The silence is broken

word is finally out! My parents now know their third grandchild is on its way. I was so glad they came over today. The stress of money and probably just the changes this pregnancy makes my body feel, were overwhelming today. I was on the verge of a major panic attack when I handed Ariel the phone and asked her to call Grandma and see if she had the day off. Thank God.. they were already on their way over and were here in a matter of minutes! I really need my mommy and daddy today.

As I was sweeping the floor, I ran and handed Clarity a pregnancy announcement that we had made and told her to go give it to Grandma. She happily did so. I think mom just thought it was some cute little card I had made. Then she read it. lol. Her reaction was priceless, I wish I had the video camera going. She said "Holy Sh**" I think five times and stood up. I told her I wasn't sure if that was a good reaction or not. lol. She said it was. Then she showed my dad the announcement and he seemed genuinely happy too. They said it was about time they've gotten some good news. So that was a relief. I think they were really suprised at how far along I am. I told them at least they dont have that long of a wait now!

Well Jesse finally gets tomorrow off. Thank God.. there's so much we need to get done. I probably should go to the dmv and get me a new license since I have no idea where mine is. We have to do our grocery shopping, blah blah blah. A day of errands. Poor Jesse.. I wish there was just one day where he had to do nothing on his day off. Being he has to go just about two weeks to get one it seems! Maybe I'll do the grocery shopping early in the morning with the girls while he's in bed or something. We'll see.

Jim our neighbor just came over and told me our other neighbors have a leak and all the water will be shut off for 24 hours starting in the morning. Peachy! Better catch up on all baths and wash tonight. Gah. I should be busting my butt on this house anyways, it's a total mess.

well it's a.....

Surprise! Still! phew.. we made it through the ultrasound without finding out. I can't even explain how tempting it was when the tech asked if we wanted to know because she had a good shot. But I did it.. I said no we want to keep this one a surprise! Jesse did ask if she could take a pic so he could "guess" but when she went to get the gender shot.. guess what... baby closed the legs tightly together so daddy couldn't even try to find out! I thought that was great!

Everything looks wonderful. Sooo cute. I'll have to see if I can scan the pics I got and post them up here. The doctor changed my due date from Feb. 22nd to Feb. 18th but I'll keep the 22nd in my head since that's what I've thought all along. We'll see who's right. lol.

My appointment went well. I saw a new doctor and I loved her. She didn't harp on me about my weight gain (or lack thereof). I have gained two pounds so far but I'm still under my prepregnancy weight. She said as long as I'm eating when I'm hungry and stopping when I'm full.. the baby is getting all it needs and it's growing perfectly. That was like a weight lifted off of me. With both of the girls I was starving all the time and gained weight weekly so just now starting to put on weight at 20 weeks was kind of scaring me!

Ariel now knows for sure there is a baby. She says she wants another sister.. lol. Clarity just loves babies period. Thank goodness. I was afraid she'd feel out of place but I think she'll be just fine. She'll be just like Ariel... a mini mommy. I'll ask Clarity "who wants a baby?" and her reply is, "me me me me!"

Jesse's been busy working, working, working. As usual. I guess better too much than not enough so I should just count my blessings! But he really could use a day off. He hasn't had a real day off in over two weeks. He was supposed to have the day of the ultrasound off, but they called him to work right after. We had to go with him. Thank goodness for the tv/dvd player in the truck!

We're in the process of looking for another house to live in. We have to move closer to his job. Right now we're paying around $300 a more a week in gas and that's killing us. So hopefully we'll find something closer soon!

Congrats to Misty on finding out she's having a lil boy!! You take care of yourself and that adorable guy you have in there!!

I hope everyone finds themselves happy and blessed.

eeeek!

Excitement, excitement, excitement! I'm soooo looking forward to so much this month it's crazy. I have my ultrasound next Wednesday. Then I went ahead and bought us some Six Flags tickets (yeah I know we just went, but I wanted to go back for Fright Fest so I purchased tickets without telling Jesse.. so he couldnt say no.. and when I did tell him, I said it was for his birthday which is Halloween). Thankfully he wasn't upset at all. Normally I dont sneak about things like that but this time I just couldn't help myself! We're all excited to go back. I'm guessing we'll go around the 20th. Then we have Halloween. I got the girls costumes in the mail... cute, cute, cute! Ariel was bound and determined to be a dinosaur and I found this really cool looking pterodactyl costume. She's thrilled with it and chases Miss Clarity everywhere. So it's going to be a year round play costume, I can tell. Good! It was more than I ever thought I'd pay for a costume. Clarity is going to be this adorable little pink poodle. I tried it on her and I melted, especially when she walked around doing her "woof woof!"

I love October! Happy Fall everybody!

Half Time

20 weeks today! I can't believe how fast things have started to go now that I've gotten past (for the most part) all the sick junk. It's halfway over.. and part of me is so sad. I don't know for sure if we're done. A part of me says we are, three is plenty and then there's that teeny bit of doubt that makes me want to avoid doing anything permanent (but it's a very teeny doubt..lol). It just makes every milestone more bittersweet that this more than likely, is the last time, I will ever experience it.

I have been thinking about names lately. Well only boy names really and I just can't get past wanting to name him (if it is a him) Ryan. I love, love, love that name. Jesse of course has his heels dug in that he's against it (because of my love for Ryan Reynolds). But honestly even if there weren't a Ryan Reynolds, it will still be my absolute favorite boy name. What's funny is if you ask Ariel if she ever has a baby brother what she would want his name to be... she always says Ryan (well her first choice is triceratops but that is a no go.. so she says Ryan next). And I PROMISE I didnt give her any ideas whatsoever. Maybe she is just meant to have a brother named Ryan! I have no feelings either way about what this baby is going to be. I've been wrong both other times. I just knew Clarity was a boy because deep down I really wanted another daughter. So I just chalked it up that I was dreaming and to get used to the idea that she was a boy. WRONG! I got my two little girls. So I don't have the gift of just knowing what the baby is inside of me. I don't care either way this time around which I guess is why I don't mind keeping it a surprise the whole time! I am so anxious for delivery day though... it will be like the biggest surprise ever!

A big Congrats to Sarah (the girl who is making my pregnancy announcements) as she gave birth to a healthy baby boy in the early AM. Welcome to the world Brennan!