All's well that ends with... NAPTIME!

That is, for the kids.

Naptime is MY time and here lately, I NEED lots of naptime. Too bad the kids only sleep for a couple hours.

Naptime is for:
Taking baths, online surfing, sewing MacPacks, reading, no talking, eating lunch without little fingers picking at my food, sometimes sex, cleaning (did I really say that?), being really quiet and praying the kids will sleep for a long time, and on rare occasion- taking a nap myself.

There's just not enough naptime hours in the day.

it's 12:22- 8 more minutes till the kids go down for nap!

Can you direct me to the nearest..... BED

The only thing I have to report is that the nausea is getting worse, a great sign of healthiness for the pregnancy.
In fact, the nausea is worse this time around than what it was with Millie and Maccoy. Is it because I'm more tired (they say tiredness attributes to nausea), or maybe because I'm not doing well at heading off the nausea by keeping something in my stomach.
Oh, and the ginger is NOT working as well as I'd like it to.

In any case, I know it'll all get better in just a few SHORT weeks.
It's already been 3 weeks (tomorrow) since my positive pregnancy test. I think I'm still in shock. Even though I feel sick, the reality of it hasn't set in yet.


We are headed to The Cities this weekend for some fun at a Water Park Hotel and The Mall of America. The kids are very excited.
I am too, my FAVORITE restaurant is there. It's this awesome Vietnamese place! YUMMY- I'm salivating already!
I'm also hoping to get a little shopping in (not that I really need anything at the moment). Owell, shopping always makes me feel good.

Pass the ginger, please...

Morning (all day) sickness has hit me!
Now, I'm fortunate I know that I'm not actually throwing up. But the all day nausea is kinda difficult with 2 other young ones running around.

Thank goodness that Millie is old enough to understand about me not feeling 100%. I've already explained that sometimes momma will feel sleepy and like throwing up, but it's ok- that means the baby is growing big and strong. She totally gets it. And today she comes downstairs with her stuffed moose exclaiming that "Olivia (the moose's name) has a baby in her tummy and she feels like throwing up", I cracked up!

So, I've been sleeping with my crystallized ginger next to my head, when I wake up, I immediately pop one and wait a few minutes to get up. I totally believe ginger is the nausea miracle food!

With my previous pregnancies, the nausea lasted from 6-11 weeks.
1 day down, 34 to go!

New Blood Work Results!

just to re-cap:
14 dpo #s:
HCG-433
Progesterone- 55.2

HCG should approximately double every 48 hours...

and the results for 18 dpo:
HCG- 2069
Prog- 46.9


YAY!!!!
The HCG #s are higher than average for my current weeks gestation.

...and here's a picture of what a 5 week old fetus looks like (only much smaller than what is shown):