CR-V

So... we knew we needed at least one SUV with 4WD capability when we moved out here, but we didn't quite foresee the need for 2, until we had our first winter. The snow comes a bit more frequently than anyone reported to us... aka every single week since October 9th. We bought the jeep last year and it has been a great car. Perfect in the snow and ice. The problem is, we have a one car garage and whoever gets home last parks in the back of the other car and then the person who leaves first, takes that car. It isn't consistent who is in the jeep and who is in the civic. I, apparently, am a big weenie when it comes to snow and ice and I am bad at driving in them. I wring my hands constantly when Matt takes the civic out in bad weather and I drive like a 150 year old in my own funeral procession when I have it. We were hoping to find something comparable in age and mileage to the civic and make a trade, but my generous father offered to chip in (a LOT) and help us get a new one. it's so shiny and pretty! Thanks Dad!!

and NO this is not the next step on the way to a minivan...

we are hoping 2011 and 2012 will not include a car purchase for us!

bump

i don't think it really counts yet. for 19 weeks pregnant, i look more like i ate a giant meal at melting pot. which right after this photo was taken, i did.

Prenatal Vitamins

Really... who thought these were a good idea? It's so exciting to buy your first pack of prenatals, finally thinking about starting a family. Scary, exciting, intimidating... then you take your first prenatal vitamin and quickly change your mind. They are almost always pepto bismal pink, almost an inch long, and have an indescribable nasty odor. Once they hit your stomach, you are immediately a little queezy. You start to wonder, oh no, could I already be pregnant? Within 10 minutes you are passed slightly nauseated and you are ready to bend over the toilet. You have horrible heart burn and you start belching. And not just small little burps, loud, noisy, smelly, gurgly, grandpa burps. At this point you are completely convinced you are pregnant and are on your way to target for a 3 pack of pregnancy tests. After peeing on the 2nd stick, you realize "oh yeah! I took a prenatal vitamin this morning." With your own elevated blood pressure and husband with a migrain, you eat a little something and all symptoms subside. Only to wake up the next morning to a similar scenario. This continues for several weeks until you have no money left to spend on pregnancy tests.
once pregnant, prenatal vitamins become just that. PRE natal. There is no chance of keeping these disgusting, massive, nausea inducing monsters down when you are already spending more than half of your day hugging the toilet bowl. You lie to your doctor, "of course I am taking my vitamins..." You try a few rounds of flinstones vitamins only to puke those up and realize that there isn't much worse than vitamins the 2nd time around (except maybe broccoli).