Friday Cuteness Overload

Just a little cuteness for your Friday pleasure!

My Bright Idea

I was running low on straws. When I went to the store they had some colored straws on sale! I knew Lena would get a kick out of these instead of the plain clear straws that I had been buying. Never, never buy colored straws. Every meal it is "I wanted the pink one", " I wanted the green one". I can never predict the right color for the right meal. This is why plain clear straws are the ones we are buying from now on.

Pretzannabutteraisin bug

Mac and cheese and peanut butter banana caterpillars. I was quite proud of my creation. Marlena kept looking at it. "What is that?" she said pointing to the antennas."Those are the antennas," I told her pointing at the pretzels. "No mama those are pretzels," she looked at me like I lost my mind. She did not buy that the raisins were eyes either. She did like them though and ate them until there was nothing left. Scott decided to name them Pretzannabutteraisin bugs and I think she liked the name so that is what they are!

It's a girl!

We found out we are having a girl! I'm about 19 weeks in this picture. Marlena thinks that we are all pregnant,including her daddy. She keeps wanting me to feel her tummy for the baby in there. I think Marlena is happy that she is having a sister even though the other day she told us that she wanted a boy sister! We explained that boys were brothers and girls were sisters.

3rd Birthday Invites

This is the invitation Scott designed for Marlena's third. She was disappointed that she was not on a horse! I told her maybe next year. It was a great party with hamburgers, family and friends. We got to share our news of our new arrival at this time also. We filled a giant box with balloons and attached was a shirt that said Big Sister. It was nice to finally let everyone know i was getting paranoid that it was a little obvious.

Invitation Ideas

I'm trying to come up with an idea for Lena's party invitations today. I've been looking online and I can not find anything that I just have to get. In her Mothers Day Out class, I came up with this Mother's Day craft and I think I will do something similar. Lena is holding a gift wrap tube in this picture and I pasted the flower over the tube parts that were showing. They were a hit in her class and Lena got a kick out of seeing herself on this little card so hopefully I can come up with something with a zoo theme.

Pregnancy!

So this is Morning Sickness and eating crackers at 3:00 am
I found out I was pregnant on Saturday. I am about five weeks and as Lena would say " I so excited".
It is 3:21 and I have felt nauseous since around 6:00 pm yesterday. I have been up since 2:00 M. With my first pregnancy I did not experience morning sickness, cravings, aversions, or braxton hicks contractions. I felt better then I ever have my whole life. I felt like I just was not pregnant until i got to experience those things. I just lost my crackers a few minutes ago. I feel much better. How long will this last? Am I going to feel sick again in in the morning? Is it too late to take it back that I want to experience those things? Ugh, I really thought this would not happen until I was further along. Guess what, I'm still "so excited" Bring it on! I'm pregnant!!!

5/5/09
OK so it wasn't morning sickness. It was some kind of stomach bug that Scott, his mom and I all got. OK, I'm crazy but I was a little disappointed it wasn't going to last. Crazy yea, I know, but I heard morning sickness is a good sign of a healthy pregnancy.


5/7/09
We had or first doctors visit yesterday. We go to see our new little baby and see the heart beat, exhale.

5/15/09
Marlena has been trying to wrestle with me a lot lately. I had to tell her to be careful because i have a baby in my pansa (stomach). Later I was on speaker phone with mom and Marlena asked to see the baby in my pansa. I don't think she heard. I hope I can make it 5 more weeks to announce it. My sister brought her old maternity clothes the other day, she brought them for when I need them later. She didn't know how soon I would be using them. I wore one to work Thursday because I feel like I am already looking pregnant. The girl that works a room down from me was wearing a shirt very similar and she is about 7 months pregnant. No one said anything. I need to watch it though. 2 more weeks of work. The doctor does not think I can keep it a secret until the 20th of June. I hope he is not right!