As Promised.... 31 Weeks

Update and Some Great Pictures

This morning I put All Bran buds on my Cheerios and I did not throw them up. Were they good-no and the whole time I was eating them I was thinking, why do they have to look the same going in as they are suppose to going out......

Onto happier things, I'm in the finding stage of things rather then the losing stage. I'm not sure if this happens to most people, but I have a week every couple of months where I feel like I am losing everything. This week: card reader for pictures, work keys, bank card and Lucas's favortie Diego top. As of today I have found all but one. So here are some pictures from the last week as I couldn't find the card reader.









I'm off to watch Lost and take a pregnancy picture.

Till Tomorrow

Jenn

Doctor's Appt

I have been fairly relaxed with this pregnancy. After the first 3 months, everything went so smoothly with Lucas that I expect the same type of thing this time around. Lucas was late, so I expect this one to be late. Labour was long with Lucas, I expected this one to be shorter, but still long. No 20 minute babies for me....

So at today's doctor's appt I was surprised to find out I am on the cusp of being anemic. For the baby it really means nothing. The baby will take whatever it needs, it just leaves me depleted. I went from a level of 36 (I have now idea what that number stands for) to 6. If it were down to 4 I would be anemic. So now I have to start taking iron pills. Normally this would be no big deal. Although taking pills is not my favorite thing, it's certainly not the worst thing in the world either, but (didn't you know there was going to be a but....) I'm already having enough trouble with being pregnant and constipation that this is only going to make it worse...

So at night I'll be taking iron pills and in the morning I'll be eating all bran to counteract it..... If anyone has any great recipes that are filled with fiber I'd love to hear them. How do you get enough fiber in your diet?

Till Tomorrow

Jenn

Fun Times Weekend

With the wind chill here it's about -47. Isn't that damn cold? It is so so cold here. So be glad wherever it is you live that it is not -47. Here are some tibits from the weekend:

• Friday Darryl and I went out for date night. It was so nice to have a dinner where we weren't interrupted or trying to pay attention to two conversations at the same time. Although it did make me miss wine.
  
• Saturday we started to decorate both Lucas's and the babies room. Paint, trips to Ikea, a productive Saturday
• We also got Lucas the Hungry, Hungry Hippos game, he adores it. Although I am trying to make it educational because he wants to play it all the time. It is loud.
  
• Sunday we went swimming before the deep freeze came
• Had dinner at my Mom and Dad and she made excellent lamb, although that made me miss wine too
• My gums have been so sore. I didn't have this problem with my last pregnancy. I'm getting to the point where I may go on a straw diet, if it doesn't fit through a straw I won't eat it.
  

Did you have a good weekend?

Till Tomorrow

Jenn

Ying to My Yang

This is usually the situation with Darryl and I.

I fill the kitchen garbage up so full. So super full that things are coming out the side. I like to jam as much into the garbage as I can. I don't like to change the garbage. So Darryl ends up waking up this morning and tries to put something in the garbage and it won't fit, so he has to take it out the garbage.

In return he never puts a new bag into the garbage. I'm sure he doesn't do it on purpose, just doesn't remember. So when I go to put the first thing in the garbage later I dump it in without the bag. I'm just starting to get mad, when I remember how I had stuffed it full the night before.

What would we do without each other.....

Till Tomorrow

Jenn

Damn Dreams

and I mean his not mine.....

Lucas was up at 5:30 this morning because he had a bad dream about dragons. Two nights ago he woke up twice having bad dreams about lions. It's like his brain is subliminally training me for a new born.

Till Tomorrow

Jenn

3 Great Things

Over the past couple of days there have been some great things in my life. I mean other then the obvious great family and friends, but I have had some great experiences.

First, Tammy and I went to a matinées to see the movie Juno. It was excellent! Unexpected story lines, great music, funny and sad. Really great. I can't wait until it's out on DVD and I can watch it again. For those of you who have seen it, didn't you love it too? I loved Jen Garner's character, how you felt about her kind of changed through the movie. I have downloaded most of the soundtrack and love it. And I love the characters of Juno's boyfriend, dad and step mom. The step mom was great, not a "stereo typical one" If you haven't go see it, it's great.



Next would be on Sunday we went tobogganing in the backyard. Yeah, the back yard is big enough and with the walkout there is of a slope to for a two year old to enjoy sliding down the hill. Lucas loved it. Darryl was exhausted, but Lucas wanted to do it over and over again.

Lastly yesterday I went to have my hair done at a salon called Red Bloom. They were big into the enviroment and use rain water in there toilets. I loved that. Plus they did a great job on my hair.

Great 3 things....

Till Tomorrow

Jenn

A Funny Thing About Kids

Is how they can sleep in any direction in their bed... maybe a pillow, maybe no pillow.... maybe a blanket, maybe no blanket.

Doesn't really matter to them

I could never sleep without a pillow.

Till Tomorrow

Jenn

Happy Anniversay Oma and Opa

Yesterday was Oma and Opa 50th wedding anniversary. I have always loved all my grandparents and really most people over the age of 70. Oma and Opa have lived quite an amazing married life. That is part of the funny thing with a blog is that it is public and how much do you divulge about someone else. Anyway they have been through quite a few ups and downs, they have lived in almost every province in Canada. I loved being a teenager and living around the corner from them. I think in todays day and age giving up on marriage is more acceptable and there are times when they could have given up, but it is an excellent example how sticking together can end in happiness. Last night when I called and asked how it felt to be married for 50 years, Oma said, Lucky. That's pretty damn amazing.



Happy Anniversary.

Monthly Newsletter- Month Twenty Nine

Dear Lucas,

For the next week you are as many months old as I am weeks pregnant. It will be interesting if you and the baby are getting along when your months and the baby's weeks are equal. I think you are kind of excited about meeting your sibling. You seem to get there is a baby in my tummy. Although I'm not sure you really understand the ramifications because you often refer to the baby in your tummy as well. And although I'm sure you will love your new sibling I do think you'll be kind of upset in the beginning as well. The little blob only eats, sleeps and poops and basically monopolizes all of my time. Although you do already know that babies poop is yellow. =). I'm sure by the summer you will be having more fun with the little one.





This month has been a good one. We had Christmas which was lots of fun with you around. You are at an age where it took us hours to open the toys because you wanted to play with each one first. Although we did have an incident last week where you found flyer with a bunch of Bob the Builder toys. You walked around, " I want this, I want that". I was so frustrated with your greediness that after trying to ask you nicely to stop I grabbed that paper from you and ripped it up. Which made you scream, not my proudest mother moment.



One of my better mother moments this month was our rules about eating your dinner. Although I don't force you to eat your dinner. I do require that you eat it before you get anything sweet. If you are not hungry or are just being hard to get along with that's fine, but even if it's an hour or two later, if you want a turtle/chocolate ladybug you must eat more dinner before that. Yeah for mommy and daddy.



Generally I find you amazing. I am amazed at some of the things you say, like the other day I asked if a certain shirt still fit you and you said, Not Really. Or yesterday when you were crying your eyes out before tubbing time and I told you your choices were tubbing or bed time and you said " I don't like those choices". I am amazed at some of the slides you go down or your willingness to still eat pretty much anything. I am amazed at your new found friendships with the animals and your friends at the day home. And how you and I are kind of friends. Not that you are my confident or anything but I am totally free to be myself with you and we do lots of fun things together.


i love you loucky-lou

mommy