Denver

Well, Jackson took his first trip on an airplane -- in utero! He handled himself well for the most part. Mama was a little nervous about the plane ride, but everything was OK!
He even met mamma's friends Lynnea and Annemarie. But we had to delay our dinner with Annemarie because Jackson must have been too nervous to meet her....he made Mamma sick...again!
I had to tell Annemarie over the phone that I'm pregnant, instead of in person like I was hoping...I mean, I had to explain to her why I couldn't come over for dinner. I thought telling her I just didn't feel good wouldn't cut it.
She was excited about the baby!
When I did finally see Annemarie, she and I called Megs and told her, which was fun! The three of us are planning a girls weekend and Megs was hoping for Miami or New Orleans, but Annemarie decided Minneapolis, and helping me with the nursery would be good. How thoughtful. And next year, when she's pregnant, we'll do the same in Denver.
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Lynnea and I quickly realized that we are going to have to scale down our hiking trip in November. She, Faye and I have been planning the trip for almost a year, but hiking 12 miles in a day is just not going to work for me and the bambino. She was SO excited too, and was more than willing to change it.
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I think Jackson is going to be stubborn. On my first day of class, I forgot to pack a granola bar for a mid-morning snack, so when lunchtime came around, I was ravenous! I took a few bites of the spaghetti, and Jackson immediately let me know how he felt about that! He either doesn't like Italian food, or he was getting back at me because he was so hungry and I didn't feed him. Um, point taken Jackson.

The score: Jackson 300, Mama 0

I'm in week 5, and Jackson is the size of an apple seed. But he's starting to grow all of his organs, which is just plain wild!