While I was making him a peanut butter sandwich, Elijah went to the fridge to get the jelly. He said, “Mama, I don’t want peach or grape. I want poisonberry, but I can’t reach it.”
So, I went and got the boysenberry jam for him, because I love him.

Every now and then, it just kind of hits me. I’m a grown up.

It seems like not very long ago at all I was wiling away the angst-filled hours in my bedroom, pouring out dramatic, bad poetry and short story after tragic short story with a big fat happily ever after at the end. All to the tune of Tim McGraw and a forbidden Chumbawamba song.

Now, here I am.

It’s hard to believe that I’m all grown up and married. I’ve been married for seven and a half years. I’m expecting a baby…and it’s the fourth one. The fourth one. That’s a lot of babies. I have a credit card. And a minivan. I spank people and send them to their rooms. I keep doctor’s appointments and home-school a kid.

I’m pretty sure I’m, like, bona fide.

And yet it all sometimes seems so unreal. I have to confess, though, I prefer now to then. It’s easier.

“I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now.” Bob Dylan

We were playing a game of Simon Says in the living room, and I was Simon. It went something like this…

“Simon says…
…jump up and down.
…stop jumping.
…spin around.
…stand on one foot.”

Elijah got to be Simon next, and it went something like this…

“Simon says…
…jump on one foot.
…do fourteen and a half jumping jacks.
…do cartwheels.
…run around the room seven times.
…spin around.
…do jumping jacks.”

Moral of the story: unless you need a good workout, don’t play Simon Says with Elijah.

How your baby’s growing: (from babycenter.com)
Your growing baby now measures about 4 inches long, crown to rump, and weighs in at about 2 1/2 ounces (about the size of an apple). She’s busy moving amniotic fluid through her nose and upper respiratory tract, which helps the primitive air sacs in her lungs begin to develop. Her legs are growing longer than her arms now, and she can move all of her joints and limbs. Although her eyelids are still fused shut, she can sense light. If you shine a flashlight at your tummy, for instance, she’s likely to move away from the beam. There’s not much for your baby to taste at this point, but she is forming taste buds. Finally, if you have an ultrasound this week, you may be able to find out whether your baby’s a boy or a girl!

Everything is going well with my pregnancy. I’ve been a little nauseous the past couple of days, but nothing like before I got on the medicine I’m on. I’ve been extremely tired. Going to bed early, sleeping late, and still needing naps whenever I can fit them in. My extremely busy schedule makes the fatigue much worse, but things will slow down when the semester ends.

I had my second doctor’s appointment on Monday. It went well. I got to hear the baby’s heartbeat. It was 155 bpm. It’s always so good to hear the heartbeat. My ultrasound is scheduled for Nov 10th. Hopefully, I’ll find out the gender then.