Well Hot Damn!

Sorry I know i don't curse a whole lot on this blog (because it isn't very polite but i never claimed this was a family friendly blog!) but man this morning I deserve the right! I just weighed myself!

I was bracing myself for the worse because, lets be honest, I look 5 months pregnant and I eat a lot of crap. The thought of baked chicken breast? puke
Steamed veggies WITHOUT cheese? Double puke
A bowl of mac and cheese for lunch? OMG i'll lurve you forever!

So I've been avoiding the scale, because well, I was never teeny tiny to begin with and I do nap at lunch rather than workout.

But GUESS WHAT Y'ALL! I've gained a total of SIX pounds!!!! That's it! I think i ate that much in BBQ Chicken dip yesterday! MAN i'm so happy right now! I just want to jump from the roof tops!

It really makes me happy because i'm just a bowl full of lumpy potatoes right now with all rolls falling off of my middle but something is working! Watch, i'm going to start walking tonight with my neighbor and i'll gain 10lbs by then end of the week... because mother nature is fickle like that!

The fair was a hit, especially the derby!

Friday night we went to the local county fair (which is bigger than our state fair) and Kinsley LOVED it! I knew she would be entertained since she's a true people watcher, but man she REALLY had a great time.

We mainly went to watch the Demolition Derby (K and my first!) but we got there early to see some animals and partake in fair food!

Walking through the sheep barns was very entertaining. I think K thought she was Dr. Doolittle because she was BAAAAA'ing the whole way through! She didn't want to converse with the cows though. Even when on any other given day she loves to talk about a good MOO cow, when she saw the real thing it was a no go. Wouldn't even wave at them! Just kept telling us "NOOO, All done!" lol.

We stopped at my favorite stand to get a funnel cake (they are from SC so we have a hick bond~). Then we got me a pita and K a corn dog (where she ignored the "corn" and ate the dog).

Finally the BIG event! The DERBY! K thought we were there just to play in the stands. And she was COVERED in black dirt when we left.

See Grand Stands are awesome!

Once it got started though she really started to get into it. Of course getting to hang out with Aunt Martiena helped a lot!

And Daddy explained things too!

She watched seriously but would then clap and cheer when everyone else did!

But mostly she just wanted to play with Aunt Martiena. Can you say life saver? OMG, if she wasn't there i would have had to leave early from being so tired of trying to keep up with K.

K had a blast, was up all the way home, had a great bath that turned the bath water colors, and slept! I think she'll do it again next year! Maybe she'll even say hi to a Cow then!

Last week at 13 weeks

This was me last week. OMG what is up with that belly?!?! That's just not okay. Only 13 weeks in that photo and i look like 5 months along! And the BOOBS! Oyvah

Does this make me a bad parent?

So yesterday Chris and I were walking around Food Lion grocery shopping and K was in one of her usual moods and didn't want to be in the cart so she was walking around too. Well sometimes she gets on a mission. It's hard to explain, I really need to try to video tape it, but she bends her knees, leans forward, and pumps her arms like she's in a 80s aerobic video. Normally her head will be up with her chin jutted out and she's walking, FAST. Last night though she was more concerned about her feet and so she ran RIGHT into a cardboard display. I mean it was a WHAM! I saw it coming but it was like a slow motion of a bad accident, you want to try to stop it and start to attempt to but then it's too late. And OH how the mighty did fall. It was SO.FUNNY. She was fine. Didn't even cry, but Oh.My.God, I don't know how I kept functioning after seeing that. I asked Chris if he saw it but he replied no but he HEARD if from around the corner! Oh.My.Lord! That just did me in!

So then last night we were trying to fall asleep but we couldn't stop giggling just thinking about K in her mission walk WHAMING right into that display.

Priceless.

My heart just never leaves these images.

Have you ever been to the website Reece's Rainbow?

It's a site that helps children from around the world that have downsyndrome find families to adopt them. Did you know that in MANY countries once a child with downs reaches a certain age (often 4) they are then institutionalized for life? Often left in a crib (tied down to it) and forgotten. There are 6 year olds that weigh TEN POUNDS! TEN POUNDS! I know american babies that were BORN at that weight!

It breaks my heart, I'm DYING to help these children.

Sasha here is 6 years old!

6 years old!

this is so sad and not acceptable! I want to help these children so bad. I want to take them all home myself. Please go the to site. Please pray for guidence, even if you can't adopt one yourself you could maybe donate a few dollars to help a family adopt!

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't forget these children! They are worthy of love!

where did my sleeper go?

The other night I put Kinsley down at 645 to go to bed, which is pretty normal for her, especially since she only had an hour and half nap that day (which is NOT normal). She continued to cry off and on for an hour. Once Cowboy got home at 745 I sent him upstairs to see what was possesing his daughter. A minute later he was by my side holding a VERY awake little girl, WTH!

So she played, then we read some books, then she helped me clean. Finally at around 830 I told her that was it, it was nite nite time. "NOOOO" was her response but I didn't cave (this time... stupid passy)! She went to bed and promptly woke us up at 400am REFUSING to go back to sleep, just constant crying. At the Man's insistance I brought her into bed with us, where HE slept and I stayed awake while having my hair played with/pull out. Awesome.

So yesterday I made sure Kinsley was GOOD and TIRED before laying her down. We played in the water with all her friends, had a playdate/dinner. Laid her down around 830... and she slept! until 4am. WHAT THE HECK IS UP WITH 4AM??? Is someone outside banging on her window then? Help a tired Mom out people! I told her it was NOT time to wake up, it's Nite Nite time and NO more crying. And that worked!

I don't know what's up with her lately. She's so flipping cliggy. Chris tries to take her and play with her and she yells NO and runs to me and looks at him like he's the boogy man. This has GOT to end!

I'll tell you what though, i'm looking forward to Friday night! We're GOING TO THE FAIR! and you all know what THAT means! This pregnant Momma is going to eat! Especially the glazed funnel cake! Oh yea talk dirty to me big funnel cake maker boy! Yummm!

Babylove 2.0 is 12 weeks! (yesterday)

Chris and I went for our first trimester screening yesterday and got a gander at a very stubborn baby. This baby did NOT want to cooperate with helping get the measurments. Instead it look liked it was laughing at us. GREAT, another one. Here's some photos for your viewing pleasure!