Flumpie's Very Seekrit Diary

You arrived at 7:25 PM on December 13, 2005. Your father, sister, grandparents, and lots of medical people were waiting to see you! It took a loooong time to get you here, but you were so strong through the whole ordeal. And, when you were born, you took a long look around and did not cry at all. In fact, your father swears you were smiling when you were born. You're about 30 hours old now and have only cried a few times. And never for long. You weighed 8 pounds, 13 ounces and were 21 inches long. You have gorgeous blue eyes and short strawberry-blonde hair - which we all think will be curly when it's a wee bit longer. You've been very alert and watchful - when you've been awake. But you really like to sleep. You've gotten to spend lots of time with me, your dad, your big sister, and all four of your grandparents. You are so very sweet!

Charlotte Joy December 13, 2005




Here you are with your big sister:



And here you are with your daddy - trust me, that's you under the hat, mittens, and onesie...

Look at this picture of her - taken a few days ago at Nana and Boompah's:



I think you're going to be born pretty soon.

Your father begins his trip home tomorrow. '

So hurry up and come already!

We went back in to see Dr. P. today. You're still upright - which means upside down! I've tried using a heating pad and cold pack to get you to turn, that hasn't worked. I've tried kneeling and swaying and that hasn't worked - although it's certainly given your big sister cause to make fun of me. If you don't turn in the next month, they're going to have to try to turn you - and that won't be any fun for either of us!

The fun part of the exam was that Emily went with me and got to see you on ultrasound for the first time. We thought you were sucking your thumb. But no, looking even more closely, you were sucking on your toes.

Baby's Day Out...

We can't wait to see you. You've been very busy and active. During your active times, I'm supposed to count to make sure you make 10 movements in an hour. I never make it past 10 minutes. You're quiet for long periods of time but, once you wake up, you're very, very busy. But so far you've not let Emmy feel you. She'll run over and put her hand on my belly and you'll fall asleep again. She fell asleep in my bed the other night and you kicked her, hard, and she mumbled to me that I needed to stop kicking her. But it was you, not me. And, sadly, she has no memory of it.

I'm hoping that she'll always have the ability to make you sleep, though. That way, on nights when you're fussy, maybe she can put you to sleep.

Wow, so much has gone on since I last updated for you. But I've not forgotten about you, sweetie.

First, your dad, sister, and I went on a cruise. During that time, we got to see two ultrasounds of you - and you look like a baby! Very short arms and legs so far, but those will grow, hopefully. Otherwise the other children at school will tease you a bit because, right now anyway, you sort of resemble a duck. But a very cute duck. And then yesterday your dad and I got to hear your heartbeat. It was beating about 168 times a minute - which is fast. The doctor said that it's commonly believed faster heartbeats often mean the baby is a boy. But we don't know for sure just yet!

I'm still getting sick and not able to eat very much. But man, I'm loving Edward's Frozen Key Lime Pie. I keep sending your poor father out to the store - usually late at night - to get me some. Luckily, they sell it by the slice (well, sort of, in packs of two-slices). This is good because I obviously can't be trusted with a whole pie.

We skipped church again today because I couldn't stop throwing up long enough to get dressed. Emmy may not be totally thrilled about things yet, but she is enjoying missing church.

Your dad and Emmy went to a barbecue across the street for dinner tonight. I stayed home because I was still being sick. People say it's a good sign that I'm so sick - it's a sign that, hormonally, this is a very strong pregnancy.

We told your dad's parents tonight on the phone - they were having my parents over for dinner. They are all so very excited about you.

And so are we.