Thanks for the thoughts...

Since we spilled the news of my pregnancy to our family and friends a few weeks ago, I have had an outpour of imput from people.  Lots of opinions on how to go about birth and dealing with two children.  Thanks for all your thoughts but I am at a point now where I can't handle hearing anymore criticism, opinions and suggestions from anyone.  Be it negative or positive, I am tired of feeling inadequate as a parent and as a woman because of someone else's ideals.  Being at a very hormonal stage of my pregnancy, I am at a point where I will burst into tears over someone's stupid comments. 
So my conclusion is now to not discuss parenting, birth or pregnancy with anyone aside from my husband and a very select few people (you will know who you are).  What choices that Laurence and I make this time are about us and our growing family and what is in all of our best interests.  So when it comes to my life, details are on a need-to-know basis for now.  I will start to post again one I have regained a level mind.
Good Bye for now,
Carlee

Shopping with a toddler...

This weekend, we went grocery shopping with Anomantia and she stayed in the cart the whole time (this never happens).  After the grocery store, we made a quick stop at the Body Shop for some lotion, Anomantia insisted on coming inside with Nadia and I.  While we were in the store she made a point of making a break for it every two seconds until I discovered a bin full of shower puffs at her height.  All of a sudden she was thrilled to have something to play with while I paid for my lotion and waited on Nadia.  When Anomantia realised that her dad wasn't with us, she started heading for the door again, totally ignoring the puffs.  Meanwhile I had purchased one for her... mine is kind of old and needs to be thrown away anyways.  I gave it to her outside of the store, she took one look at it and started back into the store to put it back giving me a dirty look like "mum, don't you know we're not supposed to take stuff that isn't ours".  I found it so funny and the ladies in the store were certainly amused with her behaviour.  At least she knows (maybe) not to shoplift.  She has all sorts of quirks that make my life so interesting right now.  And I know that we are sure thrilled with who she is.

Gardening

Today we started off going to Canadian Tire to get a thatching rake for the lawn and ended up coming out with a bunch of other stuff and not a thatching rake.  We came home and started in on our garden, getting the greenhouse all ready and planting in the front planter.  After her nap, Anomantia, decided to join me outside in the greenhouse.  I was in the middle of installing our new in-planter watering system in the greenhouse.  Anomantia managed to dig it all up before I even got it totally installed so I had to start from scratch again.  The same went for the seeds I tried planting.  Meanwhile she managed to eat two fist fulls of potting soil and a few seeds too, dropped one marker between the slats in the floor and starting planting rocks in with my already planted seeds.  My conclusion is that gardening with an almost 17 month old should be avoided when in tight quarters, with the exception of the little dirt covered hands on my shoulder and little face leaning in to say "hi" and "what's up?" every few minutes.  And her helpful ways of pulling twigs out of my potting mix and licking the excess dirt off the twigs before throwing them on the floor.

too long...

I guess that leaving this for two months is just too long.  We have changed, done and accomplished so much in a couple of months. 
In March, everything was a bit of a blur and all I remember is working lots and hanging out with Anomantia on my weekends as Laurence worked his butt off to get the business off the ground.  Laurence and Anomantia made a trip to the coast to visit his parents while I stayed home and worked.  I know I swore that I would never allow it and believe me it was a brutal seven days without my family.  I will NEVER do that again. 
In April, we opened our arms to Nadia, Laurence's cousin from Denmark who is staying with us here in Gurneyland for awhile before heading to visit more family on the coast.  For Easter long weekend/ Nadia's birthday, we went to the W.E.M. and had a blast in the waterpark and exploring the city.  Anomantia is finally feeling better after her first (and hopefully her last) ear infection.  She is growing into such a wonderful girl.  And the best part of April, we found out that we are expecting again.  Ironically I have the exact same due date as I did with Anomantia.  
And now it is May, with mother's day and Laurence's birthday approaching, we have absolutely no plans in the works, as we don't celebrate these two holidays.  Laurence doesn't like to celebrate his birthday so that is by his choice and well, mother's day always seems to be just forgotten except for the phone call to my MIL. 
We are all keeping busy now that the warm weather has arrived and I realised that there really are only two seasons here: winter and construction.  Because when one ends the other begins again, there is no in between or peace and quiet... Perhaps that is why I like the winter so much.  Even after six months of white stuff, I am ready for the spring but already being so warm, it jumps straight into full blown construction.
On my drive home tonight, I saw a hotel on fire.  There were five fire engines and several police cars there to control the scene already.  I had never seen a building on fire in person before.  The air quality was poor and smokey and the visibility was limited.  It was a unique experience, one which I hope I will never have to relive.

I will leave on a upbeat note, we are going for our first ultrasound on the 11th of May and I am looking forward to seeing my little sea monkey.