Past Novembers: 2006

By November 2006, I had just started this blog. But most of you probably weren't reading back then, so a little recap should be ok. And of course, once you have a baby, the number of photos in your monthly folder increases exponentially.

Katy is 6 months old, and she's getting a bath during a visit to Oma's house. It's crazy to see this picture and see that with some extra hair and a little less cheek, she looks the same today.

We took Katy down to the stadium to tailgate for the Michigan game. I remember drunk students yelling from their porches, "Way to go bringing a baby to the Michigan game - woohoo!!!!!" And this was at 9 in the morning.

Later we watched the game and Katy played the ever-important role of dotting the I in O-H-I-O.

Katy gets a little cuddle time with Grammy during Thanksgiving in KY. Busy month!

Details

Forgive me if I'm a bit distracted. The kids and I are all in various stages of colds (the kind that come with fevers), we had 5 family members here this weekend for an awesome but tiring visit (pics later when my SIL sends them to me, I was too lazy to get the camera out), and I'm kinda freaking out about this Thursday. I'm hoping and praying that we'll be well enough to still have my family over and not send them home with germies. And I'm kinda whipped by this cold, so I haven't had the energy to get much together yet. Thank goodness Brian is taking a half day tomorrow and my mom will be here tomorrow night. See, I feel better already. It'll be ok.

In fact, "kinda whipped" is a good description of how I've been feeling for the past 7 weeks since we found out we were having this little one. About 12 hours after I took a positive pregnancy test, I was flat on my back with The Flu (swine or otherwise, who knows, but it was rough nonetheless). So were the kids, and a week later, so was Brian. About the time I got over that, the nausea started. About a week into that I had a period of 24 hours where I could not stop vomiting. At the time I thought it was pregnancy, but now I think I had the stomach flu. The only positive thing about that was that it made me appreciate my baseline of just "feeling like crap," because at least I could get out of bed and keep things down. The good news is that for the day to day nausea and tiredness, this first trimester has been the best of the three that I've experienced. I don't feel well, but it's not nearly as bad as previous times. I'm SO thankful for that. And it's starting to dissipate now, and I'm 11 weeks tomorrow. (As opposed to my first pregnancy, where it lasted until about 19 weeks)

So it hasn't been the most fun first trimester, but we are really excited to welcome number 3 to our family next summer. My due date is June 16th, about 4 weeks after Katy's fourth birthday. If this baby takes after the older siblings, s/he will be born on June 17th. (Wouldn't that be crazy if I had 3 babies on the day after their due date?)

There's lots more brewing in my head, abouts boys and girls, transitions with each new kid, ideal family size, etc. But we'll save those for another day. Lots of time until next June...

Something about a new baby

A few weeks ago, my friend Kate had her 2nd baby, a tiny little girl named Maggie. When she brought Maggie and Frank over for a playdate (she wanted to get out of the house - don't think I made her drag them over to see me!), Katy could not have been more excited to see the new baby. She had been aware of the "baby in Miss Kate's tummy," which had come out. She couldn't leave her alone, exclaiming about how tiny she was and wanting to hold her. When I snapped this photo, I hadn't asked her to look up and smile, but this was genuinely the look on her face. She said to me, "Mommy, I need a tiny baby. David is too big, he isn't tiny."

So I said, "Okay, how about next June?"

I'm partially kidding. I actually didn't say this to Katy, because next June is a really long time to wait for a new baby sibling. But in fact, we ARE expecting baby number 3 in June 2010.

So there ya go, let's discuss. I really need to discuss.