Mom and Iris

My mom had to go to a rehab place after her knee replacement surgery. Her first roommate was AWFUL!!!! So after a few days she asked for a new room. She was moved to another room and was solo for a few nights. Word came that a new roommate was coming and we all waited hoping it would be someone "normal" and mother's age. She got a lady named Iris who was sooo nice. Her family was nice too. Mom and Iris became buddies and really gave all the nurses & staff a run for their money. Mother had wanted a hat to hide her hair since they really did not do much with it for her and she was limited with what she could do. So we went to the Nike store and father picked this hat out for her. When Iris saw it she wanted one too. So they ended up with matching hats!!!

On my visits before Iris, when I would call to see if mother wanted anything (often the response was a chocolate milk shake), I would bring her one. After Iris was there, it was, "Oh, hey, bring one for my friend Iris too!" I am glad that she was able to meet such a neat lady under these circumstances. The photo below was the day before Iris left to go home. Mother stayed for about one more week and then she got to come home!

Poirier Pregnancy

So I am just about 22 weeks which I guess is 5 months. It is confusing with the weeks and months! I had morning sickness really bad for the first 3 months plus some other issues that are best left out of the blog. :) I never got actually sick but boy was I nauseous! And smells...I had a period of where smells really got to me. I am told I am lucky because there is now a pill out there called Zofran which was like magic for me! It pretty much took all of my nausea away. The second trimester has been better. Really the worst part has been the back aches. I have tail bone pain and very low back pain. Even though it is bad at times, I will take that over the nausea, plus I know it is all worth if for this little guy. Oh, if you have not heard, "It's a boy!" We are still discussing names. It is a big decision to name your child....something that will be with him forever. Hopefully we will pick one soon! I am starting a pregnancy water aerobics class this week. It is twice a week at the Y. I am really looking forward to it! Not only do I think it will help my back I am hoping it will help me stay in some sort of shape/health and meet some other people.

17 weeks


19/20 weeks


22 weeks (don't look at our messy house!!)

Fun time out with the Aunt's and Uncle's!

Bill and Patty got an afternoon and evening to themselves and went out for a movie and dinner.We took the kids to the park. Hannah slept for this part. The walk was longer than I thought but Jae was a trooper! Jae and I got on the tire swing too....Uncle Jake was very helpful with getting the pregnant lady in & out of this tire swing safely! :) Sorry...no photos of that one. We were almost back to our house when Uncle Eric gave Jae a piggy back ride! It was actually the one part that had a small hill! We all made it! Then we did some crafts. Barb helped Jae make a Mother's Day card for Patty with all of Barb's fancy scrap booking stuff. The last stop was Chuck E. Cheese! The three boys managed to get 425 tickets so Jae got a cool lifesaver. After we came home we had some low key time and then the parents were back! It was fun. The kids are always so good!

Craft Time





Hannah and her teapot





Hannah @ Chuck E. Cheese having fun. We walked around a lot!


The boys having fun!


Jake and Hannah :)