This made me laugh

Afternoon in the backyard

It was a busy weekend as always. Lucy was ill with her first stomach bug but she recovered quickly, and we had a great time Saturday afternoon hanging out in our backyard.
There is something special about seeing your spouse being just wonderful with your child.
Moments like these are such fun.

I do love our small backyard.
When we bought the house there was no grass here. Soon after moving in we planted the lawn and I proceeded to work toward the garden I've always wanted to have. Three years in and I'd say we're doing pretty well.

Lucy Lucy Lucy

Lucy in mom's studio

I'm off to work at the gallery but figured it's not too late for me to post these two photos Tim took of Lucy.

Here she is in my studio---silly cutie girlie in her hippo pajamas.
And here is a photo with quite a face by my desk. So silly! I love her big eyes!!

Daily life

I'm getting my hair cut today!

Hooray!

(Funny how it used to take bigger things to get me excited...)

A little laughing and venting

This is a creative short video which made me laugh so I thought I'd share it.


Hope you enjoyed!

It was good for me to get a laugh out of pregnancy. Now I'm in the last weeks of my second trimester and have been having a rough time emotionally, sort of akin to a pre-partum depression. When our Lucy was born I remember feeling lighter physically (of course) but also emotionally. With the birth of our second girlie I hope I'll have a similar experience.

Pregnancy tends to give others a sense of license to do things otherwise considered inappropriate and I tend to internalize all of it. For example:

There was the bartender who rubbed my not-yet-showing belly under the table I was seated at when I told him why I had ordered a cranberry juice rather than my usual Lite beer.

There are the comments and questions about how much weight I've gained which I always take to mean something judge-y about me gaining too much weight to their perspective.

Numerous people have commented about my poor timing with this pregnancy. Of course I'm pretty thick to have chosen to be pregnant through the hot summer months due the first week of August.

Best, though, was last week when an acquaintance, after inquiring how many weeks I was and how much weight I have gained, took her leave by putting her hand to my cheek and turning my head away saying, "Keep your face away from the food." You'd have to assume I've gained 100 lbs. rather than the 12 I have. Ah well. People.

Thanks for reading while I commiserated. Sometimes it only takes a good vent!

All about Lucy

A few new shots of Lucy in the backyard.
She won't stay still!And she's such fun!