Millers are here!

We had a great visit with Grandma Bookie and Grand Pooh-bah. I especially enjoyed the free time it allowed me to devote to finishing the last Harry Potter book! Baikal enjoyed bossing her grandparents around. Fun was had by all!

Doctor's Appointments

Being pregnant means lots of things, and one of those is waiting at the doctor's office. I find it a great time to catch up on my reading. As long as I have snacks and a book to read I am pretty content. At my last appointment I had to fill out a questionaire that contained the probing item, "Are you and your husband cousins?" It had other items such as history of diseases and spousal abuse. I felt like I had really achieved something when I was able to check off the NO category for most of the questions. Hooray!

First haircut

You know the joke, "How many people does it take to screw in a light bulb?" I have a new take on it. How many people does it take for Baikal to get her first haircut? The answer: 4. One to cut the hair, one to hold the child still, one to distract the child, and one to take pictures.

Yesterday was a rollercoster ride! On the way to the ultrasound appointment my car died. I called Matt to pick me up at the post office. He said that his car was running hot and that he was having to turn it off at every stop light and had the heater running full blast to keep it from overheating. We made it to the appointment and found out that I am having a boy! Matt and I are so excited. I also found out that because of my previous pregnancy causing me to become hypothyroid, I will have to have an ultrasound every four weeks to make sure the baby is developing normally and that my thyroid levels are healthy. The doctor also recommended a c-section due to the fact that with my last delivery Baikal and I contracted an infection which had us both on IV antibiotics for a few days. He said that post delivery infections can potentially weaken the body's ability to heal well and that going through labor would put me at an increase in "bust a gut" syndrome (uterine rupture). The due date is now at Dec. 14th. He said that our boy looked great and everything looked normal for this stage of development. Woohoo!