blessings big and small

So, we all think that we have the best husbands in the world...
That being said, i know that i do!!

For the last 8 weeks or so i have been VERY nauseous with this little bundle. When I was pregnant with Jackson I had aversions to things like: raw meat, eggs. This time it has been to more bizarre things - one of which is doing the dishes. Seriously! Even being in the kitchen near the sink send sme gagging to the bathroom! So, my dear husband has stepped up and helped me do the dishes night after night.

I have basically spent this ENTIRE week on the couch, knowing full well that Jackson has been crawling on a carpet that hasn't been vacuumed since last saturday when i got sick (it is normally vacuumed everyday), and that Nathan is going to come home from work to a bombshell of a house - and then have to make his own dinner to boot. Poor guy. Atleast I still had options that I could tell him to cook from the couch. :)

Jackson did not sleep well last night. He woke up at 2am and wanted to play until 4:30am and then didn't fall asleep until 5am or so. Nathan got up with him this morning when he decided to wake up at 6:50am (sheesh) and take care of him so I could sleep. AW. In that time he bussled around the house, fed jackson, gave him a bath after a major AM blowout. I crawled out of bed and into the shower and when I came out our bed was made and even the pillows were neat (i don't know how your husbands feel about decorative pillows, but i love them and nate basically looks at them as allergens!)

Then he worked all day in the basement mixing concrete and them spreading it on our basement floor in an effort to level it. I could tell that he was tired, but now he's at the grocery store getting groceries for us.

He's just a hard worker. Plain and simple. I appreciate him so much. So, tonight i took advantage of the fact that i can't smell anything and asked the Lord to help me not to puke...and i did the dishes for him tonight so he'd have a small blessing when he gets home. Aw, what a nice sick girl:).

Onto other things.

I got inspired this afternoon to make some baby food for jackson. I have been grinding/mashing my own food for a while, but I normally just mash up whatever we are eating, so i haven't gotten into the whole making batches at a time. But, today i glanced at Jenny Muth's blog and decided that i have a ton of veggies in the freezer, and i bit the bullet and spent an hour or so in the kitchen and now we have ready to go green beans, peas, squash, corn, and carrots. Cool! However, i did burn the bottom of my pan when I was steaming the veggies (i got busy doing something else.)grrr.
Then, i was making stir fry for dinner and decided just to make a small amount of rice to go with it. So, i figured out the amounts and times and walked away to let the rice cook. BUT! 10 minutes later the smoke alarm went off and my kitchen was filled with smoke and i couldn't figure out what could possibly be on fire!! IT WAS THE RICE!! I forgot to turn down the heat to simmer - yet another pan burned by me today! Sheesh! I don't know if it's the antibiotics or pregnancy brain!!

Anyway, i need to tend to the man child. I PRAY he's not getting sick! That will be all i need....doesn't the Lord know though!? :)

Have a good Sunday!