Our Big Boy
Bennett and his cousins :-) Oh, just takin' a snooze in the car ;-) Sledding in 10 degree weather to the Polar Bear Dip!
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Boy, Oh Boy!!!
IT'S A BOY!!! We are going to name him Beau Richard :-). Everything looks perfect! Heart rate was 153 (between 120 & 180 is normal), we saw all of his perfectly healthy organs and bones and he yawned when we were looking at his face! I am still at the 10lb gained mark (lost just a little from the flu I think!) and all is well. Here's a peak for you!
Ew, the flu!
I woke up in the middle of the night two nights ago to a horrible urge - not the typical kind of pregnant urge one might expect, like a snack for ice cream or pickles. Rather, a kind of deep, urgent, violent urge that said, "Get to the bathroom NOW!" I was up all night, not able to keep anything down. Without getting into excessive detail, it was the WORST flu (or gastrointestinal virus, if you want to be more precise) I have ever had. Luckily yesterday was my day off, but all day I could barely move. Everything ached, my head hurt, I was dehydrated, etc. I kept drinking water, forcing crackers, but nothing would stick with me. And even more so than the flu, the worst was being barely available for Bennett - all while being pregnant! Poor Bennett was so confused... he would follow me to the bathroom, stand over me while my head was in the toilet and laugh. I guess I preferred this over him crying; it had to have been a confusing thing for him! I have barely been sick in the l...