Field Trip

I didn't skip a post yesterday because I was still grumpy--don't worry.

B and I took a trip out of town to visit my bro, sis-in-law, and nephew.  We were supposed to visit some other friends as well, but a miscommunication botched up one visit and our other friends were super busy and tired because of Ramadan.

We had a good trip, but that is definitely the last road trip I take before Camille gets here.  WHEW!  Well, last trip that's over an hour and a half at least.  I wore my granny compression stockings to keep my feet from becoming ridiculous again, but it was very uncomfortable.  My back will take a while to get back to normal.

Great visit though--Love them.  We are fortunate enough to have most of our family other than them in town with us.  Plus they don't live too far, so we get to see them fairly regularly.  They are also expecting a baby--in December.  Wahoo!

This is my nephew with his safety glasses--he was helping his Papi build some chairs.

We took a trip to IKEA--I was thinking I'd find a chair for pretty cheap that was kind of funky to add to the nursery.  However, they were about the same price (or more) than most of the chairs I have found elsewhere.  I was big time disappointed.  I came away with a set of play ice cream and play breakfast:

Breakfast fixin's

Ice cream cones, cake, and cookies

These are like little stuffed animals, only food--and they velcro together!  They're for ages 3 and up though, so we'll have to wait a while to play with them.  I just didn't want to pass them up because they were cheap, and boy or girl, I think our kids will love these!

Our nephew, T, was much more talkative this trip and he gave us so many hugs!!!  My bro took us to a Thai place with some seriously authentic food--SO good.  We also watched Avatar--hadn't seen it--and it was pretty good.  Seems like any story that includes love makes me appreciate B more.  I guess I was supposed to take away something more political from the movie, but really I just love my husband and appreciate that he's here.  Sorry Mr. Cameron.  My bro also cooked up a serious breakfast for us this morning--pancakes, eggs, and sausage.  Wow.  Spoiled.  Then me and my sil chatted about pregnancy things.  She went natural with T, so it's great to hear about her experiences.

Now we're back--came in today and am grumpy again.  :/  I guess it's just being tired/stressed.  We officially work all week this week, but the kids won't come until Wednesday.  There go my late sleeps and my naps and my lazy days.  I have a feeling I'll be in bed around 7 every night this week.  Maybe I won't put on weight--I won't have time to eat much and I'll be busy; plus I'll be shaving some hours off of my evening by going to bed so early.

Once I have some idea of what I'm actually doing at my job I think I'll be less freaked out.  Let's hope I figure it out quickly once the kids show up.  I keep hearing "inclusion", but with gifted I just see that set up as so distracting to the regular class taking place.  I also don't want to bug all of the teachers too much by asking them tons of questions about their schedules for class and what not.  Not much way around it though...

The beautiful gown was a gift--so pretty!

Of course--who can be mean to a pregnant lady??  :D  The belly is continuing to grow and grow.  I thought I'd hit a stage where it was just big and I was uncomfortable, but it seems that you hit this stage and keep expanding.  Today I could feel her entire body and its location and what organs it was hitting.  I have two months left???!!!  I'd wager she'll come a little early (or I'll really hate myself).

Isn't it amazing how your body isn't your own when you're pregnant?  I've never felt more like I'm just occupying a shell than I do right now.  I have almost no control over my body--it's a weird feeling to have.  Luckily I still control some major functions...I'm not saying we're having THAT many problems here.   Hehehehe.

I'll stop before I further embarrass myself.