Depressing

Brayden found my little book of senior pictures the other day and that is now one of his favorite things to do....."look" through those pictures. Well, so of course I started to look through them and being the raging ball of horomones that I am presently I had a meltdown.


That picture is depressing. Not because it was taken Summer of 2003, but because I had a waist. I barely had a belly. Those pants were a 14 from American Eagle.

Now granted in 5 years I've gotten two beautiful babies, well soon enough two, and I did go away to college and obviously gained more than the freshman 15.

I will get back to that. Come hell or high water and working my ass off. I want to be a 14/16 again from AE, I want to be able to wear all of those jeans that I bought with dad's money. It's wishful thinking but ya know what, it can be done without medical intervention, it'll be damn hard but it can be done.

okay. I'm done being sad.

Thank God for peach puffs

I love pickles. Oh I could eat pickles all day long. I basically did such when I was pregnant with Brayden but this time around I haven't had that many. I haven't had one in a long time period to think of it.

No one really understands by "fetish" with pickles except that they thought Brayden would come out green and bumpy because of all I ate.

I seem to have passed this extreme love of some food object on to Brayden.

This child ABSOLUTELY LOVES Gerber's peach puffs.

Hand him any other puff. he may or may not eat them. Put some peach ones in front of him and he can't shovel them in fast enough.

Ya know what though? Peach Puffs are a little hard to find in my area. I have to drive up to Tennessee to the Wal Mart there just to get him some. Thankfully Aunt NiNi stocked us up on some two weeks ago but alas that was two weeks ago and along with the two containers we bought him as well, he has only half of one left.

I have to admit I don't blame him for liking the peach ones....the others just seem bland to me but these bad boys have some flavor!

Who couldn't

Seriously, I'm lucky enough to have that beautiful little boy to wake up to in the mornings but add in this face and swoon, it makes my heart melt.

Is this last year all over again?

So even though I am already preggers, I figured I'd play along and give this online preggo test a try and this is what it had to say.....


http://www.thepregnancytester.com/


Brittni, you're going to be the proud parent of a baby boy, and just look- isn't he just so damn cute! Based on our remote test results, your beautiful baby boy will weigh about 6 lbs, 6 oz and have brown hair and hazel eyes. Truly a Wonder To Behold!

and the father is......


You little whiskey-sippin' momma, you succumbed to the slick, double-dealin' charm of Boss Hogg. Your child will probably grow up to be a Lord (slum or war).




Righttt... but honestly do you think I could be having another boy?? I mean after all Brayden was a girl to start out with and just 2 months prior to having him did I find out that she was a he.


hmm

New shift?

Starting on Monday there will be a new adjustment in our household...

Brad will be going to 2nd shift. Of course that means overtime and essentially more money but it also means one hell of a wonky schedule. 3:00pm-11:00pm everyday. I looked at Tater and told him "looks like it will be just you and me for dinner from now on."

I may bring Brad some every once in a while. We'll see.


So Aunt NiNi, be prepared for Tater and Brittni visits on some of the Saturdays that he does work.

Ten on Tuesday

1) At just a few days shy of 29 weeks, I am ready to not be pregnant anymore. I love it don't get me wrong, but my waddle makes penguins envious and I have stretchmarks in places I didn't even know you could get them o_O

2) I really admire Monica in all that she has been through. Not just recently with the whole infertility thing but everything that she has been through since she was born. I don't think she really realizes how much I look up to her because of her strength to push through.

3) Anyone want a kitten???? They are free and need homes!

4) I so lovingly allowed Brayden to end up with a hole in his head last night....its not bad, it was horrible last night, but the little daredevil that he is thought he could walk last night and before I got to him "wham" on to the corner of the subwoofer for my computer.

5) I still have issues with the fact that soon Brayden will be a year and then shortly after that I will have another one to tend to and love.

6) I'm still also having issues with sharing my love. It seems impossible because Brayden is my little boy, the love of my life and yet I'm bringing him a sister into this world.

7) Johnny Depp does NOT look like himself in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I will forever see him as Captain Jack Sparrow.

8) I miss my mom. I hate the fact that the only ways she sees Brayden grow up are on webcam and through pictures. It's nothing against her I just wish that she was closer so that Brayden could actually have a maternal grandparent that would want to see him on a regular basis.

9) I have a serious craving for chili cheese fries. And no cottage cheese and olives is not disgusting!

10) My dog Sophie is such a pansy. She literally is all bark and no bite. She'll growl at you if she doesn't know you but it is usually behind the recliner or on the opposite side of the room as you with her tail between her legs. She must have really lost her braincells when she got hit by that truck.

Stay at home mom

When I got pregnant with Brayden, we knew that I wouldn't be able to stay at home with him full time and that I must, at some point, return to work. We did discuss though, because at the time Brayden wasn't supposed to have a sibling for quite some time, that when I got pregnant with the second child that I would become a stay at home mom. By then hopefully we would have our finances straightened out and we could be comfortable on just one income with me possibly working a little from home doing things online.

Granted that was just a plan.

Now, here I am, 28 weeks pregnant with Aslynn and I am a stay at home mom. Not by choice.

I worked for Brad's family who own their own appliance repair company. Its somewhat prominent here in the county and well, business has slowed down quite a bit. I worked there for almost two years and I never once saw it this slow. All of the repair companies around here are slow.

It's the economy. We all know that.

So, it seemed that my "in-laws" had no choice but to lay me off in hopes that it would be temporary. I don't think it will be. It's been this slow for almost two months now.

So now my days are spent nurturing my next little flower, tending to Brayden(my growing weed now), and being a "housewife".


With this also comes a sacrifice from Brad just make sure that we can get a little extra here and there. He's having to leave his maintenance position at work back to floor and possibly onto a different shift all so that he can get overtime on Saturdays since they weren't letting him on his current shift.


Everything happens for a reason and I am a firm believer in that and I know that it will be okay and that it will get a little easier once we adjust to this new lifestyle, but its going to be a bumpy road, but as long as my Tater and Aslynn are ok I'll be just fine.