I don't want to complain......

but well.....here I go. It all started two weeks ago when I came down with the stomach flu. It was nasty but luckily over within a few days, then came the pink eye, first Nate, then me, now both of us at the same. Bedding to wash over and over again, hands are raw from endless washing and hand sanitizer, and drops in the eyes every few hours. Okay, we are dealing....Then came the colds...and with the colds, a sinus infection for me and an ear infection for Nate. Coughing all night long, no sleep, can't breath, sore throat, no energy during the day. Totally wiped out, dishes piling up, cartoons (and guilt) all day. This sucks. And that brings us to today....

This morning started out just like the rest of the mornings this week. I am totally exhausted from being up all night, but I manage a good breakfast for Nate, after all we need our strength, right? After breakfast I plop down on in the rocker to watch some cartoons with Nate. The sunlight is streaming through the windows, warming up the house, Nate is quietly watching cartoons. Naturally I begin to get drowsy and the magnitude of not sleeping for the past two weeks hits me and I peacefully close my eyes for a little morning nap. I am not out for very long when a panicked little voice calls "Mom!" I am wide awake and Nate is running towards me with a horrified look on his face. I bark "whats the matter? What happened?!" and Nate replies "I stuck a lego up my nose and it's in there REALLY far!" By this time he is in a full fledged panic and I am not far behind him. I grab the phone, call the doc, grab a flashlight and a pair of tweezers and manage to get Nate to lie down so I can have a look. Yup, its in there REALLY far. The doctor says to go to the ER. We are still in our jammies, so we literally throw some clothes on and run out the door. Of course it's a nightmare there and it takes forever for us to be seen, but when they finally see us, they can't get it out. Apparently it was really jammed in there. Nate was such a trooper, he held so still and did exactly what they told him to do. So hours later they end up sending us to an ENT doc. He takes one look at Nate's nose and says he's not sure he can get it out either! I am just praying he won't have to have surgery. Finally after some medicine that makes his nostril open way up and some Novocaine, they are able to grab it! I have mixed emotions, relief and anger that a damn lego just cost us a couple hundred bucks!

The funniest part of the this whole thing is that when I was 4, I also stuck a lego up my nose. I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree! Hopefully Nate has learned his lesson. I know I have...no falling asleep on the job and skip the ER and go directly to the ENT doctor the next time it happens, because inevitably it will.

New curtains - pictures for Tracy

When it comes to creativity and talent, I got the short end of the stick compared to my sister Tracy. So while we were both pregnant, she would tell me all the cute things she was doing with her girl's room and the beautiful paintings she was painting. No fair! Anyways, were talking about pregnancy bring out our creativity and I decided I needed to make some new curtains for my kitchen sliding glass doors. I knew exactly what I wanted, but couldn't find anything that even came close, so it was time to make them myself! I was so excited they turned out exactly like I pictured them. They are really simple and super easy to make. Eric doesn't want me to mention this but he even helped me measure the grommets. It was fun to have his help on one of my projects! So anyways, Tracy, here are the pictures of the finished product you've been asking for...sorry it's taken so long to get them posted. And they are terrible pictures, the curtains are much cuter in person so you will have to use your imagination a little!





Grommets - so they slide open really easy. Super handy because we are always going out side from that door.


Waverly "Country Weekend" toile with red/cream ticking as the lining fabric.

Definitely , maybe...

We had another ultrasound this morning and they are still saying it's a girl, kind of! It's funny because they keep wording it like "we are pretty sure it's a girl." Since this was the second ultrasound where they saw the same thing, we are going with "girl". I definitely feel like now is the time to start to do some shopping!

So now on to the fun part. She is sooooooo cute! She looks just like Nathan, but she has these big ol' "Angelina Jolie" lips! She has chubby cheeks already! She is only 2 lbs 10 oz, but she is already starting to get some fat on her! She is in the 50th percentile and everything looks great! I tried to scan the ultrasound pictures but it isn't working for me, maybe Eric will be able to get them to scan so I can post them.

One last thing....so the whole reason we had this ultrasound was because they were monitoring an ovarian cyst and a fibroid tumor under the placenta that could potentially cause lots of problems. When they looked today, they said both were completely GONE! It's pretty typical for the ovarian cysts to disappear, and the fibroids can go away on their own but it is more common for them to grow because of the estrogen surge. I was so shocked at our good news! Its so strange and wonderful to have a normal pregnancy and baby I almost don't know what to do with myself! I just feel so, so blessed and grateful and I know that Heavenly Father answers prayers!