The Milk Monster

I turn my back on the kiddo for 2 minutes and this is what happens...not for the faint of stomach...



You can't even really tell in these pictures but he has milk splattered all over his entire face. It was quite a mess. Lesson learned, don't leave crazy toddler with a sippy full of milk.

Baby stuff

So maybe this type of family is something I should be reaching towards?? I had no idea she already had 6 other kids...plus 8 babies all at once. Holy cow, I think I would die. I'm nervous enough about having one more so close to Carter's age. I can't even imagine it. I read she is really keeping everything very private, which I can understand, but if she lets out even a little info I'm sure she'd get all types of donations for the children, scholarships, etc. That's what happened with a family in our neighborhood that has sextuplets. Oh well, who am I to say what she should do? :)

I'm hoping to make a trip to the Library with the kiddo this morning...that is IF my car can make it out of our neighborhood. It snowed AGAIN last night...I think it's snowed every day this week and has really been piling up again. There's a huge hill going out of our neighborhood and let's just say the Honda is not a great snow-driving car. Should be interesting.

1/4 inch of ice

We got another lovely ice storm last night which has coated everything in about 1/4 inch of the slippery stuff. Another day of being trapped inside, I suppose. Right about now, a nice trip to a warm sunny beach is sounding awfully appealing. :) But then that starts to lose it's appeal too when I think of wearing my awesome hot pink maternity swimsuit in public. Yeahhhh...maybe the beach isn't the best idea.

My stomach is really starting to protrude, making it challenging to fit into most of my "normal" clothes at this point. My mom did manage to convice me to get a few winter maternity clothes this weekend, which was probably a good idea since I didn't have much warm stuff and since we practically live in the tundra. I am proud to say that I am still running, although most might categorize it as a slow plod...I think I made it to 20 or 22 weeks last time before I couldn't manage it anymore, so we'll see how long I can make it this time. I'm 18 weeks this week.

The big ultrasound is on the horizon, Feb 6th, and we STILL haven't decided whether we'll find out the sex of the baby or not. This shouldn't be such a hard decision, I know. The thought of only having to come up with one name is rather appealing though, I must admit my well of ideas has run dry. And I do feel like a bit of a failure with Carter's name, after all the thought that went into it, and us wanting to pick a name that was different and not super poplar. I think Carter is like #45 of the top 100 names this year. (Also predicted in Freakanomics which I failed to consult.) Dangit!

What we did this weekend.

This is one of the things Carter did this weekend while the NJ Grandparents were here visiting. The Pittsburgh Aviary was our special outing. Mom had the thrill of feeling an exotic seagull. hahaha

We also bought a truck load (Literally) of things so Derrick can start finishing our basement. That was pretty much the entire day yesterday, and many hours spent at Home Depot. Hopefully in a couple years we'll have a nice play area for Carter down there. :)

Crazy day

I went out to visit a friend today...the drive should normally take like 25 minutes but took 1.5 hours due to a really nasty tractor trailor accident. So fun...Carter actually behaved himself which was fortunate. Upon driving home, he of course fell asleep in the car which meant, no nap for him today. He slept all of 25 minutes and I couldn't get him back down once we got home. So he was pretty crabby all afternoon. At one point I was lying on the floor out of exhaustion from chasing him around all afternoon, he ran out of the room and came back carrying a wet diaper he dug out of his diaper pail, ewwwwww, so gross. The joys of parenting never cease.

Snow snow snow....and more snow

Oh what a week....

After all three of us spent a day with the stomach virus, we are FINALLY all feeling well today. The first day in about a month we have felt good I think. It's a good thing too, because we shoveled for at least an hour this morning and it looks like we'll be doing more shoveling later today or tomorrow. I measured 7.5 inches this morning and we've gotten at least another inch since then, plus it is still coming down hard. Looks like we'll be seeing white for quite a while.

Carter got his first taste of the snow today and seemed to really like it. Daddy even took him sledding down our hill a few times.

Breaking free

I'm determined to get out of the house today. Yes I know this is probably going to be some of the coldest weather yet this week, but I am so tired of being cooped up inside all day every day with my crazy. Maybe a little nippy weather will do the trick. Haha. It hasn't helped being so sick for the last 3 weeks, but I am finally starting to feel better, so today is the day! I need to take advantage of a balmy 30-something day before the temps drop into the teens and below starting tomorrow.

I'm feeling the baby kick every day now. It's kicking a lot too...which has me worried that I'll have another crazy boy. :) I'll love him if I do but I would LOVE to have a little girl this time around to keep her big brother in line. My ultrasound is on Feb 6th, and I'm really torn whether or not I should find out this time what I am having. I haven't even thought about names yet, totally slacking this time around. About the only thing I've done to prepare so far is immerse myself in VBAC literature, which does get old after a while. I can tell you all the stats on VBACs vs. Cesareans and what to do to achieve a successful VBAC...hopefully it works! I'm starting to interview Doula's so I'll have a little extra support this time around too.

Let's see, what else have I managed to dabble in during my captivity indoors...I tried a few new recipes over the weekend. Made this yum yum smoothie, which was super easy and I believe quite healthy

Oh and I have a movie recommendation, especially for those who are moms and who like dogs. Marley and Me was a GREAT movie. You will probably cry your eyes out, but it is totally worth seeing and I could really relate to a lot of it which is perhaps why I liked it so much.

I've also read some good books:

Where the Heart Is - Billie Letts
Midwives - Chris Bohjahlian
The Christmas Train - David Baldacci
The VBAC Companion - which I'm sure most of you would find absolutely riveting

Derrick is insistent that we start "real" potty training with Carter so my instructions from "the boss" are to take him into the bathroom anytime I'm in there and set him down on the potty. About the only progress we've made in the first week of training is that he has learned the word potty. Unfortunately, he thinks it is fun to take the potty apart and put it on his head. Oh well, he'll learn eventually, right??

"Potty Training"

I say "Potty Training" very lightly as you'll see from the pictures below. Derrick was home watching Carter part of the day today and you can see what they did to entertain themselves while I was out.


Do you think he'll do this after he goes in the potty?????

I hope real potty training is this much "fun"!!! hahaha

I finally dragged myself to the Doc today since it's been 3 weeks I've been sick...turns out that was a pretty good decision, since I have bronchitis that he said could be pre-pneumonia. They couldn't put me on all the strong meds they usually would because of my pregnancy, but hopefully what he gave me will be enough to put an end to this prolonged sickness.

Tomorrow is my first appointment at the OB and I'm really anxious/excited to hear the baby's heartbeat.

Simple tasks made difficult

Sometimes it seems like the most simple things all go wrong on the same day...like yesterday. Simple like, Carter sleeping till close to morning instead of waking up at 5 am.



Simple things like not waiting to poo until 20 minutes after I change him, which by the way, he does EVERY morning.

Things like eating just one meal without completely destroying the outfit he is wearing.

Today he got stuck in his carseat, the buckle was stuck and I literally couldn't get him out for like 5 minutes....

But I still love him. :)

Trucks!

Carter is obsessed with trucks, he even says TRUUUCK when he sees them, which is quite cute. Here he is, in all his glory, with all of his trucks last night.


He also loves airplanes. As soon as he hears a plane flying by, he stops whatever he is doing and points up at the ceiling. It is really funny.

Happy 2009!

It's hard to believe how quickly 2008 flew by. We didn't quite make it up to see the Ball drop last night, I think we went to bed around 11 pm. So sad!!

We are finally all feeling better again, it only took like 3 weeks. Maybe next year everyone will be healthy for the holidays!!