Thursday: zoo

We went to the zoo today with some friends.  We were there for 2.5-3 hours and Isaac was a champ.  At the very last exhibit he sat on the floor and said he was tired...but so was I.  Overall it was a ton of fun.

We got to pet a wallaby,

Feed some birds,

Pet some goats,

and play in a train.

We also saw E-Es (monkeys), Ah-Ahs (alligator - thanks to zoophonics), a grizzly bear moving, and a whole bunch of other fun animals.

Wednesday: misc stuff

1. Pregnancy brain.  Yesterday I dropped off four books at the library.  I got to the last one and thought, "where's the small one that was on top?"  I looked for it for a minute, but didn't find it so decided I'd look for it later.  I looked for it when we got home and didn't find it.  I looked in the house in case I hadn't actually grabbed it and didn't find it.  I looked in the car again and didn't find it.  Turns out I had returned the book and couldn't remember that I had 30 seconds after doing so.  I still don't remember doing it, but the library says I don't have it checked out any more.

2.  Isaac took his first shower by himself!  He did pretty well, although needed some help getting soap on his hands and didn't rinse his hair well enough.  But hooray for learning new skills.  He also put on his tennis shoes by himself for the first time today.

Tuesday: crash

I put Isaac to bed tonight and crashed. I may not be quite as close to my normal energy levels as I thought.

Monday: maybe

Today I am optimistic that normal is back in sight. I realized at the end of the day that I could see things on the first page of my to do list that have been sitting there since October. So not only am I getting things done, I'm actually looking at my to do list, which is a huge step since January and February when I didn't care. At all.

I'm also happy to report that the house looks normal. I won't say clean, because there's usually stuff to put away or clean, but I feel like I could get the house clean with a minimal amount of work.

My energy is rising too. Maybe some of that has to do with it being summer now, but it remember this happening with Isaac too...the third trimester is my happiest. There are still days and times when I don't feel good or I feel extra tired, but it is manageable again.

Nine weeks and counting! (Nine weeks is still a long time.)

Saturday: scary

I hate crescent roll packages that don't open when you peel off the top layer.  Then I have to pop it myself and it always scares me.

Friday: pool

Isaac and I joined Betsy and Ethan at the pool this afternoon and it was a perfect day for it.  It took Isaac and Ethan a bit to warm up to the pool and to each other, but then they played and talked with each other.  I have no idea what they were playing or saying, but they seemed to enjoy it.  It was so much nicer than last year when we were constantly chasing the boys around the pool.  This time they actually played with the water and only wandered once or twice.

Then Isaac and I met Ben at a local Greek/Chicago food place that I hadn't been to before.  It was pretty good, although I did wish that my gyro had a few more veggies and a bit less meat.  Oh well, still someplace that I'd be happy to try again.

Wednesday: so there.

Amanda: Isaac, you need to go to the bathroom now.
Isaac: NO!
Amanda: Yes.
Isaac: NO!
Amanda: Do you want to go yourself or do you want me to carry you?
Isaac starts walking.
Isaac passes a large duplo piece.
Isaac snatches the duplo piece with the "if you're going to make me go to the bathroom, I'm going to take this with me even though you don't want me to" look.

It made us crack up.  I don't care if Isaac takes stuff with him to the bathroom, especially large duplo pieces.  But if that's how he needs to assert his independence, that's fine with me.