Another catch up...

The great escape:
Last Sunday Julius made a break for it.  He's become a door darter.  When Aaron was letting the dogs back in, Juli slipped out.  We chased him around (think something out of Benny Hill), until he leapt over a fence and disappeared.  We called for him, put food out, I walked around the block looking for him.  And I cried and cried.  I know cats are good at coming back, but the fact that we got him from a shelter gave me pause.  Maybe he wasn't good at finding his way back?  We kept watching for him.  Then around 5 (two hours later) I saw him sauntering across the yard.  I yelled to Aaron and he went out to lure the cat.  The neighbour dog, Guinness, barked, and Juli took off again.  Aaron yell at me to go around to the front.  So I dashed out there, and Aaron had Julius cornered under the truck.  I told him to grab him by any means, so he hooked the collar.  I crawled around and got a good hold on his scruff and pulled him out.  Then I couldn't stand up, because I'm too pregnant to stand up while holding a cat.
Later in the week, Aaron's folks accidentally let him out too.  But they managed to chase him back into the house.
Illness:
On Wednesday, I wasn't feeling well, and ended up only working a half day.  I had sore throat and some kind of head cold.  Plus I had the feeling I was getting a UTI too.  Not my normal "Holy God! this is the most painful pee ever!" UTI, but the less common "I need to always pee" UTI.  I emailed my ObGYN, and she called in some antibiotics for me, and asked me to go to the lab for a urine culture too.  I left work after working four hours, and drove South to Kaiser.  By the time I got there I needed to pee really bad.  I was glad there was no line at the lab (since there often is).  Then I went down to the pharmacy, which was full of sick, screaming children.  And my Rx wasn't ready, so I had to wait.
The UTI is feeling better.  And after 2 more days off work, I'm finally starting to get over this cold/sinus thing.  I'm draining a little, and my throat is ok.  But I'm still tired. I was going to try to walk today, but a short trip to the grocery store wore me out.
On being alone:
Another reason I'm worn out, is because Aaron's been gone more of the week.  I have no clue how single moms, or Army moms do it.  I do not function well on my own.  He was gone Monday morning through Wednesday afternoon.  Then he had a long meeting on Thursday night.  And now he has a short camp out  tonight into tomorrow.  Bleh.  It's hard for me to take care of four animals, and my sick self.  And try to keep the house in somewhat clean shape.  Even when I'm not sick, I'm tired pretty easily.
Pregnancy:
I'm 31 weeks today.  That means in a couple of days, I'll be 8 months pregnant.  Holy Moly!  That's kind of scary.  Mojo's room isn't ready.  We don't have a car seat or crib (we do have a borrowed bassinet and lots of cloth diapers).  And I really need to get the insurance stuff straightened out.  Ugh, I'll be glad once I have that done.
I've been having a lot of indigestion lately.  Bleh, I hate that.  But I'm still sleeping well, except for waking up to pee.  I can still get comfortable.
Mojo is still dancing around a lot.  I love it.  We're still reading to him nightly.  Aaron was kind of joking around saying we were going to confuse him by reading him The Hobbit one night and Dr Seuss the next.
My baby shower is next week!  Actually, my first one is on Sunday in Virginia.  My relatives are having one for me, even though I can't go, which is really nice.  Then the shower that Sophie is throwing me is next Saturday.  And that means my marmie will be here on Wednesday night!!!  Eee!  And I'm getting an updo done before my shower so I look pretty, since I'm sure there will be lots of pictures.  And I'm excited to see people and eat and have presents.
Marmie:
I'm trying to get the house ready for Marmie's visit.  The guest room is almost ready, it needs a little more cleaning, and some fresh linens.  Aaron is hopefully going to get Mojo's room painted on Sunday and Monday.I'm not sure what she'll do while she's here, since I'm still working when she's here.  I think Sophie wants some help with shower stuff.
It'll be better once I'm on leave and then she'll be back.  Then I can hang with her.

Last few days.

Holy fiduciary problems Batman!  Really, more issues than problems.

First off, Student Loans.  Aaron is on an income based repayment plan.  When we were making $35k our payments were about $100 a month.  We had to turn in the documents for next year.  We had discussed filling our taxes separately, so that way only his income is counted.  But it was going to cost about $4000 to do that!  So we said no, and filed jointly.  Aaron talked to his financial adviser about next year's payments, and since we filed jointly (and since we're making grown up money), we'll be paying $600 a month!  Holy Hell!  There is some sort of flex thing you can do to leave your payment the same, and tack the interest on to the end.  So we'll keep paying $100 for Jan and Feb, then we'll be able to change again since I'll be on maternity leave.  After that we'll see what happens.  We can afford it, but that was a huge (unpleasant) surprise.  

Last night I got a phone call saying that my debit card had been compromised.  I went online to check my account, and everything looked fine, so I was worried that the call was a phishing scam.  I called the credit union (fortunately they take calls til 9pm).  I had to be on hold a little bit, but I got to talk to a real person.  And yes, my card had been compromise.  Target had a huge information breach between Thanksgiving and last week.  Someone had tried to make two purchases (at Target) in Merced (or was it Modesto?).  One got blocked, and didn't go through.  The second was for $220, and it was pending.  The credit union fraud department caught it right away.  They cancelled the card.  (I'll have to do in on Monday and get a new one).  Fortunately, we can deal with $220 and it won't break the bank.  Since the charge was pending, the rep said I needed to wait for it to clear (which would probably be Monday), then fill out a fraud form,  I could see the pending change last night.  But when I checked it this morning, it was gone.  So I'm not sure if it got taken care of, but I'll keep an eye on it.

I think I need to start making more cash transactions.  Since credit cards have fraud protection, but someone could clean out the debit account pretty quick.  Anyway, I'm really happy with Star One.  I've had them since I was 17, and they've always treated me great!  Another point for them.

We have about $1000 left on the loan for my car.  I cannot wait to pay it off!  I'm going to try to have it gone before Mojo is born.  I should be able to do it.  Then our only debt is the student loan.  Yay!

Today has been significantly less stressful.  I slept in until 9.  Mojo has been moving a lot lately.  I love watching my belly wiggle and shake as he does his thing.  Aaron and I bummed around a bit.  Now he's out doing some last minute shopping.  I worked on my giant quilt a little.  I was doing hand stitching, but I need to set up the machine, and work on more of the squares.  Once that is done, I'm going to start on Mojo's quilt.  His will be baby sized, so it should be quicker.  And I can have Aaron help, since he's pretty good at artsy craftsy stuff.

Speaking of Mojo, our next appt for him is on Monday after work.  Hopefully I haven't gained too much weight.  I'm not stressing about it too much, since there's nothing that can be done at this point.  And I'm ok with working hard.  We'll either walk a lot, with baby in the snuggle pack, or jogger.  Or maybe we can do a little hiking.  Plus I'll be breastfeeding, or pumping.

Pregnancy survey

How far along? 27 weeks, 2 days
Total weight loss/gain: 28 lbs total at my last prenatal visit.  Oops.

Maternity clothes? Almost exclusively.  I have a few pjs I can still wear, some normal shirts and some of my looser sweaters.  But all normal (read: not yoga) pants are maternity
Sleep: Pretty good, surprisingly.  I'm usually really tired by bedtime.  (I've had to take Benedryl some nights for itchiness), I get up 2-4 times during the night to pee, but I fall back to sleep quickly.  The only time I have issues is when I have bad indigestion. 

Best moment this week: Nothing really stands out.  Maybe Aaron finishing his charity quilt, but nothing momentous pregnancy related.

Movement: I love feeling him move!  I feel really connected when he moves.  Aaron's felt him move a few times too.

Food cravings: Sweets.  Mexican food, Spicy food.
Food aversions: Not much.  I want to eat most everything I see.
Gender: He's still a boy!
Labor Signs: Nothing, thank goodness.  Not Braxton Hicks, either.

Belly Button in or out? Still in, but it is starting to get a little more shallow.  (I have a really deep belly button).  No linea negra yet either, maybe I won't get one, since I've pretty fair.
What I miss: Getting off the floor(bending, getting off of the couch, etc) without struggling.  Not weighing almost 190lbs!  (Eek!)

What I am looking forward to:  My shower, getting Mojo's room set up, meeting him.
Milestones: I'm past the point of viability, which makes me feel a little better, since I'm a worrier.

A little blah blah

I had a dream about baby Mojo last night.  He was born now, but was somehow full term.  He was a beautiful little baby with a head full of light hair (now Aaron and I have both dreamed that Mojo has light hair(we, of course, both have dark hair, so it's not too likely)).  He was a good baby too, he was quiet, and a really good nurser.  And I had lots of milk!  He spat up a lot.  And I was totally inept.  I had no clue what I was doing, but he was so good, and lovable.  Exciting.

Aaron has been sick since Sunday.  He got in to see the doctor today.  I guess he has something akin to bronchitis.  So he gets some antibiotics, and is probably not contagious anymore.  (Yay!)

Because he's been sick, I've been sleeping in our room, and he's in the guest bed.  Zelda sleeps with me (in her bed, on the floor), and Yoie starts with Aaron and ends up with me.  Aaron usually takes care of Zelda in the night.  In the winter, Zelda has to be tucked in.  And when she moves around and becomes uncovered she wakes up and starts whining.  Tuesday night she woke me up four times!  Plus waking up to have to pee, it was a restless night.  Last night, I got one of the king sized comforters, and covered her and tucked it in.  She only woke up twice.  So I got a better night's sleep.

We got two packages today, both were for me.  I had to peak in one, since I'm ordering stuff from different places too.  (Sorry Mom!  But I didn't open it).

It was so cold today!  My windshield was frozen for the second day in a row.  I'm not sure we got to 50 here (which is very cold for us).  When I went on my lunch walk (at 1:15) there were frozen edges on some puddles.  Crazy.

I had a couple work meetings today.  Everything went well, so I'm feeling a little less stressed.  And we did a little more planning for my maternity leave, and return.

They started removal of our neighbour's giant camphor tree today.  I'm glad this is happening.  It's been a big annoyance.  It drops leaves all year long (which clog our gutters).  It ruined our driveway, and would eventually mess up the foundation of our house.  The big stump is still there, it's going to be worked on tomorrow.

I really hate toilet paper commercials, especially the ones with the bears.  Eww, I don't need to hear about how strong your toilet paper is!  I mean, really.  How hard are you wiping your ass?  Yuck.

Bits

• I teach Relief Society (ladies Sunday School) once a month, and I always bring a treat.  I've been bringing a gluten-free option lately, because a lot of people are doing that.  I have two packs of GF flour at home: soy and buckwheat.  Today I made a half batch of M&M cookies with the soy flour.  Ugh, they were awful!  (If you know me, you know what a sweet tooth I have, and I've never met a cookie I didn't like).  They looked bad, super flat, and limp.  And they tasted terrible.  I usually like the flavour of soy, but it was like the soy had gone bad or something.  I didn't even bake all the dough.
• I stopped by and saw Sophie after work to talk about baby shower stuff.  Poor Kaylee has terrible diaper rash.  Sophie and I ended up just talking a lot of baby and pregnancy stuff.  It was nice.
• I organized my cloth diapers yesterday, I think we're pretty well set, so that's exciting.
• I realized today that I still have room to do the Humira shot on my belly.  :cue the hallelujah chorus:
• Aaron is sick.  I think this is day three.  He has a cold of some sort, so he feels bad.  He came home from work early and had to get someone else to cover his meeting today.  That means he must feel bad.  I made up the guest bed, in the front room, for him.  (He said he'd sleep in there tonight).  Poor kid.  He bought me flowers on his way home to apologize in advance for his whiney-ness.  
• Aaron told me he had a dream about Mojo last night.  This is very rare, he usually doesn't remember his dreams.  He said Mojo had a lot of light coloured hair.  :swoon:
• Mojo has been really wiggly today, which is fun.  And according to the baby app, his testicles are descending this week.  And he's taking little practice breaths of amniotic fluid.

Not too much.

I only went to the first hour of church today.  I decided I could only handle one hour of church today, which was just as well, my back was really bothering me this morning.  After I came home I read the paper, and took a three hour nap!  Holy moly.  I could have slept longer too, but when I woke up at 2, I decided I should get up.

Aaron made me some eggs, and then I sat around more.  I meant to work on the quilt, but I've just felt kind of listless lately.  Or, I don't know.  Maybe I'm still depressed.  I just don't feel like doing anything.

I talked to my mom for an hour today.  That was nice.  I miss her, I'm really glad she'll be out here in January and again when Mojo is born.  I was telling her I don't know what she'd do when she's here for 3 weeks after Mojo's birth.  She said I'll do thinks so you can take care of the baby.  Sigh, what a relief.  Someone to make us food, and make the house look less exploded.  I love my mom.

Mojo has been doing flips and barrel rolls lately.  That's pretty fun.

We've chosen a name we think we'll use for Mojo.  But we're not sure, and we don't want to say it, because Aaron's mom is really vocal about names she doesn't like; which are most names.  I think she likes things like Nathan and Matthew etc.  We don't like names like that.  We're in to more old tyme names, and Irish, Celtic names.

I'm really glad it's Thanksgiving week.  I'm excited for a 3-day week.  Lots of rest time, maybe a little shopping (not sure about that yet), lots of family time.

Today

Or: I have plenty of first world problems.

I got up at 5:40.  It's so hard to get out of bed so early.  Especially since it's so cold now.  I laid in bed, and played with my phone for a few minutes before forcing myself out of bed.  I had gotten my stuff ready the night before, so I didn't have much to do and headed out the door at 6:04.

There was no traffic, which was nice.  I got on 85N, and was going somewhere between 65 and 70 the whole way.  A couple miles in, (I was driving in the middle lane) a motorcycle flew by me before I even had time to register what it was.  He must have been doing at least 90!  (It was still dark out!)  Yikes.

I got to work a few minutes early, only to find I left the heat off all weekend, so it was 53 in my office.  Brr.

I started working and ate my breakfast.  I've gotten to the point in my pregnancy where everything tastes really good.  After breakfast, despite not being hungry, I thought it would be a good idea to eat all my snacks.  That was good, until I had terrible indigestion the rest of the day.  I'm a glutton.

Also, I've been achy.  My back hurts off and on.  My ribs on the right side hurt pretty often.  And lately, my left knee has been hurting.  Plus, Mojo starting doing this weird thing lately.  It's like he's stretching, or something.  It's kind of pinchy.  But Aaron felt him move for the first time yesterday!  That was exciting.  (He moves mostly in the morning, so far).

Aaron called after he drove my dad to and from his follow up appointment with Dr Youn (the surgeon).  He got his staples out, and everything looks good.  The doctor wants my dad to drink more (since the colon absorbs most of the water).  My dad got the ok to eat a regular diet again, so he wanted lots of fatty snacks.  He lost about 20 lbs.  (He's right around 140 right now).  Aaron had a lot of running around to do later in the day, so he passed the request on to me. (Dad still isn't good to drive, not til he stops getting light-headed).

Blue Cross was having system problems all morning.  It was really annoying because they'd said call back in an hour, then I would, and they'd say call back in 30 minutes.  Grr.  Your one job is to have the system working.  (This happens about once a month).

(The Big Lots near my house had a grand re-opening.  They put in cold cases, and milk and ice cream and stuff like that.  The ads I'd heard made it sound like all the stores would have that).  At lunch I went to the Big Lots by work to get my dad some cookies, candy, chips, and ice cream.  That Big Lots had signs that said "grand re opening" too.  The stuff inside was all rearranged, but there were no cold cases!  The aisles were a lot closer together, which made it really hard to navigate.  That was annoying.

So I ran over to Target after that to buy frozen stuff. There was a bunch of sister missionaries hanging out in the parking lot.  8 or 10 of them!  I don't think I've ever seen so many sisters hanging out together before.  Weird.

After work I drove to my dad's to give him his snacks.  It took a long time to get on the freeway, for some reason, even though the freeway was fine.  I didn't stay long, since I still wasn't feeling great.

When I got home, I saw that the dogs did something bad.  One of us, mistakenly, left the pet food cabinet unlocked (the cats can open it).  Strewn all around the house were bits of packaging.  The dogs had pulled out all the treats (both dog and cat), tore the bags open and ate the contents.  Fiona is having some IBS issues, and is supposed to be on a very controlled diet.  So they ate pretty much all the treats and some packaging. Arg.

Aaron just came home a little before 9.  Fortunately, this is his only night meeting this week (I think).

Bending and getting up off the floor are starting to get hard.

Too much has happened.

If you read my Crohns blog, you'll be update with all the stuff that's been going on with my dad.  He went into the hospital for bleeding a little over a week ago, and ended up having a complete colectomey (ending with a colostomy bag) on Friday.  He was originally supposed to stay for a week following the surgery, but it looks like he may only need 5 days. So things are looking up.

Aaron and I have spent a lot of time at the hospital, or driving to and fro.

Mojo has been moving around a lot.  Especially after I eat in the morning.  I'm still feeling pretty good, my back hurts at the end of some days, and I pee a lot.  I noticed today that I can feel Mojo kicking from the outside.  So now I just need to get Aaron to catch him moving.

Tomorrow our driveway will be ripped out.  The giant, annoying camphor tree will be going (hopefully) soon after that.  I'm looking forward to the tree being gone, and having a flat, non-broken driveway, but it seems like it's going to be an annoyingly long process.

Hopefully we'll be able to go to the temple in the next couple weeks.  It's been over a year since we've been, and I was practically inactive.  But now I've got myself sorted out, and I'd like to go once or twice before Mojo comes along, and runs our lives.

I start my yoga class this week.  I also get my hair done on Friday.

All Mojo, all the time.

Last night was full of dreams; all of them about Mojo.  I only remember three, but none too specifically.  In one Mojo was a girl.  In one Mojo was a boy.  In one Mojo had non-functioning kidneys and wasn't going to make it.  Ugh.  It was a rough night.

The appointment went fine.  It started half an hour late, but that was the only snag.  Everything looked great.  Kidneys and heart were functioning perfectly.  All the bones were where they should be.  He was moving all around.  And liked having his hands in front of his face.  A lot.  And he's a he; no doubt.  We were both (sort of) secretly hoping for a girl, but I am ecstatic to be having a healthy baby.  I am having a baby!  Aaron and I made him, it's so weird.

He's so tiny.  His head is 4cm in diameter, his little foot in about an inch long. Heart was beating at 144 bpm.  He weighs about 10 oz.  He's measuring 19.5 weeks.   I'm wondering how and when I feel him poking me.  I couldn't feel him moving during the ultrasound, but I can feel him from time to time.

Now we need to think of names we both like.  We have several girls' names we both love.  We have a lot of boys' names we like, but so far, nothing is jumping out at us.  We also won't be sharing the name beforehand.

I'm also trying to gather information about circumcision.  My inclination is to say "no," I don't feel like a tiny baby needs a (mainly) cosmetic surgery.  My dad said he would say no.  And if he and my mom had had boys, he wouldn't have circumcised, and he's Jewish.  I know my mom is for it, because she says it's cleaner.  The American Academy of Pediatrics is for it, which holds a lot of weight.  So I need to research more.

The baby blogs

8/6/13

I'm pregnant.  I'm pregnant! 9 weeks today.

It all started last Friday.  I'd been sick with a virus for a week, with no end in sight.  I'd just had my period the previous week.  But I'd noticed that I felt a little worse upon waking.  And a little better after eating.  So, I decided I'd burn another pregnancy test.  I went pee, and prattled around and then grabbed the test to look.  My hands started shaking and tears instantly sprung to my eyes.  I think I said "oh my God" about 5 times.  Aaron was still at camp, and I wanted to tell him in person.  I called my sister (who was at work).

"What? I'm at work you know."
"I just took a pregnancy test and it's positive" (I was breathless, and crying)

"What?!"

"I'm pregnant.  The test says I'm pregnant."

She started crying.  And my mom happened to be there dropping something off, so she had to tell her.  

After that I called Kaiser, since I had no clue how far along I was.  My last real period was April 8th.  Then I had bleeding, which I thought was a light period on July 23rd.  (My periods have been really light since coming off of Depo).  I had taken the day off of work to get over my virus.  I was planning to leave at noon to drive up and see Aaron.  My regular ObGyn (NP Medlicott) didn't have an appointment til 2:30, so I saw a different one (NP Elemen) at 10:15.  

Everyone at Kaiser seemed confused by my dates.  Either that I was just barely pregnant, or that I was very pregnant.  I kept telling them my periods were not normal.  Bev (the NP) went over my history, and then got the ultrasound machine.  An internal ultrasound is like a robot penis, not really comfortable.  I saw my little blob (who I've since named Mojo).  She said I was about 7 weeks along.  Bev said she couldn't see something she was looking for, and refered me to radiology for a more in depth ultrasound. She said she was cautiosly optimistic.  She sent me to the lab, and my new ultrasound was scheduled for 1:30.  I got my blood drawn, and barely made it to the car before breaking down.  Something I'd wanted for so long, and now I had it, and it might gone already.  

I got home and sobbed and sobbed.  I wanted my mommy to be able to hold my hand.  Or for Aaron to be there and tell me it would all be ok.

I drank a ton of water, as instructed, and went back for my ultrasound.  The tech started with an external one.  I couldn't see the screen, and she wouldn't tell me what she was looking at.  An external ultrasound with a full bladder is just as you'd expect.  Then she told me to pee, and she'd do another internal.  That was more uncomfortable than the first one.  She was not super gentle, and had to maneuver it a bunch of different ways.  

Then I walked back across the street to the ObGyn office to get the ultrasound read.  And I waited, and waited and waited.  And was practically teared my fingers off.  I'd emailed Aaron to let him know I wouldn't be in camp til late.  I told him something came up, he asked if everything was ok.  I said I wasn't sure.  I still wanted to tell him face to face.  Then I waited some more.  Eventually (after about an hour) I got back into a room.  Bev came and appologized and said that ultrasound reports are supposed to be ready in under an hour (at that point we were nearing an hour and a half).  But the ultrasound pictures (and film) was ready, so we looked at it.  She showed me little Mojo's beating heart, the one thing she couldn't find previously.  She called later with the full report.  Everything looked perfect, and I was 8w3d along.  I'm due March 10th 2014.

When I got to camp, Aaron asked my what was going on.  I said I had a picture to show him, which was the positive pregnancy test.  He said he thought that was what was going on. He was really excited.

I've been feeling the same so far.  Barfy and tired.  I haven't actually thrown up, just gagged a few times.  I've discovered I can't eat garlic, or dark green salads.  Nothing big in the cravings department yet.

Smells are really getting to me.  I had to change to unscented deodorant and soap.  

Cheerios are tasting really delicious.

8 weeks, 2 days.  I found out late.  

9 weeks 1 day

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8/26/13

I worked a half day and then came home.  Mojo was making me feel worse than usual.  I was dizzy, which was new, queasy, headache, tired, the usual.  I came home to rest and sleep, but I couldn't sleep. Tomorrow is 12 weeks.  And Aaron's birthday.

I'm hot all the time.  I'm having night sweats.  I bought some maternity pants.  My jeans are all too tight, except one pair of denim shorts (my fat shorts).  I ordered some maternity stuff online, and then went to Savers, and found some great deals.  (I got 3 pairs of maternity jeans, a bunch of cute onesies, and a baby name book for under $35).  

I can't remember if I mentioned my desk naps previously.  But during my breaks at work, I've been napping under my desk.  

We've told a few people.  Our family, my direct boss at work, Aaron told a few people at work, a few of our friends.  I have an ultrasound in 2 weeks, once we have that, assuming everything is ok, then we'll spread the word.

We had our first baby class at Kaiser.  It was mostly just paperwork.  Originally, we'd decided against genetic testing.  But during the class, we decided to do integrated screening, which consists of blood work, the ultrasound, and blood work again.  Really the main reason is that we get a 13 week ultrasound, instead of having to wait til the end of September for the 16 week.  But since we only know half of Aaron's genetic info, it seemed like it might be a good idea.  I do the first blood draw this Friday and the ultrasound next Friday.  

I finally stopped spotting, which is a big relief.  I still haven't barfed, just some gagging. 

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8/30/13

My first real case of baby brain.

Tomorrow is my niece's first birthday party.  (Not really my niece, Aaron's cousin's daughter, but I'm an official Aunt).  They're having a pool party.  I never miss an opportunity to swim.  Plus it's been so warm, and I'm hot all the time.  But I don't have any swimsuits that fit me.  I'm too roundy, gelatinous and lumpy.  I went to Target after work in the hopes of finding a maternity swimsuit on clearance.  I didn't find any maternity suits (they had a bunch online, but not in the store).  I did find a bunch of clearance tankikis.  So I went to try on two tops, 3 bottoms and a pair of shorts; six items total.  I went in the fitting room and started trying stuff.  They actually fit ok, which was a surprise.  Then I got tangled up in one of the tops.  In the process of trying to get out of it, I punched myself in the nose, which sent my tiny nose stud flying into the abyss.  I started looking around frantically, because the piercing is only a few months old, I didn't want it to close up.  I was frantically searching around, but I gave up, and bunched up all the bathing suits and took them back out.  I didn't bother to put them on hangers, because I liked them, and needed to decided which I liked.  The attendant wanted to count them, so I handed her the ball of swimsuits.  She only counted five.  I was flustered, but I tried to figure out where the missing one was.  Then I thought, maybe...  I pull out the waistband of my pants, and there it was.  Geez.  I'm sure the attendant thought I was trying to steal it.  I still can't believe I did that.

I then dug through my purse in search of an earring to use in my nose til I got home.  After 5 minutes, I finally found one.  It looked funny, but it did the job.

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We had an NT ultrasound today to check for genetic defects.  Everything looks good so far.  They changed my due date again, because Mojo is measuring small.  I was originally 3/12/14, now it's 3/22/14.  So now I'm measuring 11w6d.  But I think I'll stick with 13w3d.  I guess we'll see as time goes on.  It's still early, but the tech is thinking it's a boy.  If you look at the 3d scan, it looks like you can see a penis.