I have been having some heavy nausea this go round and I just made it to Babies R Us and got some ammo to fight back! Here is my stash in order of greatness:

Packed with key prenatal nutrients, Belly Bar delivers the essential iron, foic acid, calcium, protein and Omega-3 DHA needed during pregnancy. It is recommended by Doctors, and I’m hoping that mine is one of them. At $2 a pop, its a pricer way to get the prenatal vitamins needed, but I’ve got some relief and while working for two toddlers a day, thats priceless. They do have a wafer vitamin I may try but I think this is a great snack/vitamin combo.

100% Organic Morning Wellness Tea is blended with ginger root and spearmint, a safe hint of peppermint, and soothing chamomile and lemon. I brewed a bunch of bags and made a pitcher of ice tea, its delicious and oh so stomach settling.

These are tangy and delicious and offer some temporary relief.

I’ve convinced myself that my first and second pregnancies are so different because I am having a girl and I’m liking the name Sarah. I’ll think of boy names when we get there.

Thanks to Dora, Jason now understands that there is a new baby coming…and that it is in Mommy’s tummy. He just figured it out yesterday and he spent the day giving my tummy kisses. Today, when I wasn’t feeling well and told him my tummy hurt, he said it was because the baby was hungry. Smart cookie. I’ve got to prepare myself for the day he asks how it got in there and how its getting out. Honesty is always the best policy, just hoping he will be satisfied with limited details!

Watching Alan during the day has helped prepare Jason for his share of waiting and helping. We’ve been working on sharing with Ian for almost a year…still a work in progress. It is so much fun to watch the three of them play together.

While Brian pulls the paperwork together so we can close on the house this month, I get to relax and sign where he tells me to. I am excited about all of the renovations and decorating but none more so than picking a nursery color in a few months.

In my unprofessional opinion my due date is December 27, 2010. I was very lucky with my last pregnancy, not having even a minute of sickness and hoping that holds true for the this one as well. I have had butterflies in my stomach since I found out and I’m pretty sure that excitement wont go away. I now have a reason to set up the nursery furniture in the new house : ) I am excited that my new healthy lifestyle has arrived just in time! I have lost 9 1/2 lbs since I started counting calories 3 weeks ago and Brian has lost 10! I am going to meet with the Dr. this week to see what his recommendation for calorie in take is. More than anything I have adopted a new better way of eating real food!

Here is the house for those of you that haven’t seen it. We close May 21st and have a lot of work to do. Painting (I get to tape not paint) new floors, new tub for the master bath and update the kitchen. Pictures of before and after will be coming soon! Hoping not to come down off this cloud…ever!

I asked Jason if he wanted to grab a book. He went for his Dad’s bookshelf and grabbed Brian’s grandfathers Encyclopedia of Freemasonry, Volumes one AND two. I must admit I’ve never thought much of fraternal organizations but Jason gets to decide for himself right? There is so much to learn, so why no start early?

It’s taken me a while to write this post. Partly because I’ve been consumed with sewing and partly because I wasn’t sure what my message was. For Jason’s second birthday we took him to Magic Kingdom, thanks to Disney’s Give a Day Get a Day Program.  He LOVED the Buzz Light Year ride, but I think we all would have just as much if not more fun at the park with perhaps a trip to the Disney Store to pick out his Buzz and Woody action figures (which he too loves). So, rather than tell you not to take your toddler to the most magical place on earth, I’m going to tell you how to ensure you have a good time.

Do yourself a favor and take the day off to go on a weekday. Although Disney goes to great lengths to entertain in the lines, it soon falls on deaf ears. Hit the park early, be there 45 min before the park opens, allowing you to park, get tickets and take the ferry or metro rail over to the park.

You can’t do Disney without a plan. Check out the Magical Beginnings website and see what rides and attractions are suitable for the little guys. You can go here and customize a free full color map and they will mail it to you.

Bring your own lunch and juice/water. A lunch from home would have been more tasty and less expensive than what we picked up.  Check out the dining available and if you plan on eating at a restaurant, make reservations.

My suggested plan: Hit Fantasyland first. It’s where you’ll see all the scaled-down classic Disney attractions. After hitting up Tomorrow land’s Buzz ride head back to sit down near Pooh’s playground have some lunch play a bit and let them crash in the stroller (or head back to the hotel if you have one), relax on a shady bench or check out the air-conditioned Tinker Bell’s Treasures shop at Cinderella’s castle. From Fantasyland, stroll over to Mickey’s Toontown Fair. The parade is at 3pm and they have shows prior to that in front of the castle. If you can’t make it that long in the park, head over to Downtown Disney for some fun shopping, legos and even some dinner. Again, don’t think about dining without a reservation.

We missed out on Disney’s Harmony Barber Shop on Main street and got his hair cut a week later, but I’m sure that is probably the best place ever for a first haircut, although its hard to top watching Buzz in a Taxi.

I hope this helps. We’ll probably go back when he’s 8 or when he asks whichever comes first.

Brian and I were talking at dinner about one of Jason’s words we haven’t been able to decipher, Ala. As were thinking of what it could be, Jason is rolling around on the floor with his fire hat with more baby babble. Then he starts repeating kabala. Brian suggested if he is in fact saying allah and kabbalah and says torah next, we should start listening more closely. He was trying to say cowboy (who says a cowboy wouldn’t wear a shiny red hat?) at dinner, and still no idea what ala is.

Today Jason got his first haircut. We went to Cool Cuts 4 Kids and it was a blast. Jason sat in a taxi and watched Toy Story(there is a glare but its on). Before we knew it it was over and he played on a train station while I paid. It helped that I spray him with detangler all the time and have taken scissors to his head before, but these people know what they are doing. Brian actually goes to a similar place, Sports Clips. It is a sports themed environment and the guys get to watch sports while they get their hair cut. Now, if only I could get the style channel while I get my hair trimmed we would be all set.

My Mom took this photo on a recent visit. Its such a treat to see her so frequently and for her to play with Jason. I love this photo, Jason has his full palm on the ball, one foot in the air ready to take off across the court.

Jason now has maybe 12 or so blankets, but loves only five. They are: Mine, two, three, pink (his unconceived sister’s), little and new mine.  Hopefully he will share them with his siblings one day. For now he will watch “sonar” (dinosaur) train and eat grapes with them. Can you tell which is the original?

Earlier this week, Jason fell off of an exhibit at the Museum and landed on his chin. He was a trooper while we restrained him and stuck him more to fix it up. He did ask through his tears if he could go home, after he told me he was stuck. I had hoped that this would teach him that he wasn’t exactly invincible and to be just slightly less careless in his attempts to climb the walls. I’m afraid that’s not the case.

I received this image from a forward yesterday and couldn’t google my way towards it origins, but love it. I am certain that Jason would attempt this. He is not officially skateboarding, but has been practicing on his cousin Jake’s since May. I know that Jake will have him up and running in no time. So for now, thankful for the flat land in Florida and enjoying where our adventures take us…just not to the ER.