Pain in the neck

I don't remember being this sore and tired when u was pregnant with Lacey.  I hate not being able to take anything for the pain.  I'm so ready to not be pregnant anymore,  but I'm not ready to have two.

Stress

I'm stressing about our trip. Do I have enough to keep Lacey busy? Are we going to make it there with our sanity? Can I get the house cleaned up before we go? Ahhh.... So much to do.

Bows bows bows

Now that we know we are having another girl I've been really wanting to make bows.  Lacey finally has enough hair to clip bows in but all the bows we have currently are on head bands.  I can't decide if I like bows with tails or just the plain bows.  I bought like 10 different fabrics,  so maybe I'll make different style bows in all the fabrics.

Oops...

I forgot I'm teaching tomorrow at church.  So I will be forgoing the blog post tonight.

Be still my heart

If you couldn't tell, Lacey is my whole world. There is just something so powerful about being a mom.  Something I never knew would happen when I had a cold of my own.  I love this little girl in a way I never knew existed.  The cool thing is that she loves me back.  I can comfort her when she needs comfort. I can kids her ouches all better. That's really cool.  I love being a mom.  It's so different then I imagined.  So much harder and tiring then I ever dreamed.  It's also the biggest blessing.  Being a mom has changed me,  in a good way.

She's an animal lover...

Today we made a quick stop at Petco because it was right next to Target. Lacey went crazy in there. She was running around looking at all the lizards, birds, mice, hamsters, and ferrets. She was pointing at all of them, and then she would try to kiss the glass cages. I'm just not a huge animal person, but I'm glad that our little trip was so much fun for her.

And we have food.

So... I don't know where our food stamps money goes sometimes.mlast month we ran out with almost 2 weeks to go. We have been trying to live off of the random odds and ends we have in our cupboards. Today our balance reset, which means that I got to go grocery shopping. I love having real food. I love having fresh and healthy snacks for both Lacey and I. I love having fruit everyday.

Towards the end of the trip Lacey was getting ready to be done. A sweet employee stopped and asked if she could give Lacey a cookie. What a life saver! She happily chewed down on that cookie the remainder of the trip.

Her favorite part about this store is the mechanical horse up front. She loves that thing. It runs off pennies and makes her smile every time we come.