08.28.08
Maybe what I need is a vanilla ice cream cone dipped in chocolate!?
Ice cream and chocolate usually solves all the worlds problem, doesn’t it?
I’ve been pretty lamo when it comes to blogging lately. Not sure what my problem is. Not enough ice cream and chocolate? Hhmmm, don’t think that’s it. Whatever it is, I’m hoping a nice long, relaxing, holiday weekend will do the trick.
Well if you call relaxing painting, landscaping, cleaning, organizing and building stuff.
The wacked out emotions have really kicked in the past week or so. Maybe that’s my problem? I break down crying over the littlest of things. It’s so annoying. And then I cry some more because I’m annoyed at myself. And then I get tired. And then I cry some more. My back also really hurts bad and that makes me cry too. I’m really trying hard to appreciate every second of this pregnancy because I know it might not ever happen again. And then when I think about that I cry too! Goodness gracious girl, get a grip!
Ok, enough about that! Yesterday went great. Perfect in fact. And I have some great pictures to show you but I’ve lost my camera cord again. Hopefully I’ll also find that this weekend.
So watch out world. I’ll be back in full swing blogging mode next week. Hopefully. If all the painting, landscaping, cleaning, organizing and building stuff doesn’t kill me!
Hope you have a great weekend. Make some good memories! See you soon!
08.26.08
Belle’s big day!
Tomorrow (Wednesday) is that day that Belle officially becomes a part of our family! Our court hearing is at 10:00 am and we’re told it will take just 15 minutes or so. Then we’re having a special party and have invited all our family and friends over for lunch. You’re invited too! If you live near by come over between 11:30 am – 1:00 pm to celebrate with us. (Email me for directions.)
Thanks for your prayers for our miracle girl.
08.25.08
Payback
Timothy, aka The Prankster, delivered his payback this weekend. Little stinker.
Unfortunately Hubby didn’t even get experience it to the full extent that me and Belle did because he was outside.
Here’s the scene:
Ceiling fan off.
Time to turn off the air conditioning and open the windows.
Ceiling fan on.
Confetti everywhere.
Oh yes he did. He put those little decoration confetti pieces, the ones you see at graduations and parties, on the blades of our ceiling fan. Oh and he also turned the fan on high so when I turned it on…well, let me know show you.
Here’s a little closer view…
And yet a little closer…
Little stinker.
He leaves for college in three days. Three days to think of an amazing payback for the payback. Watch out Prankster!
08.22.08
The last first day of high school
Princess started school this week. She’s a senior which means she thinks she needs to leave us next year and go to college. Ya I know, crazy.
Hubby decided to make whatever Princess wanted for breakfast on her first day. Per her request, he made a yummy omelet. Unfortunately him and I were running late so we didn’t get one. Sad. Here she is getting ready to enjoy it.
And here she is, our little girl almost all grown up ready to head out the door. Don’t you just love her yellow shirt. It’s for sure her favorite – that’s why she’s wearing it. Actually she’s wearing it because she was told she had to wear it because she’s on a welcoming team for the incoming freshman. The things you’ll do to make your scholarship application look good!
Don’t you also love the baby gate? It adds a lot to the decor doesn’t it. I have a funny story to tell you about how Princess couldn’t get out of the basement because she couldn’t figure out how to open the gate. But I’ll tell you about that later when I know she isn’t reading this!
Here’s another one of the hippest yellow shirt wearing chic in school – this time with the doggies, Ed and Allie wishing her a good day.
I’m trying to enjoy these last memories of HS we’re making with Princess and not dwell on the fact that she’s grown up so fast and that life will be just downright icky without her around all the time. She’s the most amazing young woman. She does a great job of honoring her parents (most of the time) and is the world’s best sister. We love her so much and pray that God will continue to use her and stretch her and work in her life. And we pray that this year will be the best one yet!
08.20.08
Don’t think just post more pictures
Ok, that’s sounds like a plan. I can’t really think of much right now anyway. I’m feeling a little overwhelmtion lately with things at work and then every day feeling a little different physically just throws me out of wack. So I’m although you’re probably overloaded with pictures and are dying for a little wit and wisdom from yours truly (ha ha, there’s some wit for ya) the pictures will just have to do for now. Don’t worry I only have about 3874 to show you.
Princess and Belle having some cuddle time.
Belle taking her first “topless” Jeep ride. Woo hoo!
Belle throwing up her rock fist. Woot woot! Princess texting.
Belle glaring at mommy. Princess still texting.
More flowers with mommy.
08.19.08
More fair time!
Last week Hubby, Belle, Princess, Prankster and I went to the fair. Here are some of our memories…
…Eating corndogs.
…Eating lamb chislic (no we really didn’t feed her lamb chislic).
…Going to the mud races…races that included a Jeep.
…Belle cheering at the mud races.
…Visiting the animals.
…Eating homemade ice cream.
…Belle playing the duck game (again).
…Belle winning a stuffed animal (again). She actually played it a second time and won again! Thus the pink cat thing you see in the ice cream picture. I’m beginning to think she’s in cahoots with these carnival workers!
Please do not tell my doctor, Bradley class instructor or husband…
…that in the last seven days I have been to the Dairy Queen five times to get a medium vanilla cone dipped in chocolate.
Oh yes I have.
08.18.08
It’s my kitchen and I’ll cry if I want to
You would think that becoming a mom would create this huge desire in my heart to cook. You would think that after 16 years of being on my own, an adult, that I would actually learn how to cook. Well you’re thinking wrong.
Before Belle came I was a pretty good cook. Ok, maybe pretty good is stretching it. But I could make supper for my family every night of the week with hardly ever inducing waves of nausea or turned up noses. And I loved to cook. I loved making my menu every single week. And sticking to it. It was never anything fancy but my family ate it and for the most part liked what I made.
Since Belle came home not only do I no longer have a desire to cook, I stink at it. STINK STINK STINK. At least half of the time, maybe more, what I make tastes horrible, gets burned, is undercooked, or turns into some sort of scientific experiment gone wrong. Some nights it’s just down right scary.
And it’s gotten even worse since Little Pip came along. I didn’t think it could get worse. I also didn’t think my lack of cooking desire and cooking success would bring me to a complete breakdown. But that’s exactly what it did.
It was a normal night. I had plenty of time. I had what I thought was a good, fairly simple recipe. Scalloped potatoes and ham. How can ANYONE mess that up? Well if anyone is me, then it’s possible. After cooking it the time indicated on the recipe the potatoes weren’t even close to being done. So I cooked it a little longer. Then it started to turn green. Seriously. After cooking it at least 30 minutes more I figured it was done. It certainly didn’t look very pretty.
I set it on the table and Hubby says, “It looks green”. And I thought, please do not say another word or I will scratch your eyes out.
I didn’t even dish up any on my plate because I knew. I knew disaster was looming. Hubby scooped a big spoonful on his plate and started eating, pretending to actually like it. He couldn’t hardly even stab the potatoes with his fork they were so hard. And there was nothing but silence.
And that’s when it happened. I lost it. I started crying. Actually, weeping and sobbing. I ran to the bathroom because what idiot cries over ruined scalloped potatoes and ham?
My heart was breaking. I was devastated because I couldn’t provide for my family. What kind of wife and mother am I? Why in the world am I praying for a miracle that would allow me to be a stay at home mom when I can’t do something simple like make supper. Now I know making supper has nothing to do with my ability to be a good wife and mother. But at that moment it did. At that moment I was a complete failure and there was nothing right with the world.
After attempting to compose myself I went back out to the kitchen. Hubby had the sense to wrap me in a big hug and tell me it was ok. And then he made me a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with a huge glass of milk. I guess in that moment life was ok after all.
At least until it was time to make supper again.
08.16.08
Cherish every moment
May your deeds be shown to your servants, your splendor to their children. May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish the work of our hands for us – yes, establish the work of our hands. Psalm 90: 16-17
08.15.08
23 weeks and a whole lotta randomness
Princess told me on Wednesday night that I didn’t even look pregnant. That sweet sweet girl, someone give her a new car or something. Personally I think I look HUGE and I can’t believe how I could possibly get any bigger.
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My friends and co-workers have been laughing alot lately. I say things like “How could I possibly get any bigger?”. Or “My back aches so bad, sniff sniff.”. And then they laugh. I don’t think they are laughing at me though.
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To snip or not to snip…that is the question. And it’s a question Hubby does not want to deal with. But I’m sorry, he has to deal. We learned all we could ever want to learn about circumcision last week at our Bradley class. Yikes. Whoa mama. Why again were we praying for a boy?
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If you are trying to explain to your 9 1/2 month old that she’ll be a big sister in four short months and she throws up all over you does that mean she’s not happy about being a big sister?
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OH. MY. GOODNESS. Although Hubby doesn’t agree yet we have found the name for our Little Pip. A few years ago my mom said that we were going to have a boy some day and name him Jacob. Jacob is one of my favorite names, in fact it’s probably my #1 choice. Unfortunately Hubby is a pain in the rear and for some crazy reason doesn’t want Little Pip to be Jacob.
My cousin Sarah and her two kiddos were over the other day and I was talking to her daughter J. You met J. here. J. is very special to our family. Very very special. So I decided that I would ask her what we should name our little boy. She thought for a few seconds and then said… Jacob. OH. YES. SHE. DID. PEOPLE. I did not even give her a clue or anything. Is that not a sign that Little Pip should be Jacob? You all have my permission to email Hubby and explain this to him. His email is hubby@stubbornismymiddlename.org. (Just kidding, that’s not his email. But you can pray that he’ll get a clue).
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Other than the back pain I’m feeling good. I’ve started going to a chiropractor and it’s helped alot. Plus I’m sitting on my fancy birthing ball at work. That has made a huge difference. If you have an office job you need to get a birthing ball. If you’re not pregnant you can call it an exercise ball if calling it a birthing ball makes you feel weird or something. Seriously it’s so comfortable.
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We watched a video at our Bradley class of a delivery. I’m sorry, but that just won’t work for me. Even now thinking about that HUGE head coming out of you know where makes me want to faint. The lady in the video talked about not being scared because she was so knowledgeable after going through Bradley classes. Well yes I’ll be knowledgeable and I’m so thankful for that but I’M STILL SCARED!
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Here she is, the lady who’s almost 6 months pregnant that has a silly silly step-daughter who tells her she doesn’t look pregnant. Now you can all email Princess and tell her how crazy she is!
Here’s a close up. Whoa mama!
Here’s a comparison of me at 20 weeks and 23 weeks…
And here’s a comparison of me at 10 weeks and 23 weeks…
Looking at these pictures totally freaks me out. I look HUGE! I know that’s the point of this whole journey but nonetheless, it still freaks me out.
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Have you noticed I’ve said HUGE alot in this post. Hhmmm, I wonder why!?
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Yesterday I bought a few Jeep things for the babies. I’m not really a Jeep crazy like Hubby but it was still fun. I can’t wait for Hubby to see what I got. One of the items is SO COOL because it combines one of my favorite things with Hubby’s favorite thing (Jeep of course). I’ll keep you guessing as to what one of my favorite things would be.
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With that word of suspense I’m off to work bounce on my birthing ball! Have a good day/weekend!
