It's a...
The front of our new house!!!
The backyard of our new house!!
OH! And we're having a....
A GIRL!
Little Avery Claire will be arriving around March 24...or maybe a week earlier (according to the Dr., she's measuring about a week ahead :)
Plague of Death
Let me preface this by saying my husband took 2 days off from work when he caught this thing! That in and of itself deserved a blog post. The fact that I lost all 4 lbs that I've gained during this pregnancy is merely a byline in this story.
So just imagine going about your day as normal...eating normal...going to church like normal. Getting all cozy and ready for bed laying down and then your husband turns to you and says...I don't feel so good. "Oh" you say "whats wrong?" "I think I'm gonna be sick" This he says as he jogs out of the room. You find this slightly humorous because 1. you think he's sick because he ate too much for dinner and 2. you've never seen him jog to the bathroom before. However, the noises coming from the bathroom (horrible wretching noises) soon wipe the smile off your face. Repeat jogging to the bathroom and horrible wretched noises every 15 minutes for the next 24 hrs.
Poor Greg couldn't keep soda crackers and ginger ale down. Finally around 5pm THE NEXT DAY there began to be a light at the end of the tunnel. I went out and bought peppermint everything to see if it would calm his stomach. Peppermint tea, peppermints, those cute little peppermints you serve at weddings...etc. Peppermint became the miracle cure. During this time his mother and father and brother had all gotten sick with this vicious plague...I was the only well one in the house.
I thanked my lucky stars for all those horse pill vitamins they make you take for prenatal health and proceeded to just take care of Greg and the rest of them.
Greg was so weak (he lost 10 lbs during his confinement) that he stayed home from work on Tuesday to regain some strength. By Tuesday night he was feeling pretty good...and he kept looking at me asking how I felt.
And at the time I felt pretty good...no more nauseated than usual. Just regular ole random bouts of sickness.
Until around midnight....oh man. One thing I've learned is this child does NOT like savory herb roasted potatoes...EVERY TIME I eat those delicious things I end up hurling....and let me tell you they DO NOT taste as good coming up as they did going down.
So I caught the plague. Thankfully my bout lasted half the time Greg's did and by 7 am I was keeping Gatorade down just fine. Greg had given me a blessing soon after the second round of upchucking (anyone know where that lovely word originated...??) because we both feared the worst for me and the baby. I know it was that blessing that saved me from hours more of sickness.
So just a random question...but has anyone else caught this lovely virus?
Symptoms include:
- vomiting continuously until your intestines show
- chills (no fever....your body temp actually goes down)
- diarrhea
Hope you enjoyed this lovely post!
Time to Guess...
So we get to find out what we're having in about 3 weeks. (I know you're all as excited as I am) So I figure its time to put it to the masses to guess what we're having.
To help you in your hypothesis I've put together a list of facts that might or might not have something to do with the outcome. Take them for what you will.
1. Greg is one of 5 boys and 1 girl.
2. I am one of 3 girls and 1 boy.
3. My mother is one of 4 girls and 6 boys. (yep do the math...thats 10 kids)
4. My dad is the only boy and he has 1 sister.
5. I am not showing yet...so I don't know if I'm carrying "high" or "low."
6. I still get nauseated every morning...yep every single one.
7. I have no acne..at all...LOVE THAT!
8. I do not crave sweets (some say craving sweets means you're having a girl...I think it means you have a sweet tooth...but whatever), I crave fruit.
9. I did that string test (where you put a ring on a piece of string hold it over your stomach and see which way it swings) and got both results so I gave up.
10. There is only one heartbeat (in case you're thinking twins or more...).
All right! Let the guessing begin!
Remember When...
Remember when I could sleep on my stomach and not get nauseous...I do...it wasn't that long ago...and it was awesome.
Remember when people kept talking about all the money they were going to get because of the bail out/recession bill...whatever happened to that?...cause I got jack.
Remember when you'd wake up excited for the day...you were totally rested and energetic...I don't think I've felt that way since I was like 13 (then early morning seminary started and it was all downhill).
Remember when you got to take naps on those blue/red mats...and they were comfortable...but you still didn't want to take a nap because you wanted to whisper to your neighbor (or maybe I was the only one who was a rebel in Kindergarten).
Remember when they let you bring cupcakes to class for your birthdays?...did you know now you have to bring "wholesome treats"...what the heck?!
Remember when you woke up at the crack of dawn on Saturday mornings for cartoons...now kids can just watch them online...LAME.
Remember when your mom did all your laundry...being a grownup sucks sometimes.
Remember when you could eat anything you wanted without caring about calories...diet coke hadn't even been INVENTED yet!
Remember when it was cool to be modest...why do clothes keep getting smaller/shorter/more see through?
Remember when boys/girls were gross and you vowed the only girl/boy in your life would be your mom/dad? (glad I grew out of that one...no offense dad)
Remember when you first figured out how to mix colors to create new colors...I believe every house I ever drew between the ages of 6-9 were blue-green and purple with a bit of pink.
Remember when losing weight was AWESOME...ok it pretty much still is...until the nice doctor man reminds you you're preggo so thats not so awesome. (I however simply remind myself that in a few months I'll just have to look at food to gain weight)
Remember when Lisa Frank and San Rio Surprise were the coolest things around...and you wrote your name,punctuated by silly dots, on everything.
Remember when you didn't know what bills were...hahahahahahaha....those were good days.
Remember when Sister Daily, the ward librarian in my home ward, would get up on testimony Sundays and read off who still had church materials out and how overdue they were...those were good days.
Remember when you went to school...and got grades...and took tests...and remember how you used to hate it and look forward to when you no longer went? Do you still feel that way?
Yeah...I remember all those things.
Little She/He Hawes
And so it begins.....
Nausea.....check
Sore Parts...check
Frequent Bathroom Breaks...check
Weird pains...check
Squealing Grandparents....check
House with room for baby....still workin on it...figure baby can live in drawer til it's at least 3 months...oh and I'm totally kidding...please don't call child welfare services already....
Little She/He Hawes will be coming to earth around March 24, 2010....start your countdowns.
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