Littlest Llama is coming soon!

Did you know that Llamas are pregnant for 11 1/2 months?

Thank you LORD for not making me a Llama.

Though any of you who know my track record with pregnancies, know that I have carried my babies a whole 10 days overdue. So perhaps my body thinks we are carrying llamas. Another fact about llamas... their babies weigh anywhere from 18-24lbs. My babies were both just shy of 9lbers. So.... essentially I gave birth to a half a llama.

I have never taken maternity pictures. I don't really think I will frame the above picture and hang it in my hallway. But their is something glorious about being pregnant. And I really do love my pregnant belly. When a local mom, Laura Brett, offered to do some pictures for me (at a killer deal) , I totally took her up on her offer. I am SO glad I did. She gave me some great images of this precious time that I will treasure!

We are nearing our time....Baby Helen is due in less than 3 weeks. And we are hopeful that she might come earlier than the first two. Hopeful...but not holding our breath!

Spit on This!

So... let me begin by introducing a feature on my blog called
Spit on This:

Do you know that Llamas spit???
Spitting is the llamas way of saying "Bug Off!" Normally used between llamas to divert annoying suitors, ward off a perceived threat or, most commonly, to establish pecking order at mealtime, an occasional llama who has been forced to tolerate excessive human handling may have developed an intolerance for or a fear of humans and will spit if they feel threatened by them.

So.... what exactly is Spit on This?? It is my way to say to BUG OFF! Things that bug me, bother me, or rantings about my all around bad day.

So.... here goes the first Spit on This post.

I HATE throw up.
I especially hate throw up in a carseat. Why is it that the few times my children have ever thrown up it has always been in a carseat?? Why Lord? Why must the throw up come in THE most difficult place on the earth? I can clean sheets, I can clean clothes, I can even shampoo my van. But it truly takes a rocket scientist to disassmble a carseat enough so you can un-thread the straps and wash the seat cover.

We currently own the Evenflo Triumph carseat. It has been a great good carseat for us. Becasue of our BIG babies, We had to move out of the little Graco infant carriers early so we needed a rear facing carseat. Then it flips forward up to 40lbs. (Side note.. thanks Graco for FINALLY coming out with a bucket seat that holds babies up to 32 lbs...but I really can't afford ANOTHER carseat) But in order to clean this baby, you literally have to UNSCREW a huge panel on the back in order to un-hook the straps in order to take off the cover. Then what I realize... you can't even take the straps out. WHAT? Well, maybe you can with more disassembling of the carseat. I just decided to clorox wipe the heck out of the straps, spray them with lysol and pray pray that the Lord disinfects the rest.

And even better.... no, my child did NOT have the stomach bug, no he did not eat too much sugar. My Little Llama is obsessed with gagging himself. Why does a 2 year old find this enjoyable??