jibber jabber on this cool day

I'm enjoying this cool weather. There are few things I love more than opening all the windows, letting a fresh cool breeze flow through the house and just hanging out at home all day. It's so refreshing. Texas weather has been a bit whacky this year...actually it's always whacky but this year especially. Yesterday morning I woke up and it was already 75 outside! The day before at that same time it was like low 60's or something. By noon it was 82. THEN, by 2 PM it was an amazing 62 degrees. I went from using the AC to the heater in one day! Last night it dropped down in the 40's and it felt sooo nice! I had the windows open last night until the hubby demanded they be closed because he was "freeeeezing". THEN he turned the heater on! There went my nice cold refreshing breeze ;-).


I've been in the cleaning mood lately. I think my iron pills are giving me the boost I need! Doing dishes isn't so much a chore when I have this view to look at above the kitchen sink every evening.
Awwwww, a little piece of heaven on earth.


Speaking of pills, I just got new prenatal vitamins yesterday. I had been taking some cheap brand I bought when I first found out I was pregnant. I figured I wouldn't bother the doc with a prescription kind until I finished the ones I was already taking. The day finally came and I put in my request for a prescription.

Real fast, I have to tell you, I'm a bit of a brand snob when it comes to certain things like vitamins, shampoo, toothpaste, drinking water, bread and many other things I can't think of right now. So THIS is why it was "important" for me to finally get this done. I just feel like these will do a "better job" than my $4 H-E-B brand. Surely, right?!

Anyways, these bad babies are HUGE. Not only are they huge but they're gel capsule form which I've never seen before...you know...in my many many years of being pregant. Psssshhhh! Okay, so maybe I don't have the status to quite say that I've never ever seen a gel form because I've only been pregnant one other time BUT even with all the people I know who've been prego I've never seen this kind. And not only are they gel capsule for easy swallow of these monster babies BUT they smell like vanilla. NO JOKE! If you are anything like me you smell all pills before consuming them so you know what your gag reflexes are going to be dealing with. It's part of pill taking for me. Must.smell.pill. I was quite amazed when I got a pleasant whiff from these horse pills. Now taking my prenatals won't be so burdensome.


And because I'm feeling...rather...silly today here is a picture of my usually happy and content little one being a whiny butt for "mom-mom" to pick her up.And yes, that is a lopsided view of my baby bump in all it's glory. Sorry, she wouldn't cooperate and be whiny in the center of my belly. Toddlers.

pumpkin patch

Failed attempt #1

She would NOT cooperate.

Close to failed attempt #2

The reason you see no picture of just her and I is because the hubby always feels the need to mess with the settings while he takes pictures of us which in turn messes up the pictures. I have ONE that I'm working on that MIGHT turn out. We'll see. Other than that, sorry.

We went close to 7PM so the lighting was terrible and we were surrounded by trees. So what sun we had was blocked by the fabulous woods. Oh well, this attempt wasn't TOTALLY failed, just halfway.

I'm going to Waco this weekend and my mom says there's a really decent pumpkin patch right down the road from her house so we'll attempt a third try on Saturday. Maybe third times a charm and my mom won't feel compelled to screw with the settings too ;-).

25 weeks

Here we are at 25 weeks-15 more to go. Wow. I really am shocked that time has gone by SO FAST. It literally has. At my last visit they gave me a hospital pre-registration form to fill out and take to the administration office. It's going to be here before we know it. AAHHHH!

Just as I said in my previous post, when I see pictures of Anna-Kate as a baby I get so excited to meet my Baby Belle. Life is definitely going to be different but it's going to be so fun. Two little girls. Oh my goodness.

The doctor called last week and told me that my glucola test came out great but my "blood levels" were a little low. So they started me on an iron supplement therapy because I'm a "bit anemic". This should help improve my energy...which will be nice!

Other than that, there's really not much going on pregnancy wise. Like I say every week, she's growing and kicking up a storm and I'm loving it. I can't wait for AK to catch a "tap" sometime. She's going to be like, "WHAT!". I can just see the look on her face now :-).

The other day I started wondering if all this clingy toddler stuff is related to me being pregnant. I've heard many times how little ones can sense a change is coming (or something along those lines) and can become clingy and even sometimes a little more rambunctious and testy...especially as the belly gets bigger and BIGGER. Has anyone heard of this or experienced it before? Maybe she just needs some extra cuddle time to be reassured that NO ONE will EVER take her place as "Mom-mom's" first baby. Really, let me know if you've had this happen to you.

Well, stay tuned next Sunday for a baby belly picture :-).

Baby AK

When I see these pics of my first baby girl I get sooo excited and almost impatient to meet my next one.

Oh she's so scrumptious!

I could look at her baby pictures forever.

"OH NO! stuck."

Here's what happens when your toddler takes a late nap and is still up at 10:30 PM.



I told you she loves flipping off of things. She's a wild one!

At the end she says, "OH NO! stuck."

Wow, she's pretty darn funny.