I really want

So, my best friend Melissa just had a baby boy last week. She's posted pictures of him on her blog, and I seriously find myself looking at them at least once a day, if not more. First off, there are a few pictures where he reminds me of Cooper, mainly because he's got jet black hair and a decent amount. Not as much as Coop did though. That was just insane. And awesome. Anyway, she's got these adorable pictures of her two older kids meeting the new baby and I'm just starring at them thinking, "Will our kids be like that?". They look so excited, especially her oldest, a girl who is 8 months younger than Savannah. Yeah, she's had 3 in less time than I've had two. Craaaazy. Anyway, I guess what I'm saying is, I really want some pictures like that.

Decisions

I'm a planner. I expect things to happen. I anticipate them. I plan for them. What gets really annoying with pregnancy, is that you have to wait. Specifically, waiting to find out what you're having. Now, this hasn't really bothered me much lately, but it's sort of becoming inconvenient in my mind. Like right now. Cooper's birthday is in just a few weeks, and Carter and I both are sort of at a loss as to what we should get him. The kid loves cars. Cars Cars Cars. We went to Toys R Us the other day to browse around and see if anything jumped out to him. Cars. Even battery operated, big ones. Well, those would be fun and all, but we don't have space for that kind of stuff. Garage would be necessary. Anyway, so after that trip I'm frustrated. Carter says a few days ago, "We should get him a Cars bed." You know what kind I'm talking about, those wooden ones in the shape of a car. The kid would love it. Now, I don't particularly think he's ready to be out of a crib, but I guess we wouldn't know until we tried. But, I know that I'd be the one dealing with the knocking on the door and crying to come out. Not ready for that right now. So that's issue number one. Issue number two is where I'm mostly bothered. Baby number 3 will be whatever sex it's going to be. Changes to rooms will need to be made. If it's a boy do I want to buy bunk beds right now and just keep one up for Cooper as a twin bed? If it's a girl, I think we'd probably definitely buy bunk beds. Savannah seems to like those, and although the baby wouldn't use it for quite some time, I'd rather have them now. Thinking ahead. Planning. So, do you see where I'm frustrated? Either way, boy or girl, it doesn't matter to me. I just want to have a plan of how we're going to re-organize this house to fit a 5th person. Even if somehow we finished our basement before the baby came, I couldn't stick any of them down there.

On another note, Carter and I both are really excited that Larissa is having a baby like 3 weeks after us. Give or take. That is SO close together! I can't help but think it would be so fun if they were the same sex, but then it could be cool to have one of each too. I guess we just have to wait and see.

Wowzer x 2

Holy crapper! hehehehehehe..(evil laugh). My plan is coming together very nicely at this point. All I have to say is LARISSA!!

New Doc

My previous doctor changed offices since I've had Cooper. I went and saw her this past year at her new place, which was under our old insurance. I knew that in the beginning of 2011 we'd have a different insurance, and of course, their office doesn't take it. Darn. I really liked her. And she understood Carter's "issues". haha So, I've been putting off finding a new doctor, because it's like starting all over again. I knew that a different woman had taken over my old doctors place at that practice, so I called there today. Well, she's having a baby the same time as me, so she won't be working that month. Bummer again. I saw a few of the other doctors (heck, I pretty much saw every doctor in that practice within a 36 hour period when I had Savannah) back when, who are male but I really don't want to do that. One of them actually delivered Savannah and used that damn vacuum that caused us so many problems. So, I was on my insurance website today trying to find someone new, and female. I actually had plenty to choose from, thank goodness. I called a place in West Jordan and made my 12 week appointment with them for mid April. They actually wanted to see me sooner; I guess they like to do first appointments between 8-10 weeks. I'm going with what I'm used to. This practice is affiliated with Riverton Hospital, which is IHC, so if all goes well and I like her, that's where we'd have the baby. Riverton Hospital actually has a Primary Childrens now as well, so just in case. With our track record, I told Carter that maybe it would be better to be in a bigger hospital that can handle stuff, rather than having them transported somewhere. But seriously, I'm hoping for just normal this time. Please. Normal.

Wowzer

So, while on vacation I found out some very interesting news. Someones having a baby. Other than me. Is it you? haha. J/k. I never saw this one coming, but it's my brother Brian and his wife Kristen. They have a 16 year old. It's seriously boggling my mind. Brian said they wouldn't have anymore kids, or I don't think he wanted anymore, but, oops! I know it was NOT planned. I am excited for them though and I really hope they have a girl after two boys, one of which they gave up for adoption. Seriously!! This is insane. So, I guess I got my wish that someone would be pregnant at the same time as me. haha. Except Kristen and I barely know one another really, so it's not the same as one of YOU girls!! haha. What's hilarious about it is that they think she's about 7 weeks along. Same as me! Craziness I tell you! I haven't told my brother yet about me, but when I do, I'm sure he's just going to laugh. The vacation went okay for me. Was tired throughout, but I expected that. I only had a few "eating" issues where I got weak, but we tried to stay on top of that. My feet hurt like crazy most of the time. We did a lot of walking and standing. The standing hurt more for some reason. I can't tell you how wonderful the sunshine felt and we all got a little color. Oh, while shopping in Chino Hills at the Carter's outlet, I found the kids, "Big Sister" and "Big Brother" shirts. Gotta keep those hidden. My Aunt Ann asked me if I was expecting on the first day we arrived. (Long story....ask me about it sometime) Man, if you ask me, I'm not going to be able to lie! Anyway, directly related to something my MOTHER did on Facebook, in regards to my brother. Errr...Didn't want to tell anyone, but I know her family won't tell anyone else.

Week 6

We're leaving tomorrow for California. Do you know how unproductive I have been all week? Totally not motivated to do a darn thing because all I want to do is leave! Too much anticipation. I really hope that I do okay on this trip; pregnancy wise. It looks to be that I will have the same symptoms as I did with Coop and Savannah. Crazy hunger pains out of the blue or just being hungry all the time, and being tired. Of course I can handle the food part, except that what I really want is not the best for me and being on vacation, I'll probably get it a LOT. But the tired part worries me a little. We shall see. Oh, I did forget something that is new. My boobs have been hurting like crazy. Really sensitive. I feel like they've already grown, which is cool I guess. Just not the hurting part.

I Really Should Stop

Drinking soda. It's so good though. And after our family get together this weekend, where there was lots of soda, I now want to drink all of it that was left here. I keep telling myself I just need to drink it all and get it out of the house and it will be better. Sure. Then we'll go on vacation and I'll be totally tempted to drink it. Speaking of that get together. Damn you Shelby! Making comments about Cooper learning to share because "there will probably be someone younger than him soon". ERRRR. People! Don't make me want to tell you. I know Carter is just dying to tell SOMEONE. haha. Honestly, I don't know when we'll tell everyone. Maybe when I'm just too fat to hide it. : ) All I know is, this time is going to be different. And that "different" may not affect the Cherry family that much, but my family it will. Don't know yet. I told Carter a long time ago that I might just want it to be us at the hospital and maybe we won't give anyone the code to even come to the waiting area. Drama drama drama. But we'll see. I've got time to figure all that out.

Hot N Cold

Oh my gosh. I was totally tired last night and just couldn't go to sleep. I was hot. And then cold. I actually started thinking about the Katy Perry song because I could not get comfortable. When Carter came to bed after finishing a movie, I was still awake and told him so. He got too close and was making me hot, so I promptly pushed him away. And now as I wake up to massive amounts of snow today, I just want winter to be over. I am going to try to get myself a hair appointment today though. The hair is drab.

Plus One

Cooper hit his ear on the pantry racks this morning, and totally has a crazy bruise on his ear now. Then, his diaper fell off, under his pajamas, and there was poop. All over. So it was time for a bath. At least the morning started out on a happier note than that. Happier= baby in the tummy.

Yup. We've been trying for a couple months. I was starting to think that my weight was really affecting my fertility or something. I thought that if it didn't happen this time, then I should really really try to loose a few lbs., and maybe it would help. Well, I guess that is out of the question. Although, I think I will try to keep loosing a little weight during the first trimester. I don't look forward to gaining weight on top of what I already have. I'm aiming for low lbs. with this pregnancy. Carter has been asking me all week, "Have you started yet?" As in my period. Yesterday he was off for Presidents Day, and while we ran errands, he wanted to get a pregnancy test. I kind of wanted to wait a few more days. But he didn't. Did you know that the Dollar Tree sells pregnancy tests? Yes they do. I get weird about buying them at the store because I'm terrified that I'll see someone I know or heaven forbid my Mother. So the Dollar Tree it was. It said the best time to do it was in the morning, so at 7:15 this morning, I took the test. And texted Carter the results. He called saying, "Are you pregnant?". Yeah. "You can't tell me like that!" Haha. I wanted to send him a picture. He's excited and has been that way for like a week. Since Lesli made a blog during her pregnancy and I loved reading it, I wanted to do it the next time I got pregnant. I've never been good about writing things down while pregnant, so maybe this will be better for me.

And I'm not gonna lie, I really hope that someone else (really anyone) gets pregnant at the same time as me. I want to share pregnancy with someone for once. So, ladies, secretly I'm hoping your husbands will "knock your trash up", as your brother would say. Just cuz I want some company.

So, now I guess we really need that bigger car.

Oh, and if your wondering about the title of the blog, Hybrid 3.0, I've had that in my head forever. Back before we even started trying, but were talking about it, I would tell Carter that I wanted a little hybrid of Savannah and Cooper. Since they look so different, how cool would it be to have a mixture of them both? So either a blue eyed, brown hair or blonde hair, brown eyed. Although, I'm still holding out hope that we'll get one with green eyes. Of course, we'll take healthy over anything.

As of right now, I guess my due date is October 27th, 2011. That's around the same time Savannah's due date was.

I have to admit too, that I was a little skeptical at first about the Dollar Store pregnancy test. Will it be correct? As I expressed this to Carter he said something along the lines of, "Hey, remember, Dr. Jack Shepherd said those things are pretty accurate".