The LaGreca Family

If you are looking for some updated pictures of me or anyone else in the LaGreca family – sorry, I got nothin’.

What I do have..is a nasty cold.  And, you know how I have been saying that sleep has been a big issue for me throughout this pregnancy?  Well, so far – that was nothing. I went 2 straight nights with NO sleep…sitting up in bed, eyes watering, scratchy throat, itchy ears, stuffy nose…just plain, uncomfortable!

So, on Monday night, I took NCL and my “Dr’s list of ok’ed medicines to take while you are pregnant” to our local CVS and decided on Sudafed nighttime cold and some Ricola for my throat. Sudafed and I have been friends for 2 nights now – and I have to say…I can feel the difference. I still wake up 5-6 times in the night, but at least I am getting some sleep. That means all will be right in the world soon, right?

If only it were that easy.  See — we have this little boy that lives in our house. He is 2 years old.  He has decided that his main focus in life (for the time being) is to get into as much trouble as he possibly can…by NOT listening to anything his parents say to him.  Poor Joe. After 3 days with him (one of which, I was home but felt like garbage and stayed in bed until noon, then worked from home in the afternoon), Joe was about to burst (that is a nice description).

At 4pm, NCL was in his 432nd timeout of the day and Joe was trying to figure out what to do for dinner. I told him to forget about dinner – we would order a pizza.  It’s just one of those nights, ya know?  So, we ate our pizza and I told Joe to call a few friends and go for a beer — he needed to get out of the house and away from the boy.

This has GOT to make a few people laugh….because, as you remember…we ONLY have 1 kid.  ONE KID!  Yes, we have #2 on the way…but that one is still 100% contained.  The only thing I could think about today was the fact that I know 4 people in my circle of friends that have 4 kids, 4 kids, almost 5 kids, and 6 kids!  I honestly don’t know how they do it.  I am convinced that the only way that could possibly work is if you started having kids young. And even then, I just don’t know how it’s done.

Yup,  we are in a rough spot with NCL.  I am getting more nervous about Baby #2 as we get closer to the arrival.  We are 11 weeks away.  I keep telling myself that MILLIONS of people have done this before — and survived. So, it will be fine,right?  It will be hard — I know I have NO idea how hard it will be — but I am trying to prepare myself for the difficulty ahead.  Our current plan of attack is to get as many “date nights” in as we possibly can.  So far – we have had 2 Saturday night’s out in a ROW (Thanks to the grandparents and church friends).  And, we are planning another Saturday night out this weekend (as long as we are all healthy).

**Side note: it’s REALLY expensive to go out these days.  Man! Just going out to dinner gets pricey! We used to do it all the time before NCL came along…and I think we forgot how expensive it can get. And if you add in a movie…holy cow!

Anyway, that is enough from me.  I will try to take a picture tomorrow and post something soon, if I remember and feel like it (I should take a picture in the morning when I am not looking so tired).  Oh – and NCL starts pre-school tomorrow so I will definitely have pictures from that.  Super exciting day for the little dude (and Dad gets the “day off” — a much needed break).