J9's Property

Well, it's been a busy couple of weeks!

The suspense got the better of me, and I called my doctor to find out the ultrasound results...and lo and behold, everything is perfectly normal! All measurements were in the "average" range, fluid levels are normal, and the due date is unchanged. Yay! I feel MUCH better now! No, we do not know the gender of the baby, I don't want to know, and it wasn't even in the ultrasound report. (I know this, because my doctor's nurse read the report to me over the phone, word for word!)

The other VERY exciting development is that my house is finally on the market! We've had lots of interest so far, 5 showings in the first week, and more being booked. No offers yet, but that's not unexpected given the state of the market these days. We're having an open house on Sunday, so maybe that might spark some further interest!

I've been saying to a few people, at this point I really don't care if it sells or not. I would LOVE to move out of Toronto, and closer to my parents, but it's really not the end of the world if we stay put. I'm just glad we finally accomplished what we set out to do 3 years ago! The way I look at it, if The Lord wants us to move, the house will sell. If He doesn't, it wont'. I'm content to do what He wants, I know it will be for the best in the long run.

Has anyone told what a pain in the butt it can be, having your house up for sale??? I couldn't leave the house in the morning all week without making sure that every room was spotlessly clean. Who loves washing dishes at 8:00 in the morning? Not Me!!

That being said, I'm now done with work until after Christmas! Yay!!! Sleep-in time!!!

Although, not tomorrow morning....we have a showing at 10am....

Looks like another tummy-sleeper in the family!

We couldn't get that classic profile shot, because the poor little thing is spending it's days looking at my backside. But, we got awesome shots of the spine, you can see all the little vertebrae! If you look closely at the 2nd pic, you can actually see the baby has it's mouth wide open. (I'll leave it to the peanut gallery to make comments about that!) The bottom pic is actually a shot of one of the hands, right up beside the head.

Basically, the head is right down low, and the feet are sitting right up beside my belly button. I had a feeling that was the case - I've been getting some fairly strong kicks up top, and there's been some uncomfortable pressure lower down at times, so I was wondering if that might be the head hanging out down there. (speaking of which, I'm getting kicked like mad as I type! Soccer in utero??) While I have been feeling some kicks and bumps, I haven't felt a whole lot of the "flutterings" that other women talk about; this is probably because the placenta is located in the front - it's basically dampening all the smaller movements so I can't feel them. The kicks, on the other hand.....

I have to say, I left my ultrasound appointment this morning feeling a little apprehensive. It was great to see the little one, see the heart pumping away, see him/her squigle around...but at the end of the appointment, the tech said, "so, the baby looks fairly healthy"......what you mean, "fairly", Kemosabe?....it has me a little uptight. If he'd said "baby looks healthy", I would have gone away thinking, great! Baby is healthy! But, when you throw the "fairly" in there, it just gives it a whole different connotation...

...I'm seriously looking forward to my next appointment with my doctor now, to find out what "fairly" is supposed to mean....

...but that's another 2 weeks from now...