Update!

Six Days To Go!

Above: Sami is wearing her new dress (while displaying six fingers for me). She is such a girly girl. It didn't help matters that I purchased and wore a dress (actually two) for the first time this week. It is possible that I have worn a dress before, but I have blocked it out of my memory. It is so comfortable not having a band digging into my belly/waist. I'm pretty sure my dress wearing won't go past pregnancy...maybe a little post baby until I can fit in my normal clothes again. Anyway, it's a lot easier to tell Sami she can't wear a dress to school (daycare) when I am not wearing one, so this week was a challenge. So, since she couldn't wear a dress all week, she finally got to wear one today.

Below: Sami in her new jammies, exhausted and ready for bed.

Only six days until we get back to our normal routine and have the household husband, daddy, chef, animal caretaker, etc. home. The time hasn't gone by as fast as I had hoped it would, but now that the weather is nicer and we are able to be outside a bit it really helps. The dogs are sick of hearing me threaten to leave them on the interstate, they've caught on that they are empty threats. I'm just so glad that this is a very temporary situation!

Pregnancy Update: I am at the end of my second trimester and just starting the major leg cramps/charlie horses in my calves and feet. Was a very unpleasant surprise to wake up to this morning at 4:30. Juan Carlos is a pretty active baby. Sami was very active as well, but I don't remember seeing as much movement as I do this time. It's very distracting. When I was pregnant with Samantha I took a liking to steak and wanted to eat it all of the time. This round I just want chocolate, which really isn't any different than when I'm not pregnant except now I say that I want it because I'm prego. I still feel like it's a boy, although I thought that Samantha was a boy until the ultrasound proved otherwise. We'll find out in a few months!