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03/02/2009

I'll bet you thought I was gone for good, huh? Nope, I'm here...

Things are going well with my pregnancy. I'm 18 weeks along now, and I felt the baby move for the first time the other day. Such little movements, particularly when I know how big they get later on! It was very sweet to feel them, and I guess it's just one more indication that yes, I am pregnant. That sounds ridiculous, I know, but my life is nuts enough that I feel like I've barely had time to really comprehend that fact. Anyway, things are going fine. I have my next OB appt and an ultrasound scheduled for the 17th. We could find out the sex then, but right now I think we're going to stick with the plan to not find out. I just think it would be kind of fun to be surprised at the birth, and since we weren't with Kate and we own all the baby gear we need, it seems compelling enough to try. Granted, there are days when I really want to know if we should refer to "him" or "her," but I think we can manage to show some patience. We'll see.

Kate is doing great. She's got to be the happiest little girl in the world, I swear. She's doing so much pretend play now, and she loves to play hide and seek. After months of earnest trying, she started to jump in mid-December, and I don't think she's really stopped since. Hopping is a favorite way to express her happiness! She's doing great at daycare - everyone there adores her, and I think she's really learning a lot and enjoying it. She's definitely a joy to have around; one of her teachers said to me the other day, "You must be so proud to have her as your daughter." Well, yes, I am in fact. Open-mouthed

I'm deep in planning her new room, and I know that she's going to enjoy moving out of the crib and having new things to check out. We need to make sure that she has been transitioned (new room, potty trained being the big two issues) well before the baby arrives in July in order to keep life running as smoothly as possible over the summer.

Jay and I are ok. We've had a pretty tough month - Jay worked an unbelievable number of hours for the month of January, and he wasn't home for the last couple of weekends because of it. It all got pretty old, I can tell you. Between him being beyond exhausted and stressed, and me bearing the weight of everything non-Jay work related (and thus being exhausted and stressed, we were getting to be pretty grumpy. His big push was for a trade show that started tonight, so while he's out of town this week and I'm still bearing the weight of life, the end is really close. He'll never be a 40hr worker, but the craziness that has been going on will not continue either. For those of you who have known Jay's work habits for years - this is the most I've ever seen him work. You know that's saying a lot.

Work for me is good. I'm totally swamped, and I wish we had 8 day weeks so that I could get extra time in without having to work over the weekend. I pretty much refuse to do it (don't want to anyway, but I hate the idea of losing any of the little normal life time that I have), but that just means that M-F is super tough and I'm juggling an awful lot right now. I'm going to have to put in some extra hours soon, I know it. Too many things are at risk for hitting the ground...On a happy note, I received a promotion and a very generous raise to go along with it in my performance review. I've been working for 11mo now, and it's definitely been a roller coaster experience, but at least I know that I'm doing a good job.

OK, off to bed for me - I make it a habit to go to sleep around 9 so that I can get 8 hours in before 5am rolls around...

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	Jessicaescribió: I called Ben "her" and "she" when I was pregnant. I thought I wanted a girl. At 39 weeks, when they scheduled an induction, I got HIT with this very certain feeling (mother's intuition) that I was having a boy and I did. Ben did not suffer any from being called "her" and "she" all those months, though. Wait...maybe that is why his favorite color is purple, he likes his toe nails painted and he wants to grow up and marry his daddy instead of me....hmmm. ;o) Congratulations on the promotion and the raise! Even though your boss has shown appreciation for your work all along, it is nice to have it acknowledged by the company, as well. 6 Feb
	Chrissieescribió: It is good to hear from you. Esp. good that all is well with the pregnancy. I totally hear you on the work thing. Aaron's has been driving me nearly crazy for the past month. YAY for your promotion and raise. It is nice to be recognized for your good work. 4 Feb
	Claireescribió: What a nice thing for Kate's teacher to say to you! I would bed $5 that brought tears to your eyes, knowing your pregnancy hormones right now! :) 4 Feb
	Beckyescribió: Yep, once I started feeling the movements I felt like i was really pregnant too, especially the second time around while taking care of the first. Now there's no denying it at 31 weeks! HA! I'm glad to hear you're doing well and that there's an end in sight for Jay! Congrats on your promotion, too! 4 Feb
	Traceyescribió: Great to hear from you! I often wonder how life is treating you and just assume you must be super busy. (I trust Claire to update us if something major is happening) I can't believe you're at 18 weeks...guess more time has passed than I realized. I hope Jay's schedule becomes more reasonable soon...I'm sure Kate misses him just as much as you do. Congratulations on the promotion..that's quite impressive since you really haven't been there that long. How you go to bed by 9pm with all the stuff that piles up in your day is beyond me, but good for you. 3 Feb
	Erinescribió: I'm glad things are going well with the pregnancy! I don't know how you do it! I gotta say it would KILL me not to know the sex, but I'm like that. I will say that it made it easier talking to Elijah about the baby. Being able to put a name to Grace helped him. But again, each is different. On the potty training note... we started potty training elijah before the grace and I gave up for two reasons. I didn't want the pressure of having to get him on the potty and then the possibility of regression adding stress when Grace came along and two it was too much to do alone (for me!) I really liked that we waited until he was adjusted. We have had no regression (knock on all sorts of wood!) and once he got it...he GOT it! He's not night trained, but I think that's my laziness. He wakes up in the night and I seriouly just don't want to deal with putting him on the pot... But AGAIN, each child is different, and Kate will be older than Elijah was...which makes a BIG difference! I understand the overworking thing. The money with jerry's new job is good, but he has worked every day since jan. 17th and my patience is running thin on that! But it's okay. It will calm down for him soon as well. Congrats on the promotion! That's awesome!!! 3 Feb

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