so maybe i'll try this for a while. no nap for weston and a way earlier bedtime. we fought for an hour about naps today and i ended up losing. because by then it was almost 3 and thats way too late for him to nap. so. instead he went to bed at 7:45. versus 9-10. so we'll see how the morning goes. 

today he also apparently snuck into the kitchen while i was cooking, took a whole bunch of bananas to the couch. and then ate two of them. two whole bananas. big ones too. all the peels were nicely piled on the coffee table. what a monkey!! takes after his papa hardcore. but then i was shocked at how much of his dinner he ate. he ate half a grilled cheese sandwich and all of the tomato soup i served him. which he usually doesn't even touch. so awesome. 

life with him sure is a challenge sometimes, but it is worth it all. just like i know this sucky pregnancy will be worth it all once this little boy gets here. 

so there will be a post about the wedding and how awesome it was, but at a later date when i have more time. 

for now its just me trying to get my life back to a livable state. i have this cold that might be going away finally. not gonna hold my breath on that though. because as soon as i think im getting better i get just that much worse. 

but im trying to not let it get me down. i could sit around and feel sick which i think makes me worse. or i can try and be active. now im not talking about anything crazy. im just talking about cleaning the house and whatnot. taking short trips out with my munchkin. today we went to Petsmart, or the animal store, and then costco. 

ive also organized westons toys pretty damn well, i think at least. and im trying to get weston to realize it. he's doing good. he knows his blocks are all in one place, his cars in another, his little people, his legos, his food/kitchen toys, his potato heads, etc. he has a lot of toys. i've also been weeding out the junk toys that he either doesnt play with, or that he wouldnt otherwise miss. he has way too much stuff, so i dont feel bad about getting rid of some of it. 

today i also threw away some of his nuks. i think there are still some somewhere, but when i find those, i'll through them away too. 

i think i'm going to like this stay at home stuff. im getting used to it pretty quickly. 

I have lost my good brush. im sure its somewhere in the couch. but since i have lost it, i put my hair up in a ponytail and then in a messy bun kind of thing, and have kept doing the same thing for a few days. (I've showered, but didnt wash my hair). so now today, i really gotta brush my hair, so I've got a hairbrush that is similar in the teeth parts of the brush, but not in size, this one is way bigger than my good one. and its missing its handle. which makes it not easy to use with long hair. SO. I am not having fun brushing my hair right now. I even took a break halfway through the tangles just to post this. 

faster than i can count. how is it already almost August?!? the past week has been getting stuff ready for Jackie and Brian's wedding. I've got my dress, got it altered to fit. Got my shoes. Got a bra and maternity spanx so i can be comfy and look good. survived through two wedding showers, one with Brians family and one with Jackies. next is the Bachelorette party which is tomorrow night. and then i think i have a few days off. 

ive also been getting more and more pregnant. obviously. I had another ultrasound today because the doctors are concerned about my size. I'm not gaining enough weight. but his fluids are good, and hes only a little small. at the last ultrasound he was three days bigger than my dates, and this time hes a week smaller than my dates. hopefully that wont be too much worry for the doctors. the ultrasound tech seemed like she wasnt concerned, but shes not my doc. so. yea. it was still exciting to see him again though. we got a picture of him chillin in there with his toes touching his forehead. hes a flexible little guy. crazy. 

today i've got to get my car detailed/washed. and get the recycling out of the house. clean up some more. organize more of westons toys. clean the kitchen some. man oh man why is there always so much to do. 

it really sucks not having friends. last night we even sent out a blanket invite for free drinks to celebrate with us, and not a one person came. it was pretty awesome.

i just cant help but think that once i stop working, which is monday, i will be sitting at home doing nothing. well doing lots hopefully, cleaning and organizing and all that stuff. but not talking to anyone or seeing other adults. and it will only be worse when i have the baby. no one will come to see me. and i am already feeling down about it. blah.

this is just lame. how do you make friends? seriously. i dont have anyone here to talk to anymore. no one to randomly call up and say hey lets go get a bite to eat. lets go to a park and hang out. lets go to the mall for nothing really at all. lame. lame. lame.

i miss people. no one in particular, and everyone specifically.

still trying to get better at being domestic. i think a lot of it is that i have horrible time management skills. i have never been able to stick to a schedule. i have always had jobs that i didnt really have a strict schedule, i never really did school the normal way, so no schedule there. i just, do my own thing. which can be hard to change. remembering to do things on a regular basis, like laundry. i should be doing a load or two every other day, instead i wait until i have no more socks or undies, or the laundry is piled up in the closet bins. you can tell when i have been slacking on laundry because poor weston gets stuck in the almost too small shirts.

but i am trying and thats a huge step in any changing process.

in other exciting news. I got an Macbook Pro. it is still set up as my home computer attached to the TV with a wireless keyboard and mouse, but now I can take it with me too. If we ever get to go anywhere fun, or just in general once i get more in that habit. Its a little tough when I have to take Weston too. but yea, so we are officially a Mac family. we've got the two Macbook Pros, the ipod and the Ipad. no more PCs for us. i really do like it a lot better so far, the picture capabilities and all that are just amazing compared to windows/pcs.

i am now 21 weeks pregnant. with a little boy. a very active little boy. just like Weston. and big too. but the docs are a little concerned at my lack of weight gain. so they might do another ultrasound in like 4-6 weeks if im not gaining much by then. technically right now I am losing weight. because I'm staying the same, but clearly the baby is there and the fluids and stuff are how much they should be. so Im losing weight. but its kind of how it went with Weston too. with more puking then.

Ok enough procrastination, back to my mission of getting a clean house before my birthday so I dont have to worry about anything. Then thursday I'll do laundry.

im halfway to having a baby. and im stoked. im getting so excited for the rest of summer that i just dont know what im going to do.

my son is growing up so fast. he learned how to climb out of his bed this past weekend. so he is now in a toddler bed. and its been

Weston pooped in the potty for the first time today. im super proud. he was super excited too. our potty training from 19 months is starting to pay off. he wakes up in the morning because he needs to pee, he doesnt pee during naps. he can take off his diaper and knows where his potty is. hes very vocal about his needs. but most of all. hes growing up.

i love how accepting of me jonnys friends are. i love how accepting jonnys friends are of me. i love how jonnys friends are so accepting of me. there, i think that last one sounded the most right.

without them, i really don't think i would get to socialize with, well, anyone. besides family. which dont get me wrong, i love my family, both my side and jonnys. but sometimes you need someone a little more removed from your life.

i did the dishes, well, i got one big load of them in the dishwasher and its running, and i took out my giant bag of recycling. i also went through some of westons toys and got some of the more baby ones out of there. and some of the, hey thats not a toy!, stuff out of there. and i even packed up his winter boots and snowpants/coat.

no im not nesting. im just trying to be more domestic. and im trying to write in this blog more. how am i doing?!

oh, and i deleted grams number out of my phone. now hopefully i wont get all sad that we're not friends anymore every time i pass his name (which was often because my work number is right by there). i figured it will be 2 years this summer that hes been too busy for me, so. i'm done. its official. now what about that penguin?! ha. i still love it, and dont have to think of him when i look at it, because im the one that made him get it. i would have gotten it anyways.

off to dinner i go.

not technically, but still the weather is here. a few days ago it was 95*!! which is absolutey ridiculous. especially considering on May 8th it was snowing. thats a 60* difference in two weeks. Dear Minnesota, what?!?! sincerely Jennie.

but still it is going to be a fun one. I think. I still need to plant my tomatoes and I am thinking of doing some bell peppers too. I dont think im going to do any flowers, they are too much work, although that peace dahlia was beautiful last year. so we'll see.

i am thinking of going down to three days a week at work. then when i get scheduled four days, it wont be as bad as asking for four and getting five. I want to be able to spend as much time with weston as I can. this is going to be the last few months that it will be just me and him. which is kind of heartbreaking for me. my little boy will be a totally different kid when he becomes a big brother and i dont know how to prepare for it. i want to spend lots of time with him and give him a good summer.

lots to do. and no time to do it. i have a wicked cold and need a nap.