Unmet Expectations

I expect too much and should just be grateful.  I saw my perinatal today for another ultrasound on baby.  As a side note I just want to mention that I'm so glad I save receipts!  They had no record of my last payment of $350.  I brought my receipt with me to prove I had paid that!  The visits are cheaper now that we only have one ultrasound and one doctor to see.

Okay, so now back to my visit.  I had hoped by doing Dr. Brewer's diet that baby's abdomen would grow to 30%.  I have eaten so much food, fat, and dairy.  I was surprised to learn that I had only gained 6 pounds in the last month...how very consistent of me.  The good news is that her placenta looks good, her growth is consistent, and her heart and everything else looks great.  Her abdomen grew, but is still very small.  The doctor showed me the graph of her abdominal growth and at her first ultrasound to second it dropped dramatically.  So he's happy it hasn't dropped further.  I was bummed because I have eaten this diet, passed on white pasta, cakes, candy, etc. to see her grow.  I was so hoping she would.  I did read on the reviews that babies, whose mom did the diet, stayed consistent and didn't drop.  So perhaps the diet did help.  I wish I had a control subject.  So I'm lowering my expectations to "consistent growth" for next time.

Halloween

Halloween was a busy but fun day for us.  Here are the girls posing with their pumpkins.  When we came home from one party, before trick-or-treating, our pumpkins were there along with a full bowl of candy.  We always leave a bowl out while we're gone.  A half hour later our bowl was completely empty and Kendra's pumpkins were gone.  She was devastated.  We didn't see them smashed anywhere.  She cried and cried and after talking to her decided she would pray to find her pumpkin.  After the girls were in bed, like a half hour later, Megan's pumpkin was gone too!  The next morning Kendra was relieved to find one of her pumpkins smashed in the arroyo and the other smashed on the road.  We found Megan's too smashed on the sidewalk.   

Next year I'm going to booby trap our pumpkins.  Let's see how that teenage kid likes that!

Family photo:

Mark's watermelon.  It's amazing this plant survived after being eaten five times by a bunny! 

School carnival: