15 weeks

I'm 15 weeks along now in this 3rd pregnancy thing, and right now I feel pretty good and normal.  Before I knew I was pregnant I woke up one night to feed Addilyn and when I got out of bed both of my legs from the knees down pretty much felt like they were broken. (To which Jonathan scoffs and says, "you don't even know what broken legs feel like") but seriously, they hurt SO bad. Especially my feet.  It was hard to walk, especially up and down the stairs. I was pretty convinced I had leg cancer and that they would both have to be immediately amputated, but then luckily a few days after this started I took a positive pregnancy test!  Then I was just really hoping that the two were related, and I could scratch out getting my legs amputated.  Turns out, my doc said it was early edema (pregnancy swelling) and not to worry.  Worry or not, it sucked.  It lasted about 2 months and then gradually went away, and I'm grateful it's gone, and really hoping it doesn't return.

Another annoying symptom I've had is being annoyed (ha!).  I'm annoyed at my kids, I'm annoyed at other peoples' kids, I'm annoyed at random people and random situations like I know I shouldn't be. It's very frustrating.  At least I'm aware it's happening so I know to keep my mouth shut a lot of times instead of burning a lot of bridges.

Some things I've been craving so far include: milk. Tons of milk. Like, a gallon by myself in 3 days.  Pasta salad. Green olives. Pizza rolls. Crunchy tacos from taco bell. Arby's, except now I've eaten way too much Arby's and I probably won't eat it again for a while. Maple and brown sugar oatmeal with toast. And orange juice.

Anyway- so far this pregnancy is dragging. I'm like, "Seriously, only 15 weeks by now?! Blah." And it's not that I hate pregnancy, but being pregnant again makes me very sure in saying I don't want to do it again.  Hopefully everything continues to go smoothly and we are so excited for October 4th when we find out if it's a girl or boy!

Addilyn

Addilyn is 10 months old now! On one hand, where did the time go?? On the other hand, when Amelia turned 1 I thought she was such a big girl, and I still think Addilyn is such a baby.  Maybe it was just because Amelia was my first.  Anyway~ Addilyn is getting more fun by the day, and for some reason I have a connection with her that I never had with Amelia.  That being said, I'm going through a phase right now where I kind of want someone to take Addilyn for like, a week so I can love her more, because I'm kind of tired of her.  Maybe it's because she gets up at 5:30 every day and is a terrible napper, so I'm pretty much with her ALL day. You would think that putting her to bed at 6pm makes me have adequate time without her but no.  Don't get my wrong, I love her to death and smother her with kisses, but she's buggin' me. :) 

She's crawling like a maniac, which I love because it means less I have to carry her around.  She'll eat anything you put in front of her, any time of day.  Literally I can't think of anything she won't eat. Even dog food.  She says, "Mama" and, "Dada" and sometimes it really sounds like she says, "Hi" and, "dog" but I think that's unintentional.  So far it's looking like she is the child we'll be at the doctor with the most.  Amelia has NEVER had to go to the doctor for anything but a well visit, whereas Addilyn was on oxygen from day 1 because they thought something was wrong, she has been to the doctor 3 times for ear infections, the ER once for a bad fall, and had multiple other minor injuries at home.  Hopefully she slows down because I don't think I can handle much blood or anything broken. :( Now I'll quit babbling and post some recent pictures.

At Amelia's birthday party she reached in the pizza box and helped herself to a piece. It took about 2 hours but she gummed down a good portion of it!

Eating, again, fresh peaches off our tree

She's very stoic most of the time. And I realize the headband is in a weird place but she had a scab on her forehead that we were covering.  Thanks for the headband, Bailey!

Amelia turns 3!

Today is Amelia's 3rd birthday, and I'm having a hard time actually believing that 3 years in my life has passed. Every day with Amelia is a new adventure, and she says the most hilarious things sometimes, I wonder if she'll have a great sense of humor someday. I saw a cute idea on Pinterest where you interview your child every year on their birthday with the same questions and see how their answers change each year. Here is my interview with Amelia:

1. Favorite movie: Bambi
2. Favorite Color: Blue
3. Favorite food: Yogurt
4. Favorite song: Twinkle Twinkle
5. Favorite animal: Kangaroo
6. Favorite stuffed animal: Green Parrot (Came with the book "Oh Say Can You Say")
7. Favorite drink: Chocolate milk (I tried to convince her that I thought it was actually juice but she was adamant)
8. Favorite toy: She said, "My train." I said, "Oh that's a good one." And she said, "Oh, I'm sorry, I meant my turtle." haha.  Her bouncing turtle.
9. Best friend: Patrick (Jacobs)
10: Favorite article of clothing: Shirt. "No special one, just a shirt" she said.
11. Favorite book: The Lorax (pronounced YoYax)
12. Favorite place to go: Children's houses. (Friend's houses)
13. Favorite breakfast: French toast
14. Favorite Fruit: Cantaloupe
15. Favorite game: We never got an answer
16. Favorite Holiday: Easter
17: Favorite thing to take to bed: Blue and pink blankets
18: Favorite cereal: Marshmallow (Lucky charms)
19: What do you want to be when you grow up: A Mommy

With all of these questions I would give her time to think, give her some options if she needed them, and even ask her the same questions a few days later to see if her answer changed, but it never did.  I can't wait to see how they change over the years.

For her birthday Jonathan and I decided to get her a dog! Crazy right? I've never had a pet in my life, not even a gold fish, so I really have no idea what I'm in for.  A couple months ago my friend asked me to dog-sit her dog for the weekend. I'm not a dog person but this was a little dog and I do like little dogs more. Well, after just 3 days with that dog we wanted to keep him! We actually asked my friend if she wanted to get rid of him and she said, "No, but my mom has his sister and she wants to get rid of her!"  Not because she's a bad dog or anything, I guess her mom had gotten another dog who wasn't very nice to Khloe. So, we said we'd take her! Last night was the big reveal. Here's how it went:

What's in there?

Really?! A doggie?

YAY!!

Then she spent the rest of the night bossing her around :)

Wish us luck!  Happy birthday to the light of my life (most days), Amelia!! We love you.

U is for unmotivated

Most of you may have seen this already:

I'm PREGNANT! Yay.

If there is one word that I would use to describe my state of being right now it's: UNMOTIVATED. It's not tired. I mean, I'm tired too but I've been pregnant enough to know the difference between these two feelings. For instance, if I go to bed at a reasonable time at night, the next day I don't need to nap.  But I have 3 loads of laundry from 3 different days sitting in a hamper in my room waiting to be folded which is SO unlike me. I think about blogging every single day and then I'm like, "Nah, I'd rather just continue to sit here."  It's very annoying.  I went to the grocery store yesterday and pretty much walked around like a zombie and all I could think about was how much I wanted to leave.  What the heck?!

I think the solution to this blogging problem would be if someone would buy me a laptop, so I could do my blogging from the couch! Any takers?

I'm 10 weeks along right now so hopefully this doesn't last too much longer or I'm going to get pretty tired of myself, and my husband might not be so nice by the end.

Anyway~ sorry if it takes me another 2 months to write my next post. I'll just be over here reading all of your blogs!

Clothes

Amelia hates wearing clothes.  It's a huge battle every day in our house to get her to put her clothes on and then to keep them on.  She's sure that she's exempt from putting her panties and shorts back on EVERY time she goes potty.  I'm so relieved at the end of the day when I know we have nothing else to do and I can let her be naked. 

A couple days ago she wanted to go outside with Jonathan and he told her she'd have to put clothes on first.  She went to her room and came out wearing some bloomers from a dress that Melody made, and shoes.  He told her to go back to her room and put and shirt on.  She went back to her room and a little while later came out with no shirt on but was headed outside anyway.  I asked her, "Shouldn't you have a shirt on to go outside?"  She replied, "No, I'm jus' pullin' my pants up higher." 

I died laughing!

Anniversary

Jonathan and I just recently celebrated our 4 year anniversary! I seriously can't belive the amount of "life" we've packed in to the last 4 years! Whew.  Of course we took our annual trip back to the Botanic Gardens to reminiss about the day and try to explain to Amelia what marriage is. Toooootally over her head. :)

I know you all really want to see the timeline so here you go: ;)

Year 0:

 Year 1- unfortunately it was raining so we hurried and just took one of fat ol' me alone.

Year 2: Our small but happy family

Year 3: Pregnant with Addilyn

Year 4: Our growing family

Happy 4 years to us! Many more happy years to come!

Pickle Monster

Here's a conversation I had a couple weeks ago with Addilyn's Pediatrician:

Me: Addilyn is always reaching for my food, and I tend to give it to her. Can you give me a list of foods that I should NOT feed her?
Ped: Strawberries.
Me: Oops
Ped: Peanut butter
Me: Oops
Ped: Eggs
Me: Oops
Ped: Any dairy
Me: Including yogurt?
Ped: Yes
Me: Oops

I guess I was a little late in asking her.  Luckily, and oddly enough, the only thing Addilyn ever had a slight reaction to was applesauce. Who would've thought?  Anyway~ It's only with this second child that I'm realizing my grocery bill may increase someday. Amelia still eats like a bird.

Yummy strawberry!

I thought I would play a joke on her and give her a dill pickle spear, but she chowed the whole thing down without even a sour face!

I love that she eats, but sometimes I love not having to sit Amelia down for 3 meals a day and cook a large meal.  I guess we'll see how these girls both do over time.