baby's first picture!

i just got home from my first dr's appointment this time around...and everything looks great! there is one baby, carrie. just one! we could see little arms moving and a strong heart beating (174 bpm... and caroline's was 171... hmm, another girl?). i even learned that the egg came from my left ovary! did you know that the ovary that produces the (ultimately) fertilized egg has a small cyst on it for the first three months that produces progesterone... which is the cause of first trimester nausea?

well, i am pretty ready for that cyst to just disappear!!! i have not been very sick, but if i do not put food in my mouth every 30 minutes, i am out of commission for awhile. it took me a few weeks to figure out that eating that often would help, so i have not been the most fun summer mommy since the beginning of june! i'm thankful to have finally discovered what my body needs to stay happy, so i just eat a little bit all day long, and i can make it! the kids have already grown accustomed to hearing "it's for the baby!". so far, that has worked!

ethan was "so exciting" about my doctor's appointment this morning. my mom stayed here with the kids while brian went with me, and she said that when ethan woke up, he exclaimed, "mommy is going to bring me a picture of the baby!" then later this morning, she said that he was walking around singing, "baby number 3! baby number 3!" that cracks me up because i haven't really used that term very much around him, but we all know that kids hear everything.... then my mom asked him who baby #1 was, and he gave her the most puzzled look! she tried to explain that HE was baby #1, but i'm not sure that really stuck. :) thanks for trying, mom!!

we already can't wait for january to get here. :) caroline is totally in love with babies, and ethan is convinced it will be a boy and he will name him "goggles". never fear, we do not give our children everything they want!!!