Round 2

If you haven't gotten the announcement on facebook, Aaron and I are going to be adding to our family in June 2011 (my official due date is June 11).

To answer questions:

{NO} this wasn't planned

{YES} we are excited

{YES} I know how close this baby and Cade will be, but think of it this way, at least I won't have JUST gotten him out of diapers before starting all over again


My brother-in-law Kristo, told Aaron that U.S. snipers wear a badge on their army jackets, that says, "One shot, One kill."  He's going to make him (Aaron) one for Christmas. 


I've felt really great.  No sickness, no cramping, no tender boobs, nothing.  I did have to stop nursing because the extra 600 calories I needed to feed Cade, and the extra 300 for the baby, was a little much.  I know, weird, who can't handle an extra 900 calories?  I'm sad about it, but there are also benefits to not being the sole provider of food.  He's taken to a bottle really well though, and since we were already on solid foods, the changes in poop smell weren't THAT obvious.




Oh, and the one thing I've learned about this?  NEVER, EVER be alone with your husband while your sister-in-law named Lizz is having a baby.  Because you WILL get pregnant.  (Case in point, with Lizz's 1st baby, Asher, my sister-in-law Ashley got pregnant and was due exactly 9 months after Asher was born.  With Lizz's 2nd baby, Emery, it was my turn.  Yup, my due date is 9 months after Emery was born.) 

But I'm weird and notice patterns like that. 

Putting Off Doing the Dishes

There's a lovely pile of dishes in my kitchen sink--and I really don't feel like doing them.  So I'm desperately trying to think of something to write.

• not as many people think I'm weird for putting up my Christmas stuff last Saturday as I thought would.  Many are jealous.
• apparently, cabbage leaves in your bra, can help relieve breast engorgement (eh, I tried it, and I wasn't too impressed.  All it did was make me smell cabbage, and smell like cabbage)
• there are over 9,000,000 little bumps on a basketball (I learned that today doing ChaCha.  Someone actually asked.  I wanted to tell them to count them, but apparently someone already has.)
• Aaron and I have more friends that I thought.  We honestly do nothing but go to church and hang out by ourselves, and people still like us.  Score. 
• there are people who have only ever known me by my married name. 
• Thanksgiving is in one week.

• and this little guy will never learn to crawl--because rolling in circles around the living room is WAY more fun.  Plus, crawling would make him lose that double chin he's worked so hard to get.

Kendra, this is for you

A friendly reminder from Kendra made me realize that I have been rather terrible at this blogging thing...which is hypocritical, because I love the people who update regularly.

My Gramma gave Cade her old high chair.  I love having the first grandchild/great-grandchild on my side of the family, because that means that we get all the stuff that no one wants anymore.  Kim and Gary, well, they're out of luck.  We have everything.  It's been nice to have all 3 of us at the table (which only happens on Sundays because Aaron has to work full-time, so he works late) eating dinner.  We've been working on feeding him just what we eat, because I really don't want to be one of those moms that has to make 3 or 4 different meals to satisfy my kids.

 

{In my nutrition class, we had to read a book by Ellyn Satter that talked about the division of responsibility when it comes to eating.  She says that parents are responsible for what is served and when it is served, and that children are responsible for what they eat and how much they eat.}

So we had Cade up at the table with us, and we fed him pumpkin bread, peaches, and hash browns.  He LOVED it.  I still haven't found anything that he doesn't like.  

Speaking of Cade, he is the reason that none of my Christmas decorations are up yet.  Even though he can't crawl--that does not stop him from getting everywhere.  Looks like my days of cute decorations are over for now.  We're thinking of putting the tree up on the coffee table so it's more out of reach of curious mouths.  

 Aaron has been interviewing with a bunch of different financial companies.  I was telling my mom that I was really jealous of some of my friends who are going to law school, medical school, dental school, and optometry school, because they don't have to look for jobs, but she reminded me that, that part is just getting put off for a couple more years, so, I guess it evens out in the end. 

I thought I knew which job I wanted Aaron to get--but the more job interviews he gets--well, my mind changes.  I thought I wanted him to take the job at Heritage Financial Group, but after finding out that they don't offer any leads at all, and that AXA Financial in Salt Lake does, well now I want AXA--until I learn about something else.

A couple of months ago, I started working for ChaCha, basically, I answer questions that people text to ChaCha, and then send them back.  I've gotten some pretty funny ones.  One today wanted to know if they could find their soulmate by testing DNA (and I actually found an answer for it on the internet).  I get lots of kids who want me to do their homework for them (I like those, they pay more), and someone wanted to know if a kangaroo or a bullet was faster (it took all my self control to not say, duh).  Aaron likes to come home and have me read out the best ones from the day.  I'm saving up my pennies to get Cade's pictures taken by Skye Johansen.  She's expensive, but I love her pictures. 

(what my little hurricane has been up to lately.  He loves anything that crinkles)