Oh the things that you'll smell...

I’ve decided pregnancy is like a series of graduations from one symptom to another. It starts out with extreme fatigue and sore boobs, then moves on to morning sickness and sensitive smell. And speaking of sensitive smell, I have learned there is no such thing as odor-free. Everything has a scent. And after 6 months in our house, shouldn’t the previous owner smell be gone? Yeah, it’s not.
As for morning sickness, after 4 days of all-day nausea, I think I’ve got it figured out. All I have to do is throw up first thing in the morning then slowly and steadily fill my stomach with easy foods. By lunchtime, I’m good to eat whatever I want…and I basically have to eat everything I see. It’s very strange to go from complete nauseated to overwhelmingly hungry within a few hours every day.

My baby doesn't like coffee

It's been 1 week since I took the 3 positive pregnancy tests. Yes, I know it's a bit wasteful to take 3 tests. I know they're designed to show a false negative rather than a shaky positive. I know all of this, and yet I still needed to take 3 tests to be sure. I needed to see that digital test say "Pregnant."

I still don't really believe it, though. Not many symptoms so far:
* Tired all the time
* Have to pee all the time
* Gas (is gas a pregnancy symptom?)
* Bloat
So far pregnancy just seems like a big, ugly digestive condition.

Also, my baby doesn’t like coffee. This makes me very sad because I LOVE coffee. But starting 5 days ago, coffee started tasting like dish soap. I thought maybe it was just a bad pot of coffee that day…but, no, it tastes like dish soap. Last night, Kenji started talking to the baby. He asked it to “tell” him whether it’s a boy or a girl. He even “listened” for an answer. Then he asked it if it’s a “boy who will grow up to be a great baseball player who will make millions of dollars and can then support us?” Nothing like laying the pressure on early.