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Remember this song from 1986, "The Final Countdown" by Europe? Well, that's how I feel about right now...
I finally have a date for my c-section...November 19! Less than a month away, and we can meet Peanut face-to-face. And, yes, by the way...I do believe that I could somehow summarize my life by using all titles of 80s hairband anthems. "Livin' on a Prayer" could cover any number of incidents. "Welcome to the Jungle" would be about all of our crazy pet stories. "Pour Some Sugar on Me" could be about my Little Debbie Swiss cake roll addiction during all my pregnancies. "Back in Black" (although really a 70s song) would document my decision to start coloring my hair. "Rock You Like a Hurricane" would cover my survival of Hurricane Hugo in 1989. "Burnin' Down the House" could serve double duty for Indiani Mimi catching my hair on fire with a blow dryer and the time I melted my plastic lamp shade in the wee hours of the morning. What do you think? They could be chapter titles in my autobiography. ***crickets chirping*** OK, never mind...moving on. Anyway, things still continue to go pretty well. At this point, I don't know of a single person who is still having fun being this pregnant, and I'm no exception. But I'm healthy. Peanut's healthy. So I really can't complain. Well, I can....but I shouldn't. My doctor has decided to monitor my blood pressure closely, so I'm having to have ultra/sounds every week now. That's not so bad really, but I have been seeing him in my own town, like five minutes from my house. Unfortunately, they don't have the right equipment in this office, so I have to drive all the way to the "real" office once a week....which is about 40 minutes away. Bummer. I have accused him of being in league with the gas companies, but apparently that's not the case. He's just concerned about fluid levels and baby growth and whatknot. So far, my blood pressure has stayed within safe limits, and Peanut looks picture perfect every time. I forgot to scan a picture, but it pretty much still looks like the crystal skull from Indiana Jones' latest flick. Still no nursery pictures, but we have paint picked out and furniture ordered. One of these remaining weekends will have a very frantic Big D getting everything painted and in place. We do have Peanut's temporary sleeping quarters ready in the master bedroom...
Those new Pack-n-Play's are so snazzy. (Thanks Pa & Ma!!) This one came with a bassinet area, complete with a 5-song music player, comfort vibration option, mobile, changing pad, night light and storage organizer. Last weekend, Big D and I were enjoying one of our last date nights for a while, and we picked out and purchased coming home outfits for either a Madelynn or a William...
I have them hanging on my shoe organizer, and they make me smile every time I walk past them. I even made them hold hands for the picture. I agree with Indiana Mimi, who thinks it's kind of sad that only one of the outfits will get to be worn. Since we don't know the gender and we've talked extensively about the possiblities with both, it sort of seems like both exist in some way. It almost makes me wish I was having twins. Almost. Speaking of names, it seems, so far, that we're sticking with the above choices. Both other times, we changed the names pretty late in the game. I've been throwing others out randomly, but so far, none have been stickers. We'll see, I guess. And here I am...
First of all, those streaks are something with the camera. My mirror is not that dirty. Secondly, aren't I getting BIG? People always tell me that I'm not, but I know they are lying. I see their eyes twitching and the playing nervously with their split ends. They know I'm a walking gigantosaurus. Part of me wishes someone would just lay it on me, and say, "Man, you are HUGE!", and then part of me doesn't wish that at all. Part of me still pretends that I'm 20 pounds lighter and a size 10. Part of me pretends that I'll be right back to that size on November 20. Part of me is delusional. That's about it. I'm not sure if this is the last update I'll do or not. I may try to squeeze in one more in early November. We shall see.... |
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