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 Wow, 20 weeks already? Time went from a standstill to flying!
 
Baby is measuring 1 day ahead, so right on. Everything looks perfect, anterior placenta, but no previa, so yay! I have gained back 2 of the 5 pounds I lost.

Baby has been moving more and more, I can't feel too much right now because of the position of the placenta, making itself known every so often during the day, and a lot at night with rolling and just a sense of *where* baby is at inside......make sense?  I do feel kicks and punches, but only in certain spots. I did feel hiccups, ever so light the other day :) I'll feel more over time. Braxton Hicks contractions  started last week, today especially. They don't hurt, but it gets tiring to feel the tightness all.the.time, it seems. I think it's our funky weather, so hot and humid. Staying hydrated has been difficult today.

Everyone here is pretty happy, ok, over the moon...baby was not completely agreeable at the u/s almost 2 weeks ago, but was very cooperative for the Dr a few days ago....and we'll be welcoming another little girl, finally!!

Mmmmmm....this makes summer totally worth it (along with 4th of July, and swimming in a cooold pool in the insane heat, lol)

http://smittenkitchen.com/2009/07/watermelon-lemonade/

I a little more than quadrupled it, and added at least 1.5c more watermelon (I just tossed in what I had left...I pureed about 1/4 of our 24 pound melon!!) and used the entire cup of simple syrup I made. My poor kids...they  think that "real" lemonade is the crap you get out of the soda machine :sob: I don't drink it, (GROSS!!) but we will let them have that instead of soda when we go out to eat, if there's no fresh iced tea...I think we'll be making a lot of REAL lemonade here at home this summer.....

It definitely is better cold...it is soo good :) I can't get a good pic of the "pitcher" on my counter, but I made enough to fill a gallon mason jar 3/4 of the way full. WOOOO!!!! But here's my pretty $0.75 Target cup, lol.

We have a very active baby. Need a shot of the heart? Baby will move and/or put it's hand up on it's chest. Need to measure a femur? Baby will trn it's back and put it's arm in the way. LOL Need to see gender?? Baby will sit frog-legged, and not give a good, 100% open crotch shot view, BUT.....in all the moving and prodding and poking, flinging of limbs and turning, chasing and moving....not once did the tech see boiy parts flying around ;)

We did get quite a few back-half views, but nothing full-on....tech is leaning towards pink :)

I walked in the door, and the kids were IMMEDIATE...What is it, a boy or a girl?!?!?! lmao.

Omg im tired washed & dried linens for 2 beds dressed one took apart & scrubbed fish tank reassembled and did 3 other loads o laundry

Just say a billy mays commercial on tlc wonder how long theyll keep showing them

Dsl is down i am forced to go to bed with a stack of cookbooks to see what looks good for dinner tomorrow lol any ideas?

Finally!  Another month :) Yesterday technically, but I was so wrapped up in other stuff. Wooo!

15 weeks down 25 to go :)

Nausea has lessened lots but has been joined by random, sudden, and unexpected gagging. How fun. Lol

At disneyland old grandpa started dancing to came playing bust a move Lmao!

Stupid weather every time it thunders i lose my dsl

I am almost out of pickles. This is not good. After Felix mows the lawn, we're taking a trip to Home (I wrote Hoe, LMAO!) Depot for mousetraps for the garage. I haven't seen any, but he saw poop under the lawnmower. :shudder: I have *never* seen them, but they come in every spring, he sets traps, never catches any, but they go away soon after he lays the traps. Smart mice? I'm grateful for my 4 cats!  And we need granules for the fire ants, whatever he does keeps them OUTSIDE the fence/yard :)

Oh, and a Costco run for pickles, lmao.  

Plans for going away for the day nixed i am so seriously Bummed

We're 1/3 of the way there! 13 weeks today, and 2nd trimester now :)

I still feel sick a lot, but not as much as I did, say, 3 weeks ago. Heartbeat is 162, an immediate find with the doppler :)

I told D the other day. Didn't want to tell him until we told MIL first. He *LOVES* babies and will tell everyone he meets, "My mom's pregnant." LOL! I told him I was going to have a baby....he says, "So you're pregnant?" with this HUGE grin on his face. Smart kid to hook the 2 together...he's 5!

My brother just called me my bird died :*(

AOL brought back the CD, HB and other boards that they tossed, oh, what, a year ago? Wow.

She asked i told Shes happy !

12 weeks Yay 3 months sounds so much nicer than 2 :)

Someone come take my children before I put them to bed at 4:45pm and/or take of down the street running and screaming while pulling my hair out. I may not keep sane enough to put them to bed first. If they open that front door one more time......

We had a beautiful morning. We went to the thrift store (where we found nothing worthwhile, boo) and then to Target where I had to pass up a 3-slide Slip N Slide for $15. It is 16 feet x 90 inches. I don;t think my yard is 16" in any direction. Boo. But I did get the boys big-kid body wash and shampoo. They are getting to the age where they don't smell clean with baby wash :*(

We went to Costco, and I got my beloved swiss and croissants to go with my patiently waiting roast beef. I also grabbed pickles, nacho cheese sauce, canned chicken (huh???) and mozzarella. I think I was hungry? I don't know. We hit up McD's drive-thru on the way home, since the line was SOO LONG for chicken bakes (drool) and pizza at Costco. I only ate a small fry before I was stuffed anyway.  I couldn't even eat my chicken sandwhich. But a chicken bake would have been way better.......

About the chicken sandwich. Felix is totally shocked and awed by this. In the 10+ years we have been together, he has *NEVER ONCE* seen me eat a breaded chicken sandwich. From anywhere, save a restaurant at Disneyland a couple months ago, where I didn't know it was lightly breaded. I will eat grilled chicken sandwiches from just about anywhere, but never fried. That is ALL I want this pregnancy. ALL THE TIME. Like Homer Simpson drool want a chicken sandwich. In the last 3 weeks, I have had chicken sandwiches from Burger King (gross!) AM/PM (slightly passable) McDonald's (worthy) Jack in the Box (good) and Carl's Jr. (YUMMY) Some more than once, some lots. I would have gotten one at DL when we went, but the last 2 times the restaurant that serves them was closed for refurbishment. And those suckers are EXCELLENT GOOD. Mmmm, chiiiiiiicken saaaaaaandwich.......


But after our beautiful morning, we came home and I made mistakes.
#1 I fed them. And gave them koolaid to drink. They never get koolaid. I remember why now.
#2 I let them play, and in the middle of their playing made them come in and wash up. I had to run to the optometrists office to get a pair of contacts to tide me over until my appt.
#3 While looking for a space, I allowed myself to get so mad at this lady that I cussed in front of my kids. NUMEROUS times. Like a sailor. Wasn't even her fault....if I wanted the spot I should have turned on my blinker, I had time. She assumed since my blinker was NOT on, I did not want it, and she was gracious enough to turn hers on. So I was very beligerent as I turned down the aisle to look for another spot. She watched me trailing my 3 kids behind me as we hiked from the far part of the lot to the door of the office, right in front of her, sitting in her parked 15 passenger people-mover, into the office that we were in for, oh, THIRTY SECONDS before leaving. It took us a full 2 minutes to walk back to the van. But I'm not bitter.  (FYI: I usually park in the back. I am not nit picky about spots and would rather park somewhere right now than drive around looking for a "closer" spot. The walk won't kill you!!!) So why today?
#4 I entertained the idea of a nap. I am crampy/pressury today. I want to go lay down and play with my doppler. But Felix is asleep in bed, and if I even attempt to think about even walking into my room, even think about maybe laying down for just 5 minutes, all hell will break loose with the children, and they will act as if they are eating each other alive. They will bring this wonderful parade of screaming and yelling and fighting and tattling into the house, and right into my bedroom. Quickly. All in the time span it would take for me to get out of bed and *try* to meet them halfway. And they will wake him up, and he will be grouchy and grumpy. And nobody wants a grouchy and grumpy Daddy awake early.

Bedtime, where are you? Mama needs a break!!!!