Hiatus Justified

Stating the obvious: it's been a long time since I posted a blog. My excuse: I'm pregnant and really couldn't imagine writing about anything else, and until I was OUT and in public I couldn't write about being pregnant. Whew.

But you'll see a post I wrote the night we found out. Lots has happened since then:

1. We're thrilled to be expanding our family.
   
2. Our due date is May 15.
3. Baby seems healthy at this point.
4. It looks like a girl. Apparently, at 12 weeks the baby's "nub" points upwards if it's a boy and downwards if it's a girl. Our baby's was definitely pointing down.
5. My stomach is so expanded already that someone who I have met 5 times asked me if I was pregnant.
6. We told Bean that there's a baby in Mommy's belly. She heard my stomach gurgle earlier this week and with very wide eyes said "Mommy! The baby's in there makin' noise!!"

I'll spend some more time this week catching up on the last 2 month's highlights. Stay tuned.

Holiday Traditions Begin

It's starting to become obvious to me why traditions are fun with kids. I'm usually a no fuss celebrator which means I do as little decorating and cooking as possible. This year, we were in Austin for Halloween with my family. I had blown off the idea of carving pumpkins with the justification that the kids wouldn't know any differently. Husband insisted on jack-o-lantern making, and I'm glad he did. Kate was enthralled.



Trick or treating was a blast even if we only made it to four houses. Cousin O was a reluctant bear. Bean was a "rojo bee" (otherwise known to us as a lady bug), and Squeaker was a "regular bee." At one point, the girls sat down right outside someone's front door to evaluate their loot.

Dewars and 2-pack Pregnancy Test

9/9/2009 ~

So today I'm starting the journal of pregnancy #3. Posts to remain unposted for some time until we're out of the closet.

Let me start by saying we've talked about having 3 kids. We never ruled it out. But today we were surprised. I love that pregnancy and childbirth are two of the last great surprises in life. With the plus sign on the pregnancy test, a whole new future has begun.

I have no idea how pregnant I am. I haven't had a visit from Aunt Flow in quite a while, and I'm chalking that up to irregularity. Some of my recent body change symptoms include: flare up of a fungus-y rash, low back pain, a yeast infection, and a hopefully benign cyst on my hip. Until today, I was attributing these symptoms to a variety of things other than pregnancy. Now I'm not so sure...

We've been half joking about potentially being pregnant or potentially being in menopause for the last couple of weeks. Since Aunt Flow's been gone so long, Husband asked me to get a pregnancy test last week. Which I took. And it was negative. After having all these new symptoms today, I had strong urge to take a test. There was one left in the pack. So during dinner, I took it. Plus sign!



After dinner, I went out to get another 2-pack of tests. Husband asked for a bottle of Dewars as well. Craziest shopping cart I've ever had.