A Pregnancy Post

Why is this a pregnancy post?  Because it's 1:36 A.M. (on a work night mind you), the time I usually wake up at night, totally and completely stuffed up.  I've had some serious pregnancy sinusitis this time around, which is not fun for anyone in my household.  After waking up at this obnoxious time, I typically spend about 30 minutes or so blowing my nose, using saline spray and sneezing.  This routine then results in my spending another hour or more wide awake.  By this point Kyle has typically relocated to either the couch or Evangeline's bed (whichever is available), and Evangeline can be found out on the couch (not because of my nose issues, but because she still refuses to quit "bumpy-ing").  Maybe so much time has past that I've forgotten a lot of the inconveniences of being pregnant, but this time seems to have a few extra annoyances I didn't have with my first pregnancy.
 
On the positive side, I finally got to hear this little one's heart beat for the first time at my doctor's appointment last week.  I won't break out all the medial terms the doctor used to explain why, but essentially she has never been able to find the beat with her Doppler machine because of where things are positioned in my abdomen this time around, but now that my belly is quite round she's able to cram her little Doppler wand under my ribs in just the right spot to pick it up.  Doctor James predicted not only that the baby is a boy, but also that he's going to be a little stinker.  Yikes.

Last month, because she couldn't pick up the heart beat, I got a bonus ultrasound.  That was cool because I could actually see the baby kicking and moving it's sweet little arms and legs.  The first time I saw him/her at 5 weeks, the baby was only a pulsing dot.  After my last appointment though, things have really started to feel like a reality.  I actually came home and started knitting a baby blanket for this little one.  I've been really into neutral yarns in the past few years.  This blanket is kind of a variegated grayish tan with cream strips.  Even though Evangeline is convinced this baby is a boy, she was concerned the baby wouldn't like it if it is a girl because it doesn't have an pink in it.
 
I'm going to find out the gender of the baby at my ultrasound appointment next week.  I'm looking forward to not referring to the baby as "it".  I'm also excited because they've scheduled my ultrasound for a Saturday so Kyle and Evangeline can both go with me.  Evangeline has been at my side for every single appointment.  It's been fun to involve her with all the developments.  We have a tradition that no matter which one of us has the doctor's appointment, if we've been a good girl, we go get ice cream afterwards.