So last night was kind of crazy with the kids. Dekker calmed down once we were in the room and fell asleep decently soon after, but Laela knew she had a captive audience. That, and her unbelievable fatigue, kept all of us up until 1:00am ish, which is our 2:00am. So we were kinda pooped. But so was she, after being up since 8:00 that morning, and only napping for about ten minutes in the van. For literally the first time since she was born, we worked to intentionally rock her to sleep. When she was finally asleep, Brady successfully laid her down in her playpen and she slept until morning, or I guess later that morning.

It was a short night, but the kids were ready to get up and have breakfast with the family. Sadly, they were both still completely shot, and didn’t play especially well or cooperate. I’m pretty sure all Dekker ate all day was buns and grapes. I’m thankful for family who gets it, and loves the kids despite their screams and discontent. We put them down for naps a bit early, which was momentarily devastating for them, until they fell asleep moments later. They were so ready! It was sad to miss some cousin time but they definitely needed more sleep, and we all needed a break from the volume they produced.

I think I can safely say they felt decently better in the evening. Not all the way better, but less screaming and more cuddling, which I can definitely handle! We ate Christmas dinner, took pictures, and opened presents. Gifts actually went over great! Dekkers favorites were a wooden ambulance and a pair of slippers, and Laela loves her new baby doll, who appears to give great hugs and kisses. It was a really good, loaded, day. The kids went down at a pretty normal time, and we’re in bed nice and early as well. Hopefully we’ll get good and rested and feel 100% tomorrow!

I hope everyone else is enjoying their holiday so far as well!

We are safe and sound at Brady’s parents for next few days, and have been for a while now. Tho we were an hour or two later than expected, we were warmly received into a cowboy birthday party with sweets and lots of snacky foods. It was yummy and relaxed. The best part was that Dekker was unnaturally comfortable with the group, and fit in immediately. He was shy for literally moments. He got into some cake pops and fruit and was good to go. Laela also was totally comfortable and took her time exploring the whole house, poking at the puppy, and finding treats. Everyone settled in nicely.
The kids did, however, stay up a solid 3.5 hours past their bedtime and are still awake and brutally overtired, bawling in our room with us. So it could be a bit of an interesting night! But I’m sure there could be worse things 🙂 at least they had a great evening with their cousins, grandparents, and auntie and uncle.
Sorry for the shorty post, but it’s been a long day of driving, and while lots of adorable things happened throughout it, we are still a bit tired, and getting these kids down takes priority. Hopefully I’ll be a better blogger tomorrow. But until then, goodnight from northern Alberta!

I wanted to talk frank about Christmas with you guys. I’m confident I’ll come out of this post sounding shallow or trivial or whatever you want to call it, but this season has looked very different for me and I kind of want to let you in on it.

We did the weekly savings this year, as I’m sure you’ve all heard about by now. We saved with a plan all year, and even sped up the ending a bit so we would have the full years worth of money saved by November 1st. Our plan was to use this as our Christmas money. All gifts/seasonal treats/travel money would be taken from this jar, and we wouldn’t go broke over Christmas. I recommend this to all! It has been incredibly to not have to be too terribly careful with gifts for people this year, since we don’t even have to look at our finances, just into this jar of cash that we’ve saved. Its been freeing, to say the least. In mid-October, I apparently just couldn’t keep my pants on any longer, and I put the last two weeks worth of money into the jar so we could officially be Christmas ready! I was sooo excited!

And then this funny thing happened. I was kind of on my own with the whole thing! No biggie, though. I knew it was super early. So I waited and dreamed a bit on my own. By the time it was into November, I wanted to go Christmas shopping! Early again, I know, but I had anticipated Christmas all year and was ready for it to begin. But no one else seemed to be. Again, no hard feelings against anyone, but it seemed strange to me, and I felt lonely. In the past few years, Brady and I have always scheduled out a day where he would book off work and we would do our big family Christmas shop, which is a tradition that dates back in my family since birth, and we’ve loved carrying it on with our kids. But his schedule kept filling and a date was never chosen. I know, I should have pushed and picked one, but I didn’t. I so badly wanted him to be as thrilled as I was, but the fact is, I have a lot more time to think about these things in a day, where he works his butt off, and then comes home to be a dad, and our time is just filled! Not everything that I see as a priority is everyone elses priority.

So I got a little bitter. Some of you probably know that by now. Christmas, to me, then became lists of things that had to get done, and things I had to drag people through with me. It really shouldn’t have been that way, and probably would have looked a lot brighter had I checked my attitude at the door. But I didn’t, and I think I screwed everything up.

Its the 19th. We bought a sled, but have yet to break it out and take the kids for a walk. Not once have we all cuddled up with hot chocolate, popcorn, and a holiday movie. We haven’t baked with the kids. Nothing. I feel like, for all the anticipation I had for Christmas, I have thoroughly dropped the ball. And the worst part is that its all on me. How desperately I want to point fingers and say someone else screwed it all up. But its just me.

However!! There is a light at the end of this tunnel! I have discovered that people cannot read minds. While I do truly wish that everyone knew exactly what I want when I want it (don’t we all?) its not reality. So in the last weekish I’ve started to be a bit more direct and decisive. I’m not great at this, as I HATE putting people out and asking for things, but I do need help. OR sometimes I just ask Brady to be excited about something with me, and he will! He’ll immediately make an effort to take more of an interest in what I’m interested in. What a gift! I just need to ask something. I’m also very mildly proud to say that I am successfully not looking back. Its a bummer that I put so much into a list of jobs and less on fun and family time. But Christmas isn’t over! It can begin now, and if I want it to, it can carry on into mid-January 😉 I always leave my tree up waaay past its death anyway. We’ve all been (and continue to be) sick as dogs, so we’re having our rest and a slow start into the fun, but its fast approaching. There is lots of time left with the snow, so we can still go outside a lot. Snacks and cuddles will be in abundance. We likely won’t bake, but we have all the right sprinkles and supplies for chocolate covered pretzels, which are easier for little fingers to eat anyway. There is so much to look forward to!

Thats the end of my rant. I know a lot of it sounds petty and unreasonable, and I’m sure many of you can see that I backpedalled my way though a lot of my points. No one did anything wrong but me, and I think I’ve figured most of it out. I just want to be straight up with you guys about whats going on in my crazy head, and that is this. All done! We have a busy evening ahead of us, filled with packing for our visit with Bradys parents in the far, far off northern Alberta, and doing a few chores around the house so we don’t come home to chaos. And we really need to wash our children. Badly. Poor kids’ eyebrows are just crusted with boogers.

The kids (and I) slept in beautifully this morning and it shows. There was less than half the amount of snot flowing in our house, which was huge relief! Maybe we won’t infect everyone we encounter over the holidays!!

Our day was relaxed and calm for the most part. We played downstairs, ate yummy snacks for lunch, and the kids went down for their nap quite nicely. Its funny, because while they appear to be considerably healthier, and they really are considerably healthier, they are still under the weather to a degree. While the napped, I wrapped the last two presents I had. One for our nephews birthday party this weekend, and one for our doctor. Is that strange? Does anyone else give their doctor a Christmas gift, or are we just awkward? Anyway, I enjoyed that quite a bit actually. Taking my time, curling ribbon, and not having a whole pile of things in front of me, but just a couple. It was soon closing in on the time when we had somewhere to be, so I finished up the gifts and got myself ready to be seen in public.

I ended up having to wake the kids from a dead sleep to get them dressed and out the door in time. Didn’t expect that. They were both pretty unimpressed. Even with promises of going to Grandmas house, they weren’t convinced it was good that I had woken them. Dekker lay lifeless on the floor and I got him ready, saying he didn’t feel well. Laela lay in her crib, still completely wrapped, and stared at us, moaning her sad sick moan. Her “why are you doing this to us?” moan. So they both dragged their feet and whined their way from their bedroom to the entrance to the van, where they mourned being strapped into their carseats. I turned on some peppy Christmas music and tried to make it fun for them. Halfway through the drive to Grandmas, I said to them “This is fun, right guys?” One “no” and one head shake was enough to shut me up, except for the laughing I did under my breath.

Lucky for me, everyone perked up once we arrived at the promised location. We arrived to a delicious supper of chicken and rice, corn, with salad on the side, and an unbelievable cheesy garlic bread. It was delicious. Dekker ate almost nothing, but I think he was frankly just too excited to be there and wanted to go play. So he did, and Laela ate really well. I love that she’ll really eat anything.

After supper, or rather, just before 6:00, Brady and I abandoned everyone and met up with some people at the church to practice music for the Christmas Eve service. Two songs and two hours later, I think it’ll actually sound good! Hopefully just one more practice on the day will be enough to make it great. At the very least, it’ll be a lot of fun!

We got Laela her milk and the kids into their jammies before we left to head home, and got in a bit more visiting. But we inevitably left, and the kids miraculously stayed awake the entire drive home! Now they’re pretty overtired and having trouble falling asleep, but it’ll come. And then a bath for us and off to bed. Brady has been working his butt off, going in early and staying late in an effort to have tomorrow off, but things keep getting casually chucked on his plate that have to be done before Christmas, so thats been a tough one to swallow for me. BUT tomorrow has potential to at least be a shorter day that will leave him room to come home and help me get us organized and packed for our trip. Who knows if we’ll get there though. This week has certainly not panned out how I had expected or hoped, but I don’t think its been bad. Just not as fun as we had originally planned it out to be. Such is life. Lots of fun is still to come in the next two weeks!

Today has been our nosewipiest day thus far. For those who don’t understand me and my humor and therefore, my writing, nose-wipe-ee-est. As in lots and lots of snot and kleenex. The kids are great though. Dekker is definitely in the best shape of all of us, but he’ll come tell me if his nose is runny and he cooperates really well with having it wiped. Laela will follow right behind him, making her funny face that sucks in her bottom lip and pushes out her top lip and nose, waiting for her nose wipe, which is inevitably much, much more necessary. But she also tolerates it well. Very good kids I have.

Last night, after all of my meltdowns, I felt better and more organized. Funny how that happens. After the much anticipated pretzel pizza, the kids went to bed and Brady pitched in a bunch. We got all the gifts ribboned and labelled, and looked at the list together. We decided which things he can fit into his week while being in the city every day, and what I could fit into one last city trip before we leave on Saturday. It feels more doable now. Not ideal still, but better. I discovered that we’ve been focusing too much on what needs to get done, and we have skipped all the fun stuff. It makes me a bit sad, but I’m trying to not look back and to just change my mindset from here on out. It’ll be great.

So this morning I relaxed with the kids and started laundry. This afternoon I’m continuing the laundry, painting my toe nails, and resting up a bit. We’re all still sick, and hope to be well before we leave this weekend, but Brady and I agreed to sing in our church Christmas Eve service, and we have to have voices enough to practice tomorrow. And to learn our parts this evening :/ No judging! Its been insane and we’re behind in everything! But we’re trying. It will all fit in, we’re determined!

Brady is having to work late every evening this week, so I accomplish what I can in the day, we do what we need to do with the kids for the short time we’re all together, and then we do everything else after they go to bed. This evening, we reeeaaally need to bathe the kids, but we also need to practice our songs while the kids are awake so we can use the piano, and we won’t have time for both. So the kids will wallow in their filth for another day or two. Its a shame that will get pushed to Friday, because we’re gone tomorrow evening at the music practice, and Friday evening is packing time!! Bah!!!!! (For those wondering why I don’t just bathe the kids myself, it has been an immense struggle to get to a place where the bath isn’t a wrestling match, and Brady has struck a beautiful balance with bath time, just the three of them. I will NOT ruin this!! One day, yes, but not today.)

I have to add in here that I love our crazy Christmases. I remember speaking to someone last year about what her plans for the holidays were, and she said she was looking forward to a good book and some tea. While I can definitely appreciate the silence and comfort that comes with times like that, I would feel so empty if that was all my Christmas held. I love the lack of sleep that I get, the amount of people we see, and all the activities we do. I anticipate the feeling of needing a holiday after our holiday. I’m good with that. That is the Christmas for me.

I’ve mentioned it on here a few times, but seriously, if you haven’t tried out the pretzel pizza from Little Caesars yet, you need to. Its unbelievable! Brady is driving home with some right now so I will make this quick!

Today sort of got a hold of me. I did a lot of crying today. For those of you who knew me years ago, I have always been an easy weeper, and I come by it honestly. Thanks, mom 😉 I’ve never been embarrassed about it. I feel like crying is incredibly healthy and freeing and we should all do it once in a while. However, its also not a secret that I’m far from the best mental and emotional health that I’ve ever been in. While I feel emotional and I tear up often enough, I rarely have a good cry anymore. I actually wish I did more often. It felt so much better. Anyway, I chatted with my mom on the phone today and through all of my hacking and snotting, I bawled my face off. I blubbered about all kinds of things that are and are not important, and while I’m not sure she could even hear everything I was saying, she prayed for me and let me cry. It met a fabulous need for me and weirdly, I feel the healthiest I’ve felt in weeks! Like even cold wise! So thank you, mom, for taking care of me still. I hope to do the same for my kids as they grow up.

After getting my weepfest out of the way, I cuddled with and fed my children before putting them down for a nap. That was pretty seamless today, so that was really nice! Then I decided to spend this afternoon making plans, and I’m pleased to report that there isn’t tons and tons left to do. I’ll talk a bit more about having to pick priorities and stuff soon, but not today. Some things just got nixed off of the list, and it now seems a lot less ominous. I’m sad to lose a few of those things, but mostly I think its a pride thing, and having to admit defeat somehow. So I will now openly admit it! I choose family time and going for walks and getting well and wrapping presents over baking and cleaning and spotless planning and all of those other fabulous things. Doesn’t List A sound like way more fun anyway?!

This week, I’ll need to make one more trip to the city, which will be nice and short and enjoyable for all involved. I have to buy a few gifts and a couple of other things that I needed to buy before Christmas but didn’t get to yesterday. And then at home, I need to finish wrapping/labelling gifts, go laundry, and pack for our trip. Done! Totally doable, right? Right?!?!?!

I’m so ready to be eating my pizza now. C’mon home, hubs! The kids and I are hungry for PIZZA!!!

Seriously, you’d think I have shares in the stuff, or like I was being paid out some other way. But you neeeeed to eat this pizza.

Things have to get done eventually, so Brady and I made plans to run a few errands this afternoon. Being the responsible parent that I am, I slept in super late, and there wasn’t a lot of playtime before it was going to be nap time. Normally, I would just push naps back a bit but couldn’t afford to lose them and then bring my two sick kids into the city. So instead, we just played good and hard while the kids were up. My plan had initially been to let Dekker skip his nap so he might doze on the drive into the city and wouldn’t be a total bear, but would also still get a bit of a rest. But he was really pushing my buttons and I knew I needed a bit of a break, so I decided to put him down instead. It was going to be a super short nap as it was, so even if they both just played in there, at least it would be some quiet time for me.

Jokes on me. Both kids were asleep within minutes. I embraced it and wrapped just about the end of the gifts for this year. We had a few more things arrive in the mail, so I attacked those, and labelled a couple. So far they all just have sticky notes on them. But I really didn’t have much time. I did a few things but quickly had to get myself upstairs and into clothing and makeup. When it did reach that time to go get the kids, I actually had to wake them. Dekker was super gung ho to get dressed and go to the city, so I started getting him ready first. Laela observed through the bars from her spot laying on her tummy. Eventually, she sat up and shimmied out of her blankets. She stood and waited for her turn. Both kids were revved up and ready to go when it was time, so we were out the door nice and quick.

We met Brady and he sat with them in the van while I went and got my legs waxed. I always enjoy that, which I know sounds crazy to many of you, but its luxurious to me now. Plus I love the girls club that is my waxing place. Good people that do a good job. I’m always out of there early, so it wasn’t long before we were back on the road to Superstore. The kids did awesome there, and we picked up everything we were looking for pretty much. When we went over to the bakery, the kids were ready for cookies, but not in a way that they had begged and pleaded the entire time at all. Just excited. The woman from behind the counter came and brought us two cookies, and Dekker said a very polite and even audible thank you! He immediately started eating his. Laelas eyes grew as she stared at hers. She turned it over in her hands a few times before she lay into it. I’m not going to lie. Both kids were covered with crumbs, chocolate smears, and snot in no time, but they were two incredibly happy kids! We left Superstore having paid less than I thought we would, so there was even an added bonus there. Yay!

Walmart was next, just for one or two things. We ran into a friend there who I haven’t seen in a few years, and we caught up briefly in the furniture section. She greeted Dekker and he got so smiley and goofy! It was nice to see him respond so positively to someone he has truly never met! He got all shy and for whatever reason, dropped down on all fours and crawled away, but it didn’t last long before he was back for more attention. I found the whole thing pretty endearing. Minus the part where Laela got her finger stuck in part of the little seat belt thing and cried an amazing amount of boogers and tears on me. Poor munchkin is still so sick!

We took the kids out for supper to Wendys, and even post-cookies, the kids ate a lot! Laela was more thirsty than anything, but Dekker ate every bite of his kids meal, which was awesome. We all appeared to be starving and ate everything. It really hit the spot anyway.

We drove home separately, since Bradys work van was obviously in the city from earlier that day, and listened to some Christmas music while the kids chatted. I love that neither of them slept. I have high hopes for a solid night around here. The more sleep the better!

So all things considered, we brought our sick selves into the city and we survived the trip! None of us are feeling 100% yet, and it shows, but we still had lots of fun and playful moments. The kids laughed a lot, and we found and purchased pretty much everything we were going for, so I’m calling success! Now, onto the rest of the week, where I will do nothing. Except laundry, finish presents, and pick up the house. As of Saturday, we’re on the road for Christmas with Bradys parents! Gotta get prepped for that!

Who out there is bored of all of my talk of sickness? I know I am! I’m not all the way better, but definitely not as rough as the last two days. I slept until almost 11:00 this morning, which was unbelievable! Obvious kudos to Brady for letting me be the sick whiner I am for yet another day. But luckily, I didn’t spend the entire day in bed today! I got up and cuddled with my wonderful kids, conversed with the family, and even took a phone call. Big successes for this one 😉

I’ll be the first to admit that we’ve watched a lot of tv these last couple of days, but today was probably the most fun. Instead of just watching what was on, we put on Little Rascals. Since we’ve been appreciating Netflix more and more, we’ve gotten out of the practice of looking in the $5 movie bins, but I happened to glance in and see this gem the other day, and I’m so glad I snagged it. Dekker LOVED it and talked about it for the rest of the day.

While the kids napped, Brady and I had another hot soak in the tub to clear us up mid-day. I think my favorite thing about being sick at home is multi-bath days. We just steamed ourselves in an overly hot bath and watched some Greys Anatomy. It was pretty glorious for being sick.

Once the kids were up, Brady offered to make supper. He played guitar with Laela in the kitchen and kept an eye on supper while Dekker came and hung out with me in bed. He got really cuddled up and sweet, with his head on my chest and my arm wrapped around his body, and we watched a bit of YouTube and chatted. He was so content. And my goodness that boy is growing!! His big strong legs and his chunky torso just blow me away. When he got a little too warm from all the cuddles, he moved over a little bit and propped his head up on his hand. I don’t know, but he looked like such a little teenager. I really hope we can still have these times years from now. I know people say to enjoy the cuddles because they don’t last forever, and that may be so. I know our cuddles have changed, but they haven’t gone away. And I still love to cuddle with my mom! So I’m sure holding out hope!

We ate supper forever, it seemed, and it was already approaching bedtime. We’ve had our tree up for a while now and keep putting off decorating because the kids are in rough shape, or in this case, we are in rough shape. We were going to do it this evening but then supper took too long. We finally decided to do the tree after the kids went to bed. Now some of you are probably shaking your heads at this, because its supposed to be a family affair, but here are two things to consider. Firstly, its getting to a point where I’m annoyed when I look at that stupid empty tree, and this relieves some of that for me. And secondly, our kids wouldn’t actually enjoy the experience. As much as we’d love to include them, Laela wouldn’t be allowed to handle many of the ornaments, and Dekkers hates how pokey the tree is, so even though he is capable of hanging ornaments, he likely wouldn’t do it.

So once the kids were tucked away, we decorated the tree. It looks so pretty and sparkly and colorful! At least the top half 😉 We know Laela will likely give us a bit of a run for our money this year so the bulbs that won’t break are at the bottom, as well as a few that jingle or are meant for the kids to play with. Its not perfectly even in that way, but it works. Now to add the presents at the bottom!!! Not quite everything is wrapped, but sooo close to it. Hopefully soon. Not tomorrow, but soon.

Not tomorrow, because we actually have to surface at some point tomorrow. Brady will go to work, obviously, but I’m going into the city for an appointment at 4:00. That has us leaving at 3:00 (can’t wait til that commute is shorter!) and the kids usually nap at 1:30. However, being that it takes Dekker a while to fall asleep, and that its such a short nap anyway, I think Dekker will be given the option to stay up instead of napping. That way, he’ll maybe doze in the van, or just be fine. And Laela will probably fall asleep sooner on her own as well. So I’ll have him on my hands all day, and no spare time to wrap gifts. But soon, I hope!

All in all, today was better than the last couple of days for sure! I could have done without this hiccup so close to Christmas, but hopefully we’ll all be better by the time the season is in full swing. And I hope the same for all of you guys and your families!

I slept last night! It wasn’t the best sleep I’ve ever had, but it was ok. I was out by 1:00am, and I woke up quite a bit between 2-4:00am. I peed probably four times in those two hours, which was insane and annoying, but I’m glad that my body is hydrated anyway. Then I slept from probably 4-8:00, which was great. The kids were kind of lulling but very quietly, and Brady woke up feeling surprisingly chipper, so we lay in bed and watched some tv.

The crud in my throat loosened a bit, so there was some relief there, but my neck and throat still felt incredibly pressurized and like they might explode. Any turn of the head or tilt of the head resulted in a mad coughing fit. Not ideal, but again, liveable.

After the kids ate, we went downstairs for yet another lazy day, but I didn’t last long. I couldn’t find a comfortable spot to sit in, I was constantly hacking and blowing my nose, and in between fits, I was falling asleep. My loving family sent me upstairs to bed, where I have been most of the day. I know I sound pity-party-ish, but hear me when I say very honestly that I am currently in the worst shape around here. I truly would not say it if it weren’t true.

Once again, Brady is feeding the kids and sitting at the table with them while I lay in bed. I hope to surface with everyone for the evening, but having this day tucked away has been quite helpful and as comfortable as can be expected. We’ll see how the rest of the day plays out. Wish us all luck! None of us are feeling 100% yet, so another night of sleep would be the best thing for everyone. I’m so pleased that we still have tomorrow to recover before regular life starts back up on Monday.

I mentioned yesterday that I had a sore throat and that the whole family was starting to feel sick. Well, our colds escalated quickly in the evening and I went from a sore throat around supper time to completely incapacitated by bedtime. I kid you not, I lay awake until 6:30, when I finally began dozing in and out. I did this until around 8:00 when the kids woke up. So it was definitely not my finest night.

I’m sure I’ve had a cold and pregnancy at the same time before, but this one hit SO FAST! I can’t lay on my stomach because its insanely uncomfortable. I can’t lay on my back, or even reclined, because my belly is big and squashed my organs so I can’t breath. Laying on my side was hard too because one pillow didn’t raise my head enough but two was too tall and hurt my neck. On top of that, I can take almost nothing. I have a humidifier next to my bed, so thats a pro, and I’ve been taking Tylenol on schedule, but other than that, there’s not much I can do. Especially considering I got sick after arriving home, and we have no pharmacy or anything of the sort out here. Its been a definite challenge.

Because Brady actually slept in the night, and because he is able to tale DayQuil and all that good stuff, he left me in bed and got the kids fed and up for the day, which was a HUGE gift to me. I couldn’t sleep, but I took my time getting up. A fun surprise was that the kids were in much better shape today. Laela is chipper and cute, with a bit of a dry cough, but thats about it. Today was Dekker’s snot faucet day but he also seems pretty fine otherwise. Just doesn’t care for having his nose wiped like most kids. Brady and I are definitely in worse shape than the kids, but thats as it should be. We’re more so at the point of not being able to breathe through our noses, but breathing through our mouths hurts our throats sooo much!

The day was fairly uneventful, to tell you the truth. We sat downstairs and poked each others belly buttons and watched some TLC. The toys didn’t even really get messed up.

One thing that is wonderful about our kids feeling sick is that they napped for over three hours this afternoon! We ran a tub and soaked for two hours, which was awesome. We’ve eaten soup and toast for pretty much every meal and/or snack today, including in the bath. Yes, we ate soup in the tub. Challenge accepted. When the kids woke up from their nap, the baby monitor was quite shocking actually!

Boogers boogers boogers!!!

The sad reality of our crazy colds is that we had a really busy Sunday planned, and the whole thing is over. We had to call in last minute back up to cover us for leading worship, we dropped out of the plans our small group put together for a fun social event, we’ll miss our usual time with my parents, and we’re even in the process of rescheduling something we look forward to with each and every pregnancy – the 3D ultrasound, which was supposed to happen Sunday afternoon. While it will be good to know we don’t have to surface again until Monday, its still a bummer.

However, we have high hopes that today was “our day” and that, like our kids, we’ll have our one particularly gnarly day before we start getting better faster than expected.

This is all I have the energy to post right now. Time for another bath and some kind of snack that will scratch my aching throat. Or soup. Again.