Jan

Okay, I did it – I updated the web page!!! I was under increased theat of violence from various factions if I didn’t, so…%-) Seriously, I have a better excuse than usual now – as most of you already know, WE’RE HAVING ANOTHER BABY!!! This of course means I have lost *all* chance of ever getting my life together and being on top of things like updating my web page, so don’t expect too much in the future!

Our due date is August 22nd, which of course means I will be weighing like two tons and it will be 100 degrees outside. Fun, fun! I need to punch Craig for having such bad timing! Seriously, we are both *very* excited. We both really wanted to have another baby fairly quickly, so they would be close in age. Craig thinks this baby will be a boy – I don’t think anything one way or the other yet. I’m only 10 weeks along right now, and I’ve been so sick and exhausted I haven’t really had enough energy to do much of anything, even think.

I *really* like my doctor this time, though. She is *MUCH* better than the doctor I had in Huntsville. She seems interested in me as a person, rather than being focused only on the baby. Of course, the baby *needs* focus, but it is nice to talk to someone who realizes that I still have needs, too, even though I’m pregnant. She has been really helpful with suggestions on how to be less ill, etc.

We were going to wait a little longer before telling people, but the sickness has been so bad that I had to tell a few people, since I needed an excuse for basically becoming an invalid. And, once you tell a few people, you really have to tell others…so, now the news is out. My second prenatal visit (the first one with the doctor) was yesterday; the doctor did an ultrasound, and we got to see the little heart beating. Somehow, that makes it so much more real, seeing it!

Okay, time for my afternoon nap…

  

Jan

Happy 2002, everyone!!! What a long, strange 10 (and a half, but who’s counting? %-) months it has been since Sami was born! I have no real excuse for why we haven’t kept the web page more up to date…we just haven’t. Yes, we’re busy, but so is everyone else, right? Anyway, one of our New Year’s resolutions is to stay in better touch with people. So, here goes…

Rather than try to go back and re-create the last few months, we’ll just jump right into where we are now. Sami is growing like a weed – 98% for her age in height! She also has an amazing disposition. People tell me that you have to have two kids before you start really believing in personality; I didn’t, Sami made a believer out of me all by herself. She is *so* much nicer and more plesant than either Craig or me!!! Clearly, her personality is *not* something she inherited from us – she is her own person! She is constantly smiling, even when she’s sick. And when she gets upset about something, she can be cheered up pretty rapidly, and is smiling again before we know it. She loves to dance, and she’s very into anything that makes noise. She is right on the cusp of being able to walk – she “cruises” (walking holding on to furniture) constantly, and she likes to hold our hands and walk across the floor. She can also stand without holding onto anything for about 30 seconds or so now. But, she hasn’t quite gotten brave enough to take that first step. As for talking, there is some debate among us – Craig thinks she is talking already (“mama”, “dada”, and “byebye”), but I still think it is wishful thinking on his part. She understands a lot of words now, but I haven’t heard her say any. Wanna guess what her first word will be? Vote in our Sami’s 1st Word poll!

Okay, time to take a break and go watch Survivor (yes, we are still TV addicts). More later…