My Bodhi Tree
Exciting news …
I’m pregnant! About 12 weeks along. I have been sick as a dog. I thought I had morning sickness with Dimitri, but turns out it was a fairly mild case. This pregnancy, not so much. I have been sick 24 hours a day, and it’s even worse in the evenings. (With D, I usually felt better by early afternoon). Due to the heightened symptoms, I keep thinking it’s a girl. But, then again, I thought Dimitri was a girl, and I was 100% wrong. We’ll find out in a couple of months!
Though this pregnancy was a bit of a surprise, I’m getting really excited about it. One of our friends had a baby last week, and spending time with her has gotten me even more excited. They’re so tiny and precious and they sleep so much when they first come out! I’m excited about Dimitri having a sibling relatively close in age (a little over 2 years), and though I worry about having a toddler and a newborn when we’re so far away from family, I’m hoping our network here will support us, and that our parents will burn up the frequent flier miles to come visit us.
So hooray for unexpected blessings! And for Year of the Dragon babies!
Inspired by the author Gretchen Rubin, I have started keeping a daily one-sentence (or couple of sentences) journal about my favorite parts of the day. It also doubles as a gratitude journal, which Oprah says is a good idea. Most nights I pull out my journal and reflect on those small, but lovely memories I don’t want to forget. Usually the entries focus on Dimitri because he is being so funny these days.
When we’re older, I look forward to looking back and remembering some of these moments. And maybe Dimitri and his siblings will want to read it too.
Last night the entry was this:
Today, two favorites: When we danced together in the living room; and, after dinner, when you threw your bowl in the sink and it went clinkety-clink and you yelled, “Bye bye, bowl!” And then I picked you up and covered you in kisses.
snow falling last night. we made a fire and curled up under a blanket and watched the thomas crown affair after little bit went to bed.
Today we took Buckley to the vet, and Dimitri enjoyed walking him on his leash after we got home. He also likes to take my finger and walk me around the house. It’s the little bit of exercise I’m getting these days.
We’re entering a super-autonomous phase, where my formerly agreeable son’s two favorite words are “No” and “Mine.” You can see him saying the former at the end of this video. I don’t even know where he learned to say “mine” - we don’t say it to him. If he grabs something fragile of Booth’s, I’ll say that’s Daddy’s, but no one ever says mine. I guess it’s just ingrained in his toddler DNA.
Little Dimitri before Christmas dinner! Excuse my goofy laugh. :)
