Yikes!

So it turns out this time that my blood pressure is off the CHARTS! Now usually, as with my weight, I'm worried, but that usually subsides with the next cookie. However, no one informed me that this can be dangerous for BABY!! That is a whole new story. I can not hurt someone that is so innocent, so for now - I have to make a change. A big fat one and for the next 5 months. On the plus side, I am hoping it will carry over after baby is here, but I have to say good bye to all my favorites. Adios French fries, delicious chocolate cake, chocolate chip cookies, and many more that I am failing to mention.

My younger sister does not have this problem, and we are very similar in size, so weight is part of my problem, but it's you GENETICS! that I have to blame for this one. My father says that his grandmother had high blood pressure - so you know McDonald's wasn't the one to blame there. However, McDonald's isn't helping my situation at all. Luckily for me, other people suffer, and I have found a great new book to help me through the next 5 months.

Enter The Dash Diet.

Unlike other 'diets' I've tried in my life, this one is not for weight reduction - especially weight reduction for the family trip to the beach in a few months. I'm hoping that this will be good for me and the entire family for the long run. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers guys because if you are familiar with my love of processed cheese products, you know how difficult this will be for me ... especially when I'm pregnant.

Baby update!

I am happy to announce that I made it a whole week and hit new week (16!!) and month (4) mark without feeling like crap! Thanks Baby!

The flip side, my skin has turned into that of a 13 year old girl. My chin has not been this bad since the 7th grade Valentine's dance. The only good news is that my DVR does not care what my skin looks like.

We may (fingers crossed) get a sneak peak at baby next week. All girl thoughts will be held until then, and the BIG fatty ultrasound on December 2. Healthy, beautiful baby girl PLEASE!

Happy Halloween!

Aren't these cute? I'm pretty proud!

Always Wanted!

As you can tell, we are a little bit OBSESSED with the gender of Baby Benton. Don't get me wrong, we will LOVE whatever sweet baby is sent our way, but a little girl would be added perfection. Onto the point! While we were out to dinner because everyone knows a pregnant woman should not be required to cook, and lucky for my, Jusband agrees, I received this fortune:

YOU WILL SOON RECEIVE SOMETHING YOU HAVE ALWAYS WANTED

Except it was written in Blue instead of Pretty in Pink. I can pretty much guarantee you I haven't always wanted 3 boys.

Oh wait, I already have 3 boys:

Still holding a bit of hope for the 5% ...

Well, I said we are a bit crazy here wondering about sweet baby Benton. They have some crafty DNA test that looks for male DNA in my blood - if it's there, then I'm having a boy. It comes with a 95% success rate. Let me tell you this though - it was an awful test. You had to prick your finger and bleed in 4 circles ... all of that for this:


Congratulations!

Based on our Pink or Blue test results, we are pleased to inform you that you’ll be having a baby

BOY!!!
We would like to thank you for using our Pink or Blue® Early Gender Test and hope this experience has brought you joy. Every Pink or Blue® DNA Test result carries a 95% accuracy rate and a money-back guarantee. If you have any additional questions or comments, please feel free to contact us through email or at 1-866-6-WHAT-R-U (Mon-Fri 9-5pm & Sat 10-4pm).

Except for the Boy was in bright blue! Still holding out hope that technology is WRONG and there is a sweet baby girl in there.

On the flip side, I SWEAR I feel baby moving like crazy this morning. I forgot how cool that feels.

Priceless

Gas to drive Lion to karate: $6/day
Karate lessons per months: $40
New belt and testing every other month: $50

Lion giving a kid a black eye because he and his older brother were holding him down during karate practice: PRICELESS

We may be short around here, but we don't take anybody's CRAP!

And maybe this karate isn't such a racket after all.

The Big Debate!

Obviously it's been awhile since I have blogged. I have no excuse for the month of June, or even July really - except lack of motivation. But August - I have you covered. Morning sickness this time around is REALLY something special. I'm hoping it's because baby is a girl, but I've read too much to know it really has nothing to do with it. I'm going to guess age and weight this time around; both of which are significantly higher than with any other pregnancy. YIKES! Maybe they can do a tummy tuck when they do this c-section ...

Speaking of my baby girl desire, we have gone a little crazy with baby predictions this time around. Little background info: Baby is due April 9, so she'll (can't blame a girl for trying) delivered April 1 (no joke). That makes me 10 weeks and 1 day as of today. That means I can try crazy things like:



I didn't take a picture of my result, but it looked pretty much just likes this:



I'm still holding out hope that the Chinese calendar rings true for us!!