March 17, 2013

 Not much happened this week.  Just playing and cleaning and getting to all our appointments.  One highlight of the week was "Pi" Day on 03.14.  Jeremy's office has a tradition of everyone bringing in pies to share.  I made a gorgeous apple pie for him to take and unfortunately there were no leftovers.  I guess I get to make another one if I want a piece.

 Here's Annie playing her favorite game "Hi-Ho Cherry-O".  She is really good at counting the fruit and loves that there is a family game she can play "like a big girl", on her own without assistance.

 We were visited by a leprechaun early Sunday morning.  He left a trail of rainbow Skittles leading to a small treasure in the family room.  The girls were so excited to see all the green treats and to eat sugary cereal for breakfast.  Annie was so excited, she ate her cereal right out of the box instead of in a bowl!

 One day the girls decided to have a picnic in their bathroom with all their stuffed animals.  They set up a nice and cozy picnic spot on the soft rugs and enjoyed their lunch by "moonlight"; they turned off the main lights, shut the door, and turned on the nightlight.  They thought it was so funny.  I love Annie's cheesy Cheeto grin.

Since the beginning of this pregnancy I have lost my last two living grandparents, my great aunt, and a friend of ours close to our age is slowly dying of pancreatic cancer.  Plus a childhood friend of mine lost her newborn baby to an undiagnosed lung disease.  I have had a lot of anxiety about death and leaving Jeremy alone to raise our children and/or losing Jeremy and/or losing the baby.  This has been a difficult pregnancy emotionally and it has been hard to feel like myself and find happiness and peace during quiet moments.  My sweet sister-in-law sent me this Box of Sunshine to help cheer me up this week.  It was fun to get something just for me.  And it certainly helped bring some sunshine into our home.  I only have about 10 days left before baby arrives and I am trying hard to be happy and relaxed for my family's sake.  There is so much to be thankful for and happy about.