WOW I AM BAD AT POSTING

Pretty crazy that I haven't posted since April. Time flies. I am always keeping up with everyone on facebook and gave up posting on here.

Clearly lots of things have happened since April....

Olivia has gotten so big and is such a handful. She is 20 months now and starting to talk more and more. I love that she can understand. We all know how chatty I am so I look forward to being able to talk to her! Most of our converstations are able ouchie poops and lost sippy cups and her lost baby. OUr daily battle is mainly her poor eating. I can only blame myself since I ate like crap for the first 20 yrs of my life. I have tried many tricks but the kid eats fruit, toast, cheerios, yogart, and milk. Those are the healthy things, she loves: chips, cookies, chocolate, fruit snacks. The only form of meat is SAUSAGE? (I can't figure this one out)She is gaining weight so I am not too worried.

Next big news:PREGNANCY! We were excited to find out in September that baby Bezdicek 2 is due May 4. I will be a scheduled C sect so I am guessing sometime at the end of April is more accurate. Since I have ultrasound at my finger tips I started obsessively looking to see the sex of the baby around 13 weeks. By 14 weeks we thought we saw a boy which proved to remain true every ultrasound for the last 5 weeks. I am now 19 1/2 weeks along. This has been a relatively great pregnancy. In the beginning there was a scare because I had a tear in the baby sac. After lots of worrying and praying it healed. I had very little morning sickness! Awesome. Unfortunately because I feel so good and have the endless pregnancy hunger I eat ALL THE TIME. I wish I had some self control but I have gained 10 lbs already. I had hoped I would NOT gain 35 lbs (like I did with Olivia). I started this pregnancy about 6 lbs heavier than I did with Olivia. I guess I must accept fatness is in my future again!

That is my short version of 8 months! I will try to keep up better with posting.

Olivia is WALKING!!

I have become horrible at posting! Olivia is officially walking. She has been cruising furniture for the past few months but was a chicken about letting go! One day she did and now is cruising the house. Still with a lot of falls but doing good. She has also turned a new corner with her eating. She is a great eater! Wow does that make it easier! The veggies are still a struggle (unless Dad is eating them and then ALL are delicious!) Her 1st Bday Party was a hit! I had hoped for a nice day but instead shoved (literally) 32 people in our tiny living room and dinning room. We have 11 kids under the age of 6! They enjoyed an Easter egg hunt! I have a ton of pics but I have been slacking about downloading them. I will do that soon! We made the decision to list the house regardless of the bad news a few months ago. Houses have been selling like crazy in the area so we are going to try! I really have no idea what we are going to do if we sell it. We probably should figure that out! Our dilema has been that we would prefer to live in Pullman (14 miles away). There is a possible job offer in colfax for me so I don't know if it makes sense for both of us to be driving to a town we USED to live in! The houses in Colfax are so limiting! There are only two that are big enough for our needs. One is 260K and the other is 280k. I REALLY don't want to pay that much given our current house will struggle to sell at 175k. The houses in Pullman are more expensive but a better investment. The median home price there is 280K! Yuck. I REALLY don't want a $2,000 a month house payment but it is looking like that is the reality. What to do what to do??? The whole reason we would like to sell our house is to get a BIGGER house. The baby making process has officially STARTED. I have been back and forth on this issue. We have great insurance right now (we all know this is about to be over! lol) and I would like Olivia to have a sibling close to her age. I wasn't sure I was ready because Olivia has been quite a handful! People that spend time with her would agree, cute sweet child but WOW some days! ;) I am sure the next one has to be calm, less screamy! I would like get pregnant in the next couple months but I don't think it is going to be easy. I have tried to increase the meds, Metformin, to the dose that I got prego with Olivia. Everyday I take the dose I throw up and feel horrible! I have yet to ovulate in the past six months! DUMB. I have heard horror stories from Clomid but the gyno thinks that will be the only option. What to do what to do? I sure would like to have the answers in life! Since that isn't an option...anyone else have suggestions?

Disappointment and Challenges

After many months of debate we decided to contact a realtor to sell the house. The realtor presented all the comps for the area and possible listing prices for us. After seeing the numbers it is such a disappointment. Our house is small (1100 sq ft). I realize other people have houses of similar size and are fine with the sq footage. An 1100 sq ft house built in 1890 is not as efficient at using the space appropriately. We are very much busting out of this house. I have no idea how to utilize the space better. So back to the realtor...best case scenario with a full price offer we will walk away with $1000. That won't exist if the seller asks for closing costs. With the talk of the "making" of a new baby it makes me nervous to think how we will fit another baby into this house. I guess that is a reality of the economy and the times ahead but what a DISAPPOINTMENT.

Miss Olivia is growing like crazy. She is super busy exploring the house and getting into everything I have told her NO. She responds as most sweet mannered girl would...she growls. Sometimes it is accompanied by a shrill scream. For the most part we are working on baby boundaries! lol I would be happy for discipline ideas for an 11 month old. Suggestions?

I am also calling out for help...what do I feed this kid? I have restricted her bottles to a morning bottle, small afternoon bottle, and a bedtime bottle. When it comes time for meals she seems hungry but shuns most foods. Good foods (she will eat): yogart, crackers, oranges, pears, peaches, noodles with butter, oatmeal, and sweet potatoes. Bad foods (spits at me): Green beans, carrots, kidney beans, potatoes, mac and cheese, bread, cheese, and meat. I don't know if I need to make the foods different. She will NOT let me feed her most foods. Yogart is about it. She was a great eater of baby foods. LOVED her vegetables. Now nothing. PLEASE send any suggestions!!!!!

1st Annual Bezdicek Beer Pong Tournament

Yesterday we had the 1st Annual Bezdicek Beer Pong Tournament. Your probably wondering, Why Beer Pong? It is one fun game. We had friends over and there was an entry fee and team themes. There were some awesome costumes. In a fluster the night before I sewed some Flinstones Family costumes for us. The winning costume was Richard Simmons and Suzanne Sommers. The pictures only say a little about how wild and fun this night was! here is a preview...

Olivia 10 month picture

Miss Olivia is on fast forward motion! My worry of her lack of crawling ended three days after her dr appt in which we discussed physical therapy. lol Wouldn't you know! She actually took her first steps first but now has decided it is dangerous and there is only walking around furniture. Her crawling came the next day. She decided mommy's cell phone was worth crawling to. She is currently getting her molars in which are horrible! The endless painful screaming is a phase I will be glad to end. Here are a few pictures of Olivia's 10 month photo shoot.