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1. that we bought a high chair and baby carrier from a consignment shop, the first things we’ve bought for the baby so far

2. that we took K to the park for a bit

3. that on my way to babysitting, I heard Ice Ice Baby on the radio

4. for finishing 3 books in one month

5. that on the way home from babysitting I heard Hey Soul Sister on the radio

6. that I’ve held it together today (so far) even though I’ve been feeling very mopey lately

7. that I may have a 3 week job starting on Monday, provided it gets approved and I can manage to find a babysitter 2 weeks ago

Wise Men
by Stuart Nadler

I really enjoyed this book. I’m not sure what it was about it, but every time I picked it up, I had a hard time putting it back down. He has a book of short stories that I hear is even better and I’m going to request it from the library. 2 weeks ago

I’ve been encountering nothing but inconsiderate people lately. Just one after another after another. Don’t people think about others any more? Don’t people admit their wrongs anymore? Don’t people apologize anymore? Do people think that my time doesn’t matter at all?

I’m channeling Zooie from the Dr. Seuss story King Louie Katz: I QUIT!2 weeks ago

The nurse called this morning and said that the results of my sequential screen were normal. I go back in on May 9th for another blood draw, but I’m hopeful that will come back normal too.

We saw the doctor on the 23rd and got to listen to our baby’s heartbeat. The doctor said it was still early, so it might take him a minute to find the heartbeat, but he found it right away. He told me that the baby’s weight at birth is based on what I weighed at birth (6lbs 4oz) and the week that the baby is born. That means that K’s birth weight of 5lbs 15oz at 38 1/3 weeks was completely normal and on track with what they would expect. He said with the 2nd baby they expect about a half pound increase, but not much more than that. (I was the 2nd baby for my mom and her first was 5lbs 14oz.) So this little one will most likely be around 6 1/2 lbs. Completely manageable.

He kept saying that with healthy women like me they don’t expect any complications, but then at the end of the appointment, after calling me healthy about ten times, he said I was so dehydrated they couldn’t even test my urine. I said ‘oh, he saved the best for last’. I’ve never been much of a water drinker, always getting the water I need from food. He said normally it’s true that you don’t need to drink water and can get all you need from food, but not when you’re pregnant. So I’ve been tasked with drinking more water and I’m trying, but it’s still not quite a daily thing. When we eat out I’ll just have water and I’ve been trying to drink cucumber and lemon water at home. My goal is to drink at least one glass a day to get me in the habit and then bump it up from there.

The doctor also told me that I could stop taking my pill cocktail for nausea and vomiting and to start taking a prenatal vitamin and vitamin D. I know from experience that I can’t take the prenatal if I’m still sick, so I stopped the sickness pills first to make sure I was feeling better. The first day I threw up in the morning and felt nauseous most of the day. The second day I threw up everything I ate all day. I restarted the pills and I’ll try to go without them again on Friday when J is home all day. 2 weeks ago

14: gave a friend a bag full of groceries 2 weeks ago

We were hesitant about visiting the Portland Aquarium, because the co-owner, who also owns the Boise Aquarium, was arrested in Florida for buying marine life illegally. We needed something to cheer K up, though, because she was supposed to go to the jungle gym with a friend and they canceled because they were sick (and haven’t rescheduled). She had been looking forward to it all week and was really bummed out when it didn’t happen. We took her to Chinese food for lunch, which was really good, and then drove to Milwaukie to give the aquarium a try.

It ended up being a great experience. K got to pet and feed sharks and rays. One of the rays that she gave food kept lingering and jumping out of the water at her, giving her a chance to really pet it. She also fed tropical fish, felt around in a couple of touch tanks, saw a Morey eel, an octopus with all of its legs stretched out and a couple of giant lobsters. They have lorikeets, but we didn’t pay to feed them, because it’s cheaper at the zoo. They’ll have puffins and otters soon, but their enclosures aren’t finished yet. There’s a little jungle gym there too, but it wasn’t fun for K.

We thought about purchasing the family membership, which would be the cost of three trips, but we figured we’d only go two or three times a year anyway and the baby will be free for the first couple of years, so it wasn’t worth the upfront cost. 2 weeks ago

1. that K was really good today

2. for nice weather

3. for a healthy day

4. that J’s work hours will double starting next week

5. for optimism on our student loans

6. for a walk/ride to the library after dinner

7. that I finished a book, the 2nd this month 3 weeks ago

Charlotte Street
by Danny Wallace

I read everything I can get my hands on of his and he has yet to disappoint me. 3 weeks ago

Chase: 64.30
Cap One: 61.00
Cap One: 46.00
Citi: 46.13
FIL: 100.00
BofA: 86.00
Car: 267.68

Total: 671.11

Total for year: 2,782.27

Sallie Mae: 201.12 3 weeks ago

Right now I only pay on my Sallie Mae student loans, but in about a month I’ll have to start paying on my Department of Education student loans as well and that will more than double my monthly payment. I qualify for income contingent and income based repayment, which would make my monthly payment $0 for at least a year. I need to apply for these before my DoE loans come due, but we’re out of printer ink and I need to print off five densely worded pages for each. I didn’t know until today that my payment would be 0 with these payment plans and now that I know the fire is lit under me to go out and buy printer ink asap. I can apply to pay J’s loans combined with mine under the same plans – this will be a huge savings for us and will relieve a lot of the stress we’ve been under lately. 3 weeks ago

Should be in about 8 weeks.

We’re amazed by the number of parents we know that have already asked us if we know if it’s a boy or a girl. Including a friend of ours that is a father of four. Four little ones. Is there some magic way to find out in the first trimester that they’re not telling us? :P 4 weeks ago

Baby 2 is about a quarter of an inch longer than K was at 12 weeks and was visibly bigger overall. That, combined with the nausea and vomiting not being as bad this time around, has me thinking our little one may be a boy. That’s what we’re hoping at least. :) 4 weeks ago

Monday night MS watched K while J and I saw Warm Bodies at Joy Cinema.

-Warm Bodies is my new favorite movie, I told J twice during it ‘I LOVE this movie’
-the Joy is only $1 on Monday nights
-there was a snack special: two medium drinks and a large popcorn for $8
-date night for $10 ♥ 4 weeks ago

to check the voltage thing, but didn’t have a problem charging my laptop or iPad in England. 1 month ago

Room
by Emma Donoghue

I didn’t really care for it at first, but I was babysitting and the wee one was already in bed, so I kept reading and it got better as it went on. 1 month ago

13: I helped a little boy who was crying and shaking find his dad at kindergarten orientation 1 month ago

Me too! 1 month ago

be a secret agent
be a farmer
be a psychologist
be a novelist
live in Paris
date Audrey Hepburn
have lunch with Indiana Jones 1 month ago

1. that K went with me to Sunday School

2. that we had lunch with FIL and his friends D & M

3. that M and I talked a lot about education during lunch, she recently retired and was my niece’s kindergarten teacher five years ago

4. for the supremely nice people at bingo: a very nice lady sitting at the same table as me and one of the kindest guys I’ve ever met sitting at the table behind me, he bought me three blackouts, offered me his fries and told me he hopes I have a beautiful, healthy baby if he doesn’t see me again

5. that I happened to have a thank you card on me and I gave it to the kind guy, he was really touched and said he has daughters that are too cool to play bingo with their dad, it made me wish I could afford to play bingo with him all the time

6. that during bingo I got to watch UConn beat Notre Dame in the NCAA women’s basketball semi finals, I kept thinking ‘I could see K doing that when she’s older’ 1 month ago

1. that I made it to the ladies room when I urgently needed to vomit at J’s work

2. that the three of us had a nice sit down lunch at McD’s, laughing and talking

3. for the new chicken & ranch wrap at McD’s

4. that when J went to refill the drink we were sharing, he got me iced tea, which he doesn’t like

5. that K went down easy for her nap after two days of not taking a nap

6. that I was able to get J’s book for this term by renting it from Barnes & Noble for way less than buying it

7. for way too much time wasted on Pinterest, which wasn’t really wasted, because I found a lot of great ideas and a bunch of stuff that made me laugh

8. for making a list of crafts to do soon with K

9. that J made me a simple, yummy, healthy dinner: roasted chicken, cucumbers, tomatoes, mushrooms, corn and rosemary bread with butter

10. for a silky smooth bath using Mary Kay body wash + shave gel for bubbles 1 month ago

1. for a vomit free day

2. for getting to sleep in

3. that K went down for her nap easily

4. for salad rolls and Thai iced tea

5. that J made some money at his side job

6. that I made a long to do list for April and started one for May

7. for feeling a bit accomplished today 1 month ago

very cool. :) 1 month ago

he know that? :)

K would love to meet him, but I don’t know in what situation that would ever be possible.

Oh, maybe I read that wrong. I thought you were saying the president is your second cousin once removed, but maybe you meant you played b-ball with his second cousin once removed.1 month ago

Kindergarten orientation is April 11th and I think we register that night. I’m so nervous about it – to the point that I think I may have an anxiety attack. I have a lot of reservations about the school. K says if I let her go to kindergarten she’ll let me homeschool her for 1st grade. I hope our situation allows for that. I’m so unsure about the school she’ll be going to. I hope the orientation settles some of my fears. 1 month ago

At night, along with her bedtime story, K likes me to sing her a song before she falls asleep. She always requests “Traveling Soldiers”, which is really Travelin’ Soldier by the Dixie Chicks.

Sometimes after she falls asleep I go into her room and lay with her, brush the hair out of her face, kiss her on the forehead. I know that one day too soon she won’t let me lay with her anymore. Even sooner than that the baby will come and will take up a lot of the attention that would normally go to K. I worry about how that will affect her. Her world is going to change so much then.

Last night we used the grill for the first time of the year. She stood by the back door and watched the flames as they lit up the briquettes. I promised her that in a week or two we’ll buy jumbo marshmallows and roast them over the grill. That will be a first for her. It will be good preparation for her first camping trip in a few months. 1 month ago

I wasn’t expecting two, but my mom is a fraternal twin and my grams was 30 when she had them. I really don’t want twins! I did when I was pregnant with K, but after she was born I realized one baby at a time is just fine. :) 1 month ago

We are officially having a baby, not babies. :) Here is the very excited big sister with the itty bitty kidney bean. 1 month ago