On the way to stay-at-home motherhood

For those of you who haven't heard, my last day of work will be Wednesday, March 19.
I plan to rest for the couple of weeks before my due date, provided Isabelle doesn't decide to make an early appearance. Tristan will continue in daycare through April, then he will stay home with me and Isabelle until he starts Pre-K in August. I am delighted with our decision and cannot wait to be a full-time mom to Tristan and Isabelle. Say some prayers for us...this will be quite an adjustment, but we know we can do it!

Isabelle

Here are some pictures of Isabelle from about 4 weeks ago, when we had the 3D ultra sound. She kept her arm in front of her face almost the whole time and she slept through the whole thing, too....She is gonna be a stinker!

Couch

Well, while I am posting...I have a picture of our new couch from the furniture store website that I will post...Just in case anyone still looks at our silly site.

Well, Christmas and New Years have come and gone and I haven't done a single post. Shame on me. We have been keeping pretty busy and I haven't found much time for blogging. But...in light of Doug becoming an old man I thought I would post something for his birthday. Doug will be 32 on Saturday. We plan to spend the weekend in Franklin and go out to the casino on Saturday night (I think). Doug's gift is ordered and I think we will have dinner at the new Mexican Restaurant at the casino. Mexican is our favorite!!! So, if you have time please take a moment to harass Doug for being so freakin' old!!!!

P.S. I love you sweetie!! You are young at heart and that's what counts!

Update of Doug

So it turns out that Doug's gallbladder is really lazy...it is only functioning at 18%. It is so lazy in fact, that the doctors have decided to remove it...because if you are an organ, and residing in somebody's body, you either need to earn your keep or be forcibly removed.

Doug is now a Social Worker on the CAHSD Satellite Team. He travels to outlying clinics in the surrounding parishes and provides therapy (along with other social-worky type services) to his clients. If only he could empower his gallbladder to take some responsibilty and start behaving well.

What's Kickin'

ISABELLE!!! So, she has been kicking and moving nearly constantly. Scary if it is any indicator of how active she is going to be once she is born! The kicks have been getting harder and harder. I have been trying to get her to kick Doug hard, but she was uncooperative, until last night. Right before we were going to sleep she gave me a hard kick. So, I made Doug wait for another kick and sure enough...he finally felt it. We were so excited!!! YAY!

Baby News!!!

Well, Doug, Tristan, and I got in a car accident on Sunday. Tristan, baby bear, and myself are fine. Doug has muscle pain in his neck and some possible internal bruising/bleeding. The silver lining is that my OB did an ultra sound just to check everything out and we now know what we are having. IT'S A GIRL!!!! I am so glad Doug got his wish. It is going to be really hard to wait for her arrival now that we know what baby bear is. We have almost offically decided on a name....99.8% sure...Isabelle Katherine.