How did it all go down...?

I went to bed at midnight last night due to the urgent need to finish something I started. So, the sewing project (recovering my friends' ottoman) took precedence over sleep. I was going to post some pictures, but I forgot to take the before and after - and now I'm just too lazy.

I'm bound and determined to get caught up on here. First, I'll fill you in on the pregnancy.

We knew that we were going to have a 3rd. We'd talked about it and decided to give it a few more months, but I had gone off the pill just to make sure I got it all out of my system before we started trying. A couple months later I had a funny feeling that I just might be pregnant, so I snuck a pregnancy test into the house and took it early one morning. I must have been literally 5 minutes pregnant, but the test turned positive. I woke Jason up, waving the nasty thing in his face. Needless to say, he was a little shocked. His first comment - "when did you buy that thing?" Of all the things to say, and that's all he could come up with. After a very brief conversation that ended with Jason describing his over all feeling as "trepidation," we headed to work, then Jason headed out of town for 4 days for class. Nice. We didn't get to even discuss it until a whole week later.

It took us some time to get used to the idea. Now Jason's throwing around the number 4. I always said I wanted an even number - and apparently, so does he.

We waited to tell Allison until after we heard the heartbeat. But, by then my stomach had already started to fill up. She would say to me - "mommy, why is your stomach so big." I would tell her that I'd been eating a lot of food. Which is not necessarily lying. I have been eating a lot. True to form, I gain a lot of my weight in the first 10 weeks. I'm 11 weeks now and can't fit into any of my pants. The belly band is in full swing. I haven't been nauseous - maybe a whole of 10 minutes total. I know that many mom's are, and I'm sorry about that. All I can say is that this is the one reprieve I get from being pregnant. Believe me - you won't want to be around me in the last 2 months.

Allison is pretty stoked. She really wants a girl. She says she already has a brother and she doesn't need another one. HA!

I'm pretty sure I'm not going to find out. But Jason is. So, that means I'll probably find out :) But really, I have every intention of trying. Those who know me best say it will never work - but Jason and I both think I can hold out if I want to. We'll see. I will certainly do my best to keep it a secret this time around.

We're both pretty excited - but definitely nervous. Everyone I know that has had three has said the worst transition has been from 2 to 3. I'm hoping to break that mold - we've broken others! Jason is in China the last 10 days of October, then I'm due in November. So, while I'm not terribly worried the kid will come 3 weeks early, I am a little nervous about being 8 months pregnant and on my own for 10 days. I think I might try to take a few days off from work in the middle and spend a week on the farm. I'm sure I'll survive. Anything to keep that kid in there the full 9 months this time!!

More posts to come with some updated pictures of the kids.

Valerie