Princess Me and other tidbits

So you know that story Princess and the Pea? We had the Disney book growing up. Prince Mickey invited Minnie to his house, and to test her princess status, a pea was placed under like a million mattresses and if Minnie was a real princess, she would feel the pea. Hated the story, wouldn't the pea get squished? And who wrote a story where a pea determined princessness?! Anyway, I have some sympathy for poor Minnie. I'm at that uncomfortable stage in my pregnancy where if I sleep on my stomach (and I'm SO a stomach sleeper) it feels like I'm sleeping on a golf ball. Or maybe Jeremiah snuck a pea under my mattress?

I told Hayden yesterday that after church on Sunday we were going to Olivia's and Jack's house, we'd play there for a few days, and then we were going to go on an airplane to Utah. Hayden doesn't quite understand days and thinks we can pack and go today, so I told him we had to wait for our airplane tickets to come in the mail. Backfired! Now he asks me every few minutes if the mail is here and if we can start packing. He's already packed their backpacks for the flight with all the essentials...some stuffed animals, some superheroes, a few books, and some obnoxiously loud toys that other passangers will hate me for.

Speaking of leaving, I've been on a cleaning spree since Monday because Carissa and Adam will follow me back to Toledo after I fly into Cleveland and I want the place clean. I hate cleaning, so I had to add this because I feel pretty special having motivated myself.

Lastly, I had my doctor's appointment on April 10. Everything looks great, she found the heartbeat (as in only one, sorry Celeste) and apparently I am measuring about 2 weeks smaller than I should be, so she's scheduled an ultrasound on May 8, the day after I get home from Utah. I'll be 18 weeks at that point and I'm hoping they can determine gender by then, otherwise I'll just have to wait 2 more weeks. Unless a Utahn who loves me is willing to shell out $100 for one of those prenatal places in the mall? =)

Oh, real quick, Hayden tested positive for strep on Friday. That's right, I took care of two strep kids this weekend. I am amazing. Roman is just fine. Hayden is still coughing a lot and is really sensetive. Test it out- if you call me, chances are you'll catch him crying because of something like I gave him 3 chicken nuggets instead of 4, that Roman has the green sippy and that's Hayden's favorite (apparently), or I told him we could not go buy matchbox cars at Target.

Sorry...one more thing. My friend Maria had her baby last week, they named him Everett and he is c-u-t-e! He doesn't even have that squishy new baby face, just this way cute face. Makes me really excited to have this baby and hold him/her and be a new mommy again.

Quick shoutout- Jeremiah took my last Diet Dr. Pepper. Does he want to see the wrath of a pregnant woman!? That is my life line!