Few and Far Between
So I almost messed up my comeback. I haven’t posted in a good week and I didn’t realize it until tonight.
First off, I wanted to do my usual mention about Veterans Day. Call me an army brat, I don’t care, but my support and love for the military will never falter. These men and women who go out and serve our country have a lot of guts (bravery) to do what they do. Most do it to support their families, others do it because its “in their blood” while others do it because they just feel its the right thing to do. My dad, uncle, aunt, cousin and lots of friends are in or were in the military and though its corny to tell them everyday, I do want to tell them how much I appreciate what they do. I’ve grown up military and it will never leave my life, even after my dad retires. It’s apart of who I am and apart of this country and for that I support our troops! (now the “upper management” who makes the decisions….hmm…maybe not so much).
On that note, I’ve been patiently waiting for December to come because I will find out the sex of this baby. My mom is absolutely positive its a boy and its blasphemy to mention the baby as anything but boy. But I can see how excited she is and it really makes me heart warm up. I am also super excited that she is 100% on board for breastfeeding (actually she said something along the lines of …. you better be breastfeeding…). She helped me picked out stuff for my registry and even commented that she hopes I don’t have any problems. She even said she’d be only be watching my breastfeed to make sure I am doing it right lol. I also decided to go with gDiapers to try out but I am also cloth diapering too. I just want to get a feel for whats out there. My reasons for not doing disposable are mostly environmental but I do understand and note the benefits of cloth diapering. I even found out my grandma used cloth diapering for all her kids so that very insightful (though she did have her gripes about it). Otherwise, I am pretty sure of my plans and luckily I have all my family (that matters anyway) behind me on it 100%.
As far as work and school, I don’t feel like I am doing so hot. It’s mostly because that first few months I really did not want to do anything but puke or sleep. Luckily I have had understanding profs but I don’t know if that means they’ll go easy on me or if I really will get Cs (and as a grad student I cannot get anymore than 2 Cs in my whole program). We shall see what happens! *nervous laugh*
So question for the day:
What are you looking forward to most in 2010?
Hey, there's nothing wrong with loving your country and it being a part of who you are! Don't apologize for it! Say your part, dear! It's your blog! Those gDiapers look pretty neat! I am learning so much about cloth diapers from the blogs I've been reading. I think that when I have kids one day I'm going to use cloth diapers too. As for 2010, I'm looking forward to moving to New Zealand.
I'm glad you're doing well. I was SOOOOO excited to find out the sex of Gracie and we never got a definite answer which was pooey. Thankfully he was right about girl b/c otherwise we would've had an abundance of useless stuff.It's awesome your mother is so supportive and excited.
So awesome that your family is so supportive during your pregnancy
Does your mom already have granddaughters, is that why she's so sure it's going to be a boy? And I've never heard of gDiapers before (then again, not pregnant so it's not like I actively look for information!) but they're actually quite cute! A lot cuter than some of the disposable ones with random cartoon images on the butt.
Actually Michelle, this is her first grandchild! I come from a family of all girls so we are really hoping we have a boy.
I'm right there with you on the military brat thing.
I can't wait until you find out the sex! We're all girls too, I kind of hoped for a boy, but since it's foreign to me, and Zach is three hours away I was really happy we got a girl.
I've heard of gdiapers before, I just can't remember what it was…I'm perfectly happy with the sposies. They aren't environmentally friendly which sucks, but CD just wouldn't work for us. And we've found out only certain diapers work for Kenna anyway.