Celebrations!

What a weekend we had! Fourth of July was interesting to say the least! We lit off some fireworks at Jeremy's parent's house, Jaelyn was terrified until near the end when she started clapping and yelling "Yaaay!", too bad the festivities were done by that point! On the fourth itself we had planned on doing some small fireworks and sparklers with Jaelyn, but she fell asleep much too early, and so did I! Then on Monday we shot off even more fireworks at my parent's house with my sisters and my niece and nephews there, good times were had by all.



It was my first weekend, and my first holiday on this new ultra low-fat diet, and I survived! I have only take two of my pills to manage pain, and today, I feel so much better, there isn't even any pain! So of course, on sets the morning sickness when I'm trying to get back onto my feet! Joy.



I have finally come out of shock mode about this pregnancy, I'm excited, I'm scared and so so happy! I feel like it's going to be a boy, but I felt that way with Jaelyn too...perhaps I shouldn't trust my instincts! Oh well, boy or girl will steal my heart away, so it really doesn't matter. I am still nervous about what is to come with this pregnancy and gall stones; will I be able to stick to the diet? Or will I have some sort of craving or moment of weakness, fall off my diet and have more attacks? Will I have attacks even if I follow the diet to a "T"? Will I be able to gain enough weight for this pregnancy? (A common concern for pregnancy while on this diet) Will I have to have a surgery while I'm pregnant? If so, will my baby be okay? What will recovery be like? Or will I have to have the surgery right after I have a newborn and a toddler to take care of? Will I be able to keep breastfeeding my daughter? Or will she wean herself earlier than I had hoped? sigh



I know I can't read the future, and I know everything will work out in the end, but sometimes it's just plain old stressful and it's nice to let a little of that stress out here; there's no judgement, no expectations, no unwanted comments from the peanut gallery at home. Ahhh...blog world, how I do enjoy thee!