Pregnancy Update

I am having a bit of a rough time with this pregnancy. On Friday I fainted at the craft store. Fortunately there were many other people around so I never made it to the ground. We went to the hospital so I could be checked out, and everything was fine. They said I need to be sure to eat & drink enough. So I've been doing that, but I am still having periodic lightheadedness. Mr N strongly urged me to not go anywhere by myself, and I had to see the wisdom of his counsel. If I fainted somewhere out and about with the kids, that could go very badly. So I am sticking to home more, and mostly limiting my outings to places where I can sit basically the entire time (library, McD0nald's). Yesterday my friend went with me to the grocery store. If you could keep me & Baby Girl in your prayers, that would be very appreciated! I have a little over 5 weeks to go and am hoping to avoid giving myself a concussion. Ha ha

Some friends of ours gave us their old swingset, so the kids have been having a blast playing on it. We've had a couple of cool days and some rain (boo). Before that though we were having classic Oregon summer weather, so the kids have been having fun playing in the kiddie pool in the backyard. I sit in a camping chair and knit while they play, it works out very nicely for everyone.

Baby Girl is healthy, active, and head-down. Tomorrow I get an ultrasound to see how big she is. I requested this ultrasound because I am worried about having a baby even bigger than M (he was 9lbs6oz). I don't think I'm quite as big with this one so I don't think she will be bigger, but we'll see.

6 Months Down, 3 To Go!

Miss E is on antibiotics for the first time in her life. She has an infected eyelash follicle which had swelled up quite dramatically. However, after just one day of eye ointment and oral antibiotics it's already improving. She HATES getting the ointment in her eye (understandable, especially since it blurs her vision for a good ten minutes afterward), so we are totally bribing her. Or using the reward system, whichever you prefer. I'm comfortable with the term "bribing." She will get this doll once the medicine is done and her "bump" (as we all call it) is gone.

Her last day of preschool was today, we had a little party. As in, everyone brought food and the kids played the whole time. It was a preschool co-op, twice a week, and I taught one week a month. It was great for Miss E, I think it helped with her socialization skills and increased her interest in learning the alphabet, but I don't think I'll ever do it again. Teaching preschool is not my thing. M can't go to preschool this fall since he's not pottytrained yet, so I'm thinking I'll just save some money from next year's tax refund so I can put him in an official preschool in Fall 2012.

M has reached the defiant threes. My mom always said age three was worse than age two, and after two children hitting those ages & stages, I agree. M is figuring out the boundaries and whether I really mean it when I say, "Go to your room NOW!" (Hint: I do.) He also gave up naps completely though it means we now have to be really prompt about putting him to bed on time. Otherwise he has a meltdown at bedtime.

Baby #3 is so active we call her Ninja Baby. The kids like to talk to her but they don't seem interested in feeling her kick around. M was going through a phase where he wanted to be a baby and was baby talking a lot, but that's faded away. Now he insists that he is a little boy and he wants to sleep in the bunk bed with Miss E. (We've tried it a couple of times but it hasn't worked yet. They just giggle and play for an hour and then start fighting and we put them back in their own beds.) We're not looking forward to the exhaustion, but I'm getting really excited to meet Baby #3!

Comparing the Bellies

Here are comparisons of my belly in each pregnancy. On the left are pictures from April 2005, when I was about 7.5 months pregnant with Miss E. On the right are pictures from last night, 7.5 months pregnant with Baby #2. I am a bit bigger this time. Less than six weeks left!

Update on Our Family

Baby E posing sweetly for Dh. He just got a fancy new camera and has been snapping pictures like crazy. This new camera takes much better pictures than our old one. And yes, Baby E has food on her face. She's 20 months old, we wouldn't want it any other way!




Baby E continues to be a very happy girl. She loves eating Cheerios for breakfast (she's quite good with a spoon), adds almost daily to her vocabulary (she knows at least 30-35 words), roughhousing with Daddy, reading stories to herself in toddler-speak, being read to by me or Dh, playing at her friends houses, going to Nursery, fruit snacks, coloring, her baby doll and teddy bears. But most of all she loves...



Bob the Builder! Whenever we open the entertainment center, she asks "Bob-o?" Whenever we turn on the computer, she asks "Bob-o?" She looooooves Bob the Builder so much. We have just one dvd; she and I have watched it about a million times. I think I have it entirely memorized. Ha ha She doesn't sit still for very long to watch it, so we seem to watch it in bits and pieces over each day. She also likes to visit the Bob website, because it plays the theme song.


Here is me 30 weeks pregnant. We are starting to get pretty excited to meet our little baby boy in about 10 weeks!

Right now we are all sick with a cold, so we don't feel so good in the N household! Hopefully we'll be able to start breathing again soon!

The N Family Is Growing!

In April, I will be having a baby! We are really excited! Except Baby E, who has no idea of the pending upheaval. Now that the morning sickness is (mostly) over, I am soooo much happier. September was not very fun. So let's see...I am about 3 months along, we will be finding out if it's a boy or a girl, sometime in December. This picture is now about three weeks old, and blurry, but it's the best I could get at the moment! In this picture, you can see the baby all stretched out.
I can't really think of anything else to add right now. Oh, I did just barely start being able to feel the baby move occasionally, which is my favorite part of being pregnant. In both ultrasounds I've had so far, this baby has been super active. Baby E was not so active...does this mean something?? Hopefully not! Baby E is plenty active now!