Two conversations with Joseph

It started yesterday-

Me: Joseph, this is going to be our last summer with just you and me and Daddy. We have to do lots of fun stuff together don't we?
Joseph: Like what?
Me: We can go swimming or to a museum or back to the zoo. What else can you think of?
J: How about washing an old man?
M: Huh? Where would we find an old man?
J: Maybe in South America.

And then today-

Joseph: Mommy, can we get some Dawn dishwashing liquid?
Me: Why?
J: Because it's tough on grease and soft on hands.
M: We already have some dishwashing liquid.
J: Well, maybe we can use it on that old man we're going to wash this sumer!

My kid is a freak.

Tasty!

Doesn't mac n' cheese smothered with steak sauce sound like the best thing ever?

Oh my god, I'm going to be pregnant forever. Check out my ticker. It's never going to end.

Is anyone even reading this thing anymore?

Congratulations!

Congratulations to my Relay for Life team! We raised $2256. Thank you all for your great work! A big thank you also to everyone who donated money to the team.

It's a gas

This afternoon I spent a half hour doubled over in pain on the kitchen floor. I couldn't even move because I had such a sharp, shooting pain in my abdomen. I was covered in sweat, shaking, unable to catch my breath and honestly thinking I was going to pass out. I was scared but I couldn't even go and get the phone because if I moved the pain got about 10 times worse. Then, just as suddenly as it came, it was gone.

So, what was it? Gas.

Yeah, gas. Killer-monster gas, but gas all the same. It was bizzare because the pain was so bad that I was honestly scared that there was something wrong with the baby. In retrospect I'm glad I couldn't get to the phone because if I had called Jesse and he had come home to rush me to the hospital I would have been pretty humilated when they looked at me and said "Yeah, you just need to fart.".

And just to be clear, in case anyone thinks I'm over-reacting, this really, really, really hurt. Since I can't really find the words to describe it, just believe me. It was bad.

Pixar calling

I just got a phone call from someone asking to speak to Nemo. When I said there was no on here by that name they said "Are you sure? Nemo Marlin?"

Um, yeah. I'm pretty sure Nemo Marlin doesn't live here. And neither does Flick, Boo, or any of the Incredibles.

Happy Birthday Ben!

Happy birthday Ben! Welcome to the "Oh My God, I Can't Believe I'm Almost 30" club.

Oh, and for anyone who's interested, I'm feeling better.

Yuck

I don't know if I'm even going to leave this entry up or not, I just want to get it all out.

I am so down right now. I feel like I'm always on the verge of crying and in fact I do cry several times a day. Most of the time it's without any good reason. I think I've been very short with Jesse and Joseph because I just feel so rotten all the time. It's actually making me feel tired and sluggish.

The strange thing is that I can't think of any reason why I feel this way. We're all doing well. The baby seems to be healthy, Joseph is happy and doing well in school/therapy, we've been doing lots of stuff together as a family and we don't have anything like financial problems hanging over our head. In a way it just makes things worse that I know I don't have any reason to feel this way.

I don't know if this is just some kind of strange mood swing caused by the pregnancy or what but it really sucks. It's been getting worse for the last week or so and I don't really know what to do. I'm not looking for pity or anything but a word of advice or a kind word of encouragement might really help right now. I don't know. This blows.

Now I seem to have a flipping nose bleed.

So cute

Last night I was in the kitchen with Jesse and Joseph was in the living room playing with his train set and I could hear him singing a little song. I couldn't pick up everything he said but one part was "just me and my little sister". How sweet is that?

Everywhere we went today Joseph told everyone that we are going to be having a "new girl baby". He's very excited about the whole thing.

Today at OT joseph drew a picture of himself. I was amazed. It had a head, a shirt, legs, arms, hands, feet, eyes, mouth (kind of), a tounge and a "cute button nose". I have hardly ever seen him draw a complete smiley face before. The drawing took a little bit of prompting from his therapist to complete but he did suprisingly well.

Dad- That site you posted in the comment section carries a "Disney Princess Canteen Action". Well, the baby needs a "Disney Princess Canteen Action". Whatever the heck that is.

ADDED LATER
I just got a call from the doctors office confirming that everything looks good with the baby. All the measurments and pictures show that the baby looks healthy. That's good to hear.

Have I mentioned that I am totally excited that the baby is a girl? I can't wait to meet her.