Remind me not to make deals with God, would you please? Because apparently He actually holds you to your end of the bargain when you do so! When I was praying that we would conceive this baby, I told God, "Just please let me get pregnant soon, and I don't care how hard a pregnancy I have as long as the baby is OK - give me lots of morning sickness, whatever, I don't care! I just want another baby!" So...sometimes you DO get what you ask for! :)
I had some nausea with my first pregnancy, but then again I was also spending my mornings not scraping rapidly-cementing oatmeal residue off the kitchen table in my sweats as I do now, but rather riding the Washington, D.C. subway and buses to work stuffed into maternity pantyhose and high heels at the crack of dawn. So I had attributed the nausea to the lack of air in the underground Metro, the less than smooth ride, and the not-so-lovely smells that abound when it's rush hour and your face is practically smashed under some old, fat guy's armpit as the throngs of other commuters try to see how many more people you can possibly cram into the train before folks start passing out from lack of oxygen.
With my second and third pregnancies, I had literally not a single day of morning sickness - I felt fantastic the entire time, from month 1 through month 9. So I naively thought I'd be golden from now on. But I guess I was wrong. This time around, any time I haven't felt sick, I've felt exhausted. So my blogging career has suffered greatly, firstly because I haven't had the energy or inclination to put together a coherent sentence, but also because any time I actually have a few moments of peace when I might put together a coherent sentence, I've chosen instead to either: A) take a nap; or B) raid the frige and pantry in a futile attempt to find *something* that does not taste like sawdust....and then take a nap.
Oh, and somewhere in there I got an awful case of bronchitis that lasted weeks (I virtually never get so much as a cold normally, but for some reason when I'm pregnant I go from super-immune-system to one of those people who catches every germ that comes within a mile of me). And then there's the fact that Steve had, oh, about FIVE business trips in this time period as well. Nothing more fun than morning sickness with three other kids to care for - except for morning sickness with three other kids to care for and NO HUSBAND for several days and nights in a row!
Well, hopefully I've now engendered enough sympathy here that you won't fault me for not posting in a month and a half, and go back to actually reading this periodically :)
I'm in my 12th week now, and finally emerging from the first-trimester fog...I hope! So far, I'm quite happy with the OB/midwife practice I'm going to. I had an early ultrasound to confirm my dates because my chart was somewhat ambiguous (hard to temp effectively when you still have a nursling who wakes in the night) and the baby looked great. Based on that, we moved my due date up a couple of days to November 25. All I have to say about that is, I am SO buying this to wear as Thanksgiving approaches: http://www.evalillian.com/turkey-maternity-t-shirt-prod392.htm
I have other exciting things to tell you about....but I'm going to sleep now, so check back tomorrow :)
I will, however, leave you with some photos of what's been going on since last I posted....several are of Easter, which was wonderful. We very much missed being with family, but in addition to a lovely Mass (the celebration of the Resurrection in Latin is just amazing) we went to a phenomenal Easter Brunch at Westward Look Resort, which is just beautiful. It was so much fun - absolutely amazing food, a spectacular view (we didn't know enough to request it, but lucked out with an outdoor table on the veranda of the ballroom!) but still very family-friendly (complete with little prizes and balloons for the kids, and a visit from the Easter Bunny bearing chocolates!) We hope to make this our annual Easter tradition here. But next year, I'll be enjoying the mimosas instead of giving Steve my share! ;) Oh and yes, those are Star Wars eggs that the kids made - they are going through a Star Wars fanatic phase right now.
There are also a few of the Pima County Fair, which was a blast. I obviously had to miss out on many of the good rides, but Steve and the kids had fun! And true to my New Jersey years, I rocked the carnival games and won prizes for all three kids within a few minutes :)
Then there's Andrew with a lemon he picked from our tree in the backyard....you all know I'm not necessarily always the "back to nature" type, but I have to say, it is pretty darn cool to be able to send your kids out back to pick lemons off the tree and then come in and make fresh lemonade with them!
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I am still reading Kerri! The pics are adorable. I hope you start feeling better soon...and glad to hear you have not had any more scorpions.
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