I quit Facebook.

And apparently I'm not quite as important as I think I am, because I did it over a week ago and people are just now noticing. :)

I've been decluttering my life, physically and mentally.  I realized that my perception of life was totally skewed because of Facebook.  When you have 400 friends and 15 of them are pregnant, suddently everyone is pregnant.  But if I stepped back and looked at it, I would only know that three of those people were pregnant if I was forced to get the news by interacting with them in person.  Suddently everyone is taking great vacations, or buying new cars, or whatever.  Not normal, and not healthy.

I read this post today, and it hit home.  I especially love the "best life snapshot" comment.  Totally true.

Just something to think about.

Today's Tricks

1. Climbing into the bathtub (have no idea how he did this- I just found him in there, playing with his bath toys in his PJs)

2. Flushing the toilet

Despite how it sounds, we did not spend the entire day in the bathroom.

Yup, still impatient!

Some things never change.

We are set to find out the gender of Peanut on Dec 5th (though the gender and/or name will be withheld until Christmas), but I was dying to know yesterday so I actually had my husband call and LIE to the doctor about him traveling to see if I could get in earlier. It did not work.

I also considered paying $89 to visit a "pregnancy spa" where they will do a gender ultrasound after 17 weeks, but Rob was adamant that we could not find out the gender of our child a a place next door to a Mighty Fine Burger that also happened to offer teeth whitening. In retrospect, he is probably right.

13 Months

Well, I am giving up wrestling him into a white onesie and chasing him around in whatever room happens to have the best light. We took this a few days ago- it's pretty representative of what he looks like now. :)

D is getting too smart for his own food. He remembers certain foods taste better than others and has no issue holding out for the good food. If we are eating it, he wants it. Yesterday at the Mexican restaurant he kept handing me his chip and pointing at the salsa- we were eating it, and he wanted some too. It was too spicy for him, but he was NOT falling for my pretend dipping.

Love this boy- and love watching him grow!

Different

This pregnancy has been so different!! I think some of it is having a 1 year old, but it's worth writing down.

1. The Bella band does not work. It worked on the last pregnancy, but the bending down/lifting a child/playing on the floor means I am constantly yanking up the belt loops of my pants.

2. Heartburn. It has started early.

3. My back HURTS already. I blame hauling around a one year old, because I am not that big yet.

4. Still very tired. I sleep like a dead man.....

5. Until I get up to pee. At least twice a night.

6. I bleed. My gums bleed. My nose bleeds. I also bruise easily. That may or may not be related to pregnancy.

7. My allergies are unbearable.

8. I can out-eat my husband.

Does this mean it could be a girl? Who knows!?

Party Time!

After some fairly constant nagging (Hi, Mom!  Hi, Rob!), I'm back to give you a (mostly) photo journey through Drew's birthday party.

We just used a fall theme- browns, yellows and burnt orange.  This was a nod to Rob's original request for a birthday party theme- Bevo.  We did the party on Sunday afternoon, which worked out well because a lot of out of town friends and family were in for the football game the day before and many stopped by before they headed home.  Uncle T even "swung by" Austin on the way back to Houston from Dallas where he had been Saturday for a wedding.  That's dedication.

Please ignore the fact that I look rather large in these pictures- apparently I "popped" the Friday before his birthday. :(

Love this chalkboard!

Yes, I had to make the birthday banner.

Beer that almost no one drank (see note about many people driving back to their hometowns). 

GIANT Costco Cupcakes

Favors!  Goldfish and play dough for the little ones, iced cookies for the grown ups.

Despite the fact that Drew's hand is down my dress, I think this is the best family picture we got that day.

Drew's friend Sloane.  She sat there like a lady-- he tried to poker her and/or pull out her bow.

Before.

He needed some encouragement.

But just a little.

"It's good!" he declared.

"Try some, mom"

Since I banned face/cake smashing at our wedding, Rob took this opportunity to seize the day.

I had to find out what he thought about vanilla.

Hard to tell which he enjoyed more.

Obviously all birthday parties involve a mid-party bath.

And then present unwrapping in his skivvies.

It was a GREAT day.  We are so lucky that our friends and family could come share the day with us.  More later on his actual birth-day!

Spoons

Today we are practicing utensils. We are getting about 50/50 hand and spoon.