The Long Awaited Update

I have tried twice now to write this post, and both times it has become so epic halfway through the story  that I give up.  I can’t expect anyone to read three pages worth of Heidi drama when I myself wont read that much on any given blog.  So I’m going to try and give you the Cliff Notes to the last three weeks.

It all started way back when, that day I got the chicks, and my Mom arrived and I found out I was pregnant.  Oh yeah!  You guys only heard about the first two things, huh?  Yep, that’s right.  We’re expecting, and suddenly the dizziness and exhaustion I had been feeling for a few weeks all made sense.  We’re excited.  I’ll admit I’m a bit nervous.  I hadn’t planned this and a new baby just adds more stuff on top of Dad’s death that I have to deal with right now.  Kinda pushes him further away.  We’re due the beginning of March.  Our first baby not born in the summer, and as there aren’t 30 days in February so I guess we broke that trend too.  I feel like this is going by so slowly, but I am really glad as we’re not going to be trying to get pregnant again after this.

Mom’s visit was good, though a bit weird as I was trying to get over the shock of being pregnant all while dealing with the nausea and fatigue all at once.  But it was great to have her here.  Midway through Mom’s visit my SIL arrived from the east coast.  Mom left after her two weeks were up.  It was so good to have her, and it seemed so long and short all at the same time.  SIL’s visit was crowded with 4th get-togethers and family and fun.  We spent lots of time at different lakes swimming and getting burnt.  Watched some fireworks and I ate a ton, which was fun.:)

In the last couple of weeks I have done so much, I can hardly believe it, and am now completely exhausted now that everyone has gone home and the holidays are over.  My house is a mess, but DH is going to help me with that later today and hopefully I can keep it up a little better now that we wont be leaving everyday.  Here’s a list of some of the highlights not covered in the above rant:

• I taught my SIL to knit and helped her make a felted purse.  It was so cool!
• I knit a pare of baby socks (pictures to come, someday)
• Started knitting a baby blanket
• Got lots of fresh strawberries to eat (but I didn’t go picking o I could get a nap)
• Started making and selling crocheted earrings.  Who knew people would get so into them!  Weird!
• Had to deal with a faulty fridge that keeps getting warm (twice now)
• Got a tan (finally)
• Watched “Sprinkle”…um, er…”Sparkle?”…no…Oh!  Right!  “Twilight” with my SIL and DH.  Yeah, we laughed ourselves silly.  I just don’t get the fasination behind this story.  The best part of the movie was the black vampire with dreads.  Everyone else sucked! (Bud-um bum!)
• All of my three dozen chicks are alive and well.  All but to of my faverolle’s are female.  We have one chick with a crooked beak and I’m not sure she’ll live (a female faverolle), but I figured I’ll just leave her and see what happens.  No use killing her now if she may live to be a decent layer, or at least big enough to eat someday.

And that’s the news from Lake Cora.  Now I have to drag my butt outside and watch the kids play so they don’t drive me to crazy indoors.  Thankfully I just got a new Lisa Kleypas book so that should keep me entertained out there for a while.