Charming Blanket Games, Piggies, Clomping, and Nomenclature

How could I not want another little charmer like these two?

Number Three, you've got a lot to live up to.

This is probably the most favorite game at our place. At least according to Jack and Daisy. To people who don't know, this may look like a big mess in my living room.  Every day Jack brings out his pillow and blankets and the fun begins when he starts throwing them on Daisy. They roll around on the floor together laughing like a pair of hyenas. Jack gets crazy sometimes and I have to stop the fun, but it always starts again the next day.

I don't know why I particularly like this picture...I just do.

Daisy's hair is long enough for some cute little piggies up top.

Jack loves trying on shoes...

...and clomping around, giggling...

Jack's learned a lot of new words the last few weeks. A few of the new ones include sword, moon, and Jack. Today while we were on our walk, he looked up in the sky and pointed saying "ball!" It took me a minute, but then I realized he was pointing to the moon. I tried to tell him it was the moon, but he was adamant. Finally I said, "Can you say moon?" He said "moon" and from then on it was the moon and not a ball. When we got home we looked at picture of the moon on the computer till I was bored out of my mind. Jack was so crazy into it though I had a hard time stopping. Also, all day long he's been calling himself Jack. He's so proud when he points to himself and says "Jack!" Then he points out Mommy, Daddy, Daiz, and then "I'm Jack!" So fun!

And now, I'm tired and must hit the hay, or I may wake up looking like this:

Expecting the Unexpected

Ok, it's finally time to get this blog entry posted...I've been working on it for a week now. We found out last weekend that I'm pregnant again! Surprise! Totally unplanned...thus the title of this blog. Here are some of my jumbled thoughts about it:

I'd been wondering for a week or so. I got a stomach bug that seemed to linger but I was in denial that I could be pregnant. We'd been preventing. I was thinking I am not ready to have another pregnancy or have another child. Two may be enough for me (even though deep down I knew I wasn't done at two). We were planning on waiting until Daisy was maybe two or so to even think of becoming pregnant again.

All I can do is trust that Heavenly Father must know that I really need this because I certainly don't have that knowledge yet. Even though I think I'm not ready for the adults to be outnumbered, I guess Heavenly Father thinks otherwise.

As I've thought about it almost constantly over that last week I am starting to get pretty excited about things. We already have both a boy name and a girl name picked out (no middle names yet). Those names will be discussed in a later post.

I am handling the nausea quite  a bit better this time around...so far...knock on wood. Every few hours I start to feel the nausea coming on so I quickly sneak a bite to eat of whatever's handy. I'm loving the veggies and dip right now. So convenient, tasty, and make me feel good and healthy.

Hips are killing me already, but let's stay positive.

Jack and Daisy love each other so much that I'm excited to watch the love increase with an addition.

I went to get pregnancy verification (for insurance purposes) Tuesday and actually felt relieved that the test came back positive...I didn't realize that I was worried that it may be all in my head.

What if I'm having twins? But I probably just feel huge already because my body is getting so used to being pregnant that I blow up as soon as I conceive. :) Ah the joys of pregnancy.

Since writing some of the above, I'd like to mention that morning sickness sometimes doesn't care if you eat a little something all the time...sometimes you're still going to feel sick despite your best efforts. Lucky me.

Looks like my due date is 11/1/11 unless someone tells me otherwise.

How the heck am I going to go grocery shopping with three kids?

Some of Cutie La Pie Daisy

The Aquarium

This last week was very busy for me. We had a lot of fun outings. On Wednesday, we went to the Aquarium in Long Beach with our friends Nicole, Lauren, and Maren. 

We waited outside for a few minutes to get our tickets and enter as a group. When we left the apartment that morning it felt nice and warm outside...thus the clothes for warm weather. However, a cold wind blew on us as we waited and I regretted not dressing the kids warmer. Shame on me.

Lauren and Daisy waited patiently in the stroller. We got a lot of comments on the "cute twins" :)

Jack and I listened and danced to the live youth orchestra that played near the entrance.

Jack met a LOT of fish. I heard a lot of "bish" (fish) and "wah-wah" (water).

Here are Jack and Maren checking out the sea lions.

Jack loved playing on this boat...

and driving it.

Here are the sea lions from above water.

There was a lot of jumping off ledges.

And landing in style.

Lots of fun and very tiring.

You gotta work for the view sometimes.

We saw lots of things that reminded us about SpongeBob. We saw Patrick Star (the starfish) and lots of jellyfish.

I'm so glad that we could go with our friends. Nicole, thanks for inviting us to come! During the car ride home, Nicole even kept Jack awake with some Skittles (his favorite) so that he'd take a good nap when we got home. However, from the time we left Nicole's house to arriving at our apartment he fell asleep and there was nothing I could do. Nap time was a goner. But the day was well worth it! So fun!

Cheerios and Balloons

Look at the persistence of this girl!

Jack loves balloons! Thanks to our friends, the Hicks', he's been playing with balloons for the last couple of days and he's been having a blast. I love the balloons too because they are a nice way to keep him occupied and entertained.

Sleep

Sleep. It's a wonderful thing. Ever since we moved this last time Jack has been a monster at bedtime though. I definitely blame it on the fact that we moved 8 times in 8 months. That's not fair to the little guy. He needs normalcy and routine. So, each night he yells and screams and escapes out of his bed more times than I have patience for. Through a lot of trial and error we are finally at a point that I am content with...for now. He has a blanket that is permanently beside our bed on the floor. A big comforter folded up into a mini bed for Jack. This is where he takes his naps and where he falls asleep at night. I know some of you are thinking how horrible, and yet, it's a step up from sleeping in the hallway on the way back to the bedrooms. After he falls asleep at night, Michael or I will scoop him up and haul him into his bedroom to sleep on his bed. Usually at some point in the night he will come creeping back into our room and sleep the rest of the night on his comforter bed. Very rarely I will get up in the morning and find him still in his own bedroom. Those are the mornings I celebrate.

I also celebrate mornings when I wake up to find that Daisy has slept through the entire night. Those mornings are few and far between, but I am hopeful they will become more abundant in the near future. She usually wakes up once during the night. She still has the occasional night where she wakes up four times. Not good for Mommy. I've been increasing the amount of solid foods she has been eating and I think that will help.

In time, both kids will sleep in their own beds all night and I will too...this is what this mother has been dreaming of lately.

Cutie La Pie

Daisy has two little teeth! With a smile like that there's no question why her daddy nicknamed her Cutie La Pie!