Me & Emma by Elizabeth Flock

I loved this book. I loved both girls but thought Emma was my favorite - what a little whippersnapper. I'm sure I'll read more by this author. Held my interest all the way through with some very hard topics.

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

What a wonderful book. I loved the characters, they were all so well defined and I was able to laugh and cry with them.

This is a story about a young girl, Skeeter, who wants to be a reporter and has to come up with a good story in order to get published so she decides to interview "The Help" - or the maids - to get their point of view. At first they are afraid to talk because of the consequences that they will pay but slowly, one at a time, they tell their story.

It's so sad to think we lived in those times and treated other human beings that way.


Highly recommend.

12wk sono

I had my 12wk sono today.

Info from the sono:

The baby is measuring 3days ahead
The heart rate was 162bpm
The baby was 6.1cm crown to rump.
The nuchal fold measured within normal range (a down's indicator)
Two arms
Two legs
My placenta is posterior
I find out the gender on Feb. 26, 2008.

All looked great.

Jack is sick.

I just got back from the doctor with Jack where they diagnosed him with:

An early ear infection
Bronchialitis
and Strep

Needless to say, they sent me home with a nebulizer. I had to do a treatment in the office and he hated every minute of it, it was like wrestling a small bear and I have no idea how much of it he got.Poor baby is so sick.

I knew he was sick but I had no idea he was this sick.

8wk appt

I had my first OB appt. today. I had to do a gluclose test, which normally doesn't affect me but I think b/c you have to drink it so fast (within 5mins) and that I did it on an empty stomach, I thought I might hurl. I was feeling a little green but eventually, I started feeling better.

They have to draw the blood exactly one hour after I finish the drink so they took a total of 4 vials for all the other tests they had to run as well. They also had to do a urine test and my blood pressure was 112/60 and the urine came back negative. They sat me down in the dr's office and he went over my whole history again. They did a pap. I had the works.

And then to my surprise, he gave me a sonogram! It's too early to 'hear' the heartbeat so they did a sono so we could 'see' the heartbeat.It was amazing and so unexpected.

The little 'critter' (as the dr called it) was an inch or so long with little arms and legs with little hands and a little fluttering heart. I can still see it now. They didn't take any pics or measurements since it was just to see the hb and we were in the office but nonetheless, I was in awe.

I'm growing a baby.

6wks 2d Sono and Jack's first haircut.

120bpm was the heart rate of the ONLY baby in there!

Right now I'm at what they call the "diamond ring" stage b/c the yolk sac and baby look just like a diamond ring. I haven't had time to scan the pics b/c right after I got home, we took Jack for his first haircut. He didn't care for it much but I got some cute pics and he looks so handsome. When I get the pics scanned and d/l'd - I'll be sure to share.


ETA: I also have a really large cyst on my right ovary (the one I ovulated from), it's like 4+ cm and she said that my dr might want me to come back for another sono to make sure that's resolved, she said it's pretty big yet no reason for concern either.

Biopsy results.

I just got my biopsy results like 10-15mins ago (it's 6:45pm here, isn't that late?).

Anyhow, it was nothing to worry about it was a lactating adenoma (Adenoma: A benign tumor that arises in or resembles glandular tissue).