Fuggedaboutit

Yeah, so the careful yet minimal plan for housecleaning I developed a few weeks back has pretty much disintegrated. I think this should have been week 5, but really by week 2 it was a wash. I will say that it has helped with the laundry situation, and our clothes are slightly less wrinkly because they're not sitting in the baskets forever. Also, on Friday I tend to run a few loads of them through the dryer with a damp rag to correct the problem. The theme menu thing is also out the window, mostly because my latest pregnancy project protests profusely (like that alliteration?) about ethnic and spicy foods. This baby wants hot dogs. It's too disgusting for words, really, but I can't stop eating hot dogs. The occasional bratwurst is ok too, but mostly hot dogs. Ugh. So anyway, although my house is not falling into ruins, it is not the sparkling abode I may have envisioned. It turns out that putting things like dusting and picking up dog poop on a list don't make me hate them any less, it just gives me a guilty feeling for not doing it when I was scheduled. And actually, the dog poop thing has become a two-person project because I can't do the whole yard on my own. All the bending over makes my tummy go into terrible contractions (not the birthing kind, just the inconvenient and painful pretend kind.)

Speaking of tummies and pregnancy, I'm just about to hit 35 weeks. I can't believe it's almost over. I'm kind of uncomfortable now, and so tired I can barely function for more than a couple hours at a time, but I'm still not in much of a hurry to start the newborn phase yet again. Seems like just a few months ago I was doing that... and a few months before that... oh yeah, because I was. But at least with this pregnancy I don't have the evil unbearable "unidentifiable" side pain problem, and even my chronic acid reflux has been a titch less. Yes, I could stay pregnant for more than 5 weeks if it meant I wouldn't have to start nursing and changing twice as many diapers and waking up for night time feedings... On the positive side, if I never have to be woken up by a vicious internal kick to the ribs, pee when I sneeze, or wonder if I can get off my couch without help again, I probably won't complain.

Jacob has been counting down to the arrival of his baby brother. He seems to think that this kid is going to come out and play with him. He's in for a disappointment, I think. I've had to explain at least 10 times how the baby gets out when I go to the hospital-- I really hope he's not going to school and traumatizing the other children. Speaking of which, tomorrow is his last day. He thinks that as soon as Pre-K is done, he'll start kindergarten. The concept of "summer vacation" doesn't seem to be registering with him quite yet. He has learned so much this year, and I'm so proud of my little guy. I love the stories he comes home with, even when they make zero sense. The Pre-K program here is amazing, and I'm looking forward to being able to put Bean in it in a couple of years.

Bean turned three on Monday, which was pretty low-key. I think at some point we'll have a small B-day party for the kids. Nothing fancy, just a BBQ with some friends and neighbors. I'm not really into big fancy birthday parties (at least not while the kids are young enough that I can get out of it). But turn three she did, and I can't believe she's already that old. It doesn't seem like three years ago that she was born, and now she is a walking, talking, fully functional little person. And what a person she is-- from the day she was born, Brynn has been Brynn. Sassy, spunky, the girliest of girls, and insanely stubborn, I think I mentioned when she was a few days old that this one would give me a run for my money. And she has, if only because after the first few easy years with Jacob, I was confronted by an in-your-face little girl who wants to do everything by herself, her way. Wonder where she gets that from?

I wanted to make a slideshow that captured three years of Brynn. However, someone broke the cd drive on my new computer and I can't get to the old pictures to make one. So I'll just take an already made one from a few years ago in the meantime... it seems like just a few months ago...