Teatopia

Sexy Daddy, Olivia the fairy, Pho Vy, and other stuff

James is outside chasing Olivia around the front yard. I can hear her squealing and he's making all these funny noises. I think he's trying to distract her from messing with the yucky carved pumpkin on the porch from Halloween. Olivia loves being outside and James is so good with her. A friend once told me that she thinks there's nothing sexier than a man with a baby, and I couldn't agree more. I'm also thankful for a few minutes to myself. I've been typing away writing sponsored entries for Pay Per Post, trying to get some extra money for Christmas gifts.

I took Olivia Christmas shopping with my mom today. We enjoyed a great lunch at Olivia Garden (yummmmm... eggplant parmesan) and then hit some stores to buy gifts. I've started buying early this year so I can spread out the costs between now and Christmas. James has always gotten a big bonus this time of year, which has helped with gift buying and also with our car insurance that's due a few days after Christmas (how convenient). Now that he has a new job, we don't know what to expect, hence all the sponsored posts below this one. I can delete them after 30 days, but until then I have to keep them up, so I'm sorry. :-(

BTW, I posted an update about weaning, but it's buried under sponsored posts. If you want to read it, it's here.

Our Halloween was fun, but people seemed to come at odd hours this year. Usually, people start Trick-or-treating around 6:30, but I had people at my door just after 5:00. I wasn't ready at all, and I had to leave them on the porch while I looked for the candy I'd bought. We had some late comers this year, too. I hate that. We decided to take Olivia to just a few houses near ours, but that turned into many houses. We didn't even knock on all the doors we passed. She mostly enjoyed walking around in her fairy costume, carrying her pumpkin, and looking at all the people dressed up. Surprisingly, Olivia wasn't scared of anyone. Stupid me forgot to teach her to say "trick-or-treat." I didn't even think about it until we were leaving the house, so she didn't understand, but she did say "Halloween" and "thank you" when people gave her goodies. My parents and grandma came over to see Olivia. I watched my grandma tear up as Olivia pranced around in her costume, and I cried too watching my big girl walk excitedly up to people's houses in her cute fairy costume. Precious! I couldn't get her to smile for me. She was so busy watching people walk by and I had to chase her around the yard to get pictures.

As for this pregnancy, I can't stop peeing. I am waking up 6,7, even 8 times a night to pee. And it doesn't help that I'm super thirsty all the time, just like I was with Olivia. I also feel really fat. I can't tell if I'm starting to show, or I'm just super bloated/fat from gas and eating too much food. Did anyone notice an expanding waist around 9 weeks with #2? BTW, I am dying to find out what I've having. We found at at 16 weeks with Olivia because we paid for a 4D ulltrasound. If we do that again, we'll probably be able to find out the week before Christmas. I keep assuming it'll be a boy because I already have a girl, but really, that has nothing to do with it. James isn't one of those guys who wants a boy. I think secretly, he wants another girl.

Tonight, we're going to eat at Pho Vy, a Vietnamese restaurant where we ate last night! We've never gone back to the same place 2 nights in a row, but after we'd finished our meal last night, they brought out steaming bowls of Pho (soup) to the table next to us, and James said "wanna come back tomorrow night?" I think part of it is that we're just super excited to have more ethnic places to eat. This town was so country when we moved here and now, we have some many choices. James and I big foodies and we both eat pretty daringly and we've both traveled a lot, so we have that in common. Last night, we talked about our dear friends Stef and Mike. Pho Vy is the type of place we would've liked to eat with them, although they have everything at the fingertips since they now live in Seattle. :-)

After dinner, we'll probably do more Christmas shopping!

Posted by Hannah at November 3, 2007 06:34 PM