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Trials and Joys of Pregnancy

8 weeks - I'm amazed by the fact that I am pregnant. It's been so long since I was pregnant with London that I've almost forgotten what to expect. So far, I've been really lucky and I haven't had a lot of the bad pregnancy symptoms. I feel pretty good. A little tired, but pretty good. We're getting ready to move and that's stressful but once we're in our new place, things will calm down. Poor Greg has to do all the heavy lifting, but he doesn't seem to mind. He's been wonderful. I couldn't have found a more perfect man to share my life with.

Hopefully, we can put an ultrasound picture up here soon. We have an appointment on July 22nd and my doctor told me that she would do an ultrasound so that we can have a picture.

18 weeks - OK, so I am REALLY REALLY REALLY bad about writing in here!! So sorry!! :) I will be sure to write lots so all of you can leave me alone for at least another week!! :) Just kidding!

Well, the baby has been moving a lot but poor Greg still hasn't gotten to feel it yet. Hopefully, he'll be able to feel something soon. Even London has gotten to feel it, so I'm starting to feel bad for Greg!! :) I've been feeling pretty good, although last week I had a really bad case of the flu. I had it for about a week and was miserable the whole time. I'm really glad that's over! It seems that my belly just suddenly popped out over the past few days. I now actually look pregnant, not just chubby!! I'm so glad because I hated feeling fat.   I'm sure the next time I write in 10 weeks ( hee hee ) I will be singing a different tune. But at least I can enjoy the belly now, before it gets too uncomfortable. ;)

We finally got most of the boxes unpacked and put away so our house is looking so much better. That was starting to drive us nuts. We can actually see the floor now! :)   Now all we need to do is decorate. The walls are pretty bare but they're getting there, slowly but surely. I'm thinking we should be completely done right around the time we're getting ready to move again.

OK, I think that's about it. We have another doctor's appointment on the 23rd and I'm hoping they will schedule another ultrasound then. When we went in for the last one, the tech told us they were going to recommend a follow up ultrasound because I was only 17 weeks and they like to see what's going on in there around 20 to 22 weeks.    Hopefully, this baby will show us what we want to see. I'm tired of calling the baby "IT" and I would really like to start buying some clothes and stuff, but not all yellow and green. Keeping my fingers crossed! :)

Hope you're all happy!! I'm sure I'll write again in a couple of months!! :) Just kidding! I'll try to do better! :)

31 weeks - OK, so I am REALLY, REALLY REALLY bad at this!! So sorry. Well, I am HUGE!!! I swear I am bigger now than I was when I was full term with London. I'm a little scared to see how big I end up getting. At my last appointment, my doctor expressed the same concern and said that if I continue to expand at this rate, we will most likely induce in January. And to tell you the truth, that sounds fabulous to me!! :) I guess we will just have to wait and see.

London has been a giant PUNK lately but hopefully we have found a way to stop that. He likes to play in class and then lie about getting in trouble! I'm hoping that with Christmas coming, we can appeal to his selfish side and get him to start listening!

And of course, Greg! Wonderful, as always. He listens to me complain and doesn't tell me to shut up and he lets me have my hysterical fits over really stupid things. And no matter what I am upset about, he makes me feel better! One of these days I am going to have to thank his parents for raising such a wonderful man. Seriously, from everything I have heard, he was a holy terror as a child, but he turned out absolutely wonderful. :) So there's hope for London yet! :)

Ok, so no promises on the next time I write. :)