#3

Yep that means child #3 and would also be my excuse for not posting for well...... a month....ok almost two.....I know! This is soo not like me, but then again I'm not really myself lately. Yeah I'm not really a big fan of pregnancy and for those of you out there who just LOVE it...please just keep your comments to yourself.....thanks! I know it could be a lot worse, (I promise this blog is not going to be all about me complaining) but why does something so miraculous have to come with months of just plain old ICKY stuff first? The worst part for me even more so than the nausea and tiredness is that these hormones completely change my personality. I become this mean person who just wants to sit on the couch! Ok, for those of you who don't know me that well.....I'm normally not a moody person and I like to be going, going, going all the time!

Details..ok the details..... We are due on May 11th......that seems so far away....Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter....all have to come before this baby! Really though I am officially exiting my first trimester as of Thursday and I hope that means better things to come, so only 6 months left! We are so excited to be having another little Musselman join us and we all agree that a little boy would be nice, but of course we'll be happy with whatever the Good Lord gives us! I am a little nervous about having a baby in a new hospital as both of our girls were born in Ames and I absolutely LOVED it there.....I never wanted to leave the hospital. I just pray that my experience here will be just as good. I am excited about our choice of prenatal care....we decided to go with a midwife and am looking forward to this new experience! I have already gotten the priviledge of having an ultrasound at about 9 weeks as she thought I was measuring BIG. At first I wasn't that concerned, but the several days that I had to think about it I was starting to talk myself into being slightly scared for the fact that there might be more than one in there. I had always measured small with the girls and I felt like I was getting bigger faster (I know 3rd child right) and more tired and nauseous than I was with my other two. According to a site I found online, those were signs....I should have never looked! Needless to say...the title only says #3, not #3 & #4, so I got all worked up for nothing.....Phew!

I am so excited to be having another one before Mackenzie goes to Kindergarten. She will be such a big help and Kate and her will have each other to keep company. She is such a good helper around the house and becoming quite the mother hen! They both will be very good big sisters! Speaking of big sisters....that is how we broke the new to our family....I happened to find shirts that said "Big Sister" on them. It took some of them a while to get it, but there was a few bright ones among the bunch! Kate was the important one in the plot, and some were confused as to why she was wearing "Mackenzie's shirt."