Piggysnoot

The last few days I’ve found that I’ve been thinking more and more about posting again…a month ago I was ready to quit this blog thing because of a lack of motivation due to an ongoing personal situation. Things are getting better…seeming less dreary…and I’ve missed my little b-log…so I’m back…with a post that’s chock full of updates and such…so let me apologize in advance if I ramble.

First things first…we had an ultrasound on the 19th of September to try and determine the sex of the baby. The answer, from the tech, was a 99% sureity that it’s a GIRL! I made it out to a few garage sales while they were still going on, and picked up some girly outfits. We also bought her little coming home from the hospital outfit…a Classic Pooh pants, onesie, and hat set from Target. I did the registries (Walmart & Target), and the baby shower invites have been sent. Doing the registries was fun, however I think that pregnant women should be given the use of those wheelchairs while doing a registry. Do you have any idea what my feet, back, and neck felt like afterwards? By the end of the two hour excursion in Target I was scanning like a crazy woman…and found it hard to move for the rest of the day. I passed my short glucose test…which I’m glad of because I had a hard time staying awake at the hospital in between when I drank the orange delight and when they actually took my blood…I’d have had to ask for a room if I needed to do the four hour test. At my last appointment the doctor said I’m measuring big, but not gaining excessively…whatever the hell that means. I guess he’s going to do another ultrasound when I go next time to verify the baby’s measurements. Which reminds me…he switched me to every two weeks appointments…which had me a little freaked out…I guess this means it really is getting close. I’m 30 weeks this week…and have found I’m more and more worried that this little girly is going to come early…ten weeks doesn’t seem like enough time…heaven help me if she’s three or four weeks early!

It’s so nice to be able to refer to her as a her instead of ‘the baby’ or ‘the kid’. She does officially have a name…we’re just not telling what it is until she’s born. It took a few months of debate…mostly because Larry and I are both pretty stubborn. We had decided on a name but couldn’t agree on a spelling…so we duked it out for a few months…couldn’t come to an agreement…and changed the name all together. It was funny because we spent so much time disagreeing on the spelling of the one name, but then one of us suggested a different name, and we had decided on the first and middle name by the end of that day. There’s your teaser for the rest of my pregnancy…the baby has a name…but it won’t be shared for another ten weeks or so!

Alright, that’s all I have for now…it’s nice to jump back into the swing of things! Thanks to all who sent me encouraging comments and emails about my crappy-licious post from before!