If It Works, Why Not?

So this past week and half has been a bit chaotic to say the least. The family reunion went well. The turn out was a bit smaller, 40-50 people, when usually there can be 70-100. But it was still nice. We had dinner Friday and I met my husband and the kids there as soon as I was off work. Saturday we took all of the kids to the zoo so they could all play together. We rode the train around to cut down on walking and packed sandwiches and snacks to save food. My feet started to swell but I had to pick my husband up from work anyways so it gave me a good excuse to leave. After picking up my husband we headed back to my in-laws and he got in the pool with the kids while I let my feet dangle in. Afterwards he and I changed into less casual clothes and left to join my office at a comedy show at the Improv and to go out to dinner afterwards while my mother-in-law kept the kids for us. The show was awesome and the comedians were hilarious. By the time it was over it was 9 p.m. so we headed stra...

This has been an eventful week and there is still more to come! Monday was my husband and I's anniversary and we didn't do anything as we were exhausted from the weekend. We got off work and for dinner we did leftover night and pulled out all of the tupperware in the fridge and just let the kids pick out what they wanted and heated it up. My daughter decided on a hotdog, tuna helper and strawberries - what a combo. But nothing went to waste and no one had to worry about cooking which was nice. Tuesday started off like any other Tuesday. I got up and got ready for work, and since Mike was off to where I didn’t have to take the kids to the sitter’s I even had time to do my makeup in the morning… It started off great. I got to the office and a little after being there I started having pains around my belly/lower abdomen area on both sides. It didn’t exactly feel like contractions, so I wan’t sure if it was what they call Braxton Hicks contractions (false contractions) or ...