seductive silent wine...

It is cartoons like this:


That make me nervous about having another baby!!!

I went to the hospital today to have my pregnancy concerned (as my sister was still skeptical that I actually was pregnant, despite positive home pregnancy tests). I went to Women's Health, who ordered me a pee test. Then I went to the lab to give the sample. They told me to come back in an hour and a half for the results, so I went and walked around the PX for a while. K and I ate lunch and did some shopping, and then went back to Women's Health. They told me that my test was positive, and that I needed to go get more tests done. She gave me a huge book of papers to fill out. I go to the lab and wait... and wait... and wait. The labs weren't ordered from Women's Health (gaaaaah!)... so I walk all the way back down to WH, and they order the labs. Then I go back to the lab. They have me pee in 2 MORE cups, and then suck 6 vials of blood out of my arm. I tried to take a picture of my battle wound, but my camera was terrified by the gory sight and wouldn't focus on it. Then I went BACK to WH, gave them my paperwork, and scheduled my first OB appointment and ultrasound for February 26th. It was a 4 hour ordeal, and I'm exhausted!

We won't be able to see much on the ultrasound, but we will be able to see and listen to the heartbeat, as well as see his/her head, lower body, arms, and flippers :D I won't find out the gender until much later in the pregnancy, probably around May.

For a girl, we have narrowed down 2 name choices: Lauren Richelle and Riley Madison. We still have no clue about a boy's name, except we LOVE Riley! Riley makes an awesome middle name, but not so great of a first name. We can't find a middle name that doesn't sound awkward with it. Oh well, we still have quite a while until we have to make the final decision ;)

J leaves tomorrow and won't be back for quite a few days. I hate when he leaves, but I love stretching out in a bed all to myself! Heehee. Expect to read numerous blogs, probably astronomical in length. Just want to prepare you.



I had a dream last night that I started dating Isaac Hanson. What the heck? Isaac is the ugliest Hanson of all! J wasn't even in the picture, so I'm assuming that this was a "If I Was Single" scenario. How scary.


Apparently I need to start making a list of the good and bad things that happened today. So, I now introduce you to the new daily segment of my blog:

CURRENT RATING OF THINGS THAT HAPPENED TODAY:

GOOD:

• Ate some cookies.
• Kaitlyn was surprisingly good for how long we were out and about.
• Ate a veggie delight Sub (brownie points for eating healthily- all veggies on wheat bread with a bit of mustard! Minus brownie points for drinking a root beer and having a couple of potato chips to go with it)
• The sun was out for a bit today, so in between all of my driving and walking to and from buildings, I actually caught some sunshine.

BAD:

• I'm tired from running around all day.
• I was getting angry at being sent back and forth all afternoon.
• Had to say goodbye to J (as I will not be awake when he leaves at 5:30am).
• Had to pee more than I have ever before, and into cups!
• Vampires sucked my blood.
  

Seems like it was a pretty even day.

I have the munchies SO bad. I'm eating gummy bears right now and I have cinnamon rolls in the oven. At 11:55pm. OH WELL! I can't keep eating like this, or else I will have to birth a 17 pound baby. And I can't imagine that would be too fun. Heck, my daughter was 7 pounds, and THAT wasn't even fun... except for the epidural. The epidural was niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice....

Everyone in both my and J's families were so excited about the new baby! My great-grandmother (about to become a GREAT-GREAT-grandmother AGAIN!) said "ohhh nooooooooo!! That's great news!".... after hearing the word "no" my heart dropped down near the new baby, but she didn't mean it like that.... at least I hope her initial reaction wasn't that! Hahaha...

We have to come up with a new nickname. When I was pregnant with Kait, we called her "Starfish" until we knew the gender. It was so impersonal to keep calling her "the baby". So Starfish was gender neutral enough to where it wouldn't be too weird of a transition when we found out if I was having a boy or girl. So #2 needs a nickname (and not "#2", preferrably) so that I don't have to feel like "the baby" is an alien. Any ideas? Needs to be gender-neutral sounding, so obviously "Princess" or "Bonecrusher" are out. Feel free to leave a comment and pitch an idea.

I've had some cramping today, which made me kind of nervous. But I looked back through my pregnancy journal, and I felt the same way when I was first pregnant with Kait. So, that made me feel a bit better.

These cinnamon rolls are delicious!!!



You know you're jealous.

Yes... your eyes are not deceiving you. I found out this morning that I am pregnant! According to those ever-trustworthy internet due date calculators, I'm due on September 25th. I go to the doctor on Monday!

I'll post more later!