Lots of Stuff

1. No, I haven't downloaded my photos yet. I know...pathetic. I'm actually scared to download my photos at this point. I've got about 1 1/2 months worth on my camera and I'm feeling slightly overwhelmed. I'm not making any promises, but I'm going to try and get to it this weekend. Maybe Saturday while the boys are napping.

2. You can tell all of our family is back in Wisconsin. Jason began his crazy 15 hour days again yesterday. Out the door at 6:30am and not home until 9:30pm. Poor guy. I've been warned that the next month will be like this. Oh joy.

3. It's officially summer. At least in my book it is. When I'm on my way to work at 6:45am and it's already 75 degrees outside, it's summer. With Jason's work schedule I see the the boys and I spending lots of time at my parent's house...in the pool. Look out mom!

4. Jameson can spell. Well, not technically...but pretty darn close. I woke up Monday morning to him pointing at my chest and saying a bunch of gibberish. I tried to get him to lay back down but he was being very persistent. After realizing that he wasn't going to let me go back to sleep, I started to pay attention to what he was saying. I had on a "HELP, I'm addicted to scrapbooking" t-shirt on and he was saying the letters. H....E....L....P. I almost died of shock! My two year old baby that can barely talk, was rattling off the letters on my shirt. Where did he learn to do that? So I asked Marguerite yesterday if they've been working with flash cards or something and she said yes. In fact, both Ayden and Jameson can identify all of the letters in the alphabet, colors, shapes and numbers. I knew that Ayden had already learned most of this stuff through school, but I was very surprised to hear about Jameson.

5. The beauty is being sucked out of me. While pregnant with the boys everyone would say that I had that "glow" about me. My skin was so clear and my hair was nice and shiny. Now everyone says that I look tired. They ask me how I'm doing with sympathy in their voice. I now have these two dry patches on my eye lids. I keep trying to moisturize them, but they remain flaky. I do great during the morning and then sometime after noon, the nausea kicks in. So, I heard from a reliable source that there's this old wives tale that if one is pregnant with a girl, the beauty gets sucked out of them. This is my story and I'm sticking to it.

6. I haven't had Diet Pepsi in about 3 weeks. Not by choice. I just can't stomach anything carbonated right now, especially dark sodas. So I've been living off of water and lemonade with the random Freska thrown in every once in a while.

7. This Sunday is Scrap Club. I'm pretty excited about it since I had to bale early last month due to my bad back. I managed to get one layout done and then I had to have Jason pick me up. Serious bummer. But I'm back in the groove and ready to tackle a fun project this weekend...an acrylic album that we cut out using my mom's AccuCut dies. Fun stuff!

8. I'm back at the gym. I had to. After a one month hiatus, I realized that there's no way I'm going to gain minimal weight during this pregnancy by sitting on my butt all of the time. So yesterday I went over with my boss and another co-worker for the Body Blast class. Holy shit! I don't think I've EVER done that many squats and lunges. I couldn't even stay for the arms because my legs were turning to mush. This morning I woke up and practically collapsed when my legs hit the floor. I was planning on hitting the treadmill today for a little cardio, but I think I'd fall right off. Tomorrow is Body Blast again, but with a different trainer. Apparently Peter works your abs and arms more than Brian so I think I stand a good chance of making it through the class. And for all of you who are concerned about working out while pregnant...I okay'd it with my OBGYN. It's healthier for me and baby if not tooooooo much weight is gained and it's also good for my SI joint.

Okay, that's enough for now. I'm sure I bored you all enough for one day:)