Gah!

Ok, I thought it was bad when my December looked like this.  But now my days are even worse!

Today, fexample, (taking a deep breath...):
drop T off at daycare this morning
came home to take the dog out one more time
made the spinach artichoke dip for one of three Christmas parties tomorrow that I will bake at 5:00 am tomorrow morning
ran into work to get an experiment started by 9:00 am because it has specific timed steps throughout the day (at 10, 11, 12, 1, 3, 4, and again at 9 and 10pm)
pick up T after work
come home
get ready for B's holiday party (fancy event, I'll be posting my first "What I Wore" post, complete with my DIY bead and ribbon necklace and sweater to cardigan refashion)
go back to work after the party (yep you read that right)
come home and collapse.  Phew!

Oh, by the way, I'm 24 weeks pregnant, still getting sick, trying to resubmit a paper, write my thesis and defend my thesis next month. 

Ok, that's enough of my pity party.  Thanks for letting me get that out!

On a positive note, we are nearly finished getting the Christmas cards mailed out, the above mentioned spinach artichoke dip looks amazing (had to stop myself from eating it raw), and I get to go to a fancy dinner party tonight.  Woohoo!

Because I need to add some cuteness to my otherwise self-indulgent vent storm, here is T singing happy birthday on the way home yesterday!

Belly - 24 weeks

Can you see my super cute new shoes?

Yeah, me neither!

Oh, wait!  There they are!

According to my BabyCenter pregnancy iPhone app, baby girl #2 is about the length of an ear of corn right now!  Whoa!  Her brain is growing very quickly right now and taste buds are beginning to develop.

This app also says that my uterus is about the size of a soccer ball, hmmm.  That sounds about right! (see top two pictures above!)

*Hehe, I just figured out how to take a screen snapshot with my iP4, press the home button and the sleep button at the same time.  You should hear a picture sound and the screen shot goes right to your camera roll.  Cool!

I feel like I'm ten times the size I was with T at this time:

24 weeks in 2009 - pregnant with T

I'm super excited to decorate our Christmas tree that we got this weekend!  I can't wait to see little Miss T's eyes light up once the lights and ornaments are on.  She can even say ornament now!

p.s. Check out the rice pack tutorial I posted earlier! http://ticklebugz.blogspot.com/2011/12/rice-coldhot-pack-tutorial.html

I'm linking up this post with Emily of The Anderson Crew for Embrace the Camera.  Can you believe she has a one week old and she is still keeping up with this weekly linky!?  She's amazing, I tell ya!