First Sono 7/25/07

Heartbeat was easily visible, and thankfully, there was only one baby (my mortal fear....TWINS!). I was actually seriously worried about twins this time because, truth be told, I totally knew that I was pregnant before I took the test at almost 5 weeks..had never been so sure before, but this time, I didn't feel right, and I just knew it. Paul was like, duh, this is your third time, of course you know what it feels like. Then I thought about what he said...third time...third time....I felt a little like an unrestrained reproducing Catholic when he said that....not that 3 is alot, but it kind of is in this day and age, and some people hear "three", but their brain says "eight", and then I get the whole "Good luck with all of that" look...my favorite was my dear friend Ena, who asked if I had fallen and hit my head. It was something close to that ;-) Okay, joking aside, not that any of you speak to Jacob on a regular basis, but he has no idea about this yet, we're going to wait a bit to tell him (lest I have to explain to him daily for the next 7 months where the baby is and why it's not here yet). Last week, however, Jacob did have an interesting observation. He told me that Noah was eating his vegetables and was getting bigger. I agreed, but said that Jacob would always be the "big" brother. Jake then said that when Noah gets bigger from eating his vegetables, we were going to have to go buy another baby (from the people store, of course). At least he's open to the idea. It's progress from earlier this summer when he told me that we didn't need anymore babies because we already had one (after he became alarmed that somehow Elizabeths' baby was going to reside at our house!) Okay...now I'm really off to read Harry Potter. Will post soon (I hope).

Well, this was unexpected.

But only because my husband and I are total morons! But seriously, it's a blessing and we're very excited and we had planned on having another, just not quite this soon. Everyone around me is rooting for a girl, and I have to be honest. I want a boy. I didn't realize it until my mom said to me, "It's a girl, I know it", that I came to this realization. OF COURSE, all that I really want is a healthy and happy child, first and foremost. But if I had to express a preference...well, I adore my pair of boys and would love to add another to the troop. Heather says that we need a little more estrogen in the house, and she may very well be right....

Anyway, that said, we're technically due on March 7, but as this will be my third c-section, they will schedule me no later than 38 weeks, which is February 22. February is now getting crowded (Noah on 2/15; Eric on 2/19). As for me, I feel great, more energetic than my other first trimesters. At 9 weeks along, I'm still going to boot camp, which I think I can attribute the extra energy to. I'm hoping to stave off the blood pressure nonsense for as long as possible. So that's all I have to tell right now.

Otherwise, we're all great- boys are big, cute, funny, smart, and so silly. We thought Jacob was a ham; then Noah came along and is an even bigger clown! We celebrated Pauls' 35th Birthday with a luau party last weekend. I have to say that it was one of the best shindigs that we've pulled off (if I may say so myself); good company, fun decorations, good (and easy!) food; I was not stressed out at all about hosting 35 people at my home, and all-in-all, it was pretty easy. Will post some pics when I get them.

There's a brief update for now. I'm going to go try to read a little Harry Potter before bed (I'm a late convert...just getting into book 4...DON'T TELL ME ANYTHING!)...