I have just tucked in my beautiful little girl for the night (hopefully) and I
can now sit down and write. Lately she has taken a keen interest in the
computer. We have a program that she and her daddy play often and now when
anyone is on the computer she screams until she is allowed to play. It has
gotten so bad that George has set up the old computer for her to play her
software on. She will sit there for 45 minutes and play. She follows the
instructions and everything! It seems insane but she really seems to get
something out of it. She is almost a year! I can't believe how fast the days
have gone. She is saying simple words, or mimicking them at least, and
standing on her own!
I am starting to feel puffy. I don't know if all women put on water weight in
their fifth and sixth months. I would like to talk to some and find out if it
is common. With Olivia, I began to put on a lot of weight including water
weight right about now. I have started drinking grapefruit juice because I
have been craving it. I have come to find out that it is also a natural
diuretic. Perhaps there is something to these cravings after all. I also
crave oranges, strawberries and lemons! It is strange. Chocolate doesn't
taste very good but cranberries are another favorite as well as anything
peppermint! Anybody have an idea why?
Olivia was a pumpkin for Halloween and we visited my grandmother and aunt and
then went to see daddy at the station house. She was adorable. George and I
carved the pumpkins and we took pictures of her in her costume next to them.
Next year we will have two little guys to tote around.
I am feeling pretty good if not just a bit tired. I am still in a baking
frenzy. The guys at my husband's office love it because I sent all the
goodies to work with him so it isn't in the house for me to eat. "Ollie" is
becoming more and more active and I am feeling kicks above my bellybutton now!
I want to read over my birthing manual to review positions for labor and I can
now begin exercising again. I think I am more nervous about this birth than
my first one. I also don't want to leave Olivia when I am in the hospital. I
am becoming so attached to her.
I wonder all of the time what this new little one's personality is like. How
his or her smile will look like, what the laugh will sound like. I know it is
active and that is good. Will "Ollie" be laid beck or demanding? Will he or
she be easy to handle or will "no" mean nothing to him or her? According to a
Chinese lunar Callender I am to have a boy. I must say that scares me a
little. I have no idea what to expect from a boy. All I have to go on is my
brother and that is a frightening thought. Then again, I have no idea how to
parent a girl and Olivia and I do wonderfully together. We can only do our
best, be patient, forgiving and have mom on the speed dial when we have no
clue what to do.
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