What's Your Favourite Drink?

I went out at coffee to get a steamed milk because I've been wanting one for the past couple days, but sadly it did not live up to my expectations. Lately my favourite drink is a Caramel Steamed Milk (nonfat with no whip). Maybe I forgot to ask for nonfat milk, I forget. Last Thursday Tammy got us all drinks from Esquires and then Michael got me one from Starbucks so that's why I haven't had one in almost a week. Usually I can justify the expense, especially now that I've discovered that Esquires is a bit cheaper than Starbucks. However, I think that I like the caramel steamed milk from Starbucks better. Also, I'm trying to drink more milk now that I'm pregnant, as well as more real juice, no caffeine and no sugar. I'm still trying to work up the motivation to actually get on that stupid treadmill and work out. Maybe next week :)

Pictures

I brought my little camera disk to work to upload some pictures onto here - actually, just that one picture of my belly, but when I plugged it in, I discovered a bunch more pictures on there!

On Saturday Aidan was tucking all his teddies in bed for a nap while we were cleaning up his room, and then he decided they all needed something to read, so he got out his box of tiny books and gave each bear a book. He came to get me to show me and I thought it was so cute.

I forget when these were taken, but these are some examples of Aidan's superb dance moves. It is sooooo funny to watch him dance, he can sure bust a move! This past weekend he found some old sunglasses of Michael's, grabbed his flashlight, got Michael to put on some 'good beats', turned the light off and proceeded to dance up a storm. He always makes me laugh when he dances.

Aidan with his antelope and buffalo glove puppets.

We were going through his too big box and he was very excited about all the 'new' shirts I was pulling out and decided to try one out right away. He looked like a little safari guy with his green button up shirt and khaki's and I told him all he needed was a couple wild animals!

Earmuffs with the puppets. For anyone who's seen Old School, our son can do earmuffs!

Acting silly

He wanted me to take a picture of his back next and was very interested in how it looked.

And here it is: my little belly. Honestly the picture makes it look bigger than it is, I don't even think it looks this big because I still fit all my clothes except for a couple of pants that were pretty tight to start with. I don't even really feel pregnant since the upset stomach and nausea is done thank goodness. The only thing is that I have zit breakouts and super oily skin on my face, it's so disgusting! I knew I was supposed to have a 'glow', I just didn't think it was supposed to be from that! :)

Names

Since I can't buy anything for the baby until March (and believe me, I would have while I was in Walmart over the weekend if I knew what it was going to be) I've decided to start looking at baby names. Names don't cost anything, so I can pick as many as I want!

Here are some that I like:
Emily
Anna
Ella
Lola
Katelyn
Ava
Lily
Bella

Tyler
Jacob
Daniel
Jet
Caleb
James
Thomas
Evan
Nathan

Some of those I can't really pick because we know an Emily and Caleb that would be very close in age and that kind of sucks. I know I could pick it if I really wanted to which is why they're still on the list. Michael likes Audrey after his Nanny and I think it's okay but not really my favourite. Also, then we'd have 3 people with names that start with A in our family. Not that that's a huge deal either, but it might be cool to pick a name starting with M. I searched through some M boy names this morning and here are the funny ones that I came up with:

MacAilean – Son of the handsome man
MacDonald – Son of the world’s ruler
Machakw – Horny Toad

I don't think we'll be using any of those :)

Anyways, I know I'm not even halfway through my pregnancy and you can barely even tell that I'm pregnant (which I was super excited about for the longest time until I realized that I started out bigger than I did with Aidan. Now I'm not as excited, but it's still good) but let me know what you think about my names and give me any suggestions! I always think naming a child is such a huge responsibility, I really don't want to pick the 'wrong' name! I'm pretty happy with Aidan, I still really like the name. The only mistake we made there was naming him Michael Aidan Latham which is really confusing. The other thing is that if on any documents he has to have his first initial, it will look like this: M. Aidan Latham. That's like Maidan Latham. Hopefully he never figures that one out, and if he does I hope he's not mad!

*sigh* it's a Monday

Welllll...I shouldn't complain too much because everything worked out, AND it could have been worse, Aidan could have been having a major meltdown which thankfully he wasn't. Aidan was in a good mood this morning which was so wonderful. He stayed dry all last night so I gave him a couple candies and then once we were done breakfast and were all bundled up we headed out to drive to Darlene's house only to find that the car wouldn't start. It was making that clicky sound that means the battery is dead, and Michael's car wasn't there so I was stuck. Then I saw this truck driving through the parking lot, so Aidan and I headed out across the ice to ask if he could give us a boost. He very kindly drove over and got out his cables and we tried to start my car a few times but it wasn't working. This guy said he thought it was a starter problem (I sure hope he's wrong) rather than just a dead battery and then offered to give us a ride. I ran in to tell Michael what was going on and then we headed out - after warning him he was going to be driving across town twice which he said was fine. Aidan hammed it up all the way to Darlene's house since he had a captive and appreciative audience. Then he drove me to my work and dropped me off. It was so nice of him to go out of his way - waaaay out of his way - I'm not even sure why he was at the church in the first place! The worst part was, around 9/9:15 I see a truck similar to his drive into our parking lot and sure enough, it's him. Then I see my keys in his hand. I felt so bad - not only had he driven us all over town, but then I forget my keys in his truck and he has to come back yet again to drop them off!! Now I kind of feel like I should do something to say thank you but I don't even know his name, just where he works and that his girlfriend is pregnant. Either way, next time we need anything to do with sheet metal, we're going to Triton Sheet Metal!

We had a pretty good weekend. Aidan kind of bounced from being really co-operative and good to being a horrible little monster. We're having some difficulty getting him to nap at Darlene's house, and for some reason she seems to think he doesn't need a nap. Friday he didn't have a nap and then fell asleep in the car when Michael went to pick him up and we tried to get to just sleep a little bit more when we got home but that didn't work. We had an epic battle with him that culminated in the bathtub and then in a bath. When he has his little fit, I don't want him to wreck stuff and it's almost impossible to speak to him so Michael suggested just putting him in the tub and it worked really good. He flopped around and banged his head and didn't hurt anything! Well, lately when he does his little tantrum thing he likes to bang his head or flick his arm out and then get upset because it hurts. So he didn't hurt anything but he did bang himself around a bit. It took him almost 2 hours to finally get it all out of his system and then he was happy and silly and sweet - I don't understand it.

I had told him that if he was good on Saturday we would go pick up that Leap Pad Dinosaur book he's been saving up for and if he was good on Sunday we would go swimming. He was very excited about both these things but sadly neither happened due to his bad behaviour. I find it slightly ironic that just as I cancel my appointments with that mental health person, his behaviour starts taking a turn for the worse. I for one was thankful we didn't have to go swimming on Sunday. I know Aidan loves it and I should take him, but I really hate going! Instead Michael tried out his new buzzer and gave Aidan a haircut. We started out long and then ended up really short because Michael tried to trim the side and ended up making this one tiny section almost hairless. He was just going to leave it, but I made him do Aidan's whole head shorter. It turned out pretty good in my opinion. Then Michael cut his hair - or rather removed all his hair and shaved it bald. It was quite a change! Aidan was pretty intrigued by the whole process and said Michael's head looked funny.

I made roast beef in my new roaster on Sunday. The potatoes and carrots turned out pretty good, but the beef wasn't very tender or tasty. I've been cooking turkey's lately so I've got that down, now I just have to work on cooking beef.

Well, I think this has gone on long enough so I'm going to end it now.

TGIF

I'm so glad it's Friday. On the other hand, the house is a colossal mess (as is usually the case on the day before The Big Cleanup) and I really don't want to go home to that and have to pretend to ignore it. There's no way I can ignore it, yet also no way I'm going to do anything about it tonight. Somehow I am incapable of doing anything - cleaning, working out - on a Friday night unless it involves lying on the couch.

Speaking of being lazy, I read this story on the web lately and thought it was hilarious.

Scientists raise white flags after 3-year battle with unmovable sloth
JENA, Germany (AP) - Scientists in the eastern German city of Jena said Wednesday they have finally given up after three years of failed attempts to entice a sloth into budging as part of an experiment in animal movement.
The sloth, named Mats, was remanded to a zoo after consistently refusing to climb up and then back down a pole, as part of an experiment conducted by scientists at the University of Jena's Institute of Systematic Zoology and Evolutionary Biology.
Not pounds of cucumbers or plates of homemade spaghetti were appetizing enough to make Mats move.
"Mats obviously wanted absolutely nothing to do with furthering science," said Axel Burchardt, a university spokesman.
Mats' new home is the zoo in the northwestern city of Duisburg where, according to all reports, he is very comfortable.
© The Canadian Press, 2007

Obviously another characteristic the sloth and I have in common is stubborn-ness. After reading this, my one question is: Who is paying for this and do they know exactly what these people are doing? Not the type of scientific experiment that I would donate money towards, but that's just me.

Aidan has swimming lessons coming up again, but I kept missing the deadline for signing him up so he has to wait until Feb 24th which he says is 'taking too long'. This time he is going to be a Salamander and the best part is that I get to watch from the side. At first he was okay with that but once he thought it through and realized I wouldn't be in the water with him he was a little worried. I think he'll be fine. I'm sure he'll have tons of fun. The next level after that is some kind of fish and that's what he really wants to be.

I'm trying to get Michael to take Aidan out to do something where they'll be gone for a couple hours without coming right out and kicking them both out of the house but so far I haven't been very successful. I suggested ice skating and bowling but both ideas were shot down. Somehow it's so much easier to clean the house when there aren't people hanging around or sitting on the couch or at the computer.

Tonight Michael's making tacos for dinner. I'm so excited! He makes the best tacos. And I'm going to make chocolate cake for dessert and then after Aidan goes to bed we're going to watch a movie. He wanted to see the Night Listener with Robin Williams and I wasn't all that into it, but he rented American Dreamz for me and I'll watch that tomorrow when he's out with Pat. Hopefully Aidan's in a good mood when we pick him up...I'm so so so tired of fighting with him! Part of me thinks 'he knows I'm pregnant, why can't he just be good?' but obviously that's the not so smart part. Maybe he'll snap out of whatever it is he's in soon!

Time for an Update!

My lack of motivation is absolutely amazing. Honestly, I should bottle it and sell it - I would make a fortune! Aidan's behaviour lately has been awful and I've been a lot more tired than usual as well. I'm not sure why he turned into a little monster, but he's been sniffling and coughing so maybe that's why. Last night while he was having a time out he discovered some Gravol in his backpack and when I went in to check on him he was carefully popping them out and eating them. He was quite upset when I took them away from him! I think he managed to eat 3 or 4 of them and while I wasn't happy about that, he woke up in such a good mood I'm sure it was due to getting a very deep sleep the night before. It was such a nice change to be joking around with him this morning instead of threatening, cajoling and trying to get him to behave normally. His thing lately is to slip around on the floor as if it were tilted or slippery and he can't stand up properly. It's actually kind of funny to see him do it in winter boots in a store - but only for about 10 seconds.

I think we've entered the slushy season. Sometime this week we were supposed to hit +10 but I don't know if we'll make it that high. All the snow we got a couple weeks ago is all gross and brown and melted in big puddles and slush. It's precisely because of this that I like fall better than spring.

Well I really don't have as much to say as I thought I did - for once! Now I have so much baby stuff I literally have no more room for anything else. I told Michael I wouldn't buy anything else for 2 months, but he was skeptical, so now I have to prove him wrong. I don't think it will be too hard, money is super tight since I took time off to go to Calgary and we have to fix the bumper I smashed. I might actually be motivated to wade through the snow to the shed and take the cans and bottles to the recycle depot, although I'd have to be pretty broke for that to happen.

Nesting Has Officially Begun!

It's been less than a month since I found out I was pregnant, and already I have amassed an amazing amount of baby stuff! Today I had a doctor's appointment to get the results of the pregnancy blood test I had on Jan 10th. As we suspected, the blood test confirmed I was pregnant *grins* And, based on what he told me I was able to figure out my first due date - June 18th. It seems so much closer than July, even though it's just one month.

Today I went to pick up a stroller carseat combo I found on a local classifieds website. I didn't want to get too much stuff right away, but it was way too good a deal to pass up. Brand new the set goes for $350 and it's only been used for 2 kids. It looks in good condition and it's pretty much exactly what I wanted so I was really excited about it. Here are some pictures of it:


Aidan had fun trying to push his teddy around the living room in it. I was explaining to him that once he was done with his carseat, the baby got to use it. He seemed to think that it was pretty cool that he got to pass down the stuff that he was done with to the baby.

Tomorrow I'm picking up a highchair and lounger that I found on freecycle - now I just have to find room in the house to put all this stuff! I'm so thankful I've been able to find all this stuff either through freecycle or the classifieds. It's such a blessing to be able to save some money - I had forgotten how much stuff babies need!!