Pregnancy Update

 Valentine's day photo of baby belly at 6 months :)

My growing belly at 7 months

So, before this last month I wanted to post how much fun I'm having being pregnant. Unfortunately, the last month hasn't been quite so much fun. I forget how uncomfortable it starts getting towards the end: back pains, other pains, belly getting in the way, etc. Plus on top of that I've just been sick one thing after another for the past month or so. The kids and I have passed around colds and flu and I've had an infection and it's just been no fun. Despite the complaints, and really feeling ready to be done being pregnant, I still have to say that I love pregnancy as a whole. It is such a miracle to have this little body growing inside of me. I always just feel special being pregnant. Plus, I feel I have an excuse to sit around and relax more :). Besides some minor nausea the first few months, and the sicknesses of the last month, I've felt quite well. My baby is very active and always moving around. I am due in about 5 more weeks, May 10. We did not find out this time if it's a boy or girl which has been really fun. I really don't have much inclination, one way or the other, which it is. Lately I'm leaning more towards girl, though Chad's holding out for another boy (always :). Either way, I'm happy. I have both, so either will be great. I'm getting excited to have this little newborn to hold (and be able to stop referring to the baby as "it"...), but I am nervous, also, since my two babies were quite fussy and difficult. I am very excited to be having this baby in Spring rather than the late fall, that'll be so nice!

Accident Cody

My little Cody seems to be quite accident prone, or maybe it's just that he's VERY active and always climbing, RUNNING, and jumping. My dad nick-named him Tip Over Cody when we lived there because he was constantly falling off stools, tables, etc. So a few weeks ago he was running from the end of the hall to the end of the family room where the fireplace is and tripped and cut his nose on the edge of the bricks... ouch! I'm always worried about what might happen on those darn bricks. There's a ledge about 5 inches off the ground and he's been awfully close to hitting it many times and finally did. It is moments like this that I wish I wasn't the mother who has to witness and figure out what to do about it. Injuries and sicknesses are not my thing! I always wonder if I should take them to the Dr. or wait it out, etc. this one was bad because more than just the cut, he hit his nose so hard that it started swelling between his eyes and bruising. He is quite a tough little guy and acted fine (his usually running, jumping self) so I waited a few days, but just kept worrying it was broken and wouldn't heal right, or would affect his sinuses for years to come, etc. So I called the Dr. and of course he wanted me to bring him in to check out something or other that could be a problem and cause his nose to grow crooked. I was worried after that of all the bad things that could be wrong, but fortunately the Dr. reported everything was fine, and he didn't have to go to a specialist to get the bruising sucked out (gag). Yay. My prayers were answered once again. So now he just has a nice scar across his nose that matches the scar across his forehead that he got in Dec. Another story: The kids and I were at Arctic Circle and he tripped and jammed his head into a step on the play place and blood gushed everywhere. I decided not to take him to the Dr., though now I think it probably should have had stitches; it was pretty deep. It makes me sad to see his once perfect face all scarred, but I guess that's just part of growing up :( (me and him). I'm slowly being strengthened as a mom with each, not so fun, experience. I'm finding out I am quite a wimp, but am getting tougher!

Day 1

Day 3

Day 5

It really healed quite fast and looks fine now. Just a little pink scar.