Dear Nathaniel,
We had a hot dog party for you tonight. Some day soon you’ll understand your daddy’s obsession with the Pigeon books - you can thank My Jessika for that. Although, I guess now she is your Jessika too. I don’t mind sharing her with you. I don’t mind sharing anything [...]
Hi,all. It’s Jessika, posting for Michelle. The baby was born a little over an hour ago. He’s not officially named, but apparently “he looks like a Nathaniel.” I guess we’ll see. He weighs 9 pounds, 10 ounces. He’s 21 inches long. He has a full head of curly reddish hair and steel blue eyes. He’s [...]
I saw the doctor today and it looks like tonight is the night. I’m not at all a candidate for induction so we’ll go in this evening and if they aren’t diverting non-emergency patients then by tomorrow morning I’ll have my son in my arms. I’m overwhelmed to say the least.
David and I have been [...]
There is no way I am going to be able to sleep tonight. I’ve been waiting a good long time for this and now it’s finally here! Well, will be here tomorrow. I’m giddy with excitement, although there is a bit of trepidation as I haven’t experienced this before.
The new Bon Jovi [...]
I saw the OB today. I have developed these excruciating welts on my lower abdomen.  David thought they looked like hernias. Turns out they are actually edema and there isn’t anything I can do about it except give birth. When I say excruciating I mean they are the worst pain I have ever felt and [...]
Like today. The grocery boys delivered this week’s goodies and right after they left the cleaning people showed up and made our home spotless. Including changing the sheets on our bed and cleaning the inside of the toaster oven. Me? Oh, I sat outside on the patio reading a book.
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It’s been awhile since my last update. I’m still pregnant. I fear I am going to be pregnant forever. We had a scan on the 25th of May (35 weeks exactly) that showed that the “Little” Dude isn’t actually so little. In fact, he weighed approximately 8 pounds and 6 ounces. [...]