My eyebrows look fabulous....seriously! I have always had bushy "Brooke-Shieldsy"(without the manicured look and great body, of course Laughing ) eyebrows...and over the years, my mom and some of my friends have politely suggested that I pluck them.

They have thinned out so beautifully! I know it seems like something silly to get excited about, but I never thought my eyebrows could....look so good! Laughing I need to take a picture so that when all of this is done I can fix them like this again! Mr. Green

I'm finally feeling better again too...though I have to admit being really tired. I can't figure out how much is pregnancy and how much is the after-effects of the chemo. I laid down with Aidan yesterday to watch Monster AG (Monsters Inc) and I slept soundly while he laid next to me watching. (Thank goodness there were no pens/crayons laying around!). Then, when Amanda and Alex got home at 2.45, I just couldn't get out of bed. Amanda took Aidan while I kept saying "5 more minutes". I had to get her to her geography lesson at the Montessori school by 3.30 and we ended up being 10 minutes late because I just couldn't get up. Part of the problem is that I simply can't sleep at night...the prednisone doesn't help, but baby dancing on my bladder is my biggest obstacle! Mr. Green I'd rather have her dancing away though..it gives me comfort...in...discomfort. Confused

I feel like I'm on an emotional roller coaster some days...feeling hopeful about everything one minute and then hit by the gravity of it all the next. For the most part, I feel sure that everything is going to be fine. I even believe that we're going to get much farther with the pregnancy than my OB thinks. I just have this "feeling" that Zoe is going to be fine lately. At the same time, I am overcome with periods of sadness that seem to come out of the blue. I'm driving to pick up one of the kids or to an u/sound or to take Aidan to the toddler play area and suddenly I'm sobbing....It's weird.

My brother-in-law has been emailing Thomas lately. This is another new attempt on both of their parts to connect emotionally. In one of his last emails, he suggested that he had talked to my mil and that she *might* be willing to come...but that she was feeling too overwhelmed by our children. Rolling Eyes I wrote to Klaus (in an attempt to reconnct with him too) and then gently mentioned that though we love mil, her 'support' over the last few months has left something to be desired. I mentioned that Thomas feels badly after talking to her...that I know that she is also stressed out, but that right now Thomas needs emotional support and not criticism.

He basically wrote me back and told me he knew exactly what I was talking about it and he'd take care of it without her knowing that I'd said anything...since then, we've had a really nice email exchange.

This morning, I opened up my inbox to another letter from him: He wanted to let me know that I am the best thing that ever happened to Thomas.....(well, of course meanie ) and it just made me cry.

I'm happy that we are all starting to connect again...I'm sad that this is happening...I'm hopeful that this will all turn out fine and that I'll become a stronger/better person for the experience...but...I wish it were behind me already. Some days I feel like I sit at home kind of counting the hours until the next day starts....only x more days until I'm 28 weeks kind of thinking.

Well, I'm off to the toddler play area!