12 weeks and Counting

This week I made the milestone of 12 weeks in my pregnancy. It felt really good, because I typically start feeling better around this point. And it's been true to the past...this week was much more manageable. I'm still nauseous in the evening, but the day time icky is gone, and a tiny bit of energy is bursting through.

It's hard to really say this for sure, but this has seemed like the hardest first trimester so far. I can't believe this is my fourth time around!! On top of extreme symptoms, I had a really bad cold in there and a round of the flu.

My house has never ever ever been so out of control. It made me feel even worse about myself ... but on the flip, my husband was super supportive and easy going about the disaster. And, I couldn't help but rest or sleep every time I had a free moment.

But I started climbing out of the pile this week...little by little and there is a light of hope again:)



(yay for a new camera that takes such pretty pictures too)

I'll have my next appointment on March 10th and it will feel comforting to finally hear the baby's heart beat. When you aren't showing or experiencing movement it's easy to be worried.

Oh, and my dear friend just had her very first baby this week...so I get to go hold her soon. I can't wait:)

Snow Day 2011

What a wonderful surprise/gift this morning ....lots of snow and NO SCHOOL!!! I'm just like a kid when it comes to snow days...yippee!

We played out front with all the neighbor kids and moms and dads too! You won't see Maisie because Mike coined it "Maisie day" and took her out to breakfast, to the grocery store and out to see the movie "Gnomeo and Juliet". Since she refuses to wear pants I was glad she was hangin' out with her dad during our snow play!











Then when our toes were frozen...we came back inside to thaw out. It was then a long day of the kids keeping themselves occupied. Ruby found her own kind of fun and we're trying not to read into it too much:) Ha!

We made these today at moms group. It's been awhile since we did a craft and it was very simply and sweet. I bought votives at Joanne's - 2 for each "basket" to hold the flowers/water.

Notice the center piece is a large brown bag with normal daffodils in it:) We just did the minis today!!

Don't they just scream...come on Spring already!

A Great Winter Getaway!

A couple weeks ago we stole away to Great Wolf Lodge for two nights! The Lodge is as wonderful as everyone says...Daphne even said she liked it better than Disneyland...that girl loves the water!

It was a perfect winter getaway..it's 84 degrees in the water park all the time and lots of great food and exercise too. Up and down the stairs we trod to go on the big tall slides with Maisie and Daph...who were tall and brave enough.

It was a good distraction from my ever present nauseous state..although I threw up in a Christmas gift bag on the way there. Oh, that shall be a memory I don't want to remember.

No truly, truly the girls had such a fun time. Mike and I were smiles too just watching them enjoy and be wowed at such a resort.