1/22/2003 02:53:10 PM|||Amy|||Thanks, L! Those pictures are so sweet.

I wish I could move to SF, but where would we live? And where would I find affordable daycare that isn't a crack den?

But, I would love to have your job. I hate being a secretary. People wanting me to mail their stupid packages all the time and kiss their Ph.D. heinies. I told my boss this morning who is the admin. manager around here that to build trust with one of my PIs I may need to start bringing baked goods in regularly as a "special" treat for her and her beloved lab. I would love to work someplace that has singing workmen and a bunch of people who love, adore and respect me for all the wonderful things I do for them.

Unless this baby is late, his/her birthday will be in late August. She's (yes, I already think I'm having another girl) due September 6 on my calculation, and she will probably be a 38 week baby like her big brother and sister which puts her around August 25. Maybe she'll share her Daddy's birthday on August 27.

My boss, who is one of the kindest women I've ever known, told me I should take Friday off and get some sleep. She and one of my other PIs told me today that I look really tired. I didn't think I looked all that bad, but apparently I appear to be exhausted (judging from their looks of pity). But, actually, I am no more tired than usual. In fact, lately I've been getting more sleep than I used to get.

The symptoms aren't so bad right now (hence my worry). I feel generally icky in the mornings and early afternoon, but by mid-afternoon things begin to pick up. I've only thrown up once so far, but in the first two pregnancies the symptoms didn't even begin until week 8. This one's getting an earlier start.

I have to pray that this baby is okay. I have a terrible feeling about this one, but it may be more connected to my anxiety about having #3 so unexpectedly than to any actual reality of a baby in trouble.

I've started thinking about names. If the baby is a boy, then our current favorite (which is a name left over from Lauren) is Kieran (or Ciaran) Michael Scott or Kieran (or Ciaran) Scott Michael. A girl's name is going to be much, much harder to choose as the battle over Lauren's name is still fresh in our minds. This morning I thought about Noelle because the baby was conceived after a Christmas party. Or Boo Boo, for the same reason.|||87859166|||