Life These Days

Hello all you faithful followers.  Please forgive me, again (and again) for being a very, very huge slacker in documenting our lives on this blog.  It's so hard for me at night to pull myself away from playing with Lovebug to document what's going on.  Thankfully, though, I am no longer having to pull myself away from sickness :).

Here's what's happening in our lives right now...

COACH:
 Still teaching away.  He got some good coaching news and has a new position this year and is very excited about it!  His new assistant coach is a former colleague from where he used to coach.  Needless to say, we all know it's going to be a super fun summer for him!!  Poor guy is getting over a nasty respiratory illness which has had him down for the count for a few days.  I think he's also earned a few new white hairs {sorry dear} from the stress of a pregnant wife and a very, very independent and spirited 2-year-old girl. 

ME:
  Well, I am 14 weeks and 1 day today, which means I'm in the 2nd trimester!!  I had some nasty morning sickness {which with this pregnancy pretty much stayed in the morning only!}, but I haven't gotten sick in nearly 2-3 weeks!!  That's been a fantastic thing... however I have been super, super tired.  I have found myself falling asleep on the couch, bed, or floor {or Lovebug's bed} around 8pm several times... only to be woken up at 8:30 to truly go to bed.  Nights have been restless.  I'm showing :)  and have already busted out the maternity pants.  They're bigger on me this time around than last time, so that's making me feel quite nice.  And, I have to say it because I'll never believe it unless it's in writing... I've gained 8 pounds so far!  Trust me folks, that's HUGE news to me! :)  My kiddos at school now know I have a baby in my belly, and one of them lifted my shirt to see it yesterday.  Lovebug does the same thing to me, then proceeds to look straight into my belly button.  What?  Didn't you know that was the way to see a baby?

LOVEBUG:
  Oh, lil' miss Lovebug.  She is more spirited, independent, crazy, and loving than ever these days!  Her imagination makes my head spin!  She's all about using her "feeper" {aka: sweeper} to clean the floors at night while holding her cell phone with her shoulder and carrying her purse on her other arm.  That's talent, wouldn't you say?  She is uh-bSESSED with Dora {which, I at this point, could handle living without} and will randomly quote things from her favorite episodes {"Mama, I want yummy gummy fruity fishy snacks like da mermaids please", "no swiper, no swiper, no swiping!"--as I try to take something out of her hand}. 

  The other day, she swore up and down that she saw #7 Marvin McNutt on the streets of our town {which she can also name now when asked where she lives!!}.  Her favorite thing in the world is to play on my her iPad.  She has a smidge bit of a problem though...she doesn't ever listen to an entire song!  However, when Daddy and I ask her to find our favorite songs, she finds them right away {Walking on Broken Glass for me, Party Rock for him :)}.  Lovebug has also found that when Daddy feels good, he'll break it down on the dance floor with her and man, oh man!  I have to tape it so you can hear her giggle.  It brings a smile to my face just thinking about it.

  She is still obsessed with her Daddy's Hawkeyes.  She knows Coach Ferentz, Herky, Marvin McNutt, and of course, most of the words to "Back in Black".   OH!  You'll love this one... when asked about the Cyclones?  Her response is that of a true Hawkeye fan... "Disgusting Cyclones.  They're gross!!!".  This response brought a small tear to her Daddy's eye.  It didn't to mine when at church last weekend at Mom & Dad's she saw a Cyclone on a diaper bag next to us and said it semi-loud enough to be heard by the people around us... during prayer time.  Nice timing.

  Today marks a big day for her.  She has decided it's time for her to wear big girl panties at Holly's house now.  Oh yeah, and her name is now "Howee".  No more Hy-ya.  Which also means that Mama Sy-ya is now... you guessed it, Mama Sawee".  I'm very sad to see those two names go.  It was always so unique and fun. 

  Lovebug is beginning to gear up for Christmas.  Yesterday she told me that she wants to see Santa Claus, but he can't touch her.  When I asked her what she wanted Santa to bring her this year, her response was "cereals.  Lucky Charms."  When I asked her if she wanted the real ones or the ones like Mommy buys, she of course said "the real ones.  A big one and a little one."  Pretty sure Santa doesn't need to bother bringing her anything else, because those will be the only two things that get used for quite some time!


Well there you have it.  I hope to blog about Halloween{she was a super cute princess}, and do some way back Wednesday posts over the next few weeks about our family reunion/vacation this past July.  Better late than never, right?

Before then, I'll leave you with a picture {though it has poor quality} of my two favorite people in the world...