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Jessica won! :)

She is in labor as I type this, so Hayden will be here soon.

Update: After spending nearly a day in labor, the doctors finally concluded that Hayden's fat head was hindering any progress so they had to do an emergency c-section. Everyone is doing fine; he weighs an even 8lbs and is 20.5 inches. He looks so much like his father Justin it's really quite scary.

Let me tell you a story

Because their story is so much more interesting than mine.

My best friend Jessica is one of four siblings: Johnathan (married to Kasey), Jennifer, Josh, and herself of course. There has been a running joke in their family of who would produce the first grand-baby and win the 'Brinkley race'. Johnathan and his wife Kasey, even though the oldest, were in no hurry to have kids because they were content with their menagerie of pets (and good Lord they had a lot of them). Jennifer, even though she wanted to be the first, came down with Type I diabetes just before Jessica's wedding last summer and her doctor told her to put off pregnancy plans for awhile until her body is ready for it. Jessica, as previously mentioned, just married last summer and started a new career as an elementary teacher so they had no plans to have kids any time soon. Josh is not even worth mentioning as he is a happy bachelor.

Then around late summer early fall Jessica, Jennifer, and Kasey all found out they were pregnant and due within weeks of each other, so the Brinkley race is not only a reality but very neck-a-neck. I won't bore you with details, so fast forward to present day. All three of them have been having false labor contractions last week, but Jessica actually lost her mucus plug. Her doctor gave her an ultimatum: if she does not start going into real labor by Wednesday of next week, they will induce her then. Jennifer will probably go in soon too because we honestly don't know how much farther her belly can droop. Jennifer is a little taller than me but meatier, and it is fun to see a petite person carry a basketball around. Make that more like a couple of basketballs. Poor Kasey has had nothing but trouble with her pregnancy, so who knows what will happen with her.

So... we will see who wins the race by next week!

*Funny side note: Jessica's parents names are Michael and Emily. She is naming her boy Hayden Michael after her father. Johnathan and Kasey are naming their girl Emily after his mother. And Jennifer is naming her girl... Michaela! :)

That's so weird

that it says I posted that in Feb... ??? I don't know. Sorry about the comments thing, I'm used to it automatically being published. But it's good that I have control over them though.

I have my next appointment on the 28th, and I hope things are moving right along. I don't really have any reason to worry, but like mom I worry anyway.

Things have been a little stressful, but I try not to let it get to me too much. The biggest thing that is getting me down these days is owning up to the fact that we will have to move in with Michael's parents this summer. Before any of this happened I was really pinning my hopes on us having our own little house by next year. Now, though, instead of making mortgage payments we will be making diaper payments, or any other number of things a baby needs. Don't get me wrong - seeing as neither Michael nor I have much experience with babies I'm sure we will need as much help as we can get from both of our parents in the beginning. But imagining us not having our own place is kinda... depressing.

But! Things are still exciting. I will admit to looking at other people's registries and making a mental list of all the things I want :p We will probably start an official registry after I'm reassured that the first trimester is over and done with because I just can't wait much longer! Also, I found out that someone else at church claimed the name Olivia Grace before I did, which normally wouldn't bother me except that our kids will be in the same class and that would get kinda confusing. So after much discussion, Michael and I came up with a beautiful, more unique name... which we will keep a secret for now (though I will say it's not O'livia, or Olyvya, or any variation thereof).

Michael and I went to my first ultrasound, at nine weeks. The tech found our bean almost immediately, and it was wiggling around just as hyper as its father. McPeanut registered at 162 bpm and 2.5 cm, and the tech said everything looked normal. Michael said peanut looked like the worms from the game Worms Armageddon, and he's right. Our "big" ultrasound will be in June, and I can't wait! Different midwives 'tests' tell me different things about the gender, so maybe we will end up having a shem?

Graduation is coming up in a few weeks, and I dream of summer...