Today I'm having a very hard time functioning with all of the noise and activity of the three kids. I like to think it's because I'm functioning on much less caffeine than I used to, but that's probably not it. Before I became pregnant, I had gotten into the habit of drinking a couple cups of coffee each day, but for the last five weeks I've had absolutely no desire for coffee. It's actually rather repulsive to me right now. I also rarely drink pop because the sweetness is almost too cloying right now. This is actually the first pregnancy where I've felt like that.

I was supposed to go to my first prenatal appointment yesterday, but I rescheduled for this Thursday because the weather wasn't too great. We received about eight inches of snow between Sunday evening and Monday evening. It's a very light, fluffy snow, so shoveling was too hard. I think this is probably the latest I've ever had my first prenatal appointment - 10 weeks - but I remember thinking at my first with Ella (around 7 or so weeks), "Okay, what's the point of coming this early?"

I had my first pregnancy dream for this pregnancy. The really bizarre part was that I wasn't present for the birth. Cory and our doula were there, and I stayed at home with the other kids. I had a boy - 9 lbs. 5 oz. - that we named Raimi after Sam Raimi, the director of the Spiderman movies. I'm pretty sure we won't actually be naming the baby that, but it makes me wonder if there will be any connection between him and the name we eventually choose.

That's about it from here. I should post some pictures of the kids, although I haven't been taking a lot of pictures lately.