22 WEEKS (5 days ago)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This baby never stops moving.

22 WEEKS

21 WEEKS

Brown rice. We eat it. I like it. I didn't used to, but I guess I've grown up. Except, I ran out of the bag of Trader Joe's Brown Rice that we had been using for a while, and I bought some Wal-Mart brand brown rice (because Trader Joe's is highly inconvenient for me now, and Wal-Mart is 1 minute from our house. I'm a sell-out). Big mistake. It was nasty, people. Like, tasted like a piece of cardboard that has been sitting in the side yard for weeks nasty. We smothered it in jerk sauce and ate it anyway, but the next time I went to the store, I bought the more expensive one, the nice, organic, 3 times more expensive one, and it tasted better, but it was weird. It was kind of mushy and wouldn't un-mush no matter how long I cooked it.

Do you eat brown rice? What kind do you use? How do you cook it?

The last few days I have been feeling so hungry all the time. I'm thinking that probably means that Junior is going through a growth spurt. My belly has definitely grown in the last 2 weeks, but I still don't really fit into maternity shirts, and my regular shirts look really silly and too small. Awkward. I wish I could just go spend some money on clothes, but I know it's a phase that will pass quickly and I want to save money and not spend for now. It's amazing how much difference it makes to your self-esteem when you feel good about how you look, though. I love it and I hate it.

Junior kicks a lot now, and even though my placenta is in front of him, I can feel it. It took a little longer than it did with Jonas, but there's some serious swimming around going on in there. Single Ladies was on the radio in the car today (okay, it was actually in the CD player, I just wasn't going to admit that. I put it on a mix, and if Jonas hears me skip it, he makes me go back) and I swear that baby was dancing to the beat. Maybe he will have his brother's rhythm, which is some kind of crazy recessive gene, cause heaven knows Matthew and I don't have any, and the only one in both our families that I can think of that does is our very own anomaly, Sarah, who somehow knows how to get down.

I'm going to go fry an egg now.

Merry, Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from us!
(to anyone who might actually see this and hasn't deleted me from their reader yet! don't give up hope...I know I'm full of empty promises and exclamation points, but I just might start blogging again this year!)

Funny story about our Christmas card: A few days ago we got a Christmas card from some friends with a handwritten note inside that said, "When Isobel saw your card she said, "Hey! Jonas got bangs!" I'm still laughing about it.

giveaway!

checkout the giveaway at ashlee's infertility blog.

read the blog, too. it's good.

let's start at not the beginning...

i am hoping that Facebook will get smart and make a way for me to look up my former posts more easily. in the meantime, i will be starting at not the beginning, because it's a very good place to start. (that's not how the song goes? what?)

29 June 2009 - love two year old's prayers: ...thank you i could work so hard..." because being two is such hard work. i love you, Jonas.

10 July 2009 - love watching two year olds play hide and seek--especially when they are also pretending to be vegetables.

29 July 2009 - "Ahh! Don't kill me!"

thinkin'

i've been thinking for awhile about blogging again.  i think i quit because--for some reason--i can think just fine, i can speak aloud just splendidly, but when i sit down at a computer and start typing mine brain fizzles and i no make sense. at least that's what it feels like.

i've also realized that i have recorded a huge amount of important/funny/special memories and milestones...on Facebook...and nowhere else. this gives me massive anxiety.

so, i decided to begin again by transcribing Facebook status updates of consequence, as well as posting the new ones here to avoid future make-up work. i'm hoping that this will motivate me and create a habit of recording things here, even if i feel like i can't complete a coherent sentence when i sit down to type.

ready. set. go.

just sayin'

would like this book, please?

by the way...

my etsy store is finally up.

check it out here.

and keep checking for updates. 

there's lots more to come in the next month!