Oh boy!

I’m really surprised that more of you haven’t left comments about the increasing number of baby subscription box reviews on my blog (and my recent obsession with food)! Yes, that’s #3! And it’s a boy, arriving in mid-September! And although me being sick had mostly nothing to do with this pregnancy (it’s been colds and the flu and stomach bugs), it certainly hasn’t helped! But I’m a little bit older and a lot more tired with this one. Maybe after a few weeks more of actually being in the second trimester I’ll have my regular energy back, but it really was a kick in the pants to spend the first part of the whole thing plain old sick. I’m sure it has nothing on women who have actual morning sickness though.

Yes that’s really a baby! I have had 2 ultrasounds and that’s the best photo out of all of them. The picture is almost 4 weeks old at this point so I am sure he looks more like a baby now. Once I get back to actually blogging (crossing fingers) I’ll slide new pictures in my daily posts. We found it easiest to recognize it as a baby if it was blurry. It’s perfectly healthy. Those ultrasound technicians I guess look at these things all the time! I had gestational diabetes with my first two (and I am not totally locked down on my carbs just yet but I’m watching) and I generally get a lot more ultrasounds than the average pregnant woman (trust me, it’s the only plus).

Surprisingly I haven’t subscribed to any pregnancy subscription boxes. I don’t get morning sickness or any indicator that I’m really pregnant except I’m outgrowing my pants, and it’s my third kid, so I haven’t really been freaking out. After I get YAY big (I’ll be there soon, I get gigantic) maybe I’ll be more like GOSH I’M PREGNANT!  I take Honest Company Prenatal Vitamins, which are pretty much just like Rainbow Light Prenatals (which I used for my other two) except there are THREE instead of SIX. I like that. Also the edges aren’t quite as sharp. That’s nice. And I have those on subscription!

I have no clue what we are going to name this child. But like my other kids (because their names are ridiculously searchable – they aren’t weird, but they are unusual!), I’m not plastering it on the Internet. If you have a lovely name that doesn’t start with A or E and matches O’Grady, feel free to suggest it. If I use it, I’ll let you know!  Suggestions from my friends have ranged from the perennial Seamus to all the male names from Frozen to “Riker” (like from Star Trek). Or TomBrady O’Grady. Real winners!

I haven’t told my kids, because I really don’t want whiny questions about the new baby for almost 6 more months. I cannot make it go faster. I think we’re going to tell them this week though. That should be interesting! We’ve been kind of hinting at it for a while – how would you like a new baby brother or sister? The first time I asked that my daughter broke out in actual tears sobbing that she’d have so much less time with me. So, um, yeah. Subsequent questioning has fortunately revealed a better attitude. It’s not like we can take the baby back to the store. 

So that’s that! We’re super excited and have a million things to do! We have to get E his own big boy bed (not sure if we’re making it a bunk right away or not) and turn the craft room back into a nursery (where are we putting all that crap??) and I have a zillion reviews to write! And we’re still trying to get my husband home. He was supposed to be home next week, and I’m still devastated about that and terrified that they will renew his contract. We have too much going on for him to decline it (because we’ll have no money coming in!) and we have too much going on for him not to be here.