Finding Nemo

Boog is watching a movie, so I figured I'd write up a little blog since it's been a few days and there is much to share.

Dillon went and saw Santa on Sunday. It was his 4th year seeing Santa, his first time he was 2.5 months old and this year is the first time he cried. I was sort of surprised, but then again not really. Since becoming pregnant he has been much more clingy, sensitive, whiny...all of the above. He cries some days when I leave him at school even and he has never cried when I've had to leave to go somewhere without him. It is almost as if the further along I get the more clingy he is.

Monday I had an ob check up, I turned 27 weeks. No weight gain since my last ob appointment 4 weeks ago, so my total weight gain so far is still 15.5 pounds. Go me! I finally got medicine for this nasty sinus infection, after being scolded for waiting a week to see my midwife. I had an upcoming appointment and just figured I'd wait a week until then. She said I should have come sooner. Oh well. But I should be feeling better within a week hopefully. She said my right ear drum was bulging very badly from all of the pressure but no fluid in either ear, so at least that was good news. Maliya is now head down and very low. The dr said she could move again but it's unlikely. I took a photo when I turned 26 weeks last week (I take them bi-weekly) but yesterday I had noticed my belly looked smaller in the mirror, so I took a photo. Sure enough my belly is like half the size it was in last week's photo. So she has definitely dropped down already too. Dillon didn't drop the first time until at least 33 or 34 weeks (ish).

This week I started a distraction technique for when I take Dillon to school. Yesterday I let him carry a small to-go pack of tissues that had Toy Story characters on the front and today he carried in his brush. Hey, it's working so far...no tears or even a pouty face. We'll see how tomorrow goes, I'll have to figure something else out for him to take that will keep him distracted enough.

Lastly, Mr and I put up the Christmas lights this weekend! Well...he put them up, I handed him the hooks and held up the string so it was easier for him to hang while he stood on a chair. We make a good team, it looks pretty! He also put the solar powered candy cane lights into the ground, but he accidentally broke one when stepping down from the chair. Oh well, it's not a big deal, for now we've just leaned it against the stake that's sticking out of the ground. I need to get some krazy glue next time I go to the store and glue it back together. I also have to get a longer, one piece extension cord for the lights. For now we have two small cords connected to each other and the string of lights hanging and it's a tight pull across the front patio. It looks a little tacky up close but you can't really tell from the street. Hubby has work tonight so I'll have to go tomorrow after I drop Boog off at school and get a new cord and then the glue. I also had bought these cool suction-cup snowflake lights that are battery operated. I stuck them to the big window next to our door. The tv sits in front of that window and I wanted to put some kind of lights in it so that worked out great. And the colors change too, they were only $5 each as well! I might get a few more for some other windows around the house, we'll see.

Alrighty, time to get moving. I'm making homemade chicken noodle soup for dinner for Mr to take to work tonight. Yum!