Saturday, November 5, 2011

Visual Confirmation

So... ya. It's been a while.

It's been so long that I've actually felt like I couldn't post anything. I mean, how lame would it be to NOT post for like, a month, and then come back and just post something my kids said, or a recipe that I liked, or something equally unimpressive. No, I got to the point that I felt like I had to have some big news in order to justify breaking the silence. Like, I needed to be able to announce that I was pregnant or something. But today, here I am, posting.

As it turns out, I'm pregnant.
And, I've finally got visual confirmation. Wanna see?


Can you see it's little face? and little hand? and little legs? Aw, babies are cute.

This is actually a really good thing for me, because if I weren't pregnant, I would have a really hard time explaining away the fatigue, moodiness, and expanding waist line that I've been suffering from for the past several weeks.

When I went to see the OB this week, he declared my due date to be May 20th, which puts me at about 12 weeks. Ah, 12 weeks. The beautiful time when all your first trimester ailments are magically supposed to come to an end. (Let's just say that it's possible that my husband deserves a really cool award for putting up with me lately.)

Four kids. Is four kids as many in real life as it seems in my head? Cuz it's starting to seem like a lot of kids. I promise this all sounded like a really good idea in theory.


10 comments:

Sheri said...

Glad to see you are alive! Yes, four is a lot of kids...but the more the merrier, right? You are a good mama...and I know your family will forgive the moodiness when they see the next cute baby to join the Stringham family!

Sandy Brunson said...

Four seems like a lot even for a gal who grew up in a family of 8 kiddos. But, I think four is totally doable and I've heard 3 is the hardest and beyond that they are all easy. One can hope...

Congratulations!

Kriss said...

Congrats! I'm just gonna say that four kids is A LOT!!! I have no idea how any one has more than four. I have also noticed that when we go public places, people look at us more and I get the impression they are thinking I have a ton of kids or something, it's weird. But, it's also way worth it, chaos and all!!

Barbara said...

Actually, four used to seem like not very many :) Just goes to show how times have changed. Congratulations--I'm very happy for you.

MaryAnn said...

Congratulations!

Shae, Jay, and chillin' said...

Four is PERFECT! I definately felt the transition from 2 to 3 was way more difficult than from 3 to 4. Don't know about any more than that, but won't ever find out. It is a busy household here, but wouldn't trade it for the world. Congrats!!!

Emily Call said...

Congrats! So exciting! Hope you start feeling much better soon!

Jana Sohm said...

What!?!?!?! You little stinker!! This is how I find out? I am SOOOOOOO excited for you!!! I love May babies!! You are an awesome mom, and you will do great with another one! Expanding waistline... whatever! I was just telling someone how thin you are! Congrats!!

Jen Paris said...

Hey! Congratulations!!! :) I'm sure you'll do GREAT with 4! Good luck.

Jen (Stewart) Paris

Katie said...

YAY for 4 kids! Congratulations!