The Number Three....

After a long break, when I absently put my convenient 11" MacBook in my desk drawer, I am back.  I decided this evening to fish it from the back of the drawer, pull out the power supply, curl up on the couch with the remote, a bottle of water, and a fuzzy blanket, and catch up!  Yay!

...funny, as I type this right now, little bit KNOWS I'm talking about him/her!!  For the first time this pregnancy, I can feel my silly baby bouncing around and, if I'm not mistaken, dealing with hiccups!!!  <3 What a joy to finally "know" my baby is ok!!!!  :)


Since my last useful post, I've moved to the second trimester, had my screening ultrasound, met with my doctor again, the kids have started school, the two little ones had a few days away with the grandparents, and ... I've become addicted to Pinterest!  (random, but I needed one more thing to wrap up that long list of exciting events)

Baby Update:
(as of September 10th)

Weight - 140.2 (not moving down any more but not moving up either...)
Blood Pressure - 102/60
Baby Heartbeat - 152
Baby size - 4.0 inches / 2.4 ounces (appx)

We are still on the surprise side of the table...although the anticipation is getting harder!  I keep having dreams (ie. nightly) about the baby's gender and events right after delivery...things like we don't have any pacifiers on hand and SHE won't stop screaming!  Yes, all of my dreams show the baby as a girl... :)  I asked DH to promise me he would keep me from finding out.  The closer I get to our ultrasound date, the more I think I just want to know...then the "you're better than that and can wait" side of me fights against it.  So instead I convinced myself it would be fun to use the Intelligender test to guess the baby's gender.  After some research, I found out the rate of success is around 80-90%!!  That takes the fun out of it!  Had it been 50/50, I might have agreed...but that is too high and then I'll just have a good idea which way to lean when it's time.

Moving on...well, more on the gender situation...  Babies R Us puts on a big sale once (or twice - no one could tell us for sure) a year as a trade-in event.  You can take in your old/used baby gear and get a coupon for 25% off new gear!  Not knowing how often this sale was going to take place, I convinced DH to take advantage for a few bigger items that we needed to replace.  We loaded up Peanut's old butterfly swing (sniff, sniff - such sweet memories...), Big Boy's original high chair that had been through all 3 kids and I've hated since day one!, and the baby bouncer that my sweet sissy got for me when Peanut was born.  I loved that thing, but both new and not-new used it until it lost it's bounce and the toys no longer lit up/sang.  Three coupons in hand, we headed to the back of the new Toys/Babies R Us and began browsing.  HOURS later, we were empty handed!  We could not find a gender neutral item we liked!  So we had to choose...boy or girl?!?!  Sounds like we would jinx ourselves, but my thoughts - this baby already knows what it is so it doesn't matter what we decide on the outside.  They will be who God wants them to be :)  So we drew papers!!  Hahaha!  Big Boy asked the lady at the registry counter for a piece of paper and a pen.  I tore them into 10 pieces and wrote "G" on 5 and "B" on 5 more.  We grabbed a make-shift cup and dumped them it.  Big Boy chose first...a G (he wasn't too thrilled with that choice...).  Next was Peanut...another G!!  (she cried hysterically because she thought she drew a G for her brothers name!  lol)  Baby Boy took his turn...a B!!  Now it is 2-1.  DH and I drew and opened at the same time....DH - a G, Mommy, a B!!  Final score: Girl - 3; Boy - 2.  So we picked our most favorite girl items and happily bebopped out the door!  Saving a good chunk on a new bouncer, swing, and high chair!  Also, a tip for other parents like us.... Make a registry of the things you are buying.  Buy them off of the registry and you have up to 30 days after the baby is born to return or exchange the item!  Even though their standard policy is 90 days with receipt - this was a great way to get the items that we needed on sale in the gender we chose, and be able to go back in March when we're wrong!  (or not...)  lol

Now, on to the most exciting news of the last few weeks!!!  I mentioned to my OB on my first appt that I wanted to schedule an induction for March 3rd.  The lady thought I was nuts and blew me off saying we would worry about that in a few months when things got closer.  Two months later and I decided to bring it up again.  This was a new doctor for me - she was added to the practice around January of this year.  Loved her!  She was so funny and relaxed - and went to school at WVU so there was lots to talk about in that room ;)  (the grandparents that came to pick up the little two happened to be there for the appt as well...).  She asked if I had any questions and I said just one....I want to talk about inducing on March 3rd.  She just smiled big and looked at my chart.  She said, "I see your due date is somewhere around March 4th or 6th..." (the last ultrasound in August dated me March 4th!)  "Since you will be 39 weeks, that is just fine!"  YAY YAY YAY!  Someone finally confirmed that a doctor in my practice will be willing to induce on the 3rd!!  So .... lets review:

My Birthday: 3/3/83
Baby Birthday: 3/3/13
My Age: 30
My baby: 3rd

Starting to see a pattern?  I believe it is fate!  :)  I am so excited to potentially be able to share my 30th birthday with my new bundle!!  That will be so amazing!!!  No promises to myself that it will all work out - with my track record, babies like to try and come out too early.  Hence the making the promise to myself to do everything I can to keep this baby put until it's time for delivery.  That means taking extra good care of myself, drinking plenty of water, and remembering to take it easy!  I have to stop trying to be superwoman during my pregnancies!  Sit down and rest - a lot - I, and the baby, need it! 

I think that's enough for this update.  The kids have started school and Big Boy has went through some significant strides to have a great year this year.  Peanut is doing amazingly well but is HATING leaving Mommy every day.  So much so, that it's become a hindrance in her day-to-day life!  More on that later!  I will be sure to send a few more updates about some other randomness going on in our lives.  I will also make sure to keep my handy little Mac out of the drawer!!  Duh!