The SICK turkey

No, the turkey we are eating for Thanksgiving is not sick but our little turkey Caroline is! Tony and I have been looking forward to her school Thanksgiving feast and music program for over a month now. She was going to be a turkey...notice I said "going to be". After we bought a brand new video camera (just so I could catch my little drama queens first public preformance) AND I cooked all afternoon the day before for our contribution to the feast AND after buying her a new outfit AND after getting her a haircut (which is not easy or fun)AND after waking up early so she and I could both be showered and looking our best...I wake her up and BAM...her eye will barely open! Side note, Caroline has had a cold with a runny nose and coughing for five days so I thought she had just busted a blood vessel in her eye from coughing so much. So I proceed to take her to school as she doesn't have a fever and I think this eye is nothing major AND I WANT TO SEE THIS PRECIOUS PREFORMANCE!!!!(Did i mention that yet) Her teachers told me on Thursday that Caroline was such a ham in practice and hoped she would do it the day of the program...which only heightened my excitement to see her as a turkey. We got to school and thankfully (but to my great disappointment) my sister-in-law, who is an eye dr. saw her and told me she had pink eye. So, I pick her back up and am nearly in tears walking out of the preschool. Pregnancy hormones, I assure you. So, no Turkey preformance, missed the black Friday sales on video cameras, made a ton of food that is now frozen, and looked damn good all day and had no where to go...Lesson on motherhood: things don't always go as planned!

Happy Birthday Tony

Happy Birthday to my wonderful husband! Hope you have the best day ever! I love you! Mollie

Drunk without a drink

Ok, so I had a very scary day on Friday because my world started spinning out of control (literally). I had been complaining all week of feeling a little dizzy (like I had a glass or two of wine) but it wasn't bad enough to worry me. However, Friday morning my two glasses of wine feeling went to feeling more like 2 bottles of wine. Tony rushed home to take me to the dr. and it turns out that I had an infection in my inner ear that affected the fliud that keeps me balanced. The dr. did a test that proved it was an inner ear issue. If you ever feel dizzy and suspect it, try this simple test. Lay flat on the ground and turn your head all the way to the right, almost looking over your shoulder. As soon as I did that, my world literally spun uncontrollably. However frightening it was, it confirmed that the issue was an inner ear problem and he gave me medicine to treat it. I thought I missed having drinks with my friends but this experience scared me from ever wanting more than just one drink ever again.

What's been going on at our house

Just have a few things to share as I haven't really updated my blog in awhile besides the occasional picture or two. Caroline is loving preschool. However, I don't know who loves it more...Caroline or her mommy! I know she is safe, loved, and as happy as a clam to be there so it makes it so easy for me to run errands or come home and get things done around here. Her teachers have nothing but great things to say about her behavior and progress in school. She is 25 months old and weighs around 30 lbs and has more hair than she or I know what to do with! She doesn't like me making her do anything and I mean anything (brushing her hair and teeth are big daily struggles). Other than a little hardheadedness (which I have no idea where that comes from...ha) she is a real sweetheart and loves to be around others. Tony recently got her a little beta fish and she absolutely LOVES it. After going through about 20 names for the fish, she decided that she liked the name "Michael Phelps" (not lucky or swimmy or any of the other basic names we threw out there) and that's just what she calls him. I will have to get a video on my blog of her talking to Michael Phelps...it's just too cute!
As for me, I am now 13 weeks pregnant and feeling great! My tummy is just starting to change and I have recently dusted off the old maternity clothes. Suddenly, 6 months from now, which is when the baby is due, does not feel very far away....with Caroline, I thought 6 months felt like six years away! We have literally not done one thing to prepare for a new baby. I'm sure when we find out the sex we will start on the nursery. A few more weeks and we'll know!
As for Tony, he is as busy as ever with work and is actually with a film crew today. Citgo is making a new nation wide ad/commerical and they are at the Pop Shoppes filming this week. It's still up in the air, but Tony and/or Nelson may be on the commerical too. That would be exciting!

Happy Halloween!

10 Year Reunion

With all of the ups and downs from the past few weeks, I have been slack about adding new posts....not to worry I have tons to share. We went to my 10 year high school class reunion a few weeks ago. I was a little anxious about it but it turned out to be really great to see everyone! We had a fun night (even though I couldn't drink:)