Update On...The Bun

Okay, so most of you, if not all of you know I'm pregnant. And if you're just finding out...well...I'm PREGNANT! There ya go. We found out on the 12th of May...yes I know- now I'm coming out with it? To be honest I thought I'd get to it sooner than this but things happen and better late than never, right? And to be honest the nauseousness hit me on the 21st of May and have pretty much been feeling it since. But today I felt inclined and the energy to actually reveal/tell what has been happening of late in our lives.

At the moment I'd like to tell how I revealed to my parents and others of our little bun in the oven. On Mother's Day our family went over to my parents for some Mother's Day dinner and dessert. I told my mom that we did get her a present for Mother's Day. She looked at me like a wonderful appreciative mother would- I told you not to buy me anything, she thought and sighed. But I told her she couldn't "have" it till Dad did this puzzle. Shown below:

It took Dad a while even with my husband's help. Yes, Chris knew what it would say but he didn't know how the puzzle was done or anything else. Plus I made this puzzle months ago *hee hee* since I knew we were planning to have another child...eventually. When they finished it basically looked like this:

Basically the gray filled-in boxes held the "word" that you need to solve the puzzle. When Dad finished he said- We need to show Mom. So he sits down next to his lovely wife  and shows her the paper. She looks at it and says the words aloud- I am preggo. She looks over at Dad and asks jokingly- You are? Then turns to me and asks- You are?! And I say yes. Then she accuses me of telling her I said I wasn't pregnant the other day meaning like a week ago. I told her I didn't know I was until the day before Mother's day, which was true. But honestly what daughter doesn't enjoy surprising her mother that she's pregnant and seeing a joyful face?! Especially on Mother's Day!

As for a couple others I told them by telling them to solve this math equation: (a-a+b)a(b+a-a)y which equals baby when solved. Or I asked them: So your children wanted another kid to play with right?

Anyway, throughout this time I have been keeping a pregnancy log in a little composition book to keep track of things. And thank goodness too. I'd forget a lot if I didn't. I wish now that I did the same with Christian and Ellie, but nothing I can do about that now. So as far as I can figure I am about 8 or 9 weeks. I will be seeing the doc on Monday and she'll track down the due date a little better.

So far morning sickness has pretty much kept me homebound. Still trying to see what I can or cannot eat. And I think I figured out one thing I should NOT have at all- milk. Sadly it's a favorite drink of mine. I drank a lot of it Sunday night and threw up whatever I ate on Monday being couchbound the whole day. Now it is Wednesday, without drinking a drop of milk, writing on our blog. Coincidence? Uh...doubtful. But I am thinking of alternatives already (other than water, duh) like soy milk or almond milk. I'm sure I could live without milk in general but I would like to eat some cereal, like cherios or chex, like cereal instead of out of a bag with only water to chug it down.

Now I am putting this down in our blog for everyone to see how very right or very wrong I will be about this child's gender. I honestly think this kid is a BOY and I'll tell ya why. I can eat fruit, ramen noodles, potatoes, and the kicker that has totally surprised me through this is: RIBS. Yes, slathered in sweet tangy bbq sauce pork ribs. Now I know that there are women out there who love ribs and everything but really, from the womb?! Normally I'm not a rib eating gal so give me some credit to why I think this kid is a boy. On the day I first ate them I even texted my husband saying- It's gotta be a boy cuz I just ate RIBS and he texts back- That's my boy!

Don't get me wrong, I won't be disappointed with a boy or a girl, whichever we get. It just makes me nervous having 3 kids...at home...by myself...outnumbered...out of hands to hold or scold the other 2. Hahaha! But either way we are happy for another child and blessed and humbled that Heavenly Father would trust us with another of His children. And I think Christian and Ellie will be too.