I've officially given up on my "regular" jeans. I've got a stash of larger-waisted jeans that I'll wear until I have to do the rubber-band-on-the-button thing, and then i guess it's maternity time. ugh.
Trav and I went out to eat with his coworkers last night, to celebrate 3 pregancies, a birthday, a promotion, and a new house. I really enjoy them so much. What a fun group of people! We are so lucky. I went to pilates this morning with Travis's coworker's wife, who is due in October. The class is designed for expecting moms, and although I was one of the earliest along, it was still a pretty good challenge. I think I will be surprised tomorrow to see what aches. I think it'll be good for me to do, since it's geared to strengthening muscles that make carrying and deliverying a baby much easier. Just what I need! It sure would be nice if I could get out of bed before 6:30 some days to ride my bike in the basement, even for 20 minutes would be helpful. Now that I'm escaping the first trimester, maybe I"ll feel more like it.
Emily is a joy these days. She's picking up more words, which is nice because when she howls at me ("UNHHHHHH!!!!") I can talk to her and ask her to use words to tell me nicely. It's taking about 90% of my available patience, but I can see that it's working. She's also a bit clumsy these days, and she's got a quarter-sized faint bruise on her cheek today from where she biffed it onto the end table a few days ago.
Big news - the porch is DONE!!! and it's beautiful!! The carpet was laid down on Thursday, and that evening Travis installed the floor outlet. None of the tools that were moved off the porch in order to lay the carpet were moved back out there, so it's officially playspace now! It is so gorgeous - I love it!! We had a thunderstorm last night right after Emily went to bed, and it was so peaceful standing out there listening to it rain.
I have an amazing life. :)
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
An accurate depiction of my life
So there are some details that don't exactly apply, but for the most part, I couldn't agree with the author of this article more:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30232062/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30232062/
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
18-months
Several milestones come with turning 18 months old:
Pictures this morning! Emily wore a purple dress with white polka-dots and hot pink butterflies for pockets. The gal didn't do a fantastic job, only taking 9 pictures, but I got a couple cute ones and that's really all I wanted. I'll probably go someplace "real" for her 2-year pictures instead of Sears.
Doctor's appointment tomorrow. She'll have more shots, which is too bad, but she'll be going to Amanda's in the afternoon so I especially hope she does all right with them. I am going to ask the doctor if there's anything to be concerned with Emily still having 3-4 messy diapers a day, and fairly often at night. I had the thought that maybe she isn't getting the nutrition from the food she eats, because it goes through her so quickly. Her appetite is a lot to keep up with!
Half birthday, kind of. On her half-birthday, her dad was gone up to Ames to have a wild college evening with his brother before he graduates, so only half of her parents were home. I had half a cake leftover, and I wished her a happy half-birthday and I think she only halfway understood. :)
In our yard, there are several leftovers from the previous owners who did outdoor lawn decorations. One of them is a big wooden bunny, and Emily loves it! It's about a foot tall and its ears are the perfect handle for her to drag it around the yard, saying "BUNNY!" enthusiastically. It's so funny! Today was the first really nice day we've had in a while, and I can tell that Emily is going to be a real outdoors girl. She loves digging in the dirt and running in the grass, and she cried and cried and cried when we came inside tonight to go to bed. We have a bucket swing that Trav is going to try to hang from our maple tree in the yard, so Emily will be in 7th heaven with that! Now I've just gotta get my garden planted...
I've had a harder and harder time eating good food lately. It seems like the only thing that sounds good to me is sugar, because it's cold and odorless. I've had a lot of PB sandwiches and cereal lately. I'm trying to work some raw veggies in, but it's pretty unappetizing. I reheated some cooked chicken for Travis and Emily to eat for dinner tonight, and I about yakked when I caught a whiff of it as I opened the gladware container.
Oh, and my pants are pretty tight around the waist these days. I guess I'll have to start doing the rubber-band thing pretty soon. *sigh*
Pictures this morning! Emily wore a purple dress with white polka-dots and hot pink butterflies for pockets. The gal didn't do a fantastic job, only taking 9 pictures, but I got a couple cute ones and that's really all I wanted. I'll probably go someplace "real" for her 2-year pictures instead of Sears.
Doctor's appointment tomorrow. She'll have more shots, which is too bad, but she'll be going to Amanda's in the afternoon so I especially hope she does all right with them. I am going to ask the doctor if there's anything to be concerned with Emily still having 3-4 messy diapers a day, and fairly often at night. I had the thought that maybe she isn't getting the nutrition from the food she eats, because it goes through her so quickly. Her appetite is a lot to keep up with!
Half birthday, kind of. On her half-birthday, her dad was gone up to Ames to have a wild college evening with his brother before he graduates, so only half of her parents were home. I had half a cake leftover, and I wished her a happy half-birthday and I think she only halfway understood. :)
In our yard, there are several leftovers from the previous owners who did outdoor lawn decorations. One of them is a big wooden bunny, and Emily loves it! It's about a foot tall and its ears are the perfect handle for her to drag it around the yard, saying "BUNNY!" enthusiastically. It's so funny! Today was the first really nice day we've had in a while, and I can tell that Emily is going to be a real outdoors girl. She loves digging in the dirt and running in the grass, and she cried and cried and cried when we came inside tonight to go to bed. We have a bucket swing that Trav is going to try to hang from our maple tree in the yard, so Emily will be in 7th heaven with that! Now I've just gotta get my garden planted...
I've had a harder and harder time eating good food lately. It seems like the only thing that sounds good to me is sugar, because it's cold and odorless. I've had a lot of PB sandwiches and cereal lately. I'm trying to work some raw veggies in, but it's pretty unappetizing. I reheated some cooked chicken for Travis and Emily to eat for dinner tonight, and I about yakked when I caught a whiff of it as I opened the gladware container.
Oh, and my pants are pretty tight around the waist these days. I guess I'll have to start doing the rubber-band thing pretty soon. *sigh*
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Chatterbox
Emily is really talking now! I would list all the words I know she can say, but it would be ridiculous and I'd leave out half of them. Pretty much, if she knows what the word means and you say it clearly to her, she'll try it back. With Easter around the corner, her "Bunny!" is particularly amusing. She wore her bunny sweatervest today at Amanda's, and thoroughly enjoyed it. She also has bunny ears that she wears, and loves the bunnies on her puzzles and in her books. I could barely tear her away from her puzzles tonight to have a bath, even though she was exhausted and she loves bathtime. I guess she was loving her puzzles even more!
We had a fantastic visit from my sister's family this past weekend. Emily had SO much fun with her cousins, and we all had an easy, fun visit together. Pictures of the 4 beauties posted at the regular site, of course. When Emily went to daycare on Monday, she slept TWO HOURS more than normal, so she was good and worn out! I'm pretty tired too, though, and I seem to have caught a bizarre cold. My neck hurts and I've got a bit of a sore throat, and my sinuses are a bit congested. Weird.
I had my first doctor's appointment Monday with my new doctor's office, and everything went just fine! They couldn't hear the heartbeat just by listening, so they did an ultrasound, and I got to actually see my baby!!! S/He looks like a little teddy graham, with only buds for arms and legs and a giant head in comparison. It was so cool. :) They'll do another ultrasound at about 20 weeks, which gives us 11 weeks to hash out the whole "finding out" issue. Any thoughts on how to convince Travis to leave it as a surprise? I guess I don't have to be so old-school, and it would be all right to know, but it was so much fun to be surprised. Travis was happy to know that there's only one baby in there - which is something I hadn't thought about but I am also glad to know!
Okay, here's a crack at the word list, just because it's so incredible:
NO, dog (wuvuv), bird, bunny, meow, moo, baa, duck (kack), chicken (kluck), neigh-neigh!, kock-koo [that would be a rooster], shhhh [fish], blubbleblubble [butterfly], more, moon, clock, shooooooes, tie-tie, pat-pat, rock-rock, dry-dry, wash-wash, potty, comb, gentle, blanket, baby, nana, yooooh [yogurt], pancake, waff[le], cccchhhh [cheese, which is not voiced], nooo [noodles], purple, Mom, Dad, Mana [Amanda], Easter, puzzle, and various attempts at names including J.T., Emma, and Sarah. In the car and when on her tractor, there's lots of vroom-vroom and beep-beep! She also loves singing - any time, any place. With books, for bedtime, while playing, in the car, she always asks for more when the song is over.
Today after we got home, we played the most hilarious game in the front yard. Emily likes to play on our front steps, and at one point she happened to sit in the soft, mulchy dirt beside the steps. I dusted off her little bottom, and she thought that was the funniest thing! So she sat in the dirt again, purposefully, and laughed and laughed and laughed when I cleaned her off. There were people walking their dogs and kids going by on tricycles, and birds in the front lawn to chase, so we had a nice little outdoor time. What a happy girl - now that she's caught up on sleep!
We had a fantastic visit from my sister's family this past weekend. Emily had SO much fun with her cousins, and we all had an easy, fun visit together. Pictures of the 4 beauties posted at the regular site, of course. When Emily went to daycare on Monday, she slept TWO HOURS more than normal, so she was good and worn out! I'm pretty tired too, though, and I seem to have caught a bizarre cold. My neck hurts and I've got a bit of a sore throat, and my sinuses are a bit congested. Weird.
I had my first doctor's appointment Monday with my new doctor's office, and everything went just fine! They couldn't hear the heartbeat just by listening, so they did an ultrasound, and I got to actually see my baby!!! S/He looks like a little teddy graham, with only buds for arms and legs and a giant head in comparison. It was so cool. :) They'll do another ultrasound at about 20 weeks, which gives us 11 weeks to hash out the whole "finding out" issue. Any thoughts on how to convince Travis to leave it as a surprise? I guess I don't have to be so old-school, and it would be all right to know, but it was so much fun to be surprised. Travis was happy to know that there's only one baby in there - which is something I hadn't thought about but I am also glad to know!
Okay, here's a crack at the word list, just because it's so incredible:
NO, dog (wuvuv), bird, bunny, meow, moo, baa, duck (kack), chicken (kluck), neigh-neigh!, kock-koo [that would be a rooster], shhhh [fish], blubbleblubble [butterfly], more, moon, clock, shooooooes, tie-tie, pat-pat, rock-rock, dry-dry, wash-wash, potty, comb, gentle, blanket, baby, nana, yooooh [yogurt], pancake, waff[le], cccchhhh [cheese, which is not voiced], nooo [noodles], purple, Mom, Dad, Mana [Amanda], Easter, puzzle, and various attempts at names including J.T., Emma, and Sarah. In the car and when on her tractor, there's lots of vroom-vroom and beep-beep! She also loves singing - any time, any place. With books, for bedtime, while playing, in the car, she always asks for more when the song is over.
Today after we got home, we played the most hilarious game in the front yard. Emily likes to play on our front steps, and at one point she happened to sit in the soft, mulchy dirt beside the steps. I dusted off her little bottom, and she thought that was the funniest thing! So she sat in the dirt again, purposefully, and laughed and laughed and laughed when I cleaned her off. There were people walking their dogs and kids going by on tricycles, and birds in the front lawn to chase, so we had a nice little outdoor time. What a happy girl - now that she's caught up on sleep!
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