The Waiting Game

So, here I sit (mostly because it is so much effort to get up at this point) at 38 1/2 weeks pregnant.  Now it's all about waiting. This pregnancy has been remarkably easy as far as how I've felt physically.  I had a great pregnancy with Tobi as well, until the last few weeks and the pre-eclampsia scare.  The best improvement this time around is that I have been able to wear all my shoes!  I was so sure I would at least have some swelling like last time...I had one pair of flip-flops I could wear for the last 2 months of that pregnancy.  Sometimes it's the small things that remind me to be thankful :)  I am very grateful that I have had very few complications this time and that I've felt good almost the whole time.  I do feel like I've hit a bit of a wall here...I seem to have no energy to do all those last minute things I would like to get done.  Standing up for any period of time really takes its toll on my back.  So today I have spent A LOT of time sitting on the couch after a day of shopping and cooking yesterday.  Actually we have been doing a lot of that around these parts lately...with all the snow that has fallen we have found ourselves home-bound quite a bit.  So while the weather has been doing this:

 
 and this...


and this...



 
 And while Ben has been doing this....



We've been inside, doing a lot of this...

 

Tobi loves to help me bake...so we have been baking up some delicious breads, cookies, and a house favorite, Swedish coffee rolls...

It may not be the neatest or most time efficient way to bake but it is not dull!  I have been learning through trial and error just how long you can stop watching a 2 1/2 year old in front of a table of ingredients...2.5 seconds at best! 

Some fun for the new year

New Year's Day was so warm we decided to do something outside.  Ben suggested the zoo.  I never would have thought of going to the zoo in the dead of winter...but as it turned out it was a great idea and a good way to be both in and outside.  We went to the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston.  Of course in the winter a lot of the regular animals are not there, but there still was plenty to see there.  More than enough for a two year old to take in. 

 Ducks...

 Ostriches (they had live ones too)...

 Camels....

 Lemurs (we all liked watching these crazy guys scamper around)...

 

Lions.... 

 Hyenas....oops I guess that just my little....

 ...goat?

 There were a lot more animals, but I spare you all the animal pictures.  Tobi is still talking about it a week later, and that is always a good sign of a good time for toddlers. 


We officially entered the world of activities this week.  This one is just my speed.  Tap and ballet for 2-4 year olds at the community center, 30 minutes once a week for 5 weeks, and just 5 little cuties in this class.  I hadn't really considered all the ways that this class could have been a waste of a few bucks...like if Tobi had refused to go in to the class, or had no intention of listening or following instructions.  I won't say that I see a bright a promising future for her in dance, after this first lesson...but there was no crying, screaming, or defiant behavior.  It helped that Sadie was in the class with her, and she's pretty much a pro since she has been watching Kayla for a year or more.  So by my standards dance class was a big success. 

Practicing stomping in our tap shoes. 

 

After class, practicing some new moves.

 One excited ballerina.

And I leave you with a glimpse of my girl....doing her interpretation of what was going on.  Juilliard should be callling any day now! :)

(For some reason blogger cuts off the video frame when I embed it from YouTube.  If you want to see the full frame just click on the video.)