My little copycat

Reese has been going around telling people that she has a baby sister in her tummy. She lifts up her shirt and says, "Look, I have a baby in my tummy!" or "Shhhh, my baby in my tummy is sleeping". Too funny!!

I wish I could, but I can't

I wish I could muster up the energy to cook for my family, but it's ridiculous how hard this has been for me. Cory has eaten more frozen pot pies in the past few weeks than he'd ever like to eat. I have dreams of cooking my good ole dinner staples, but I can't bring myself to do it. The girls have been eating a lot of PB&J, mac n' cheese, fruit, and breakfast foods. They don't seem to mind. I miss cooking in some ways, but it's just not my thing right now.

Vitamin OD

I found out today that the children's vitamin bottle is not childproof. Reese found a way to open it. It was on the counter and Ryan had been playing with the bottle earlier while I was with both of them in the kitchen. I walked out of the room for just a moment and when I came back in I saw Reese sitting on the floor with an empty bottle of vitamins. There were probably 60 Gummy Vites in the bottle and she ate them all. I couldn't believe it. I called Poison Control right away and they asked me her age, weight, and if the vitamins had any iron in them (they didn't). The operator at PC said she'd be fine but may have an upset stomach or diarrhea (no kidding) later today. It's 6pm and we've gotten by okay so far, but she did tell me that her tummy hurt. She kills me. Life is an adventure with that child every day.

Most mothers would cringe...

but I love watching my girls and Cory have so much fun. He's professional at tossing them in the air. Reese is crazy. She's such a daredevil and wants to go higher and higher every time. Ryan is a little more conservative, but she loves it too.

Look at Reese's little hands in the bottom of this photo. She's dying to be next. "My turn, Daddy, my turn!"

8 weeks is a kidney bean

Webbed fingers and toes are poking out from your baby's hands and feet, his eyelids practically cover his eyes, breathing tubes extend from his throat to the branches of his developing lungs, and his "tail" is just about gone. In his brain, nerve cells are branching out to connect with one another, forming primitive neural pathways. You may be daydreaming about your baby as one sex or the other, but the external genitals still haven't developed enough to reveal whether you're having a boy or a girl. Either way, your baby — about the size of a kidney bean — is constantly moving and shifting, though you still can't feel it.

MIA

I've been a bit down for the count for the past days. Every day I try to power through the icky stomach feeling, but it's rough some days. I told someone yesterday that I feel like I have food poisoning everyday. Not fun. I'm excited to get through this icky nauseous phase so I can really start enjoying the pregnancy.

Little dancers

The girls started a dance class at Rolly Pollies last week and oh my goodness, they are the cutest little ballerinas I've ever seen. They have real tap shoes and ballet slippers and the girls love tapping their toes to make the clackety clack sound. I was unsure about how they would do in class because they are so used to going crazy and running around in the gym area of RP, but they did great. They love having Miss Kyna as their teacher, even though Ryan thought she was in charge today. She was trying to lead everyone in the songs and take charge. Kind of out of character for her, but pretty cute :) Here are a few photos of the girls with their BFF, Avery.

Dance class

The girls started a dance class at Rolly Pollies last week and oh my goodness, they are the cutest little ballerinas I've ever seen. They have real tap shoes and ballet slippers and the girls love tapping their toes to make the clackety clack sound. I was unsure about how they would do in class because they are so used to going crazy and running around in the gym area, but they have been doing great in class.  There is nothing cuter than a bunch of 3 year olds in tights and tap shoes.

I LOVE these photos

Tami Proffitt took some photos of our family and they turned out amazing. Tami is one of the most talented photographers I've met. Check out our 2 1/2 year old girls that look like they are going on 5.Reese

Ryan

Carbaholic

Oh my goodness! I can't get enough carbs in my system and I know I need to eat more protein. I am totally craving bagels, mac & cheese, spaghetti, rice, & pancakes. Everything else just sounds raunchy. The past 2 days I've fed the girls french toast and it was YUMMY! I've also been munching on watermelon like crazy. Such a pregnant cliche, but it tastes so good when it's hot out. I wonder when I'll start craving the In N Out burgers and milkshakes? I ate those by the truckload when I was pregnant with R&R.

Good Day, Bad Day

I go back and forth with how I feel. I had a bad day on Sunday and laid around in bed almost all day. I just felt so wretched and Cory stepped up and took care of the girls all day. Best dad/hubby ever! Monday was a good day and I felt alright, but today was no good. I felt crummy most of the day and then slept for 2 hours in the afternoon. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day.

Summer is here

I can't believe it's already June. Time is really flying by. Today Karen & Holly came over with their kids and it was nice because they all play together and we can just veg on the couch and hang out. Karen & I are both in that tired & nauseous stage so it's great when we can just chill out while the kids play together.