Freecycle

So we have two guest rooms, two guest beds and one baby on the way...time to down grade. When Reid and I joined forces and combined all of our worldly possession into one house we ended up filling the two extra bedrooms with two full beds. As we start to plan turning one of the rooms into a nursery one of the beds is getting the boot.

Rules

There are a few unwritten rules that exist amoung women:

1: Don't tell a woman she looks fat/heavy/large
2: Don't ask a woman if she is pregnant or tell her she looks pregnant
3: If a woman is pregnant don't tell her she looks too pregnant
4: Don't tell a woman her baby is ugly
5: Don't tell a woman that her engagement ring is small or ugly

I feel like everyone should know these rules, but I am finding out they don't.

Off Limits

Paint, hair dye, and pineapple...what do they have in common?

When I went to my doctor's appointment yesterday these were the things I asked my doctor if I could do or eat. I am happy to report that I can paint a room whilst dying my hair and take an occasional break to eat pineapple. Now you may wonder about the pineapple and why that is a questionable food? My doctor informed me that she had never heard of pineapple as being an "off limits" food. I swear that I could google any type of food and connect it to pregnancy and I could find a site that will warn me not to eat it. I got the "no pineapple" ruling from a daily pregnancy journal that informed me that papya, pineapple, and bitter melon are not recommended because they bring on complications.

I am happy to report that I got to see our little peanut yesterday and there are arms, legs, and a spine! The baby was moving his/her arms quite a bit which was neat to see. The heartbeat was strong and a beautiful sound to hear :)

Anything

I love working in child welfare. It has made a home in my heart. The other day I had a real big hang up with my passion...so without giving any details it is like the same story that I see time after time: parents are not willing to make the changes needed to keep their child/children, so the child/children are removed from their care. If there is more then one child the chances that the children will stay together is very small.

When I saw our little peanut the other day I had this feeling take over me that I would do anything for this child. Most importantly I will love and guide this child through his/her life because as a parent that is my responsibility. So dealing with parents who put their own needs above their children's well being now sits with me very differently. I am not saying that I ever thought that the actions of the parents I deal with were ok, but I now have a different perspective.

Peanut

So even though I was told by a stick several weeks ago that Baby Hamann was on the way, it is still hard to really believe that it is real. Today Reid and I went to the first appointment with my doctor. It is so weird to go to the doctor for something good, I mean usually it is because I am sick. Well I guess I am sick, but it is a welcomed sick feeling. The doctor did the ultrasound and there he/she was...a little peanut tucked into a black peanut shell. It was a beautiful sight.

Champions!

It is going to be a great year! Our child will enter a world where the NFL Champs are the Green Bay Packers! Yep, it's going to be a great year :)

I do have to believe that along with the Packer's talented players it was also my official game day gear of Packer socks, vintage Packer t-shirt, and ratty old Packer sweatshirt that aided in a win. This same attire was worn for all of the post-season games.

Puff Cheetos

Now I have not been hungry for much of anything lately. I feel like it is one of the many funny things about pregnancy...you get to gain weight, but food makes you sick. So for the last two months nothing has sounded good, until tonight. I call Reid and it must have been fate because he was at a gas station filling up. In my sweetest voice I asked my darling husband to buy me Cheetos, puff style. I don't like the puffs. I really don't eat Cheetos, but if I do they have to be the crunchy ones. But tonight it was puffs. I felt as though if I did not get these much desired puffs that the world as we know it would cease to exist. Rest assured that I got the puffs, you may now sleep well and safe tonight.