Disney and 5 months

I have been addicted to Disney movies lately.  I have been watching Beauty and the Beast the most.  I love it! Disney movies help me to remember the goodness that is in the world, and that we can all overcome difficult things.

Only 210 days until I can watch these movies with you!  It is odd to think that at this time next year we will have a baby that is five months old! I think often about how our lives will change.  We need to find a good daycare option! You will be so precious to us, so I am sure it will be hard.

I have been able to work out the last two nights finally! I have been so nauseous and parts of me sore, that it was not fun to jog at all for awhile.  It's very odd how I am never hungry.  But if I wait too long to eat, I feel nauseous.  I am now 10 weeks along.  I am weighing between 123 and 125 pounds.  I weighed 119 in November.  But, I gained a few pounds over Christmas that I never lost! So I have gained maybe a pound or two since you were conceived.



Image from here.

So what will we do with you when you are five months old?

This link at BabyCenter talks about spoon feeding cereal to babies to get them ready for normal eating, or making faces at the baby because they are so good at focusing on faces.  What to Expect talks about how you will understand at 5 months that objects still exist when you can't see them.  So you will like to play peek-a-boo and find hidden things.  You might even like drinking from cups and be starting to eat solid foods rather than just breast milk or formula!

This page from WebMD talks about how you will be able to sit up with the help of a boppy or blanket, and might try to start crawling.  

This blog post talks about what our schedule might be like when you are five months old!  You will be taking a morning and afternoon nap.  You will hopefully be sleeping through the night, or maybe getting up for one feeding.

I can't wait to meet you little bird! We have started calling you cuthie (this apparently means baby or child in Malyalam the language in Southern India where your grandparents are from).

Love, Momma

Gone

I think one of the most important things that your dad and I can do for you is to love one another.  I don't ever want to overshare with you.  You won't be my friend, you will be our child.  But you should know, that I am crazy in love with your dad.

I remember so vividly how it was when we fell in love.  I could not stand to be away from him.  It literally hurt me.  I could hear his motorcycle come home to our scholarship halls (we lived next door to eachother).  It took quite a bit of convincing from my roommates to keep me from going to see him all the time.  I would never hang out with him without planning the next time I would see him.  I think we had only been hanging out a few weeks when I told him that I loved him, and to my surprise he said it back.  We went through some tough things initially with my family, and your dad said he would do anything he could to help me get through school and support me.

There is a new song that really speaks to how I feel about him.  It is called Gone by Phillip Phillips.

 



Here are some of the lyrics:


I surrender honestly

You've always done the same for me


And I would do it for you, for you

Baby I'm not moving on

I love you long after you're gone

For you, for you

You would never sleep alone

I love you long after you're gone

And long after you're gone gone gone


You're my back bone, you're me cornerstone

You're my crutch when my legs stop moving

You're my headstart, you're my rugged heart

You're the pokes that I've always needed

Like a drum baby don't stop beating


Lyrics from here.


Even though your dad isn't as demonstrative of his love, he shows it by being a good man and being patient. He does sweet things sometimes. Today for example, he was heading to work as I was heading home from a meeting. He was ready to leave. I had called him on my way home. He called to ask where I was and said he could wait to leave until I got back so that he could give me a kiss before he left.

I promise to you that I will keep falling in love with your dad when difficult times come.  I hope that someday you will fall in love with someone.  I will start praying for your future spouse now.

Your dad really likes people to be strong and self sufficient.  So I knew he would not be babying me through my pregnancy.  He has done a few cute things though.  We were heading to the Holy Family Shrine and I was feeling a bit nauseous   I mentioned I wished we had bottled ginger ale.  He made everyone wait in the car when he ran inside (as he often does when he forgets things), and came back out with a cup of ginger ale.

8 weeks and first midwife appointment

This week you have been growing for 8 weeks!  Your dad and I went to the doctor's office for the first time on Friday of last week.  We actually had our first ultrasound and were able to see your heart beat!  It was amazing.  I was so relieved.  I have been so worried that we might lose you.  I have heard that once an ultrasound is done and the heartbeat is there, there is only a 3% chance of miscarriage.

Your dad's side of the family was in town for Easter this week.  It's hard to believe that we likely won't see any of them until after you are here!  They made us lots of Indian food.  Your grandma wanted pictures of "her baby", so we made her copies of the ultrasound picture.

My parents also came to town and brought lots of tasty food: lemon bars, ham, fluff, and strawberry salad.

I was dealing with a lot of nausea over the weekend.  Your uncle Kevin sent me some good ideas on how to deal with the issues.  It has been a lot better so far this week though.

We are so excited to have you here!