Love 2

I was feeling pretty good today...until 4:45 rolled around. I held it together until Ben walked in the door with our food, when I told him he would have to get everything ready.
And promptly threw up. It was a rough one. Afterwards I started to get everything cleaned up but couldn't walk...my abdomen was really sore! So Ben dealt with all the yucky stuff. What a way to welcome him home.
PS. I can walk fine now.

Thursday: zoo

I went to Baby Day at Hope today.  Only to realize as I was walking down the hallway that it is next week.  So we went to the zoo instead.  We saw the fish, the bird, the guinea pigs eating lunch, some mice, a turtle, and read some books.  It isn't a big zoo. :)

Anyway, I could tell that Isaac was pretty much done and started packing up and he was so sad.  All the way to Dad's office he kept saying "Zoo!  Back!"  (I was pretty proud of him for putting those two words together.  He's slowly starting to do it, but it isn't super often.)

We went to the good dining hall on campus for lunch and it was delicious.  Fish tacos, strawberries, bread with spreads, dessert.  Yum, yum.

Oh, and I felt better for most of the day.  I feel a little weird right now, but I'm still planning on sewing.  That's my measure...do I feel good enough to sew?  If yes, things aren't going too poorly.

Monday: snow

Ahh, the snow saga continues.  As I may have mentioned, our driveway continues to get smaller and smaller with tall banks on either side.  The "Polar Vortex" vortexed all night and half of our small driveway is now covered in knee-deep snow.

This is outside on the porch

So, due to medical reasons, we are hiring a plow today.  Of course, they're backed up and can't get here until noon, so I canceled my classes.  (All area schools were canceled and I was really expecting Hope to cancel, but I just got an email saying they're open.)  I don't really feel bad about one of them as I was planning on canceling on Wednesday and will just have class then instead, but I do feel bad about the other one.  Oh well.  I still think it was the correct decision for my family.  We'll just enjoy the day!

The snow is touching the bottom of the picnic table.

Too bad I'm up at least an hour before everyone else.  I'm enjoying a breakfast by myself, but think I would have enjoyed an hour of sleep more.  I had a really hard time getting to sleep last night, and then it was plagued by crazy dreams.  I expect Isaac to wake up any time though, so it seems silly to go back to bed.

Sunday: news!

Ben and I are happy to announce that we are expecting another baby!

I'm due August 1st, which means I'm currently 13 weeks pregnant.  We've seen one ultrasound around eight weeks and the baby looks like a squiggle.

I've been pretty sick (hence the lack of blog posts.)  I think it's been a little bit better than with Isaac, but not really by much.

If you want to read all the back posts that I've been hiding, you can click here: child2.  (They might not be in date order though, so that could be confusing.)  They're not all happy posts, but really, being sick isn't a very happy thing.  (But later, having a child is (or at least should be) a happy thing.  I just have to remind myself of that.)

Snow

We have a lot of snow...and a few more inches fell since this was taken.

The snow on the deck is taller than Isaac and it is getting very difficult to shovel because the banks are so high.

Bandana bandits

Another thing I don't like

Candy that says it's sour but isn't.

Monday: drier (dryer?)

I often wish that I wouldn't run the clothes drier around the same time that I expect Ben to come home.  Every once in a while there is a sound like the garage door opening and so I perk up, only to be disappointed when it is just the clothes drier.

I felt like giving up tonight. The problem is that too many people need me to not give up. I'm just so sick of being sick. The medicine seems to be helping, but I still don't feel like a normal person.

And to be fair, I'm not sure what giving up would look like. Probably sitting around and moping in bed.

Slave driver

Isaac came out to help us shovel this afternoon and instead of grabbing a shovel and trying to help, he decided to be a slave driver.

We would do a shovel and he would immediately say "one more!" "One more!" "One more!" Of course, he did this while standing in the way so that he could immediately inspect our work.

At least we passed inspection.

Friday: still alive

Unsurprisingly, we're still alive. Yesterday's goals were to get some blood drawn, go to the grocery store, and clean up the house. None of those happened. I was super exhausted due to any early wake up call and some new medicine that might make me drowsy. Then when I asked Isaac if he wanted to go out, it was a clear no. So we stayed inside and didn't do anything. Well, we made dinner.

Since yesterday's goals worked out so well, I thought I should have the same ones today. But I got to sleep in. So I'd say all the goals were accomplished, although the house still needs more cleaning. Isaac noticed that his crib sheet was a different color tonight...do you think that means I left it on the bed too long this past cycle?

New drugs

I'm happy to report that I'm very optimistic about the the medicine I got. I took two last night before bed, as directed, and about 45 minutes later I woke up a bit and went, "ahh...this is what it is like to feel like a normal human being." The normal feelings lasted through wake-up time until about mid-morning. And even though right now I don't feel perfect, I feel a lot better than most nights.

The instructions say that if nausea persists to take one in the morning too. I will probably do so.

The biggest problem is that the medicine is on the expensive side since no insurances cover it yet. But feeling like a normal person might be worth the high price tag. Or I might be able to get through the end of the first trimester on the free samples and deal with it. We'll see what happens when they run out.

Today was a full day of work, but it went pretty well. I had to make several last second changes, but I rolled with it. I was happy to see that most students had a book today at least. I told my Monday and Tuesday classes to bring their books because we would be using them and only half showed up with books. It was actually a rather big problem.

Ob appt

Today was my first official OB appointment...finally. I got a trial of some new medicine, so here's hoping.

We didn't hear the heartbeat, but the baby did roll over while listening.

Today

Today was my first day of classes. They went fine. Then Isaac and I came home and took very nice naps.

Isaac has started to pretend throwing up when I am. It's funny. And gross. But it gives him something to do while I'm incapacitated.

Friday: snow and showers

This afternoon was much warmer than it has been the past few days. Combined with a gigantic snow bank at the end of the driveway, Isaac and I went out to shovel.

I managed to get the bank down enough that Ben could get into the driveway, but our driveway has narrowed some more...now you need to line up the car well before you can get in as it is just bigger than one car width. I tried to do more, but the snow was too tightly packed.

By this time Isaac had run up and down the driveway several times. Since the snow was melting, it was perfect for a snowman. So I made one while Isaac ran up and down the driveway a few more times. We also threw a snowball, hid rocks, walked on snow, and climbed some snow mountains. Isaac was ready to keep playing, but the rainiest stuff started to comedown harder so we needed to go inside.

This evening I was going to give him his bath and he was having none of it. This was the second bath in a row that he has refused to take. He'd rather go sit on the toilet than take a bath, and he never wants to sit on the toilet. In the end we took a shower together. He was fine with that and I needed to take a shower anyway. But it's weird...we didn't have any traumatic bath experiences, he just stopped wanting to take a bath.

Frogs and turtles

Isaac wanted me to draw a frog today. It looked like a turtle.
Ben drew a frog. It looked like it was ready for dissection.
Ben drew an alive frog. It looked like a turtle.

What about you? Can you draw a frog that looks like a frog (without looking at a picture)?

Monday: winter weather

We had a big storm come yesterday.  We've had quite a bit of snow, but we got a lot on Sunday.  Everything was canceled today.  I decided not to try and go into work, even though today was my day to try and get as much ready as possible.  

So Ben and I were working from home (or trying to) and I check my email...Hope is canceling classes Tuesday and Wednesday!  Woot-woot!  I haven't had a real snow day in ages.  Also, since my last day of classes during a week is on Wednesday, I don't need to continue to try and prep!  Well, I'll probably go in on Wednesday to prep.  We'll see what tomorrow looks like and I might drop Isaac off at day care.

It was funny to watch the cancellation page throughout the day.  All sorts of random things were closing down...libraries, fitness centers, dentist offices.

Here's a picture of Isaac last night on our deck.  It's gotten much deeper since then.

Love

I had an unexpected throw up today. Well, not that unexpected but it got everywhere. I made it to the kitchen sink, but the paper towels had recently been used up. Isaac was behind me saying, "uh-oh" in a worried voice, so I asked him to get me some toilet paper.

I wasn't sure what would come of my request, but Isaac ran off. I thought it was towards his bathroom and wondered if a trail of toilet paper was going to be coming out...he's not very good at tearing it. But then I heard some running in the opposite direction, towards our bathroom.

A bit later Isaac brings me a whole roll of toilet paper. I was proud of him and felt quite loved.


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Wednesday: still alive

I'm still alive!

It's just been kind of crazy...we went to Florida for vacation and I haven't been feeling great.  So between those two things I haven't posted like normal.

I hope to soon put up some pictures. :)  But the camera is upstairs and I am way too lazy to get it.