Babyshower Time!

Where have I been? Exhausted. I can honestly say that the third trimester is kicking my butt. I'm back to feeling the way I did first trimester. I just want to sleep and sleep and sleep... le sigh. I can't though. We have to get ready for our little one because in just 4 more weeks she's suppose to be here. There's still so much left to do! Her room isn't ready BUT the crib is up, yay! Annnd on December 11th we had the babyshower.

I really had a good time, and I felt so loved by everyone that showed up. The gifts were extremely helpful, but the love and conversation were priceless! The only thing missing was my mom, but I know that if she could've been there, she would've been. Anyway, here are some photos from the day:

Me

My wonderful hostesses 

My pastor and I. I asked her to come to stand in for my mom and she did :~)

The cake and cupcakes, yummo!

 

 

My diaper cake present from one of my hostess, looovvveee!

That's just a few of the pics I wanted to share. We ended up having a surprise office shower as well, and got even more much needed items. Can you say blessed???

~JMJs Mom

The Tap Tap Game

Monday saw me looking real crazy. After visiting my mom at her rehabilitation center, I came back to my side of town to go to the grocery store and then home. While in the grocery store I had the worse braxton hicks! Mine hurt, always do. It's enough to have me bent over like a little old lady. I emailed my husband to ask him to pick me up. All I could do as I got in the car was moan and groan. As soon as I walked in the house I dropped everything and collapsed onto the sofa. Hubby laid behind with his hand on my belly. That's when he decided to play the tap tap game. He would tap once, then bean would hit back. He would do it again and again she would hit back. then he would tap twice, and so would she. After a couple of minutes of doing this she got very excited and started hitting and kicking all over the place! When she realized he wasn't doing it anymore she got very still and hit one time. When he responded boy oh boy did she go crazy lol. Apparently I'm gonna have a very excitable child on my hands. I love it!

~JMJs Mom

Cheeks for Days

I'm having a total proud mommy moment. On Wednesday I had an ultrasound appointment for Bean to have her biophysical profile. This baby is so funny. She moves all day but as soon as they put the wand on her she freezes lol. This time was no different. At first the tech was a little worried because in order to do the profile, she had to see bean perform. She moved the wand around until it reached beans feet. She wanted to see bean perform? She got it! bean started kicking trying to get the wand off lol. After the U/S the doctor came in to take a look and he said bean scored very high, woohoo! Go baby bean! They sent me on my way with a disk of pictures from my visit. Just look at those lips and cheeks!

I'm inlove! I really can't wait to meet her now!

~JMJs Mom

Week 31 - Pelvic Girdle Pain

For the past few weeks I've had a tough time moving around. Turning over at night while I'm sleeping is a huge ordeal! It hurts, and my pelvic area seems extremely sore. Whenever I do too much moving around my body definitely lets me know - the soreness, the clicking sound that comes from my joints in the pelvic area, barely being able to move my legs in an upward motion...it's enough to make me want to cry at times. While on one of my favorite baby boards today, a young lady mentioned that she thought she had Pelvic Girdle Pain. According to wikipedia.com Pelvic Girdle Pain "causes pain, instability and limitation of mobility and functioning in any of the three pelvic joints".  The symptoms are:

• Present swelling and/or inflammation over joint.
• Difficulty lifting leg.
• Pain pulling legs apart.
• Unable to stand on one leg.
• Unable to transfer weight through pelvis and legs.
• Pain in hips and/or restriction of hip movement.
• Transferred nerve pain down leg.
• Can be associated with bladder and/or bowel dysfunction.
• A feeling of symphysis pubis giving way.
• Stand with a stooped over back.
• Malalignment of pelvic and/or back joints.
• Struggle to sit or stand.
• Pain may also radiate down the inner thighs.
• You may waddle or shuffle.
• Aware of an audible ‘clicking’ sound coming from the pelvis.

The symptoms highlighted are the symptoms I am currently experiencing. The only time the pain lets up a little is when I get a lower back and hip massage. However, within 15 minutes I'm right back to being sore and thinking about taking my tylenol extra strength, or at times, tylenol pm to help me sleep. I'm also going to start incorporating some of the methods below to help me cope:

• When getting into bed sit on the edge keeping knees close together, lie down on your side, lifting both legs at the same time. Reverse this to get up.
• Try not to attempt to pull yourself up from lying on your back.
• Keep knees together when rolling over in bed.
• Sleep with a pillow between the legs; add more in other areas for support.
• When getting into a car: Sit down first and then swing legs keeping them together.
• Avoid sofas and chairs that are too low or too soft.
• Try to reduce the stress on the joint.
• Avoid any movement with your knees apart.
• Take smaller steps when walking.
• Avoid stairs if possible.
• Take breaks.
• Move within the limits of pain.
• Avoid twisting, bending or squatting.

Something else they mention that might help is floating in a heated pool. That sounds so heavenly right now! I don't have a heated pool to float in, but I do have a tub to soak in, so that sounds like a plan for tonight!

I'm 31 weeks pregnant today, yay! My goal is to at least make it to 34 weeks. My doctor thinks that me going full term may be impossible thanks to my fibroids nearly doubling in size. My poor babygirl doesn't have much room in there :-/ *Hold on for just 3 more weeks Bean*. I see that the baby in the picture above is head down. Not Bean. She flips back and forth between being breach, head down and transverse all throughout the day. That makes me happy because it lets me know that she still has some room in there. I learned that at this stage she is more than likely beginning to dream. I wonder what she's dreaming about in there? I can't WAIT to meet her!

~LAJ

The 3rd Trimester Blues

What a rollercoaster the last 5 days have been! Let’s start with Friday.

Friday I was just happy it was Friday lol. The end of another work week, thank God! However, my round ligament pain was driving me crazy! So much so that by Friday afternoon I was begging my boss for two of her Tylenol extra strength because the pain was becoming too much. I took two and…nothing. It did absolutely nothing. Le sigh. Just another pregnancy symptom I have to deal with. Oh well.

Saturday was an exciting day. It was the day we got to see Bean on 3d! We were so excited, and I was super nervous. What if something was wrong??? OMG I was so scared. As I laid back on the table and she put the warm (yes, warm!) gel on my belly, I started to relax. Bean was just hanging out as usual lol. She had her feet on my bladder which explained why I had to pee literally every 5 minutes (such a sweet child she is). We signed up for a 20 minute session. Unfortunately, after 30 minutes, Bean STILL didn’t want to turn and say hi to the camera. She is incredibly stubborn. The tech did everything she could to make her move. She kept shaking my belly, turning me over, everything! Bean would simply put her hand over her head, or curl up in a ball lol. Awww, I love her! Finally we talked about me going to get something to eat to get her moving and coming back. It was then that Bean decided to kind of turn towards us. These are the best pics we could get:

We get to go back at 32 weeks for another go at it. I hope things aren’t too smushed to see anything at that time. As we traveled back home I was troubled by the pain in my lower abdomen again. I mean, it was like the round ligament pain times 10. I wasn’t getting why it was so horrible this time. At any rate we went home, eventually got dressed for Halloween, and headed out to Adams Morgan. By the time I got there I was really in pain, but refused to ruin the night because of my round ligament pain. We walked around a lot, enjoyed looking at everyone’s costume for a couple of hours, headed to one of our favorite coffee shops/bar/lounges, then headed home. I took a Tylenol pm as soon as I got home. It worked for a while, so I was able to get some sleep. Score!

Sunday morning I was suddenly an old woman with osteoporosis. I was in terrible pain all day long! I took Tylenol pm again when we got home from church and visiting hubbies family but…nothing! It did absolutely nothing. By Sunday night I was having contractions. Constantly having contractions like every 6 minutes. Thing is, this was horrible! I had contractions last month, but those were bearable. They came, they went, I had time to breathe you know? But this pain??? was constant, and it was killing me.

Monday I called the doctor. He saw me at 2pm. My pastor drove me up and waited for me. Apparently the fibroid I have in the lower right side of my abdomen has doubled in size. Niiice. The doc didn’t know if I had kidney stones, fibroid issues, contractions or what, so he sent me to L&D. After waiting there for some time and having test run they were able to conclude this: I was indeed having minor contractions. The problem was that my fibroid was disintegrating and causing me a lot of pain. The fibroid was what made my contractions feel as if I was about to give birth immediately. There is nothing the docs can do about this. Nothing. My doctor said the pain usually passes in a week or so. I’m praying that’s right. They gave me two Percocet to take while I was there, and a prescription to get filled. They told me to take Percocet around the clock for 24 hours and then and the next day alternate between Percocet and extra strength Tylenol. So, Tuesday I stayed home and drugged myself up. Today I’m back at work, but barely. The pain isn’t as bad now that the contractions are gone, but it still hurts very much. The Percocet still doesn’t get rid of all of the pain, but it does make it tolerable. I started out the day walking upright but now I’m hunched over again, aching to get home, le sigh.

The good news is that I’m okay and so is bean. You would think the Percocet would make her sluggish, but nope, she’s still kicking the crap outta me lol. I’m still praying that this too shall pass

:-/

~LAJ

She knows and She's Glowing

When I first got pregnant I was adamant about not knowing the sex. I love the idea of a full on surprise baby. However, at the time I didn't know my mother would be in the hospital my whole pregnancy. When hubby and I went for the anatomy scan, I still didn't want to know. However, I then started thinking about my mom and whether or not she would still be around for the birth, and how she mentally hasn't been alert in forever. I thought that maybe knowing the sex of the baby would bring her some joy so I said ok, yeah, tell me what it is. That's when I found out it was a girl and I could not WAIT to tell her! I mean, I wanted to skip work so that I could run to my mother and tell her that her grandbaby is what she's been dreaming of! Except I got there and discovered she didn't want to know. She said no five times! Le sigh, fine.

Skip to last night. My mom is really present, having a full on conversation with me. She knows the date, the time, where she is, everything! Can I just tell you how good that felt? These moments are so rare, and you want to eat them up for days because you know that when they're gone...they're gone..and it's back to black. So anyway, my mom tells me that I'm not carrying very big and I say I know, that's what they say! She tells me she thinks I'm having a girl but deep down she thinks it's a boy. I say "do you want to know? I mean do you really want to know what it is? Because you were certainly adamant about not knowing last month." She says yes, tell me. So I tell her it's a girl. I should've been ready. I should've had a camera, no, a video camera, on standby to capture that moment. Her face absolutely lit up. she was so incredibly happy. She whispered "a girl?" with her eyes wide and bright. Best.Day.Ever. She said she would love to see her. I would love for her to see her too.

I'm 27 weeks as of Tuesday. Tomorrow hubby and I go for the 3d ultrasound. Cross your fingers, toes, and say a prayer to sweet baby Jesus that all is well with the baby. I'm scared every single time we go to an ultrasound. I keep thinking "nothing was wrong because we were just lucky this time". In a minute I'm gonna fully understand that nothing has been wrong because we are blessed.

~LAJ

We Have A Winner!

Today as I was adding even more stuff to our registries, it hit me. The bedding that I love, that makes me tingle, that I keep being drawn back to...

I LOVE it! You never could've told me that I would go for pink and green, yet, there it is. I was creating a registry on Amazon and saw this again. Along with a lamp and other things to match it. I about fell over I was so inlove with it, le sigh. I'm thinking of painting the nursery walls a soft green and putting up pink and brown accents *swoon*. So there it is folks, the bedding I've apparently been dreaming of.

~LAJ

Baby Bedding - Help Us Choose!

Now that we finally have the crib picked out and delivered, we need to figure out the bedding. I've been driving myself crazy over the past several weeks trying to decide what kind of bedding I wanted until it finally dawned on me - Just go to Target! So now that I've narrowed down a store and a couple of choices, I would love some help figuring out which set is THEE one. I have to post the links since Target is such a butt about letting you download the pics.

1. http://www.target.com/Bananafish-Lily-Bedding-Collection/dp/B001MVM24S/ref=sc_ri_1?ie=UTF8&node=15810471         

2. http://www.target.com/Trend-Lab-Maya-Bedding-Collection/dp/B001BO21DS/ref=br_1_7?ie=UTF8&id=Trend%20Lab%20Maya%20Bedding%20Collection&node=13794711&searchSize=30&searchView=grid3&searchPage=1&sr=1-7&qid=1286998671&rh=&searchBinNameList=subjectbin%2Cprice%2Ctarget_com_primary_color-bin%2Ctarget_com_size-bin%2Ctarget_com_brand-bin&searchRank=pmrank&frombrowse=1

3. http://www.target.com/Bananafish-Brooke-Bedding-Collection/dp/B001P8IIFK/ref=br_1_14?ie=UTF8&id=Bananafish%20Brooke%20Bedding%20Collection&node=13794711&searchSize=30&searchView=grid3&searchPage=3&sr=1-14&qid=1286998744&rh=&searchBinNameList=subjectbin%2Cprice%2Ctarget_com_primary_color-bin%2Ctarget_com_size-bin%2Ctarget_com_brand-bin&searchRank=pmrank&frombrowse=1

4. http://www.target.com/Tadpoles-Toile-Collection-Pink-Brown/dp/B0018Q5V5Y/ref=br_1_16?ie=UTF8&id=Tadpoles%20Toile%20Collection%20Pink%20Brown&node=13794711&searchSize=30&searchView=grid3&searchPage=3&sr=1-16&qid=1286998744&rh=&searchBinNameList=subjectbin%2Cprice%2Ctarget_com_primary_color-bin%2Ctarget_com_size-bin%2Ctarget_com_brand-bin&searchRank=pmrank&frombrowse=1

5. http://www.target.com/My-Baby-Sam-Paisley-Collection/dp/B002NLG440/ref=br_1_8?ie=UTF8&id=My%20Baby%20Sam%20Paisley%20Collection&node=13794711&searchSize=30&searchView=grid3&searchPage=4&sr=1-8&qid=1286998773&rh=&searchBinNameList=subjectbin%2Cprice%2Ctarget_com_primary_color-bin%2Ctarget_com_size-bin%2Ctarget_com_brand-bin&searchRank=pmrank&frombrowse=1

Thanks so much for participating!

~LAJ                                                                                                                   

Pink or Blue, What Say You?

Oh how I would love to write a real entry, but this migraine prevents me. Please go guess the gender/date/height/weight of our baby! http://www.expectnet.com/games/PinkorBlueWhatSayU

~LAJ

Breathing Fire

This is stressful! I simply cannot stop obsessing over whether or not the baby is ok or whether or not I'm going to miscarry. Being pregnant has made me way too aware of how many women have miscarried. I myself have had two, but, I don't know, I feel like I deserve to carry this one to term. The first one was when I was 16 and no clue I was even pregnant. The second was with J when we were dating. Ok, fine, they happened to me then, I wasn't ready, but now we're married so I feel like this one should be mine to keep. I was reading someone on here that said they are afraid they are going to sneeze the baby loose and I started lmao because I feel the same way! Geesh, I hate doing anything that doesn't involve sitting or lying down . I'm scared to stretch, walk, etc. I know that's craziness, but ugh.

I'm cramping. I've read a million times on the net that that is normal and a million more women have said they cramped too with a couple even stating that it happened to them their whole pregnancy, but for me it's just scary. I didn't have all of these symptoms the other two times. I think that is because I miscarried when my period was coming on so the period was just really really intense and painful. I haven't had my cycle since April so already this kid is staying longer and that makes me happy. What doesn't make me happy? The fact that I'm breathing fire, or atleast that's what it feels like. This heartburn has been out of control. I took a Pepcid tablet last night and that allowed me to sleep through the night, thank God. My breast are tender as heyuhl! Ugh. And I'm so sleepy. I just want to sleep all the time.

Besides that, dot and I are good.

I have a doctors appointment on July 6th to get my blood work done and to listen to the heartbeat. I go back on the 16th for the ultrasound and then I go back on the 19th to talk to the obstetrician. The person I'm seeing on the 6th is who I was going to keep originally, but now I want to go with the second doctor as his reviews are stellar.

That's all for now. I have a ton to write about, but I have to nap. I feel like an old woman.

~LAJ

 

A Place to Lay Her Head

Soooooo, I ordered the crib today! I'm way too excited, but ahhhhh, it's the little things! Just something else to scratch off my list.

What do you think? I'm, of course, in love! I think it's perrrffeecctt! I can't believe we have a crib, which means that soon there will be a baby, eek!

~LAJ

Fear of the Unknown

Every time hubby and I have an appointment to see Bean, fear creeps up in us. Is it ok? Is it reaching all of it's developmental milestones? Does it have 10 fingers and 10 toes? This doctor visit was no different, as it was the one where we got to do the anatomy scan and find out the gender!

Initially I didn't want to know the gender, I wanted Bean to be a surprise. However, my mother has been in the hospital since the end of April and I thought that telling her Bean's gender would...I don't know, I guess strengthen her in some way.

So we arrived at the doctors office and I nervously laid back so that we could begin the journey. They checked for EVERYTHING! Kidneys, spine, everything you could think of. At the time I still didn't want to know the gender, so before we left the sonogram department to go do my regular check up, she wrote down on a piece of paper the babies gender so that my hubby would know. While we were waiting for my check up to begin I asked my husband to tell me what Bean was. After much back and forth and him having me compose an email stating I won't be mad at him for telling me, he wrote it down on the back of the sonogram picture: Bean is a GIRL.

A girl? A girl??? I don't know why I didn't see that one coming, but I really didn't. I felt like Bean was a boy, and I think I may have secretly kind of wanted a boy. However, I am completely happy that Bean is a girl now. I'm completely okay with that. I ran to tell my mother that evening because I knew that knowing Bean was a girl would give her life. Do you know what this lady said? "I don't wanna know". Umm, excuse me, wha? I find out the gender for her and she doesn't even want to know??? I asked her like 5 times and nope, she didn't want to know. Hmph. Well fine then.

So, we're having a girl, and her name is all picked out. Her initials are JMJ and I love her :~) I so can't wait to meet her!

BEAN!!!

Sooo, my appointment Friday went really well. I don't think I've ever been so nervous and excited in all my life! Freaking out I was, whew! So, we walked to the doctors office from the metro station in 100 degree weather, showing up a good 20 minutes late, and was told that we would have to wait for a long while because of it. Ok, fine, that's the price you pay for being late. Turns out we were able to be seen 10 minutes later because the other patient was late *score*. I get up on the examining table, get the cold gel squirted onto my stomach, then after some hard pressing and moving around, this is what we see:

Bean in there rather snug. I was soooooooo excited! She kept trying to get a good angle to take the picture, and bean started to get upset. It start dancing and wiggling around, even turned it's back on us lol. Love it! Love it love it love it!

So there you have it. The reason i've been writing faves only lately, and the reason I've been beyond tired! Our bean is due January 25, 2011. Another winter baby (I'm one and so is my mom).

God Speed,
Reina

  

 

Aches and Pains

No one tells you that headaches and tummy aches can be a everyday part of your pregnancy. No one. Yet here I sit suffering. I'm chugging water because for some reason I felt like that would help put an end to it, but umm yeah, no.

One reason pregnancy sucks is food. My mouth wants a couple of different things - a sub, which I ordered, shrimp, yogurt, etc. but my stomach wants no parts of any of it. I don't get morning sickness, just this feeling of being full all day. i have to fight it in order to eat. This leads to more headaches.
~LAJ

Keep It Spicy!

This pregnancy has already been the weirdest thing. The heartburn is enough to make me feel like I'm lifting off of planet Earth and headed to the planet Zoid, wherever that is. It strikes mostly at night, but thank God for Pepcid or I would be a really crabby witch right about now. But the thing that's really hilarious? My appetite!

All I crave are cheeseburgers and...spicy big bites! You know the spicy sausages that you buy from 7-Eleven for $2? Well in the mornings, that's all I want. I've put myself on probation so I'm not allowed to have one more than twice a week, but mmmmmm yeah, I could definitely use one right about now. And the cheeseburgers! Oy vey! Usually I could eat one everyday for every meal. This seems shocking to me, but I really shouldn't be surprised. When mother nature paid me her monthly visit, I would always crave cheeseburgers. Now that I feel like I'm on my monthly 24/7, that's all I want.

And the cramps! No one told me about cramps. I was so scared that I was miscarrying, until I joined the site babygaga.com and learned that cramping is actually normal. Who would've thunk it. I actually cramp less frequently now, but still, that was enough to scare me stiff. I didn't want to move. I was afraid that walking, breathing, chewing, sneezing, and coughing would cause my body to lose the grip on the baby. Yeah yeah, laugh at me, but I'm oh so serious!

This first time mommy stuff is scary, but I'm ready. I'm soooo ready.

~LAJ

The Life of a Sloth

hello all! I hope everyone had a fantabulous weekend.

Ever since finding out I was pregnant I've felt like doing...nothing. It's like all of my ambition and gusto has gone out the window. I have a photoshoot Saturday that I constantly think about canceling just because I'm not in the mood, le sigh. This sucks. I want my mojo back. I'm just always tired, like, seriously tired! Not tired like let me just sit down for a few minutes and I'll be ok, but the kind of tired that puts you to sleep. I took a 2 hour nap yesterday, actually almost 3 hours, and had to force myself up. It took me a while to get it together. I thought it would interfere with bed time, but nope, I was ready to go right back to sleep. The thing is, I'm still having trouble sleeping at night. I took my pepcid tablet before sleeping so it wasn't the heart burn. For some reason I have a really terrible time getting comfortable, and I can't get into a deep sleep. It's frustrating.

Thank you to everyone that said the cramping is normal. I know I keep reading and hearing that it's normal, but I've only recently been able to calm myself down. I'm just ready to go to the doctors already to know that everything is ok.

Speaking of the doctors, what can I expect during my first appointment?

We call it Dot

I went to get a sonogram this morning, and there it was, the little dot lol. That little speck is causing all these issues over here. The heart burn is the worse. Wooweee! Yesterday I felt like I was breathing fire! It did give me a break for a couple of hours yesterday, but ugh, nighttime is the worse. I can't sleep! When I'm sleeping I feel like I'm blowing steam out of my nose and mouth. I can't believe this kid barely exiss and already it's giving me hell lol.

My mom is in total shock. She didn't smile, didn't grimace, just kept staring at her sister like "am I hearing right?". Poor lady is kind of lost lol.

My father started laughing lol. Maybe that's why I giggled when I found out; I take it from my daddy. I couldn't stop giggling. My dad is amazed.

That's all for now, only because I'm still over here breathing fire!

~LAJ

Oh...My...God!!!!

Because I have to tell someone and I'm not letting family/friends know just yet, I gotta say it here...

I'M PREGNANT!!!!

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So two weeks ago when I was in NY I went for a walk early one morning. On my way back to the hotel I decided to stop by starbucks. For the past few weeks coffee had smelt sooooooo good, but tasted like tar to me. I just figured my tastebuds were changing. However, I knew I couldn't go wrong with a caramel macchiato, so I got a small and kept it moving. I was enjoying it, half way done with it when suddenly, my mouth got that warm, moist taste. I thought to myself "welp, my monthly is on it's way" because I always get nauseous during that time, except...bllleehhh...I never, EVER actually throw up. Welp, that day I did. Threw all of it back up into that cup, twice! Ugh.

Came back home and had heart burn, constantly, everyday, but paid no attention to it. Memorial Day night I was telling J my stomach hurt. I started rubbing and poking it then screamed "OH MY GOD WHAT IS THIS??? AM I DYING???" I was dead serious. My stomach was hard! He came and felt it and said even though he felt it he was sure I was fine. Hmph, whatev. Sounds like a tumor to me.

Tuesday morning I'm walking to work from the metro but I'm so tired and out of breath. Normally I power up the hill. Tuesday I had to stop and catch my breath, then continue. I get to work and the heartburn is just crazy! I talk to my mom who had been having hallucinations and she says that she hallucinated that she saw me in this dress and I was about 6 months pregnant. She was crying because I was 6 months pregnant and didn't tell her. I had written her out of my life. I was like uhh, yeah, come back down to earth.I tell the bff "hey, I think I'm pregnant". She says "I think you are too". Umm, I'm sorry, wha??? She says the last time she saw me I seemed really different. So I decide that's it, I need to take a test. I was perfectly happy with waiting to see if my period would show up in June, but eh, why not. My co-worker Adrienne and I walk and get one from the neighborhood pharmacy. I get back to the office and head straight to the bathroom. I lie to you not when I say not even 10 seconds after peeing on that stick it said positive. I was like uhhh, what happened to the 120 seconds it's suppose to take. It was then that I decided it was broken, but I also started giggling. When I told Adrienne I thought I was pregnant she asked me how I felt about that. I told her I would probably start giggling lol. I have no clue why, but I just knew it would bubble up out of me. Anyway, I headed to planned parenthood. After 2.5 hours they say "yes. you're pregnant. What would you like to do?" Bwahahaha.

I couldn't stop giggling. I went to the store, bought J a card that was all sweet, then wrote at the bottom "we're pregnant". I hop on the metro after eating my last burger for the next 9 months at burger king, and head off to meet him. I tell him to meet me at the metro for our daily walk. While walking I hand him the card. He reads it all smiling then stops looking like a dear in headlights and says "stop playin! For real???" Bwahahaha. He had to sit down. He called his best friend to tell him he's gonna be a godfather.

I'm telling my mom today. She didn't want any grandchildren yet. Oh well, God had another plan. I get a sonogram tomorrow to find out how far along I am :~)

~LAJ