Baby boy

Tomorrow I have my 35 week check-up even though I am 35 weeks today. Sometimes I wonder if I really am having a boy because I am carrying this baby differently from the other two. Then I look at the ultrasound pictures and clearly see that it is a boy. If the old-wives tale is true, "the more heartburn you suffer from, the more hair your baby will have" my kid will be bald as a cue ball. I will occasionally think, "wow that hurts" and take a deep breath and my heartburn feeling goes away.

When we had Bruce's cousins graduation party a few weekends ago, everyone kept remarking how different Nathan & Darren were. They are complete opposites. I am kind of anxious to see if this one takes after Nathan, Darren or is a combination of them both.

I had lunch with my friend Gail last week and she asked if I had everything ready. Apparently she forgot who she is talking to. I am the Queen of procrastination. I told her that if it came down to it, all Bruce would need to do would be to get the infant seat from upstairs and maybe grab a sleeper or two. The only thing that I plan on getting new for this one is a bouncy seat, but I am not in a real big hurry for that. I don't plan on washing any of the sleepers before boy number 3 wears them. I do need to rearrange the dresser drawers, but that can be done up until the day I go in to be induced. I don't want to get the swing out until the day I need it as I know the boys will just want to play on it/in it and then they will break it.

It sounds like I don't care, but I have to be practical. With the first one you are so focused on him arriving that you have everything ready two months before your due date. With the second one you might start getting things ready a few weeks before hand. With number three you care, but that is that much more junk you have to clean around, pick up or trip over so you just postpone doing anything. You just get busier and busier with each child. I plan on sending the older two boys to daycare and to the farm a couple days a week so I can spend time with just number three.

It feels funny to call this baby number three, but Bruce and I have talked about a few names the day we found out we were having another boy but have not talked about it since. We can always agree early on for a girls name, but we always struggle with a boys name. We should probably get serious about picking out a few names as I would hate to not be able to leave the hospital on time because we can't agree on a name. (That is a true story as we had friends that were ready to go home but the hospital would not release them until they picked out a name)