An update

Let's see...

August 25th was the last time I updated (besides the recent pregnancy posts!), so I've got to look on my calendar to see what's been going on.  I guess that takes us to Labor Day weekend.  I took Friday off from work, and let's just say that was basically the beginning of the end.  I was pretty darn crabby all weekend long, and I feel bad about it since we were looking for a few days of rest up in Algoma/Door County.  When we got up there Friday, we bummed around Algoma, made dinner, then went up to Sturgeon Bay to see what was going on.  Basically nothing.  We listened to some music in the park for a little while, walked around, then went back down to Algoma.  On Saturday, there was a festival going on in Sister Bay, so we headed up to Door County... along with the rest of the world.  There were just so many people up there that weekend, and it put me in an even more crabby mood than I had already been in.  I had been so absolutely exhausted at the beginning of this pregnancy that it was just taking its toll on me.  We had a nice lunch in Fish Creek, but I just reached my limit after a few hours in Sister Bay.  So we headed back south towards Algoma, much to Skip's annoyance...  Once we got back down there, we got stuff for dinner, cooked out, then crashed.  Sort of a bust of a day.  Sunday, we planned to go to Bay Beach in Green Bay so that Preston could have some fun on the kiddie rides there.  Well, after standing in line for 1/2 hour waiting for food, dropping nacho cheese on the ground (and my foot) after a bee landed on me, yelling obscenities following the bee incident, waiting in line for 3 rides and not ending up on any of them and Preston melting down... we left.  It was not the best show of family love... but we got over it and had an okay drive home.  Preston and I watched Skip in the All City People's Parade on Monday then checked out Laborfest, and that about topped off our weekend... woohoo...

The weekend of the 10th-11th was good, as we got to work on a couple of things around the house as well as celebrate Stephanie's 28th birthday with a walking tour of the Third Ward.  After the very interesting tour, we had dinner at Cafe Benelux, which was very tasty.  We've had the daughter of one of my colleagues/mentors babysitting Preston occasionally these days, so it was nice to get out just the two of us.  Like I said, we made a trip to Home Depot on Sunday to get a few things house-related, which is always fun.

This past weekend my mom and dad came up and helped us with some more house stuff, including cleaning up the outside front landscaping, pulling the nasty carpet off the staircase walls, and general moral support and meal-provision. :)  The carpet came off pretty easy, but there is lots of dried glue on the walls underneath, so it will be a little while before that all looks up to par yet.  We went to dinner at Joey Buona's to visit with Sister Marge, which is always entertaining.  There was no hiding this pregnancy after that dinner - I seriously had a pasta-baby inside after all that food!  Skip had a JamLuck fundraiser with his band on Saturday night, which it sounds like went off great.  On Sunday Preston and I met my mom and dad at church, then had $12.95 lobster dinners for lunch at the Milwaukee Public Market.  Seriously the best offer in the area, it was so good!  Skip and I have ended up with so many leftovers now that we don't have to cook for a couple of days.  Sweet!

Next weekend is a big house weekend.  We will be tearing apart the upstairs and rebuilding some walls, so please pray that all goes well.  I'm not going to lie that I'm a little overwhelmed by everything...

It has begun...

... welp, I know I'm pregnant because I am officially craving rediculously salty, unhealthy, spicy flavored snacks.  With Preston it was Jalapeno potato chips (which, sadly, the CHW deli no longer carries).  Just now, I downed almost an entire bag of Snyder's Hot Buffalo Sauce pretzel pieces.  But, they're pretzels, so that means they're healthy... right?  ;)

I'm also DYING because I'm so tired.  I don't remember feeling this exhausted with Pman.  Maybe this is my girl...

Preston's going to be a big (well, at least OLDER) brother!

I am sitting here writing this post on July 25th, less than a week since I found out that I am PREGNANT!!  We are expecting our next little bundle of joy on March 29th, 2012.  I just had to get something down now to capture the emotions I've been feeling, but I'm not quite ready to share with the world yet...

So, I took the first test last week on Wednesday, and it had the faintest faaaaiiintest second line on it.  Skip and I were both totally confused. Were we or weren't we?!  I called my sister the next day and told her what was up, so she and I met in Brookfield that afternoon so that she could give me the extra tests she had at home.  Preston was with me, but we actually decided to go ahead into Charcoal Grill to have one "last" drink (both in case I was PG, and also since they were going to be moving and we wouldn't be able to meet).  Slap my hand if you want, but I had wine.  And a good pour it was. :)

As we were sitting there, Sarah says, "oh just go take the test already!"  So, I actually went into the bathroom and took it.  I brought it back out in the bag, waited a few minutes, then took a peek.  Hmm... Sarah says, "it says pregnant, doesn't it?"  Yes it did!  Holy crap!  Maybe TMI, but I have only been off birth control for less than a month, and we TOTALLY didn't expect it to happen this fast!  We're totally prepared and excited, but just surprised at me apparently being Fertile Myrtle!

I drove home with a bajillion thoughts going through my head, and when I showed Skip the test at home, he goes, "yeah?!"  He was so happy. :)  That's when I started crying :) 

We are just SO happy that this has worked out the way it has.  I'm feeling pretty good, albeit pretty tired.  I am looking forward to the next 9 months of anticipation, but most of all to be able to add another little member to our family in March! (Well, probably April if this little one is anything like his/her brother!)

Now to get the house ready... lord help us!