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.