Little Charlie's Growing Up!

 Whew, what a relief! Our last ultrasound shows that Charlie has 2 legs and 2 arms. Perfect. He also has a head, although it is not shown in this picture. Oh, and they also think it might be a "he." We won't have confirmation of that for another month or so when we have the next ultrasound. It is a little weird though. I guess someone didn't get the message about how I am only having girls. Hmmm. Oh well, I've boxed up all the cute girl fabric I bought for quilts and last week even managed to find a couple yards of boy fabric.

The pregnancy is getting better. I'm not sick too often (although I can't brush my teeth in the morning without vomiting and that is a bit annoying. Then you have to rebrush of course and then the cycle starts all over again). I am only sleeping 9-10 hours a night now instead of 12, so that's another improvement. The best improvement is that I'm finally starting to look a little pregnant. I was getting tired of just looking fat. Of course this, too, has its downside. For example, people say things like "Wow! You're getting so BIG!" and I am just not accustomed to taking that as a compliment. What am I supposed to say? "Yes! I am really starting to look like an elephant, isn't it great?!" or maybe "I know! It's always been my dream to be a little more enormous and it's finally coming true!"

Here's the other thing I don't get. Why does being pregnant turn your stomach into public property? In our culture you just don't go around touching other people's stomachs. A shoulder, an elbow, sure. But not the stomach. Yet now that I'm pregnant all of the sudden it is okay for strangers to come up and rub my tummy. Any ideas on how to put an end to this?

In other news, tax season is upon us. Or at least upon me. It is fun to see all the "friends" who come out of nowhere this time of year. I spent about an hour on the phone with the IRS the other day to apply for an EFIN. That's a secret code they give me so that I can file other people's returns electronically. All went smoothly and now all I have to do is wait a short amount of time for the secret code to come in the mail. Oh wait, did I say short amount of time? By that I meant FOREVER! It takes them 30-45 business days....which puts me at the end of March before I can do any efiling. That will make for some super happy clients....I guess I should've planned ahead on that one.

Last weekend I finally got the nursery cleaned out so the painting should start any day now, I'll keep you posted.