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Uh oh

So it looks like my luck might be running out. 2.0, as we are referring to our newest family member, is a big boy. He is in the 80% and if I go to 40 weeks, it looks like he will be around 8 1/2 lbs. The Gremlin wasn't even 6 lbs. This is going to be interesting.

He even looks big in his ultrasound photos. Here is a shot from yesterday. That is his face (eyes on the sides, nose and lips in the center) and then a hand on his right cheek. He definitely has full cheeks.
As I was telling a friend yesterday, the Gremlin is as ready as we can make her. She gives lots of hugs to her baby doll and likes to put blankets on everyone. We added the infant bath tub to the bath last night and she wanted to sit in it. She also loves sitting in her old bouncy seat and bouncing up and down. Hopefully once there is someone else in the seat she will stop that. When you ask her where her brother is hiding sometimes she points at her belly, sometimes she repeats the "hiding" portion of your question, sometimes she says "momma" and sometimes she just looks at you with a blank look on her face. O'well. We'll get there.

The real question is, can the Monster and her Majesty handle another one?

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