>A Rollercoaster

>I have not had a crazier week in a long time. Here is the run down:

* Monday, while I was not actually at work, we said goodbye to a resident, someone drove through the fence, and there was a tornado warning (remember, we were in babies r us).

* Tuesday, nothing much other than being super tired and eating lots.

* Wednesday, had our housewarming party with some friends. I tried to go to bed early but everyone was just way too loud.

* Thursday, I was beyond exhausted from my lack of sleep due to the party. We celebrated my brother's girlfriend's birthday at a Mexican restaurant, where I was feeling sick as a dog, and then came home to watch Marley and Me, to which I cried like a baby and made scrambled eggs. It helped to settle my tummy.

* Friday, said goodbye to another resident. Called 911 twice. Once at work, once on our drive to Denver to see B's mom for dinner. Drunk driver, we presume, as he was swerving in and out of the lanes and nearly rearended us. At dinner, drank sprite, and drove my tipsy husband home.

We came home to the Arcade Fire performing on PBS! Could my night get any better!!?! No!!

Sweet Dreams.

>Nothing But the Truth

>You are all so silly! I love seeing what you guys guessed. I think I was supposed to tell you how many true statements were there, but it just made it harder and more fun. Oh well. Here are the answers!

1) While playing a game, I pushed my brother off a dresser when he was 4 and he broke his arm.
TRUE! We were playing some kind of Sesame Street game and he was bugging me so I pushed him off the dresser. He fell and did break his arm.

2) I have never broken a bone.
TRUE! Unlike my brother, I have never broken a bone. Lets keep it that way.

3) B and I have both participated in a triathlon.
FALSE! Yeah right. Like I can run a 1/4 mile without dying...lol.

4) I learned to drive a stick shift before I graduated high school.
FALSE! I tried to, but just could not get the hang of it. I was a Sophomore in college when I finally learned.

5) B is allergic to fish, mushrooms, and milk.
TRUE and FALSE! Trick question people. Sorry. Yes, B is allergic to fish, but no on the mushrooms and milk. He just hates mushrooms and does love milk in his cereal.

6) B and I will find out what the sex of the baby is at 20 weeks.
FALSE! Not if I have anything to say about it. B wants to know, but I am dead set now on waiting.

7) Butte had puppies before we had her fixed.
FALSE! I wish. She was one of the cutest puppies ever and to see her have some would have been great.

8) I have no fear of swimming in the ocean.
TRUE! I know that might sound crazy. I LOVE swimming in the ocean. The only thing that scares me is when jellyfish are around. Nothing else bothers me.

9) My favorite color is yellow.
TRUE!

10) I have had 2 speeding tickets.
FALSE! I have not ever had one speeding ticket and I have only ever been pulled over once. I am so afraid of getting pulled over that I just don't really speed.

There you have it! Happy Friday.

Oh, PS. I have started to have NIGHT SICKNESS. No puking yet, just feeling terrible at night. YUCK!!

>Truth or Lie? You Decide!

>So I was just wondering around in blog world and came across this awesome blog here, Miss Katie, and noticed she played a fun game with her readers! I am so inspired, so please, come play along with me. You just might learn something new...

Here is how the game works: I will list several statements, some are truths, others are lies. You decide in the comments which is a truth and which is a lie. I don't have anything fun for you to win other than pride and an imaginary hug from moi. Wanna play?? K, here we go!

1) While playing a game, I pushed my brother off a dresser when he was 4 and he broke his arm.

2) I have never broken a bone.

3) B and I have both participated in a triathlon.

4) I learned to drive a stick shift before I graduated high school.

5) B is allergic to fish, mushrooms, and milk.

6) B and I will find out what the sex of the baby is at 20 weeks.

7) Butte had puppies before we had her fixed.

8) I have no fear of swimming in the ocean.

9) My favorite color is yellow.

10) I have had 2 speeding tickets.

K, take a guess! And then, if you want, play this game yourself! It is just for fun. Have a great Hump Day!

S.

>Two Weeks

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I know I am really not supposed to be showing yet, but look at this! I see a difference. I even waited a few hours after I ate to take the 7 week pic last night and yeah, that is what we have here folks.

I have baby brain now. Because in yesterday's post, I totally meant to tell you that with us taking the dogs to the Evet on Sunday, we had spent over $5oo dollars on the dogs last week. We took them in last week because Tulo (our problem child) had tape worms. And then Butte needed some routine blood work. And then they needed their heart guard (we got the rest of the year for both). And then Tulo also needed a heart worm test (negative). So....this is what having real children is going to be like!

That is all for now. :)

>7 Weeks and Tornados

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Today I am 7 weeks pregnant! Only half way to being in my 2nd trimester and only one more week until our first prenatal appointment! I can't believe how fast the last two weeks have gone. It seems like yesterday my cousin H was BEGGING me to take a test, which I did, and wa-la...Baby Mac is on the way!

Last week was pretty good. I had one morning where I thought I was going to lose my breakfast. That was Thursday. The day before that I discovered some VERY light spotting. I freaked out like nobody's business and called my mom and MIL. Both of which told me that everything was fine and that it was normal. It lasted just that day and am now doing great. The eye inflammation has gone down and feeling MUCH better. Barely notice it now.

This week, Baby Mac's nubs are becoming more pronounced as little arms and legs. Eye lids are forming. Folds in the ears are forming. The brain is developing neurons and growing very quickly. Baby Mac is about the size of an olive and next week will be twice as big!

We just can't wait to see our little bean on the screen and hear the heart beat! I know I will be an emotional mess. Today we went to Babys R Us and registered for baby stuff! It was so fun and exciting! On our way there, we noticed that the sky was looking like a tornado was going to drop right on top of us. No rain or hail yet. Just lots of wind and the sky was green. We ran inside the store and within minutes it was pouring outside and our phones alerted us of the warning we were already aware of. We were worried about the dogs, but figured we were safer in the sore rather than our third floor apartment. So we just carried on with our shopping and watched as the lights flickered on and off and the hail pounded on the roof. Was I scared? Not really. We have had a tornado warning ever day for the last 2 weeks. This is starting to feel like second nature, which I am sure is not good. I hope that when we really are in true danger that we don't assume a "cry wolf" scenario. I love weather and it rarely scares me. I think it is one of the coolest things God does, even though it is tragic at times.

One more thing: I totally had a dream that MacMama was doing our maternity photo shoot last night. Now if that were true, that would be awesome!

I hope you all had a great weekend!

>The One Where Tulo Eats a Chocolate Cake

>There were many unfortunate events that happened yesterday.

It's unfortunate that I had to babysit at 5am and spend the majority of B's birthday doing just that.

It's unfortunate that B had to work on his birthday.

It's unfortunate that I made a birthday cake for B that ended up in Tulo's stomach.

It's unfortunate that we had to take both dogs to the Evet, assuming both had some chocolate cake and a toxic amount of cocoa powder in their systems, and that Butte had not in fact had one tiny taste of that cake.

It's unfortunate that Butte had to suffer just as hard as Tulo did, being injected with a serum to induce vomiting not once, but twice because the first time did not work.

It's unfortunate that the $130 I just made babysitting all day did not cover the entire cost of our trip to the Evet and that I had to spend it right away.

It's unfortunate that on B's birthday, he had to clean up Tulo's vomit at least 5 times at my parents house and that one of those times was literally projectile. Eww.

Despite all those unfortunate events, B, his mom and my brother's girlfriend were all able to celebrate their birthdays and the brownies my mom made in lu of us not having the chocolate cake that Tulo ate were really really good.

***Side Note: Tulo ate THE ENTIRE CAKE. There were 3 crumbs left. He broke the pan it was in, an awesome wedding gift I am sad to part with. He added this to his "What I have eaten resume" along with a 1/2 pound of raw meat.***

>First Baby-Related Issue

>I have had this HORRIBLE pain in my right eye since Sunday. I thought it was just my eye being tired and that I was not getting enough sleep so I tried to go to bed earlier and rest more (is that possible?!) and the pain did not only stick around, but progressively got worse. Today, I had enough. The pain was so intense I could hardly focus at work, so I made a late morning doc apt and hoped for the best.

At the appointment, my doctor could not figure out what was going on. She put drops in my eye, looked at it under a black light and did not see any superficial scratches or anything foreign lodged in there. Let me take a minute to describe this pain: it is in the corner of my right eye, under my eye lid and behind the bone. No discharge, no redness, just irritated skin from my touching it. Anyway, she sent me down to the eye doc and she was able to see some swelling and inflammation. I have something called episclorosis. That is just a big fancy word for inflammation on top of the eye ball. She gave me a very low dose steroid eye drops that is safe for me and baby. Causes? Not really sure, but the body does crazy things when changing and making room for baby. This should work out well and I should be feeling better in a day or so.

On top of all that, this was my worst morning yet. I felt like nothing sounded good to eat and was feeling quite nauseous. It did go away as the morning went on and I did eat.

Non-baby stuff??

Work is going great. B's work is going even better! God is blessing us in more ways that one and we could not be happier. Tulo has tapeworms (YUCK!) and so we took him to the vet yesterday to be treated. No, Butte cannot get this. It is only passed from the direct host, which we are still not sure of. Tulo does eat anything and everything and generally has a steal stomach so it is hard to say. B's birthday is on Sunday and I got him the new Silver Sun Pickups CD, which I know he will love. He has been raving about the new songs on the radio lately. We plan to just hang out during the day and spend the evening with our families over a nice meal.

That is about it for now. Hope all is well with you all! My eyes are dilated so catching up on posts tonight is not a good idea. ;)