And they just start piling on...

I've put on my first four pounds.... OK FIVE! FIVE POUNDS! It's wonderful because it means baby is growing and my body is learning to accommodate yet another baby. However, NO ONE likes to see the numbers on the scale slowly getting bigger. At this point in Holynd's pregnancy, I was closing in on my first 15 pounds... so I think it's safe to say that this pregnancy is a little different ;).

I'm still exercising, but have had to cut back a little bit. It's hard to get all your muscles-sore and tired when the pregnancy is causing that on it's own.

Holynd keeps us very busy these days. She's walking everywhere and eating everything.

Latest news: THE BINKIE IS OFFICIALLY GONE!

I had a goal to get rid of it shortly after I weaned Holynd. I only let her have it in her crib and then slowly stopped giving it to her. She seems fine without it, however, she's finding all sorts of substitutes like.... Her sippy cup: She walks around with an empty sippy cup in her mouth; or Outlet covers: If I take off an outlet cover to vaccum etc, I have to put it up high or I catch her with the prongs in her mouth like a make-shift binkie. She doesn't get too upset when I take the substitutes away. I'm hoping she'll forget all about the comfort of the binkie before Unborn-Baby-No-Name gets here and has her own binkie.

Holynd is talking up a storm. She doesn't pronounce everything correctly, but it's bliss being able to hear her communicate. Her latest word is: ball. She loves her pink ball. She chases it around and loves when people play "keep-away" from her.

She's also developed a new fasincation with pushing our dining room chairs around the kitchen. I used to get upset, but then I figured... exercise! So, she pushes away until she gets too tired to even walk.

Holynd most precious new habit is her ability for fold her arms for prayer. Every morning before Matt leaves we sit down for a (very short) family prayer. Holynd folds her arms and bows her little head. It only lasts three seconds and then she's crawling all over us for the duration of the prayer. (She thinks it's funny to "honk" Matt's nose while he prays). She also loves to give kisses and make a big "MUAH" sound.

In Unborn-Baby news: this little one is kicking up a storm and now occupies most of the stomach. However, I'm still really comfortable and I am still able to put on my own shoes and shave my legs. (YAY!) I'm trying to eat healthy, but my cravings are kicking up. However, unlike Holynd's pregnancy, greasy comfort foods DO NOT SOUND GOOD! I'm really into fruits and veggies. My favorite meal is a bowl of Cheerios with a huge pile of strawberries and blueberries on top. I also LOVE the occasional sour candy treat... YUM!

This pregnancy is going by really fast and I'm trying to savor every minute I have with Holynd. Sometimes I feel like were cheating her out of her time with us and it's hard to try and explain to Holynd what is going to happen in a few short months. I get discouraged because her little world will change so drastically when the new baby comes. But! I few silent prayers always make me feel better. I'm constantly reassured that this baby needs to be with us now.

:)

Man Power and Fertile Mertile

I don't usually post this often, but I have a bone to pick with some people in the world...

First! A story!

Matt and I went out last Friday. A very rare occasion for us. We dropped Holynd off at G-Ma's and went to go enjoy sushi with some friends for Rob's birthday.

We've gotten used to people getting surprised to see me pregnant, yet again, but the statements and reactions are classic.

However, I have a problem with the comments Matt receives and the comments I receive.

Matt received comments from his friends like, "Wow! Now that's Man Power!"

I receive comments like, "You're just a little Fertile Mertile."

Now, I don't think I mind friends and family making funny Fertile Mertile comments or even calling me Michelle Duggar, but I do draw the line when random people at the grocery store say it.

It's a little hard to come up with a reply for a total stranger. Seriously! What do you say to a random person when they say, "They must call you Fertile Mertile!"

I have a few options...

1. "WHY, THANK YOU!"

2. "That was my grandmother's name."

-or-

3. "Apparently."

I've settled on using option three most of the time. :)

My problem is, if Matt gets comments/labels like "Man Power", I want a more intriguing comments! Like, "WOW! Look at your Super Human-Growing Strength!"

Since we're on this subject, I have one other comment that needs to go...

The other day I was shopping with Holynd. A lady came up to us and asked Holynd's age and name. I saw her casually glance at my "bump" so I said, "Yep and another girl in June."

She smiled at me and then said, "You know what causes that right?!"

WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT!?!

So, I said, "Yes, the Pregnancy Stork comes to your house and says a prayer at your doorstep" and walked away.

Pregnancy Must Make Me REALLY SMART!

My mom sent this email to me. I loved it, so I'm posting it on my blog. I have no idea where it came from, but it made me chuckle.

Recently, in a large city in Australia,

a poster featuring a young, thin and tan woman appeared in the window of a gym.

It said, "This summer, do you want to be a mermaid or a whale?"

A middle-aged woman,whose physical characteristics did not match those of the woman on the poster, responded publicly to the question posed by the gym.

To Whom It May Concern:

Whales are always surrounded by friends (dolphins, sea lions, curious humans.)

They have an active sex life, get pregnant and have adorable baby whales.

They have a wonderful time with dolphins stuffing themselves with shrimp.

They play and swim in the seas, seeing wonderful places like Patagonia,the Bering Sea and the coral reefs of Polynesia.

Whales are wonderful singers and have even recorded CDs.

They are incredible creatures and virtually have no predators other than humans.

They are loved, protected and admired by almost everyone in the world.

Mermaids don't exist.

If they did exist, they would be lining up outside the offices of Argentinean psychoanalysts due to identity crisis.

Fish or human?

They don't have a sex life because they kill men who get close to them, not to mention how could they have sex?

Just look at them .... where is IT?

Therefore, they don't have kids either.

Not to mention,who wants to get close to a girl who smells like a fish store?

The choice is perfectly clear to me: I want to be a whale.

P..S. We are in an age when media puts into our heads the idea that only skinny people are beautiful, but I prefer to enjoy an ice cream with my kids, a good dinner with a man who makes me shiver, and a piece of chocolate with my friends.

With time, we gain weight because we accumulate so much information and wisdom in our heads that, when there is no more room, it distributes out to the rest of our bodies. So we aren't heavy, we are enormously cultured, educated and happy.

Beginning today,when I look at my butt in the mirror I will think:

"Good grief, look how smart I am!"

Holynd's Video Debut! (You'll wanna see this!)

We have a walker! And now we have proof because of my Super-Cool Video Camera!

It took Matt and I almost one hundred tries to get this video.... not because of Holynd, but because we're Video Idiots. Since Holynd had to do this almost one hundred times... she's officially a walker! (She also walks unbribed now!)

Enjoy!

Little Teeny (Tall!) June Bug!

We're adding yet another girl to Peterson Team Princess!

Matt, Holynd and I were really excited to hear that Holynd would have a girly playmate this June!

The Tech couldn't believe how long the baby's legs were already! She kept telling us that this baby was "ALL LEGS!". That made Matt really excited. (She'll probably come out taller then Holynd is now.)

Keep cookin' June Bug!

We have several names that we already love... But I think we might "meet" this baby before we settle on one name.