Quick Plug

One of my great Gal Pals, Melissa, is doing a give away!  I am going to shamelessly plug it for her.  :)  Go check out her blog and read on for more info on her give away!





Gevalia has a fun new Facebook Application to help you with finding the perfect gift for yourself or your friends and family! It pulls information from your Facebook page (or your friends) to come up with the perfectly matched gift. It's all in good fun and is meant to remind Gevalia's Fans why they are such a great choice for gift giving this Holiday Season and ALL year round! 

I tried it out and here are my results. 

You dig The Ellen DeGeneres Show, so you know that before she started in comedy, Ellen worked as a vacuum saleswoman, TGIFriday's waitress and oyster shucker in New Orleans. Besides the Gulf Coast, you can find oysters off the coast of France, where French oysters are particularly prized.Therefore, the Gift Matcher suggests 12 Month Gourmet Coffee Tour, Featuring French Roast Coffee

Cup of Sex?

First....I am new to this blogging thing.  I will definitely do the blog hops & buzzes, but I need to get my Blogging Mentor, Melissa, to tell me how to do it.  :)  Thanks for the love!!!!

Non-Pregnancy Update:
so, I bet you can tell what my update is by the title of this section.  I have officially left the limbo stage and am firmly not pregnant.  I start my next round of Clomid on Monday after my baseline sonogram.  Stay tuned...this med makes me do crazy things.  For instance.  I don't road rage.  I am pretty chill behind the wheel.  But last month, I felt it necessary to roll down the window and SCREAM "Learn to Drive!!!" at some guy who was driving like a douche. 

Anecdote of the Day:
Ok, don't pretend lie you never do this.  We all do.  Today I am in the car with Bry and my nose is feeling a bit scratchy. So, I blow it.  But you know how sometimes those nose visitors are stubborn and don't want to leave?  I had one such visitor and it needed to vacate ASAP.  So, I go to retrieve it and....

     BAM!    ~    Bry nails my arm with his elbow and....    
   
    OMG!!!  ~  I think I poked and scratched my brain!  ooohhhhhhhhhhh, the pain.

Bry apologized.  But he will be REALLY sorry when we start noticing I have some kind of new and weird tick.  Like maybe I will say "sex" when I meant to say "water".  "Hey babe!  Grab me some sex please?"  Oh wait....maybe he won't be so sorry after all.

Business as Usual?

Getting Pregnant Update:
I am confused, oh so confused by my body.  Before I had Cooper, it was very predictable.  I could tell time based on my body's reliability.  But now???  It is a mess.  For all I know it is midnight in the middle of spring.  This is particularly annoying now while I am trying to get pregnant.  I thought FOR SURE I wasn't pregnant bc, as I would expect, I started to spot the day before AF was due.  All of my pregnancy tests have been negative.  Well, I counted myself out.  No worries we will try again.  Trying is so much fun anyway! 

But, wait.

No period (lots of spotting).  2 days late.  No positive pregnancy test. WHAT THE HELL BODY?!  I can't function when you are not functioning.  I just need to know.  AM I PREGNANT OR NOT?  How am I expected to function at work?  I can barely write this for my mind is literally abuzz with questions of what could be going on. 

As if that isn't enough.  I have had quite a bit of wine and even an anxiety pill since I just knew I wasn't pregnant.  Now I have to carry that with me for the next 9 months if I am pregnant.  Not that I think I am.  I don't.  But there is a tiny chance I am. 

So here I am.  At work.  On a conference call that I can't pay attention to.  Writing about my possible pregnancy.  And being very annoyed with my body.  Honestly the only business I will be attending to is with my possible unborn child and my wonderful actual Tiny Pigweed running around. 

Tiny Pigweed Update (AKA...brag time)
I love this child!  He slept from 6:30pm to 6am!!!!!  With only a 4am diaper change in between.  What a glorious night of sleep.  To top of the good morning, he began showing off two new signs we learned yesterday.  Apple (which he went to the fridge, pointed at the apple and did the sign!) and telephone.  Too cute.  He is starting to repeat everything.  He actually says Thank You!  I am constantly amazed by him.

He seemed to make huge learning strides when he had a playmate.  I miss V.  For the past couple of months, he has been the only kid in the house.  While I think he loves all of the attention, he needs a playmate and I am not ready to do part time pre-school yet.  So, if you know anyone who is looking to share a nanny (she is AWESOME) in South Austin, let me know.  We are really looking for a walker to 3yr old.  That way they can play and learn from each other.  Thanks!

Jess

Hittin' the Hooch

Tonight I am going to party like it's the day I found out I am NOT pregnant and therefore do not have to abstain from wonderfully evil substances like wine.  That's right.  A WHOLE bottle of Mommy's Time Out is calling my name and I plan to answer. 

Yes, we are trying to have our second child.  And not being pregnant isn't really a reason to celebrate.  Except...I am really and truly happy to be able to drink through Thanksgiving.  I mean really...I am GOING TO NEED IT.  I think I will just pack a red ice chest filled with little mini wine bottles (I LOVE how adorable those are) and cart them to the family events.  My uncle did this when I was growing up (filled with Miller Light, not amazingly cute mini wine bottles) and it seemed to serve him well.  Us too since he usually gave my brother and me $50.  I loved Uncle David.

There is the option of skipping the house hopping and cooking dinner myself.  This is definately what I prefer.  Now that we have sidekick Tiny Pigweed, holidays are so much more fun.  I can imagine him and SuperDad tussling with the wishbone.  I would love for Pops, Noni & Aunt Shelby to be there cheering Tiny Pigweed on.   ahhhhh....domestic bliss.  WAIT...who does the cleaning up in this scenario?

So, CHEERS to one more month of hooch and here's hoping the next couple of weeks gives Team Pigweed even more to be thankful for.

PS....WHY does Tiny Pigweed immediately wake and start bawling anytime our bedroom door squeaks indicating parentals might be on the move....but when Scout (his trusty singing dog pal) goes off (lights, sounds and all) right next to his head, he doesn't even twitch?  Baby humans can be so perplexing.