Growing Baby #3

Thank you all so much for your congratulations and well wishes!  It's fun to have all my far away, blogging friends in on our little secret!  I've gotten a few emails with some questions so I thought I'd answer those here.

For starters our due date is July 29th.  We are not finding out what we are having because we thought it would be fun to try that out once.  We're really excited about doing it that way although I think a little cheat will be calling my name throughout the entire ultrasound appointment!  I'm going to have to use all my will power not to look for the tiny little bum.  Joey's not even going to come with me.  He thinks he'll spot the boy part if it appears and he doesn't want to ruin it for us.  If you that have done it this way and have some tips for us, let me know.

As far as names go, Joey gets the final say on this baby since I named Isaac and Georgie.  Be prepared for something like Lance Armstrong Merback or Charles Darwin Merback if its a boy....okay I'm totally kidding!  Once again, this is going to be really hard for me to relinquish my final say that I've always been kind of a brat about.  I do have veto rights though.  YOu'd better believe that I would NEVER give that up!

I'm feeling pretty good now.  At 17 weeks most of the nausea is FINALLY going away but it still lingers there on empty stomachs and wierd smells.  This pregnancy has been by far my worst as far as sickness, tastes, smells, moodiness and all that goes.  My New Years Resolution was to live by the phrase, "Live In The Now" and I've done a pretty poor job of it the last few weeks!  But I'm repenting!  Over the last few days I've consigned myself to getting fatter, not liking the taste of chocolate (because of my wierd taste buds...(oh how I miss its pre-pregnancy deliciousness) and requiring an 8:30 bedtime and I think I'm ready to sit back and enjoy!  Most likely this is my last time to do this so, by golly, I'm going appreciate the miracle of it all!

Joey and the kids are excited.  I told Isaac pretty soon after we found out, reminding him that it was a secret.  Oh boy did he take that seriously.  He was so good at keeping the secret, whispering to me in public places and not even talking about it in front of Joey or Georgie.  I think he thought he was the only one that knew about it;)  When Georgie encounters a pair of tights that are too small or a dress for her doll that she really likes she brings them to me and tells me to save them for the baby.  She's positive it's going to be a girl.  Isaac originally professed a desire to have a boy but when I told him that we weren't sure and that it could be a girl he changed his tune and says he doesn't care.  The other day he said he wanted it to be a girl because he wanted to name her Seraphina!  I'll turn his suggestion over to his Dad...we'll see what he does with it!

Thanks again for all of your congratulations!

xoxo
Ash