rambling!

I'm heading into my 16th week of pregnancy. Today, I feel pretty good. Yesterday I threw up; my nausea is very random and unpredictable. But all is well, and one week from today we will know for sure if I am carrying a beautiful little girl or a handsome little boy.

I have really only ever been around little boys, with the exception of one special little girl. I am used to dinosaurs, playing rough, and "playing cars." So the idea of playing house with my (possible) daughter is bizarre to me! I also can't imagine buying shoes to match outfits, hair accessories, purses, and the like. But I am so excited to know with certainty if a son or daughter is in our future!

Our homecooking plan is going great! I have a list of recipes that I'm eager to try next week -- Recipes that my mom has always used, but I've been "afraid" to try. Because, you know, nothing ever turns out as good as what your mom makes. Well, maybe not your mom, but my mom cooks like a southern dream, so it's hard to come close to her abilities!

We've decided on a name for a girl. We think. Pretty sure. If you recall, our son's middle name would be named after our West Highland Terrier. Our daughter's middle name will be named after Mark's most favorite candy bar. Both are very normal, beautiful names, so don't think I'm weird or anything. His/her first name is being kept under wraps until their birth day.

I've begun scrapbooking my pregnancy, which is extremely fun for me! Combining crafts with photography is wonderful. I will take photos of my pages with Mark's iPhone tonight and let you get a glimpse of Punkin's scrapbook. My greatest fear in life is growing up and not remembering anything. Such as, "I can't remember how I felt during pregnancy." Or, "I don't know when you took your first steps.. and I can't remember your first words." Not like I'll have Alzheimers or something, but I'm scared of forgetting the little things in life.

So, I have a little obsession with photographing everything (as you can see) and scrapbooking the big things in life. I also have a little fantasy of my children swooning over my scrapbooks in their older years and passing them down to my grandchildren. Isn't that just so cute? I, for one, would love to look at my grandmothers' scrapbooks from their lifetime. If they had scrapbooking around back then. How cool would it be to have so many photos and mementos from your parents or grandparents? So that's my driving force in scrapbooking.

I would like to scrapbook each year of each child's life. But if I have 2 children, that's 2x18, which is 36. And 36 scrapbooks is a tad extreme. Not sure how I'll ever work that out, but I want my children to have mementos from their childhood that they can always keep.

Tonight we will be trotting off to small group. No big plans for the remainder of the week. My trip home is inching closer and closer. I can't believe that when I go home, I'll be 21 weeks pregnant with a significantly larger belly than "normal." Excited is an understatement. I am sad about leaving Mark for 11 days, but my military wives certainly know that 11 days is no big deal in the grand scheme of things. He and Piper will be fine, and I will be snuggling a brand new baby.

Am I for real getting another nephew in less than 6 weeks? It hasn't even set in. And, frankly, the fact that we will have a baby with us in less than 24 weeks is unreal too!!

And this has concluded the most random blog post ever. Talk about rambling!! :)