Just doing a quick note for my sweet baby:  You turned TWO YEARS old today.  I can’t believe it!  You’re our greatest joy.  We love you sooooo much.  I’ll do another post with pictures and memories of the event.  You were great!

Jonathan and I were blessed to have a Babymoon weekend.  After Jonathan got home from work on Friday, we took Miss Abi to my parents’ house.  They were kind enough to watch her all day/night from Friday until Sunday church.  That was the longest time I’ve been away from her.

Instead of traveling 4 hours to my parents’ condo in the mountains, which was covered with snow, we decided to stay at our house.  Here were our rules: no cell phones (except to say goodnight to Abigail), no computer usage (except to watch hulu shows together), and we said we’d be able to spend the amount we would’ve spent on gasoline ($100) on going out to eat and doing other fun things.

So, Friday night, we ate at Carino’s.  This has been an eventful place for us.  It’s where we had our first date, where I told Jonathan we were pregnant with Baby #2, and the place from where I ended up getting really sick the last two times I’ve eaten there (my Birthday in December and Babymoon weekend).  So, I will not be partaking in their food for the next several months– if ever again.  Ugh.  I’m 31 weeks; when will the vomiting end?!  Anyway, after that, we rented a movie, and I explained the rules to our Valentine’s project for the year (instructions and pictures here).

On Saturday, Jonathan made me breakfast in bed: Butterscotch and White Chocolate chip pancakes!  Yum.  Then, we relaxed around the house until noon when we went out to eat at Taco Bueno.  After that, we looked at the Dollar Store to get Abigail some Vday gifts, then I got a pedicure and manicure while Jonathan got his hair cut next door.  Later, we ate dinner at Garcia’s and had the best waiter ever!  We came home and watched shows on Hulu.

On Sunday, we saw our sweet girl at church.  Daddy got a homemade card from Abigail, I got a red rose and sweet card from Jonathan, and Abigail got some flash cards, two books, and Reeses’ Pieces.  Later that night, we made a fruit dip and ate strawberries (recipe to come later).  Apparently, Abigail adores strawberries now.

Anyway, in case you didn’t know, I have the best husband for me.  I’m so glad we were blessed to spend our 8th V-day together.

I’m thinking of starting a page on the blog of cute/funny things that Abigail has said.  I want to remember them, and with this pregnancy brain, that’s getting hard to do.

So, I’ll just leave you with a funny conversation Abigail had with our dog Sabra this morning.

Abi: Sissah, go potty.  Hurry up, Sissah.  Come in near.  Do you see the snow?  It’s white.

[I call Sabra inside from the snow.]

Abi: Sissah has snow on her hair.  You wanna clean it?

Me: No, it’s okay, it’ll just melt.

Abi: But Sissah’s wet.  Sissah, you want me dry you?  [She opens the hutch door to get out a kitchen hand towel.]

Me: It’s okay; the wet will go away.  Thank you, though.

Abi: Okay.  It’s okay, Sissah.  It’s alright.  Snow will go away.

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Later on, I saw a boogie in Abigail’s nose, so I asked her if she wanted to blow her nose.

Abi: Noooo, Abi keep the booger in the nose.

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And last night, Jonathan was brushing Abigail’s teeth when she started clicking her tongue,

Abi: :Lah nah lah nah lah.  I’m singing a song about Abi’s tongue.

Pretty sure she’s the cutest 23 month old EVER!

So I don’t want to make this long and drawn out, and I really don’t even want to write about it tonight because I wanna get in bed (but can’t cause I’m waiting on Jonathan to call to tell me he got to Seattle safely) . . . but I don’t want to write it tomorrow because I wanna be done with the bad feelings.  Here are only some of the rough things that happened:

• Didn’t hear my alarm or didn’t set it this morning, so I was running late for my sonogram appt.  Went to get Abi at 9:10, and she was still asleep, so I had to wake her up, and she was fussy.
• Had to call around to get a tow truck to take our car to a mechanic.  Spent $50.  Mechanic called and said, “Nothing’s wrong with your car; it started right up.”  WHAT!  $50 wasted and our car’s not fixed!  I start crying cause our car has been breaking down off and on for the last 6 months.  Jonathan goes into rescue mode (God bless him) and calls another mechanic and tries to troubleshoot over the phone.
• Minutes later, we have to get Abi awake from her nap to take Jonathan to the airport.  This is the 4th night I’ll be apart from him in almost 6 years of marriage and Abigail’s 1st night .  He’ll be gone until late Wednesday night.
• It took me about 40 minutes to get to my Dad’s office after I took Jonathan to the airport, due to our city’s construction.  It should’ve only taken 10.  Then, we had to drive to pick up our “working” car from the mechanic, drop it off at Dad’s house, go back to Dad’s work to get his truck, go to my house to pack up Abigail’s stuff, take her back to my parents’ house, drive back to my house to be there by 7:00 when I had plans with Tiffany.  I spent 3 hours in the car.  Came home to a house w/ hardly any food (we were supposed to go grocery shopping on Saturday, but we were busy all weekend working on the car and trying to find Jonathan some khakis for his business trip).  Didn’t have time to grab something.  Ate canned soup.  All this on top of feeling crappy in pregnancy is zero fun.

Anyway, that’s a short recap of the rough day.  Tomorrow, hopefully, I’ll have time to do a positive post about Baby and maybe get in a tutorial for Tipster Tuesday.  We’ll see.

I had big plans today to squeeze in a post about the sonogram we had this morning.  But instead, I’ve spent the last 15 minutes or so crying about our stupid car situation.  Ugh.  And Jonathan’s leaving town today for overnight business, which makes me extra bummed.  Anyway, I’ve gotta get him to the airport soon and have several other things needing to be done today, so I might not be able to do a post about our day until tomorrow.

Just a little note to say that I have done a few crafty projects that I thought I’d share with you . . . sometime.  I just need to write up some tutorials.  So, you can look forward to learning how to make:

• Baby Square Crinkle Mini Blanket

• Fabric Headbands

• Baby Legwarmers (I’m still working on these, so I haven’t uploaded the pictures, yet.

Dear Lori,

I want to thank you for being my wife. You chose me and you continue to choose me despite my many faults. I need your love and you give it to me always. Thank you.

And yes, I chose you too. But, you make it an easy choice. You are beautiful, smart, and funny. You are a great wife, and an amazing mother.

Every day I’m married to you is a great day. But, today is even greater. It’s your birthday. So while I don’t normally take enough time to thank you for all you do and for all your love, today, I want to tell you that I’m grateful to you and I love you. You are my best friend.

PAMPERS Gifts to Grow Code:

• welcome2village (10 points)

HUGGIES Enjoy the Ride Codes: (here are some codes I’ve posted in the past)

Worth 5 Points Each:

• BDGTW XSQBJ TXPGB (expires 8/31/10)
• BCSQD DNXQF BBPGB (expires 2/28/10)

Worth 1 Point Each:

• BBRGX FHMMD HGPGB
• BCFRH SDWLP XFPGB
• BCJHP HBTLL KDPGB
• BCMJG GKLMJ KJPGB
• BCNTP WXTNL XKPGB

To update you on this post: my mom is going to watch Abigail while we go watch the Sonogram tomorrow.  Unfortunately, they told me it wouldn’t be a 3D/4D one.  Boo.  Also, we’re not allowed to videotape the monitor.  Boo.  And, they don’t give out a video of the movement.  Boo.  All we’ll be getting to show you are still images (2D).  Sorry; I tried!

We’ve also decided to let the gender be a surprise to 99% of everyone.  It has yet to be seen whether the remaining 1% of that group (the doctors, and Jonathan & I) will find out the gender.

Just yesterday, I was looking up paint colors in greens and blues (which is what we’ll be painting the room, regardless of whether Baby’s a boy or girl).  So I started thinking of decorations I could make, like paintings, picture frames, wall letters, and signs.  That really made me want to know the Baby’s gender!  Ahh.

Oh, has anyone attempted to make a diaper stacker??

We had planned on letting Baby use Abigail’s crib and on buying Abigail a twin bed.  But just a couple of weeks ago, Abigail’s crib was recalled.  It converts into a toddler bed, twin bed, and then full, so that is good because we can just convert the crib to a toddler bed for her.

So, we’ve been looking at cribs for Baby.  We’re really liking the Baby Mod Lily, which we’re told is the same exact crib as Da Vinci Emily.  Does anyone have either of these cribs?  If so, what do you think of it?  I’m concerned about it not having a drop side (even though it’s safer, I know) because I’m only 5 ft 3 in.  I haven’t been able to “test out” the crib in person.  Or do you have another crib that you’d recommend?

The other night, as I was leaning over the trash can by my bed, I heard Jonathan say softly, “Try to keep it down.”

I thought he was referring to the stuff that was coming up out of my mouth.  I thought, “Aww, how sweet; he’s concerned, and wants me not to vomit.”

Then, he said, “Shhh.”

WHAT!  “I’m throwing up.”

“Oh, well, try to be quiet, please.”

I knew he was talking in his sleep because normally, he’ll turn on his lamp if he hears me throwing up after we’ve gotten into bed.  And when I told him about this conversation in the morning, he didn’t remember it.

So, yes, I’m still vomiting and feeling nauseated 90% of the time.  [Sidenote: For those of you who haven't had kids though, don't let this keep you from it.  I'm one of the rare ones.]  I’m still around 8 pounds under my pre-pregnancy weight, and yet I’m growing a bigger belly more quickly than I did with Abigail.

I’m 16 weeks now.  Yesterday, Baby’s heartbeat was 152 beats per minute.  I think I felt some movement last night, but I’m ready for it to be the point where I feel Baby consistently.  Abi moved alllll day/night long, which might be why she’s so active now?

After talking with my OB yesterday, I got on the list to get the H1N1 shot, so they’ll call if when/if they have enough.