Longing for Naptime...

All I want to do is nap. So, it has been frustrating today that for some reason, sleep fails me. After trying unsuccessfully for 40 minutes to fall asleep, I gave up, ordered a large amount of pictures from Shutterfly, and surfed the internet.

I am finally starting to feel better with the pregnancy. I am only queasy in the afternoons, and trust me, after being queasy all day for several weeks, I will gladly settle for afternoon nausea. Ugh... Poor Jake has eaten more than I care to think about of processed foods since I was unable to stomach cooking for a while. We were sort of in "survival mode." We are trying to wean from the bottle. That's not going as well as planned because the little man won't drink milk (formula or real milk) from a cup. Now, juice is another story. Last night, we went to the Crab Shack for dinner and he downed 4 oz of juice like he might never have a drop of liquid again and wanted more. He probably drank another ounce or so of water. Milk? I don't think so. We're working on this...

This morning, Jake and I went for our first walk in a while. I'm telling you, it's been a rough few weeks of pregnancy around here. We spotted Pearl the Gator swimming in the lagoon. See if you can spot her. This wasn't taken this morning, but it's Pearl. We named her Pearl in honor of Pearl, Mississippi - home of Leann Rimes and her beady-eyed self. Seriously, no one normal has eyes like that.

The little man will be one next week, and it makes me all teary-eyed to think of that. The time has flown by. He is such a sweet little man, and I feel really blessed to be his mommy. I think that we are still a month or more away from walking. He takes his time starting something new, but when he does it, he seems to master it pretty quickly. I am in NO rush for walking. We have had such an easy time with Jake, the new baby is surely to be a hellion.

We are all settled in Savannah, and Jason is really enjoying the new job. I do miss my Mississippi peeps, though. I feel like that the group of friends I made there were unique in that we were all going through the same experience of having husbands in residency, having babies, etc. I wish that they all could have just packed up and moved here :) I also really miss taking pictures for people. That was perhaps one of the most enjoyable things about living there. I even had people I didn't know calling me because they had seen pictures I had taken for someone else. I really need to find a way to get back into that here.

Very soon, I will hopefully post some new recipes. I wasn't sure if anyone ever looked at those, but someone told me not too long ago that they enjoyed those and had made something I posted. I am trying a bunch of new stuff, so if anything is yummy, I will post. Warning: nothing is going to be low-fat or anything. I am a firm believer that pregnancy is a time to eat what you want. I'm not saying you have to belly-up to the ice cream counter or anything, but those girls who watch their weight by eating salads during pregnancy piss me off. I lost all the weight (plus some) before, and I will do it again after this bambino is born. For now, I will indulge and be very happy about it.