And it starts...

Why?
Why?
Why?
Why?

and on, and on. At this point, I'm having fun trying to think up different answers for each "Why?", but I'm sure I'll tire of it soon enough.

SUA

So, according to my OB/Gyn, I have SUA, or Single Umbilical Artery. Normally, there are two arteries and one vein in the umbilical cord (who knew?). I only have one artery. Not that uncommon. Often it's not even noticed until the baby is born and they look at the umbilical cord.

According to the Dr. since everything else looked fine in the ultrasound, there is nothing to worry about (sometimes this occurs along with heart or kidney problems, but the 20 month ultrasound should show that). They'll do another ultrasound at 32 weeks to make sure the baby is growing, as there is a tendency for lower weight births.

Meh, but they had that concern for N and he came out just short of 8lbs.

Counting... for real

N is pretty good at reciting his numbers... well 1-29 anyway. I can't convince him yet that next is 30 not twenty-ten.

But I think he finally figured out how to count. He came up to me last week at daycare with a couple of dinosaur figures. Then said "Look Mom, I have dinosaurs. One, two", and stopped at two. Usually he'll keep counting for a while. But this time he held out each dinosaur individually while counting it. He looked really proud of himself.

Seventeen Weeks

Well, I'm now 17 weeks into this pregnancy. I wish I'd kept notes last time because I'd like to know if I was this exhausted. Good gravy, I'm falling asleep every night at 8:30 with N. Let's just say the house has looked better.

I think the nausea is finally gone at least. Once again, all food is wonderful and I want it "in my mouth" as N would say.

Whoop-a**

We don't subscribe to Treehouse TV, but we sometimes go to their web site and watch the 2 minute videos. N's new favorite is Wonderpets. Of course, he can't pronounce it quite right. Hubby stopped me on my way out and asked what the heck N was saying... it sounds kind of like he is saying whoop-a**. While jumping up with his fist in the air.

Pumpkin

Brought up a small pumpkin from the basement today. N instantly took it into the living room. He knocked off the stem and then played with the pumpkin and stem for quite a while (which for N is about 10 minutes). I felt bad taking it away and making soup out of it.

Luckily, there's another downstairs.

Painting

N likes to paint. We have these brushes with paint in them... saves up on a tiny bit of the mess. Anyway, N's new thing is to take some stickers, put them on a paper and then totally paint over top of them. It's the only painting he'll do. Odd, but it keeps him busy for a while.