Boo!

Happy Halloween from our little pumpkin!

So emotional.

Good Lord, I have been such a hormonal mess lately. I feel like everything has been driving me to tears - this week has been an awesome roller coaster of sad and frustrated. Good times.

Just a sampling of the many times I have burst into tears this week:

* When I dropped Baby H off at school on Tuesday, they were getting ready to eat breakfast. I helped him wash his hands, and then tried to get him to sit in his seat. No dice - he just straightens himself out and refuses to sit. It takes me and the teacher to finally get him to sit, and as I turn to leave, he is crying, "No, Mommy!" The logical side of my brain knows that he is a happy camper as soon as he starts eating his waffles. The hormonal side? Not so rational. Thankfully I was able to make it to the car before getting hysterical.

* Baby H and I were listening to the radio this morning and a song from The Lion King came on the radio. It brought me back to my junior year of high school - I was working at Kay-Bee Toys and The Lion King had just come out in theatres. That summer, they played the soundtrack, on repeat, at my work - every single day. I started to remember how much fun I had working at Kay-Bee, and how my brother also worked at Kay-Bee, and how lucky I am to be so close to my brother. Cue the waterworks.

* It's no secret that I have been super-stressed at work. Work is always busy, but this past month has been even busier than usual, and this pace is expected to last until after Thanksgiving (if not until the day I go out on maternity leave). I'm in my VP's office this afternoon, reviewing the status of some project, and she starts going on and on about how I have too much to do, how I need to delegate better, etc. For whatever reason, it really got under my skin. I'm sitting there, thinking, "Oh my God. I think that I am going to cry. Please, please don't cry. Please!" All of a sudden, my boss is like, "Are you going to cry?" Thankfully, I managed to pull myself together, but I actually had to wipe my eyes and I am sure that my face was all red and blotchy. I haven't cried at work in years - I seriously felt like such a loser.

I think that I need some ice cream...

Practice.

It is 3:00 in the morning and I am sitting on the couch, wide awake. Of course, I would rather be in bed, but the weiner dog decided that she didn't want to sleep anymore and was going to bark her head off until someone came downstairs to keep her company. Somehow, I ended up with the short end of the stick - I'm telling you, the dog is pure evil.



Oh well - I'll just consider it practice for when the new baby arrives. In other pregnancy-related news:

* This pregnancy has been so much different than the last. I have been extremely sick this time around, well past the first trimester. Just waiting to start feeling like my old self again - I haven't been sick since Monday, so I am considering this a victory of sorts.

* Of course, being so sick has really kept my weight gain down to a minimum. As of my 16-week appointment, I had only gained 2 pounds. Much better than the last time around - where I took the expression "eating for two" a little too far (as in "eating for two adult football players") - but I really don't look all that pregnant yet. In fact, the comment I get most when people hear through the grapevine that I'm expecting? "You don't look pregnant." Wow, thanks... I guess.

* My first (and likely only) ultrasound is on Monday. Hubby and I think that we are going to be surprised this time around and not find out the sex of the baby. Of course, that is always subject to change.

* We have been trying to tell Baby H that Mommy is expecting a baby. He doesn't really understand - he's only 19 months old - but he has been pointing to my tummy and saying "baby" so we are making progress.

And in non-pregnancy news:

* Work has been kicking my butt. The next two months are so incredibly busy, I am just looking forward for Thanksgiving to get here. Then I should have a (very brief) reprieve, until planning for our national sales conference begins.

* I was in Chicago for work last week and will be in Detroit later this month (bleh). Of course, Baby H's first field trip - to the pumpkin patch - falls during my time in Detroit, so I am going to miss it. Hubby has already volunteered to chaperone - lucky duck.

* One thing I won't miss? The Halloween parade at school. Baby H is going as a penguin this year - I already bought his costume from Gymboree - it is freaking cute.

* Baby H is doing great. He loves his new classroom at school - he moved up to Toddler 1 right after Labor Day. He is such a big boy now, it's so cute - he naps on a cot and washes his hands in the sink every morning when he gets into class (they are really big on stopping the spread of germs, which is nice). He is such an active little boy, and so chatty too - of course, his new favorite words are "mine" and "no."

* We were in NJ on Tuesday for the Jewish holidays. The highlight of the trip was stopping by their house to drop some stuff off - the boys had some time to play with each other before we had to leave, and Baby H had a blast! It was so cute.

* I am already thinking about Christmas shopping - can you believe it? I am really lookng forward to the holidays this year.

I still need to upload some photos from our trip to Long Island back in September, so expect to see some more recent pics soon. I am off to bed...