Life Nowadays....

Life around here has definitely changed, not only because of Brian's cancer, but because of this pregnancy. I now would love to have my "boring, monotonous life" back. I've now realized that "boring" and "monotonous" are very blessed words.  Here are a few changes around our house right now:

• The cleaning process to keep the house as clean as possible is unreal (and not just because we have 3 children!!). People ask what it entails and this is what I tell them: every night before you go to bed pretend that your mother in law is coming the next morning and not only is she coming, be she will be checking to make sure there are no germs on any surfaces! (Did that paint a picture for you!?!) Every bathroom sink, toilet, all counter tops, kitchen sink, every doorknob and light switch, phones, etc. are sanitized before we go to bed. I wish I could tell the kids not to touch anything. It would sure make my life easier! A good thing though- it is nice to wake up in the morning to a spotless house!
• I literally buy Lysol wipes in bulk.(Well, all right, my friend Darby gets them for me at Costco every time they go. She brings us ice cream from there too- it's good!)
• Brian's stomach hasn't been able to handle anything even remotely spicy, so we are eating bland food right now. My pregnant belly couldn't take it any longer and I got myself some Panda Express orange chicken last time I was out. (I will BRIBE the next person that comes to visit from Ogden if they'll bring me some szechuan chicken from Wing Wah... literally bribe you! name your price!)
• We are packing hospital bags- and not in case I got into early labor. We have to be prepared at a moments notice to head to the emergency room if Brian shows certain side effects or gets a fever higher than 101.
• If you come to my house expect to see the adults in pajama pants, and praise the day if all 3 children are actually dressed, and a bonus if their hair is done!
• As for Brian, a good day for him is like a bad day of the flu for anyone else. He is on week 2 of recovery and should lose his hair any day now. We are beginning to hate Tuesdays, because he has to have a chemo shot called Bleomycin, which makes him horribly sick all day and into Wednesday. He even thinks he's going to try running next week. I guess you can take the runner our of the run, but not the run out of the runner.
• I just began my 2nd trimester this week and am hoping that the nausea lets up ANY DAY NOW!(It better, because the contractions began 2 weeks ago) : )