The Fish Tales continue....

Have you ever had one of those moments where you'd rather just say nothing at all rather than tell the truth, because you know the truth is unbelievable and people are just going to think you are nuts? This is one of those times:

One day last week, Mom had picked up Daniley and was passing by my office about 15 minutes before quitting time, so I had her just drop Daniley by here so I could save having to go pick her up. We arrived home about 5:15. About 15 minutes later, Dan came out of the bedroom giving me this strange look, one that I couldn't quite interpret. Then I got it...."Uh huh, Daniley tooooold me what ya'll did today." I'm looking at him like, ok, what? "She said ya'll went to the fish store and bought ONE fish. And that's funny because there are 6 fish in the fish tank. And she was with you this afternoon so it all makes perfect sense." In his mind, the case was closed. Just the thought that Dan actually believed this made me fall out in the floor all over again. After regaining control of myself, I tried to understand what was going on. I could not. We have looked in the fish tank for the missing fish 100 times + 4 hours minimum. Dan looked. I looked. GPaw looked. I thought someone was playing a trick on us. I'm still not too sure someone isn't. But that seems unreasonable. I have NO IDEA what is happening in our magic fishtank but now we have all 6 fish swimming happily. The only thing I DO know for sure....we have a 2 year old story-fabricator living among us, complete with details, hand motions, re-enactments, the whole bit.

PS. After many hours Dan still didn't believe I didn't go buy a fish. So to make a point, I said, "Daniley, did you go trick-or-treating today?" She happily replied, "YEHHHH!!!!!!!!!" I looked at Dan, raised my eyebrows, gave him a grin, and didn't say another word. HAHAHAHAHA.

Daniley and I were at home Friday enjoying the afternoon. Dan came home from work and within 10 minutes he was upstairs piling it on. As soon as he said "It SURE seems strange..." I thought to myself Wow, only 10 minutes to find something to gripe about. So anyway, I let him finish. "It sure seems strange that my fish net has been moved from where I left it this morning....and there's a fish missing from my fishtank." I replied immediately: "Daniley moved your net while brushing her teeth, and I don't know what happened to your fish." Of course he thought I was lying, as I was in charge of feeding the fish that day and he thinks you need some kind of college degree in Fish Feeding to be capable. In his mind it was Guilty As Charged...and by this point, I'm in the floor laughing. Sometimes Dan can't see the forest for the trees, so I went down to the fishtank to help him find his stupid fish. (1.5" long tetra type thing). Well. Hmmm. It's gone. Hmmmm. I said, maybe Daniley got your fish. He looked at her. "Daniley, did you get Dadu's fish?" "YYYYEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHH!" she exclaimed. "What did you do with it?" "I EAT IT!!!!!!" I hit the floor laughing. At first we found this story unreasonable. Then I remembered, nothing with a 2 year old is unreasonable. We questioned Daniley all night long. Frontwards and Backwards. Every part of her story was consistent. She said she scooped the fish out of the fish tank (as she demonstrated her motions) and put him and her mouth, and SWALLOWED HIM WHOLE. She said he tasted like "Pich Pood." We have never found the fish, or any remains. So she ate it....that's all we have to go on.

Now I suppose I'm about as caught up on the blog as I'm ever gonna be. So that brings me into this weekend, which was nothing short of horrible. Wednesday I started feeling really bad at work, but I was able to make it through the day. I came straight home, threw up, and went straight to bed. I have been feeling a little nauseated during this pregnancy but nothing to complain about, as I know what true nausea-preggo-misery really means. I threw up with Daniley every day of the pregnancy. I was sick until the moment she arrived, and like someone flipped a switch, the moment she was out, I felt like my old self. Anyway, Thursday morning I woke up and immediately began throwing up, even before the teeth brushing which is usually what sends me over the edge. I got to work a little late, then had to leave again to come home and use my PRIVATE toilet to throw up some more. I took a 2 hour nap and then returned to work. At this point I was sure the pregnancy nausea had set it, and I was weeping uncontrollably because I knew exactly what I had to look forward to. Stayed sick into Friday morning, when I woke up with diarrhea, and at that point I knew 1. I had a stomach virus and 2. I had better get to the hospital to get fluids. Friday morning I'm at the house, in BAD condition, with Daniley. I'm sitting there knowing I'm in deep trouble and there's no way I can handle all this on my own. I called my grandmother and asked her to please come and just be with me and help me with Daniley. Within an hour, my Mom had picked up Daniley and me and my grandma were on the way to St. Vincents. The Dr. prescribed me Home Health Care, and after finding out the IVs were going to cost me about $1000, I decided to try the new meds for 24 hours and see if I could get some fluids down, which I did. The rest of the weekend was just recovery, trying to eat and get over the weakness. My mom and grandmother took good care of me and made sure I had everything I needed to survive this horrid, evil virus. And Dan, among a little griping here and there, did make delicious cinnamon toast. Thank you so much to those who have cared for me and checked on me while I've been down!!!

On another sad, sad note...I had to miss my nephew's 2nd birthday party! I was heartbroken...absolutely devastated, I can hardly type it up because it makes me cry all over again. :-(

Last weekend we took the Shelby Calera Railroad (Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum) to the Pumpkin Patch. It was a lot of fun. We will go to a "real" pumpkin patch hopefully sometime before Halloween. This one was fun but it's more about the train ride than the typical pumpkin patch. They did have a hayride, boiled peanuts, a large jumping inflatable, and a corn maze. But there just wasn't a lot of territory to romp. It was a lot of fun, but on the downside, I thought it was kind of expensive. ($40 for 2 adults and a 2 year old). I guess if you go to Old Baker's Farm during the festival, it's $10 each and there's no train ride. So maybe the price wasn't that unreasonable after second thought. I guess I should just get used to the fact that fun things to do cost money. I've lived cheap for long enough, I suppose. :-)

So we've done it again. We don't need to define "it" do we? LOL.
We are expecting another baby May 24. Just to save you some calculation time, the babies will be 2 years and 9 months apart. We were shooting for 3 years but going over wasn't an option so we tried a little early. And as you all know Dan is very good at everything he does. I'm happy I won't be pregnant during the summer this time. Daniley says she's getting a little sister. Neither of us care what the sex of the baby will be. We'd be thrilled with either, or even both. I've already been asked at least 5 times if I'm having twins...and yes, I'm only 6 weeks. It's the same as last time...I'm cool with looking a little oversized. :-) I've been hiding pictures of myself showing the baby bump. But the family has all been notified so the secret, and the belly pics, can come out now!

Our vacation to St. Augustine with Honey and GPaw was fabulous...mostly. :-) Daniley got sick with a stomach virus and threw up in the car a couple of times, which was less than desirable. Thank Goodness Honey and Dadu were there to help me keep things under control! Outside of that, the trip was marvelous. The weather was nice. One day was rainy but that was the day I had to stay in with Daniley anyway, and quite frankly I didn't mind being a little lazy myself! We toured the beautiful city, took a ride in a horse and carriage, rode the trolleys, toured the old jail which was fascinating, swam, and rode the carousel 9 times among 3 stops. Daniley loved it..and I loved that it was only $1 per ride and parents ride free. :-) We did some great eating and napping and just had a good time with our family.

Daniley found a frog on the playground and it was absolutely the cutest thing. She wanted to get it right away. So Dan caught it for her. Then she wanted to touch it and each time she did she'd get allllll excited and grin from ear to ear. Then she kissed it and that was very cute....but no prince ever showed up. That was good because I'm not ready for her to ride off into the sunset just yet anyhow. :-)

We want to thank tremendously Honey and G-Paw for inviting us on vacation. Putting up with a 2 year old on vacation after your kids have been grown for years can't be that easy of a transition. We appreciate your love, patience, and generosity, and look forward to many great vacations with you in the future. :-)