What I'm about to write about comes from the worldly experience of someone with zero outside babies and only one safe-in-the-womb baby BUT is this really necessary?This is a sign that (presumably) new moms can buy to put on their stroller/car seat so that strangers will not touch their baby. Until I saw this, I didn't realize a person could pay money to be passive aggressive but some wonderful company has figured it out.
I understand the need to protect a newborn from all the big bad germs out there but does that also mean that you can no longer verbally communicate with others? Is it so hard to say something if you think someone is getting too close? Wouldn't that be better, and nicer, than letting a sign do all the talking?
Besides the fact that I think this sign would just attract people rather than repel them.
Being a pregnant vegetarian, I am hyper-aware of my protein intake. My doctor is always quizzing me about protein and reminding me to eat protein at every meal.
My doctor seems happy with how I'm doing so far (no anemia - yea!) but tried to recommend yogurt for a quick morning protein. Unfortunately, I have an aversion to yogurt. Or, perhaps more correctly, I have a hatred for yogurt.
For one, it is never cold. You could literally take it right out of the refrigerator and eat it and it will still taste lukewarm. Why? I have no idea.
Two, the flavor always tastes super fake to me. It always taste like someone added a candy version of fruit to the mix. I went for a honey-flavored version once and it was what honey would taste like if Willy Wonka made it rather than bees.
Three, I've never been able to add things to regular yogurt. For example, I tried making my own honey yogurt once and I just ended up with honey flavored lumps interspersed throughout the yogurt. Gross.
So, try as I may, yogurt just doesn't cut it for me. Possibly adding to my hatred for all things yogurt is the advertising of yogurt. That's why this short video below makes me laugh until I cry. It is so true and so funny.
So the last time we went camping, Mini McEvoy and myself were much much smaller. Mini-McEvoy was also much less mobile before.
This time camping I was a little bit bigger and a lot more awkward. Getting in to our tent wasn't so difficult but there were lots of laughs at 3am when I tried to clamber out of the tent. It was not a pretty sight, I'm sure.
Mini-McEvoy was also a lot more active this time around. He/She seemed to like camping and the fresh air because he/she would not stop moving at night. I think the added excitement of a nighttime visit by a skunk didn't help.
We took my parents with us and had a great time (car accident included). We made hobo packs for dinner, roasted marshmallows for dessert and made pancakes for breakfast. The weather was beautiful although I do wish it had rained a bit because I love hearing the rain fall on a tent.
I think I can safely say this was the last camping trip before the arrival of Mini-McEvoy. Our next camping trip is tentatively scheduled for spring when the baby is a couple of months old.
I thought getting out of the tent at 8 months pregnant was interesting but taking a 4 or 5 month old camping will probably prove to be even more interesting!
On the way home from camping this weekend (more on that later), we encountered this
coming towards us in our lane. Adam was driving and luckily reacted in time to avoid a direct head-on collision. He drove the car off the road and we hit this
The only significant damage caused to my wonderful beloved Subaru (as far as we can tell at this point) is this
All of us are fine. We were a bit rattled but we had an hour to calm down before the Perry County Sheriff arrived. Mini McEvoy is doing well and was moving around normally all afternoon and evening. I am going to the doctor tomorrow for my bi-weekly checkup and will, of course, mention the accident just in case she wants to do an ultrasound to check on everything.
In the meantime, we are thanking our lucky stars that everything turned out okay. It is amazing how quickly an accident like that can happen.
I'll never be able to make fun of Adam's driving again!
As promised, here are some photos from the shower weekend. My friend took all of these so I cannot claim the credit. Liz, if you are reading this, were you getting artsy with these pictures or did my computer somehow make them look like this? Either way, I think they are good.
This is a sign that (presumably) new moms can buy to put on their stroller/car seat so that strangers will not touch their baby. Until I saw this, I didn't realize a person could pay money to be passive aggressive but some wonderful company has figured it out. 
