My first appointment with the midwives was today, and ours found the heartbeat right away and lost it—but it’s hard to find at ten weeks and we were lucky to find it in the first place. So, that’s the long and short of it. My due date is March 19th, which means I expect to see a baby about two and a half weeks earlier.

Madeline turned two today (technically in about an hour), so I baked an angel food cake and ordered pizza. The kids wrapped her presents while I tidied up the kitchen and waited for pizza to arrive. After cake and copious amounts of whipped cream, she went upstairs to play with her Mr. & Mrs. Potato Heads. They were definitely a big hit.