Found out today that the hosital I am going to has no net access. This is annoying because I was hopi ng to have a little time to get work done in a quiet enviroment. I was not going to purchase the TV option in lieu of net. Hey, I can watch programs on this thing, right?
Oh well. Now I won't be able to email pics of Lucas until after I get home. I thought about having Rob upload some pics here. I might, still.
We went out and picked up a tree today. I found a great deal on a huge one for thirty bucks. We went the 'real' route for the past 2 years, but I was feeling a little bad about that. I mean, we couldn't plant it afterwards, no place here has the roots on them. Big waste, really. So I bought a used artificial one now and feel much better. I didn't create demand for new materials, just recycling one someone else didn't want anymore that otherwise would be trashed. Nice one, too. I doubt it is more than two years old. Big, fluffy, and white with tinsel made into it.
Reminds me of the one I grew up with, though that one was plastic. I think that one was 9 foot, while this one is around 7 1/2. Not sure, didn't measure this one but it brushes the ceiling. The kids adore it, that's one of the big reasons we brought it home instead of a green one. I was shocked Ambi wanted it, she is such a freak about 'green'. She'll argue about clothes everyday because everything isn't green.
I need to put the lights on the tree, but that can wait until tomorrow. I have waaay too much to do the next few days. Work to get in motion (new job, lots of writing!), a house to clean, and clothes to have set out for Ambi, Teesie, and Buddy. I am seriously looking forward to going to have Lucas, but not to the work involved beforehand. It's hard to have the clothing ready because they need to wear it now! I wish I just had the cash to go buy them all enough outfits, undies, and socks to last those days, lol. That would be SO lazy, though. Easy on me...not on the pocket.
I am wondering now what he is going to be like. Will he be like Rob Jr? Skinny with wide shoulders and a tiny butt? Then double his weight so fast the ped wonders what I have in my milk? ( i was asked that! ) Or big, pink, and fat like Teesie? It is also looming in my mind that he will be like Ambi...I have tried not to think of that this whole pregnancy. Everyone kept asking if I was excited, but no, I hadn't been. Not with that shadow looming that he could possibly be autistic/fragile-x. Not concerned for me, but for his quality of life. Rob and I can roll with the punches. We have with Ambi and kept strong. She is a joy...ok...not when she is screaming at the top of her lungs or when she and her siblings are trying to kill one another with various objects...
I'll know when I see him if he has the same issue. Ambi didn't look quite right from birth. It's hard to explain, but a mother knows. When there are things your baby just doesn't do, you also know. Not the milestones, always. Latching on during feedling, body shape, eye motion, and sounds. There's more, but it would take me a long time to figure out how to explain it.
Ok, I need to put those lights up.
3 comments:
Oh wow, you are only the second person I have ever known who has had a child with fragile X. But your girl has it? I thought only boys got it (due to the one x chromosome). I hope you will post more about fragile x in the future. You don't hear about it very often.
Good luck with everything!
That's ood, I found you through another blog of someone with fragile-x kids. Ambi is a 'possible', but her ped and the school feel pretty sure it is FXS. We still need the genetic confirmation. But, like I said, everyone is pretty sure, like 99%.
You should check out the fragile-x webring, it's right on my sidebar. Lots of nice folks, I just me tthem, too!
And girls can get it, it is usually milder than in boys. And thanks for the good luck, I need it!
If it is your first baby, do you think you would dtill know? Holly seemed perfect to me, she didn't latch well though, but she was "tounge-tied" and my nipples were flat and my milk came in late... So there were lots of reasons.. Lucas is beautiful
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