Dixon Baby Newsletter Vol. 15 (4/9/2004)

Baby name suggestions...

From Marie:
	Kay Maria
	Joseph Conner

From Amanda:
	Amanda

We all went to Destin, FL this past weekend for
the annual meeting of the company we work for.  
They always do a good job.  But, I must say, I think
it was a bit too much riding for me and baby.  After
traveling down on Thursday, Wee and I totally missed 
all the Friday activities (excepting breakfast) because 
we laid in bed all day.  Saturday, was a pretty good
day.  I got to go to the meetings and Joseph and I
had a little fun that afternoon.  There was a little
chill in the air and most folks on the beach were using
their towels as blankets.  :)

When we got back on Sunday, poor Joseph was zonked, too.
All of us had a good 12 hour nap.  It was some of the
best sleep we've had for a while.  Problem is we seem
not to be able to get enough of it!  :)

Sunday will be baby's pre-first Easter.  The Easter Bunny
got them these cool animal sound blocks.  There is a
picture of a different animal on each side.  When you 
match the animals by putting the blocks together, they
make the sound that animal makes.  They are very cool.  I
Hope I don't use them up before baby can get ahold of 
them.  

We had a doctor's appointment on the 1st.  We saw Dr. 
Drake.  He was really funny.  I didn't have a list of
paranoid questions for him.  I suppose that could have
changed his demeanor.  :)  We did get his approval for
the traveling, though.  From here on out, we don't plan
any long trips.  It isn't recommended by the doctors,
and I know now I just cannot do it. Does anyone know
why riding in a car makes you tired?

I've got spring fever.  I see all this stuff greening
up and blooming.  Makes me want to plant stuff.  
Yesterday, while at Daddy's, I asked him where did he
want me to put his tomato and pepper plants.  He just
laughed and said he couldn't bend over to take care
of them.  Then, he made some reference to the fact that
*I* cannot bend over and take care of them, either.  
We'll that just hurt.  ;)  No, not really.  I really
cannot bend over.  It is quite comical now.  Rolling
out of bed is quite an ordeal.  But, I still want to 
plant something.  So, now I am devising a way to do 
an elevated garden.  Maybe a container on top of some 
cinder blocks.  :)

Daddy also suggested that if Joseph and I raise this
baby quickly, that I could have him/her helping in the
garden by fall.  :)  Here...I have to relate a friend
of mine's story.  She has a three year old and is 
currently expecting her next child.  She too is in the
bend over stage where you just have to decide if you
are going to bend or breathe.  Both cannot be done 
at the same time.  To cure her spring fever, she 
decides to plant some bulbs in her flower bed.  Her
little one offers to help.  After she plants each
bulb, she turns around to gather stuff up.  When she
looks back at the flower bed, her son has carefully
exhumed each and every bulb and has them rolled up
in the front of his t-shirt.  :)

You know..I feel like such a whiney girl.  Ladies in
my grandparent's generation and before did LOTS of 
physical stuff throughout their pregnancy.  Some 
even hid their pregnancy from the rest of the family.
I think personally, my combination of being on the
soft-side and having a good dose of paranoia thrown
in, it keeps me from doing alot of stuff.  I do just
get tired quick, but you don't know how many times
I've wanted to hop on the tractor or the lawn mower
since the warm weather has hit.  But, I haven't.  I 
don't suspect that would be a good ride for baby.

We've been fishing in the pond some.  So far, Wee
and I have only caught bream.  Daddy and Daddy Joseph
catch the bass.  :)  I tried to get Joseph to take 
me out in the boat so I could fish the corner where
I just KNEW that big bass was lurking.  He wouldn't
do it.  He said he didn't feel like fishing a 
pregnant woman out of the pond.  :)  Even after I
promised to sit very still in the middle of the boat
he wouldn't budge.  I think he was just trying to 
improve his fishing score.  

From time to time, I go in the nursery to arrange
stuff.  I had my first dream about baby.  I was 
changing the diaper, and I couldn't reach all my 
diaper changing stuff.  Diaper changing time is 
less than 6 weeks away.  So, I guess my subconscious
is trying to get me motivated to get everything
organized.

We were asked the other day if I had started 
nesting yet.  I think I did most of my nesting back
in December.  Since I am not a big house cleaning
person, the only way to tell if I am nesting would
be if I offered to do the dishes without prompting.
:)

Baby has learned a new trick.  Wee knows how to 
squeeze my lungs.  Wee will shift and my lungs feel
like they are about the size of a sunglasses case.
I've tried sleeping sitting up, but that doesn't 
work very well.  I've also realized that eating
food with a strong gastrointestinal resolve is best
done at lunch and not after.  I ate Mexican one night.
I also didn't sleep that night.  :)

We've also taken to watching baby wiggle.  They are
big enough that we can see little parts pressed
against the outside of my stomach when they move. We
still aren't good at telling which parts they are,
though.

In case you don't know, I REALLY like scary movies.
But, since the baby has been around, I don't watch 
alot of scary stuff...not that I ever do (I cover
my eyes with my hands through most scary stuff)...
to keep the "stress hormones" at a minimum.  :)  No
use scaring baby before it is even born.  But, last 
night, we decided to watch "Darkness Falls."  We've
seen it before.  It is a pretty well done scary movie
without alot of gore and extra unnecessary stuff.  
We were almost to the end of it when we started 
hearing a beeping.  It was the UPS (uninterruptible
power supply) that we have the media room
equipment on.  We realized the power was off.  Then
the phone started ringing.  It was Daddy.  Someone
had run off the road and hit the power pole in 
front of his house.  Joseph took off to help but 
found the people had already been picked up.  There
wasn't any blood that he could see, so we guess they
are okay...but very sore.  The pole broke in half.
Joseph stayed over at Daddy's in case the sheriff 
needed any info and to wait on the power line people.

Meanwhile, I am back at home sitting in a dark house.
I'm wearing Joseph's miner light on my head so I don't 
trip and fall.  But, there is something you may not
know.  The premise of the movie that we were just watching
is...this ghost witch lady gets you if you aren't in the 
light.  When the lights go out, she parties in her
own ghoulish way, which is usually most disappointing
to those living folks around her.  So, again...I'm
sitting in the dark...thinking.  :)  After about 20 minutes,
I figure baby is scared enough ;)...so, we hop in the 
Jeep and head to Daddy's.  When I got out of the Jeep,
Daddy and Joseph were sitting on Daddy's front porch.
I said to Joseph, "I have just one thing to say to you.
When you are watching a scary movie about staying out
of the dark and the lights go out for real, don't leave
your pregnant wife at home, alone, in the dark."  
Joseph got really tickled.  :)

So, now you know a bit of our goings on.  Hope everyone
is doing well out there!

Kay