Pregnancy Side Effect?!

Memory loss.  Oh my gosh, how awful I feel today about pregnancy-induced memory loss.  It's as if everything on my calendar was written in invisible ink.  There's a reason to keep a calendar with reminders on your phone, the dang thing "beeps" at you with reminders of upcoming events.  Now, if only that phone had been turned on first thing this morning, my day wouldn't have started out with such a theme!

At 7:15 am I looked at the clock and realized I was 15 minutes late for a meeting at the high school.  I could blame the teacher who moved the meeting from yesterday to today, but no, it was not her fault.  I did remember yesterday not to show up at 7 am (when the weather was horrible) and reset the reminder to today.  Sigh.  Instead, I was at the kitchen table helping Henry with math homework when I felt this sinking feeling.  A very coordinated effort by Miss Linda and I blew it.  The first apology email of the day sent, immediately.

Next up...  I made Oliver a cold lunch.  Clearly reminded last night before I closed my eyes that he was having hot lunch today because it was pizza day.  Yeah, well, I guess it's a good thing it was still in the fridge when I called to apologize to Oliver and told him to just leave it there until tomorrow and enjoy his pizza.

And then there's plans with girlfriends...  lunch and dinner!  Both forgotten, but luckily not before I blew it and left them each stranded at the respective restaurants.  At least I will eat well today. 

So for today, I apologize for the invisible ink (yeah, that's it, not memory loss) on my calendar.  The phone is turned on and the reminders are back to "beeping" at me.  If only I can make it through to the end of the appointments today and turn this luck around.

Mea culpa.  I'll make it up to you when the brain cells return. I promise.

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And from my loving husband just now, when I emailed to apologize for my memory loss today:

No problem
We all love you

Sent from my iPhone

19 Weeks

Preparations... and...

so curious about the gender reveal next week. We tried to clean up some of the boxes with old baby clothes today. We have a lot of pink stuff and we have inherited some blue from Sivert and August. Sanna was eager to help out with this task and its amazing to picture her being a big sister. PINK or BLUE - soon we will all know.


HAPPY 19 weeks!

OB Update - 18 week

Met with Dr. E today over my lunch hour. She called us "frequent flyers" as we walked past her at the desk. JP joined me (such a nice thing to do together for our anniversary, yes?).

We said HELLO from Norway... talked a little about scheduling (and her not taking vacation between weeks 38-40), and JP asked the questions he wanted to about my personal health & safety. My BP was good at 116/70 and baby's heartbeat was sweet and strong at 153!

Baby's now the size of a sweet potato!
Baby's become amazingly mobile (compared to you, at least), passing the hours yawning, hiccupping, rolling, twisting, kicking, punching, sucking, and swallowing. And baby is finally big enough that you'll soon be able to feel her movements.

We picked up some white sweet potatoes at the Farmers Market this past Sunday - possibly the funniest looking vegetable I've ever seen.  It was interesting to reference this week's baby growth against them, however.  Don't worry...   I'm sure that Baby K will be much better looking!!

I am feeling a little movement now and again, mostly in the evenings or when I sit still...  won't be long before that movement is constant and visible from the outside!

Next stop...  ultrasound and gender reveal!!

Feeling better... showing some... halfway mark, here we come!

Pink or blue?

Julie predicts a boy. Still we need to have two name options, since you never now, right?

If Baby K II is a boy, his name will be Emil.


If Baby K II is a girl, her name will be Julie.

In 22 days we will have the answers. Super-exciting!

Happy 17!

For the record...

I predict this one's a boy.

Tune in November 3rd for the big reveal (if the parents are sharing).

~ Julie

Aaaa-chooo! Thud.

I'm pretty sure that Baby K is responding with a "kick" back to my sneezes today.  Slight as it may be, I've sneezed a few times and a flutter reply came back immediately.  Could be all in my imagination too...   giggle.

It won't be long now and I'll feel Baby K move more consistently and with fervor.  Let's just hope that this little passenger isn't into gymnastics like Big Sister was...  time will tell.

16 weeks!