Somehow Only Six Months...

One thing I have not been very good about this time around is taking pictures of the baby bump and keeping up with my journal. (Not that I kept up with a journal the first time around. At least I'm consistent.)

Marc's Grandpa Ed is almost 93 years old and he is a spry, lucid 93.  Every time I see him I am amazed that he's still going so strong.  Unfortunately, he was admitted into the hospital a few days ago for high blood pressure (just decided he didn't want to take his medication anymore) and after a few days in the hospital, the decision was to send him to a home in Melbourne, FL where he will be close to family.  I've had pictures printed out that I've been meaning to send him and now I feel a sudden urge to hurry.  I also wanted to include a picture of the latest bump so he can see how big Baby Boy Woodstuff is getting.

At any rate, since I was taking photos for him, I thought I would post one here so I can sort of feel like I'm keeping a journal.  I've been feeling a lot better lately - Finally!  I'm tired, of course, but the all-around head fog and nauseousness are gone.  I feel huge, though, so when I saw the photos I took tonight, I thought - that's it?!  Man, I feel like a really large and really tight ball all the time.  Its amazing that its actually just a really small, tight ball.  My face is not small, however, and gaining in size.  One of my least favorite side effects of pregnancy.  Let's imagine for a minute what it will look like at nine months.  Ew, nevermind. Yuck!

Renter's Paradise

I'm sure many or most of you have at one time or another heard me complain about or otherwise be embarrassed of my apartment.  I'm 31.  I'm a wife and a mother of nearly two kids and I've never owned a home.  It makes me feel small and inadequate and a completely fake adult.

This makes me feel better.  A little...

http://www.thenester.com/content-to-rent/confessions-of-a-reluctant-renter

Book Reviews

I've read quite a few books already this summer (don't ask me what I'm escaping from) and have a few that I really think are worth mentioning.  Most are great reads about finding out about yourself, which I'm really into these days.

The Linen Queen, by Patricia Falvey
First is a book set in Northern Ireland during WWII.  A beautiful woman dreams of leaving Ireland and finding something better, even if it means being selfish.  Before she can follow her dream, however, the war finds its way to her town.

Heart of the Matter, by Emily Griffin (author of Something Borrowed)
This book follows two very different women, save for the fact that they are both mothers.  One is married to a successful pediatric surgeon the other is a single mother.  They both have to take a good look at their own heart and make serious, painful decisions about love.  This book was difficult for me to read, only because I couldn't relate to both sides, only the one.  It was heart-wrenching, yet eye-opening.  It makes you take a good look at your own heart.

Sister, by Rosamund Lipton

This book was GOOD.  Frightening, sickening, and yet you couldn't put it down.  It reads as a letter from an older sister to a younger sister, who has gone missing.  As she returns to their home in England determined to find her and figure out what happened, she finds herself realizing more and more about herself and her sister than she ever knew and winding up in the same dangerous position.  Could. Not. Put. It. Down.

The following is a children's book that I ordered after reading amazing reviews.  Cute, very cute.  Rosslyn LOVES it.

Press Here, by Herve Tullet

Adorable book that reads as an interactive game.  I honestly think Rosslyn believes she had some say as to what happened to those dots!