Crazy Day at Work

Yesterday was a day full of excitement. I get to work at 8 and I was standing in the entryway taking off my coat when Euan decided to drive his ride on car off a step. The entryway at work is one step down from the dining room and is tiled with travertine.  So when Euan drove down that step (right behind my back and two feet from his mom) he hit his head/face on the travertine and smacked his chest on the steering wheel of the car. Madness ensued.

There was 30 minutes of inconsolable crying. Then 10 minutes of dazed 18 month old. He was sitting in his mom's lap staring at the wall. If you made eye contact with him he would begin to cry again. Finally we got him to look at us. His pupils were different sizes so I told the parents that he probably had a concussion. So we looked up other signs of concussion in children. Vomiting is one sign. We all smiled and laughed that it is wonderful he didn't vomit. Yay! So we decided to watch him closely and Andy decided to go to work.

So the kids, Julie, I went to the window to wave good bye to dad (we do this every morning). Well we get to the window, Euan coughs then vomits! Damn it. Because I was not the concerned parent I ran for a towel and got the lovely job of cleaning up Euan to hand to dad who came running back into the house. Then I got to wash off his clothes and scoop up his vomit. This was a wonderful job for a pregnant lady, I gaged so many times, the smell was so bad, and the image of the vomit going down the utility sink was too much for me.

The fun is not over yet. Julie decides to stay home from work to watch Euan and make sure he is ok. She decides to take him to the doctor about an hour later. So all of us got to go, Euan, Evie, Julie, and me. This takes 2 hours! For them to tell us that he has a concussion, watch him closely, and oh yeah he still has an ear infection (going on the third treatment). Then we spend an hour at the pharmacy! Why the fuck does it take so long to get a prescription filled when there are 4 people working the pharmacy?!

Finally we make it back to the house at 1. Julie goes to work and I get to make lunch for the kids quickly before anyone breaks down and then get them down for a nap quickly thereafter.

This was a horrible day to be pregnant at work. Not once in this six hour adventure did I think of myself or the tiny thing inside me taking up all my stores. I forgot to eat and drink this entire time. So when 2 o'clock rolled around and I finally had a second to think about myself, I was starving and dehydrated. I felt like I was going to throw up and I had an awful head ache. Note to self: always bring water and some bars in my purse everywhere I go just in case it takes longer than it should! I will learn one of these days how to keep up with pregnancy. :)

Pregnant

Brett and I found out 2 weeks ago that we are pregnant!!

We are excited and scared to start this new phase in life. We told our immediate families at Easter last weekend. Our families are excited for us and all the grandparents are excited to have a new grandbaby.

The baby will arrive sometime in late November. Until then I will keep you updated with pictures and random bits of incite or struggle. 

Pregnancy so far is fine. I find it a bit challenging right now because I am super irritated all the time and I have a very short fuse with my nanny kids. I am also really exhausted. This means that dishes pile up on the counter after dinner because I fall asleep on the couch at 8:30. Growing a baby the size of a pea is hard work!!

Married Life

I have decided to start a blog so I have an easy way to update my family on what's new in mine and Brett's lives. We have been married for 8 months now. Married life has been fun. I feel like life changes after marriage. Brett and I have known each other for years and we dated for a long time before getting married, if you count the time that we dated when we were in middle and high school. However, something in me changed the moment I got married. I feel like I am no longer one person, I am living for someone else now too. 

Here is an example of how life changed immediately after getting married.

Brett and I went to Bend, OR about one month after getting married. We were in Bend for family quilting at my Aunt Sue's house so Brett and I decided to stay for a long weekend. While we were there we decided to do some site seeing and a little bit of hiking. We decided to go to Paulina Falls. This is an awesome waterfall, or two waterfalls rather, that drop about 20 feet to a bunch of rocks. 

When Brett and I made it to the top of the falls we were irritated because some people had decided to climb the rocks at the bottom and we were having trouble getting a picture of the falls without them in it. Anyway, we decided to hike to the bottom of the falls. When we got there Brett decided that it actually looked fun to climb the rocks to get a better view of the falls. If you climbed high enough you could actually get pretty close to where the falls met the rocks. 

Now here is where marriage has changed me. Any other time I would have climbed the rocks with him and I would have thought that it was a good idea. But no! I immediately told him that it was stupid idea and that he was not allowed to climb the rocks! It was dangerous. Well Brett didn't listen and told me I was being irrational and ruining his fun. So he climbed the rocks anyway. While Brett was climbing the rocks I was at the bottom standing on the trail crying at him that he was going to get hurt and die. Then I was so angry  that he went despite my pleading that I started yelling at him that I was taking pictures so that when he fell to his death I could have it documented! This is so out of character for me. But I will tell you, I had no control over this reaction. It scared me to the core and I couldn't rationalize. I was mad even after he made it down safely. It was like I could see my life falling apart at my finger tips and I couldn't imagine life without him. 

                     

Other than this trip to Bend we haven't had much to time to go out adventuring. We are happily married and loving every minute of our marriage.