Well, so far this pregnancy is progressing much like Mallory’s did. No real “morning” sickness but just some general blahs if I’m not careful enough to eat often. The heartburn has kicked in already – I think a little earlier than it did the first time (I ended up prescription heartburn meds at the end last time – that was horrible). And Rick said my snoring has already gotten out of control – apparently he could hear me snoring in our bed when he left his hockey game (in Ann Arbor) the other night. Asshole.
I don’t think I’m “showing” just …
Year: 2008
Just for Mother Hen
Holy Fast Swimmers
I had to catch up on my new favorite Olympic sport this morning online – did you see the mens 4×100m freestyle relay? I don’t even care that it’s part of Phelps’ quest to win a million gold medals; that last US swimmer was amazing and it was awesome to see him come back on the French dude in the lane next to him.
I can’t even do the freestyle for 10 seconds without feeling like I’m going to drown (so much for my years on the Georgetown Country Club swim team).
If you didn’t get to see it yet – go …
Olympic Confession
Ok, men’s swimming is my favorite Olympic sport.
Yum.
Go Blue
Strange Bedfellows
This morning we found Mallory with no less than ELEVEN bites all over her arms and feet (her only exposed skin while wearing her pjs). So she had some sort of hungry spider or mosquito hanging out with her all night last night. The nights are getting cooler so I’m wondering if the bugs are heading indoors or what. Luckily the bites don’t seem to bother her much but I had to call and warn my mom about them so she didn’t lecture me when she sees Mallory later today. “You need to keep those bugs out of her room! …
My Sweet Sleeper
Check out how we found Mallory last Saturday when we went to check on her after she’d fallen asleep.
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We stopped by Rick’s work this afternoon so Mallory could say hi to her dad. We got there during one of the practices. Mallory was a little unsure, seeing all the big football players and clung to my leg most of the time. We stayed to watch them run about a dozen plays and whenever the QB threw the ball and the receiver didn’t catch it, Mallory cheered. So I scolded her for cheering for the missed ball.
Rick pointed out …
Go BooooO!!!
With just three weeks to go until the first football game, our training of Mallory has kicked into high gear. We’ve been getting “go boooo!” with a fist in the air pretty consistently and she will now say Go Blue if we say Michigan.
Next step was to teach her about how horrible The University of Ohio State is…and she will now say “boooooooo” when we say Ohio State.
But, then I remember we have to take the season one week at a time so we switched our focus to Utah. Just this morning we got her to say “boooooo oooo-teeeee” or …
Prayers for Jen
I know I haven’t been to church in a bajillion years, but if you are the praying or good wish thinking sort, please pray or think good thoughts for my good friend Jen. She is 24-weeks pregnant with triplets (2 boys, 1 girl!) and was admitted to the hospital yesterday because she started to have contractions. She will most likely be on bedrest for the duration of her pregnancy (they would like her to go another 10 weeks) but she isn’t sure if she has to serve that time in the hospital or if she can go home, where she …
Almost in Trouble
From the minute I picked her up from daycare yesterday, I was prepping Mallory for the fact that she was going to sleep in her OWN bed. I don’t mind letting her sleep in our bed as a treat but the night before last (Monday night) she ended up in our bed all night and I got zero sleep.
So, whenever I’d tell her “you are going to sleep in your own bed tonight!”, Mallory would reply, “mmmooooo”, while shaking her head, “mommy bee-bee (which I am guessing means bed)”.
Well, when it was time to put Mallory down, she protested for …