Christmas Lights

Did you ever just get in the car with your parents and drive around to look at Christmas lights? There used to be a whole village near us that we would go to -- all full of Christmas lights. Well, we are located 3 miles from the Herr's Potato Chip Factory (which is a good thing and a bad thing). But in any case Herr's is very involved in the community and always doing things for the town. Every Christmas they put up a light display and we decided to pile the family into the car before bedtime and go look at the lights.


Noah was beside himself with excitement. On the way there he saw the moon and just kept shouting "The Moon is Coming With Us, Mommy!!!" I guess he usually isn't out and about when the moon is out but he was convinced the moon was coming along for the ride. As we approached the lights he just kept squealing... A Blue Tree, A purple tree, Deer, Mommy, DEER!!!!!!!!

It made me so happy to see him enjoy such a simple thing that I wasn't even bothered that he didn't fall asleep on the way home.

9.5 Weeks

Woohoo!!! I feel so much better. Almost immediately after I got my prescription most of the nausea went away. I still take one pill in the morning but I'm great the rest of the day. I'm slowly getting my energy back and have some clarity again. I hope it sticks... I don't remember feeling better until around 14 weeks last time.

I really don't feel that much different and most of the time I forget I'm pregnant. I have occasional back aches and fatigue. I still can't handle raw meat and don't have much of a taste for most vegetables, but other than that I'm doing fine.

It's getting harder to keep it all a secret. Because I've been so tired I've missed a bunch of social events and so people are starting to wonder where I am. I'm not worried and I assume most people know anyway because a bunch of people knew we were trying. Sometime around Christmas we'll let the cat out of the bag. There's still so many months ahead so I think that by keeping it a secret a little while longer the rest of the pregnancy won't seem so long.

As for my body, I'm just feeling a little "thicker." Holding steady with my old weight and old jeans and I hope to stay that way as long as possible!

I do often think about the impact it will have on our family. Noah really loves babies and he is pretty gentle around them considering he is NEVER gentle. He's a really good helper and very, very loving and so I expect him to share those traits with this child. He is the king of this castle, however, and so I just worry about him all the time... which is normal, I know. I still hold him a lot and I am there for him whenever he needs me. I know gazillions of people have had two children before and it will be fine....