Sleeping, napping and blood sausages

Now past the first trimester, my old belly is being pushed by a new harder one.
Sleeping is becoming a bit of a challenge. Sleeping on my side is giving me lower back pain so I'm moving around all night trying to get comfortable. I'm thinking of getting one of those long sausage-looking preggo pillows to see if it helps. The other issue is that I'm using ear plugs to be able to ignore "someone else's" snoring and that is making my hearing all fussy during the day. To add to the mix Mr L. (aka first kid - now 2 yrs, 2 months) decided all of a sudden to stop napping and now we have a new ordeal to get into for the Holidays. I'm sure we will tag team it again and between Google searches and long night conversations (instead of relaxing couple time) the napping issue will be resolved.

Blood sausage is not on the list of things to avoid during pregnancy, or is it? My friends' posts on Facebook about Puerto Rican Holidays and all the food we eat on the island started to get me obsessed about it. Since we moved some months ago all that stuff becomes "the golden ticket" because even though you can probably find around el Barrio some reasonable facsimile it is NEVER the real deal. I got a bit obsessed with the idea of having "pasteles" (plantain cakes), "morcilla" (blood sausage), cuajo (cow's stomach stew) sent over. I know, very appetizing. My mom, being the saint she is (or alcagüeta=person who lives to please others) spent a little fortune looking for the best stuff and sending it over next day. Opening that box to me was like a 15 second trip to the island, the smells, the familiarity of all that goodness. YUM! Now, I'm pretty sure I will need to hide around the house to be able to eat most of the stuff since my husband is very concerned about all I eat while pregnant and knows all the "rules" better than I. For me since this is a second pregnancy I have to be honest and say I'm taking it a bit easier on myself. I still know I have to do my best to get this second baby as much as I gave Mr. L, but since the new baby won't be born on the island at least I can get him/her started with some Boricua goodness filling his/her tummy. ¡A comer!