October 19, 2007
Life
As I type, I'm having a bit of nausea, but that's all it's been so far-- just an occasional thing, usually before I eat breakfast and after I eat dinner, but it's NOTHING like it was with Olivia. I'm 6.5 weeks along, and I think by 5.5 weeks I was feeling pretty terrible last time. Maybe it won't get much worse? I hope not because I'm not sure how I'll keep up with Olivia if I feel like I did last time.
Last night we enjoyed a great fall dinner at Cracker Barrel, one of my favorite restaurants. I ordered the turkey dinner, and right before it came, I started feeling yucky, but luckily I was still able to eat most of my dinner. One thing's for sure, the nausea hasn't really affected my appetite, which could be good or bad depending how you see it.
We're really debating about whether or not to move. We could certainly use more space, and financially, this is a good time for us, but I doubt our house will sell. It seems that the market has kind of frozen here (and everywhere else I think?). We're 15 minutes from one of the biggest military bases in the country, and thousands more soldiers are expected to arrive in the next year, so hopefully the market will pick up some then. I just wanted to be settled before baby #2 arrives so we could set up his/her nursery and get Olivia transitioned into a toddler bed.
I've been enjoying more time at home lately playing with Olivia. Between my moms' group and nursing moms' group, we were going somewhere almost everyday, but it's just been too much. I am tired and I was sick of running around. All we really attend regularly these days is or Thursday bible study and La Leche League. Me and a few moms from my moms' group have considered starting our own drama free, no trash moms' group. I am so sick of women who don't want their kids AT ALL. People have no consideraton for others. They bring sick kids to events just because they want to socialize. In fact, we've had problems with a few moms who attend the bible study. Obviously, we want to welcome everyone and encourage people to come, but there's one mom who has 4 kids (and sometimes babysits too) and she brings all these unruly, dirty kids and it ruins the entire thing. We've even had a few moms who came once to the bible study and never wanted to come back because of this woman. She consistently brings sick kids. Just a couple weeks ago, her son had strep throat and rashes all over, and she brought him. As much as I want to welcome everyone, I'd rather she didn't come because she ruins it for everyone and makes it unpleasant.
One thing I've really enjoyed doing lately is shopping at my new favorite grocery store downtown. I am such a foodie-- even if I don't cook like I used too-- but I still love trying new things. I've discovered these new yogurts: the brand is Rachel's and all the flavors are exotic.
Flavors include: Vanilla Chai, Peach Green Tea with Ginseng, and Pomegranate Blueberry. I think there are 20 in all. This store has even special ordered products from Whole Foods for me. :-) Love them!
Anyway, Olivia is calling. I have tons of pics to post later from our trip to the mountains last weekend for a fall festival. Fun!
Posted by Hannah at October 19, 2007 12:43 PM