Posts by Jen
Tears, Tears, and More Tears
My friend Michael just blogged about tears, so I thought I would join him. Today I have cried for so many stupid reasons. I wonder if my blood sugar is low and now I am extra emotional. Or is it my question for the last three months, Is this the baby? I first cried today for some silly reason of being annoyed at something. I cried next because I desperately want to go on a vacation with Justin. I was trying to explain this to him as I burst into tears. We haven’t been on a vacation just us two in two years and with the baby coming it will be even longer if we don’t go this summer. We may have to forgo our vacation and return to the states to fundraise if things continue as they are financially. Finally, I just cried looking at the ten day forecast…
Read MoreTimes are Changing and so is My Body
Is this baby or chubby? I don’t know. All I know is that my once really flat stomach (yes, I was proud of that flat stomach) is now rounding out. ALREADY!?!?! People said I wouldn’t "show" till I was five or six months. No offense whoever said it, but you lied! LIED I SAY!!! It is like being constantly bloated. It is like a stomach that has been filled to the maximum with food and soda and gas! That is what it looks like! But even worse is the fact that there is no way to suck this stomach in. I know you want pictures, but I haven’t figured out if I would be showing gas, chub, or baby. I am not ready to expose the first two. I wake up with this same roundness so I am thinking it is the baby. BUT my jeans are getting a bit…
Read MoreCheck out Justin’s blog that brought a tear to my eye!
Read about Justin’s experience as a father so far on his blog article titled, "The Fluttering of a Little Heart…" It is cool to see all this baby stuff from his perspective! Click the link below and read away! Justin’s article on the babe!
Read MoreI Ran Into a Pole!
I am normally a very clumsy person. I run into things ALL the time and get ridiculous bruises from who knows what clumsy act I have just committed. Yesterday as I was walking down the street with our friends (Dennis and Karen) who were in town, Karen was telling me the most hilarious poop story ever. Sorry, but that is really what it was about. I was so into the story that I was looking at her, shocked at what she was telling me, not watching where I was going and SMACK! I ran my FACE right into a pole and it was LOUD! I had been walking at a pretty good speed and it literally stopped me in my tracks! There were about five or six people in front of us that all turned around because of how loud it was, not to mention that couple behind that saw…
Read MoreOur first picture of Turkey Jr!!
As you can see we had our first picture taken of our little turkey today! The internal ultrasound experience was everything I expected it to be. Undressing in front of the doctor and Justin, not understanding barely anything of what the doctor was saying, and walking half naked to my little table/chair thing that is in the same room as the desk. These were all things I had expected (thank goodness). It was all very interesting… to say the least. Americans are so modest (me included!), but I think I handled it all quite well. If you just pretend to know what is going on and act as if you are comfortable, it isn’t so bad. I almost forgot how awkward it was once I saw the baby! SO CUTE! It was amazing to see the heart beating and the hands waving and the legs kicking. How beautiful. Justin cried! …
Read More“Ooooh baby, baby its a wild world”
Sometimes I like to sing for fun. Not in a real pretty singing voice, but joking around. I can’t sing, so I might as well joke around with it. Today I started singing for Justin the Cat Stevens song, "Wild World". It was stuck in my head from the breakfast place we ate at today. They were playing nonstop Cat Stevens. It was wonderful. Anyways, as I start singing in my woman/opera/joking voice Justin just sat looking at me with a smile on his face, all curious like. After I was done singing he says, "I am both amused and concerned that that could be the first song our baby ever hears."
Read MorePee Shy at the Doctor’s
Justin and I are in the bestest of moods today! I had my second doctor’s appointment today. It was actually just a little blood taking and urine peeing. There is a lab just down the street from us, so we headed on over this afternoon. I knew that I would have a urine test, so I purposely drank a lot of water (so I thought). The lady at the front desk (who also took my blood) was SO VERY nice! She let us stumble through our broken French and was very patient with us. It is a whole other deal to communicate in medical terms! She brought me back to the back room, while Justin waited out front. Everything was normal as she stuck the needle in and began drawing blood. I think she took about six vials of blood. I am being tested for the works. All STD’s and…
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