It's Official....Here comes baby!

Sooooo, I know I have not really spoken to anyone formally about it, but we are having another baby! Our tentative (OB appt coming up soon to confirm exact due date) is July 12, 2010. Still not sure how I feel about the whole thing since I really have not been having a very easy time so far with this pregnancy (much like the ordeal with Yasmin!). Curtis, of course, is very proud of his accomplishment and for the opportunity to try and beat his odds to hopefully have a boy to pass on his name. If it is a girl, I have already given Lisa dibs to keep the baby for herself : ). There is just way to much female hormones in this household already!

So far I have been pretty miserable. Hyperemisis gravidarum is the formal name of my condition which is severe nauseau and vomiting and I have already had to be hospitalized for rehydration! Fun times. As well, while in the hospital I found out I had a bladder infection and Group B Strep (not strep throat). So, after trying 3 different anti-nauseau meds, we finally found one that helps, but keeps me in a coma. I think that I have been asleep for 3 weeks out of the 4 that I have been feeling horrendous.

With that being said, it is 3 days til Christmas (my most favorite holiday of the year) and I can not find the desire to put up my tree. Yup folks (like my new Texas lingo?) the girl who usually has her tree up the day after Thanksgiving and loves to decorate the house to look like a gingerbread house (see last years Christmas photos) is feeling bah hum bug. To make matters worse, the freaking storm on the east coast has made it so my sister will not be joining us for Christmas. So I am left familyless over the holidays and a little depressed! I can't enjoy coquito, I wasn't able to finish Christmas shopping (yes most of you will be getting your gifts after Christmas as I was in that 3 week coma), and I am not in the mood to go food shopping so my kids are starving.

I am almost finished my first year of school and proud to announce I am currently at a 3.6 GPA! Very proud of myself, considering I work full time, stay home with the baby full time and go to school full time. My last class for the year is an Intro to Films which is quite interesting. Only 3 more years to go, although I would like to try to finish sooner so that I don't have to go to Iowa in the winter to walk in my graduation!

Jason is a terror who is driving me off the wall. He has a new thing, screaming for no reason when you tell him no. Our doctor has recommended we have him screened for ADHD. Appt is in the new year.

Angel is your typical teen, driving us insane with her attitude. She started playing basketball and Curtis is coaching. I was supposed to be the asst coach but being preggers kinda sidelined that opportunity. Joy!

Yasmin. Yasmin. She is mean. She likes to beat up Jason and to terrorize the house every opportunity she gets. If she sees paper, she will tear it up. If she sees cardboard, she will eat it. Oh, Chris, I have to find your Christmas gift card because she emptied my wallet and likes to hide things. So it is a constant treasure hunt in the house!

So send me some cheer, help lift up my spirits. I am having a rough time this Christmas and just want to go back into my coma! The kids will be lucky if Santa is able to wrap gifts under the tree that is not there.

Bah Hum Bug and a Merry Christmas! We love you all and wish you the best for the holidays!