I have noticed that the blossoming trees are doing their thing in full force now. This is evidenced by my husband’s inability to stop sneezing.  I really like those trees that are just dripping with pink blossoms so you can’t even see the branches.  But somehow they remind me of the movie What Dreams May Come which was a good movie but bizarre and surreal and a bit creepy.  Is the fact that I’m letting entertainment taint my perception of nature not a little sick?

My son is attempting to weigh more than his father by the time he is born.  Latest ultrasound weight estimate: 10 pounds.  Time until scheduled c-section at that time: two weeks.  Average weight gain of baby per week: One pound. You do the math! 

Avery loves to watch this Barney video called “The Land of Make Believe”. The plot centers around Barney and a group of kids helping the princess of the LOMB return to her world after she is magically transported to our world.  At the end of the journey they are held up by a guard on the edge of the kingdom who requires the princess to prove her identity by saying the “magic words”.  After she has been missing for a total of about 40 minutes.  The guard says “Only a REAL princess would know the magic words.”  This bugs me because the guard obviously knows the magic words.  The princess turns to Barney and immediately asks him what the magic words are and he, of course, breaks into a song about saying “please” and “thank you”.  So what does this prove?  That Barney is a princess, I suppose.  Or the guard is a princess.

I had my preadmission appointment yesterday where they go through the procedures for the c-section with me and check me out, etc.  I think it’s made me more nervous.  I only remember Avery’s birth in a hazy fog and now that they went through all the gory details with me I’m feeling kind of jittery about it.  I know I’ll be nervous on June 1 because this time I won’t be exhausted and high on all kinds of pain medication before they slice me open.  But I’m really ready to get this baby out so that will be motivation enough!