Dyllan's First Pet: Sticker

Yesterday we went to the pet shop to get Dyllan a fish.  She was so excited!   She looked at all the fish- then picked out this goggly eyed orange one.  She couldn't wait to hold him... so we let her carry him as we did the grocery shopping.  I am surprised the little guy made it home in one piece with all the banking around he got.

When we got to the car we asked Dyllan what she wanted to name her fish.  Without hesitation she squealed "Sticker!".   That may have had something to do with the fact that she had a sticker on her hand..?  So Sticker it is.. 

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Proud pet owner.

Watching dad put Sticker in his new bowl

No Dyllan, you can't grab him.  Sticker needs to stay in his bowl !

Newcastle photos

Celebrating mom in Newcastle

Sunday marked the 2 year anniversary of moms passing away.

Dan was so thoughtful and decided to surprise me after work on Saturday with the car all packed up ready to get away- something spontaneous and to soak up the sun- just what mom would have loved!

We drove up the coast 2 hours to Newcastle beach. Somewhere that mom and I spent time together. She had come to visit me while I was studying abroad in 2004.

What a great way to celebrate mom and her life. I miss her every day- but it's times like these that make me so thankful for having her in my life- she taught me how to live life to its fullest- and enjoy every moment.

22 weeks

21.5 weeks

Feeling good this week- well except for my allergies which I can't really do anything about but lay down cause I cant take my allergy medicine.

My energy is probably half back- I go to the gym a few days a week but my effort is pretty pathetic. Oh well.. At least I'm going, right?

Been craving taco bell ( weirdly- cause I never ate it much apart from 2 am drive thru runs in college?!)- and carbs carbs carbs.. Trying to not give in as easily- since I don't have "nauseous" as an excuse for doughnuts and pizza anymore..

I've still been super tired- starting to wonder if I should get my iron level or thyroid tested?! Doesn't seem normal to be this tired all the time! I can't remember being so tired with Dyllan.. Then again I didn't have a 2 1/2 yr old to chase around then either..

That's all to update for now.. Still don't know if it's a boy or girl- although I REALLY wanna find out now that we've decided not to ( go figure)!

Only when you're pregnant...

Ive had a few "only when you're pregnant moments" that I thought were kinda funny to share..

The other day I had a work even on and was going to be home late- so Dan took Dyllan on a date for dinner. Dan and Dyllan were still out when I got home- so feeling lazy and hungry I decided to hop back in the car and go get some McDonnalds (doh!).  Instead of going to the one thats super close to our house-  I drove that extra bit further to one that had a drive thru- so I wouldn't have to get out of the car.  I get to the drive thru and am about to place my order and realize that I left my walled at home on the kitchen table.  MAN!!  So I had to back the car out of the drive thru and go back home... and no, I didn't go back out.  Instead I made a quesadilla (probably equally as bad for me).  (Pregnancy Brain + Cravings)


We had a few ripe bananas in our fruit bowl one morning- so I chopped one up.. and instead of making a normal breakfast- by adding say.. cereal and milk to it.. I decided to make a banana split and added a scoop of ice cream, whipped cream, carmel and nuts (hey at least there was banana and nuts!) 


After a long day of errands and chores (ok not really I am just trying to make myself feel better)- Dyllan and I made a pit stop at the mall for doughnuts.  We each ordered 3 mini doughnuts.. and i'm ashamed to say that Dyllan only got to eat 1 of her mini doughnuts before I snarffed hers down too.  Oops- what a mean mom..(btw I HATE how they now label the calories on things like these..as if I really needed to know I ate 2 full meals worth of calories as a snack)


I finally decided to bite the bullet and order some maternity clothes- mostly for work- as I no longer fit into anything.. and wear my same stretchy black pants every single day.  I got my package yesterday- and was soo excited to try on my new purchases.  I tried them on and quickly realized a pattern.. each top resembled some sort of cape or shawl with sleeves.  Yuck.  Am I really that girl wearing a bag with stretch pants?  After trying them on with a few necklaces, I decided- heck.. why not just keep em.   I'll just wear a blazer over them with a long necklace.  Right?


Only when you're pregnant is it ok to go to bed every night at (or before) 8:30pm.  My nights these days (yes, even weekends.. *Loser*) consist of work, dinner, desert (ha!), trashy tv (or now the olympics), bed.  Dan said it best when he said "you're a boat load of fun!".  


Everything these days (especially after say 5pm) seems like such an effort.. so last night instead of going downstairs to take the laundry in off the clothes line when i heard rain.. I thought "oh well... guess it will get a second wash, and dry out tomorrow.."  Ugh.. lazy.  I will probably have to rewash it now..

Dddddd Dora backpack

The other day when I dropped Dyllan off at daycare I realized that She was the only one who hung a diaper bag up on the backpack rack out front of her classroom. Silly me.. Who brings a diaper bag To school at 2 1/2 years old? Not cool mom..

Friday Katie ( my also pregnant American friend who i do almost everything with) came around for dinner and movies- while her husband was on a shark dive and Dan was playing in a soccer game- and brought Dyllan a little surprise... A D..d..dd Dora ( as dyllan calls her) Backpack!!

Dyllan couldn't be happier- she packed it up with all her favorite things and wouldn't take it off!

Thanks Katie!