Currently Reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) By J. K. Rowling see related

BEING PREGNANT

So far this pregnancy has been very different from my first one.  For one thing i'm not throwing up every day while some my say this is a good thing I would too.  But with this one I gag.  You may say that's not so bad but going grocery shopping can be quite embarrasing.  I walk down the aisles gathering my groceries and then all of the sudden there will be some smell and I just start gaggin.  Oh well I just get lots of strange looks.  Also since there were so many complications with Andrew this time around I get to have all sorts of extra tests run.  Like today on my birthday I got to go in to the lab and get my blood drawn for a glucose test and some others. And I get to go back next week to finish because my veins are crappy.  I'm not saying any of this to complain, it just amazes me that the same experience can be totally different from one time to the next.  Yesterday at my appointment we got see this sweet little peanut.  Oh it was great to see the heart beat and the baby squirm around.  You know it's real but it makes it doubly so when you actually get to see the baby.  In three weeks we should get to find out boy or girl. Will Andrew have a brother or a sister?  Will it be Caleb or Maggie?  Who knows but we are ready to find out soon!!! 

On another note I have an amazing two year old!!  Yes he gets cranky and has little temper tantrums but he's so funny and loving and smart!  He makes me laugh all day!  We ask him if wants a brother or a sister and all he ever says to us is dog.  He doesn't even like dogs!  Who knows how he'll feel later.  That's all I have a great kid!!!

Changes are happenin'

Many things have been happening lately

New thing #1- Christopher is still having to go to Iraq but they have pushed his deployment date till the fall.  So Andrew and I can have some more time with him!

New thing #2- I sold my car, Sparks.  It was my first car I got when I turned 16 and has so many memories.  That was the car I drove  my baby home for the first time, very nerve racking.  High school and college memories were in that sweet little car. sigh.

New thing #3-  Baby #2          

Currently Watching Lost - The Complete First Season By Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, Terry O'Quinn, Josh Holloway, Dominic Monaghan see related

LOST

I've never watched this show.  This week I decided to see what the hype is all about.  I remeber Betsy used to watch I guess in it's first season and would tell me what was going on.  I was so interested mainly because Betsy has great storytelling abilities.  I rented the first season and could not stop watching it, it's great!  Every episode made me laugh, cry, scared.  But now I have no clue what's going on.  The show ended and they were looking down the hatch.  I have so may questions.  Now I guess i'll rent the 2nd season and then the 3rd when it comes out. 

Christopher will be home today.  He's been out in the field for two weeks.  This sucks.  The first week is fine.  Andrew and I do great but the second week things start to go down hill.  It's as if something comes over Andrew and I and we just don't always get along.  It's usually only a day or two where we really don't see eye to eye but those are very long days.  This parenting is hard work, completely satisfying and fulfilling but very hard work. 

It's April and the time just keeps going.  It is so hard to believe that in less than two months I will be leaving here without my husband.  Some days I can be calm and know that everything will be okay.  Even though we'll be apart for a year and a half we will still be okay when it's over.  Some days I know i'm strong enough to do this, to be a single parent for a little while.  Then there are other days where all I do is worry and fear the worst.  There are no guarantees that we'll be okay or that Christopher will come back.  But I can't think like that, I know this.  It's just some days...

In other news my cat had kittens two nights ago and so far only one is still living.  If anyone has any suggestions about what to do or if I just leave it up to its mother to take care of they would be appreciated.  I've never had a cat that had kittens.  It's nice to go out and look at this tiny litte baby.  So sweet.  But I don't know what to do for it. 

Andrew's new glasses!