Pumpkin Patch 2013

                                                          Kristoffer a couple minutes before his attitude

                                                                          25wks 2days pregnant with Erik

                                                   "I don't want a pumpkin! Baby doesn't need one either!!!!"

                                                                           We were trying for a family shot

                                                       Hey at least Mike and I decided we wanted a pic!

 I got a little pumpkin to paint on while Mike got one to carve. The one he got is a fraction of the size he wanted to get.

This is the pumpkin Kristoffer got from Bizi Farms. Hopefully he wants to paint it. It's already starting to go bad =(

Day by day

     I'm almost 25 weeks pregnant and I feel like it too. This pregnancy and the one with Kristoffer are polar opposite. This baby is way more active and a lot lower than Kristoffer was. I use to be able to do 50 million things in a day but that's not the case right now. So I've decided to spread out all the things I could do in one day over the coarse of a couple days. I find it much easier on myself and I don't really have pelvic pressure now. I have to do dishes, vacuum and walk the dogs everyday. I may skip a day here and there on the dogs walk since my path is 2 miles. I've learned to listen to my body and the baby more. I feel more relaxed and not really rushed since I started spreading out my workload. At this point in my pregnancy with Kristoffer I was still working in the grocery department at Wal-Mart stocking the shelves and moving freight. 

     I've read some of the blogs from a friend and her sister about taking a step back. Which I say helps a lot. Especially since between the 2 of them they have 5 boys and soon I will have 2 boys. Mike is preparing Baby Erik's room to be painted soon. I've haven't pressured Mike into getting the baby's room done asap cause we still have some time. I'm sure over the next 6 weeks or so his room will be completed. Kristoffer's attitude has improved a tad. We are tackling it day by day. If he has a bad attitude day at bed time we tell him he needs his rest and tomorrow we can shoot to have a better day than today.

     I would like it to be December already cause we are suppose to get new windows then. We are on a long wait list to get them done but they can do them in one day. So that will be nice to have. While I would strive to be supermom and super everything I realized it's not possible. I can come close and that's ok. My main priorities are Kristoffer, Baby Erik, Me, Mike and my pets. While Kristoffer is at school and Mike is at work I can focus on me and baby. I can also walk the dogs in that time cause I'm focusing on my dogs and my health at the same time. Spreading myself thin doesn't help anyone. So making a list and taking it day by day is what I'm going to do.