Oh my good gawd! Hump day is finally upon us. Ok, I don’t really care that it is Wednesday, I am just happy to be passed the weekend and the sickness that took a huge toll on my already huge pregnant body. Food poisoning in not fun folks, and it is insanely more miserable when you are pregnant. You try to get an almost seven month pregnant lady to not eat her favorite foods and see how that goes. I’ll save you the suspense, not well. I wasn’t able to eat for two days. Two days! That is an eternity! But luckily for me I had the most helpful little two-year old to keep me company, and by helpful I mean needy, clingy and wanting to pretend mommy was a jungle gym. Thanks Ally. I mean it’s not like daddy wasn’t here for her, but noooo she wanted to be all over mommy while mommy just wanted to sleep and make the pain go away.

Ah well, such is the life of a parent, which is about to get a whole lot more fun in a few months. (Read: a whole lot more busy, complicated, and frustrating). Not sure if I had updated with the latest news about the bun in the oven, but we had the sonogram and discovered we will be completing our set. It’s a boy! Whoo hoo! One of each to drive me crazy with different problems as they get older. Awesome. But seriously, I am excited and Mykal is through the roof about it. Now comes the hard part: the name. For some people it is super easy and they just know it right away. Yeah… I’m not one of those people. I am an over thinker who has to have everything perfect and so of course I am going through a long list of names debating whether or not they will cause ridicule or whether or not I will have to hear it from family about the name we choose. Though I am getting over that part pretty quickly. Taking on a more none caring attitude with what family thinks, because they will always have an opinion that differs from mine anyway, so why should I care? Just a waste of time and effort to worry.

I do still have my fears about being able to handle two kids, but I am trying to have faith in myself and remember that I am the best parent I can be and I will love my children and make sure they know that on a daily basis.

While some might think I am a little late for this, we have started trying to potty train Ally. I haven’t been able to put as much effort in it as I would like to, but that is going to change come the beginning of September. I will be taking my leave from work and will be able to spend days in a row working with her, helping her, and encouraging her to use the potty and be a big girl in big girl undies. I would love to cheer for no more diapers, but seeing as we are due November 3rd, we can expect to be in diapers for another two years (give or take).

In my last bit of updated news, I have decided I will be going back to school as soon as little man gets here. A few people in my life think I’m wasting time waiting, but honestly between work, pregnancy, and Ally, I just don’t think I will be able to give it my all until the baby arrives and I get a some of my energy and regularity back. I’ve waited this long, a few more months isn’t going to hurt anything. I’ll be doing online courses so that I won’t have to worry about gas or a sitter or anything like that. I have a school in mind and course in mind and will be doing some research to make sure it will be a good fit for me. I am excited. It may take a few years, but I am hoping that by the time I am done, I will be able to contribute something in the financial department.

Well I guess that is all for today. I plan to do some updating to my blog over the next week or two, so bear with me and expect a little more of my home life to fill these interweb pages. I will occasionally write about a little gaming here and there, but if you want to read any of that, I would suggest finding me at The Married Gamers .

Thanks for reading.