Thursday, March 12, 2009

Spring Schming

Have I mentioned that I'm particularly ready for spring this year? Too bad I guess...Mother Nature has other ideas. We got no less than 18" of snow at our house on Monday. Just when I was enjoying the sight of our dead grass, mud, and a few brave tulips...sigh. Maybe that was the going out with a lion part and spring will truly be on its way now.

I signed Luke up for a session of swimming lessons which started the day of the big blizzard. He added his parka to complete the outfit below, and we headed out. The parking lot was unplowed, and I had to carry Seth through knee deep snow to get into the building only to find out it was about 120 degrees in there. Not my best prego moment, but we survived!


Friday, March 6, 2009

Man Cubs and Impossibilities

A few days ago I put Jungle Book on for my boys, so I could attempt to clean up the house. About a minute into it Luke looked at me and said, "Me and Seth are both man cubs." Yep. We know man cubs around this house. It's snowing outside, but the other day it was actually sunny and warm outside and we took advantage. We took a walk in the stroller, scootered, biked...come on spring!!!!

Check out Seth's ears. Jer brought the boys shirts and hats from his annual Targhee trip, and they love them. Seth's had to be cinched way down to fit and now it folds his ears over. Luke wore his getup for show and tell and wants to wear it everyday.


Tired man cub.


These towels or "capes" from grandma have been a big hit around our house.

Now on a side note. I've been thinking a lot about pregnancy lately and am starting to get really antsy for the end. Here are a few things that are gradually becoming impossibilities:
**Shaving my legs--that's a little overrated in the winter anyway, right? I can still do it, but it pretty much cuts off blood flow back to my head while I'm at it.
**Really anything to do with my feet--I think they're still down there somewhere. Slipping my shoes on is easy (when my feet aren't fat) but clipping/painting toenails...that's another story. Guess I need a pedicure.
**Rolling over in bed at night. This is the most painful thing I do due to the intense groin pain I have while pregnant. Am I alone in that symptom? I had it with Luke also but this time I started around 5 months.
**Go through the day without getting my shirt dirty. My belly is just out there to catch stuff on.
**Make it for any reasonable amount of time without going to the bathroom.
**Wear my wedding ring. My ring hasn't fit since December, and my fingers are numb and stiff all the time.
**Get into my car. This isn't usually a problem, but the other day at the store I came out and the car next to me had left almost no room to get my door open. Come on people! I seriously barely squeezed in. Sucking in is not an option.
**Remember anything. I swear I'm operating on half a brain right now.
Due to the half-brain, I can't think of anything else right now. You get the idea though. Just some of the little joys of pregnancy. Seriously though I am so grateful. This was a long time coming, and we are all so excited for the baby's arrival. I see people at the store look at me with my boys and then at my belly, and I can tell they think I'm a Fertile Myrtle or something. Little do they know! It's so exciting to be able to say that I'm having my baby next month--I can handle that!