Happy 13th Week, Baby Brown! :) We love you!

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So Baby Brown and I have stealthily reached week 13 without any scratches! He bugs me quite a bit nowadays! When I start getting really tired, I've noticed that the baby gets 'grumpy' also, lol. Don't ask me how that makes any sense at all, but if I haven't taken a rest in a while, the baby tends to move around and jab harder. Right when I stop moving and just 'rest', the baby calms down. It's amazing, lol.

Dr. Thorne says I can feel the baby because I'm short/little. Apparently, since I'm short/little, the baby is 'larger' in my body cavity - thus allowing me to be a ton more sensitive to subtle movement/changes. Whatever it is, it's pretty fun being able to tell my friends/family, "GAH! Donna my baby is angry with me and wants me to sit down, lol!"

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So anyway, I'm not sure what you all have heard, but I have in fact been dealing with a fairly horrid head cold/flu. I've only had a slight fever for a few days - but since I can't take any medication aside from Tylenol, all the other symptoms have seemed to linger. I'm not supposed to be contagious anymore - I just felt like poo for a while.

Dr. Thorne was close to treating me for 'H1N1', lol...even though I didn't have it - just to protect me from the virus. Apparently pregnant women are really susceptible to it. *shrug* I hate flu vaccinations, lol...because they always seem to do more harm than good. We're not going through with the vaccination for h1n1 for now, but I'm open to treatment in the future - if needed.

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So on another note, Christopher and I won the house bid! We are officially home owners!

I'm so over emotional right now with all these hormones! Literally crying every 15 minutes for some new stress; Good AND bad.

We just got through our 13 week prenatal and I cried through that too, lol. The doctor used the Doppler device and found Baby Brown's strong and healthy heartbeat. It was such a proud moment, I didn't know how to hold any tears back.

I know - WHAT the HECK is going on? Am I saying this? My Mother and Father are probably reading this thinking, "Who are you and what have you done with our daughter??!" Hahaha

I just can't wait to bring Little Brown into this world; Into a loving and warm household. We're not rich, but we're responsible and loving; That's what matters to us for now. When Christopher and I have to tell our Child(ren? haha) the birds and the bees story for the first time, we can literally start off the story with, "When Mommies and Daddies love each other very much..." because despite our rough beginning - I can appreciate how fortunate we are; That we're not as 'worse-off' as many families in the world.

Thanks to everyone who has made our lives [---this---] much easier. :) We really appreciate all of it. It's unfortunate, but to those who have not made our lives easier: May God guide you in the right direction and help you with your problems. It's easy to contemplate bad events that have happened with people in life (and/or wonder why things happened the way they did), but people have reasons for bad behavior. I'm not saying that it's OKAY to be treated badly by people, just merely saying that sometimes they can't prevent the way they act. They're that way because they came that way from events that have effected them. I just can't hate people for being depressed or even ignorant. It sure is annoying sometimes, but everyone's heart beats at a different pace.

I think I've finally fully understood the 'dismissive' quality that my mother does so well (which I USED TO HATE SOOO MUCH AS A CHILD). "Go to the other side. Forget it." It basically means - "steer clear of the roadblocks". If people are bringing you down consistently, then they're not your friends to begin with. If they're causing you grief from making a mountain out of a molehill, then stay away until they've cooled off so you don't keep adding kindling and dry paper to their already burning fire. It's not being mean - it's being fair to both sides. They can come to you when they're ready for friendship. You're not their mother, nor are you the friendship police. "Screw it! They're adults!"

Sorry about that long rant, haha.

I've just been hanging around Donna Hamilton a bunch lately :). We get along really well, lol. We just seem to have a very similar way of thinking/humor lol. We talk about random going on's in life & in Gabriola, but when it comes to Haven gossip - lol we could really REALLY give a shit less. We call it like we see it and if it isn't the case, we ignore it. I REALLY don't care of what ________ does with her husband or who is ________ing who. I don't even know these people. LOL it's just wonderful when our major topics of 'gossip' revolve around Girl Guides and who's allergic to what, and what our husbands like to do in their 'free' time. ;) haha

We're really blunt, haha it's fun. Real women don't have to hide behind friends or computer screens to speak their minds, lol.

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Anyway, some fun baby things:

So far we've decided on Ethan Roman/Isabelle Marie for baby names. We're not too sure about Ethan right now. Christopher likes the name Aiden. I like the name Isaiah, LOL. When I told Christopher, "Hey Honey! What about Isaiah?" he responded, "Isaiah Roman?? OH SUUUURE BABE, Why don't we just name our next kids: JESUSMARYANDJOSEPH, Corinthians, Luke, Mark, and Revelations??" LOL<3 Even my mother wouldn't approve of that, hahaha. I thought Isaiah was a really sweet name! It's a name my grandmother would be able to pronounce, hahaha! AI-ZE-YA! :)

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Last but not least, here is what baby brown looks like now!

13 Weeks Pregnant