I can't get this line out of my head after today's dr. appointment, which of course, is because of this "classic."  Haha, so lame.  Well, Mike came with me to the appt. and we waited for a little over an hour only to be told that my dr. got called into a delivery, oh well.  But, I asked the nurse ever so kindly if I could hear the baby's heartbeat since I hadn't yet and was anxious to hear it.  She thankfully reciprocated the kindness and got out the doppler.  It didn't take long at all to hear that magnificent squishy cadence.  Music to my ears!  I breathed a sigh of relief.  Believe me, you know that I know that it doesn't mean we're completely in the clear.  Because hello?  Lydia, totally normally pregnancy with her, until that 20-week ultrasound revealed different.  This baby's heartbeat brings comfort and reassurance to me that, yes, you are pregnant, Amy.  With a living, breathing, growing, miraculous being.  Not just because a pee stick says you are and despite the fact that you really don't feel pregnant because you've had an unbelievably easy 1st trimester.  Thank you, Lord, for giving me what I needed to hear today.  For that special moment and for tuning into the rhythm of my heart.  You always know what I need!

In other unrelated business (yes, I know I'm so terribly random), Alex has discovered (thanks to Mike) the infamous Star Wars kid from years back....we all know and remember him.  I was not here when Alex watched the video for the first time, but according to Mike, he had never heard him laugh so hard.  I'm really not sure what to think about that.  On the one hand, I think I have a pretty smart child because he can see the humor in it and not be like amazed by SW kid's skill, yet on the flip side, we all know this video got leaked out and this guy was taking this seriously and was not trying to be funny.  So, therefore, Alex is making fun of him when he laughs hysterically...hmm.  Maybe it's not much different than laughing at the rejects on American Idol?  Maybe pregnant Amy is just getting too old and serious, I don't know.

Alex is obsessed with another video currently that we just came across on YouTube.  I don't know where I was when it came out a few years ago...being a young, sleep deprived mom, I guess.  I have no idea what the heck they're saying, but it's definitely catchy and gets us moving.  Alex just watches, mesmerized...and tries to sing the recurring lines.  Apparently this song was made pretty famous because of this video, which of course he enjoys as well.

So, I got in the April Fool's Day mode yesterday, which is kind of unlike me.

• I, first, tricked Alex by putting a couple drops of green food coloring in the bottom of his cereal bowl.  I poured his cereal in and then the milk...and walked away while it started to turn green.  Alex was like, "Mom, come here quick!!  What's wrong with it?  It's green!"  It was cute.  He ate it all up :-)
  
• Later on, I played a trick on Mike and Alex.  I'm not gonna go into detail because it's a pretty gross one, but it inolved chocolate pudding disguised as poop.  Their facial expressions were priceless!
  
• One of my ideas flopped...I tied a rubber band around the kitchen sink sprayer with the idea that when Mike went to turn on the water to do the dishes, it would just spray and soak him wet.  Would have worked well, but I didn't have the rubber band secured in the exact right spot.  I made sure he still got wet though :-)
  
• I think the one that went over the best was at the very end of the night when Mike least expected it.  I had put a little raisin inside the tube of toothpaste to appear as a bug.  He had fallen asleep in front of the tv and then got himself up to brush his teeth, etc.  I heard him start the process and then it took a while for any kind of reaction (because he had been studying it).  He came out with this dumbfounded expression on his face and said, "What do you think this is?"  And was just really freaked out by it...thought it had something to do with the breath crystals in this fancy toothpaste?  I was laughing so hard.  He has such a weak stomach that he says he almost threw up.  He was so disgusted (what's the big deal?  It's a raisin!  But disgusted by the idea of what it could have been, I guess) that he went to bed without brushing his teeth because he felt sick over it...but eventually got back up and brushed.  I really didn't intend for him to feel nauseous...he's a wuss.
  

I'm already thinking about what I'm going to do next year (insert evil cackle).

Good night, everyone.  Thank you so much for your ongoing prayers.....