Happy Halloween!!

     Well another Halloween has come and gone- with super cute kids in costumes, teens wearing inappropriately slutty outfits, and adults drinking beers as they 'supervise'.  This year was a little different for me for a fewreasons, 1) it was Nick's 1st trick or treat 2) I didn't get to participate...in any of it!  Just another joy of bedrest!

     On the bright side, I had the cutest little Tigger who managed to trick-or-treat without a major toddler meltdown (per dad's report) and the only time he cried was when it was time to come in and leave his wagon! (thanks, Uncle Dan...we LOVE that thing!)  Another bright spot- Nicholas in no way needs to eat any of that candy so that leaves more for me and my pregnant self!

     It's a somewhat strange Sunday b/c it feels like I need to get up and go back to work tomorrow...when in reality, i don't really get up unless i'm going to the bathroom!  I have a few goals for myself during this bedrest- teach myself how to knit (we'll start simple, with scarves and other square or rectangle objects), do this blog at the request of my husband, read the Twilight series and maybe even see the movies (i know, i'm the last person in America who hasn't seen them!), and who knows what else i'll discover.  i say this in the hopes of being optimistic- that she'll stay in long enough for me to accomplish this stuff and that i won't go totally insane while sitting here for that long!  We shall see...

     Well i'm going to watch the Steelers game and wait for Alex to upload the pictures of my sweet boy from this weekends' events.  Once available, I'll post them for all (or no one) to see!

So It Begins....

So here we are...pregnant w/ baby #2 and on bedrest- AGAIN!  This time is a little different though b/c we're not bleeding (thank god!) but we're 5 weeks earlier than when things got complicated w/ Nicholas!  So since we're hoping that I'll have at least 10 weeks of bedrest (we're only 24 weeks), Alex gave me the assignment of starting a blog.  At first I thought he was kidding, but nope, he's serious.  He's convinced I need some sort of outlet and something that will keep me from going crazy...so here it is!

I'm not exactly sure what to write about or if anyone will ever read this...so i guess it doesn't really matter what i write about!  Right now, Alex has Nicholas at his school's fall festival where he's riding ponies, enjoying the petting zoo, and having a hayride.  And here i am, on the couch- where i'll hopefully be for the next 10+ weeks.  This is the part of bedrest that sucks!  We had a whole weekend of events planned for Nick's first halloween and now I can't participate in any of them!  Luckily i have the best husband in the world, who is also an amazing father, and is going to make sure that Nick's life goes on as normally as possible- even if mommy can't play the part that i used to!  I also have the best family in the world b/c my dad again dropped everything when he heard i was in the hospital and drove 6 hours to help out with the day to day stuff that i can no longer do.  My mom also plans on coming every weekend she is able to help out- and is currently pony riding w/ Nick and Alex.  My brother booked a flight for next weekend and plans on being here to help his nephew feel like things are 'normal'.  I'm not sure how 'normal' things are but i guess life is about adapting to what is...not what we hoped they would be!