We dislike SICK but SICK very much likes us

We have seriusly HAD it since the beginning of the year. So far 2011 isn't looking so good for us. :( As I mentioned in a previous post, Tuff was sick when we went in for his 18 month check up. By Friday of last week, I was sick. I was miserable all weekend. I'm not sure if it's worse since I'm pregnant and have a toddler or if it's just worse period, this time around. I finally got in to see the doctor yesterday and got a shot and an antibiotic. Since I'm pregnant they couldn't give me the shot with the steroid and the antibiotic. I could only have the antibiotic. I think that's why I'm still not feeling too great today. Usually after a steriod shot, I'm good to go 2 hours later. Oh the joys of being pregnant. Like I said, I'm definitely not feeling back to myself yet but I'm hoping I'm on the road to recovery. It's hard being sick when you're pregnant. I can remember never getting sick when I was pregnant with Tuff (besides the usually pregnancy sickness). I think that's because I didn't have any germ infested children yet. I know that sounds terrible but it's really true. At Tuff's age, they just carry and pick up germs all the time. The night before last, boogs started feeling bad too. Sooo... it's only a few days in for him but he's already sounding pretty miserable. Soon enough, I'm sure he'll be on his way to the doctor as well.

I have been terrible about taking pictures the last few weeks. I keep thinking I'm going to post with some new pictures and then I remember I haven't taken any. We've just had so much going on with the snow and sickness. Speaking of snow... we got MORE last night. I don't know about ya'll but I am SICK of snow. I just can't stand the thought of having to drive in the mess. Anyways, our weekend wasn't too exciting. I think we stayed in for the most part, besides our weekly grocery store visit. We DID get a brand NEW stove for FREE. We like FREE. Especially brand new appliances. So from what I'm seeing online this stove....

(note: this is not a picture from my actual kitchen, I found picture on google)

runs somewhere between $1500-$1700. Jordan's mom got it for $650. She is remodeling her kitchen and she bought this stove for her kitchen but soon realized it wasn't going to work out. She just called us up on Saturday night and asked if we wanted it? Well OF COURSE. I know I've drove Jordan crazy about the stove we did have when we moved in. I'm not gonna lie, it was a working stove and I was grateful to have one at all but... it didn't heat the way it should and then it would burn the bottom or sides of certain things no matter what I tried. It drove me NUTS. I'm so relived to have this new one. And free makes it even better. :) We're definitely still trying to learn how to use it. Some of the things I love most about it... 1. There is 2 ovens. The top one being smaller which makes it so much easier to use when cooking for just the 3 of us. I told Jordan I'm not even sure we're hardly ever needs the bottom one. Probably only when cooking for large amounts of people or for holidays. 2. I like how hard it is to get the oven doors open. Tuff has figured out how to open oven doors and he's very curious. He's already burnt his self once at my moms by opening hers when it was hot. I'm happy to say I've watched him try to open this one and he just isn't strong enough. :) 3. Flat top. I love the flat top and I was really wanting one. The stove we had that was in the house when we moved in was definitely old school. It had the regular burners and it always seemed like it needed to be cleaned. The flat top is so much easier to deal with when cleaning. Now all we have to do is get a black refridgerator to match the rest of our appliances. The stove is the exact color as in the picture above and really it doesn't look bad beside our white refridgerator but it'd be nice to get all matching, one day! We're definitely not in any hurry right now.

Other than the sickies, snow and our new stove we don't have to much else going on. I've still been feeling pretty ok with this pregnancy. I'm definitely a little more gaggy and nauseous but I'm not too far from the 2nd trimester. You know what they say, no more sickness in the 2nd trimester. For some that may be true but with my pregnancy with Tuff... not so much. I was somewhere between 18 and 20 weeks before the sickness went away. It was MUCH different. It amazes me how different it can be. I would think everyone would be the same in all pregnancies. I guess not. We're STILL thinking on names. As of right now we're still set with Nella Caroline and Ty Blake. No changes have been made. I'm sure these will stick no matter what. I just like keeping my options open. Especially since we have 30 weeks left until we officially call him/her by their name. :)

I hope everyone is having a wonderful week. I'll try to do better about taking and posting pictures. I do have one I took with my phone of Tuff getting ready for the snow in his daddys boots. Check it out...

(Sweet Boy)

The Alford's