Day one of my early leave

Well as most of you know by now I have started my leave of absence early...I have been in quite a bit of pain for a while now and have, in turn, turned into quite the hellion at home. I was concentrating so hard on giving all of my good energy at work that when I came home I was awful to be around. I thought long and hard and Nathan agreed that having extra time before Sevyn's arrival that is happy time and time that we can just be together is worth more than a full paycheck.

So, here I am...at home...not bored per say but well, here is the run down of my day...We'll start at 3:30 this morning because that is when Sevyn typically turns into a pumpkin and makes my life a living hell.



3:30am - woke up to go to the bathroom and get water...Ended up waking up the dog so I put her in the bathroom with food and water.

4:00am - played 6 losing games of solitare on my phone

5:30am - I think Nathans alarm went off around now - I did get a little nap in, I can sleep if I don't move. I got up to go to the bathroom again.

7:00 am - Nathan left for work and I got up to pee...again...and decided to also catch up on Smallville and Supernatural since I didn't have to be quiet anymore.

8:30am - got up to let Charlie out and get some breakfast...Breakfast was quite the adventure since I was aparently very hungry... 2 waffels (Kashi, so I could justify 2), 2 eggs (1 whole and 1 white) toast, OJ and a yogurt later I felt like a beeched whale and took a little nap.

9:30am - woke up with searing heartburn which I should have anticipated because thats what always happens when I sleep right after I eat.

10:00 am - checked my email (I was so excited to get emails form the girls!!! I don't think I have ever actually responded so quickly to emails before!)

11:00am - Paid some bills, ate a snack, played with the dog

12:00 Sent Nathan the following pic and told him Charlie was dead because she missed him so much...





12:30 blogged on our family blog

1:30 Nathan came home!!!

And no it's only 1:50...oh dear.

We shall see how this goes.

Sigh

Well...it is 5:30am... I have been up since 2:30. I cannot sleep to save my life tonight. Nathan says it's God's way of preparing us to help each other (he sleeps while I'm up and I sleep while he's up etc)...I say how about we don't prepare for that kind of stuff? I think I'd rather just wing it when the time comes and get lots of sleep now. Soooooo, here I am - full of lower back pain (I wish someone would just snap me in half backwards), and totally unable to get rid of my daughters hiccups. So what does one do on late nights like this? Well, thus far I have played with the dog (who I am sure appreciated being woken up to hang out with me - what are friends for), googled a million and one things (baby stuff, trivia, random words...awesome), taken 3 baths (the water company loves me - the whales, not so much), and longed for the days I could take 4 Tylenol at once and not have to check the time as opposed to now where I can take 2 every 4 to 6 hours...Useless. (Sigh)...babies sure make you do weird stuff.

Becca is sad

Becca, Here is a new posting just for you!!! :-) (Yes, everyone really should thank Becca, she tells me when I need to post!)

Well - another appointment down...I feel like a circus dog who's only trick is peeing in a cup. Sev is an active little lady... When she is not hiccuping (in perfect meter thanks to her musically gifted father) she is rolling and punching and hiccuping some more. As I explained to my husband (who was imitating a baby's hiccups and remarking at how cute they were) it is not cute when it feels like some one is flicking you in the lower abdomen from the inside...It is annoying and makes you want to hum songs that match the beat to try and go to sleep. Downside - those songs are never soothing. I have had nights filled with Christina Aguilara and Katie Perry and those nights are not soothing in the least (It doesn't help that I only know the words to the disturbing chorus on both songs). But back to the baby...Yep, I guess that is it for now. My mom did bring up an interesting point the other night that I will share...When my mom was pregnant with me she craved and ate Franco Americano Spaghetti-o's and I in turn L-O-V-E Spaghetti-o's. I have craved salads but have really gotten into Wendy's Frostys, and I just can't help but wonder what this means for our daughter...I guess the good news is that Wendy's serves salads - you could say that Sevyn will be able to have her cake and eat it too. Great, just what I need, a sugared up tot.
Lol, this will definitely be interesting.

Brief Up Date

There is not a lot of newness to tell here... We registered at the hospital the other day. That was inter resting. It was basically a long employment application but with a few more questions regarding medical history. My favorite line was "Fill in the date and time of the accident" at which time I turned to Nathan and said, "Do you know how to figure out her actual conception date?" You don't have to think it is funny but we sure did.
Anyways - My mom and long time family friend are in the process of planning a 2nd baby shower for us. My 1st one was just me an my girlfriends so his one is the "meat-and-potatoes" shower so to speak. Family, family friends and my moms church friends, it will be awesome. I am working on my baby chat skills now - I am not a huge fan of spending time talking about pregnancy, babies (other peoples especially), or doctor stuff. I have been so fortunate to have a husband and doctor that are both easy going and don't make me think about labor and such (it make me want to puke FYI). Dr Frank has told me more than once, there are only so many things you can plan on to be 100% for sure and the rest I should just let happen. He's lucky I trust him. But I do just like knowing that when the time comes he will guide us through everything as we need to go through it... None of this Lamaze crap or birthing classes for me. If Nathan and I went to those we would probably end up slapping one or more of the other couples there...Gosh, we sound like terrible parents - no, technically parenthood is 10 (ish) weeks away still. I guess we just do whats important and forget about the rest until the rest becomes important.
Wow - this has gone on longer than I had anticipated. I gotta go wake Nathan up from his nap so we can go to Borders!

Another Doctors Appoinment

We had another appointment today...The usual things happened - weight, blood pressure, peeing in a cup...I know it all sounds like fun and games but let me just tll you, it actually got off to a rough start...Allow me to enlighten you:
So, I have this goal weight in mind of what I don't want to gain more than (and no, I will not be posting the actual number). Today I came within .2 pounds of that weight. That was enough to start the avalanche...Then our nurse (who looked like she was 12 mind you) had to switch out the regular blood pressure cuff for the (her words) larger one. Seriously? I just freaked about my wieght and you say OUT LOUD that you need to get me the larger cuff???!!?!? She also told me it looked like I could be getting a bladder infection...WHERE DID YOU FIND THIS NURSE?!?!? OMG! Well, finally she left and my amazing husband managed to make me laugh which always make me feel good. Then Dr Frank came in and as I prepared to freak out on him he said what he always says " You are not fat, yo uare doing great and you are making this look easy." I don't know why but those words, no matter how many times I hear them always shut me right up. We listened to babys heart, I told him I stopped doing the kick count chart and he said good, those are for dummies. (One reason I like Dr Frank is because he is not uppity about pregnancy...He is a realist.) I asked him if I could use icy hot and he said yes - thank the Lord! and we found out that Sev is head down and feet up which explains my constant discomfort in my right rib cage (her foot). All that said, I have to say - Nothing in this whole world could have made the ickyness of gaining weight, the constant discomfort, they heart burn and every other weird pregnancy thing float right away and give my heart wings and make me feel like the most loved woman in the world that when Nathan said today, "Babe, you are the bravest most amazing woman in the world"...that just did i for me. Thats right folks - not only do I get a kid out of this, I get the best husband/new daddy there ever was. HA!

Hmmmmm

I don't really know how i feel about this one but people seem to be obsessed with the bellys of pregnant ladies. I feel like a magnet sometimes...Complete strangers will come up to me and just touch and rub it...I am not a buddah people - and you are getting my shirt dirty.

(Sigh) anyways, here are some preggo shots, including me at the doctors.

About her name...

For those of you that don't know, our baby's name is Sevyn Cherise Christensen. We are asked every time we tell peole "Why Seven with a "y"?". Well, let us tell you!

First of all, both of us like unusual/different names. We also both apprecitate a name that can be shortened into a nick name (Like Bob from Robert or Nate from Nathan). In her case, Sevyn already goes by Sevy when Courtney talks to her and we've also thought if she ever wanted to she could go by Evyn.

Sevyn also holds more meaning than you might think. Nathan actually already has 7 tattooed on his arm (little money saver there lol), he did it himself and he has always had a bit of an affinity towards the number. Seven is also a charecter from Star Trek Voyager, and yes, we know there is actually an entire Seinfeld episode dedicated to naming a child Seven after Micky Mantel's number. But as far as meaning of the actual name SEVYN goes, there is not one. We like that - to us it says that this girl will define herself...Every day we hope that as parents we raise a woman that will be her own person, un afraid of being different if she wants to.



















Facts about the number 7 - the starting point for Sevyn's name:
There are seven wonders of the ancient world.
Many Preists believe that the number seven represents perfection.
There are seven virtues.
There are seven petitions in the Lords Prayer.
There are seven continents in the world.
There are seven colors of the rainbow.
There are seven days in a week.
The limits of human cognitive capacity lie within the range of 7 + or a - 2.
There are seven basic musical notes, 'do', 're', 'me', 'fa', 'so', 'la' and 'te'.
And - We like it, we think she will really have a lot of fun as Sevyn.


Cherise is a family name. It comes from Nathan's mom, it was her middle name and is very special to us. It also makes her name sound really beautiful.
Sevyn Cherise Christensen