Gross title, I know, and after I haven't posted for a couple weeks! I'll get around to explaining the title in a minute. First, I hope everyone had a happy and healthy Turkey Day! We did - we were at Oakwood Ranch, of course, celebrating with the Wood's and the Harmon's. It was a typical thanksgiving, with the gourmet meal cooked by Mom - not without some headache, of course, and her thinking everything didn't turn out perfect when it actually did. Dad was still a pain in the butt, yelling at mom to prepare appetizers that he hardly eats any more. He's had gastric bypass surgery, in case I hadn't mentioned that. It was little Mia's first Thanksgiving, and she could eat some of the fixings with all four of her teeth. And sadly, it was the first Thanksgiving wtihout Grandma, so no green bean and mushroom soup casserole. Mom said she didn't make it because it was only Grandma's fav, but I loved it too! Maybe next year we can make it again. While we missed having Grandma at the table, it all comes full circle; she got to celelbrate 91 Thanksgivings, and now the countown for little Mia begins at #1!
November 2005 Archives
Okay, yes, my tummy is growing healthily too (I think it's more from onion rings than the baby, however, since the baby is only 3 inches long), but sometimes I think he's growing in my frontal lobe, as I'm struck down with headaches all the time! It's such a delicate balance. On Thursday I only got 7 hours of sleep (a combination of class on Thursday, a new ER to watch when I got home, and an 8am meeting on Friday morning), and I couldn't last the day. I had to leave at noon, and I napped from 1pm to 3:30. I know I've gotta give myself a break, but it's hard. And I hope the second trimester will be headache-free! I can only take Tylenol, which might as well be sugar pills. Only one more week till I'm in the second tri, whoopie!! I can't wait to look more pregnant, I know all the mother's feel the opposite, but right now I just feel big! I want a little pooch to show off. I had a crazy dream that Kearney gave birth!! She was living in NYC, I was out visiting, and took her to the hospital. It was a boy! Funny funny. Prego dreams are funny! Oh, here's my horoscope that my friend told me about yesterday:
"You may require a few careful explanations before you understand exactly what is going on around you. Pay attention and listen up."
She called it the "prego brain" horoscope. How true! That's it for now...
Tonight we're starting training with an anxiety, fear and aggression specialist. Yes, my dog is officiallyin therapy! He looks so cute, but lurking underneath is a vicious predator...okay not really, he's just a big baby with big teeth that doesn't so much like the babies of the human variety. Well, he likes babies until they can walk, then he's petrified of them!
We went to the doc on Tuesday and heard the heart beat! It was pretty cool, I kept giggling which got in the way of our listening, but we still heard that quick little "thump, thump, thump." It's still somewhat surreal for us, still hard to believe that this two inch thing will someday be a person, but I guess we're developing right along with no problems! I've got my big 4 month ultrasound scheduled for December 29th, which will be fun. Too bad they didn't have appointments before we go to Canada for Christmas, we'll have to send up the pictures later. That's when we can find out if it's a boy or girl; I've changed my mind (again) and now I want to know! We'll see how I feel on that day.
