It is Hard to Eat Soup Sideways

There are many things that are easy to eat when you are on bed rest...fruit, crackers & cheese, just about any kind of finger food. Soup is definitely not one that is easy. And it is December...isn't that the perfect time of year for soup? I love it, and my parents have been great about making me a variety of home-made soups. My favorite is tomato. For breakfast I also love to eat cereal...another challenging thing to eat while on bed rest. The horizontal position is just not ideal for putting a spoonful of liquid in my mouth. I will typically need to wipe my chin with every bite. I guess maybe it is practice for wiping the chin of our little one in a few months when we are feeding him or her.

Speaking of him or her...it is AMAZING that we still do not know the sex of our precious little one. We have had 9 ultrasounds in the time that we could have learned the sex, and yet everyone has been great about keeping it a secret. I am impressed. I think that there are some friends and family members of ours that are not happy with that. We have heard many complaints about our desire to keep it a surprise...And we have had many guesses based on all the wives tales. The heart rate is pretty fast..it must be a girl. Uhhh...maybe not because the heart rate is sometimes at a lower rate. I am carrying pretty high...it must be a boy. Or maybe not because my mom carried high and she had 4 beautiful baby girls. Then there are the people that have no reason for their claim of "it is definitely a _____" other than that they have never been wrong. Some of them are going to be wrong for the first time because we have had people claim both boy and girl in this manner. It is pretty funny.

Christmas is just around the corner and I have done the majority of our shopping on-line. For the most part it has been pretty easy. Only a couple of cancelled orders due to items being out of stock. I had a bit of a melt down this morning trying to figure out what happened to these items...but I am better now. I think we are pretty much set for the holidays.

I have been on bed rest for 4 weeks and 3 days. I am 29 weeks pregnant today! Thanks to all of my friends and family for your supportive words and actions. It looks like I might survive this after all.