One of Those Things

This is one of those things that only a mother would do.

My Husband and Chiquita are going to Arizona for a weekend with some of my in-laws. They will be watching a couple of baseball games for Spring Training. I've gone before and it's a lot of fun, but I don't do well in the backseat on car trips. It usually has to do with the carsickness and inability to sleep do to all the talking/music.

I knew if I went this time I would really hate the car part of the trip. Being pregnant, uncomfortable and hungry (there must always be milk and cereal nearby) I would be extra crabby on top of the pregnancy pissiness. Then when we got to AZ, I would only want to lay down and eat cereal. I would hate eating at restaurants because there are no seats that recline and I wouldn't be able to order what I really want (cereal). We went out with friends the other night and I got all cramped from sitting in the chairs, which made me unable to eat. I was so glad to get home and lay down.

Basically, I wanted everyone to have a good time on the trip and knew I wouldn't. I didn't want to ruin anyone else's good time. So, I elected for a quiet weekend at home, maybe a couple of yarn shops tomorrow and to actually take time to clean the fish tank. So far so good.

Here is where the motherly part comes in. Poor Chiquita in the car for 8 hours driving to Arizona and a missing Nintendo DS. I loaded up the car with books, coloring books, DVDs, but the best time killer for her is the DS. So I searched for 1.5 hours last night.

I looked in the toys boxes, dirty laundry, car, garage, bookshelves. Used a flashlight under the couches, beds, behind things. I even crawled under her bed to see if it had fallen between the wall and the bed. There are a few random old blankets and a train set under there so I had to actually crawl under the bed. A bed with a wooden frame that is only 8 inches above the floor (I measured). It really hurt my extra sensitive boobies and then I got stuck for about a minute. Go ahead laugh, it is kinda funny.

I got up this morning to help them off on their trip and spent another half hour looking. This time I had Skizye lift the couches to look underneath them. Dug around in all the same places. Looked inside every purse or toy that it could be inside. I even called my Dad at 6am, he was already up, to see if we had left it there. He woke up my brother because he had no idea what a DS looks like. They were pretty sure it wasn't left behind.

Finally, I said goodbye to my video gameless family and went inside to clean up the mess I had made. I figured I'd start with the fun mess and hook the Wii back up first. We had taken it to my dad's and hadn't put it away yet. Here is where this bookshelf comes in.It's the Nintendo shelf. The knitting books live above it and the hamster lives below. It's at the perfect height to dump all your stuff when it is empty because all the games and controllers are in a bag next to the TV. So, I picked up the basket there, and dumped all the papers that had been tossed in onto the couch. And there is the DS. I swear it had been 45 seconds since I said goodbye to my family. I then tore through the house looking for my phone to call Skizye to have him come back and pick it up. Thankfully they were only two minutes away.

You should of seen the look on Chiquita's face when mommy gave her the video game. Because only a mother would spend 2 hours making a mess that will take her 4 hours to clean up, so that her child can play with a piece of plastic that has a computer chip in it.

And the damn thing was where it belongs the whole time.

Ernie-Bert Mitts I & II

I know all of you were expecting some really great baby knits that I have been hiding from you, but you are not getting that today. I still need to show off my FOs from 2008. These are Ernie-Bert Mitts. Named after your favorite PBS roommates and designed by Senora Fuerte. There isn't a pattern written up. I copied what she was doing, just in a smaller stitch count to make kid sizes. But you can read all about how they were named, etc., here.

I made these for my best friend's kids. We'll call them Valley Girl and Tank. They live in cold country and are spending their Spring Break at Disneyland, so we spent a day with them on Sunday. Valley Girl LOVES Southern California. She announced a couple of years ago that she was going to college somewhere here. She loves Cali-Beach fashions, Hannah Montana, the JoBros, and if she only said "like", "you know" and "the walls in the mall are really tall" more often, she really would be a Valley Girl. She already has the blonde hair - blue eyed thing working for her.Then there is Tank. I call him that because he plows through everything. My little brother used to be called Tank when he was younger for the same reasons. Tank just loves Disneyland and living out of hotel rooms because that means he is not at home bored. I can handle being around Tank for a little while and then I start thanking God that I am having another girl. Boys are loud... and active?

Pattern: Ernie-Bert Mitts I & II (Kids size)

Source: Senora Fuerte - no pattern avail. Sorry
Yarns: Pink - Rio de la Playa Sock in Slate Rose
Blue - Dream in Color Smooshy in Deep Seaflower
Black - Dream in Color Smooshy in Black Parade

Here he is after hanging out with us for half a day. This nap lasted for about 10 minutes and he was none stop until I went home that night. .....active! Sorry all of the pictures are taken in the car. I seem to have a thing lately with giving away my knitting before taking a picture of it. In fact, that is the real reason I'm not showing off baby knits. I made the cutest baby socks and gave them to my MIL before taking a picture. I am going to have to wait until Easter to get a picture to show off. In the meantime, I guess I'll have to make something else for the little banana.

My Big Secret

So, I have been lying to you. Okay, omitting information. I've been using that line a lot lately.

Remember way back when I mentioned that I hadn't been feeling well. I was trying to make it seem like not a big deal, but everyone must like me, because it seems to be the one thing that got caught everyone's attention. I guess it should have, considering that my past feeling ill is now getting it's own blog post.

In short, I was sick about three months, hence all the not blogging. There were a doctors visits and a few test taken. Urine collected, blood drained, even an ultrasound. Turns out that I have a parasite in my belly. The Homosapien type. hehehe. I actually got a friend pretty well with that line.

Yes, I'm pregnant and three months of morning sickness really sucked. But I am feeling a lot better now. Actually, freakishly a lot better. If it weren't for me going back to the doctor to hear the heartbeat, I wouldn't believe it myself. Though I am getting little random reminders whenever I feel the baby kick.

I have to apologize that I kept this from all of you for so long. I'll be 19 weeks on Sunday. What!!! That is a week shy of half the pregnancy! It's so nice to know that I am almost halfway there.

I kept it a secret for so long because I wanted to wait to tell my Dad on his birthday. (Which was really killer. My SIL and I threw a huge surprise 60th birthday party. We had guest driving 6 hours to attend and he was completely clueless. We surprised him with family members, a new grandchild, and all his co-workers and church friends for a dinner that night. He is never going to trust me again. Not really sure if he ever has. Like I said, I've been "omitting" information from people a lot lately).

But my Dad's birthday was the first weekend of March. I had barely started blogging again and didn't want to start with that. Plus, if I kept it a secret for so long, why not wait two weeks until the next ultrasound and share the news from that, too.

Yesterday was our ultrasound and we are having another girl! It's going to be so much fun. Chiquita is so excited. She came to the ultrasound with us. It was a little funny actually. She was hoping for a little brother. So, when he told us a girl, I kinda looked at the doctor liked "really?" I had wanted a girl, but was hoping for a boy for Chiquita. I was really bummed because she was so bummed.

Once we went back to school and Chiquita told her class, she was really excited. Tonight, she got to feel the baby move for the first time. When I ask her about it, I get the "geez Mom" role of the eyes and shake of the head. I can't wait until we start shopping and she gives me her opinions about decorating the room and baby fashions.

Well, that is my big secret. Not really a double life, but definitely a big change to our lives. The baby is due in mid August, if you are wondering. No, we have not picked a name. Even when we do, I'm not sharing it. Sorry family members. And because I reserve the right to be a pissy pregnant woman. Muah ha ha.