together we're heavy

o-i'm sorry to hear about your day. however, i am SURE that everything is going to be fine. small but healthy...as long as she's healthy, that's all you can ask for. just stay positive and know that we're thinking of you and sending good thoughts your way!!!

my appointment wasn't too bad. we did have to wait for the doctor for 1 hr. 20 minutes. by the time we actually saw her and got out of there it was 11 AM. we arrived at 9 AM. that was frustrating.

she said my placenta 'feels' just the right size and is about as big as it will get length wise and now i will start growing in width. great...cuz i don't feel enormous enough already! haha. my blood pressure, however, was 126/90. she didn't like the 90 number, so i have to go back next monday, as she didn't want to wait 2 weeks to see me again. she said cut down on salty stuff. i wonder how that will work, since i rarely salt ANYTHING! i can feel that i'm retaining water though, so i'm going to read up on that today and see what i can do to help alleviate this and not have to go back weekly, or go on bedrest. oh, i only gained 4 lbs. YES! i about dropped dead, because i ate so much freaking junk this month!

we scheduled & paid for our birthing, breastfeeding, and parenting classes today. the woman on the phone asked my doc's name and when i told her, she said, "in my opinion, she's the best doctor in the state!". that's comforting. i have felt really good about her from the beginning, as has elliott, but to hear this from a 3rd party was nice!

anyway, again, i hope that everything goes well. if you need to talk, you know i'm just a phone call away! :)

it's an exciting christmas season so far. i've never experienced a christmas pregnant, but i must say that the feeling is pretty incredible. as we wait in anticipation of our own child's birth (that seems SO soon), i wonder if i feel the same kind of things that mary did when she was waiting for the birth of jesus. whether or not you believe in the biblical christmas story as literal or figurative (i think it's both), i believe that we must share in similar feelings. we have many hopes and dreams for our children. of course, we don't expect them to be perfect, but they are perfect in our eyes. we don't expect that they are the son of God, but we know that they are, in fact, a child of God.
our baby has gotten into a pattern of waking up when i do. he's very still at night, unless i get up, and he calms down as soon as i lay back down. when i first wake up in the morning, there he is, kicking and rolling. i love cuddling and sleeping as a family, with the 'baby' sleeping in between us, and periodically kicking his dad in the back. i dream about him all the time...i think that i have finally hit the stage of anticipation and excitement. i am not going to miss being pregnant. i am just anxiously awaiting the birth of our own son.

the baby has been kicking ALL the time. my favorite is when he does a little dance on my bladder. hahaha. the baby has started to feel really heavy. my inner thighs have been killing me for a few days. i hope it will pass! i have also been having bad heartburn at night, in the middle of the night. i would sleep propped up, if i could actually fall asleep that way. i finally look pregnant. i wonder how big he's gonna be? sounds like mia will be tiny. you are lucky. a friend of a friend is being induced tomorrow and her baby is likely going to be 10 lbs.!!! woah. the doctor said the baby's got fat rolls! oh, please, no!!!

i can not believe that this baby still has a little less than 12 more weeks to grow. my back hurts, my feet and hands feel swollen (when my office is not -65 degrees), and i've got a perma-cold. my hips hurt at night, and i've been waking up a LOT more. although we are not "ready" as far as having everything done for the baby, i think in the next couple of weeks i am going to be mentally ready to have pregnancy behind me. the baby is super active, and i can tell he's on some kind of schedule now...pretty cool!

yahoo! glucose levels were normal! very excited about that.

in other news, the basic room painting is done. i plan to work on it this week and finish all up but the mural (which i want to have the basic outline done) this weekend. i want to get our dresser the heck out of our room. we're running out of space in our little bedroom!

____ kicks and kicks and rolls all day long. sometimes i feel like there's an ALF in there and he's going to pop right through my stomach.

i got MORE PANTS yesterday. thank god. i was wearing out the same 2-3 pairs and i was soooooo tired of them. i love ebay!