pregnancy.brain.round.6

So, thankfully, I'm only going to be in this shape (actually bigger than this...this was in January) for about 12 more days.  Can you hear the excitement in my voice?  It's totally there! 

Anyway, so I fell into a bit more pregnancy brain the other day.  Josh was reading a book to Amelia.  It was an I See Me book.  They are so cute.  My mom buys one for each of the kids for Christmas after they're born.  It goes through each of the letters of their name and tells about how all of these animals have brought a specific letter.  The letters all spell the perfect name, of course! 

Anyway, so I was doing laundry as Josh was reading to Amelia.  I was bragging on the fact I knew all the words to this book because I had read it sooooo many times.  So true.  However, now I'm pregnant, and we all know that pride comes just before the fall...right?!  Things that used to be so clear in my head are now a bit cloudy and turned around. 

So, we come to the eagle who brings an "E" for the name.  This is how the line is supposed to go:

 The eagle pronounced, "We must use an E, so the name will sound majestic like me!"  

I proudly said it this way instead:

The eagle pronounced, "We must use an E, so the name will sound domestic like me!"

Josh completely lost it.  I thought I was going to pee my pants.  Josh then responded, "You've been pregnant way too long!" 

Agreed. :)

pregnancy.brain.round.5

The other day, after the computer died, I took it back into the office to plug it in for a recharge.  I proceeded to grab the cord and plug it into the side of the computer. 

I hit the power button.  Nothing.  I hit it again.  Nothing.  Hmmmm...

Serious business here.  This is usually very simple. 

Then, I figured it out.  Plugging the printer cord into the computer does NOT bring the same results as plugging the power cord into the computer. 

Problem solved.

And pregnancy brain strikes again! :)

pregnancy.brain.round.4

I was out shopping with a bunch of my friends the other day.  Prior to checkout, I was showing them some things that I had picked up. 

One of my findings were some picture frames that I wanted to purchase for the kids' pictures.  I had 3 in my bag. 

And all of a sudden it hit me..."Jackie!  4 kids!  You are getting ready to have your 4th child...you will need 4 picture frames!!"

If I hadn't been playing show-and-tell, I would have walked out of that store with only 3 frames.  Not typically a big deal, but we were in a store that is 3 hours away from my house!  That could have been a problem. 

I promise that I'm not in denial about this baby! :)

pregnancy.brain.round.3

The other night, I was sitting up in bed.  I glanced down at my belly and thought, "Wow, I must have eaten a lot today...my gut looks really big!"

And then I remembered that I'm pregnant.  Total mush between my ears!!

pregnancy.brain.round.2

These are going to start coming quickly! :)

I was talking with my friend, Katie, today on the phone, and I was telling her about this other mom that I met yesterday.  My side of the conversation went something like this:

"Well, she told me that she freezes a lot of food, which makes sense because she has a lot of kids...4 of them."

And then I realized (I'm sure with Katie's help) that I AM PREGNANT WITH MY 4TH CHILD!!  Hello?!!  I guess I'm going to be one of those moms "with a lot of kids" come March. 

pregnancy.brain.round.1

I don't know about the rest of you while you're pregnant, but I have SERIOUS prego brain!  I confuse things oh-so-easily.

Now, I've labeled this as "round 1".  We all know that this is not the case.  This is just the first documentation.  I'll be sure to document further instances as they arise, and I assure you that they will! :)

Here we go...

I made beef stew the other night for the first time.  It's a pretty simple recipe.  I put it on the table, and Josh says, "Did you do something different this time?"  Nope.  Same recipe, but I had noticed that it seemed a bit "soupier" (is that a word?) than usual.  We ate it.

Got the leftovers out last night.  I said, "This is so much more watery that usual.  I just don't know what went wrong!"  Josh: "Are you sure you didn't leave anything out?"  I was sure.

I decided to get out the recipe to double check.  Meat...check.  Potatoes...check.  Carrots...check.  1 cup water...ch...uh-oh.

And there it was.  1 cup water.  Simple enough.  Right?

Let's just say that when you put 4 (FOUR!) cups of water in your stew instead of 1 cup of water, it makes a bit of a difference.  It is a bit soupier at that point.  Oops.