St. Marys' Carnival: End of Week Six!

 

Welcome to the carnival! 

Brian and I were able to kick off our weekend (and end our week, since he will be back at work for the remainder of the weekend) by checking out the little carnival that was set up in one of our shopping center's parking lots. 

I was very excited about attending because I haven't been able to go to a carnival since I was back home in Illinois. I couldn't wait to get some tickets and hop on those rides!

Ooh, wait.

"You're pregnant, Chels!", I screamed at myself. 

I was bummed about not being able to get on any of the rides. I especially wanted to ride the Ferris Wheel; which I'm sure I would have been ok to ride, but I was not about to pay $8 for the eight tickets we would have needed for both Brian and I to ride. 

So I just stared at it in awe. 

I absolutely love Ferris Wheels! It has always been one of my favorite rides. The last time I was on a Ferris Wheel, Brian was home from Boot Camp on Recruiter's Assistance/Boot Leave back in 2010. We will definitely have to go on the next one we come across. 

We ran into some friends and walked around with them for awhile, watched Brian try to win a giant, stuffed Panda Bear for me, and then we raided the fried foods stand. 

I was craving a Corn Dog caked in Mustard.

It was delicious! 

After parting ways with our friends, Brian and I walked around a few more times. I wanted to play the fish game, but then we decided that it would be best if we didn't. After all, if I would have won a fish, we wouldn't have had any place to keep it. So, we walked back over to the Ferris Wheel and I convinced Brian to be my "photo of the week". 

For those of you who may not know, I have been working on a weekly project for the year: 52 photos for the 52 weeks of the year. This photo is week eleven's photo; each week is themed and this week's theme was "portraiture". 

Needless to say it was a pretty good night despite the fact that I was not able to ride any of my favorite rides. 

As far as pregnancy, the end of the week has been far nicer to me than in the beginning. My nausea is somewhat at ease (for now), but my cravings have been interesting.

My cravings list for the day was rather unique:

• Biscuits and Gravy
• Watermelon
• French Fries dipped in a Shamrock (Mint) Shake
• Corn Dog caked in Mustard

My emotions, on the other hand, have been intense. With having to deal with having Bandit here, I nearly lost my cool on a lot of people when all they were trying to do was give me advice. I actually ended up deactivating my Facebook account for a few days in order to prevent myself from looking like a crazy, rude, pregnant woman. But I am learning how to calm myself down so I don't come off as so insane. haha.

Some other exciting news going on in our lives right now: we are moving! 

Brian is still going to be stationed here in Georgia at least until October of this year, if not longer, so we are moving to the other side of town. Our current lease is up in April so it is time with us to part ways with our little two bedroom apartment and make new memories in the three bedroom, two bathroom duplex we will be moving into in about two weeks. We need the extra room for our little one when he or she arrives! I am very excited about having a bigger place, but not looking forward to the actual moving part. With being pregnant, I am not going to be much help and that bothers me, especially since we won't know who would be off work in order to help us. I am really hoping that it isn't as stressful as I think it is going to be.

Well, I am ready for week seven! 

I am keeping my fingers crossed that it is better than week six!