For your Amusement

I have seen a lot of bickering and whining and crying this week.  And most of it wasn't even ME!  Somehow, not having the older 2 around has allowed Callie and Delaney to hone their teasing skills on each other.  Add to this the change of routine and all that, and I have dealt with more than my share of unhappy girls. Some days I want to pull out my hair.  Why can't we just be friends?!

Yep, this is the sad, crying face I saw a lot of.  Note that I have already bribed her with a candy to get her cooperation.  I think we were late and I needed to get her out the door so I could drop her off at the babysitter so I could go see the OB.  (All is well, a strong healthy heartbeat of  150-160 beats)  Delaney has just been feeling extra fragile lately.

This is just for you my friends!  I know, people keep looking at me like I'm going to drop this kid any second.  I wish!  However, No, my official due date is Sept 27.  I have 7 weeks officially to go.  I'm just big. Shockingly, I have only gained 18lbs as of Friday, and at least 8 of it will be baby.  I do not know why I resemble whale proportions.  And if you didn't have perfect genes, and were on baby #5, I expect you'd look like a water retaining sea cow as well.  No, I'm not sensitive at all!!  And I think I look a bit bigger because Callie took this picture of me and its from her perspective.   That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

Back to the teasing and crying thing.....  As I was doing my hair this morning, 3 minutes before we needed to walk out the door to church, Callie somehow threw an empty water bottle at Delaney and nailed her around the eye.  I heard the "I'm really hurt" cry and hustled downstairs to see this lovely cut below her eye. It bled a little and puffed a little (and looked a lot worse than this shot conveys), and we eventually made it out the door to church.  One of my pet peeves is that this ward starts a good 10 minutes late (yes, EVERY Sunday!), but today I was glad.  It meant we were there well before the meeting started even though we were technically late.

This is Callie.  Her new favorite movie is "Spirit, Stallion of the Cimmeron" and she has watched it every day now.  I have not let her watch any TV since we got home, so this video is about all the tv she gets.  The funny thing is that it is a sad movie.  Every time she watches it, she cries.  She is so sweet and tenderhearted. Sometimes I have to sit with her.  It makes her so sad, but she loves to watch it.  Go figure!