Last week at my doctor's appointment, I had an ultrasound to check the size of my baby. It was "off the charts" so they told me. It measured in at 7.14lbs. I didn't get to discuss this with my doctor that day because of how busy the office was, but the nurses hinted that they would push for a c-section or induce me. Because of this, I was excited for my appointment today, thinking I would be induced early. But after talking to my doctor today, she wasn't very concerned about the big baby issue. I had already successfully delivered a big baby naturally, and my baby at the moment isn't "off the charts" as I was previously told. He will still be a big baby - probably as big as Phoebe was. But the point is, I don't need a c-section! I'm a bit disappointed that I won't be induced early (apparently they don't induce anyone who's had a previous cesarean. There's a greater risk of uterine rupture, or something) but I'm glad to just go naturally. I just have to be patient and ignore the fact that I can't breathe very well, my feet are swelling, I'll probably be over 200 freaking pounds by the time I go, blah blah blah. Normal pregnancy stuff that I'm not above. A plus size of having a plus sized baby: he'll fit great in his clothes! 18 days to go!
Yesterday we went to the zoo here in town. It's not a very big zoo, but it's great for kids like mine who get crazy in wide open spaces. Gwen got Gwen-excited at every animal she saw, but only wanted to linger for about 20-30 seconds at each one. When she got the point, she got bored and wanted to move on. So we got through the entire zoo in pretty decent time. Some highlights: the peacocks showed off their feathers for us when we got near, we saw a baby camel being fed by a bottle, the girls were beside themselves when they noticed that chickens and zebras shared the same pen, and the monkeys showed off their swinging skills for us. It was jolly cheap fun. We're going to go back in the summer before Gwen's birthday (when she still gets in for free) when the animals who don't like the cold are put outside. There were quite a few animals we couldn't see - like the bears and the alligators and parrots.
Gwen wanted to spend more time at the "toys" than with the real animals. We spent quite a bit of time just waiting for her to get her fill of lion head water.
Logan measuring his wingspan to that of a golden eagle. Phoebe wanted to know how she measured up too.
One of the swinging monkeys. He was awesome. I love the monkeys.
Not scared a bit to get up close to the snakes. You can't really tell, but there are actually two boas curled up together.
