Okay, it's no secret that Tyler and I bought a fixer-upper, but I'd like to keep the nice things looking nice.

For example, no blankets hanging instead of curtains!  It's not that much to ask!  Or so I thought...

I got out of the shower at 8 pm (it was a late night for us; even Scarjo was still awake!) and I heard the drill going.  What??  So I make my way into the bedroom to find Tyler DRILLING SCREWS INTO OUR NICE MOULDING!  There were screws on either side of the window, then he proceeded to clip safety pins into his Eagles Snuggie, and hang it up in front of the window.  I couldn't say enough bad things about it.  Even Scarlett said, "ugly, Da!"  Yup, she's a smart lady!

This was hanging from my window.  Trashtastic!

I swore that it was coming down, but then I moisturized and got all ready for bed and Scarlett was waiting for me to read to her, so I dropped it for a moment.  I feel asleep with Scarlett...and then something magic happened...

Scarlett slept through the night.  That has NEVER happened!  So then I was torn...do I admit Tyler was onto something or throw his idea out the window?!

Well, I owned up that we need a curtain over that window, so Tyler was right.  BUT I refuse to keep that trashy, ugly snuggie over the window, so now we're on the hunt for more light-blocking curtains!!!

Best Post Idea Ever!

This is so like Jimmy Fallon's Thank You Notes!!!  Thank you, Jennifer, for introducing me to your Friday Letters...I have a few letters to write myself.

Dear (Teenage) Next Door Neighbor,  If you run behind my car again, while I'm in the process of backing into my driveway, I might not hit the brakes so hard.

Dear Dunkin Donuts Drive Thru Lady,  When I say, "cream & sugar" in my coffee, I don't mean half of the normal amount of cream.  Please load that stuff in.  I know what regular cream means at DD and it isn't supposed to leave my coffee brown.

Dear House,  Kindly clean yourself.  I'd rather walk to the playground with Scarjo.

Dear Facebook,  How do I stop my "friends" from sharing my own photos.  I don't want to actually have to deal with them in person and I can't block them from my pictures, so I'm so stuck.

Dear Neighbor, Next time you decide to mow your lawn at 7:30pm, please reconsider as there are babies who are sleeping! 


Dear Picnik,  Why did you leave me?  FotoFlexer is not the same!


Dear Hulu,  Where is Season 4 of The Only Way Is Essex???!!!!  I'm dying to see it!

Dear Kardashians,  All of you are ridiculous and there are so many people in the world who have real problems...why can't I stop watching your shows?!?!  They are so dumb and staged.  Scott Disick is the only tolerable one.

Dear B at Sam's Italian Restaurant,  I always win.  Don't be so rude.  (yikes, I sound like Molly!)

Dear Jessica Simpson, Your choice of names may be questionable, but Maxi sure is CUTE!  Well done!  And thank you for making Weight Watchers cool (IMO).  I can't wait to jump on that train as soon as baby 2 is born!!!

There, that was fun!  Apparently, there are a lot of annoying things going on in my life!

Mum of the Year?

Today, Scarlett and I were practicing letters.  When we got to the letter "T for Tyler," Scarlett replies, "dollah bills, Da!"  

(I may say to Tyler as he leaves for work lots of mornings in front of Scarlett, "go make those dollah, dollah bills, Da!")

It might make me more of a horrible mother that hearing Scarlett say, "dollah bills" makes me laugh hysterically!  


I'm pretty sure I'm not ruining her for life...right?!

See?  Not ruined at all!  YET.

So What Wednesday

This week I'm saying So What ...

• I have done NOTHING to prepare for baby 2.  Absolutely nothing.  I'm starting to freak out because before anything gets done for baby 2, I need to redo a big girl room for Scarjo...!  That will be fun, but SO much work.  
• My hips are growing faster than my belly.  It's like my body is saying, "Hey, I know what happens here, let's just cut to the chase..."  And now I look far more pregnant than I did at 18 weeks the first time around!  :(
• We always have the music choice channel on in the background when we're at home.  Well, yesterday, "Criminal" started playing and Scarlett says, "Britney!"  It probably doesn't help that Auntie Mary calls her, "Auntie Brit" around the house!
• I have been dying to see pictures of Jessica Simpson's baby Maxi...and today it finally happened!  I was not disappointed; she is the chunkiest, cutest little thing in the world!
• It's been pretty rainy and dreary around these parts, so we've been spending our day doing housework.  Scarlett's quite the helper in the laundry room, though her folding could use a little work!
• I'm so exhausted lately.  I have yet to stay up past 8 o'clock for as long as I can remember!  QT with the roomies has gone out the window.  :(
• When a slow song comes on, Scarlett goes, "lame-o!"  HA!  It cracks me up every time.
• Scarlett calls me "Auntie Meg" 50% of the time.  Apparently, we've been spending lots of time with Alyssa!
• I feed Scarlett "cheeses" (egg & cheese wake up wraps) from Dunkin' Donuts at least three times a week.  Mom fail.

18 Weeks! (and 2 days!)

I feel bad for baby 2 because I am reeeeeally slacking this pregnancy so far.  I lost all of my pregnancy tests before taking pictures, I have yet to take an un-ugly bump shot, and I really have made no progress in getting Scarlett out of our bedroom, so baby 2 can have room in his/her co-sleeper.  Mom fails, already!!!

How far along?  18 weeks + 2 days!
Baby's size:  (I have to go look that up...mom fail.)  5 1/2 inches long; about the size of a bell pepper!
Sleep:  Scarlett is getting better at sleeping, only waking up around 3am, so my sleeping is getting better...as long as I have my body pillow!  I read that you can't sleep on your back because then you'll squish a major vein, so that has me a little freaked out!
Maternity clothes:  I mean, that's not even a question anymore, I liiiive in maternity clothes!!!
Food cravings:  Well, I'm a little sad to say, my food aversions have died down a bit, so I'm open to chocolate.  Not good for my hips!  I still don't really crave it, though, so that's good!  My cravings depend on the day, but once I set my mind to something, I have to have it before I let it go.
Food aversions:  none.  :/
Symptoms I have:  I can feel stretching under my belly when I walk for exercise and slight grinding in my right hip off and on...nothing too bad!
Doctor's appointment:  June 8th, and then I schedule the ultrasound appointment!!!
Movement:  Yes!  I can feel little movements once a day, probably.  I feel it when I am thinking about it.
Belly button:  Same as always.  It never poked out with Scarlett, so I'm pretty sure it's not going anywhere!
Gender?:  Not known yet...!!!!
What I'm looking forward to:  Boy or Girl???!!!
What I miss:  A cold glass of chardonnay after the babies go to bed!!!  Delicious!!

A (one-sided) Love Affair

Scarjo-free = a happy Mr. Rex!

Poor Sexy Frexy.  That kitty is so patient with Scarlett, but sometimes, her attention borders on abuse.  To make up for it, Scarlett is the one who feeds Rex all of his food and treats!

16 Weeks!

I really need to take a picture of my baby bump.  There is no photographic evidence of this pregnancy so far; slacker!  Buuuut I will get on that...in the meantime, I found a fun little pregnancy questionnaire from this blog and I have decided to do it semi-regularly in an attempt to document pregnancy #2.  (Bump pics to come...!)

How far along?  16 weeks today!
Baby's size:  4.5 inches long -- WHOA!  Baby 2 is the size of an avocado already!
Sleep:  Um, well, pretty awful.  But it's not pregnancy induced...Scarjo has really never slept through the night. On the bright side, at least I'm pretty prepared for baby 2!!!
Maternity clothes?  YES!  And I have been in them for a few weeks.  There are two reasons for this; first of all, who wouldn't want to wear stretchy waistbands instead of constricting buttons?  Secondly, my body was like, "oh, okay, I see where this is going.  BAM, let's skip right to looking 6 months pregnant!"  Awesome.  So, yes, please to maternity clothes.
Food cravings:  PEACH RINGS!!!  They are rocking my world!  And Necco wafer thingys.  Yummy!  It's so weird because normally I am such a chocolate girl, but it's just not doing it for me anymore.
Food aversions:  I can't eat anything twice.  It's very strange, I think.  If enough time passes (like weeks), then sometimes I can try something again.
Symptoms I have:  Heartburn is pretty much it, now that the first trimester is over...that was brutal.  
Doctor's appointment:  Yesterday was my 16 week check-up.  It was so cool because the doctor could find the heartbeat right away and she just pushed down on the right side below my belly button and I could feel the baby inside.  I just thought it was my organs moving around, but nope, there's really a baby in there!!!
Movement:  Not much, yet...but sometimes I am sure that I can feel movements...
Belly button:  same as always!
Gender:  We find out in June!
What I'm looking forward to:  Finding out the gender because then we can really start getting ready for baby 2!!!!
What I miss:  Not worrying about the future.  I used to just know that I had endless time with just Scarlett, but now I'm trying to soak her in and get her ready to be a big sister...!