Monday, March 31, 2008
Hell Froze Over
Yes, it's true - Hot Chocolate and I went on an official date last night! For the first time in two years! And probably the last time for another two years! It was pure bliss! We went out to eat (without impatient toddler) and went to a movie. Run, Fat Boy, Run - hilarious! I don't know why, but British people are so much more funny than we are. It was a very sweet and funny movie. We also agreed on a name for the upcoming addition to the chocolate family. Hear that, Cagey? A name!!
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Baby Mania!
I've discovered recently that pregnancy is way more fascinating through the eyes of a two year old. In order to "prepare" Chocolate Covered Peanut for the life-altering changes to come, we have been a little baby-obsessed. Watching videos about new babies, reading books about new babies, observing babies everywhere we go, and talking about our soon-to-arrive baby. It's safe to say that I am a little baby-weary at this point!
Now that CCP finally believes that there is, indeed, a baby in my tummy (she staunchly denied this for a good many months), she seems to think that my belly button is a peephole that will allow her to see him. Several times a day she will push up my shirt, push down the elastic of my pants, and peer into my belly button to check on the baby. She has also perfected a "mama walk" that entails her sticking her tummy out as far as possible and waddling across the room. It's actually an dead-on impression! When she performed this for my husband I could see him mentally debating whether or not it was safe to laugh (smart man).
Now that CCP finally believes that there is, indeed, a baby in my tummy (she staunchly denied this for a good many months), she seems to think that my belly button is a peephole that will allow her to see him. Several times a day she will push up my shirt, push down the elastic of my pants, and peer into my belly button to check on the baby. She has also perfected a "mama walk" that entails her sticking her tummy out as far as possible and waddling across the room. It's actually an dead-on impression! When she performed this for my husband I could see him mentally debating whether or not it was safe to laugh (smart man).
Monday, March 17, 2008
Ugh!
Apparently, your third trimester of pregnancy is a terrible time to start a blog and be introduced to the blogging world. I am so exhausted every night by the time Chocolate Covered Peanut goes to bed. I spend only enough time on the computer to check email, pay bills, and do other necessary things - blogging has become one of the less-necessary things.
This week will be week 36, so I'm really counting down the days now. And they'd better go by fast, damn it! I don't feel as huge as I did with CCPeanut, but I'm at least ten times more uncomfortable. This baby boy is riding low in his cozy home and everything below what used to be my waist aches constantly. Plus, the last months that I was pregnant with CCP were during our summer vacation from school. So I was home with no toddler to chase and able to put my feet up and read a good book (or take a good nap) whenever the fancy struck me (which was most of the day, to tell the truth). This time around is not nearly as relaxing!
So, please pardon the sporadic and whiny posts. In four weeks I'll have completely new and more interesting problems to whine about!
This week will be week 36, so I'm really counting down the days now. And they'd better go by fast, damn it! I don't feel as huge as I did with CCPeanut, but I'm at least ten times more uncomfortable. This baby boy is riding low in his cozy home and everything below what used to be my waist aches constantly. Plus, the last months that I was pregnant with CCP were during our summer vacation from school. So I was home with no toddler to chase and able to put my feet up and read a good book (or take a good nap) whenever the fancy struck me (which was most of the day, to tell the truth). This time around is not nearly as relaxing!
So, please pardon the sporadic and whiny posts. In four weeks I'll have completely new and more interesting problems to whine about!
Monday, March 3, 2008
Random Nothingness
I'm starting to think that I just imagined this last weekend. The weather was so warm and beautiful, but today it's back to winter. We thoroughly enjoyed the warm weather by playing outside in our muddy backyard. Unfortunately, the warm weather and wind also seemed to bring allergies back to our house so we didn't spend as much time outside as I would have liked.
On the baby front, I am making really good progress in preparation for Chocolate Covered Baby. I think I waited until the week before Chocolate Covered Peanut was born to get everything finally ready. This time I have all of the baby clothes washed and put away a month and a half ahead of schedule!!! Hot Chocolate is definitely getting better at handling CCPeanut's bedtime routine and bedtime meltdowns, so I will have fewer worries while I'm in the hospital. Now if I could just get caught up on my photo albums before this baby arrives...
I truly took a ridiculous number of pictures of CCPeanut the first two years. She was so much easier to photograph before she started walking, so the number of photos decreases as she gets older. I'm done with her first year scrapbook and I'm just putting together plain old photo albums for the rest. Hopefully she won't compare them to her friends' fabulously crafted scrapbooks when she gets older, because I am woefully uncreative.
The only major detail left to deal with before the new baby arrives is the name. I am having such a hard time finding boy names that I like. My list of girl names for CCPeanut was a mile long, but I just can't get very excited about boy names. It doesn't help that Hot Chocolate tends to like the more contemporary names and I prefer the more traditional. The clock is ticking and we're still completely avoiding the whole topic!
On the baby front, I am making really good progress in preparation for Chocolate Covered Baby. I think I waited until the week before Chocolate Covered Peanut was born to get everything finally ready. This time I have all of the baby clothes washed and put away a month and a half ahead of schedule!!! Hot Chocolate is definitely getting better at handling CCPeanut's bedtime routine and bedtime meltdowns, so I will have fewer worries while I'm in the hospital. Now if I could just get caught up on my photo albums before this baby arrives...
I truly took a ridiculous number of pictures of CCPeanut the first two years. She was so much easier to photograph before she started walking, so the number of photos decreases as she gets older. I'm done with her first year scrapbook and I'm just putting together plain old photo albums for the rest. Hopefully she won't compare them to her friends' fabulously crafted scrapbooks when she gets older, because I am woefully uncreative.
The only major detail left to deal with before the new baby arrives is the name. I am having such a hard time finding boy names that I like. My list of girl names for CCPeanut was a mile long, but I just can't get very excited about boy names. It doesn't help that Hot Chocolate tends to like the more contemporary names and I prefer the more traditional. The clock is ticking and we're still completely avoiding the whole topic!
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