Not much to update

I've been thinking about needing to post, but there really isn't much to update. The kids and I are getting a little tired of being cooped up in the house, but hopefully we will be getting the van fixed (FINALLY!) in the next couple of weeks. I am almost at 16 weeks, so the nausea and exhaustion is starting to fade a bit the closer I get to my fourth month. Just a couple days until I'm officially in my second trimester. We are already almost two weeks from finding out the sex, but I'm already thinking that I know it's a girl. We'll see how good my intuition still is. I was right with the other two, and I think Deb is having a boy and this is a girl. It will be interesting to find out for sure.
Asher is a ridiculously active little guy. I cannot believe all the crap he manages to get into. Another reason I can't wait to be able to leave the house again. I WANT MY VAN! Lol. Luckily, Mara is such a good helper. She's good at either stopping him or coming to tell me what he's doing, usually. Sometimes she joins in the mischief-making. So thanks to my being so tired and his constant energy and mess making, the house is a complete disaster, but I honestly just don't care anymore. Whatever I manage to get cleaned with the little energy I have is completely destroyed almost immediately, so I've pretty much just given up. We are hoping to move when our lease is up in May, so I'm kind of holding off until it's just time to pack. Or until the "nesting" kicks in. I'm just ready to get out of this place, thank you army upbringing. We are going to try to get our own house. Hopes aren't too high, but we will see.

It's a baby!

I had my 12 week appointment today, even though I am 13 weeks. It was very cool. The Women's Center is in the same building as the hospital. Normally, I would go downstairs for my ultrasound at 18 weeks. The Center has a contract with the hospital that they send their patients down for ultrasounds, so they previously were not allowed their own ultrasound machine. I guess some other place in the building got a machine, so the Women's Center said that they should be able to have one too, for sneak peeks. So they now have their own ultrasound machine and we got to see and hear the heartbeat, instead of just listen to it. It was so neat. Normally the baby looks pretty big at the ultrasounds. Today the little thing was not much bigger than a peanut, but we could clearly see the arms and legs and see him/her kicking and waving and swimming. It was so cool. Tim and I felt it was much more special than any of our other ultrasounds, just because it is still so early. It's just amazing how it's a baby with appendages, but it is just so small. Mara came with us. She was so good and just so excited. She jhad and just kept saying, "Aww, it's so cute!" The doctor even gave her her very own picture.
Also, I am excited that the office actually encourages you to try a VBAC. (Vaginal birth after caesarean. Sorry if that's too much info) I think my doctor enjoys how flexible and easygoing I am. She asked what my birth plan was and I told her I would like to try for a vbac. If it doesn't happen, oh well, and we know a little bit more about my babies and how they like to get tangled up, so if there is no progression I'm okay with just going ahead with the c section instead of waiting to see what happens. That almost ended badly the last time. She seemed pretty excited and happy about my answer and said I had a great attitude about it and we were on the same page. The only thing is, they won't induce with a vbac. I had to be induced with both of my kids a week AFTER I was due, first for toxemia and then for low fluid. My babies don't like to come out on their own. If I don't go into labor on my own by 39 weeks, they will schedule the section. I don't have high hopes of going into labor on my own, but we will see.