Little Peanut

I had my first doctor appointment yesterday. My doctor was surprised but happy to see me. Little peanut is measuring at about 9 1/2 weeks. So I'm a little further along than I had thought. So my new due date is August 22nd. This means nothing. My babies are never early or on time so I certainly don't expect this one break that trend.

It was so great to see little peanut in the ultrasound. I will never get tired of that feeling, seeing my babies for the first time. He or she is an active little thing, already doing a little dance. It was adorable. My doctor and I were oohing and ahhing over it.

I've joked with Chris that this poor third baby is already getting jipped. Chris has always come to any ultrasounds I had with my babies, but he didn't come to this one. I didn't mind, and I'm sure this baby won't either, it just struck me as funny. Is this common? To have the third pregnancy be kind of "old hat"? Not the baby itself, but all of the things that come along with the pregnancy that were so exciting the first and second times around.

On a positive note, I lost four pounds. No wonder I've been feeling so frumpy in my jeans. They're loose and baggy. I really want to go get some that fit but that would be a waste of money, wouldn't it? We all know you don't get smaller when you're pregnant... I'm actually feeling pretty good too. I'm exhausted, but my nausea only comes in waves and usually in the evenings. I can deal with that. And it's nothing severe either, I can operate through it usually. I'm so glad. I was wondering what I would do with severe nausea and having a 9 month old and a 6 year old to take care of.

Alright, enough talk. Here's a picture of the peanut. Sorry it's not a good one. I had to take it with my cell phone camera because I don't have access to a scanner right now.

Lowe's

The people at Lowe's know us now. They ask us how we are and how our house projects are coming along. We're there a lot. So much that everytime we tell Caleb we're going to Lowe's, he says "Ohhhh, man..." Lowe's is evidently boring to an almost six year old.

Speaking of the almost six year old...Chris and I dread taking Caleb to Lowe's almost as much as Caleb dreads going to Lowe's. The reason is because...he's five. And he's good at it. He dances, acts like a ninja and runs up and down the middle of the isles. He takes anything in the cart that would remotely resemble a gun or sword and pretends to shoot or stab at anything - usually the air, he's not picky. If he can't find a "sword" or "gun", he will pretend to walk into things. Complete with sound effects and falling on the ground. When he's bored of that, he takes off his jacket and, using it as a pillow, lays down underneath the cart. Even though I'm sure it looks funny to other people when he does that, it's my favorite thing that he does. Peace and quiet. Well, we don't necessarily get quiet. He still keeps asking "When are we leaving?" or "How long will we be here?" I don't know why he keeps asking when the only answer we give him is "Don't know, quit asking." Or, if the asking gets too crazy, he hears "If you ask one more time, we'll make you sleep here tonight!"

Anna's not fond of Lowe's either, but she has a front row seat to Caleb's antics so that usually keeps her entertained for the majority of the time. And, in case it doesn't, I have a stash of Gerber puffs with me.

The thing I've noticed about Lowe's that I like is the women's bathroom. I know, weird. But I'm pregnant so I have to make frequent trips, especially if we'll be there a while (and we usually are). The women's bathroom is always very clean and it smells like a man's cologne.

On a somewhat different topic, I took Caleb to the Lowe's women's restroom last night. While in there, a teenagish girl comes out of a stall - texting. She puts her phone down long enough to wash her hands, then picks it back up and starts texting again. Uh, gross. What's the point in washing her hands?

So these are our trips to Lowe's. Again and again and again...

3rd Time's a Charm...or 3 Strikes and You're Out...

So this is the third time I've tried to start up a blog on here. The other two times I wrote a couple of posts and that was the end of it. Maybe this time I'll keep it up. Maybe.

2010 is starting out good so far!

- Caleb's back at school and reading so well! I'm so proud of him. He's making a lot of new friends at his new school (where he started at the beginning of December)and he really likes his teacher. It's still a little hectic getting him back and forth everyday. I'll be very relieved to be in our house and just walk him to the bus stop (that will probably be right in front of our house).

I'm really thankful for my dad working from home, too. When I take Caleb in the morning, my mom (while she's getting ready for work) or my dad (taking a break from work) will watch Anna. And usually Anna is sleeping when I leave to pick Caleb up, so my dad just listens for her and I don't have to get her up from her nap. Of course this week requires a little tweaking since my parents are in Colorado. Oh well, baby just comes along! :)

- Anna is still pulling up on everything and crawling everywhere. I think she'll walk soon. Sometimes she stands there with one hand on the furniture looking like she wants to just take off, then she gets down and starts crawling. :)

She has started waking up at night. It actually started right after we moved in with my parents. I think it's because her crib is in the room where Chris and I sleep. So, she wakes up and yells at us and we have nowhere to go! :) Right now I'm appeasing her, but once we're in the house the training to sleep through the night will begin, whether it's not feeding her, just rocking her, or letting her whine a little. At her age there's no reason for her to need to eat at night. And I'm so exhausted right now as it is growing this baby, I need the sleep! She goes to sleep for bedtime and naptime with absolutely no problems, not even a whine. I'm very happy about that and being able to spend the no-stress evening with Chris.

She's getting two more teeth, one on either side of her two bottom teeth - I can see them. That would make it a grand total of eight teeth!

- My pregnancy is moving along pretty well so far (and as far as I know). I think I'm about 7 1/2 - 8 weeks along. So far, just the exhaustion and superhuman smelling power seem to be my only symptoms. I also get dizzy really easily. Not getting my hopes up yet, though. I didn't start really feeling sick with Anna until about 8 weeks, so it could come any day. My first doctor appointment is January 20th so after that I should know more of around when I'm due (then add about a week - my kids evidently like to show up fashionably late). I guess that's when I'll have my cute little pregnancy ticker up. :)

- Chris's birthday is on Wednesday. The big 3-0. I've been meaning to ask him how he feels about that. I'm curious what he'll say. Thirty sounded so old when I was a kid and now it still sounds so young. I'm going to take advantage of the only year that I will still be in my twenties and he's in his thirties. Maybe I'll rub it in a little. He won't care at all, but it'll make me feel better. :) For his birthday we're going to Chili's. Sounds boring, right? So not boring. About a year ago (maybe more) they took out all of the Chili's restaurants in our area. It's Chris's favorite place to eat and he hasn't had it since. There's a Chili's about 35-40 minutes from us so we're making the drive and I'm buying him some dinner. Then we'll go to church in Portland since it'll be closer for us.

- I'm going to skip details on the house in order not to bore you. I need to take new pictures and post them. It is coming along, but it will still be a couple more weeks until it's move-in ready. And the inside is beginning to not match the outside. I can't wait to get my hands on the yard and fix up the look of the outside in the spring.

Guess I was feeling chatty today.

Have a great week!