Thank goodness I'm off for the weekend after today! I can't wait! I'm starting to really hate going to work, and that is not a good thing!

I had my ultrasound appointment earlier this week and everything looks good. They found a little h/b at 152bpm, and baby shishter measured right on target. I took my mom and ds3 with me, and he was very excited about seeing his baby shishter. They gave him a copy of the u/s picture and he carried it around all day going "Picture baby shishter, picture baby shishter," so cute.

I'm showing, no doubt about it. A patient asked when I was due and when I told her early Dec. she said "Oh my god girl, you gonna be big as a house!" Gee thanks... Still no new pants even though I ordered them three weeks ago! So I'm wearing my size 6s unbuttoned and with a rubber band looped around the button and through the button hole.

Well time to get ready for work again unfortunately...

Oh today was horrid. I did a very bad thing today. I registered the wrong baby to the wrong mom. Thankfully I caught it before any bad came of it (when the other mom had her baby) but still it was a big ole smack in the face wake up call and I had to call my boss at home this morning at 7 a.m. to tell her what I'd done and see what I had to go through to fix it. Not a good start to the day, let me tell you! That could have been very bad. But we had 2 moms with the same name, and I just didn't notice when I registered the baby (you'd think maternity would have told me when they called it down to specify which mom it was). It worked out in the end, but it could have been a real mess if I hadn't caught it.

I was so tired after work (from my whopping 4 hours of sleep last night) that I left the kiddies at my mom's and came home and slept for at least 4 hours! I'm feeling much better now, and am getting ready to go pick them up from Grandma's house. The nap was much needed.

Tomorrow I work evening shift again, and then I get to be off on Monday. I also get to go for my first dr appt and u/s on Monday! Hope they will find everything okay in there and a nice little heartbeat!

But for now I need to go eat something... don't know what sounds good, but I'll find something.

Oh the nausea is in full force these days, although it's usually more afternoon sickness than morning sickness. Some days (yesterday for one) I can't keep anything down until late in the evening. Then this uncontrollable hunger strikes and I swear I am getting in all my calories for the day in a 1 hour stretch. Then I'm fine until I wake up the next morning.

Spring is in the air, all the flowers are in bloom, the trees are sprouting green, and I am blooming right along with them. My pants (especially my work ones) no longer fit, and although I ordered new ones two weeks ago, they aren't here yet and I'm being forced to work with my pants unbuttoned and unzipped halfway down. Definitely not fitting into a size 6 anytime soon.

Tonight I work late and tomorrow I work early, so I only have 7 hours between shifts . I will most likely leave the kiddies at my mom's (dh is out of town this weekend) until I finish my shift tomorrow. First Dr appt. is on Monday, but I need to call and remind myself what time (why didn't I think to write that down!).

In other news, I got accepted into the nursing program for this fall. It should work out well because baby shishter is due during break. I just have to find a way to work it out with my work schedule since I'm on a varied shift right now. Hope something comes open between now and then.

Better go rest up and prepare myself for tonight and tomorrow. It will be a long couple of days!

All my kiddies are on spring break, and I have a three day weekend from work. Now what this really means is that although I don't have to clock in for 3 days, I'm actually working double time at home, and by the time Monday rolls around I'll be begging for relief! It'd be much nicer if I actually *had* some help from dh, but apparently that would be too much to ask. Any idea how many dishes a family of six generates? It ain't pretty!

In other news, the morning sicknes is sticking like glue, and I'm fairly happy about that (who ever thought I'd be happy about nausea!). But it means that everything is still okay in there, rolling along like it's meant to. I've also developed quite a little "bump" under my shirt, enough so that my 5-year-old (who didn't know we were expecting yet) told me I looked like I was gonna have a baby! My 10 year old said she thought I was just getting fat and was trying to be polite. So now all the kiddies know.

Had some nasty thunderstorms last night and ds3 kept waking up too scared to sleep. I finally got to bed around 3:00 a.m., and of course they woke me up at 7:00 this morning. Ugh, it's going to be a long day! But I think we're going to head to the gym and go swimming this afternoon, which ought to wear them out real good and maybe Mom will get a nap! The weather is absolutely beautiful this morning, no sign of the storms that ripped through last night.

Well, these mini-people seem to think I should be feeding them breakfast so I'm off to take care of that.

So I had one more (last) set of labs done on Saturday, and everything is as good as it can be. Progesterone shot right back up there, and betas were okay.

Did I say I didn't have any symptoms? Well, I take that back! They hit today with a vengeance! I was at work when the first mood swing hit. I thought my boss would have to lock me in the breakroom for a while... I almost didn't make it to lunch without tears. But I did, by a thread. And this evening the nausea has hit full force. I'm not complaining mind you, just an observation! Remember, I have an obligation (lol) to enjoy every single moment of this pregnancy because it will be my last! And I'm going to come back and remind myself of this fact when I'm big and fat and bloated and swollen and have insomnia (I always do in the 3rd trimester) and am trying to get 4 kids up and out the door while I get ready for work and the heartburn is killing me and, and, and, and.... I will *need* the reminder.

The girls at work today started making fun of my belly. It's so not funny! Pre-pg I have a pretty flat tummy, not much there of it. My work pants are (were!) size 6 and they were comfy, room to spare. I'm not even 6 weeks, and I cannot button the things! I know I'm bloated more than anything, but it is quite amusing considering. They're taking bets for how huge I'm going to be by November. Not funny guys!

Been short with hubby because this is, after all, his fault. Poor guy. He made the mistake of calling me at work in the middle of my near-meltdown to ask if he should go buy milk

. I dunno are we out of milk? Then YES, go buy some! Do you need to call me at WORK for this??? Well you get the picture.

Anyway, I'm off to bed for now because along with the moodiness and vomiting, an intense desire for sleep has also surfaced. Ah beautiful sleep. And I have to get up early for work tomorrow, ugh. I hate morning shifts.