8 weeks

I went to my first OB appointment yesterday and it turns out that this little chancho is only measuring to be about 8 weeks old! My official due date is May 14th, but I'll probably be induced a week or two before that, for precautionary reasons. We don't need to push it & me get toxemia & have seizures again, that's no fun.

Tony and the kids went with me to the OB. When we went into the ultrasound room and the tech turned down the lights, Alex got really excited to watch "the baby movie". It was so fun to see & hear the little heartbeat for the first time. What an amazing blessing it is to have another sweet spirit join our family in just another 7 months. We're all very, very excited!

PS - if this baby is a boy, Tony wants to name him Dallas. What the?! He's never even been to Dallas, he just thinks it sounds tough & cool...PLEASE HELP!
Let's see....Alex, Emma & Dallas - just doesn't roll off the tongue, does it?!

ADMS

This pregnancy is kicking my trash.

Well, compared to how sick I got with Alex, I'm doing great, but when I was pregnant with Emma, I only got nauseous maybe twice, I think. This time around, I'm nauseous 24/7, but haven't yacked yet, so I'm grateful for that. I don't feel like eating, but then I know that if I don't, the nausea will just get worse. And then once I do eat, I have to try my hardest to keep it down. Any advice would be much appreciated. My poor children are bored out of their minds because I'm feeling so lethargic & nasty. They've watched CARS & the Incredibles about 43 times in the past week. Alex is on fall break last week and this coming week, and I don't have the energy to do much with him. I'm glad I prepared a bunch of worksheets for him a couple of weeks ago to tide him over during this long break - don't laugh, he loves worksheets! Thankfully, Tony was off work the past 3 days and helped me prepare meals & entertain the kids when I was feeling so icky. They made a cute fort last night and I forgot to take pictures :( But he's gone back to work today and so I won't have much help around here until Wednesday comes again. Thankfully my kids are pretty well behaved and Emma's old enough to actually play with Alex now. They're so darn cute!

I still don't know how far along I am...according to my ticker, I'm close to 7 weeks, but I think I'm a good 2-4 weeks ahead of that, at least. I go to the doctor on Thursday and maybe they'll do a sonogram. That'd be fun.

This part of pregnancy is tough.

Dang you hormones, dang you.

I told him

I forgot to tell you guys...

After I took the pregnancy test Sunday morning, first thing I did was write about it on my blog. Seriously I have issues. haha! Actually, I was already on my computer, I was supposed to be reviewing my lesson for Relief Society, but was having a little trouble concentrating after finding out I was expecting # 3. I didn't run in and tell Tony, I had other plans for him.

Unbeknownst to Tony, I took the pregnancy test and put it with his keys & such on the dryer in the laundry room. When were were all getting ready to head to church, Tony went to grab his keys and found the test. The first thing he said was "Why the heck did you put your garbage with my keys?" And then he did a double take and really looked at the test and starting going "OOOHHH OOOHHH, REALLY?!?" His eyes got huge and his smile was even bigger. It was stinkin hilarious.

I crack myself up. :D

Explaination

While Alex was at school on Friday, Tony, Emma and I went with some good friends of ours to a scrapbook warehouse where I picked up a few super cool things for so cheap. While walking around looking at the cute stuff, I started thinking. I haven't scrapbooked anything for Emma - EVER. I started feeling so terrible I almost burst into tears. Well, I think I might have scrapbooked a couple of her ultrasound pictures, but those don't really count since she looks a little different now. I can't believe my baby is almost TWO. Man alive.

Tony was so super nice & helpful at the scrapbook warehouse. He was helping me carry around all sorts of stuff, took care of Emma, and was super patient while I deliberated which sets of stickers I really wanted. Thanks hubby, you were great!

And then I got to thinking some more. My hubby is so lucky that he's still in one piece. During my latest rant about my hubby, I just about ripped him in two. And in light of a recent discovery, I now understand why I was feeling so... explosive.

The 4 of us made a late night trip to Walmart last night after leaving my brother's house. I picked up a prego-test and took it this morning. I merely tinkled on it and it gave me a super bright positive. Yes people, it's true. He knocked me up.

When am I due? I have NO idea. Seriously, Tony's been staying in Mesa so much the past few months (which has been because he works 60 miles from home and we didn't want to pay so much for gas), I can barely remember the times that we've been intimate. But I guess it only takes once. My last cycle was in the beginning of August, so maybe May-ish? Who knows. It's just been the last week or so that my "chi-chi-s" (as Alex calls them) have been sooo sore, which prompted me to take the test. So, to say the least, I'm super excited. I've been itching for another little one.

...I guess it's time to get off my blog and go & tell the dad-of-3-to-be about it, huh :D