a quick look into the past 48

the trip was a success. the shower was perfect. i only wish we could have stayed longer to visit with more family and friends. i think my cousin had a wonderful time- her "friends" stayed almost 2 hours after the party to catch up with her. we had packed up food and drinks and they were still out in the living room chatting away. oh well, it was a good time had by all. no more showers for a while. 

i had a great time visiting with my family- presley had fun swimming and playing with her cousin emma. i love that they are only 3 months apart. she loves her grandparents- she plays so much when they are around. father's day was fun- brian will be playing golf next weekend to finish his celebration. then after playing for 4 hours in the sun he will come home and take a 2 hour nap. will i ever understand golf? 

the worst part of the trip  is always the plane ride. of course there is the mom with the two little boys sitting in front of you who you don't hear a peep from the whole time and then there is us and behind us is the 18 month old who is kicking our seats and screaming the whole time. poor family- luckily she was into elmo so we lent one of our dvd's and off to sleep land she went. how does that mom keep her two little boys from being little terrors??? i want her secret. well, my child has been asleep for 14 hours so i am going to check on her now to make sure she is still breathing and has recuperated from the past 48.

stay tuned...

tomorrow we are leaving to go home for 48 hrs. just enough time to land, throw a baby shower, eat at osaka and fly back. will i ever call florida my home? probably not. i am armed and ready for anything: goldfish (check), wiggles (check), laurie berkner band (check), juice and juice backup (check and check), crayons and paper (check), books to read (check). what am i forgetting? idk- dvd player, clothes, shoes, dress for church on sunday, how about a rubber band to pull my hair back so i don't pull it all out on the plane. last time we flew with the kid (when have we not in the past year?) it was HORRIBLE! it was late and she was tired, we were tired, everyone was tired. all she wanted to do was walk up and down the aisle (in 1st class none the less) and wave to everyone. that is fun the first 2 times and then you start to get looks from other passengers like- shouldn't your kid be asleep or can't you go read her a book. what kind of mother are you. luckily being preggers this time i am totally going to rely on indigestion or some ache/pain and let my husband take over. if i use that excuse on the way there can i use it again on the way back?  have i mentioned all of the money i have already spent on this shower? how about the time i have tried to make the gift tags and prediction calendar- which no one will like but at least i got to use a lot of my baby girl scrapbook crafts. i hope this shower comes out as well as my cousin's wedding shower. will there be too little food? not enough games? too many games? can i please stop worrying about this?

tv addict

will richard win? will stephanie win? i hope lisa loses big time. tonight is the finale and i am sooo excited! why am i such a sucker for these shows? project runway (which the new season starts july 16th), top chef even blow out. which was awful by the way. did i mention i loved rock of love (1 and 2) and unfortunately we watch the hills. however, i will say that is mostly brian and not me. (i'm so lying) how much longer before grey's anatomy comes back on? will izzy finally leave? will meredith and mcdreamy stay together? who cares? sadly, i so do. i wonder if i will have as much time to watch t.v. after the baby comes? good thing for tivo!

is it just me?

sometimes when you get out of the shower and you are toweling off and going for your robe- sometimes you catch a glimpse of yourself in the mirror and get spooked b/c there is no way that person could be you. is it just being pregnant again or a self conscious woman - i  don't know. however, something about growing on a daily basis in places you really didn't know could grow is just, well, alarming. how am i ever going to get back to what it was before? will i recover as well this time? will i live in spanx hell forever? only time will tell. no wonder so many people are having plastic surgery these days. i am all for it. if it makes you feel better and you have done everything else to change your body - then why not? i hope all of my parts make it through this pregnancy. we shall see?

rebetsie

i love you sis! have a great day at work:) 

please come home this weekend- we are going to osaka without the kids- we can share sushi:) it won't be the same with out you there. :( 

the ultrasound is done.

it's not the umbilical cord. it's not his leg. it's really a boy. 

granny on the run

having a sick baby is one thing. driving around town in a car while she is crying from being so tired and not feeling good is a whole other event. being the great mom i get her out of her car seat while we are driving slowly through a neighborhood- which she immediately falls asleep in my arms. poor thing. her fever was so high and she was so worn out, what was i to do? well, we head back home and of course i realize that i haven't really eaten anything all day. being pregnant- that can be a not so good situation. so- we head towards the closest gas station for a drink and a snack- suddenly i think i am not going to make it. i feel so sick- wanting to throw up and doing the preemptive hiccups right before it comes up. bad things are about to happen. grandma traci is driving and let me just say this before i complete the story. it literally takes my mother an hour to get the nerve up to think about making a u-turn. it is pain staking watching her even attempt to make this simple driving move. now, we are on the way to a gas station and pdog is still in my lap and i am still sick. a tom thumb is up ahead and as we are pulling up to turn in we see.....

a cop. i have never seen my mom speed up and pull the fastest u turn ever. she was so worried about getting pulled over for having a sick child not in her car seat that i don't think she thought about getting pulled over for reckless driving. it was so damn funny. the only sad part of the story is that we make it to the next tom thumb but my stomach was too far gone by then. good job granny on the get away job- good to know you have those skills after all.