Confession...

I am ADDICTED to McDonald's french fries. I have only had them twice since being pregnant and I have to say they are mmmm mmmmm good!!! I just pounded down a large fry with the help of Lissie. I put Brody down for a nap because that was one less mouth I had to share with. Dipping them is their BBQ sauce and Sweet n Sour sauce is so delicious. They were fresh out of the fryer and drenched with yummy salt. My mouth is watering for more!!!

I'm in LOVE...

What can I say besides I am head over heels in love with my little man BRODY!! He seriously brightens up my day (which is hard to do lately) with his amazing smile, adorable expressions, and his love of snuggling me. His age (20m) is about the funnest stage yet. I dote on every new word he learns to says, every new task he can accomplish, and just about everything he does. I'm sure I am enjoying him so much because I don't already have a six month old that I am taking care of on top of him. I do have to say though, the things he is learning to do now are things that Zander and Allissa learned at about 14m not 20m. He is my "SLOW" child ;0) or as Dr. Bernstein would say he is a typical third child. He gains extra points in my heart because he can't really be super naughty and he doesn't really talk back yet and when he does either of the two, he is still little enough that it is still a little on the cute side. (I try to not let him know I think it is cute though because I know in a few months it won't be "CUTE" anymore. Lately he has not been enjoying nursery and my confession now is , I'm kind of glad when they bring him to me because then I get to snuggle him for almost two hours. I love when he falls asleep on my chest and I can love on him! Ok enough about Mr. Grumples....

160...

160 is the most fabulous number on the planet today!!! I am on cloud nine in la la land! 160 is the number on beats per minute that my babies heart was beating today! My appointment isn't until Feb 3rd but after many dreams and worries I asked the nurse if I could please come in for a reassurance check and she agreed to it. It took her a while to find it (she kept finding mine) but once she did it was beautiful. From this day forward I will no longer be a paranoid freak and I can finally REALLY believe that we truly will have a fabulous baby this summer! I can't wait until Feb 23rd to find out what the little critter has between it's legs! Zach was suppose to be able to go with me so he could stay in the car with the kids, but instead he was in Madison and I was at the Dr. with all three of the kids. I'm sure people thought I should be there to get and IUD, but when we came out of the appointment. and Zander said, "Mommy I heard your babies heartbeat everyone in the waiting room knew otherwise!" The kids were fabulous and thought watching me try to pee in a cup was pretty exciting! Zander said, "Mommy why are you writing you name on it?" and "What are they going to do with your pee?" Got to love all the curiosity!!! I am only imagine the questions that are to come...

Great day!

Today was AWESOME!!! There is nothing better than hearing your baby's heartbeat for the first time!!! Dr G said to me, "I will try and see if we hear the heart beat but you are really early, I normally don't try to hear in until around 10 or 11 weeks." I am 8 w 6 d along. So she put the cold jelly on my belly and gave it a try. It took her about 30 seconds which felt like 10 years to find it, but once she did it was BEAUTIFUL!!! It was super fast so she said that was GREAT and that I should be safe since we heard the heartbeat, but she couldn't promise me that everything would be ok, but she felt good about it! I think the stats are sometime like once you hear the heartbeat you only have about a 5% chance of losing the baby. I am hoping that our last baby was the 5% and not this one too. I felt like someone lifted 1000 pounds off my shoulders while I was walking out of of the building. So only 4 more weeks of worrying and then everything should be good after that next appointment. I am so EXCITED! I am kind of starting to finally believe that just maybe this one might be for real! After losing the baby I have a hard time actually believing that this pregnancy is for real and that a baby will actually come from this. That I won't just gain some weight, feel like crap for 10 weeks and then nothing to show for it except 3 ultrasound pictures of what looked like a perfect 8 w baby.

Side note: Lissie just came down the stairs with her stroller and baby doll wearing her SNOWSUIT!!!! I asked why she is wearing it and she said, "Because I want to!" I guess if she wants to she is more then welcome to wear it. She is so PRECIOUS!