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Sydney is sick. Poor baby. Just a common cold, but enough to make her miserable. She's lounged around the house for the past two days and keeps waking up at night because she's congested. That for her is very unusual, since she sleeps like a rock and won't hold still during the day. She's pretty much slept with us at night so we don't have to keep getting her up out of bed every time she wakes up. We're doing everything the Dr. says we can do. If it gets worse, we'll have to get her checked to see if it's a sinus infection. I think she's actually feeling a little better today.

Pregnancy is doing well, although the Dr. says i'm a tad underweight for how far along I am. No matter, that just means more ice cream for me! Just kidding. Next visit in 2 weeks to see just how big this baby is going to be and to double check the gender. Sorry that ultrasound pics never made it up here. They really don't scan well, no matter what scanner we use (we've tried a bunch of them). No matter what we try they end up looking even more like a gray blob that they already do.

We've lost our nanny, for those of you who don't know. Cera decided to move back home, for various reasons. We're grateful that she's helped us out for this long. This means that I now can only work nights, which is a hidden blessing. The further I get along in my pregnancy, the harder it is to work those long 8 hr shifts running around on that concrete floor. Swollen feet, a sore back and very painful sciatic nerve were all creeping up on me by the time Cera had made her decision. Now I'm down to 5 & 1/2 hr shifts where I get to sit for most of the time. No more sore back and sciatic nerve is calming down. See? Hidden blessings. (feet are still swollen, but that's from the 105 temps we've been having lately, not counting the humidity which makes it feel upwards of 110!)

Jesse's been busy as well. They had to move over 30 pallets of furniture on Tuesday at work, and here at home he's been moving all sorts of things around. He's installed the TV on the wall in the living room, put in a hard wood floor in same room and moved various pieces of furniture to different rooms. He's practically re-arranging the house. I think some of my nesting has rubbed off on him!