REUNITED

Dear Blogging World,

Kara Joy Bloomer is at the airport RIGHT NOW to get on a plane to come to below freezing cold Minneapolis for a visit!!

YAY!

It has been far too long since we have posted here.

Katie

Kara Kara Kara

So. I need to get a hold of you so we can talk about you visiting me. This needs to happen.

That is all.

Oh also I want to see Easter dress pictures of Abigail!  Her birthday is coming up so fast.

It's A Girl!

My little princess is going to be a big sister to another little princess!  She looked healthy on the ultrasound, the most important part! She seems to be calmer than Sophia already. So slept through pretty much the whole ultrasound (where Sophia was always jumping like popcorn) and we even watched her yawn.

Every week on Monday when it's my "new week" I always look up whatever week pregnant it is on the What to Expect website and the Baby Center website.  At 20 weeks along, they recommended celebrating the halfway mark of pregnancy by treating yourself.  One of the suggestions? Buy a sexy outfit.  ........ Really? A sexy outfit?  Was this site designed by men?  Of all the ways to celebrate,  they choose suggesting that you buy sexy fat clothes? Sigh. I will celebrate another way I think. I don't know how yet but not that.

Anyway, I am half way done! I can't wait to meet my beautiful sweetheart.

Crazy

I am 16 weeks along today already. 4 months down! And I have decided on how to announce the sex (if baby does not cross his/her legs). I will show you a preview. 

We are announcing with "pig bears" and I think I will have Sophia be holding the appropriate colored bear....

The ultrasound is scheduled for March 6!

Step 1

Ok. So we need to get back into the habit of writing on this blog.

Step 1: I finally downloaded the app on my phone

Step 2: actually write posts. And I have one down.... so.. check.

Step 3: check the blog often and keep the app in an obvious place.

Here we go!!

Katie Hacks

One popular idea that has been going around right now is “life hacks” they are a series of tricks hints that you maybe never considered to do a job more efficiently. My life hack is Katie. Below are some things that I learned from her.

 

1.      Vinegar+ Normal chips +much better chips

2.      You can use a rubber spatula when cooking… like you can use it for MORE than just getting the last bit of brownie batter out of the bowl

3.      Coconut at Costco

4.      Rice at Costco

5.      Indian seasoning packets for easy Indian meals

6.      Dog harnesses

7.      How to potty train your puppy

8.      The idea of MAKING your own Christmas garland (which apparently is a popular thing to do, who knew?)

9.      Two words: Stir Fry… easiest meal ever

10.  Amazon Prime

 

And those were just the first 10 I came up with in like 2 minutes. Honestly I could go forever, but seeing as it is the weekend before Christmas I should probably wrap presents…. Or something.

self conscience

I have noticed recently that I have been much more self conscience than I used to be. Somehow I seem to be be unintentionally trying to turn all conversations about me to build me up and I obsess over other people that I feel like get more attention than me and I try to figure out why.

Why am I doing this? It is so stupid. I shouldn't care

Plus I am driving my husband and mom crazy.

It makes me feel very immature. I wish that I would stop.