Tuckered Out....

I have been so tuckered out lately. Tired, exhausted, pooped, you name it. But there is a good reason why... I am pregnant with our second baby. We are pretty happy about it. So far everything looks good and I am two months along. We wanted to try and wait another month to tell, but I am horrible about keeping my pregnancies quiet when its all I can think about. Plus I have been so tired and sick lately its kind of hard to keep saying I have the flu... again. Anyway this little girl or boy will be here in December if all goes well. A little Christmas baby. Daisy will be almost exactly two years older than this little one. Our original plan, well my original plan was to wait and try and make them three years apart, Aaron's was two years apart. However, a few months after Aaron got home I caught the baby fever and you know the rest.

So far this pregnancy has been very similar to Daisy's. Tired, nausea, acne, bloating... its a beautiful time. Luckily I have been blessed to have a very helpful husband, he even did the laundry for the first time since I can remember. He has been a sweet heart and very patient with my wimpiness. I haven't reached that point of morning sickness where you accept that it is just your life now. I am still annoyed that I feel like wretching every few minutes. We are definitely looking forward to the second trimester around this house.

I knew I was pregnant right from the beginning. I took the test and was like, yep that's right. So for the first month of this pregnancy I cleaned. I cleaned the carpets, the couch, and redid the caulking in our bathroom. I knew that I wasn't going to be very productive for a few months, so I did as much as possible. I have also made a goal to be a better pregnant lady this time around. When I was pregnant with Daisy, that was what I did. I was pregnant. This time however I want to try and have life be as normal as possible. Work on food storage, exercise, get dressed everyday, make sure Daisy is well taken care of and whatever else I can think of that makes life around here normal. I am sure if Aaron reads this he is laughing because I have not been normal for a few weeks. It has been a rare night when I was cooking in the kitchen. When I first made those goals I did not remember how sick and tired I can get especially the first few months when my body is working double hard to get another life going. So I can't promise much for the next few weeks, but when some of my energy returns I am going to do my best to be a good wife and mother, not just a pregnant lady.

On to other news unrelated to our newest addition. Aaron got a new job. He will now be working at a privately owned shop called Auto Tech One. We have been so done with Goodyear for a while now and Aaron has been on the job hunt since he got home. We are glad to have change. For the first time since we were married he will have weekends free. This place is also only a ten minute drive from our house. Compare that to Goodyear where Aaron was driving 30 plus miles a day. Yay for less money on gas! Hopefully this will be a good job to get us through the rest of Aaron's education. He has worked so hard with really no break since we were married. He deserves his Saturdays.

Daisy has been sick. Not just a little cold, but almost every bug that has been floating around. So far this year she has had strep throat, a crazy rash, the flu, and a viral infection that gave her a high fever for four days. She has been a trooper through it all, but we are all ready for a summer of health. I was thinking the other day though about all her sicknesses and their timing. She wasn't sick once while Aaron was away. I never had to take her to urgent care or the doctor while he was gone. I know that was a small blessing. It would have been hard to deal with any bug by myself. I have been so thankful and appreciative of Aaron's help especially since the last two bugs have been right at the start of my morning sickness. Other than being sick Daisy is growing like a week. She is still tiny and lost a pound or two with the flu, but she seems so long to me. She has also begun to  meow whenever she sees a cat or a dog. It is so cute. She also takes the corner of her blanket and touched it to the inner corner of her eyes. It looks like she is dabbing away tears, but I have no idea why she does it. She is also perfecting her tantrums, so that is fun. She loves to play with her dad.

Well, that is our news.