13 weeks!

I wore this dress when I was 6 months pregnant with Joshua. I see big belly in my future.

Tempted

I officially hate Oregon. I don't normally use the word hate but it best describes how I feel about living in Oregon as of now. I haven't seen sunshine since March which lasted only for a couple of days. It has been raining since then and the allergens are just plain killing me. I have been suffering with my allergies for over a quarter now. I know the pregnancy doesn't help either but I am definitely sick and tired of being sick. Last Friday, I only went out for a 30 minutes walk to take Shua to the park and sure enough my eyes were sore in an instant. I can barely see and of course I can not use any eye drops due to the possible side effects. Other than my puffy, itchy and sore eyes, I can barely breathe, is totally congested and has been having a tough time sleeping. Yes, I am totally cranky and irritable. Joshua is struggling as well - poor little thing. I literally had to massage the bridge of his nose to open up the nasal passage while he slept the other day because he can barely breathe. His nostrils were so swollen there's hardly any space for air to pass. Anyway, sorry about my rant. I just need to release how I feel. If only I can get out of this place for the time being perhaps I'd feel better. Our California trip could not come any sooner - I wish I can leave now. If given a chance I will definitely move out of this place already - I hate it here!

Eyes...

I took Joshua for an eye checkup today since he has been doing a lot of squinting again and has been complaining about his eyeglasses not doing a good job anymore. Also, he broke his eyeglasses at school last week "by accident".

During the check when the Dr. asked him to read the letters on the screen, I know his vision was pretty bad when he started mentioning shapes and characters instead of letters, A was a Triangle, D was a square and M was a space ship or ship I suppose. It is also confirmed that he is color blind, he only got 1 right after being shown the entire book. His prescription is -2.25 on both eyes. Well, I guess at least he can see better now. He was all giddy and happy when he got his glasses - he kept saying, "I can't believe how clear I can see now". I even got him a spare sports eyeglasses so he won't need to squint while playing basketball,baseball and football again or perhaps this time he can actually see the ball coming :)

12 weeks and 5 days

A sneak peek of our new addition at 12 weeks and 5 days. It was a nice treat to have a glimpse of our baby today. It definitely brightened our otherwise rainy, gloomy and stormy day. First Trimester is almost over! Yay!

Book worm

Joshua has been reading up a storm lately. Today, we made a trip to the library and he borrowed 7 Mary Pope Osbourne books (Magic Tree House Series). He read 3 books before dinner and 2 books before bed time (well he extended bed time an hour more just to finish his fifth book).

He has read about 20 of the books from the series when he was in 1st grade and now has decided to read the rest of the newly released ones from the series.

I know that the Caraher's love to read but at our house, I am the one who reads more than Pat so I guess he takes after his mother when it comes to being a book worm :) However, when I say read - I only enjoy reading if it is not a text book.

Helper

It was really sweet of him to offer to help me and so I let him try it. He had two runs and was pretty done. I have to say he did pretty good considering how wet and soggy the yard was. It was tough to push and mow that day. I struggled for about an hour and half and I didn't even finish it. So, I was glad to get a little break and a little help - and he was suppose to be home, sick that day.

Puzzle

Joshua solved the puzzle with Grandma Judy. It took him a while before he understood what it meant. He gave us a two thumbs up and even said that he really wouldn't mind whether he'd have a little sister or little brother but he would prefer having a little brother if given a choice.