Normally I only buy ice cream when it’s on sale. At our BigY there’s always SOME brand of ice cream on sale, so that’s what I get – in low-fat vanilla, for Den’s smoothies that he’s addicted to. Well last week when I went the little containers of Haagen Daas were on sale, 2 for the price of 1. So I picked out two flavors.

Oh. My. God. I am never going back. Is this what people feel about ice cream? I’ve never been a huge ice cream fan. But this pistachio ice cream is beyond delicious. It’s habit-forming.

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Today I came home from work and got sucked into making baby registries on BRU and Target. I had so much fun. I already had a list saved on my computer – a budget of sorts, with what items I liked at the time I made the list (I think it was around a year ago). Of course half of that stuff has since been discontinued or I don’t like it anymore. Funny how that goes. So I’m not exactly expecting the lists I made today to stay set in stone… especially since colors will change when we find out if it’s a boy or a girl. It was more just for the fun of it. A year ago when I made the lists it was fun but wistful at the same time. This time it’s just exciting. People will actually be purchasing items from our registry. We will be buying stuff. It’s not just a “would be nice to have someday” but now I actually have to decide what I want.

It’s amazing to me that I’m “already” over 5 weeks along. I mean, on one hand it’s only a week, and that week took for freakin’ ever. But on the other hand… I turn around and I’m over 5 weeks pregnant.

In a way I feel like being forced to wait this long to get pregnant has benefitted the pregnancy in some ways. I’m being SO meticulous with tracking everything, taking photos, weighing myself. Granted I’m only on my second week here so it could fizzle out, but I feel so strongly about it now. This may be my only chance to go through pregnancy (of course we hope it won’t be, but no one knows what the future holds), and I just feel so driven to enjoy every single second of this time. I don’t think I’d feel the same, had I gotten pregnant when we started. It would have been a roller coaster ride, and I would have enjoyed (most of) it, but I wouldn’t have had this deep, deep thankfulness that I have now.

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Yesterday when Den called I told him about BIL and SIL’s plan to be pregnant soonish. Den, being a very intelligent man who is very respectful of an infertile woman’s moods, paused for a moment and then asked, “Are we happy about this?” LOL