. Even today, I still don't feel completely myself. I don't know if it's pregnancy related (you know, stupid hormones) or if there is something else bothering me that I haven't worked out. I know I have been feeling particularly disconnected from hubby. We are in desperate need of some time alone together. We have the evenings, but I am so exhausted by then that I am never in the mood to talk/bond, whatever. I think I'm a bit burnt out too - hubby is just not pulling his weight around here. Anyway, whatever it is - I just feel flat and miserable, and then I feel crappy and guilty because my life is pretty good and I'm not appreciating it... gah.

Anyway, 24 weeks and bubba is kicking up a storm. Most mornings I get some pretty good kicks, and then not heaps through the day while I'm busy, and then another lot of good kicks and wriggles of an evening when I'm watching TV. Hubby has felt kicks a few times now - they're definitely getting easier to feel now that they're much stronger. The little man may have felt a kick - he has tried to feel a few times, but it's hard to be patient and wait for kicks when you're five years old. The little miss hasn't felt any. She puts her hand on my belly sometimes, and then tells me she felt a kick after a couple of seconds even when bubba isn't moving.

I don't know if I've mentioned it, but the little miss apparently also has a baby in her tummy. That's what she tells me. She talks about her baby, and that her baby kicks, etc. When I have my multivitamins in the morning, I give her a kids gummi multivitamin, and she says that she is having the tablets for her baby. It's all very cute.

My mood has impacted quite a bit on my healthy eating/exercise. I haven't done any formal exercise for about a week now, and there has been a reasonable amount of chocolate consumption. We're pretty broke at the moment too which doesn't help. I need to snap out of this mood - I'm not a fan of it.

Here is this week's belly pic (it was taken on Monday at 24 weeks exactly). I know I'm pregnant, but I'm just feeling big and frumpy at the moment.

Sorry for the depressing post. I'll try and snap out of it and be my normal, happy self next post.