kitchen graduate

Last night Tyler competed his final cooking class for this winter. He is already talking about singing up next time it comes around! Last night they made "Creep Crawly Bugs" which we basically just hot dogs rolled in crescents decorated with potato stix and ketchup or mustard. He had NO interested in eating them, and I couldn't just let them go to waste, so yes Mommy at them all! He got to take home a cookbook with all the recipes, pictures he drew and even pics of classmate and with Mommy.

Even though the things they were making were more fun and silly I do feel like it has made his love to be in the grow. I made some egg salad the other night, and he has NEVER had any desire to even try an egg, but he thought my egg slicer was the coolest thing since sliced bread. He was right there and wanted to put in the mayo, sour cream and stir it all up. Watched me peels the eggs and just curious as George the monkey. I hope he continues to want to learn in the kitchen as he would make some lucky lady VERY happy (she has to get through me first of course!)

Well I am now twenty-seven weeks (woo-hoo!) why that seems so much closer to me I don't know, but 90 days sounds even closer to meeting our sweet ballerina girl!

Over the weekend I dealt with quite a deal of pelvic and pubic bone pain, and let me just say you have NO idea exactly how painful it is unless you've dealt with it before. On Sunday I had it, and was so miserable I literally felt ill. I decide to give the join belt another try, and even thought I have not been up to doing my exercises I have had a TREMENDOUS amount of relief. I guess if this is what I have to do to get through the next three months, it's worth it to remain out of pain and wear something that is only slightly uncomfortable.

As racing has now resumed on our TV and he continues to work on the car, I can tell that Allen is really getting pumped for the upcoming season. People always ask me how I deal with it or how I CAN deal with it and it's like this: He has so much love and passion he puts into this sport, anyone who knows him knows he wants to go fast and when you see his face light up like a kid on Christmas - how can you ever take that away?

My world once again is about to turn upside down, this I am realizing. We have a lot to do, in order to prepare for it all, and hopefully with a helping hand from God we will make it!

i can't complain

This past Friday I had a check-up for Baby D. Mom is measuring right on target still and Dr Conner is very happy with my weight gain (as am I!) and sorry but no, I am not going to disclose that piece of information :) Heartbeat continues to stay around low 140's and she loves to show off just how strong she is by kicking the Doppler no matter where it goes. I am feeling MORE and MORE movement from her every week it seems. As a former dancer as a child for 7 years I have decided to dub her my "Ballerina Girl" as the movement is constant, strong and if you could see inside I bet you would see her practicing pirouettes and leaps abound in there! I am always thinking of how neat it would be to have a camera that could view inside and capture those precious first movements.......

I am still having quite a but of pelvic/pubic bone pain. Physical Therapy has helped some, but if you've ever been you know how costly and time consuming it is, so I am putting that on hold for now. They have had me purchase an SI Joint Lock Belt to help hold those joints together and allow for some support as my body does not seem able to support itself. However I can not complain as I have been blessed with this opportunity to have another child (and a girl at that!) and I know the end result will be SOOOOOO worth it!

Tyler has been getting over quite the virus that seems to be going around. Three days of a fever that I did EVERYTHING I know to do and could not break it! So lovely couple days off work and 5 day at home snuggling with my Monkey, he is more attached to me now than ever. Oh well! He is UBER excited about his baby sister and constantly hugging my belly, so maybe when she graces us with her presence he continue to hug "her" and not by belly - lol!

Meanwhile, Allen is getting to work on his car for racing season - he's got a pretty good head start and looking forward to see the new paint job he has in mind this year! Tyler has been so excited and just literally longing to pop rivet that body on for Daddy! In addition to prep for racing season he will be a big help in prepping for Baby D as he FINALLY finishes off the basement - woot woot! I am so thankful for him and all he has done to at least try and understand what I'm going thru (and supportive even if he doesn't!) and have full confidence that he will work splickity fast to get basement done in time. Three things I look forward to: Double sinks in the bathroom, bigger room, and doing laundry on one level!