Busy Day!

Joe left at 4am and made it all the way to Ardmore, OK by 6pm. He should only have a few hours of travel left tomorrow! Sami and I have been busy taking care of the dogs, learning how to stand on ice skates, sledding and watching movies.

We went to the ice rink this morning so that Sami could try out her ice skates for the first time. She did really good for never having skates on her feet before. It was more like ice walking, but the whole point was just to get a feel for it.

Then after a little afternoon rest, we went sledding for a little bit. Lots of fun, but a bit difficult because I was wearing Carhartts that were pretty snug around the waist, making it difficult to bend and sit on the sled. I made the mistake of not paying attention to the terrain on the first hill that we went down and the three of us (Sami, myself and Juan Carlos) hit a big bump in the snow and the next thing you know we were on the Air Traffic Control map.

Tomorrow is the beginning of my What's for Dinner? daily posts. Well, maybe daily. I'm going to be sharing about my adventures in the kitchen. I think I will be keeping it simple for tomorrow night, but hope to work my way up. My goal is to have Mac & Cheese less than once a week. We'll see how this goes.

Baby update

19 weeks, 5 days. Baby weighs about 11oz. and is a little olympian in there - very active. Turns out that wasn't gas I was feeling afterall. Heartbeat was 136 during the ultrasound and 30 minutes later, when the baby was still long enough for the doctor to catch it, it was 160. We followed through and DID NOT find out the gender, but we think we know what we're in for.
P.S. The bottom shot is the feet which are looking average in size.

Sledding at Edgewood

One Year

Yesterday marked the one year anniversary since Joe quit smoking. To celebrate, I picked up some candy sticks (no longer called candy cigarettes).

Valentine's Day

On our way to Grandma Pam's for a Valentine's Day lunch.
Kate

Kiwanis Pancake Feed!

On Saturday morning we went to the Kiwanis Pancake Feed, which is becoming a family tradition. After the pancakes, we take Sami to the Games Galore area (bouncy houses). Last year, it was just a tour for her to watch all of the other kids. This year it started out like that. I felt bad because I was being really pushy and getting really annoyed that she would look excited about going in and then when I went to lift her into one of the things she would freak out. I really just wanted to chuck her in there because I knew she would love it if she would JUST GO IN! Well, she finally went in. And then we had to drag her out kicking and screaming.

Juan Carlos

That's what Joe plans on naming our child (he is certain it will be a boy) while I am being sewn up after the c-section. I am at a major disadvantage here.

I am no longer referring to the baby as "The Alien" and will now refer to it as Juan.

Fever!

Sami woke up early this morning with a fever of 103.7. Poor girl has never had a fever that high. Of course I panicked and my first thought was that we should take her to the ER immediately, but with help from my big sis' I calmed down and things got better. Sami is still not eating very much, more like nibbling, but her fever is down to a steady 99.3.

I was tempted...

to sit on the tailgate of the pickup that angled me in in the parking lot of the clinic/hospital so that I could see the face of the dumbass driver who angled me in. But it's too cold to sit outside and wait for stupid.

I was tempted to write a note to put on Dumbass's windshield that read something like this:

Dear Dumbass,
Before you drive off in this vehicle, please consider calling somebody to drive for you, because if you can't even park this pickup, I don't want to be around when you are actually driving it. Maybe also consider purchasing a vehicle that you can handle.
Sincerly,
The pregnant chick you angled in (your lucky I am only 15 weeks pregnant; any more and I wouldn't have been able to squeeze through where your tire and the back of my car practically met)

But the only paper that I had in my car was a coloring from Sami, and I didn't want to waste that on a dumbass.

I was also tempted to write "The driver of this vehicle is a Certified Dumbass" in the dirt on the tailgate, but again, it's really cold out and I would have to repeatedly lick my finger to write all of that. So I just settled with writing "Dumbass" on their tailgate.

WARNING: This pregnancy has removed my ability to control what I say and do.

Dinner & Dessert & A Treat

Sami didn't eat her dinner tonight and we had a delicious chocolate cake waiting to be eaten for dessert, but since Sami didn't eat she wasn't going to get dessert. Tonight was the first night that she really grasped that concept. She came strolling back into the kitchen when she heard Joe pull out the cake and she rested her chin on the table next to him, staring at him while he took each delicious bite. After being told that she can't have any because she didn't eat (or even attempt to eat) her supper, she put on her game face, pulled her plate with the pork taco she pretended to be gagging on just minutes before and chowed it down like she was on fear factor. EVERY.LAST.BITE. Since she did her part, we got her a little slice of cake. After she finished her cake, she brought her plate into the kitchen and said...

"I finished my cake, can I have my treat now?"

*****

Earlier this morning: Joe tossed supper into the crockpot then said "dinner's in the crockpot." Sami started laughing and said "Daddy said 'crockpot'!!" That girl cracks me up.