Being sick is no fun.

Being sick when you're pregnant is even less fun. You can't get around very well and the normal aches and pains of a cold are amplified by the aches and pains you're already feeling. Plus you can't take any of the normal anti-cold medicines because they might hurt the baby. I've been living on Tylenol, since that's all I can take.

Being sick when you're pregnant and a mommy is the least amount of fun of all. Not only do you have to deal with all of the above, you have to get up and be a mom all day. Having a sick kid on top of all of this just adds to the pain. Not only do you have to comfort, entertain, and feed your little ones, but you're trying to get yourself well at the same time. Needless to say there's a lot of easy snacky foods around and a lot of TV watching to be done.

We've been sick in our house for about a week now, all of us. It's been just no fun at all. We've all had different symptoms so I'm not sure if we had the same cold or different ones, but we seem to just be trading them around. Last night I had a migraine so bad I threw up. If you've ever been 8 months pregnant and throwing up you'll know what a messy and uncomfortable experience it is. Eewww.

It was a good week to be cooped up in the house, though, because it's been terribly hot and we'd be spending our time in the air conditioning anyway. Still, I hope we feel better soon. We're getting a little cabin fever always being in the same room all the time. At least Shay sleeps well when he's sick. He's been sleeping anywhere from 15-18 hours a day, letting me get a lot more sleep as well.

Anyway, that's why our posts have been a little sparse lately. That and Dylan has been taking the laptop to work which limits my online time severely.

Abby had her 7 month fetal check-up yesterday and she's doing just great! I've only gained 20 pounds so far (target is 25-35 for all 9 months) and so I'm right on track, too. Her heartbeat sounds great and she's moving all over the place all the time. Usually I notice it more when I'm trying to sleep, but Shay has noticed her moving, too. A couple of times he's jumped off my lap while I'm reading him a story saying, "Baby hAbby kicks me!" Then, of course, he wants to poke me in the belly button because he thinks it's baby Abby's ticklish spot.


We went to the library last week and Shay brought me a book about potty training. He was fascinated by it and told me he wanted to get his own potty. Naturally I was thrilled. We went last weekend and bought him a potty and a kids book about it. Since then he's been playing with the potty but hasn't been interested in actually trying it out. He does like to read the book, though, and we usually read it several times a day. Last night I tried putting him on the potty right before his bath, but he refused to pee. So I stuck him in the bath and he promptly peed all over. I grabbed him to stick him back on the potty, but as soon as his buns touched plastic he stopped cold. Oh well. I guess he'll figure it out in his own time. I just hope it's before the baby comes.


Nothing much else going on, just two sick boys. Both Dylan and Shay were feeling sick yesterday, Shay with a high fever. They're doing better now: Dylan was able to go to work today and Shay felt good enough to play at the park for an hour or so. And it's cool enough to keep the air conditioning off for awhile. Thank goodness!

Well, they're all gone. My sisters all came into town this past weekend for a family visit. One sister and her kids were here for three weeks. The other two sisters were here for 4 days, and my brother took all the time off of work from Aspen Grove that he could. It never seems like enough. I'm really sad to have them gone already. We have so much fun when we're together and it doesn't happen nearly enough. We're spread out all over the country-- Virginia, North Carolina, California, and Utah. It just occurred to me that if we feel so sad when we're apart or leaving each other then why don't we live closer to each other?

Anyway, we had a great visit. Over the course of the three weeks we went to the Hogle Zoo, on several hiking trips, to Cabellas to see the aquarium, to the Scottish Highland Games at Thanksgiving Point, spent one night camping up at Sundance, and did a whole lot of playing. The time passed way too fast. With toddlers you only have the morning and the evening to play since naptimes need to be strictly observed. Seamus takes a three hour nap every day, from 1-4 pm. I usually nap with him, so we only had 8-1 and then 4-8 to play. Not nearly enough time.

It's trips like this that make me realize how important family is. Especially living near family. Your family is the people who love you no matter what. The people who know all about you and still want to be with you. Why would you not want to be near those people at most of the time? Maybe it's the being apart that makes us appreciate each other more, but I look forward to our visits more than anything. We're trying to get together again this Christmas, perhaps in Florida this year. That will still be only for a few days, though.

It just feels really lonely here right now. We'll get back into the swing of things soon and everything will get back to normal. Plus, only 81 days until Baby Abby gets here and we're pretty excited about that. Especially Seamus. We got to see him interact with his 5 month old cousin, Josh, this weekend and he did great! He was gentle and entertaining. He was thrilled when the baby would look at him and coo at him. He would pick up dropped toys and pacifiers tirelessly. I think he's going to be a great big brother.