Gender

I can't believe I forgot to update this!

Anyway, it's a boy!

Now I'm just wondering if it's best to stick to one breast per feeding or switch sides. I know I switched with my daughter, but it's not like I had anyone decent to tell me the dos and don'ts of feeding when I first had my daughter almost 7 years ago!


Doctor's Current Due Date Estimate: March 27th
My Current Due Date Estimate: May 14th

Status of the Littlest Breck

Got an ultrasound today. They squeezed me in early because some of my bloodwork had come back irregular. Now they're telling me my due date has been moved up a month. I think I won't be giving birth that early since I'm pretty damn sure I couldn't have concieved early enough for that. I'll talk to my doctor about it when I go for my next check up.

I did find out what gender the littlest one would be, but I'm waiting to hear back from a friend who I promised I would tell immediately. I wouldn't want her to be the last to know.

My Girl Knows

I just told my daughter that she was going to be a big sister. She was very happy, but laughed when I told her that the baby was in my tummy.

15 minutes later, she asked me how the babies got out of stomachs. That's my girl! I told her we'd get a book so we made sure she got the right answer.

State of the Baby

My first appointment is tomorrow. I've gained 10lbs already. I should have only gained 3-5. At this point I'm just praying there's only one baby in here. I swear it grows as I sleep. I fear the belly!

*snerk*

Watch What You Eat

My daughter has been very sick [for her anyway] this week. Yesterday, when she seemed to be fine, I sent her to school. Of course they called to have me come pick her up. She wanted a granola bar, so I gave her one. A couple of bites in, she said she was full, and left it on the counter.

...

Yes, without stopping and thinking, I ate it.

I thought I was going to die last night.

Children and DVRs

My 6 year old daughter figured out, on her own, how to set up the DVR to record a TV series. I only figured this out because I noticed it was going to record it later today. At first I thought my husband had set it up for her, but he said he'd never even heard of the show.

There's only one problem with this. She doesn't know where to go to play the recordings. I think we're going to have to show her how to do that.

Morning Sickness

Anything that you have to plan part of your day around and brings no joy, is merely a symptom of something else, should be automatically called evil.

If God was truly a woman, and not some sexless deity, disconnected because of the gift of free will, then pregnancy would not have these kind of 'symptoms'. The end result may be worth it, but it doesn't mean I'm not going to bitch, gripe, and complain the entire time!

Dancing, Eating, Working Out

When my 6 [almost 7] year old dances sometimes, she reminds me of nothing so much as the Fire Gang characters from Labyrinth. Pre self-decapitation, of course. Theirs, not hers. My daughter didn't come with a detachable head. She's scary enough with one that we can't accidentally lose or pack away during moving.

In other news, I forget how early one starts to 'feel' pregnant. Besides the sickness, that is. Right now, I'm not really 'feeling' it. However, I do feel like I need to start eating better and working out. We have some kind of elliptical workout machine that my husband bought. I really should start using it.

Tomorrow, after I see my girl off at the bus stop, I'll work out. I figure... 30 min working out should be good this early on, yeah? Also, I need to start remembering to eat. Bad me.

My Oldest Girl

My oldest seems to be growing up so fast these days. She can operate a laptop [at almost 7 years of age] far better than my mother can, and she's close to operating it almost as well as I do. It's so very scary sometimes.

She managed to get 100% on her first two spelling tests. We haven't gotten her third back yet. Also, her handwriting is improving greatly. I'm so very proud of her.

However, she has had issues with having 'accidents' at school. We're pretty sure it's from all the upheaval in her life. She hasn't had an accident since we started sending a change of clothes in her backback with her.

In other news, she's a smartass, just like her father. There are days I can't catch a break with these two!

New Life

Just took a pregnancy test a couple of weeks ago. I'm in the family way again!

This week the morning sickness really started. Freaked my daughter out because she walked in on me Monday morning. Had to tell her that my stomach was just a little upset. We're not planning on letting her know until we can tell her if it's a baby brother or sister.

I wonder how long after a vaginal delivery they'll give you a tubal ligation. This is definitely the last time I want to be pregnant.