Hiccups OH MY

I have to admit, even with the extra weight I never felt as much movement with Kara as I do with Alexa. This girl doesn't ever sleep, I'm hoping its a sign that when she comes out she will sleep alot to make up for it. The boys watch in amazement how my stomach moves all around from one side to another. Today, we went to pizza hut for lunch/dinner and Tim sat the kids down while I went to the bathroom and I come back to find them sitting at a booth I sat down and could barely fit, really the whole meal she was pushing against the table and all I could do was laugh. We really are at the point where when she pushes I can see a lump (maybe a hand or foot or quite possibly her head?) it's crazy, even with all the fat!

The hiccups are out of control, last night at midnight I was almost in tears because I couldn't fall asleep because the hiccups were every 2 seconds, even though it was annoying, Tim and I got a huge laugh about it.

10 weeks and counting, 70 days, we haven't really even started thinking about getting anything ready. This time with Kara I was ready and had already picked out her coming home outfit and rearraged her room 2 times. I guess it is true when they say things change with your 2nd. I have made a list of things we need and things I want per say. I'm hoping to get into Kara's clothes (most still with tags on or even worn once) next week!

xxoo

What to do?

So, its been almost 3 weeks since the start of my summer vacation with the kids. Tim is busy working overtime which is perfectly fine, but here I am with the kids. The last couple days have been nothing but utter mayham. I yell at the kids from the time they get out of bed until the time I fight with them to go to bed, I'm thinking my kids are the only kids in the city that have a summer bed time of 8p.m. Today I'm pondering on what to do. We have a beautiful pool, yes, but its hard to get a 3 1/2 year old who doesn't really know if he wants in, an overactive 17 month old who would just jump in if we let her but then once shes in, she wants out! And a fish of a 10 year old who really isn't any help unless hounded. So, our only pool time usually happens when the kids are napping.

Today I have been looking around the websites of watertown wondering what we could do today and tomorrow. Today may be still a little chilly for the park for a picnic, so maybe that could be tomorrow, I contemplated the Sci-Tech Center or the zoo, both of which I don't really like, but would suffer through for the kids. Honestly, I've never been to the Sci-Tech Center either has Tim so a part of me wants to wait and go as a family, but a part of me wants to get the kids out of the house to do something. Yesterday we went to the library, and I think when people saw me pushing a double stroller with two toddlers in it, they went running the other way! The kids were good for the first 30 minutes while looking at the books they picked out (Mickey Mouse and Thomas The Train) then when Mommy wanted to look for books, they decided to pull as many books off the shelf as they could and throw them on the floor which Brandon was nice enough to pick up for me, but felt the need to yell at them, loudly, everytime they threw it on the ground, causing attention to us!

Hopefully something will come to mind. Swimming lessons are still an option for Brandon for the summer, but sadly they start Monday and they are everyday, and the last 2 weeks hes at his mothers and we all know shes not going to bring him in everyday!

Aches and Pains and Recliners, OH MY

it's started...literally a pain in my ass! This baby is way more active than Kara ever was. I can be doing something when all of a sudden a jolt hits me like a ton of bricks, it scares me. I've gotten to the point where I dread going to bed, in fact I cried when we went upstairs to bed last night because I can't sleep, I can't get comfortable in bed and when I do I have to roll over or get up to pee. My siatic nerve is pinched to the point it crams up on me and I can't move. The other night while Tim was working I actually came downstairs and slept in the recliner, even though I got up 3 times during the night to pee and check on the kids upstairs, I slept, but really don't want to make it a habit.

I don't know if it's because I'm on vacation and I'm trying to stay busy, but I have cleaned (including dusting, moping and vacuuming) the downstairs of this house completely. I am caught up on my laundry everyday and before I go to bed, there are no dishes in the sink and no toys on the floor. My bed gets made everyday, as do the kids, and sometimes I find myself looking for stuff to do, I actually was going to get on a ladder and wash my windows but thought twice about that. I'm pretty sure my husband doesn't want to be at work and get called to my house to pick up my butt off the ground.

Hope everyone has a safe and happy 4th.