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Well, that was weird. Last night, I took a (planned, for once) nap in my computer chair (which was very nice) and woke up with a slightly bleeding scratch on my left arm. As we don't have a cat, I have no idea what happened.

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It's really interesting, realizing that I'm at the beginning of parenthood again. I hoped I'd have a second child, but I'd basically given up. Hell, I gave up *while* I was pregnant...my periods have rarely been consistent and battling nausea isn't a symptom, it's just life. Two weeks after I told Jeff that I figured we'd never conceive again, I took the test and found out we had.

And now, as we go through boxes, working on getting us fully unpacked before the end of the year (or, you know, the end of some year), we each find things for Turtle. Some that be useful pretty soon after arrival and some that will go in the attic to wait.

Sam is going to be a wonderful big sister. Not that I think everything will be hugs and puppies all the time, but we talk about how her life with change and how it will stay the same, and she's very interested in Turtle's development and what she's doing at any given moment. Which can get tiring...I mean, yes, I can feel Turtle move, but I don't have her itenerary.;) Sam has announced that Turtle is a boy. How does she know this? She asked the magic 8 ball at California Tortilla. I told her she has a fifty-fifty chance to be right, just like everyone else.

It's wonderful that Jeff is happy about Turtle with no reservations. Sam was a major surprise and there was a lot of stress till I was...oh, probably five or six months along. Fishie was less of a surprise, but the stress was higher, as we found out right around the beginning of Hell Year (some may call it 2002). I also wasn't quite aware of how much he wanted another baby too. It's all just so great. I definitely picked and was picked by the right person to spend my life with.

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Sam has freckles across her nose and cheeks that are nearly identical to mine. I don't know why I find this so damn cool, but I do.

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We have got to get a humidifier for our bedroom...maybe for Sam's too. Lately, I've been waking up in the middle of the night for two things. Peeing and drinking water to combat the hellacious throat-ache. Yeah, if both my nostrils worked at the same time, it might not be so hellacious, but I really don't think that's going to change anytime soon.

So. Humidifiers. Should I just get the one shaped like a penguin and be done with it, or are there rules to this sort of thing?

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Kind of scattered lately.

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I see no reason to eschew the penguin.

Get the penguin. *nodnod*

It was nicer the second time with Tom, too...less stress even though Will wasn't a surprise. You both know what you're doing, y'know? :)

Love you.

I just, ah, sweated through the purchase of a humidifier. Get one of the more expensive models with an ultrasonic diffuser, a filter, and a humidistat. The cheaper sort gobbles energy, soaks you in sweat, and needs daily cleanings to control mold. (Or else it makes so much noise it interferes with sleep). We ended up with this Venta-Sonic model and so far we like it pretty well.

Weird how when you finally let it go, it finally happens. :-)

I don't remember your due date. Maybe I should look at your info page to see if you have a ticker.

Congratulations! My first child was conceived two weeks after the surgeon told me that I'd never be able to conceive. I didn't find out I was pregnant till 14 weeks along, because it didn't occur to me that that could be why I was nauseated, tired and moody all the time -- after all, I'd just been TOLD it was impossible!!

I went to bed once and woke up with a sprained ankle. I could only assume that I was attacked by ninjas and fought them off in my sleep.

You might try a sinus rinse in addition. Ben likes the "NeilMed" version better than neti pots.

And whoo, boy, do I remember the first bits of the year of Sammy...and yay for Turtle's incubation being so full of joy!