Snacks Galore

Aside from insurance-related costs, I think the biggest unexpected expense is in the category of snacks and extra food in general. Aimee is learning that the only way to keep her morning sickness at bay is to basically keep eating. I make her stop to breathe, of course. Needless to say the grocery list is longer, and it takes a bit longer to pack lunch in the morning. Extra granola bars, apples, bananas, oranges, bagels with cream cheese, yogurt, peanut butter crackers, you name it. It's no wonder that sometimes they say Daddy can gain as much weight as Mommy with all these snacks laying around!

Also there can be no more extended periods of time between the end of the work day and dinner, which we'll have to work out before softball season with the company league. She won't be playing this season of course (she was the star first-baseman the last two seasons!) but I'll be playing, so we'll have to get some food somewhere between 5:30 and game time!