Isaac at around 13 months!Have you ever noticed how a scent or a particular song can take you back to a certain time in your life? For example, Bath and Body Work's "sun-ripened raspberry" scent totally takes me back to my Jr. High years. I can totally close my eyes and see myself with my old friends. Kind of crazy, I know! Yesterday while I was out with the kids, they started getting cranky while we were waiting for Richie to get out of work. Luckily I had our portable DVD player in the car so I switched it on. I had grabbed a Nickelodeon DVD with a collection of different Nick cartoons. The first one to turn on was "Wonderpets." We no longer have Nickelodeon at our house so my kids have not watched this show in a long time. But once I heard the all too familiar song, I seriously was almost gagging.
I'll take you back to almost exactly 2 years ago. Isaac was about 13 months old and I had just found out I was pregnant with Abby. I don't know if this happens to anyone else, but as soon as I find out I'm pregnant, I am on my deathbed. I have the most horrible first 3-5 months of pregnancy. The second time around was actually worst than the first. I had to have an IV put in a couple of times because I could not keep anything down. Throwing up only once was considered a "good day." And probably the hardest part of it all was having a toddler running in circles around me while I would lay on my deathbed a.k.a. the couch.
When I was pregnant with Isaac, I would just lay on Richie's Grandma's couch all day and watch TV. We were living there during Richie's internship in LA. My biggest challenge of the day would be to grab something out of the fridge to eat for lunch while holding my breath. This I did just to keep the baby inside of me alive, because my appetite was just not there. Except for California Rolls, I really liked those.
But anyway, the second time around I actually had to keep 3 people alive: the baby inside of me, which was the cause of all this vomiting, Isaac, who was really into those nasty Gerber meat sticks that come in those jars (gag), and myself, the least of my worries at the time. So a normal day would go something like this...Richie would be nice enough to feed Isaac breakfast in the morning while I gave myself my morning pep talk, "we can make it through today, only 3 more months to go..." Then I would lay on the couch, turn on Nickelodeon, and watch Isaac run around and stop every now and again to peek at the TV, put him down for his morning nap, make him lunch while trying not to puke (the hardest part of the day), more TV, afternoon nap, more TV, then Richie would come home with something for dinner or he would make something while I locked myself in our room so I couldn't smell it.
So why did the Wonderpets song make me gag? I figured it out after a few minutes. Of all the Nickelodeon shows on during the day, Wonderpets was on around lunch time, so it was my cue to make my son lunch. Weird how the memory could still be so vivid...
Do any of you have any weird associations like that? Let me know that I'm not the only crazy one! And sorry about the long post! I had never written down exactly how I felt at the beginning of my pregnancy, so this will do as a journal entry. And it will help next time I start thinking of having another baby! Shoutout to Nickelodeon for getting me through those very hard months, I definitely couldn't have done it without them!
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I have TONS of these. I even share your beloved "sun-ripened raspberry" jr. high memories. In fact, several of my scent-related memories are tied to B&BW lotion scents. Freesia reminds me of the locker room at this one tennis club I used to take lessons at with my friend. I used to put it on after I changed into my cute tennis skirt. haha. Occasionally I'll get a whiff of someone walking past me who's wearing Tommy Boy or something that flashes me back to some boy I had a crush on or something. It always makes me laugh out loud.
Very occasionally I will smell some random and unknown cosmetic line that makes me remember getting into my mother's eyeshadow when I was little. I really have no idea what the brand is, but I can almost smell it as I type this. I also will sometimes smell a combination of stainless steel and fish, which takes me back to when I was around 2-3 yrs old and living at a trout farm. There was a big kitchen with huge sinks used when people would clean out the fish. Kind of gross, but it helps me remember living there in a dilapidated house predating the Civil War, which we had to wrap in black plastic in the winter to keep from freezing to death. No joke. Amazing how the sense of smell can bring so many memories flooding back.
I thought I was the only one who associated shows with a sick time during pregnancy. When I was sick with Andrew, Josh watched Baby Van Gough all the time...I still get nauseous when we watch it. This time it was the show Word World. I tried to explain this phenomenon to Darrin once, and he just didn't get it...I'm glad I'm not crazy!
and for a second i was thinking you were going to announce something. DANG. the smell of farts remind me of my husband...
Well I may not associate a show, but I can definitely relate! I bought a new face lotion from a spa during my first trimester and to this day, I cannot use it. I am so upset I spent so much money on that dang thing and the smell of it makes me want to die! It's funny how little things can bring you back!
Is is just me, or does Isaac look like a little Abby in that picture? I actually thought it was her at first. Such a cute kid. It's a shame that they make you so stinkin sick in the beginning. I would tell you to have 10 or so because they're so cute. :)
oh man! I love this post! I laughed the whole way through! SO TRUE! hope you guys had a ball yesterday! (maybe some pics to come?) it sounds like SO much fun!
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