The Sleepness Night Before the First Day of School Jitters

So Rachel started at a new school today! Yea!!! NO MORE OF THE OTHER DUMB SCHOOL!!! Anyway, my friend Kim is a Kindergarden teacher there and her daughter Ryan is Rachel's best friend! So thanks to my friend Kim, we were able to sign Rachel up into Rolling Meadows Elementary and we are all so really thrilled! She was so nervous and excited last night. She went to bed at 8:30 and about 9 I heard "Mom..." so I went in to see her for a minute. Then around 10 I heard "Mom...", so again, I checked on her. Then just after 10:30 Noah and I had finished a little bowl of cereal for our nightly snack and on my way to my room I heard "Mom...I can't sleep." Around 4:30 this morning, I felt Rachel touching my arm waking me up and saying "I can't get back to sleep." Of course I reassured her she would be fine and to wait for her alarm to wake her up..and she did! She used her own alarm for the first time! (It's so loud it woke us all up!)

My wonderful dinner...

I invited myself over to my friend Cami's house for dinner tonight! She has no idea how much it meant to me that I got to eat their food tonight! When I start feeling better I'll be giving more food to them again too.

A little baby happy...

I admit...I broke down yesterday and got a little baby happy and bought some clothes. They were all on sale of course and my friend Kim totally encouraged me that it was a good thing! Not to mention, one girl passed us up and heard us talking about when I'm due and out how old the baby will be this time next year. The girl passing us said "I have twins and I ALWAYS buy their clothes for next year NOW when they're on sale! I have saved so much $ doing it this way, especially for our budget with 4 children!" So obviously that helped me to justify every little bit of that $35 that I spent for the FUTURE! I don't feel guilty one bit! I'm so excited at my frugal spending. It's a great feeling! And it was soooo fun! Like I said, I got a little baby happy.

The Morning After Chili Dog Feast

I guess what I thought was a great dinner idea that tasted so heavenly actually has had a slight curse to my bowel system over night and this morning. My favorite canned WOLF BRAND CHILI always left me with a little gasiousness the next day. Now that I'm pregnant I thought I could get away with that. But NO! Monetzuma's revenge still exists! Last nights dinner was heavenly...and this morning it hasn't 'smelled' or felt so heavenly. I thought I found something that I could enjoy eating...but I guess that will have to be in moderation too. How many more weeks/months do I have left????

Rachel got her ears pierced!

We finally did it! We got her ears pierced! She was so excited all morning and couldn't wait to get there. Her friend Caitlin came with us. We picked a pair of really cute white CZ's that sparkle so pretty! Of course she made herself nervous and anxious for the big awaited moment and then when it came she was cringing with "pain". She was more horrified that there was a little bit of pain associated with it...But by the time we left she had started unwinding and calming down so she was able to finally relax and realize the pain wouldn't last forever. She was excited to go get an ice cream...but then thought she didn't really want one, so she just went and played at Caitlin's instead! She had so much fun getting them today! And I heard her say that when she has a little girl she's going to let her get her ears pierced when she's 8 years old, just like her mom did and just like she did!

Mmmm...Chili Dogs!!

So I never thought I'd actually end up eating 2 chili dogs in a row, but tonight they were the best tasting thing ever! Just the way I like them...half of a bun, a couple of large spoonfuls of chili drenched over the dog, DILL relish (not the sweet junk!) shredded cheese to melt on top and of course the fun of drizzling mustard in a pretty row back and forth from the top to the bottom!!!!! The first one was so satisfying that I had to make another one. Luckily, I haven't thrown up....