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Sister Day and Projects

Doesn’t Niva look super comfy? Silly girl!

Black and white Siberian Husky laying on the floor

She only escaped our house twice this past week, so she’s doing pretty good 😉

She and I had a therapy visit at our favorite school for Deaf children this week. It feels like home being there with all those wonderful kids. I love watching Niva work her therapy dog magic and turn everyone’s (staff and teachers included) day around and put a smile on their faces. And fur on their clothes lol. I am forever apologizing about that! (more…)

Pregnancy Diary: Morning Sickness

Wednesday July 17th, 2024

I left off in my last pregnancy diary post saying I felt queasy for the first time and man has morning sickness hit hard. Since the beginning of July, I haven’t been able to drink coffee, eat vegetables, sweets, or really much of anything besides crackers and meat. How random is that?!

Mornings and evenings are the worst for feeling nauseous. If I get too hungry, it’s game over and I can only lay on the couch and eat crackers until I get something in my stomach. So, foods that are okay right now are eggs and cheese on toast in the morning and graham crackers with a tiny bit of peanut butter.

In the day, I can eat somewhat normally–really bland or plain meat and a baked potato for example. At night, I can only stomach crackers. It has been a struggle to say the least! I wrote a note in my phone on July 9th that said this:

I am lacking ME and my spark. Just really struggling with food and mentally not feeling like me. I’m tired! This is the worst I’ve had morning sickness. Trying so hard to have a fun summer for the kids!

Yeah, that about sums up life right now. I miss feeling like myself. Jimmy has asked me so many times “What’s wrong?!” and I realize I’m totally devoid of emotion. Nothing is wrong… I’m just blah feeling. I can’t stand the smell of Jimmy’s cologne, I hate toothpaste and gum, I’m hungry all the time but can’t think of anything to eat. It’s just weird. But it’s worth it a million times over! (more…)