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Posted by Me Tue, 24 Oct 2006 15:41:00 GMT

LOML & I are back from our lovely Hawaii trip. I meant to be more prolific in my blog writing, but alas I ended up avoiding the laptop except for the morning email checking. In any case, we got back on Sunday and are already back in the full swing of work. Ahh, lovely! It’s taken me a bit of time to get back into it all especially since we took a red eye flight back to Las Vegas so Sunday was spent trying to unpack, start laundry, and in general just catch up on some sleep before work started up again.

However, I think we are settling back into everyday life. Amidst work tasks, I am finishing up the last bit of laundry. Woohoo! :) Jack (yes, we settled on a name!) is kicking along on and off all day – but particularly at night. It’s lovely and comforting and I pray that he continues to do it more often and consistently. I have even gotten to the point where I can watch my belly move when he kicks! It’s crazy cool! :)

My fingers are still swollen and a bit achey. I think I have a case of pregnancy-related carpal tunnel syndrome. I haven’t been able to wear my wedding band or engagement ring for a week now so I look like some knocked up single chick! Oh well! :) My joints are a bit achey so I am going to try to take some breaks between my computer tasks. Hopefully, that will help. I plan to talk to my Doctor more at my next week’s appointment. Speaking of the appointment, I am nervous about it. It’s a big one. I have to do my glucose test and hope that I don’t get sick when drinking the super sweet stuff. Also, I pray that I pass! I sure hope I don’t have gestational diabetes. Ulgh! In addition to that test, we have our big ultrasound that day that will check on Jack’s cysts and my marginal placenta previa. Of course, I also hope that they find nothing else.

I have been pretty good about not worrying myself to death throughout this pregnancy, but admittedly as of late I find myself worrying a bit more. I worry about something going wrong. I worry about doing things wrong and harming our baby. I worry about not going full-term and then at times I worry about not being a good mom when he is born. I know none of these worries help anything, but I can’t help it. I have this anxiety building up, especially about this next appointment. A lot of things that will go on that day. Ulghh! I hope all goes well. I hope all checks out okay. Ok, I am going to stop now. We’ll find out soon enough.

Anyways, on a good note, I am 26 weeks and 2 days today. My belly is big. Jack is moving. I have heartburn practically all the time (not a pleasant thing, but still). Hawaii was fun. It was great to spend relaxing days with LOML. We even experienced some excitement with the earthquake that hit Hawaii on October 15th. Luckily, we weren’t on the Big Island but Maui which experienced no damage. We were without power for 4 hours, but other than that all was well. Jack got into the excitement by bouncing around when it all happened. I never experienced an earthquake before so I had no point of reference but LOML who has noted that it was a significant one at 6.7. I was up but it sure got LOML out of bed. Talk about a rude awakening! :)

After that, we just spent the rest of vacation enjoying Maui. It was quite hot which didn’t help with my swelling any but oh well. Maui was great, but it is nice to be back home again. I could do without all the chores but a minor price to pay for all the comforts of home. I have to tackle some guest room clean-up in the next few weeks since my folks may be coming to visit in a few weeks. I still have to focus on some nursery decoration stuff (like sewing curtains etc), but hopefully will get to it all in due time.

For right now, I am continuing to focus on staying healthy. I am trying to eat better and get rest whenever I can. The weather has been really nice here in Las Vegas so LOML & I have started on some evening walks which is always a good thing. I don’t try to overdo it but figure some exerxcise is a good thing.

Anyways, that’s how things stand. I continue to pray and hope that all is well with our baby. I want nothing more than for him to be healthy and happy. I hope I am doing a good job.

Oh well – speaking of job, I have to get back to mine. Loads to tackle. Hope everyone is well. Have a good day/week everyone!