Visit from the grandparents, and Grandma's camera

March brought a visit from my parents, and my mothers photography skills. I think its awesome that she has picked up a hobby that is so beneficial to me :)

Man, they're cute.

Thanks Mom and Dad!!

Update

We had a fabulous week-long visit from Grandma and Grandpa and the micro-machines. :) My kids are going to have withdrawls from the attention and the constant playmates. Thanks mom and dad for making memories!

Also, things are beginning to move forward on the home front. Should only take two more weeks or so to be under contract, then closing here we come! More on that later.

As if you all wanted to know about my personal pregnancy experiences, late pregnancy discomforts are beginning to set it; swelling, back pain, pelvic pressure, feeling like a bowling ball is about to fall out every time i stand up. And I've have a few bouts of strong, and close contractions, but I've managed to get them to go away after a few hours. The first time it happened I was so anxious, I almost headed to the hospital after three hours of contractions 15 minutes apart, then they finally began to subside. 28 weeks is not a good time to have a baby. Anyway, I hope its no indicator of how the next two months will be, I have enough to worry about these days.

So thats it, pictures coming soon, promise.

Lazy and OCD

There have been days when Greg gets home from work and the breakfast bowls are still on the table. With quick-drying bran flakes around the sides and a little leftover milk in the bottom.

Gross.

This is ME. I am slightly OCD. I am an organizational Nazi, and I like things clean, even sterile most times. And yet there are days when our house is so messy. And, I am embarrassed to say, not just messy, it's down right dirty. The kind of dirty that would make me uncomfortable in a strangers home.

But I'm not Lazy and OCD at the same time.... I'm bi-polar.

Greg says its black and white. There are days when I'm lazy, when they house is super messy, when we're all still in PJ's, when there are two loads of clean laundry sitting in the laundry basket for DAYS without the slightest inclination to fold them and put them away, when the breakfast dishes are still sitting on the table, and dinner dishes from the night before still sitting in the sink, and clean dishes for two days earlier still sitting in the dishwasher.

Then there are days when I'm OCD (like today) when it's only 10am and I've already scoured the oven and stove, drip pans, rings, under the stove top, done all the dishes, washed, dried and folded all the laundry, even cleaned out the fridge, emptying out the contents and wiping down every surface until it shines, swept, vacuumed, and mopped the floors, organized all the toys in their proper place, re-folded all the clothes in the kids dresser so they're in nice little piles according to clothing item, etc. Do you get the picture? By the time 10am rolls around and I've already done all that, the rest of the day seems a little.... empty.

So HOW, I ask you, can I be so OCD, and love it, for that matter, and yet so lazy, and so content living in a mess for days until my OCD switch flips on again? I might need a therapist, or just a good dose of BALANCE.

My midwife would be so proud

(if you are sensitive about weight gain you can skip this post entirely)

I haven't exactly tipped the scales during my life. And pre-pregnancy weight was no different. Official recorded pre-prego weight? 114. Yeah, ok, so I need to gain between 35-45 lbs. It was a slow go at first.... I gained about a pound the entire first trimester. No sickness, no loosing my lunch, I just didn't gain weight. Then the numbers on the scale began rising.... up... up... slowly.... up. My appt. in February was coming up and I was a little behind on my weight gain, I was at 124 maybe? So I shoved my face for a week and made it official at 127. Awesome. My midwife was pleased with my weight gain, and said it looked good. I told her it only looked that way because I'd been eating crap the past week to get it up there. I asked if it was ok if I cut the crap and my weight gain slowed a bit? Nope. She recommended still adding a little "extra" on top of my otherwise nutritious diet. OH did I EVER!

Since Greg doesn't take the pleasure of buying junk food for himself anymore he went to winco and stocked up on junk food for his lovely wife. It was sweet. All my favorites. All the things that he knew I couldn't resist. And I didn't. In about a week and a half I gained 9 lbs! 9!!!!!! I was tipping it at 136, after only about 10 days! Wow, so that's how people do it....

After I realized how "well" my new diet plan was working, and after feeling sick each time I ate all that delicious sugar and saturated fat, I decided it was time I layed off a little, took it easy, and maybe just add a little extra butter to my potatoes, or make a loaf of homemade bread, that'll always do it.

So, for those of you who are trying to gain weight (I know, there aren't many) Here is my tried and true diet plan: Chocolate covered Cinnamon bears (I will warn you, they taste so good, but I threw up each time I ate them... I might have eaten too many) Oreos, Mt. Hood Mix, Yogurt covered raisins and pretzels, Sun Chips and Ice cream.


** Post Script** I've lost a few pounds since discontinuing my being eating. But at least now I'm where I should be. By the way, for those of you who are looking lose weight here is my tried and true method: Don't eat the crap.