I'm back.

Actually I've been back since Sunday night.

Vacation was good, got alot of good deals at the outlets and had a great time with my friend. It rained and was cold and dreary most of the weekend so we didn't even set foot on the beach but it was nice to be away and not have to worry about kids for a while. I wish I could have stayed longer but unfortunately Phil had to be back to work on Monday and I have no one to take the kids. I can't believe it came and went already. Seems like just yesterday we were planning this and thinking that it was SO FAR away.

Since I've been home my darling little 3 year old has regressed in his behavior. I would say that he was potty trained before I left with an occasional accident. Now he just poops and pees wherever he pleases. Today he pooped on his window sill. Not sure how he accomplished that one but I am sure it was quite the feat. Which also leads me to believe that this is done on purpose and he knows what he is doing 100%. When I asked him about it he grunted. He likes to grunt now. Maybe he's turning into an animal? That would certainly explain alot of his behavior. Also every night he has been having major meltdowns. And I mean MAJOR! All out screaming and yelling and having a fit. Last night he hit Emma with a toy and hurt her. I told him he had to go into the corner. He grunted and walked the other way. I went to pick him up and he wrapped his little hands around my wrist and began the scratch me until we got to the corner. Needless to say he got spanked and the corner. While standing in the corner he thought it would be funny to dump the whole new bowl of dog water all over the floor. He did his time (though he complained of wet hurting feet the whole time) and then had to clean up the water.

Not really sure what's going on with him. I don't know if it's because Emma is home full time and he needs to adjust to being around another kid. Or if its the baby showing herself in my belly more and him beginning to freak out about it. Or if he is just being a brat. Either way 4 days of it and I am so over it. Actually, I take that back. I think I'll let someone else deal with it and I'll go on another vacation!

Phil was so amazing with the kids while I was gone. He took them on a 6 mile bike ride and then to the zoo one day. Then the next day a friend asked him if he could fix their washing machine for them and he brought the kids along to play with their 3 yr old daughter. I did hear Ethan pushed the little girl but thankfully the parents are super nice and know that kids are kids and these things happen. It's embarrassing when it happens nevermind someone making you feel like your kid is evil.

I was able to fly back here with my sister who spent 3 days with us. I felt bad because we couldn't do much as I had a doctor's appointment and the landlord was here fixing things all day Monday. But it was nice to have some company.

We finished up swim lessons this week and Emma did amazing. She started off in the beginner class but caught on so quickly they had her trying and completing level 2. She was nervous to even get in the water on the first day and the last day she was jumping in the deep end without a float, going under coming up and swimming to the ladder ALL. BY. HERSELF. She is a really fast swimmer as well. All that extra height she has made her really fast. They are hoping to start new classes in July and I really want her to be enrolled in Level 3. She is doing so good I want her to keep it up. I feel like she is so old to be learning how to swim so it makes me really happy to see she picked it up so quickly. And her teacher is a doll. I love her. She could teach anyone to swim!

Ethan didn't learn a whole lot but they basically just got him comfortable with the water and swimming with the float on his back. That's all I could really ask for. I wasn't thinking he would come out of this knowing how to swim. He had a real fear of even being let go of in the water and now he will get in on his own and gladly hold onto the wall and occasionally bob off on his own with the float on.

The baby is growing and doing well. She is kicking away at all times of the day now. I have my 3 hr diabetes test on the 24th which should be interesting. 1. because I have bad veins and 2. because I have no one to watch my kids and they have to sit there with me for 3 hours. Thankfully the blood can be taken right at the doctors office and they are letting me have my appointment the same day so I only had to make one trip this month.

I think she has lodged herself up in my ribs because my right lower rib is killing me. It feels like she bruised it and my heartburn has increased 100% so she is wreaking havoc in there. 14 more weeks......14 more weeks.

And it should go by fast. I turn 30 next Friday. The Friday after that we leave for VT and stay for a week. The Monday we get back we start Emma on horse camp and possibly swim classes again. 11 year wedding anniversary. Then a few more weeks and we are off to NY for my SIL's baby shower. 2 weeks later school starts, then its just a matter of weeks before baby comes. Most summers seem to just drag on but this one will be very different.

Oh yah and my boy told me that my baby is getting so big that I can't climb stairs anymore. I told him he hasn't seen big yet. lol. I need to get some new pics up here. According to my scale I gained roughly 2 lbs. Which is good because it's the first weight I've gained the whole pregnancy and it's still under the lb a week. It may be more by my doctor's appt next week, but it will have been 5 weeks since I have been there so even if it's 3 or 4 lbs it's totally acceptable. If I can keep with the lb a week I will have gained about 16 lbs the whole pregnancy. and end up right around the same delivery weight that I was with my other two. Which is my goal, mostly because I don't want to be diabetic.

So I was pretty long winded this time. I will try to update more now that I'm home and things have calmed down for a bit.