Short one today…just some silly hormonal ramblings…

I never knew it was possible to miss someone whom you have never met. I miss Aubrey Ann like she has been gone on a long vacation. I can’t wait until she is home in my arms! I can’t believe we are going to be Mommy and Daddy in less than two months! Please continue to pray for us.

The showers are just a couple of weeks away. Invitations went out a couple of days ago for one and the other will be going out this week. So check you mail boxes. Brandon and I are sooooo excited. We love parties!

Yesterday was Pa’s birthday, and I kept thinking that in just a few short years the three of us will be going over Pa’s to make him birthday breakfast. I just imagine our little one running down the hall, jumping on her Pa squealing “wake up, wake up!” Pa will get up only to find a disaster called breakfast on the table. I can’t wait for all of these sweet times.

Sorry for the silly post. These are just a few of my thoughts.

We are in need of a new poll for the left side. Any ideas? Post a comment with an idea for a new poll and we’ll put one up.

Here are my thoughts:

If you were crowned Miss America, what would you do?

Which famous clown would you most like to have at your birthday party?

How old are you?

That is about all that I can think of, so please leave a comment with an idea for a good, new poll for this site!

As Mari Jo was falling asleep she said, “It feels like there are two squirrels in my belly right now.” Then about 30 seconds later she said, “I think they’re fighting over a nut.” Then fell asleep.

I think my laughing is going to wake her up!

The last 3 hours were spent putting the finishing touches on the website. Surprisingly though, I didn’t do it alone. Mari Jo was extremely excited to get the header logo finished and the baby hand and foot up there. I must say, it looks really good.

It feels a little different building a website and knowing that in a few years the person you built it for will be reading it, and hopefully posting to it!

We also added a cool little countdown timer to show exactly how many days, hours and minutes are left until blast off. As of this post, there are 121 days, 3 hours and 23 minutes until we get to see our little girl for the first time. I can hardly wait.

See you soon little girl!

Although I have no joy in remembering these days, I thought it would be good to mention them so I have a record I can refer to when Aubrey Ann reaches teenage years. Every mom has the right to bring up and badger their kids with horrible pregnancy stories (right?). Besides, Aubrey Ann should know what a pain she was to bring into this world!!! My Dad has told me that I can dish out guilt like an “Italian grandmother”, so this post is just one method of my multi-faceted approach to future guilt -trips for Aubrey Ann.
I am now 23 weeks, and feeling a lot better, but my first 16 weeks or so were horrible. My pregnancy began with unusual syncopene episodes. I was dizzy all of the time, and even passed out twice. When I walked I would have to take a lot of breaks and even crouch down and grab the floor to keep from falling. I would frequently be out of breath and lethargic for days at a time. My condition resulted in a couple of different trips to the hospital, and some really annoyed doctors. I spent the better part of 6 weeks in bed, and had difficulties just walking to my bathroom.

Doctor’s tried to diagnose me with several things, but none of them ever seemed to hit the mark. I have heard everything from problems with blood pressure, auto immune disorders, problems with the baby, to severe inner ear infections. The most recent diagnosis is a heart condition that can develop in during pregnancy.

Now that I am at 23 weeks I am feeling much better, minus a few off days. I still seem to get dizzy and lethargic on random days, but I am learning much better how to recognize the bad days before I even get out of bed in the morning. Besides those off days, peanut thinks she is ready to come out and has started trying to “kick the bottom out of me”. That is always a lovely feeling. I told Brandon that sometimes I feel like any second we are going to see a baby foot come tumbling out. I guess she is just eager to say her hello’s (and so are we!!).

Now that we have brought attention to the rocky start of the pregnancy, we need never mention it again. I will however post an extremely unattractive picture of me from these early days in the pregnancy so that it can add to the full effect of the guilt-trip I plan to give Aubrey Ann when she thinks she can mouth off during those teenage years! So here is how I spent the first trimester (and then some!) of my pregnancy.

Aubrey Ann, currently set to make sure world debut May 7th, 2006, sure is an active little girl. She seems to be awake about 30 minutes, then need the next 30 minutes to recover from all of the kicking she is doing.

How is that for a first post!