A Semi-Simple Update

Wait.....it's already been almost a MONTH sine I last posted anything?!

(Head's up: Rin is WAY more active than these pictures would have you believe....most of the time, I can't get good pictures because she's moving too much!)

Not a lot has happened in that time, but a lot has been on my mind. So I'm sitting here, after finally having a toddler meltdown calmed down, lunch eaten, another meltdown calmed, the toddler down for a nap, and a slice of chocolate banana bread eaten, trying to decide what to write.

I think I'll do some updates for now.

Rin

As you probably know, Rin turned two last month. And it's obvious.

Today's aforementioned meltdown came about right after I put part of lunch on the table. I wouldn't be "nice" and let her play in the cabinets, so she laid in my lap while I sat on the floor and wailed and begged me to hold her (um, hey kid, I'm already holding you because you're IN MY LAP). For at least five minutes. I finally got her to realize she was indeed hungry, and we started on lunch. There was another momentary meltdown during lunch. And then nap time came. I held her for maybe five minutes and she kept indicating she wanted in her crib. I put her down and walk out the door. She starts crying. I ask what's wrong. "Mama hold?" Um. No. You kept trying to kick me and get down when I was holding you. And I'm sore. AH!

Oh, and did I tell you all she has THREE molars pushing through at the same time?!

Add on top of this the fact that she can now open doors, and wants to explore everything.

And we've renewed the attempts of potty training, using stickers as bribery. The first few days weren't great, but she's (mostly) getting better! I just hope it keeps getting better.

Andrew

Andrew now has less than two months left of student teaching (Just over 6 weeks, actually). Woohoo!

He has an interview next week, and two career fairs coming up. We still need to iron out what exactly we're looking for in a potential job and living area, other than preferring to be closer to home, but we keep procrastinating because, well, life.

Other than that, he's doing pretty well. And he finally got to feel Amelia moving!

Me

As for me, well, I'm doing alright. I haven't had any super intense crazy lady moments anymore. Only slightly crazy.

As of next week, I'll officially be in the third trimester.

I feel like a whale most days. I'm starting to have some insomnia kick in, though thankfully it isn't every night.

I'm sore a lot, but at least Amelia isn't just hunkering down in my lower pelvis QUITE as much as she was. When I say hunker, I mean that there for a few weeks, I felt like I has pulled a groin muscle. Not. Fun.

I'm also super prone to crying. Last night, I cried because I messed up cooking dinner. I had forgotten to pull the fish out to thaw (on top of forgetting to get juice and some spice we were out of that's essential to a meal we were supposed to do Monday, but got postponed to today), so it didn't sear properly and stuck to the pan worse than I've ever seen. Fortunately, Andrew reminded me that he forgot these things too and that it was okay. It didn't hurt that he also told me the fish still tasted good.

I went through a nesting phase last week where I deep cleaned and organized the bathroom and kitchen. Now, I have no energy to do such things, but my brain has decided to take over and think of all the things I'd like to organize and decorate when we move. Which is a little annoying because I can't do ANYTHING about that yet. Except maybe Pinterest.

And I'm thinking of all the packing that we have to start doing. It's really not THAT much, but with another baby on the way, it certainly feels like it.

By the way, does anyone have any recommendations for things to make packing more efficient? I got to thinking about things like winter and baby clothes....how well do those storage bags that you use a vacuum to suck out the air work?

And now that I've gone on a tangent, I suppose I should say that's the end of the updates!

As for any other thoughts, they may just need to wait until next time.