Finally Some Real News

I think I have failed to mention this so far, but I am pregnant again. I am due the last week in May. This is good because I am a teacher and will therefore have the whole summer off to be mommy. It is bad because that is the last week of school. It is hard enough for a real teacher to keep a semblance of order that week. I would hate to have to be a sub trying to handle the little monsters.

The first trimester was rough. I did a lot more throwing up with this one than I did with the last one. And I was working a full time, stressful, demanding job, where last time I was working a part time, low stress job–working for a friend who was very understanding if I wanted to come in late or not at all due to sickness. Somehow we got through it. Although my adoring husband spent a lot of the time begging that we never do this again. I guess he isn’t fond of living with a beast.

Second trimester for me is usually cake. The sickness stops, the libido increases (I know you wanted to know that), and I don’t yet feel like Barbra manatee. It is also when I start feeling the baby kick and when we have the ultrasound.

With our last ultrasound, the baby was very cooperative, not shy in the least. Luckily, this baby was the same. It sat very still with its legs and body in a great position for the technician to easily point out her little woman bits. That’s right, we’re having a baby girl.

This was very exciting because we already have three of her four names picked out. Yes we are crazy enough to give a girl four names. She will be called Cecilia (Sp) after her aunt and great grandma Cecilia on daddy’s side, Laurel after her mommy and great grandma on mommy’s side, then some family Maori name that we haven’t yet decided on.

It was also a little sad because it means this will be our last child. We agreed before we were married that we would have two kids if they were different genders and three if they were the same. I was hoping for a boy so I could get three, but I’m still very excited for a little girl. And honestly, at this point, it’s hard to be disappointed about not ever having to be pregnant again.

My Funny Little Family

I love two-year-olds. I learned this eight years ago when I used to work with them at a day care center. Over the years I have slowly forgotten why. My two-year-old is currently doing a fantastic job of reminding me. It is so fun to watch their minds and their reasoning develop, but best of all their little senses of humor.

The other day we were watching Madagascar for the first time. V’s eye were glued on the screen, and I knew he was enjoying seeing all these jungle animals so animated (his room is decorated with a jungle theme, he can name them all). It wasn’t long until he started to show me that he really was understanding a lot more than I thought. He made a few comments about what was going on that really impressed me, but the kicker came just after the zebra in the story says, “I don’t know if I am black with white stripes or white with black stripes.” When V heard that he laughed and said, “That funny. Zebra’s black stripes.”

Sunday night as we were preparing for bed I decided I was just too tired to put V to bed in his own bed. After two weeks of vacation, going to bed late every night, I knew it would not be a quick and easy task. I decided to let him sleep in our bed, hoping this would help me get to sleep sooner. He was still wound up and not happy about going to bed, so I decided to tell him a story. About halfway through “The Three Little Pigs,” Daddy fell asleep and started to snore. This was apparently unacceptable to the two-year-old. Every time Daddy would inhale loudly, the two-year-old would yell “Stop it!” at him, yelling louder with each breath. Daddy sleeps like a bear underwater with ear plugs and didn’t hear a word of it. I wish I had a sound clip for you. Snore…”Stop it.” Snore…”Stop it!” Snore…”STOP IT!”

I was beginning to worry that I was going to go mad before I even got a wink of sleep. I was pretty sure both of them could continue like this all night long. But what was I to do? If I went to sleep on the couch, V would follow me and then I would never get to sleep. If I told Daddy he was snoring he would simply apologize and then quickly go back to doing so. If I killed them both in their sleep, I’d have to dispose of the bodies–which would surely take all night. Before I could decide on a plan of action, V solved the problem for me. He poked daddy in the eye. Daddy woke up enough to stop snoring and reposition himself so he wouldn’t any more. Finally I was able to sleep!

The Great 8

I’ve been struggling to keep up with my blog recently, as you have probably noticed if you’re reading this.  But I am trying, so I am stealing this template from Elesa to help me. It at least gives you a little bit of an update. The responses are in no particular order.

8 Favorite TV shows: (this is really hard since we don’t have TV)

1. The Office
2. Pushing Daisies
3. Brothers and Sisters
4. Lost
5. 30 Rock
6. Battle Star Galactica
7. Scrubs
8. The Daily Show

8 Favorite Restaurants:

1. The Bombay House
2. The Thai Village
3. Asuka
4. Café Rio
5. Benja

6. La Dulce Vida

7. Tucanos
8. Wingers

8 Things that happened yesterday

1. Celebrated my 3^rd anniversary! (I won’t give details)

2. Fell in love with the garlic sirloin at Tucanos
3. Helped my brother-in-law move into his new house

4. Watched Jumper in HD on our new TV
5. Ate raspberry-filled, powdered doughnuts in memory of my wedding cake.
6. Bought a David Sedaris book and a Sushi making instructional DVD
7. My barely two-year-old son announced to my parents that he was “sexy”
8. kissed my husband and enjoyed some bubbly (sparkling apple cider) at midnight

8 Things to look forward to:

1. The ultrasound tomorrow morning!
2. Finishing another semester
3. Presidential inauguration
4. Girls’ night out to see Australia
5. Summer with Ian working part-time
6. buying a house
7. seeing Vincent as a big brother
8. no more snow!

8 Things on my wish list:

1. more maternity clothes
2. new shower curtain and matts
3. a better memory
4. The OED
5. trip to New Zealand
6. High quality digital camera
7. a new lawn
8. snow blower

8 Things I love (like) about Winter:

1. Hot Chocolate
2. Christmas music
3. Fires in the fireplace
4. two week’s vacation
5. Holidays
6. not seeing those dang mole holes all over my lawn
7. cuddling with my love
8. my anniversary