9 weeks

well, we are just about 9 weeks pregnant now. i can't believe how fast it's going (most people think THAT sounds crazy, but when you find out for sure at only 4 weeks, you have a super long pregnancy).  i still can't believe we are pregnant.  i am so very thankful to be allowed to carry another child. Being our 3rd pregnancy, and our 8th child, my clothes don't fit. I can squeeze into most of them, but I have to stay standing. Sitting down is impossible. I couldn't believe I had to break out the maternity clothes already. Good thing I bought a few summer things last year. I vowed to take pictures each week. we never did get around to doing that with the triplets. each week was quite the feat, and so unfortunately, i barely have any pics of me pregnant with the trips. i have one video of claire kissing my belly when there were 5 babies in there, but there isn't any sound. it's sad.

she knows there is a baby in my belly. she asks to hold and see the baby already. i tell her, God willing, she will get to in february. she kisses my belly all the time. no prompting, no talking about the baby. she will walk up to me, lift my shirt, say "baby in mommy's belly" and kiss my belly. sometimes once, sometimes a bunch of times. i love her sweet, gentle heart.

i haven't been as sick as i was with claire, or with the triplets this time. i was the first couple weeks, but since about 8 1/2 weeks the nausea isn't anything i can't handle. i'm still sick every day (thankful for it, believe me), but i can function. i am eating more than just Ensure. Thankful for that too. The only problem I have is staying full. Every time I eat, it keeps me satisfied for about a 1/2 hour. Then, I have to eat again. That means boy right? i don't remember being like this with claire. well, i was also in bed or in the bathroom for 20 weeks. with the triplets i was always hungry, obviously. but this time, just one....i wonder. and the fact that i'm not as sick. my mother was really sick with all the girls, and not with my brother. september/october is when we find out. excited to know.

i'll post pics. just not this time.