Dixon Baby Newsletter Vol. 9 (1/20/2003)

I am officially pregnant.  Ok, I know that this is a little 
late in the game to be acknowledging the fact.  But, I am
having my frist sense of being rolly-polly pregnant.  It 
started the other day when I had the computer sitting on 
the coffee table.  I decided to sit down on the floor and 
send an e-mail.  By the time I finished the e-mail, my left
leg was asleep up to my hip.  I couldn't get up.  I was 
wriggling around on the floor trying to figure out how to
get up.  Also, my leg was doing that deep-down type hurting
you sometimes get when an appendage is asleep.  It was hurting
so much I was laughing...the kind of laugh you do when you
hit your funny bone.  I am sure I was quite a sight.  I could
just reach the phone.  I thought about calling my dad to come
help me up, but then I thought I would never be able to live
that down.  :)  So, I just wallowed on the floor until the 
feeling came back.  This was my first glimpse of how things
were about to become.

Last Friday, I was out and about in town.  I had squatted 
down to look at some books on a bottom shelf.  When I started
to stand up, I couldn't.  I had to push up off of the shelf.
I think I pulled a muscle in my foot.  :)

Later that same day, I was behind a gent in line who dropped
his fingernail clippers.  They shot behind an end cap display.
He was a big hefty fellow, so I got down on the floor and 
fished them out for him.  I almost didn't get up again.  :)

Mind you, I'm not even really big yet.  I do look pregnant 
now, but I'm not a basketball yet.  I am just surprised how 
fast my mobility is changing.

After relating these tales to Joseph, he said maybe I shouldn't
be so nice from now on...as in picking up other people's stuff.
Then I had to brag on him how earlier that day I had chose NOT
to help someone in need.  A lady came in one of
the stores I was in looking for help to push a broken down car
out of the street. Normally, I would have helped, but I didn't
offer because I was thinking, "Pregnant women probably aren't 
supposed to push cars."  I was very proud of my decision even 
though I had passed up a good samaritain opportunity.  

We went to the doctor yesterday.  They did the gestational 
diabetes test, but I won't know until the end of the week what
the results are.

We did get another sonogram of Wee One's heart.  It is all 
there and working fine.  All the other parts seem to be in
order as well!  :)

Joseph has been thinking like a daddy lately.  The other day he
told me that the computer room was just not baby friendly...too
many cables and doo-dads.  I agreed.  So, we may be doing baby 
gates for the computer room.  

Joseph has also been assuring me that baby will want to go to
Toy's R Us alot.  I told Joseph to notice how there really aren't
many kids in Toy's R Us.  I think parents do this on purpose so
the kid doesn't point at everything and want it.  :)  Joseph 
assures me that he has this area under control.  So marks his
first daddy duty.  

Well, I hope everyone is having a good week.  That wraps up the
latest on Wee Dixon.  

Take care,
Kay