Pictures from the Park

Last night I felt SO nauseous. The night before, I didn't take my 1/2 of a unisom and B6 vitamin that I have taken for the last few weeks - apparently that has really helped because today I suffered the consequences of not having it in my system. Bleh. It's sad since I had felt so much better lately.

On to happier things though - we played at the park on Saturday that is closest to where our new home will be. It's a really fun park and just a few blocks away.

Eli saw a little girl playing with these cool sand toys and joined her. Thankfully, she was about seven or eight and didn't mind a one-year-old borrowing her stuff.

This little guy loves sticks and shovels. He was so happy playing on his own, digging in the sand.

I realize he does this loud, open-mouth yell quite a bit. It's funny that I seem to capture it often.

We took Ben to the airport after playing at the park. I was sad to see him go...

So now it's just me and the munchkin. Good thing he is such fun company... most of the time :) When I feel sad, I just kiss and squeeze him and get him to laugh - he has a contagious giggle that can cheer anyone up.

I have to say though - in the last few days, I've had the sweetest offers to help - with packing, watching Eli, or just meeting up and having fun so I can get my mind off of all of the stressful things going on right now. Thank you so much to those who have made me feel watched over and loved - it really means a lot.

A Random Bit of Everything

Tonight I went to Burger King at 10:15 p.m.

I was the only woman in the establishment, with two guys in line before me and about ten after me of all shapes and sizes. This place gets a little sketchy at night, but I didn't care. I just wanted a burger (and this was the only place open after 10 p.m. in our funny town). I usually hate fast food, but feeling full was top priority at the moment, so there I was.

Too bad they messed up my order and put mustard on it - gross! I was hungry enough (and so happy not to be nauseous in that moment) that I wiped it off and ate the burger anyway. This is not my usual way of doing things.

On other subjects... today was the inspection on the house. The inspector, Rafeek, was very thorough and it lasted three hours. Eli was over at my friend Lindsay's house (thank you!!) playing with her daughter Katelyn - it was such a huge help not having him there with me. I was thrilled to be sitting in this air conditioned house while it was 85 degrees and humid INSIDE my condo. No joke. And I wonder why I have felt so sick this week?? It's freaking HOT in our place.

So overall, the house is in great shape. However, the basement has vinyl floor tiles with asbestos and the chimney is not lined properly. These things don't have cheap fixes and we'll hopefully get a credit from the sellers, but I kept thinking how grateful I was that there weren't other MAJOR things wrong with the house.

And lastly, I have to share a funny story. Please take it in stride - this is about my friend's little 2-year-old George who lives in a wonderful, diverse neighborhood. My friend is very politically correct and proper and teaches George all kinds of terrific things. Katie doesn't blog so she told me I should put it on mine :)

Katie emailed me earlier this week with the subject line: Hi! This is so funny AND embarrassing. So here, we go - this is about George and his beginning knowledge of politics :)

"You will appreciate what just happened to us at Whole Foods!!! In the checkout, George looked at the tall, African American gentleman behind the checkout and said "Obama." THEN he looked at the other, tall, African American gentleman bagging the groceries and said "Obama." Fortunately, no offense was taken, in fact one of the guys seemed to think it was a compliment. The lady in the next aisle over along with a few other customers were all laughing."

I thought it was so funny in a very innocent way. I love that George knows Obama's name. Now he just needs to study Obama's picture a little better :)

George for Obama 2008.

Beating the Heat with the Beach

The high is 92 today and early this morning it was already pretty warm. Eli was kind (as was dog lady who didn't get up at the crack of dawn) and slept until 7:15 a.m. - which was so nice since I had been sick in the night and didn't sleep very well. This morning I felt a little better, so I looked at the comments from yesterday's post and made a shopping list with all of the suggested foods. Thanks for your help! It was so nice to go to the store and have some new ideas rather than walking around aimlessly, hoping for a safe food to jump out at me. I now feel better equipped to combat the nausea.

After the store, Eli and I met up with our playgroup at the beach. I think Eli and I were the whitest/palest ones there - his belly is bright!

This is a portion of the group that came this morning. It was fun to be there with everyone!

Eli kept his hat on for the first half of our time there.

He LOVED the texture and colors of this towel (that wasn't ours, but a friend's at least) and did a sheep rug re-enactment, rolling around on it :)

A bunch of the older kids were building this big sand tower/castle, but the little ones kept them busy by climbing on it instead. I think Eli had a blast with the other kids! I'm glad I felt well enough to go - I spent a good chunk of time sitting in the shallow water, trying to stay cool. It really helps to get out and be around other people and keeps my mind off of not feeling well.

The Queasiness Comes and Goes...

We had Thai food and gelato last night - I guess not the best combo for me right now because I woke up feeling SO nauseous. I went back to bed as soon as Eli went down for his morning nap and slept for two hours. I woke up SO hot though because outside it's high 80s and humid today, so my place felt very WARM. (or in my extreme state today, I was roasting) I felt better thankfully after taking a cool shower and going to an air conditioned place with Eli when he woke up.

Now I'm back in my warm condo (I ran the a/c unit on turbo while we were gone to hopefully cool things off - but now it's off since Eli's sleeping and his door is closed where the a/c is) and I am feeling queasy again. The heat doesn't seem to agree with me right now either.

I thought the queasiness would be gone soon?? But it seems like it's been worse in the last few weeks. Let me know if you have foods that have helped curb your morning sickness, because everything I try (crackers, fruit, ginger ale, sprite, bread) does not agree with me. But not eating isn't great either.