Monday, August 08, 2005
Are we there yet?
This weekend I went to the coast with my bf and her four month old. We joined a group of friends with a total of four toddlers. It was a wonderful weekend, but, holy cow, four toddlers make a racket. As the late comers and partner-less (for the weekend) and toddler-less, we got the sofas to sleep on. When 10:00 pm came and went to the repeated song of "Dad, look at what I did," in other than an indoor voice from across the living room, I was ready to sleep on the beach. It ended with an abrupt crash followed by hours of sweet silence. Once I had gotten some sleep, I remembered what great kids they actually are, but also how little I'm used to being around kids.
The four month old was a peach. She made it through hours in the car. With traffic, the trip home took about an hour and a half more than expected.
I totally found myself armchair parenting to the wild toddlers - I have absolutely no experience in the area which seems to make it a lot easier. I'm happy to say that I kept 98% of it to myself.
I'm now almost 13 weeks pregnant. It's mostly cool that the nausea is mostly gone. But, I miss it. I think its because without the ultrasounds, I don't have the regular reminders that I'm pregnant. Although I'm bigger around the middle, that could easily be attributed to my massive intake of pizza over the past few months. I still want an explanation for cramping like pains, but have just tried not to freak out about them since they seem to come and go without regularity.
The four month old was a peach. She made it through hours in the car. With traffic, the trip home took about an hour and a half more than expected.
I totally found myself armchair parenting to the wild toddlers - I have absolutely no experience in the area which seems to make it a lot easier. I'm happy to say that I kept 98% of it to myself.
I'm now almost 13 weeks pregnant. It's mostly cool that the nausea is mostly gone. But, I miss it. I think its because without the ultrasounds, I don't have the regular reminders that I'm pregnant. Although I'm bigger around the middle, that could easily be attributed to my massive intake of pizza over the past few months. I still want an explanation for cramping like pains, but have just tried not to freak out about them since they seem to come and go without regularity.
