Happy Earthday!

and what a day it was! Poor Evelyn and Jason are sick - Evelyn seems to mostly be over her cold but the pink eye is still there and now she has an ear infection. I got to work early only to find out that I had to wait for the guard to get there- luckily he came before he was supposed to.

I got in and got some work done before the food came then I needed a way into the conference room and it took me a while to find someone who had a key as there is no one there that early. I finally found someone (thanks Alex for helping me!) then set up the food. I didn't bother with the room since the speaker had canceled and the other physician didn't think he could do and adequate job. then I went to get some other things done before people were supposed to arrive. I got sidetracked with a co-worker trying to explain to her what had happened - her morning was about as good as mine. When I made it back downstairs the room had been rearranged. My coworker had apparently not read her e-mail and fixed the room for me. She must have thought I was nuts for setting up the food and leaving the room as is.

It was after all that a good breakfast and only 4 people showed though I wonder how many didn't show because they just were not going to vs. the ones who got the e-mail at 9pm.

the rest of my day was fairly productive though I had to leave to get Evelyn to the doctor. I have to admit that despite the fact that she is ill it was nice to see her in the middle of my day. at the doctor's office she didn't do so well she hates when they scrape the wax out of her ear and the doctor had to do that. Then when the doctor checked her throat she threw up. Poor kid hates that too.

Once we got home she went right down to nap (nope I didn't even change her though I cleaned her up) She was asleep as soon as she was in the crib. Daddy changed her after the nap. I went to get her medicine but didn't want to wait 30 min so I just dropped it off and went to work while my sickies slept. J called me when she got up and asked me to go to target.

Of course while I was there I had to get her new jammies for the summer :) once I got home Evelyn and I played a little and she even perked up to go outside a little while. She didn't eat well at dinner at all and wouldn't take a bath with out me. She did go to bed supper early we shall see how long that lasts. What a day...

almost dosen't count.

One of my neighbor's favorite sayings that she learned from her mother is that almost doesn't count - or maybe it's near misses don't count. Well you get the idea. Today was one of those days. My work day was long and just sucked. Then on the way home I was within a foot or two of being in a car accident. Yeah almost doesn't count but it scares the shit out of you some times. I stopped within a foot or 2 (ok it may have been more but it felt like less) of the car in front of me's back passenger door on the highway. Lucky for me the person behind me was also not someone who rode bumpers (or at least didn't today) so she also stopped in plenty of time - I don't think there was actually a car damaged in the incident though the one in front of me may have hit the guard rail. I was glad to get home today and just play with Evelyn. Her laughing certainly helped my mood improve.

Week 18!

This week my baby is a

My baby is now a Sweet Potato! At approximately 5.6 inches and 6.7 ounces. The baby is now yawning, hiccuping, rolling, twisting, kicking, punching, sucking and swallowing. And I have started to feel it. what a wonderful and distracting feeling :)

Total weight gain/loss: up a lot definitely gaining quicker this time though I am still 6 lbs behind my weight with Eve.

Maternity clothes? Yes I started at 15 weeks so I would not stretch out my "regular" clothing.

Stretch marks? no.

Sleep: Sleeping pretty good!

Best moment this week: Movement has started!!

Movement: Starting to feel him/her a little more frequently!

Food cravings: Salty goodness.

Symptoms: None at this point!

Gender: I think it is a boy and J has not said. If you have a guess vote here :) http://www.expectnet.com/games/BabeBeePool

Labor Signs: Not even close!!

Belly Button in or out? Still the same (in).

What I miss: Being able to clean sadly.

What I am looking forward to: Anatomic Ultrasound 5/6!

Weekly Wisdom: Yes, people are going to look at you and ponder if you are pregnant of if that's just a beer gut ;O)

Milestones: Feeling more activity! I love the little love kicks and punches :)

My camera.

So for half of a day I lost my camera. I figured that I would find it eventually as I have a nasty little habit of loosing things but J tends to get upset about these things - well I do miss it too...

Anyway we looked all over and after an hour I gave up and went to bed. Jason ended up finding it in the couch. Yeah I did look there. Clearly my powers of observation are being effected. Oh well I did get a clean house out of the deal :)

Bagels

So I went out on some errands while Evelyn was asleep today for her nap. I went to the library to find the next book in a series that I am reading. I managed to find that one and a few more books and drop some off for mom, when on the way home I was struck by the sudden urge for bagels. I had talked my self out of it (pretty much) when said to myself "I don't really need a bagel do I?". The baby responded by poking me...

I got the bagels...

Useless

Today I am feeling utterly useless. I really can't seem to do anything at this point. After the last time I used cleaners with the window open and vent fan on and still managed to get a headache I am bowing to Jason's preference not to use cleaners. I could pick up more but If I start to clean up after Jason in the kitchen he tells me to get out. It's actually somewhat depressing

The one that got away...

Jason found a great house. It looked great and was big enough and was in great shape - It would not have needed work. Unfortunately when J tried to set up a viewing he found out that there was already an offer in. They listed the house and got an offer on the same day :(. So back to searching houses that just aren't right and hoping that we can get in the next one quicker. SIGH...