Anybody still out there?

I have been such a bad blogger lately! There are many reasons why I haven't blogged but none of them really make a good excuse. I'll give you the Reader's Digest version of the last 6 weeks. There was:

* my 26th birthday-am now officially in my late 20's. Hoped to be through having babies by now instead of just starting. I guess the Good Lord had other plans for me.

*vacation to the mountains on which I caught my 3rd round of the stomach virus so far this pregnancy and Randy's tummy ulcers went haywire. Needless to say out of a 5 day trip there was only 1 day that either of us felt like leaving our cabin. It definitely wins the award for the worst vacation ever.

* prenatal visit 11/05/07 which went fine. Dr. B. did say he wanted to do another ultrasound this time around to check the Brandon's heart because at the last US the tech could only get pics of 2 chambers of the heart instead of all 4. All of that is scheduled for tomorrow. US at 8 am followed by Dr. visit.

* Randy's 29th birthday-although he told everyone that it was his 24th birthday-that's even what I had put on his cake-Happy 24th Birthday!

*deer season opens and I kill a deer opening weekend while pregnant. I guess I am more of a redneck than I ever thought, but I really wanted to kill a deer while pregnant with my son. Randy hopes since I did that Brandon will be born with Buck Fever. If he's not, he's going to have a lot of boring weekends growing up at the deer camp.

*Randy finally got to feel Brandon kick through my belly. It was the day after his birthday. He was so excited. Now anytime we are sitting beside each other watching TV or whatever, his hand is like a magnet to my stomach. He's obsessed with feeling Brandon kick and I think it is the sweetest thing in the world. I tear up every time he gets to feel the baby kick. But then again, I am an emotional wreck these days.

*Thanksgiving-4 dinners in 2 days. Let's just say I am still not wanting any dressing or dumplin's for a while!

*MOOD SWINGS. I knew pregnancy hormones would make me cry, but Lord, I could own stock in Kleenex. ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING MAKES ME CRY!!!!! I have pretty much given up wearing eye make-up to work, because everyday somebody (Brandi) is going to send me an email that makes me cry! Bless his heart, Randy is living with a ticking time bomb right now. He says that he can tell me something one day that will make me laugh and he can tell me the same thing a couple of days later and I either huff up and get mad or bawl my eyes out. he says there is never a happy medium.

*THE KILLER SINUS INFECTION OF 2007. Who knew one person could produce this much snot and live to tell about it! I am on my 3rd box of Kleenex in a week-and that's just work use. I don't know how much toilet paper I have used at home-too much to count. And of course, all you can take when pregnant is Tylenol-yeah, like that's gonna work. I gave up on it after 3 days. Now I am just trying to tough it out and hope that Dr. B. feels sorry for me tomorrow and gives me SOMETHING, ANYTHING to take to get over this mess!

And that brings us to the present I think. Now for an update on me physically. I still haven't gained any wait, but I definitely have a baby belly. I am staring to look more pregnancy than fat. Randy says he can tell it's a baby belly and not a chubby belly because my tummy is starting to poke out further than my chest. Leave it to him to equate everything back to my chest! That's a man for you!!!!!

It's getting harder to do a lot of my house work and every day stuff. Bending over is a thing of the past. It's slip on shoes for me from now til after baby is born. Standing up to blow dry my hair wears me out! Sleep is a thing of the past. I never knew that I would need to get up 4 times a night to pee when I don't drink anything during the night. I tell you, whoever said pregnancy was a total body experience wasn't lying. There is not one part of my body, or one function of my body that has not been effected by this pregnancy. Randy has decided that Brandon will probably be an only child because he doesn't know if he can live through another pregnancy with me. And I thought I had been fairly laid back and complacent all this time. I guess I was wrong.

I am now officially in the 3rd trimester. It still seems surreal most of the time. I had honestly accepted the fact that I would never be a mommy and surprise here I am in the third trimester counting down the time until Brandon is due to arrive. 3 1/2 months and he should hopefully be here or about to arrive at any minute.

Well, I guess that's all for now folks. I should probably get back to work. I will get on tomorrow after the Dr's visit and post the results of it whenever I get a chance!

smooches!
Krissy and Brandon

STATS:
25 weeks 3 days
102 days to go

next check-up and ultrasound tomorrow!!!!!