Rock on!

After 12 LONG and HOT days, we got our power back. What an arduous and horrible ordeal. All of us Houston chicks were desperate to go blow off some steam, so we have decided to go see the Fratellis tonight! Elyse's first concert!! ROCK ON ELY!She's going to see the Cold War Kids on October 25th. The kid will have impeccable taste in music.

In other news, Elyse's anatomy scan and her ultrasound from yesterday's appointment with Dr. Nanda earned her glowing reviews. She looks fabulous!! I will post pics this weekend. I gave Jason a hearty "THANK YOU" for providing such winning swimmers in the gene pool.

9 days and counting

So, Hurricane Ike blew in 9 days ago, scared the living crap out of us and knocked our power out. We stayed at Sanford for 8 days until it started getting really hot out. Yesterday, we checked in to the Four Seasons downtown for a much needed break from our post hurricane existence. Lessons learned: 1. We will never "ride out" a hurricane again. It is F-ing scary, 2. We are installing a natural gas generator at the new house. Hand washing dishes + Deanna= very bad juju. 3. Being pregnant during a natural disaster is not recommended. One can't even have a "l'il" (read: bottle) of wine to soothe one's frazzled nerves.

While the Four Seasons RAWKS, I miss my kitties and have lost it on my sleep schedule. Elyse has been a little hella mover and I think she is ready for a return to a normal schedule. Tomorrow is her "anatomy scan" when we will verify that she is developing normally. I am hoping she escaped harm from all the bloody carbon monoxide fumes I breathed in whilst refilling our generator with fuel...

Girl, Girl, Girl!!!

World, hold on!! We have a daughter in the oven!! I am sure most people have heard that Houston is facing a huge hurricane, Ike, to be exact. Despite the looming disaster, I was determined to find out the kid's gender. The Inside Story, a 3-D elective ultrasound place here in H-town had scheduled an appointment for me yesterday. I called today and confirmed that they would be there, and Little Mary came and picked me up from work. We got to see the baby moving around and Little Mary got to see and hear her heartbeat for the first time! At one point Elyse (that's going to be her name) was sucking on her middle finger, so she was essentially shooting us the bird. That is definitely my daughter!!! From what we could tell, she has her daddy'd beautiful nose and long feet. She has all her fingers and toes and a strong heartbeat!! I cried like a wuss while lying on the table. I will say that paying for that ultrasound was the best money I have spent in a long time. It will be super cool to show Elyse the DVD they made of the ultrasound when she is older!! I wonder if she will be pissed that I published pictures of her vajayjay on the web??

Coming apart at the seams

Look at this belly! I am not sure if this is normal for someone who is 4 months and 3weeks pregnant--it seems really big!! I am developing a hella "linea negra" which is a fancy way of saying a "treasure trail". Jason thinks it is hilarious. Everytime he sees my bare belly he exclaims "You're coming apart at the seams!!"

Ultrasound pic

Applejack's 1st Act of Defiance

As I predicted, our child refused to cooperate with the ultrasound today. Applejack chose to stay sitting indian style throughout the ultrasound, despite Dr. Nanda's efforts to jiggle him/her into compliance. Jason said that this indicates that the child is just like its mother. Jennie noted that this was Applejack asserting his/her defiance. Linda said this proves the child is a real bastard. Dr. Nanda suspects it is a girl, but is not standing by that call. She said she would give the kid a 60% chance of being a girl. Considering that any gypsy off the street could look at me and guess that the kid is a girl and have a 50% chance of being right, we are not giving this opinion any serious consideration either. Now I have to wait until my anatomy scan on September 22 for a chance to find out the gender. That seems like an eternity!! I already called 2 private ultrasound places to see if they would take mercy on me and let me come in for a gender determination, but they won't do it until the anatomy scan has been performed by my doctor. At the very least, the baby is healthy and bouncy and has a great heartbeat. Jason and I were very happy to know that!!

Tomorrow, tomorrow, I LOVE ya, tomorrow

Tomorrow is allegedly the day we will find out Applejack's gender. With my luck and the luck of the Yasony, the baby will not cooperate and we will still not know. In anticipation of this possibility, I have found a 3-d ultrasound place that will do a gender determination for $60. I am DETERMINED to know!! I demand answers!!!

We are also closing on a piece of land in Boorkside Village tomorrow. This will hopefully be a big and fabulous day for me and Jay Dub.

New Admininstration for Applejack

I am SO thrilled that we will have a new administration in place in time for Applejack's debut into the world. Our child will not have to suffer the Bush regime--this is definitely a sign of good luck. Since Mommy can no longer get her kicks at the bar in the evening, Applejack and I will follow the debates religiously and we will stay up all night in November to watch the returns. Hopefully when Applejack pops out, we will be enjoying President Obama's administration. I am keeping my fingers crossed.

In other news, I was watching Romper Stomper (love this film) last night and Applejack got very excited during the scene where the skinheads and the Asian immigrants had a huge race war. Applejack was moving like crazy!! It was pretty cool. Sidenote: Russell Crowe was SMOKIN' hot in that movie. See photo.

Thoughts on being ill during pregnancy

I have either a cold or hard core allergies that began to bug me on Friday and have gotten progressively worse since. It is so frustrating to try to figure out what one can and cannot take during pregnancy. My doctor has a general list, but it does not address the allergy medicine I normally take. Plus, every drug has different formulas: allergy relief, time release,maximum strength, non-drowsy, etc. Are those OK? Or is the approval limited to the original formula only? I called my pharmacist too, who said ask your OB/Gyn. I have left 2 messages for my OB/Gyn who is probably thinking--just look at the list I provided, you dumbass.

I realize that it is my own peeps (the lawyers) who have caused doctors/pharmacists to avoid wanting to say certain drugs are OK during pregnancy b.c when babies are born with three arms and organs protruding from their skin, then the patients sue the snot out of the docs. SO FRUSTRATING. And all the while I feel like shit and the skin around my nose is rubbed raw, not to mention that I am having round ligament pain and my nips feel like two fire balls. WOOOOOOEEEEEE is me. 4.5 more months...