Well.. It's today..

Nothing really of note. Just wanted to update everyone on all the goings-on.

My MIL (who is undergoing treatment for cancer) is slightly better. Better meaning that her brain tumors have shrunk, but her lung tumors have not. She's still on oxygen, still getting chemo and getting steroids once a week. The steroids help her feel better for a day or two before she starts spiraling down again.

The belly bean is growing, kicking and causing heartburn for me. Baby refuses to share gender, so we will be having a surprise baby. Hopefully, gender will become painfully obvious at birth :)

Mikayla starts Vacation Bible School tonight. And man oh man is Bryson upset that he isn't old enough to go yet. He really, really wants to go.

We got about 15 tadpoles from a friend. They are currently living in a rubbermaid container on my kitchen counter. I've gotta figure out what to feed them before they die!

26 week OB checkup

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Today I had my 26 week checkup. This involved a LOVELY gestational diabetes test. So the entire family (toddler, preschooler, hubby and I) get up early to make the first lab appointment at 8:30 so I can chug that miserable orange drink. I chug said drink and we head down the road to get breakfast for the kiddos and hubby. They eat, I get mine to go and we head out.

My toddler trips over the curb. Guess what. I was holding his hand. Guess who tripped over him? Yup. Me! Full on, no way to save myself or avoid the belly, I plow into the concrete driveway. After about a minute when I catch my breath, I realize I'm okay and we head back to the doctor.

Less than 5 minutes down the road, said toddler then proceeds to throw up his 3 donut holes and his sausage and cheese kolache. Great. Now I have a carseat filled with puke, a bleeding knee, and a growling tummy!

We get back to doctor, strip said icky toddler and go in. Toddler has on tennis shoes, socks and a diaper. Because we had used his spare change of clothes over the weekend and I FORGOT to pack another set.

On to the regular checkup (after the blood draw). My blood pressure was high - yeah big surprise there! It went down after about 10 minutes though. We took a quick peek at the baby to try to determine sex. Baby refused to share. Doctor sends me to the hospital to make sure baby is okay after the fall.

Get to the hospital, and baby refuses to share a good view of 1) kidneys 2) umbilical cord insert 3) spine & 4) gender. First tech calls in another tech to get the 4 pictures the first tech couldn't. We got good shots of everything but #3 & 4.

So.. after an exciting morning, a toddler covered in puke and not one, but two ultrasounds, we know both the baby and I are okay. We also do NOT know the baby's gender.

Swimmer and the Kids

Busy Week

I've been very busy "producing" things lately. Things like.. a clean chair (see previous post), a dress or two, a pair of leggings. A dozen newborn diapers. I am not producing dinner. I must admit, it's kinda embarrasing how much we have eaten out as of late. I'm just not feeling like cooking and my very understanding husband doesn't mind paying for very $$$$ takeout! Tonight will be dedicated to sewing a bunch of crayon rolls I received an order for. I'm going to try to get half of them done (ten!). We'll see how that goes!

If you thought I was a domestic goddess..

You're sadly mistaken. This post is to dispel any lingering thoughts any of you may have had. I had to take pictures it was so bad. So, in an effort to let the truth be known, here are the pictures.



This is the laundry in the laundry room. Two loads worth of jeans. A small load of whites. A small load of colors. A small load of delicates and three loads of sheets and towels. Eight loads.


Here is the pile of sheets and random blankets that will take two loads. We're up to 10 loads of dirty laundry folks!



And here is the clean laundry that needs to be folded. That is my oversized chair it is living on. There are:
-Three loads of cloth diapers
-Three loads of towels
-Two loads of whites
-At least two loads of colors, maybe three
-And I'm sure there is a load there that I"m missing
So eleven loads of clean clothes to be folded.

Anyone still think I"m a domestic goddess? I'm not even going to show you the horror that is the bathroom!

Rants from the Pregnant Lady

Today's little experiment in blogging.. Every time I have a mini- rant, I'm going to come post it along with the time. Should be fun!

-12:40 pm: I really want a stuffed pizza slice and a watermelon smoothie from Taste of the Tropics. But I don't want to go to the mall to get it.

-1:10pm: I settled for a Totonio's supreme pizza we had in the freezer. I still want the stuffed pizza though! And Bryson just wanted to play with his cars in bed. Not sleep. Being the mean mom I am, I took the cars away and made him scream.

-2:01 pm: My neck hurts.. and I'm still thirsty, but I just finished a 20 oz cup of lemonade!

Bluebonnets

It's time for bluebonnet pictures again. After a lackluster year last year, this year's blooms are GREAT! I found the perfect spot and managed to catch a really good shot just by constantly pushing the shutter button.

Mikayla still doesn't really like tee ball, but she is going and participating most of the time. I think the part she dislikes the most is the baseball pants. See the problem is.. they're not pink and they don't sparkle and they itch. I just don't think tee ball is going to be her thing.