Whew! It's a good thing I didn't know exactly what I was gettting into when we were deciding if it was time to have another baby. I have nothing to compare the last 7 weeks of my life to. The kids and I recently returned from a 4 week stay at Grandma and Papa's in CA. And I wish I could say it was for vacationing purposes. No - it was really a matter of survival. For 4 weeks I went back and forth between my parent's house and my sister's while they took care of me and the kids day after day after day...after day. THANK YOU everyone! Thanks Dad for giving up the long couch for me to sleep on all day for a month. Thanks Mom for never complaining, even when the kids claimed to be starving 15 minutes after lunch was cleaned up. Thanks Shelly for making my 10:00 omelet everday and letting my kids run wild through your house. And just as importantly, thanks to all of you great friend's here in Vegas who called me and checked in on Reas and invited him over for dinner - you saved a lonely bachelor from going crazy. We are all SO happy to be back together again!

Thank you for all the nice comments you all left for me on my last post. Occassionally I would have my mom or Reas check, and all the well wishes made my day. I have the greatest friends!

And now it's back to real life for me - the simple pleasures of motherhood are all mine again, like broken washing machines, clogged toilets, knotted shoelaces, and missing blankies. How soon I forgot about these little joys.


Last Tuesday was my first doctor's appointment at 13 weeks and 1 day along. It was a monumental day being the first time I wore makeup, drove a car, or stepped foot in a public place in 7 weeks! Talk about getting back to reality! When Maggie got home from school she asked, "Are you wearing makeup? Your eyelashes look so long!" I think my family had forgotten what a functioning mommy looks like.


Oh, and to answer many questions about what exactly was wrong with my crazy body that doesn't know how to have a normal pregnancy. It can all be attributed to a combination of low blood pressure and hypoglycemia, which in normal life translates to dizziness, blacking out, severe fatigue, monstrous headaches, and the need to eat so frequently that I began to hate food. Fun.

I'm looking forward to an uneventful and healthy rest of my pregnancy. Right now I want to focus my attention on the more serious stuff, like holiday decorating, yummy baked treats, and falling temperatures. This is my absolute favorite time of year and being healthy again is a great added bonus. Happy Fall!