Ick... it's Monday

That's it? 4 day weekend is over? Just like that?

Maybe if I enjoy the weekend a little less Monday wouldn't come so quickly.

Chris and I enjoyed our first Thanksgiving as married people together. He made most of the dinner (I made the garlic mash potatoes). I wasn't feeling so hot. It's funny how you spend all day making the dinner (especially the turkey) and it takes like 10 minutes to eat. Well now I have a lot of left overs for lunch at work.
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Baby update:

Due date is June 16, 06. The 2 kids will be almost exactly 6 years apart. Reese will be a good big brother.

I'm doing much better at taking the prenatal vitamins and drinking more water. It helps that the vitamins the doc gave me is gel. It's hard to take those chalky, gritty horse pills. It's enough that I hate taking pills.

We went over to Chris's mom's as soon as we were done at the doctor's. She just bought a new car so she was excited to show us her new car. We were excited to show her the ultrasound. Her first words were "I thought you guys were pregnant already!" So she knew somewhat that we might have been pregnant. I think she caught a clue when she made a comment to Chris in the garage and he said "I'm not worried". Might as well just tell her we're pregnant.

The due date in mid-June is perfect. Chris will be marching with the Renegades and that's before they start getting really busy with shows. That way he's not at rehearsals worried about his 8-9 months pregnant wife at home. Instead, he'll come home to his family.
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Well.... starting today, Reese gets out of Kindergarten at 1:25pm except Wednesdays. What a pain.... I don't know why they just can't do that everyday. It's easy for the stay-at-home moms who has nothing better to do.

He'll be eating lunch at school in the cafeteria with all the other kids. Chris gave the teacher $10 for the week's worth of lunches. I hope he does ok. We'll see when I go pick him up later.

Doctor doctor.....give me some news....

"... you need to drink more water" doctor Phan says as I hand him my container of urine sample.

"told you....." Says Chris.

I have been drinking a lot more water than I normally do lately. ok, just over the last couple of days I have been since I passed out on Sunday.

We also told Dr. Phan about me passing out in the toy store. He's worried that I might have other conditions we're not aware of. Being pregnant is part of the onset, but I shouldn't be easily passing out like that. He recommended that I go see my regular doctor to get an EKG. Just to make sure there's nothing else going on that will harm me or the baby. By this time, Chris is sitting there really worried.

Dr. Phan went through some regular first visit interview questions. Health backgrounds of both families, my last pregnancy with Reese, any history of abuse, and then over all physical exam. We did the regular yearly check up just to make sure everything is healthy down there and then a breast exam.

My boobs feel like they're twice as big now.... and I'm only 9 weeks pregnant. At the end of my pregnancy with Reese, I was a D cup. Imagine that.

..... and then he said the magic words Chris has been waiting to hear....

'Let's take a look on the monitor how big the baby is...'

We saw the baby.... it was moving around. Chris said that 'she' was pissed off because we were invading her house. The doc printed off a picture of the baby showing her head, eyes, arm, and body. He checked for all organs that are supposed to be there at that stage.

We saw the heart beating too....

Tiny little spot pulsing on the screen. Yey!!

Chris is smiling from ear to ear. He's so happy he's about to have a baby. He's going to be a dad from day 1. (Not exactly the same as being a dad from age 4)

We're done with our hour long first prenatal appointment. Tons of good thoughts are going through our heads. It's real now. IT'S REAL! We saw the baby. She was moving around in there saying 'Don't you love me???' Chris is feeling he should be more protective than ever. He has 3 of us to take care of now.... me, Reese, and baby.

Before we left, the doc gave me a few packages of prenatal vitamins that are easier to take. They're gel, so they go down real smooth for me. Thank god they make that. The griddy stuff was gagging me everytime. makes me not want to take them.

I go to give blood for more testing. They test for everything. As soon as the blood enters the vile.... the lady taking my blood says "you need to drink more water" My blood was really thick and really dark.

OK OK I GET IT.

My new goal in life is to drink 3-4 bottles of water a day.

More importantly...... There's a baby in my belly!!

Ok Ok we're pregnant!

There...... I said it.....

We're 8 weeks pregnant!

We found out probably about 4 weeks into the pregnancy. This is Chris's face when he saw 'pregnant' on the stick test. lol.

We are sooooo excited!!

Girl: Bailey Taylor Clavejo
Boy: Riley Christopher Clavejo

I have been feeling the effects of being pregnant. Chris got me some prenatal vitamins to keep us healthy. I hate them, they are absolute horse pills. I am so tired everyday with this baby taking all of my energy. Everything I eat is going straight to the baby. I'm hungry all the time. Although Chris is pretty good about reminding me to bring snacks, most of the time I pack a lunch anyway.

When I was pregnant with Reese. I was told that I was anemic. Ok, so I still am. Iron deficiency. I take the vitamins so you'd think that would be enough. I also don't drink enough water.... so the combo? Passing out in a toy store. Yep... That's what happened yesterday.

We haven't told our moms yet. We're going to our first prenatal appointment this Wednesday. Hopefully we'll get an ultrasound picture and I will make a copy and put it in a card for our moms. I really hope that they get excited and happy for us.

The boy-wonder

Reese: Mom, turn on your arrows so it tells you which way to go!

I wish it was like that so I don't get lost all the time!

Iron Chef

I think Iron Chef is the best reality competition show on TV right now. It's probably because it involves cooking and speed. Sometimes you can't put those two together and have things turn out the way you want them to be.

I love cooking. It's been brought on by my husband Chris. I was never interested in being in the kitchen before. And now things have a different taste in life for me. I love being in there helping him make our meals and creating food together. We look up new recipes and make what we think will taste good. It helps that we both love the same types of food too.

This has influence our little man Reese. He loves being in the kitchen with us helping mix, stir, knead, or microwave things for us.

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This weekend was really relaxing for us too. We haven't had one of those in a while. We went and looked at 2 condos for rent. Just something better, not necessarily bigger, just more quiet than this little mexico we live in.

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Congratulations to our good friend Jeff Pearson as he becomes the next Corps Director of the Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps. Our stomping ground is beginning to look up in the world of competitive drum corps again.

We get together with Jeff and Kathy often because Reese and Derek love each other like they are brothers. This will be a good move for him and a great decision made by the SCV Board. Maybe they will bring home a championship ring again.... and again.... and again. lol.

Chris and I ran into Jeff and Kathy at the Logan fiend show this past Saturday. He mentioned that he'd like me to head up the SCV Alumni Corps recruiting efforts. Of course I'm not going to turn that offer down. I'd love to work with the corps at that level. Especially now with Jeff running it.

Before the wedding stories.....

Reese quote of the month...

Reese walked into the bathroom to pee while Chris was taking a shower. He opened the shower door just to say hi to Chris and discovered something he's never seen before. He comes running to me in the living room...

Reese: Mom! Dad has hair on his pee pee!!
me: Yeah? He's a guy, he has hair in places you don't have hair yet.
Reese: Really?
me: Do you have hair on your pee pee?
::Reese pulls his pants down and looked::
Reese: No mom, mine is just brown.

I'm still laughing at that one.