Baby Beard

     I am currently about 16 weeks along. If I didn't know I was pregnant, I would just think I was getting fat.
     I have no real symptoms. O morning sickness this time around. It's a pleasant surprise. I couldn't imagine trying to vomit and hang out with a toddler. I have no real food cravings, but if someone mentions something, I want it. Heartburn and headaches are out of control. The mucus feeling in my chest and throat are worse this time around. Hot lemon water helps so many things.
      People keep asking me if Kaelynn.knows. She's not even 2. However, eve everything to her is a baby.

     At 14weeks, I'm sure I've felt movement, even if the doctor says I probably won't until now.

    

Christmas and New Years Eve.

     Tonight is NEW YEARS EVE and I am so behind in blogging. I swear there is a good reason for it. This 22.5 month old of mine never slows down.
     Words are coming along. When she talks, you can figure out what she wants. Sometimes, you have to think or look where she's pointing, but you'll understand. We're still planning on keeping her speech therapy appointment in May. One thing I've noticed she does is say a word twice: "Mum Mum" "hot hot".

     Christmas was great. Everyone got spoiled to the best of our ability and Kaelynn was spoiled beyond that. Gifts and love and food all over the place.
This year, it was a Frozen, My Little Pony, Lego Christmas. It's all over.
      Along with the Christmas gifts, I've been keeping a secret. I am currently about 14 weeks pregnant with #2. More on that in another post of it's own.

Feeling useless

     Around 1, Kaelynn puked up EVERYTHING, all over the bed, herself & myself. So GROSS. She's never been a puker, so this is new territory. She's also never really been sick, or even had a cold.
     Got her & myself cleaned up. Stripped the freshly made bed. The two of us made our way downstairs, until she felt better/fell asleep.
       It's now 330am and she's clinging to my arm, watching Curious George. We're waiting for the TeleHealth nurse to call us.
She's vomited bile 3 times & can't hold the few sips of water I gave her. She just holds the bread I gave her. After a quick bath (for comforting/smell removal), I tried to let her nurse. Bad idea. I know why I was putting it off. Instantly, I was telling her to put her head in the bowl & away from mommy.
She fell at the Santa Parade & hit her head. She always hits her head. I have no idea if this is sick or concussion.

     I feel useless. She can't use words to tell me what she needs.

Halloween 2014

     Tonight was Halloween. It was super fun.
      Daddy decorated the drive way and I took Kaelynn out. Daddy, his friend Aaron, and Aunt Sarah scared children and handed out candy. Daddy said "the screams fueled him" - weirdo. Halloween is the only holiday he really likes, so I guess that's acceptable.
     I made our Halloween costumes and made the masks for the scarecrows in the driveway: one for Aaron and one for a dummy. I was really happy when people knew who we were supposed to be. Daddy said I chose something "obscure", but I think it was cool. Another mother gave me a high five because it was awesome and she had just introduced her daughter to Rainbow Brite. A garage of 3 guys around my age knew who we were before we got there. They were so excited and gave extra candy. As we got further down the street, I could still hear them talking about Rainbow Brite.
     We were given extra candy because Kaelynn was so cute. I asked her to say please (peaaaas) and thank you (yoooou *with big puckered lips). One woman even told her to pick all she wanted, we were there a while. We hit almost all the houses in our complex that had their lights on before arriving home again. Some houses even warned us about "the scary house around the corner". I thanked them and said we lived there. They loved it- cute costumes and a scary house.
     We came home. Watched some Curious George and had warm drinks before a warm bubble bath. We split a fun size package of Smarties and went to bed. She has been asleep a while, daddy and his friend are playing video games and I am about ready to pass out.

     Happy Halloween!! I hope it was safe for everyone! <3

20 Months.

     A few days have passed since she hit the 20 month mark. She has learned some new words, crawls into her own high chair now, and can now (sometimes) be convinced to go back to sleep in her bed once she wakes up in the night.

      Today was Community Day at the Cineplex Odeon. We decided to try taking.her to the theatre for the first time. If she lost her mind, it was free anyway.
       She did fantastic. She loved the popcorn. There will be more movies in her future, even if she kept trying to steal my.drink.

Pinterest Perfect

     My Pinterest is full of friends and family pinning perfect things. Pinterest seems to be a place where thumbs are more ambitious than actual motivation. Sometimes, I get inspired and attempt to make things. Sometimes, they turn out and other times, they don't. However; I sometimes get depressed.
    
     The prefectly decorated rooms. The sparse magazine look, that is not me. I have no idea what my decorating style is, but I feel like sometimes, if my house looked magazine quality that I would have hit the "grown up" milestone.

     Living in a magazine is not the proper environment for a toddler that loves to touch. We love to craft. We love to pull out all the toys and make messes. We love glitter, paint, and paper scraps.

     To me, a happy home is lived and loved in. Everyone is alive and the sound of toddler laughter bounces off the non-immaculately decorated walls. There are leftover toys on the floor come bed time, crayons stashed away so she can secretly colour and dirty dishes can wait til after baby bed time.

     As much as a perfectly clean, decorated, white house would be..heaven forbid someone finger paints with the free reign of happiness.

Moley. Moley. Molars.

     Teething is definitely not fun, but an integral part of growing up. I had thought canines were next, but after asking her to "show me your teeth" yesterday, it was confirmed that molars were in deed next.
     So far, it's been clingy and not sleeping though the night. Not wanting to spend time with her Dad, unless I leave the room. Thankfully so far, not many tiny terror days (but they're there). I've heard that molars are the worst, and it will get worse. We will see.