Sono Today!

I have my first sonogram today to date the pregnancy and get a more definitive due date.  Though what does a due date really mean?  Marissa was right on track for most of my pregnancy and decided she would come a week late.  Either way, it will be nice to have a date to look forward to!

We had a nice weekend and I need to upload pictures of Marissa in her pool.  She enjoyed sitting in the cool water.  She didn't move much or splash around, but she liked chewing on her toys.  My parents came to visit on Sunday and we had a cook out with Danny's parents as well.  It was nice but I was exhausted.  I napped off and on with Marissa all day on Monday and finally got out of my pj's around 4:00.  We headed to the "beach" to get ice cream and take a stroll on the boardwalk.  It was nice to have an evening out with my little family.  Marissa turned 9 months old on Monday.  It's so hard to believe that she is approaching a year old already.

Danny has gotten news that he has to start traveling more for work again.  During my pregnancy with Marissa he travelled to New York every other week.  He would leave before I got out of bed on Monday morning and wouldn't return until late Friday night.  It was hard to be away from him for so long but it was manageable.  This time they want him travelling to Baltimore every other week.  Now with Marissa and a second little one on the way, I honestly don't know how I will handle him being away half of the time.  I know we should be grateful that he has a job in today's economy, but I can't help but feel like it's just not fair.  I didn't sign up to be a single mother half of the time, to work 40 hours a week, take care of our house, two dogs, all the chores and everything else that comes along with being a mom, an employee, a home owner and a wife.  Needless to say, I'm not very happy about all of this.  It would be one thing if he was getting paid a substantial amount more to do all of this travel, but he's not.  The only thing he gets is compensation time.  So it's not like I can quit my job just because he is working more hours and away from home.  Sometimes I really wonder if people care about family life anymore.

Okay, enough with my rant!  I'll make due and we'll get by, things could be worse, right?!

How can this sweet face not make you smile?  Not the best pics since they are from my phone but ahh, I love her!