I think I'm going to cry....

Why oh why does the swine flu have to hit NOW? When I am preparing to go see my husband, whom I have not seen since March 14th (and that was only for a week, mind you) for a glorious 10 days in Spain/Portugal? I know I am just feeling sorry for myself, but I am really trying to wrap my head around the very real possibility that our "babymoon" will be derailed once again (our last one was derailed because of a dog with a bum leg that had to be repaired surgically...how's THAT for dedication to your pet?)

I know there are way worse things out there to have to deal with. I know this intellectually. Hormonally is a different story people.

Let's all do a "go away swine flu" dance and hope that miraculously in the next 5 weeks this gets solved. Good thing I bought trip insurance.

Why are people so damn nosey?

Just today, in the space of about two hours, I've had two staff members here at work make comments to me about my pregnancy. First off, they weren't solicited comments, so it's not like I was looking for their opinions anyways, thank you very much. Second, and this is the funniest I think, BOTH of them were from women that have never had children. Interesting, no?

First comment came from a good friend of mine here at work who's older than me by about 25 years and spent a good portion of last year telling me how I was crazy for going to China because she just knew something bad was gonna happen. Okay...whatever. Obviously I went and came back just fine. Today she starts in on the whole swine flu thing. Yes, I've been paying attention to it. Yes, I realize it's a concern. Yes, I'm going to talk to my doctor next time I see her to get her take on whether or not it's a good idea for me to still plan on going. Yes, we're getting travel insurance. As if I'm going to just throw caution to the wind (cause that's my style, and all...yeah right) and say "screw it! I don't care that I'm pregnancy I'm gonna be selfish and still go abroad, swine flu be damned!" She then felt the need to just barge into my office a bit ago and inform me "You aren't going anywhere in June!" Um, okay. Since you have obviously gotten a medical degree in the past two hours, I'll definitely listen to you over my doctor. Whatever.

Next comment comes as I am at the vending machine. What can I say? It's 3:45, my sugar's low, and yes I want some m&m's. I am pulling the bag of m&ms out of the machine as I hear "What are you eating!?!" in this semi-shocked voice. I just turned to her and said "Whatever I want to eat!" Snarky, yes, but please. I don't need nutrition advice from someone's who's never been pregnant. It's not like that's the only thing I'm eating all day long!! This comment also came from the same woman who, upon finding out that my husband is a 5th said "oh no, you aren't going to keep that going if this one's a boy, are you?" At that point I just smiled and politely told her "And that, my friend, is EXACTLY why we don't tell anyone any names until it's printed on the birth certificate and too late for people to interject their opinions."

Seriously? These people must not have enough to do if they can keep these kinds of tabs on me and my belly.

My husband rocks

Once I get my laptop back from work I can post some pictures of this past weekend where we pulled off not one, but two surprises for my Mom's birthday weekend. Until then, I thought I'd post about how cool my husband is.

I just got a call from The Inn at Palmetto Bluff. Jerry apparently has purchased me a significant gift certificate to the spa in celebration of Carrie's birthday and the halfway point of this pregnancy with baby #2.

Did I mention that I love my husband? :)

Easter eggs

Being that school's out today, Whizzy's watching the little princess and they have embarked on an Easter egg dying project!!

Grrr.....

So now that everyone knows I'm expecting, I can whine on here a little :)

Why is it that when you are pregnant (or, at least for me), the only foods I really crave are things that you "shouldn't" be eating? Take deli meat for example. I've never been one to make a sandwich to take to work every single day for lunch, but now that I'm not supposed to have it, it's all I want. Same thing happened when I was pregnant with Carrie. The only thing that sounds good at lunchtime is a giant Subway Italian BMT. I broke down this weekend and got a big sub at Publix, but only after I really confused the woman and asked to have the meat heated up to steaming on their grill since that's supposed to kill any bacteria since the worry with lunchmeat is listeria. I think that sub was THE best sub I've had in a loooong time. I got a foot long so I had the other half for dinner after Carrie went to bed, but only after I had an internal argument with myself as to whether or not I still needed to reheat the meat yet again before eating. I decided to err on the side of caution and heated it up once more. Did you know that deli meat can make REALLY loud pops in the microwave? I know there are some reading this that think this is overkill, but with my history of Crohn's and ability to catch any and all bugs within a 50 mile radius, I ain't taking any chances, people.

The other thing I'm craving is hot dogs. Oh man, I think I could eat a hot dog at every meal, no problem. These are bad because of the nitrates (not to mention fat, but seriously I'm not too concerned about the fat content of foods these days since I lost weight when my Crohn's flared, prompting my doc to tell me "I want you to eat/drink anything and everything you feel like you can"....not sure you should really give a pregnant woman that kind of blank check). I bought some hot dogs at the grocery store last week, and let me tell you they taste soooooooo good. I just need to get my willpower working a bit so I don't eat them all!

Okay, enough whining :)

I think pretty much everyone already knows...

But just in case you don't, a picture is worth a thousand words:


That's right folks, Reeves baby #2 is on his/her way, set to arrive some time late August/early September. The official due date is 9/4, but given that I'll be having another c-section it'll be a bit before that (hopefully not TOO much before then since Jerry's slated to be in Portugal till mid-August!).

Recently overheard in the Reeves V household...

I kept meaning to blog about this and kept forgetting...but I just remembered about it and am actually sitting at the computer, so I had to record this for posterity's sake. Carrie's getting quite the vocabulary these days, so it's always funny to engage her in a conversation. Here's one I recently had with her while giving her a bath:
Me: So Carrie, did you have a good day at school today?
Carrie: Yes!
Me: Did you see your friends today?
Carrie: Elisabeth (the teacher), Joey, Caleb. (There are lots of little boys in her class...great).
Me: What did you do today at school?
Carrie: Time out.
Me: (thinking to myself - hmmm....this could get interesting. let's see where this goes). What did you do to get put in time out?
Carrie: Not nice Carrie!!

Who knows what she did, because I just dissolved into laughter which probably wasn't the most appropriate response, but I was just SO not expecting to have that conversation with her!