fall and lost

tonight was laundry night. dave works at the country club and i go to my parents to do our weekly mountain of laundry. it is a nice time during the week to spend some time with my family. it is so beautiful out here now...fall is in full swing now! complete with sweater weather and visions of pumpkins and apples.

i had my 4 month dr. appt. yesterday. i heard the heartbeat again and he said that everything is going fine. i have gained 5 lbs. in the last month (probably the ones you lost ash!) which is actually pretty good. the next 2 months they say i should gain 1-2 lbs. a week. yikes! i'm still in the in between stage. just starting to show, but if you don't know i'm pregnant, you just think i'm fat. all my clothes are stretched to the limit, but maternity clothes are still too big. some days i feel fat and ugly. but i have to remember it's normal! the good news is that i started feeling the baby move this past week! sometimes i lay on my back with my hand on my stomach and every once in a while, i feel a little kick! like someone's poking me from inside. but what i feel most often is him or her moving. like they are flipping over or turning around. sometimes it's a big bulge sticking out and then goes back in. it feels weird! but i love it! i can't wait until i feel him more often, without having to lie still. it's subtle. but i know it's there. in 2 weeks, i have my first ultrasound! i am very excited! dave can come with me, but we have firmly decided that we will wait until he is born to find out if it is a girl or boy! i go back and forth calling it 'him' and 'her'. whatever comes out at the moment.

as for the first episode of LOST...dave didn't really like it, but i think it was very good. i have been going on some message boards and reading other people's thoughts on the show and some of what i've read has made quite alot of sense. stuff like, after the earthquake, all of the others ran out and looked around and then ben (henry) came out and looked immediately to the sky, BEFORE they heard the plane. he knew something had happened. there is speculation that the island is in a dome, like in the truman show, or just protected by a shield so that no one in the outside world can see it. when desmond didn't put the numbers in back in season 2, it lowered the shield momentarily, just enough for the plane to crash through. and when the key was turned, the shield once again was lowered again so that the outside world could get a glimpse, hence, penelope's 2 guys in the artic were able to locate either, a locater on desmond's boat, or the electromagnetic field. i'm not sure which one. as for the polar bears, we now know where they came from, the old zoo that sawyer and kate are being held in. that explains the horse kate saw too. those are my thoughts thus far...we'll have to discuss this as the show goes on. i'd love to hear what anyone has to offer!