Labor Cake

I am thinking about making Labor Cake this weekend... follow the link for the recipe on my cousin Rebecca's blog: http://www.itsthejamils.com/2009/01/labor-cake.html

I must admit that I made the cake when I was very pregnant with the Noodle...and got to eat it several nights in a row before it finally "worked." But it is so good that who cares?

Free at Last

I got the most wonderful surprise at my checkup today: I am released from bed rest! I immediately came home and went for a walk. Let's get this baby outta here.

I weigh the same amount as I did with my last baby when I had her (on her due date), and according to my ultrasound, my due date was April 13 (not the 16th, which is what we had been going on up til now). So the doctor said he was comfortable that I am now past 37 weeks...and FREE!

I haven't been this happy in AGES. Eight weeks of bed rest behind me...and now just waiting for one bouncing baby boy.

Really Big Bump

36.5 week bump. Really ready to have this baby!

36.5

I have TEN DAYS of bed rest left, unless of course this baby decides to make his appearance before that. My doctor said that he wants me to stay in bed until 38 weeks (April 2) BUT in the event the baby starts to come, they won't do anything heroic to prevent it. All they would do is give me IV fluids to hydrate me (and if it's real labor, hydration really won't "stop" it). I was happy to hear this, because I DONOTDONOTDONOT want another IV; I can provide myself with fluids all on my own, thank you very much. So I am drinking as much as I can, staying in bed, and trying to keep the stress to a minimum.

Last week, I must say, flew by, because both the boys (husband and Squash) were home on spring break. It was SO NICE to have them here all week. Squash and I played Yahtzee, Scrabble and Monopoly. Noodle stayed at day care all week, although she woke up with a fever Thursday night, so she was home with us all on Friday. GOOD TIMING, NOODLE; she was fully recovered by yesterday. It was a weird illness; just a fever -- no other symptoms (other than being a super cranky 3 year old!). Everyone is back to school today.

And I have been looking forward to tomorrow all month because my SISTER is coming to visit from California!! She is on spring break and I am so excited that she was able to leave my darling nephew and her husband for a couple days to come out and keep me company. I have lots of projects for her...including painting my toes if I can persuade her!

Health Care Reform

I just received a link to this video of our Congressman Dennis Moore, reading an email from a staffer (who is a friend of a friend), about how the health reform bill would affect her, as a breast cancer survivor who was diagnosed when she was 24. I think this one-minute video (and really, the underlying email) is very powerful. Please consider watching!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TAz_HBAeqE

When You Are On Bed Rest

...your kids do not get cute St. Patty's Day shirts to wear, like they have had every other year. Instead, it was a frantic search this morning to see if they even had any shirts that had green on them.

In addition, Noodle informed me this morning that she was going to "punch" anyone who was not wearing green. Took me a minute to ask her...do you mean "pinch"?

Fast-forward ten minutes later, a crying Noodle informed me that her brother had punched her. Sigh.

Next year, I am making all three kids wear cute St. Patty's Day attire...even though Squash will be 7 1/2 and (I am sure) way too cool for such things.

Blue + Brown + Polka Dotty

I have bought virtually nothing for Baby #3's room. But I did buy this:




And it arrived today from Amazon. I love it.