Boy?

Another baby update. Just for fun, I thought I'd let you all know that I think the baby is a boy. Of course, we'll see for sure when it "pops out" as my kids say. But there are a lot of reasons that I feel pretty sure it is a boy. My belly sticks right out in the front. I actually still have hips. I was similar with Elise, but more pregnant all around. My belly is just like when I had JJ. Also, my hair has not grown any longer, just thicker, like with JJ. With Elise, my hair grew 5-6 inches longer - drastically noticeable change. I'm also a lot nicer than when I was pregnant with Elise. I was just mean sometimes, ok a lot of the time, when I was pregnant with her, and knew it but really felt like I had no control over it. I know people tried to stay out of my way, notably my husband! With JJ I don't remember having that problem. A lot of these things could be attributed to being less stressed this time around, and having a baby close to the same time as when I had JJ (he was born in May), but we'll see. It is just fun to think it is a boy, and then wait to find out for sure. I told Jonathan yesterday that I actually will be shocked if it is a girl; I just think of the baby as a boy.

Baby Update

Just a little baby update for all of you. I am doing really well in general. It is about 6 weeks to my due date (April 23). Not long! And we're really busy all through March so it will come quickly. I sure am ready to not be pregnant anymore. I feel really pretty healthy. Still don't know the baby's gender (yeah!) and names are settled. I just need to unpack a few boxes left in the den from moving (yes, a year ago) and hang things up on the walls in there. Then all of our inside big jobs are done, and I can let myself get baby stuff out. I'm getting a little anxious. The baby still moves a lot, but it is getting less wild in there as the baby gets bigger and has less room to move around. I'm also starting to get a little apprehensive about labor. I'm a little worried it will be long and of course painful, or too quick, like Elise's birth. I think that once I know I'm in labor I'll be racing for the hospital doors. Let us not forget that Elise almost could have been born in McDonald's drive through! In about 7 weeks it will all be over and we'll have a precious baby!

Did YOU see the "lunar" eclipse?

Well, there was a lunar eclipse a couple of weeks ago on a Wednesday night. We forgot to go out and look at it. The next day when I picked JJ up from school, he indignantly asked me "Why didn't I get to see the MOONER ECLIPSE?" I had to really try not to laugh out loud. They still say cute stuff even at 5! Just had to share that - it was classic.