Summer baby

I'm excited to say we're expecting an August baby. Yea! Possibly more excited are Kate and Danny. Kate told me one day in the fall that she had three wishes: to visit Disneyland, to visit the snow, and to have a new baby. So it looks like she'll be two for three. Which is pretty good as far as wishes go. Disneyland can wait a bit.

Danny joined me for my first appointment today and was thrilled to get to get to see the ultrasound. My NP told him the baby looked a little like a gummi bear and he couldn't stop giggling. It's so amazing to watch my kids' reactions this time around.

I am feeling very loved. I've been having fun with morning sickness but have lots of sweet women checking in on me. Andrea, who's been through this four times, left her four kids and many responsibilities and spent the day here Friday, doing wonderful wonderful things like cleaning out my fridge. She made a Costco run for me and she and Kate picked out a pink bouquet so it could be a girl, they decided. Thanks, Andrea!!
And thank goodness Amber told me about taking Unisom with B6. I hadn't ever heard about it. I was a little unsure if I should try the Unisom if I could survive without it, but I brought it up with my NP today and she totally reassured me. So I can hardly wait to go to bed tonight and take my Unisom. Hoooray!

Brent and the kids have also been fantastic. I've sent Brent on many an odd errand and he never complains. And he's raising our children and putting up molding all at the same time. And my kids have been so low-maintenance.

I wish I could say the same thing about the cows. Coolie has earned the well-deserved nick name knothead from our neighbor. A wonderful man who herds her back and patches a fence from time to time. I chase that stupid cow back three times a day some days. And I'm already nauseous and grumpy to begin with. So we're thinking she's going to last as long as this last bag of feed, then she can bid this fair world good bye. I'm excited b/c I met a women in my brother's ward who grew up in Nebraska and who had some time-tested rancher-approved way to get the cow ready to become prime meat. I must be getting used to the idea b/c I'm looking forward to showing up at my neighbor's with a stake to thank him for all his troubles. We're going to keep Moolie around though, she's been a good girl. So, to come full circle, maybe Moolie will get to meet the new baby in the summer.

black angus, anyone?