'Tis the season...

Well, not the Christmas season, but my FAVORITE season. October through the beginning of January is my favorite time of the year!! Now it will be through the end of January...since Owen will come then. I love seeing pumkins out and halloween decorations. My favorite actual holiday is Thanksgiving - that is when my entire family gets together, and eats until we are sick. :-) Several times. After we eat you can spot any member of my family sleeping on a couch or bed somewhere in the house, or eating, again! It is fun! Then comes my birthday...and not that we do too much to celebrate that but we always at least go to dinner with friends which is nice. Then it is Christmas, and I just generally like the feel of that time of year. New Years isn't far behind and that is fun because the year changes. And this coming January we will have another tiny person in our house....which brings me to my next topic.

Yesterday I had a doctor appt. I had to drink the nasty glucose drink for the blood test for gestational diabetes. IT.WAS.HORRIBLE. I will not lie, it is the MOST DISGUSTING thing I have EVER put into my body. I have had an aversion to sweet things since I got pregnant (which is against my normal cravings). So, drinking that drink was not something I was looking forward to. People told me it really wasn't that bad, so I had kind of prepared myself for something gross, but doable. NOT. I was gagging and really struggling to keep that crap down. I was literally in tears. It was so bad. I can't handle things that are too sweet these days, it makes my stomach really hurt and it stirs up the little saliva glands that get going right before you puke. It was quite difficult for me. But, I DIDN'T puke!! WHEW. I did NOT want to have to drink that again. I am just hoping that the test is negative for gestational diabetes, because the thought of having to drink that stuff again makes me sick.

The doctor also took a look at Owen. Owen does not like it when I eat really sugary things either. It makes him lethargic almost. Anyway...he is so much less active when i eat that stuff than when I eat healthy things. Sugar does not pump him up it knocks him down. So, she put the wand on my stomach and the poor kid was just laying there with his arms over his head waving his hands. He was also opening and closing his mouth which was cute. His heart beat was great. We discovered that he has VERY long legs. Which is good, because I have virtually no legs. :-) I hope Owen is at least as tall as Travis. The doctor also told us that we have a REALLY BIG BOY on our hands. She told us to prepare for a baby over 8 pounds. I am only 6 months pregnant, and she is already telling me my kid is huge. Scary. She also told me to be prepared for the possibility of a C-Section since I am petite and Owen is not. :-)

I know doctors are wrong all the time regarding the size of babies when they are born, so, maybe Owen won't be over 8 pounds. Travis was 8 lbs 12 oz. AHHHHH. I was only like 6 1/2 lbs, if I am getting that right. Is that right Mom? Anyway...I might be giving birth to a toddler. ha ha We will see. I am definitely all baby. My stomach is getting bigger by the hour.

Anyway...I hope everyone has a great weekend.