Just for fun...

Madame Zaritska, our resident clairvoyant, wants to help you prepare for the arrival of your child. Here she does her best to predict certain aspects of your labor and birth experience.

What she senses for you
The day you deliver, outside will be blustery. Your baby will arrive in the morning.

After a labor lasting approximately 9 hours, your child, a boy, will be born. Your baby will weigh about 6 pounds, 13 ounces, and will be 18-1/2 inches long. This child will have dark brown eyes and a lot of hair.

August 15, 2008- Today marks the 14 week mark! I have been busy reading my Pregnancy Bible and it's so interesting to read about the changes that are taking place with the baby as well as my body! It's amazing that there is a little human growing inside me and oftentimes I wish my tummy was see through so that I could see exactly what the baby looks like and what he/she is up to in there! The thing I am looking forward to most right now is feeling the baby move for the first time! It truly is a miracle, and nothing like I imagined it would be!

Up until about a week ago, I had been pretty "normal" so far in the sense that emotionally, I was normal, typical, me! Well that went out the window! I had a bad week this week and found out some more frusterating stuff about my speech path 'career', and all of the sudden as I am standing over the pot of boiling noodles I was making for dinner, I started to cry. I could not believe it! I know that normally these little things would not bother me to this degree, but all of the sudden everything is magnified! I am obsessing about everything...getting the patio done, getting a job, deciding what I want to go back and get my masters in, the dog hair that I feel is ruining my life, the fact that I chopped off my hair, and the list goes on! What an insane maniac! So because I know I am being crazy, I try to stop it and be my ususal bubbly Alicia, but nooo...pregnant, psycho Alicia has taken over! I knew things were bad last night when Gregg looked at me and said, "Jeez Alicia, I guess I really do need to read the pregnancy books because right now I don't understand you! Do you think those will help me be able to deal with you a little better?" Poor guy, he has been so good to me and continues to try and make me feel better about all these silly little things! He has for sure earned an A+ so far, so supportive and involved! He has not missed a single Dr.'s appointment, and so far, there have been many bc of the early circumstances! Well, that's all for now, I will be posting again in a week, along with another belly picture!

August 22, 2008- Today marks week 15. I can't believe it, it sounds so close to 16 which means I am just a pinch short of being 4 months! Yay! 4 months sounds so much farther along than 3! Anyways, going into my closet to get dressed has become one of my least favorite things to do. My stuff still fits, it's getting a little tight, but I am still not really looking pregnant. I throw on a tank top and then look in the mirror at what looks like a little belly chub, I want to dress a BUMP! It's not big enough, but I know I need to be careful what I wish for! Once the bump is here, I will probably wish it away because it will be getting in the way of things! I am just excited to have a tum tum!

I am thinking about having some sheep in the baby's room. Gregg and I have inside jokes about sheep and I think it would be funny for sheep to be watching over the baby while it's sleeping. I am not sure, it's just an idea. My cousin gave me her barely used baby furniture to use, which I am super excited about and very thankful for! All we need to buy is the crib. Not a bad deal! Putting the room together in a few months will be exciting...the dogs will probably sense that something strange is about to happen, especially my Bell! Ok, that's it!