It's Sunday afternoon, and I'm supposed to be doing meaningful things, but I just can't make myself do anything productive! I don't want to even mention how much sleep I've gotten today, but I think it bears publishing. I went to bed at 8:30 last night, and read a while - The Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy. (It's a hoot, by the way. It is a true affirmation that all the crazy things I'm dealing with aren't psychosomatic or abnormal. Phew!) I slept until about 8:30 this morning, with only two brief hiccups in the evening - the first to holler at my hoos-band that his movie was too loud, and the second to let my littlest pooch out to potty. So that's darn close to twelve hours of sleep, right? Well, Jonathan and I made the mistake of spending some time in bed talking this morning - and after we took a shower, we both fell back asleep! So I got another ALMOST four hours of sleep. The reason it's important to know, is because at just a shade past five o'clock in the evening, I'm ready to go BACK to bed! I really would, but we have to meet some friends and tell them the good news at dinner!

A nausea note: I haven't been overly pukey for the last two days, even though I don't always feel so hot, but I fear it might be because I'm not taking my prenatal vitamin. Wendy takes Flinstone vitamins, because her prenatals made her so icky, so I was thinking about doing that. (And I bought some toasted wheat germ at my sis' suggestion - mix it with yogurt and BANG! Extra folic acid!) However, my momma put the kibosh on that pretty quick. I quote: "Honey, right now, your baby's health is more important than yours." Hmmm... even though I know she's right, it's tough to admit. Anyway, the Girlfriend's Guide says to pop them at night, so I think I'll resort to that. Tonight - I swear!

We got our first baby "thing!" Angela and Levi Smith, who have three boys of their own, are being mighty generous with their hand-me-downs! We got a link-a-doo vibrating baby chair! It's bouncy and has a battery that makes it shake just enough that babies enjoy it, I guess. Coolio!

Jonathan is still doing magnificently. He's getting more and more excited! We were out shopping today, and he's grinning like banshee at every little kid we pass. When we were getting ready to leave the parking lot, he said in a tone of awe, "I can't believe how different our life is going to be in such a short time!" (I was a little snotty in my head and thought about how different my life is NOW, but I think I may have been able to keep it internal...)