12 weeks, 4 days, and all's well!

Hallo, again.  So sorry I abruptly dropped off the edge of the blogosphere.  See, I got pregnant, and then I (rapidly/consequently) got sick.  Very sick.  But, I'm once again capable of typing, so with the help of Zofran and whatever bizarre-but-effective-food-of-the-day my body desires, I resume.  (Did-ya-miss-me?!)

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Since food is not so much my friend right now, I'm not posting a recipe today.  Also, this is due to the Husband cooking dinner tonight (Dutch Baby Pancakes) and, well, he was super-hungry and we didn't take pictures.  Our sincere apology. 

But, they tasted amazing, with Nutella.  (Sidenote: Husband is now amazing at cooking.  No joke.  AMAZING.)  We'll post the recipe someday.

However, in lieu of today's food blog - since most of the world seems to be interested in the same essential questions/answers, let me set the record(s) straight here.  Then, you'll be SO in-the-know. 

(And I can refer inquiring relatives to this URL.)

Random Oft-Asked-For Details:

- No, we aren't finding out Little One's gender – we’re excited to wait, and be surprised.  =)  But, we're not fans of the standard Idaho sobriquet for gender-unknown babies ("Spud"), so we're compromising and calling him/her "Tater Tot."  Cute, no?

- Tater Tot is due in early December.  Yay, a Christmas-music baby!!

- Our gender-neutral color of choice is mint green.  (And white, but.... y'know - that's hardly worth reporting.  And our entire house interior is white, so... we thought that was handy – one less color to register for...)

- We are pretty sure we're only having ONE child, but I'll admit to having many, many thoughts of twins.  (Maybe because I'm paranoid.  Maybe because of the immense pressure inside me, that does NOT seem to be one-lime-sized, but might just be two-limes-sized.  Or... maybe because I'm paranoid.)

- No, I haven't (yet) read that child-related book you're (enthusiastically) recommending - but I can likely recite the MayoClinic website results for any symptom you can query.  Maybe once I regain the ability to eat, say, vegetables - then I'll work on reading all the books I should.  Send me a list, k?

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Things I Want To Remember:

(1)  Have a contigency plan for if both adults ever become deathly ill, simutaneously.  It gets awkward when one of you is clutching the toilet hysterically, and the other one has passed out and is now twitching, four feet away.  I mean, seriously - this could be a Driver's Ed question: Who is (less) safe driving to the hospital?

(2)  People who bring meals are angels.

(3)  Never again will I sweetly sympathize with a terribly-sick, pregnant woman from afar.  I will go to her house, do her laundry, and clean her bathroom.

(4)  You will eat strange things when pregnant.  Me, health-fanatic that I am, craved bowling-alley hotdogs, double-cheeseburgers, and *gag* Kraft Mac-N-Cheese (with mustard on top), in spite of myself.  No joke.

Evidently, it’s truly ineluctable.  May I never judge again...