back from the dead

okay, maybe that's a little dramatic.... but, i'm not kidding this has been a rough pregnancy so far. i hate to even say that, because i have so many friends who would love to be pregnant regardless of the "side-effects".

however, this past week i feel like a mama bear coming out of hibernation. and let me tell you, it feels SO good. i feel like a new person. can you tell i'm happy! i've been able to wean myself off of the two medications that i've been taking and although the nausea is still present sometimes, it's manageable. i feel like if i'm very conscious about trying to eat every hour and make sure to get enough sleep i do pretty good. plus, i'm feeling better about 5-10 weeks earlier than i did with either of my other pregnancies. i will take that any day!

spring is here! the sun has been out, the tulips are budding and i've starting cleaning my disgusting house that has gone to pot over the past 10 weeks. matt thinks i'm crazy, but i couldn't stand the sight of our back yard anymore either. yesterday was so beautiful and warm, we got out there and cleaned up the yard which was covered in chewed up toys, branches, pine needles, garbage, and hay (from the installation of the fence). i mowed, or rather vacuumed up the grass and as silly as it sounds it makes think we'll get through this puppy stage with asha without her ruining everything. it looks much better after being cleaned up!

i love this warm weather. after church today we headed over to the school to play. the time has come that jack needs (and is fully capable) to learn how to ride a bike. he has great balance on his strider bike and we've been talking a lot about having confidence in yourself. well, he did it! i am so proud of him. i know how hard it is for him to try new things and he was not excited about this new adventure. matt was able to let go of him and he could ride by himself. we're going to practice every day while it's warm! he thought it was really cool how much faster he could go! sophie now gets to ride the strider and is scared, but i know she'll pick up on it really fast.

on another note, matt and i booked a trip to mexico. we got an amazing deal and decided to just go for it. our new passports arrived in the mail yesterday! i was a little sad to give up my old one, but hopefully our new ones will have more stamps than our old ones... here's to hoping at least. we're calling this a "babymoon". we've never left the kids more than one night since jack was born. it will be fun and i think the right amount of time... 5 nights. the kids will be in very capable hands and i'm sure will have a great time with their cute sitter! we're planning to do... nothing! we're going to sit on the beach and read and read some more. oh, we might try to do one of the zip lines if they'll let me.

i know it's going to snow again, but i'm just enjoying this warm and sunny weather so much!