April Fools!

Were you pranked today? I was, at work none the less--by my boss and his boss doing a tag team. So not even funny. I can't get into too much detail other than they had me thinking a check for more than several hundred thousand dollars was being returned. Not funny if you don't work at a bank, but soooo not funny today. I told my boss today the war has begun. He messed with the pregnant girl and has no idea how nasty we can get. (Insert evil laugh here!) The war is on and his office will have something horrible done to it. I am trying to decide what to do and am tempted to contact our tech department to enlist their help. Evil geeky genius may be necessary!

Easter Prep

Paige and I went to my parent's on Saturday to enjoy the nice weather and dye some Easter eggs. Miss Paige is finally big enough to do a lot of it unassisted; especially with her handy egg grabber.

We also made a new bunny to replace the one that was 'retired' last year. He was 27 years old and had seen better days. He's been spruced up a few times; but needed to go. So we made this new fellow out of a milk carton, a bit too large styrofoam ball and a gazillion cotton balls. He needs some minor ear adjustments but looks good.

Gramma also has an 'Easter tree' that gets decorated with the little bunnies, birds, etc. Everyone should have one--why limit yourself to one tree to decorate at Christmas?

16 weeks

I had a doctor appt today and all is well with version 2.0. That's the name I chose today; since its baby #2 and I am sure it will another clone of Cowboy--regardless of its a boy or girl. Speaking of names, Cowboy just asked me about a name. That's good--however I was questioning the spelling since it could be a boy or a girl. He goes and grabs the Maxim magazine and shows me the girl whose name it is. Nice. For the record, Peyton is not an option.

But the appt went well and the heartbeat was 150--so girl range. That's pretty much means nothing too me since that's not always accurate. We scheduled my ultrasound for April 21st; so we'll know in less than a month!

Cooperation? Not.

Don't you just see this and know she's thinking "Mom, get the *&% camera out of my face."

I was merely trying to get a picture of her cute dress that she was super excited about. She even said I could take the picture, then 2 seconds later, that thought was over before I could even get the lens cover off.

Signs of Spring

It was a gorgeous day today and if you ignore the weather forcast for the weekend; its possible to believe its spring! The picture below was taken 3-6-2010 of a robin, I think, taking a bath in the ice cold puddles. It gave me hope spring might be coming!

We had a busy weekend and attended a small portion of the state class A girls BB tournament. Paige and I went and watched her hero play some basketball--they unfortunately lost, but it was awesome they made it as far as they did. Plus, Paige got to see Dani and that is always worth a trip.

On the way home from Bismarck, we acquired a fish. Its attempt number 2 at a fish; so here is hoping this one lives for more than a week. So far, its day 4 and we are doing good. Someone discovered tonight she could make 'fishy faces at the fish.'

Think spring--bunny ears! Another source of enjoyment was the bunny ears we purchased for $1--gotta love Target. Anything that makes us smile for the camera is worth it! She likes to stand in front of the window; so its hard to get a good picture, but its still fun!

From the mouth of future big sister

May I begin with almost every sentence this week has started out with, "You know what would be a good (or great) idea?" Then she expands on her thought. If you reply back, you get that same sentence before her next though. I think her word quota has quadrupled this week.

" I think the baby's crib should go right next to my bed." I guess it doesn't matter that her room is the size of a shoebox, she wants to share!

"Is the baby still in your tummy?" She asks this every day.

"The baby can't be a boy--you and I are girls." No arguing with this one.

"Do we have food for the baby? Do we have milk for the baby? Do we have. . ." The list gets bigger and I am amazed at what she thinks of.

These are just a few that I have actually remembered in this crazy week. Its been a busy one and Paige and I are off tomorrow to go watch basketball in Bismarck for a day or two and see Dani. They made it to state and its very exciting. The excitement today was the new box of clothes that the UPS man finally delivered. I am so happy I have a girl, and happy I have a girl who dove into that box with all the gusto that I did. She has tried on all 3 pairs of shoes and oohed and ahhed over everything. Its so much fun shopping for girls!

All by myself

I am all by myself. No child, no husband. The quiet is almost eery. I was rejoicing yesterday after Paige was taken to her grandparents for the weekend. No real reason why, other than they all missed each other and wanted to see each other. That works. I came home after work in a vehicle with no little person, no car seat, etc. Then I sat in the living room in the coveted chair with the big blanket and watched what I wanted to watch on TV for a change. No cartoons and no man shoes. Bliss.

Then one hour passes and I was tired of that and lonely. Texted the cowboy to see where he was. He was taking the late shift calving at work so his boss could see his kid at a tournament. Super nice of him. Bad for me. I didn't know what to do with myself. And of course, had no energy to actually do anything other than wallow in my boredom. How sad and pathetic!

So today I am actually accomplishing things and running errands. I am going to the ranch with Cowboy tonight; since I haven't been there in months and it'd be nice for him to have some company up there for once. I am frying chicken as we speak for supper to take with us and have tons of snacks packed for my always increasing appetite. Here is hoping he doesn't ditch me for the cows and I have another lonely night!