19 Weeks

Same mirror, different apartments (in some cases) and crappier lighting but overall looks like I've gotten better at sucking my stomach in.  This was based on the advice of my grandmother (RIP) who always said a lady must suck her stomach in.  In that last picture you can also clearly see that I already have two kids by the hand prints that are all over the mirror.

Violet

 Ivy

Baby Pee Pee Poo Poo

Pregnancy #3

I went back and re-read a few of my blog posts when I was pregnant with Violet and Ivy.   While I remember the morning sickness and (vaguely) some of the cravings, the rest of the symptoms have mostly been forgotten. This I imagine is mother natures way of making sure we keep procreating.  My third (and likely final?) pregnancy is not without its hiccups but unpleasant symptoms have not been part of it.  I felt fantastic in my first trimester and skirted morning sickness completely.  The round ligament pain has also kept at bay and I only began to gain weight after 20 weeks.  I even managed to stick to some sort of workout routine (even though my gym classes went from names like Body Sculpting to Better Bones for Osteoporosis).   This almost seems too good to be true.  You know what they say, "easy pregnancy, tough baby".  I actually just made that up but I bet it will be true.  One thing hasn't changed: I LOVE CAKE!

And then there were three...

When in E. Hampton...

When in E.Hampton... must go to Kmart to buy LOL dolls.  Because nothing in life is as wonderful as unwrapping those plastic layers to find a $.50 toy that cries, pees or spits.

NY Hall of Science

School Pictures (Kindergarten and 2nd Grade)

Home for the Holidays (Christmas Edition)

The kids and I were home between Christmas and New Years and we had to find fun indoor things to do since New York was hit with a Polar Vortex (or as the cool kids are now calling it: Bomb Cyclone). Here's a list (and some pics) of our adventures that week: Kalahari Water Park, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on Broadway, lots of lunches/dinners out, baking a pie that resembled an owl, family games (Monopoly was a big hit; Mouse Trap made my blood boil), Cat Cafe, Children's Museum of the Arts, getting our nails done, Red Hook Mini Golf and running rrrands (my personal favorite activity).

This photo was taken 10 minutes after Violet puked in the middle of Time's Square--what a trooper!

Breakfast at Tiffany's. (it was actually Luluc)

This apple pie tasted better than it looked. 

Ivy driving the getaway car as I got ready to run out on our dry cleaning bill.

The day I have been patiently waiting for: Violet and I get to have our hot drinks together on the couch.

Ivy stole $500 from me and then teamed up with Peter.  Whoever said cheaters never win has clearly never played with Ivy.

Aint no Santa like a TJ Santa