April=Good Month

It's going to be a good day. The sun is shining. I'm jammin' to classic rock. Vouchers for work are almost done. I don't feel like puking (yet). I'm drinking grape juice (that is too sweet) and eating pretzels. Great breakfast, eh?

April is going to be a good month for us I believe. We'll be preparing to move into a house. A HOUSE. I can't believe it!

The 20th marks 1 year since David and I left the great state of Oklahoma in search of fun and change.

The 23rd is our 5 year anniversary!!!! I realize that to many people, that's not long but it's the longest I've ever been married :0) I can't believe it's already 5 years. It seems like yesterday, yet so long ago. Did I have a life before David??

Also, yesterday David spoke to his boss about the fact that he really dislikes working nights. His boss was really nice about it and told him that he could go back to days after the 23rd. They have a guy who's going to start that already has managerial experience and they think he'll be a good replacement. I can't wait until he goes back to days!!!!

Also, next week on the 12th (I may reschedule though) I go to the doctor and should be able to hear the heart beat of my little bean!

There is a bummer for the month of April that I must acknowledge. It will be 7 years on the 13th that my sweet, sweet mom passed away. I wish she were here to celebrate anniversaries and babies with me but she is celebrating in a much better place!!

Another reason today is a good day: it's my Friday!!

Love to all!

So. Tired. Today.

Today has been such a loooong day. It's been crazy at work the last 2 days. I already don't want to do them for May or June (possibly July too). I am sooo tired! That's good though, I'm glad I've had something to do the last few days at work. Usually I'm fighting to keep my eyes open.

I'm so ready for the next 3 weeks to come and go. I'm really praying that this sickness goes away after my first trimester.

I'm super happy that we'll be moving out of the cabin here in a few weeks. I'm really happy that we're not moving into the 5th wheel! I am so excited for washer/dryer hookups and a bathroom and kitchen that's not in another building :0) Don't get me wrong, the cabin hasn't been bad. But it's time to move on!

I just want to go home and rest but I have to go to the laundromat. I seriously can't wait until I don't have to go there anymore. I'm dozing off as I type this so I'm gonna go.

I'm out.

10 Weeks

Though he's barely the size of a kumquat — a little over an inch or so long, crown to bottom — and weighs less than a quarter of an ounce, your baby has now completed the most critical portion of his development. This is the beginning of the so-called fetal period, a time when the tissues and organs in his body rapidly grow and mature.He's swallowing fluid and kicking up a storm.

Vital organs — including his kidneys, intestines, brain, and liver (now making red blood cells in place of the disappearing yolk sac) — are in place and starting to function, though they'll continue to develop throughout your pregnancy.

If you could take a peek inside your womb, you'd spot minute details, like tiny nails forming on fingers and toes (no more webbing) and peach-fuzz hair beginning to grow on tender skin.

In other developments: Your baby's limbs can bend now. His hands are flexed at the wrist and meet over his heart, and his feet may be long enough to meet in front of his body. The outline of his spine is clearly visible through translucent skin, and spinal nerves are beginning to stretch out from his spinal cord.

Your baby's forehead temporarily bulges with his developing brain and sits very high on his head, which measures half the length of his body. From crown to rump, he's about 1 1/4 inches long. In the coming weeks, your baby will again double in size — to nearly 3 inches.

On My Own...

Tomorrow I am on my own for the next 12 weeks at work. I thought I had the rest of this week to continue training but I found out today that I don't. Oh well.

We have been having a pretty uneventful time lately. We didn't do much for Easter, just went to church. We met with the deacons as the last process on our journey to membership at the church. It'll be good to officially be a part of a church family again.

Seems that some answered prayer has come our way and I am thankful. God is good.

I'm tired of the crappy weather we've been having around here. I'm ready for some sun and some warmth. They're saying we might get 1-3 inches of snow tonight. I hate how the weather teases you!

I got David to watch my documentary with me. I'm glad he did. I don't know if he is though :0)

Gotta go put my clothes in the dryer...

The Business of Being Born

Yesterday I got my documentary in the mail and I was super excited! I of course watched it last night and now I have to have a home birth :0) The documentary really gives you some things to think about. I can't wait for David to watch it.

They made a good point in the documentary about how women nowadays are afraid of giving birth. Society has made it to be some sort of painful, traumatic event that we want to get over with. Notice how people are quick to tell you their gory, horror stories of what happened when they gave birth? You tell someone that you want to have a natural child birth and you get "yeah, we'll see how you feel about that when the time comes." Thanks for the support...
Natural child birth does scare me but I'm fascinated by it, well, I'm fascinated at the prospect of home birth. Women are created to give birth. Our bodies know what to do. If billions of women have done it, I can too. At least that's what I'm telling myself! If you watch a home birth compared to a hospital birth, the difference is noticeable (at least the hospital births on a Baby Story! haha). I don't mean to put a damper on or offend anyone who has hospital births. In fact, I may have one. I'm just thinking about choices for me. And since this is my blog, I'll post what I want to! (it's my party and I'll cry if I want to!)

I'm also pretty excited about a book I ordered too by a lady named Ina May Gaskin. She's a famous midwife. Had I known I was going to be on my own at work today I would have brought it to read. Bummer. Maybe I'll go home at lunch and get it.

These are the thoughts of the day...

Amazon

I love www.amazon.com! Last week, or sometime, I ordered a few books and Rikki Lake's documenatry "The Business of Being Born" and I CANNOT wait to get them! I'm especially looking forward to the documentary. I would really love to have a midwife or at least a doula. I'm finding it's hard to find them near me. I just think it would be so wonderful to have a birth with no medical intervention! I want it to be a beautiful occasion, not a medical procedure. I know it's not like that with all births but I have it in my mind how I want it :0) I realize things can happen unexpectedly too.

I can't wait until tomorrow, it's my Friday! This week so far has been um.... ok I guess. I thought this sickness was getting better but this week it proved me wrong. Today has been a lot better though praise God! But I feel happy being sick, oddly enough, because it makes me feel like my body's hormones are doing their job. I can't wait until April 12 or 13 when I have my 2nd appointment and get to hear the heartbeat. I can't wait to see the changes that have occured in the mean time also.

I think I'm still in shock. I have wanted a baby for so long that I can't believe I'm actually pregnant! I was talking to my friend and was expressing the craziness that I am pregnant and she was like "yeah, I know!" A shock to everyone it is! So exciting!

9 Weeks

Your new resident is nearly an inch long — about the size of a grape — and weighs just a fraction of an ounce. She's starting to look more and more human. Her essential body parts are accounted for, though they'll go through plenty of fine-tuning in the coming months. Other changes abound: Your baby's heart finishes dividing into four chambers, and the valves start to form — as do her tiny teeth. The embryonic "tail" is completely gone. Your baby's organs, muscles, and nerves are kicking into gear. The external sex organs are there but won't be distinguishable as male or female for another few weeks. Her eyes are fully formed, but her eyelids are fused shut and won't open until 27 weeks. She has tiny earlobes, and her mouth, nose, and nostrils are more distinct. The placenta is developed enough now to take over most of the critical job of producing hormones. Now that your baby's basic physiology is in place, she's poised for rapid weight gain.