Holy Cats! We're gonna' have a puppy!

Okay,

So pretty much EVERYone already knows this... but we're actually going to be parents in September! How scary is that?! Nature has actually entrusted us with the growth and care of another human being! It's madness I tell you!

Okay okay... it's not gonna' be that bad. We're responsible, mature adults. We can handle this. We managed a year without doing serious, irreversible harm to each other and we kept the cat alive, so how bad could it be, really?

Moving on,

I'm a little scattered today

The details (for those of you who don't know already)

Current due date: 3 September 2007

How far along am I right now?: 20 weeks, 2 days (4 1/2 months)

How many Jellyfish are there in there?: 1

Do we know the gender?: No

Do we want to know the gender?: No

Do we like green and yellow clothes?: Yes. There is also a wide variety of gender nonspecific
reds, blues, and a light lilac colour that really isn't too feminine when smashed together with greens and yellows

How is Mommy feeling?: Apart from not really all that overwhelmed anymore, sick as a dog thank you. That's right, 24 hour 7 days a week morning sickness. The drugs are helping a bit, the wrist bands really aren't helping at all but I feel stylish when I wear them, and I've grown attached to them. Apart from the constant yecch, I feel fine. My energy levels are right about where they should be for now and I know from all the online message boards, and the studies I've been reading (I'm such a nerd) that things could be SOOOO much worse.

Why do I call the baby 'the Jellyfish'?: Peanut and Jujube were taken. My mother called me 'the parasite' (I believe this is not unique to our case), and I got the marine theme from a journal over at Babycenter.com where a couple called theirs the 'Guppy'. Though in their case, the marine theme had a much longer and more sentimental background. I just thought "Jellyfish" sounded funny. I've already started shortening the name to Jelly, so I'm hoping sometime before the child can be humiliated by its little friends, I will have stopped calling it Jellyfish to its face.

Anyhoo, there really isn't much to report at the moment. The critter only just started moving with any amount of regularity and I'm not even showing properly yet - really I just look like I've gained some weight.

Okay, a lot of weight.

In truth as of the last prenatal (last Friday) I'd only gained 5 lbs from the first prenatal.

Also, I haven't met my OB/GYN yet. Though I understand she's very nice and a good doctor. I'll have more details on her sometime in June.

So, whenever we get around to it, we'll try to post. If something really awesome happens, we'll post about it as soon as we get around to it... get the idea? I'm not very good at journal keeping. I never was. Usually I start off well and can keep it going for a couple of weeks but then I get distracted by something shiny and forget all about it and before long it's been three years and I'm just never really going to update that website ever again and....

Sorry. I ramble too.

Well it's late and I'm late for my happy drugs. I'd best toddle off to sleep now before I get more incoherent.

Ciao fer now all!

-HLC