Hormones

"My biggest fear is that PMS doesn't really exist
and this is my real personality."

I saw this statement on the wall of the examining room at the OBGYN this afternoon. It made me laugh out loud so I thought I'd share it. BTW, I heard the wee fetus's heart beat today so the baby is alive. :) I am not too surprised, being that the sweet fetus is making me sick, which is why I havent' been posting or reading blogs lately. I am sorry I havent' visited you, my bloggy friends. I am just trying to keep up with the laundry and and dishes. I am failing at that but at least I have consistently fed the kids. Today I bought a big supply of paper plates and bowls to minimize the dishes mess over the next few weeks.. I am 8 weeks and 1 day pregnant with a due date of September 28th.

Pre-schoolers First Sleepover

Eliza had her first sleepover a few weeks ago. Her guest: Cousin Wyatt. My sister and her husband went out of town to the temple. They had to leave early on Saturday morning and they were going to be gone all day so they dropped Wyatt off on Friday evening. Wyatt and Eliza thought it would be a good idea if Eliza slept on the air mattress too. Eliza usually goes to bed around 7:30. Because of the special occasion I let the kids stay up until 9:00. They sure had a lot of fun together not sleeping. Why was I not surprised? Finally at 11:30, when I was ready for bed, I had them close their eyes and I stood there and watched them for about 3 minutes. They fell asleep. They just needed to stop moving. Fifteen minutes later I heard Eliza crying. She had rolled off the air mattress and landed on her toys. She requested I move her to her bed. So now I know she still does need her bed rails. :)

The next morning...everyone was a little tired.
The kiddos always love painting. We had a fun treat! SNOW!!!!

We don't get a lot of snow in Virginia. So I don't want to invest in snow attire that will be worn twice before it is outgrown. So, just ignore the crazy non matching layers and my nephew's pink gloves. :) Sadie is wearing a snow suit my mom found in the Spring on sale a few years ago. Its about two sizes smaller than she actually wears, but you didn't notice, right?


Fun times!

Mommies

Failed Eye Surgery

I have a crazy little eye condition in which I only see out of one eye at a time. I've seen this way my whole life only I didn't know it until I was 25, but thats a story for another time. Anyway, I had an appointment this morning with an eye surgeon. She had good news for me, I am a good candidate for eye surgery and there is more than an 80% chance of permanent improvement for my eyes. Great. I scheduled the surgery for next month.

David's mom agreed to fly out to help with the kids the week of the surgery. Before purchasing a plane ticket, I wanted to be sure I was going to go through with the eye surgery. Since I will be going under general anesthesia, I am required to have a physical completed before the procedure to be sure I am healthy enough to handle it. I went to one of those walk-in medical clinic places. Well, it turns out I can't have the surgery after all due to the results found in a blood test... I am pregnant!

David and I are really excited. Perhaps if you happened to have read my adoption story post, than you know that we once had trouble conceiving a baby. We tried for almost two years before we adopted Eliza. Just a few months after Eliza arrived, I became pregnant with Sadie. So the first pregnancy took two years and this time I became pregnant the very first month we stopped preventing. There is no doubt that Eliza was meant to be in our family. Her adoption was such a miracle! It would have to be meant to be or it would have had no chance of working out. I don't know why God sent her to us through adoption but He did and we love it. Once we had her, than I got pregnant. David and I believe that perhaps our infertility problems were necessary at the time so that we would pursue adoption, therefore opening the opportunity for Eliza to join our family.

According to an on-line due date calculator, I am about three weeks along. I will no for sure once I have my first ultrasound in about a month. Aren't fetuses so cute?

For My Bloggy Buddies

Dot com

Pre-schoolers are full of surprises.

I had no idea that Eliza had any idea about "dot coms and dot orgs." I know that looks a little scripted but its not at all. I just grabbed the camera and started filming her. (I did, however, help her type in pbskids.org just before the last scene). Sadie surprised me when she proudly showed me her drawing. It resembled a face, not just scribble. :)