I'm having some anxiety issues today. I can't stop fidgeting and my stomach is in constant turmoil. I think my morning sickness would be a lot better if I could get some extra monitoring by the doctors. An extra appointment here and there to make sure all is well. I do this to myself all the time - get anxious and nervous and then have an upset stomach.

When I was newly pregnant I wanted to shout it from the rooftops and tell everyone. I was so excited. Now that people are starting to find out though, they are starting to say some really annoying things. I was just told to watch out for this baby because since Annika is so good, this one is going to be a hellion. Thanks. That's just a great thing to say to a pregnant woman. Oh, that baby you're carrying? It's going to be a brat. It's the odds you know. If the first one is good then the second is automatically going to be a bad little kid. Nice. Think before you speak people.

Maybe I just need to calm down.

Last night Annika and I had a great time at Uncle Dale and Aunt Shelly's house. Dinner was very good (yummy grilled marinated pork chops!) And Annika had a great time playing with all the new people. She was cracking everyone up and they kept commenting on her endless energy. Outside on the patio she was jumping off the chaise lounge chair over and over again. Then she was throwing a ball in the air repeatedly. Then she started spinning and spinning and spinning in circles. Then she was kicking a basketball all over the lawn. Then she started taking everyone for "walks" around the house, first Aunt Shelly, then Uncle Dale, then Grandpa again and again. She would have kept going too if I hadn't said at 9:15 that it was time to go home. She didn't put up any fuss at that though so she must have been getting tired.

Tomorrow is cousin Evan's graduation party at Granpda's house. And tomorrow night is Kris's 10 year high school class reunion. Is it strange that I'm stressing more over his reunion (what should I wear, is my hair okay, maybe I should wear maternity clothes so people will think I'm pregnant and not just fat, etc., etc.) than I did my own a year and a half ago? I think it's weird. Either way, I'm going in tomorrow morning for a pedicure (which I do really need) and a haircut (which I haven't had since April). Sometimes I am so vain.