Eleven Weeks!

I've still been having many days of "all day" sickness. I am hoping that the end is in sight although I realize it could be different and last longer this time around. With Nadia the morning sickness was gone by around 13 weeks. I get a little bit of heartburn after eating certain things, but I have to say the heartburn is definitely better this time around (thus far anyhow). I added a poll regarding the gender of "jellybean." I am going to assume whatever the minority chooses is the correct answer, LOL. I've done 5 polls on this blog the last 2 years. I can't remember if the majority was right with the first one (whether I should do another fresh cycle first or do the FET with just one embryo), but with the other 4 polls the minority was correct (Nadia's gender, what week I would go in labor with her, when I'd get the bfp this 2nd time around, and how many babies I'm expecting this time). With the last two polls there were only two people who picked the right answer both times, but it's still fun to see what people think! :-) I put the ending day of the poll as July 13 because some people do learn the gender of their baby at the nuchal screening. It's definitely not a guaranteed thing that we'll find out at 12w5d, but we might! If not then we'll have to wait until the Level 2 ultrasound to find out (done between 16-20 weeks).

Yesterday it proved to be no big deal to pack up the bottles. Nadia is doing just fine on the sippy cup. YAY! She doesn't hold it herself yet, but I am very happy to hold it for her. :-) She's also doing better and better with what time she gets up in the morning. The last few days it was 6:15, and this morning she didn't get up until 6:30! I would love to be able to sleep in until 7:00am some Saturday morning. That hasn't happened in over a year for me. Of course I'd much rather be a Mommy than get to sleep until 7am on Saturdays! Paul does get up with her on Saturdays so I usually am in bed until 6:45 or 7:00, but I am the one who wakes him up to let him know she's awake, and I can't get back to sleep. I do enjoy at least being able to rest in bed a little longer one day a week.

Often when I'm snuggling with Nadia I will make little sounds like "awww" and other contented sounds. The sweet thing is that now Nadia has started doing the same. Sometimes when she crawls into my arms for a snuggle she'll initiate the same kind of sounds. It's so cute!!! She's a very active girl so she generally doesn't want to spend extended periods of time snuggling, but she does like to be held, hugged, and cuddled many times throughout the day. Of course I am very happy to comply!!!!

Paul now has four professors who have agreed to serve on his dissertation committee. He is now trying to find a date that will work for all of them to meet together as they must sign off on his 5 page research proposal by the end of July.