Monster Mash

I took Isaac to the Monster Mash downtown at the Gallivan Center today.  Dave had to go into work today to finish grades.  I did meet up with our good friends Jessi, Dalan and their daughter Quinn at the Trax Station.
Highlights:
~The "train" is always a big hit.  Trax is fun with kids.
~The pumpkin drop.  Isaac sat on Dalan's shoulders so he could see the firefighters go way up in their truck's ladder.  They stood in the bucket and threw pumpkins to their death far below.
~Dancing near the stage to some cover Devo and Beatles bands.  When I say "dancing," I don't mean Isaac, really.  He's slowed down on the thinking dancing is cool.  We're working on it.
~A miniature petting zoo.
~Feeling good enough to be out without feeling dizzy and nauseous today!  WOO HOO!
~Watching Quinn and Isaac interact.  They always crack me up together.  Isaac is usually Mr. Bossy Pants, but they can be totally goofy together, too.
~Spending time with our good friends!

Not so much highlights:
The booths were pretty lame, and only a few opportunities for "trick-or-treating."   I guess that was actually a  good thing in some ways = just a few pieces of candy for the bucket.
When Isaac is a little older perhaps he'll enjoy the arts and crafts section.  It looked like older kids were having fun making several different cute things.
It was a bit crowded at times, so there were lines to go to the more fun booths.  We just skipped those.
Also, with Isaac insisting on wearing only a bunny rabbit costume, this is about as much as I could do with my non-sewing skills.  He's a hybrid bunny/poncho/jackolantern (underneath the jacket.)  At least he stayed warm, right?

Silly

Just some quirky Isaacs:

Isaac wearing my socks by request.  See the heels on his calves? hehe

I bought Isaac a Horton the Elephant costume for Halloween.  I was excited to show him and when he saw it, he told me "I'm gonna be a bunny rabbit for Halloween."  What?  So I asked him if maybe we could just try it on.  "No mom, the plan is bunny rabbit."  I told him we didn't have a bunny costume.  "Let's get one from All-A-Dollar!"  Oh my.  He had a good plan.  Sometimes they sell that kind of crap there! (at least the ears.)  So I told him we'd look, but if we couldn't find one, he'd need to try on Horton.  He agreed.  We went a few days later and no luck.  He was still insistent on the bunny costume.  So, after several days of no luck with Horton, I asked Isaac what he should be if we can't find a bunny costume?  His reply?
"LIGHTBULB!" (holding his pointer finger up in the air)  "Mom, Mom, I have a great idea!  We can go to the BUNNY COSTUME SHOP!!!"
Of course.  Why didn't I think of going to the bunny costume shop? 
Yesterday we finally ventured down to the Costume Closet and found a perfectly awesome pair of $3 bunny ears.  He insisted that I be a bunny this year, too.  So, cheers to bunny.  Horton, you'll have to wait til next year.  You were a little huge anyway.

"Mom and Dad!  I have great news!  I love you all the way to the ceiling!"

One of many silly's from Tori's house (his main caretaker while we're working.)
"Jobee!  (the dog)  You're a big disgrace!"  He also has named Tori's neighbor's dog, "Garlic."  Dave takes Isaac for a short walk down the street everyday when he picks up Isaac, and Isaac calls this dog out every single time.  Why "Garlic?"  I have no idea.

12 weeks...well, almost.

Stats:
Antsy Pants level:   7.   I am getting a little ahead of myself, I'm not even  12 weeks til Saturday.  You don't technically start your third trimester til you are officially 13 weeks, but somehow being out of my first trimester sounds glorious, even though it's just an arbitrary number, really.
Anxiety Level:   3.   Well, I don't have my second prenatal appt. with my midwife until next Friday, so I am a little anxious to make sure everything is still going well.  I'd probably be more anxious if I didn't still feel extremely pregnant.  I am still sick (though it's waning just a little,) and my belly is most certainly growing.  I can especially tell because when I sleep, it's getting less comfortable to sleep full on my stomach (boo!  but YAY for proof of a growing baby!)
Big Brother cuteness factor:  10!  He is still so interested in the baby.  He has named the fetus "Baby McGee" with no prompting other than us asking him for a name.  He keeps telling us what kind of big brother he will be.  Among his priorities are:  holding the baby, hugging it, feeding it, teaching it, being silly with it, and playing with it.  Each morning, he asks "mom, how is baby McGee doing?"  He listens to my belly and tells me what "he's" saying.  He is QUITE insistent still that Baby McGee is a boy.  He really does not like us to challenge this.  I guess we'll cross that bridge only if we have to.  I guess about 6-8 weeks from now?
Comparisons:  Aside from the obvious size difference in my belly, this pregnancy is overall very similar to my last.  With Isaac, I had some weird persistent shoulder pain during trimester 1, as well as my skin had turned bright red around my mouth, chin, under my nose for about 2 or 3 months with Isaac.  It looked like a goatee with no hair!  Not gonna lie, I have been praising the good Lord that didn't happen this time.  This time, I have been much more dizzy than I was with Schumpert (our fetus name for Isaac.)  Luckily, it's starting to wane a bit.  I was pretty majorly sick until about week 16 with Schumpert.  I am still sick with Baby Mcgee, but am finding that while I am fairly sick about half of the time, the other half of the time it's hardly noticeable.  So I hope this is a sign that it's going to go away (or at least feel much less noticeable) when it should (12 weeks!?)  I didn't feel 100% better (nausea wise) with Isaac until I was 26 weeks pregnant with Isaac!  Yikes, finger crossed!
I want to post a photo of the serious size difference from pregnancy 1 to 2, but discovered that I don't really have a good shot until I was about 16 weeks preg. with Isaac.  So in a few weeks we shall make a comparison!
Finally:  I fully realize that reading about someone else's pregnancy isn't that exciting in the blogging world (well, for most people...I actually love reading about pregnancies of those I know,) but I am doing it for myself.  When I thought back about my first pregnancy, I wish I'd written more so I could go back and read it in the future...

Lately...

Here is what Isaac has been up to lately:
Dave took him to a reptile expo last week, and at big trucks fair this week.  Unfortunately, he forgot the camera for the truck event, but he did get some fun pictures at the reptile expo.   Dave has also been teaching Isaac about science and cells.  Enjoy these awesome video clips, I sure did! :)  We've got a future scientist on our hands! Golgi Apparatus, ribosomes, and proteins, OH MY!
This is what Dave has been up to lately:
Grading papers.  Still picking up my slack.  Having fun with Isaac.  Grading papers.  Grading more papers. 
This is what I have been up to lately:
Taking extra naps when I can.  Trying to get in as much Isaac time as possible.  Teaching.  Feeling sick (at least there is a day here and there when I feel semi-normal, so that's got to be a good sign, right?)  Trying to make sure that our house just looks like a tropical storm hit it, and not a full blown hurricane.

Isaac snuggling under his fave blanket - made by Aunt Julie when he was a wee babe.

Reptile Expo.  I am SO glad I wasn't there. 

Did I mention I am glad I wasn't there?  I'd have been having visions of the snake whipping around and taking Isaac out if I'd been watching this scene in person.  Oh boy.

The Gardner Village Witches.  We went last year, too.  I guess we'll be making it a tradition! :) 

Today was a great day to visit.  They aren't "open" on Sundays, so there were very few people wandering around = no claustrophobia for me.

He's always been fond of pumpkins!

I may look sick, but at least I got out! :)

Stats...

Week:  10
The Good:  I am relishing the last several weeks (hopefully still have several) of sleeping on my stomach.
The Bad:  Still nauseous, dizzy (I guess this is from very low blood pressure, last time checked it was 84/58...eek!), and extremely tired.
The Ugly:  I guess when you get pregnant a second time (and probably a 3rd, 4th, etc,) you don't get the gradual "cute" belly that the first pregnancy gives you.  It pops all at once. Isaac reminds me of this every morning when he tells me the baby is getting bigger and bigger.  Ha! Oh well.  Also, I look a little pasty/pale.
The Hubs:  He is great.  Seriously.  I started getting pretty sick about 4 weeks ago and he has completely picked up my slack without complaint.  He entertains Isaac constantly, he cleans more (who am I kidding, he's been doing ALL the cleaning,) and he cooks more.  I am really, really lucky that he's been so sympathetic to my woes.  On the other token, I'd like to think he's really, really lucky not to have to be pregnant (at least for this phase, anyway!)
Big Brother: He knows now!  His initial reaction was SO cute!  He walked over, lifted my shirt a bit, and blew a big raspberry.  Then he "listened" and said, "Oh, cute!  The baby is laughing!"  Since then he has been adorably obsessed with the baby.  He kisses and hugs my tummy multiple times daily.  He gives me a play by play of what the baby is up to.  He says it is moving around a lot and talking to him.  What does it say?  "hi" and "goo goo ga ga."  Isaac insists it's a boy.  He immediately called it a he even though we told him it could be a baby girl or boy.  It's his "baby brother," like it or not.  He's been listing off our family a lot lately and it goes something like this each time, and in THIS ORDER:
Mom and dad, Skeletor, Tuffy, Tomato (our saltwater fish,) my toys, Abbie and Day-Z, our food, and my baby boy brother.
Silly boy.