... When No One Else is Watching

Putting it out There

My stomach and, I'm assuming, the baby are not big fans of food right now. BUT! I have found one item that my tummy seems to love and it's not at all good for me. Have any of you had a cheeseburger from Sonic? Yeah, me neither, until today, and OH. MY. GOSH! I don't know if it's the pregnancy or if they are really just that good but baby likey! And I love that I have been able to eat it and keep it in the stomach. Now I have to make sure I stay away from that place - I definitely don't want to have to tell my doctor that I've gained twenty pounds between appointments because the Sonic burgers were JUST. SO. GOOD.

Repetition

Conversations with Avery:

Me: "Avery, you look so cute today!"

Avery: "I know!"

Me: "Avery, You're a bit stinky, I think you went poop."

Avery: "I know!"

Me: "Avery, you need to eat your dinner."

Avery: "I know!"

Are we seeing a pattern here? Every time I tell her something in a matter-of-fact tone she instantly responds with, "I know!" like she's saying "well, duh mom!" At first I didn't know where she picked this little phrase up from,,,, until I realized I say it about a million times a day! It's obviously time to start watching what I say while I am driving, it would not be good to have Avery repeat any of the language I use when I get cut off in traffic! I would be kicked out of playgroup.

Here are some new pictures of Miss Know it All!

Pity Party

I really want to write something of significance, something worthy of people reading but it just seem so damn difficult when I am pregnant.... and am the owner of a two year old, because do you know how difficult it is to get ANYTHING accomplished with a two year old constantly poking at you and screaming for another M&M, do you?! Right now Avery is seeing how much mess she can make before it sends me over the edge and we leave the office, because THAT, that is her job - to see how much annoyance I can take before I throw myself down the stairs screaming, "I give up, you win!!!" So goes life in this household of mine.

As you all know by now, whether it be because you read it on this blog or were privy to an excruciating conversation with me whining about how much pregnancy sucks, yes, I am pregnant, and it is all I seem to be able to think about. Not that I want it to be this way, it's just the non-stop nausea and sickness don't really seem to be letting me have a moment where I don't have to think about it. Remember a month ago when I was bragging about how this pregnancy seemed to be so much different than my first and I was viewing everything with rose-colored glasses? Yeah, I'm dumb. Because about five minutes after I wrote about how wonderful pregnancy was going to be this go 'round I had my head in the toilet. Pregnancy is awesome!

The one thing I will say for pregnancy though, it allows you to catch up on all that sleep you lost in college and your early twenties when you figured you could "sleep when I'm dead." Nowadays, I can't seem to get through an entire day without a nap. I don't remember it being this way with Avery. I don't remember it being this way ever. When we first brought Avery home from the hospital everyone was very big on saying, "sleep when the baby sleeps!" Even then I never did that, I just wasn't that tired. Now? NOW? If I don't get my afternoon nap it is not a pretty sight. I'm sure Rob feels the need to ask me everyday if I got my nap when he calls me in the afternoon so he can figure out if he wants to come home from work or just set up a cot in his office. He hasn't actually said that to me because he's a good husband that way, but I wouldn't mind if that actually went through his head, because it has obviously went through mine.

Ah, pregnancy. I know I said I would enjoy it more this time around but I'm really having a rough go of it. I have three more weeks until I'm through the first trimester and I am honestly hoping that everything will get better at 13 weeks 1 day, that magical day when they say everything starts to get better. Wait and see,,, wait and see.

Shocker

It's snowing....... AGAIN! I'm moving.

And we don't feel guilty!

You know, I would have posted something a bit quicker than this, but we're having a hard time digging out from under all this damn snow! We've had quite a record breaker of a winter and it just doesn't seem to stop. On Sunday morning, also known as the Superbowl Holiday in the US, we woke up to three feet of snow in our driveway!!! Three Feet!!!!! The day before we got pounded with all this snow our friend John drove up from California for a visit and we told him the weather didn't look to be too bad. See how that works? You lie, and you get another set of arms to help shovel your driveway! Genius!