So, as I was organizing the kitchen the end of November, I decided to switch over the dry erase calendar...then I realized that I only had 1 1/2 months to go til Baby Surprise arrives...where has the time gone? Truly feels like I just found out, and I found out early too...wow!
I had an appointment on December 2, very fast quick appointment since I had no concerns and baby is moving tons, head is down, heartbeat is still 140's, obviously growing. I measured a little bigger, but last time I was 1 1/4 cm larger, this time it was 1 cm over the norm but still within the acceptable range. I worry a little that I may have another big baby, Adelyn was 9#-11 oz. I'm hoping for a 7 or 8 pounder...not too little, not too big. Well, as long as he/she is healthy, I'll take whatever, but you know what I mean.
So Thursday is going to be jam packed. My mom is taking Addy in the morning so I can go get the rest of my Christmas shopping done, not too much left to do, but it is really hard to get things with kids. Speaking of, I have been without Jason since November 29th and 24/7 kid duty gets really wearing with nobody else to "take over" even if it is a half hour at night. Good thing we have great kids, there has only been a few moments of insanity! ha! So...my friends Gail and Cheri and I are going to a nice Mexican restaurant for lunch after I Christmas shop...that is going to be awesome and a break that will refresh me for another few weeks! Then, Thursday night I am taking the kids and my mom to Chippewa for a sleigh ride. It's suppose to be cold, so I think Adelyn will stay with Aunt Tina and Caden while we adults take the bigger kids. We did this last year and it was really nice and so relaxing, and cold last year too...the warm cocoa and chili will taste especially good when we are done!
Then Friday while the kids are at school and Addy is sleeping, I will wrap all the gifts and the last thing to do is to make the Christmas goodies with the kids this weekend. They love to decorate the frosted cookies and we have to make lots of them since they are a favorite at our house. I'm also going to attempt molasses with sugar and white chocolate zig zags on them...I love baking, too much!
Okay, I think that is about it...I have another appointment next week, then I start going every week from there until we have our new little family member! We're so excited!
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Lil Miss "I'll show you!"
I am so concerned about my sweet Adelyn. Now Becca was sassy, and is still a little sassy, but has really tamed down over the last 2-3 years. Adelyn, not sure how to handle her...she isn't "sassy" but just so...what's the word..."take that" attitude.
Example 1: being naughty and saying "no" when I tell her to go brush her teeth for bed...repeatedly. I say, "Adelyn, I'm not saying it again, do you want a spanking?" She says, "yes, spank my butt." WHAT? I don't want to spank you...I just wanted you to think I would so you would go brush your teeth you little shithead!
Example 2: she did NOT want to take a nap today, usually she lays down great and likes her naptime, but every once in awhile she will pull this for a couple days and give excuses, "potty, thirsty, different baby or animal to sleep with, etc." So today she went through the list and I was firm in saying we aren't doing that and need to go to sleep so we can be rested to play again when we wake up. She continues with excuses and calling me and getting out of bed, etc. Finally she wants her door opened...I say, "I will keep your door opened, but you need to stop talking and calling me and just close your eyes and go to bed" As soon as I get into the kitchen, she starts crying...and crying...I yell, "Adelyn, Stop Crying or I'm going to shut your door!" So I hear her get out of bed and slam her door shut, then crawls back in bed and continues crying! Where did she get this from? Even sassy Becca would stop as soon as my voice got firm or a consequence was laid out!
This should be interesting! I have to say that 95% of the time she is really a GREAT girl and such a fun, loving, humorous child...but that other 5% is definately going to give me a run for my money! It will be interesting to see if she relaxes more or gets more attitude when the baby is here.
Speaking of the baby, I had an appointment yesterday. Baby is growing...of course you can tell that by looking at me and I can tell that by the "kicks" being more "rolly nudges" at this point, things are getting squished in there! I measured 34 cm, and I am 32.5 weeks along, so just a hair over but the doctor said that it is well within the allowed measurements. The heartbeat was 140...I know that lower heartbeats are traditionally "boy" and I felt for a long time it is a boy...but lately I've been thinking pink...so basically I have no idea. All three other kids ranged from 140 to 160 with the heartbeats. When I think of this one being consistently in the lower 140's, I tend to lean towards boy...only 8 weeks left and we will find out! The baby has his/her head down and is laying on the right side, which I figured cuz that side is a little "bumped up" from the other side, and when he/she "shifts" their body, it looks like I have an alien about to poke through my belly! I LOVE this feeling of the movements, I love that you can almost tell if it was an entire hiney moving or if a hand or elbow is poking you or if a foot is pushing against your tummy/ribs/side while the baby tries to stretch those legs out! Weight wise, I am exactly where I was at 32 weeks with Sam, just checked his book tonight...yes, I gain 40lbs. each pregnancy and usually lose all but 5 with each, which puts me 20 lbs overweight! ha ha ha I will be doing the workout I did before where I saw some great results in pretty quick time.
Sam is doing better with eating, and his reading is going GREAT! He was struggling but all of a sudden he is like "I got this"...he LOVES the Dr. Suess books and reads them very well. Tonight I was making supper while he did his math homework and he did not stumble on any of the story problem or directions...I almost cried...when your child struggles with anything, you feel their pain and struggles...when they conquer it, it is the BEST feeling EVER! His confidence has boosted SO much this last week or two!
Becca, my super confident, "I can do anything" girl, is really good at whatever she tries (except Golf...ha ha) Her big news this week was that she lost her FIRST TOOTH! She pulled it out at school and everyone cheered and was so excited for her...just the attention she would expect! She was SO excited to come and show me. The toothfairy left her $5.00, a note, and the tooth for a keepsake. She like the "fancy" writing the toothfairy wrote her name in and has since then been bringing home pictures with that same "fancy" writing on them. Her birthday party is Sunday and I thought I would just buy her cake from the store...she let me know she wants me to make it, and put make-up stuff on it, and hearts, and sparkles...real girly. It made me feel good to know that they really like my cake making, and if that is one thing I can do to make them feel special and loved...then that is what I will do.
I love my children SOOOOOOOOO much....they are all so unique and fun and different, and yet so similar. I found a poem/story thing I wrote when Becca was just a baby and it brought tears to my eyes to read it...this time goes by SO quickly. I should post it on here...I will in the next few days.
Example 1: being naughty and saying "no" when I tell her to go brush her teeth for bed...repeatedly. I say, "Adelyn, I'm not saying it again, do you want a spanking?" She says, "yes, spank my butt." WHAT? I don't want to spank you...I just wanted you to think I would so you would go brush your teeth you little shithead!
Example 2: she did NOT want to take a nap today, usually she lays down great and likes her naptime, but every once in awhile she will pull this for a couple days and give excuses, "potty, thirsty, different baby or animal to sleep with, etc." So today she went through the list and I was firm in saying we aren't doing that and need to go to sleep so we can be rested to play again when we wake up. She continues with excuses and calling me and getting out of bed, etc. Finally she wants her door opened...I say, "I will keep your door opened, but you need to stop talking and calling me and just close your eyes and go to bed" As soon as I get into the kitchen, she starts crying...and crying...I yell, "Adelyn, Stop Crying or I'm going to shut your door!" So I hear her get out of bed and slam her door shut, then crawls back in bed and continues crying! Where did she get this from? Even sassy Becca would stop as soon as my voice got firm or a consequence was laid out!
This should be interesting! I have to say that 95% of the time she is really a GREAT girl and such a fun, loving, humorous child...but that other 5% is definately going to give me a run for my money! It will be interesting to see if she relaxes more or gets more attitude when the baby is here.
Speaking of the baby, I had an appointment yesterday. Baby is growing...of course you can tell that by looking at me and I can tell that by the "kicks" being more "rolly nudges" at this point, things are getting squished in there! I measured 34 cm, and I am 32.5 weeks along, so just a hair over but the doctor said that it is well within the allowed measurements. The heartbeat was 140...I know that lower heartbeats are traditionally "boy" and I felt for a long time it is a boy...but lately I've been thinking pink...so basically I have no idea. All three other kids ranged from 140 to 160 with the heartbeats. When I think of this one being consistently in the lower 140's, I tend to lean towards boy...only 8 weeks left and we will find out! The baby has his/her head down and is laying on the right side, which I figured cuz that side is a little "bumped up" from the other side, and when he/she "shifts" their body, it looks like I have an alien about to poke through my belly! I LOVE this feeling of the movements, I love that you can almost tell if it was an entire hiney moving or if a hand or elbow is poking you or if a foot is pushing against your tummy/ribs/side while the baby tries to stretch those legs out! Weight wise, I am exactly where I was at 32 weeks with Sam, just checked his book tonight...yes, I gain 40lbs. each pregnancy and usually lose all but 5 with each, which puts me 20 lbs overweight! ha ha ha I will be doing the workout I did before where I saw some great results in pretty quick time.
Sam is doing better with eating, and his reading is going GREAT! He was struggling but all of a sudden he is like "I got this"...he LOVES the Dr. Suess books and reads them very well. Tonight I was making supper while he did his math homework and he did not stumble on any of the story problem or directions...I almost cried...when your child struggles with anything, you feel their pain and struggles...when they conquer it, it is the BEST feeling EVER! His confidence has boosted SO much this last week or two!
Becca, my super confident, "I can do anything" girl, is really good at whatever she tries (except Golf...ha ha) Her big news this week was that she lost her FIRST TOOTH! She pulled it out at school and everyone cheered and was so excited for her...just the attention she would expect! She was SO excited to come and show me. The toothfairy left her $5.00, a note, and the tooth for a keepsake. She like the "fancy" writing the toothfairy wrote her name in and has since then been bringing home pictures with that same "fancy" writing on them. Her birthday party is Sunday and I thought I would just buy her cake from the store...she let me know she wants me to make it, and put make-up stuff on it, and hearts, and sparkles...real girly. It made me feel good to know that they really like my cake making, and if that is one thing I can do to make them feel special and loved...then that is what I will do.
I love my children SOOOOOOOOO much....they are all so unique and fun and different, and yet so similar. I found a poem/story thing I wrote when Becca was just a baby and it brought tears to my eyes to read it...this time goes by SO quickly. I should post it on here...I will in the next few days.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Medical System...what happened to you?
I am really losing faith in the medical system. Not only the "scare tactics" about everything...especially the swine flue, but the unneccessary hoops one must go through to get no results in which we still pay for. Now, I am a person who ALWAYS tries to see things from each point of view on all issues...but after time and time of the same crap, I am really leaning away from medical and leaning more towards the natural remedies.
Example: The air is changing, the house is dry, we were waking up with dry itchy throats and phlemge (sp?) which irritated our throats. Sam's started first 2 weeks ago and I noticed a white spot in his throat and thought, "strep"...so I took him in. I tried to just get a culture done without an actual visit as our private self employed insurance is about as good as a hole in a canoe going down the river. Of course I can't, I have to see a doctor so I can pay $150.00 for them to say, "let's do a culture". Comes back negative. So I do the humidifiers and vapor liquid and give Sam some Claritin for his allergies which caused the swelling and throat irritation. Fine. Me however, I keep getting his "soar throat" every night. I try the humidifier, I try the vapor, I try the propped up pillows...a little better, but not really. So I try Chloreseptic, works for like 15 minutes. I try Tylenol, not much help. Finally, I do the salt water gargle...pain gone. As much as I HATE gargling, and end up usually throwing up from it, it works.
Okay...back to today. So the kids are better but still have some plemge in the morning to "hack up" I show them how and tell them everyone gets it, blah blah blah. But today Sam's had blood in his, and not just a pinkish streak, I mean, more blood than mucus. Along with the other things we're dealing with Sam, I was worried enough to take him in to get it checked out. I first called the nurse, but wasn't getting a return call. Finally once in the waiting room, she calls me and basically it can be nothing or something major and anything in between. So I was glad to be there.
I tell the nurse and doctor the story of what has been going on. About a month ago, maybe 3 weeks ago we had a pot roast for dinner. Sam choked, and I mean really choked. It was quite possibly the scariest thing I have experienced so far as a parent. Once we got the meat out of him, and he was okay, Jason and I both cried. Just thinking of the incident brings tears to my eyes and I hope to never experience that again! So after that incident, Sam began not eating, and we as caring parents understood the drama he went through and were sensitive to his fear so we allowed it to a point, but it got ridiculous...really bad. Sam used to eat 1 1/2 waffles and a sausage patty as a breakfast, he now barely eats 1/2 of the waffle. It is like this EVERY meal, no matter if he chooses the meal or not. We have gotten firm and this last weekend it really got to us and we yelled, punished, took things away, etc. Nothing phased him, he just "isn't hungry" EVER! He hasn't been sick, but hasn't quite been himself and gets worn down easily, we assumed it was happening from lack of food and how busy it's been with Halloween, pumpkin parties, cub scouts, etc. We are a very busy family and sometimes we forget how that can wear a kid down.
The doctor asks, "does your throat hurt?" Sam says, "no".
"how about when you eat? does it hurt when you swallow?" "No"
"Does he have a cough?" "No, just in the morning when trying to hack up the phlemge"
"Does he have any fevers?" "No, the other night he felt warm but I couldn't get the thermometer to work and the one time it came on it said 99.6, but he is warm bodied. I gave him some Motrin but he was completely fine in the morning and all the next days"
So...the doctor says his tonsils are swollen and he wants to do a strep culture....I protest saying that we just had one done 2 weeks ago and there are no white spots and he says his throat doesn't hurt. "some children show no signs of it and due to the swollen tonsils I want to make sure." $$$$$$$$$$$$$$
He also wants to do an Xray of Sam's chest which I think is a good idea since the bloody mucus and all. That comes back clean, no pnuemonia and no signs of anything else. "I want to write a prescription for an antibiotic for bronchitus" I question why would we give him an anitboiotic for bronchitus if it the Xray was clean. "due to the blood in the phelmge" I ask if there were any signs of bronchitus and he says, "no, but this is a clinical diagnosis" $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
And Sam has lost 3 lbs in 2 weeks from when I took him in to test for strep, that concerns him, and me, but I need to take that up with his regular doctor, so set up an appointment so she can do more testing.$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
So I wonder why we run tests that the questions and symptoms don't support? Why did we not do any more of the "testing" when the first 2 things come back normal? Why do I have to come home and research things to diagnose my own child when I probably just spent $450.00 in Urgent Care? When did our doctors become nothing but "salespeople" to run tests and spend our money with no care over my child?
I am really frustrated, really really frustrated! And if anyone wants to give suggestions, I am open to them, but if anyone wants to rant about why we need Obama's "free" health care, please just exit now, or I will have to write another 5 pages on how that "free" plan will automatically cost Jason and I $9,000.00 that we don't pay now. Thank you.
Example: The air is changing, the house is dry, we were waking up with dry itchy throats and phlemge (sp?) which irritated our throats. Sam's started first 2 weeks ago and I noticed a white spot in his throat and thought, "strep"...so I took him in. I tried to just get a culture done without an actual visit as our private self employed insurance is about as good as a hole in a canoe going down the river. Of course I can't, I have to see a doctor so I can pay $150.00 for them to say, "let's do a culture". Comes back negative. So I do the humidifiers and vapor liquid and give Sam some Claritin for his allergies which caused the swelling and throat irritation. Fine. Me however, I keep getting his "soar throat" every night. I try the humidifier, I try the vapor, I try the propped up pillows...a little better, but not really. So I try Chloreseptic, works for like 15 minutes. I try Tylenol, not much help. Finally, I do the salt water gargle...pain gone. As much as I HATE gargling, and end up usually throwing up from it, it works.
Okay...back to today. So the kids are better but still have some plemge in the morning to "hack up" I show them how and tell them everyone gets it, blah blah blah. But today Sam's had blood in his, and not just a pinkish streak, I mean, more blood than mucus. Along with the other things we're dealing with Sam, I was worried enough to take him in to get it checked out. I first called the nurse, but wasn't getting a return call. Finally once in the waiting room, she calls me and basically it can be nothing or something major and anything in between. So I was glad to be there.
I tell the nurse and doctor the story of what has been going on. About a month ago, maybe 3 weeks ago we had a pot roast for dinner. Sam choked, and I mean really choked. It was quite possibly the scariest thing I have experienced so far as a parent. Once we got the meat out of him, and he was okay, Jason and I both cried. Just thinking of the incident brings tears to my eyes and I hope to never experience that again! So after that incident, Sam began not eating, and we as caring parents understood the drama he went through and were sensitive to his fear so we allowed it to a point, but it got ridiculous...really bad. Sam used to eat 1 1/2 waffles and a sausage patty as a breakfast, he now barely eats 1/2 of the waffle. It is like this EVERY meal, no matter if he chooses the meal or not. We have gotten firm and this last weekend it really got to us and we yelled, punished, took things away, etc. Nothing phased him, he just "isn't hungry" EVER! He hasn't been sick, but hasn't quite been himself and gets worn down easily, we assumed it was happening from lack of food and how busy it's been with Halloween, pumpkin parties, cub scouts, etc. We are a very busy family and sometimes we forget how that can wear a kid down.
The doctor asks, "does your throat hurt?" Sam says, "no".
"how about when you eat? does it hurt when you swallow?" "No"
"Does he have a cough?" "No, just in the morning when trying to hack up the phlemge"
"Does he have any fevers?" "No, the other night he felt warm but I couldn't get the thermometer to work and the one time it came on it said 99.6, but he is warm bodied. I gave him some Motrin but he was completely fine in the morning and all the next days"
So...the doctor says his tonsils are swollen and he wants to do a strep culture....I protest saying that we just had one done 2 weeks ago and there are no white spots and he says his throat doesn't hurt. "some children show no signs of it and due to the swollen tonsils I want to make sure." $$$$$$$$$$$$$$
He also wants to do an Xray of Sam's chest which I think is a good idea since the bloody mucus and all. That comes back clean, no pnuemonia and no signs of anything else. "I want to write a prescription for an antibiotic for bronchitus" I question why would we give him an anitboiotic for bronchitus if it the Xray was clean. "due to the blood in the phelmge" I ask if there were any signs of bronchitus and he says, "no, but this is a clinical diagnosis" $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
And Sam has lost 3 lbs in 2 weeks from when I took him in to test for strep, that concerns him, and me, but I need to take that up with his regular doctor, so set up an appointment so she can do more testing.$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
So I wonder why we run tests that the questions and symptoms don't support? Why did we not do any more of the "testing" when the first 2 things come back normal? Why do I have to come home and research things to diagnose my own child when I probably just spent $450.00 in Urgent Care? When did our doctors become nothing but "salespeople" to run tests and spend our money with no care over my child?
I am really frustrated, really really frustrated! And if anyone wants to give suggestions, I am open to them, but if anyone wants to rant about why we need Obama's "free" health care, please just exit now, or I will have to write another 5 pages on how that "free" plan will automatically cost Jason and I $9,000.00 that we don't pay now. Thank you.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
It's SO dark!
I can't believe how dark the mornings are...can't wait to turn clocks back, I feel like I'm getting the kids up in the middle of the night!
So far we have been successful in avoiding any of this flu/sickness going around. I think the worst we have had has been allergies...a few sneezes and dry throats. The humidifiers are helping a great deal. I have become a "wash your hands with soap and water" recording!
We had a taste of winter for a day or two...the kids LOVED being out in the snow...it was really a fun afternoon. The cats...not so crazy about it!
Tomorrow is the kids' Halloween party at school. Becca is going to be a beautiful girl vampire, Sam a "monster" type guy, and Adelyn will be Elmo. So I get 2 dreary and 1 cutie! I love Halloween! Then Saturday we will Trick or Treat! We had our 4th annual Pumpkin Carvin Party and again it was a lot of fun! Sometimes the best parts are the things that aren't planned. My dad had gotten a bunch of mini pumpkins to shoot from a launcher, but it wasn't really working, so he set up Sam's TBall and the kids all hit the pumpkins with the bat...they loved how they smashed as they flew threw the air! It was really funny!
As far as the pregnancy...I am almost 30 weeks and already feeling uncomfortable...when Ihave to bend over to help Adelyn or get something, I always "grunt" at the discomfort. My back and legs are soar and I have been going to the Chiropractor to help with keeping things aligned which does help...I think being pregnant over 30 is very different from my younger years...and my next complaint would be my weight, partially my own fault for not making good choices and not walking like I used to, but it is still depressing...I know the end reward will be worth it all and I know these are all "fixable" things so I am not getting too down about it, just nice to vent about for a bit. On the bright side, the baby is really growing and moving, I can feel when he/she is laying a certain way and what body part is moving, and when he/she is turned in facing my organs/bladder/etc...this morning Jason was laying with his back to my belly and the baby was kicking him, he thought that was pretty cool. It's weird how it is something I feel everyday, and have in 3 other pregnancies, but the miracle of it is still so awesome...really one of the best feelings in the entire world, I almost feel bad for men that they don't get to experience it like women do!
Now if only we can come up with some boy names, I'm pretty set on Julia for the girl...the more I see it and hear it, the more I love it. I think it goes with the other kids' names too. I am really a blank slate for the boy name, which is something that I am thinking of more now that I have less than 3 months left...I'm still leaning towards this being a boy in there!
The excitement for the week is that I FINALLY found my CD's from 2004 when Becca was 1...I had just about accepted that they were lost forever, then when playing babies downstairs with Addy, I was like, "wait, what is in the other blue bin" and there was about 20 disks! YEAH! Now I am excited to finish up my Christmas Album! It is really coming along nicely and I hope our children will appreciate it later in life as it is a record of our Christmas Holidays since Jason and I met. Now it will be so easy to stay caught up...I'll do the page every January and just add to the book year after year. I am really loving digital scrapbooking for many reasons...I still am going to do traditional for the everyday stuff, but holiday books, vacation book, etc will be digital!
So far we have been successful in avoiding any of this flu/sickness going around. I think the worst we have had has been allergies...a few sneezes and dry throats. The humidifiers are helping a great deal. I have become a "wash your hands with soap and water" recording!
We had a taste of winter for a day or two...the kids LOVED being out in the snow...it was really a fun afternoon. The cats...not so crazy about it!
Tomorrow is the kids' Halloween party at school. Becca is going to be a beautiful girl vampire, Sam a "monster" type guy, and Adelyn will be Elmo. So I get 2 dreary and 1 cutie! I love Halloween! Then Saturday we will Trick or Treat! We had our 4th annual Pumpkin Carvin Party and again it was a lot of fun! Sometimes the best parts are the things that aren't planned. My dad had gotten a bunch of mini pumpkins to shoot from a launcher, but it wasn't really working, so he set up Sam's TBall and the kids all hit the pumpkins with the bat...they loved how they smashed as they flew threw the air! It was really funny!
As far as the pregnancy...I am almost 30 weeks and already feeling uncomfortable...when Ihave to bend over to help Adelyn or get something, I always "grunt" at the discomfort. My back and legs are soar and I have been going to the Chiropractor to help with keeping things aligned which does help...I think being pregnant over 30 is very different from my younger years...and my next complaint would be my weight, partially my own fault for not making good choices and not walking like I used to, but it is still depressing...I know the end reward will be worth it all and I know these are all "fixable" things so I am not getting too down about it, just nice to vent about for a bit. On the bright side, the baby is really growing and moving, I can feel when he/she is laying a certain way and what body part is moving, and when he/she is turned in facing my organs/bladder/etc...this morning Jason was laying with his back to my belly and the baby was kicking him, he thought that was pretty cool. It's weird how it is something I feel everyday, and have in 3 other pregnancies, but the miracle of it is still so awesome...really one of the best feelings in the entire world, I almost feel bad for men that they don't get to experience it like women do!
Now if only we can come up with some boy names, I'm pretty set on Julia for the girl...the more I see it and hear it, the more I love it. I think it goes with the other kids' names too. I am really a blank slate for the boy name, which is something that I am thinking of more now that I have less than 3 months left...I'm still leaning towards this being a boy in there!
The excitement for the week is that I FINALLY found my CD's from 2004 when Becca was 1...I had just about accepted that they were lost forever, then when playing babies downstairs with Addy, I was like, "wait, what is in the other blue bin" and there was about 20 disks! YEAH! Now I am excited to finish up my Christmas Album! It is really coming along nicely and I hope our children will appreciate it later in life as it is a record of our Christmas Holidays since Jason and I met. Now it will be so easy to stay caught up...I'll do the page every January and just add to the book year after year. I am really loving digital scrapbooking for many reasons...I still am going to do traditional for the everyday stuff, but holiday books, vacation book, etc will be digital!
Monday, October 19, 2009
Sleepy Me!
Wow, not sure if it is the weather or the pregnancy or just a combination of it all...but I am SOOOO tired all the time! I will say that I sleep like crap, so that explains a lot. Even when Adelyn doesn't wake me up at all, this baby gets annoyed by 4:00 with my full bladder and lets me know, so then I'm up! I will be taking a nap today, for sure...I snoozed a little on the couch Saturday and it felt so good.
I had an appointment on Friday, the one where you drink the super sweet sugar induced orange drink. They haven't called so everything must have been normal, so that's good. The heartbeat was again around 140 so I am seeing blue. I feel so strongly that it is a boy, which probably means I'm having a girl! I am really bad at 50/50 things. I always choose wrong! We'll see. Now I need a boys name...Jason is set on one, but I want that to be the middle name, so I need one he will like as much if not better to go with the change, actually, I don't, I mean, I'm carrying this baby, letting my body be completely disformed again, doing all the appointments, will be doing all the labor, and will be doing almost all of the parenting...yes, I will decide! ha ha ha
I've been busy working on my Christmas Album, but put that aside in order to get my neice, Rylee's Disney Album done...really fun, but much harder since I wasn't there. I need my mom to come over and explain some of the events and photos I have to help me complete the book.
Sam has been busy with Cub Scouts, he is a "wolf" now, and this weekend he had a "fall outting" at Irvine Park. He now wants a bow and arrow, which Jason almost stopped on the way home to get...Sam gets almost whatever he wants due to Jason's inability to say "maybe for your birthday or Christmas" which I tell the kids all the time. I mean, if I went out and got all of them what they asked for each time, I'd be good as broke!
So my ambition level is not too high, my goals for the day are much more "simple" than they used to be...laundry. clean basement. vacuum floors. These are also not all in the same day either! ha ha ha...today my goal is to get through this pile of papers Jason left on my desk from cleaning out the work trucks...and that is a job...I mean PILES! And to get everything caught up on the current job to see where we really truly stand on it...has been kinda a nightmare to deal with this job, but lessons learned I guess!
Okay, Addy is paging me and I suppose I should feed her breakfast...ha!
I had an appointment on Friday, the one where you drink the super sweet sugar induced orange drink. They haven't called so everything must have been normal, so that's good. The heartbeat was again around 140 so I am seeing blue. I feel so strongly that it is a boy, which probably means I'm having a girl! I am really bad at 50/50 things. I always choose wrong! We'll see. Now I need a boys name...Jason is set on one, but I want that to be the middle name, so I need one he will like as much if not better to go with the change, actually, I don't, I mean, I'm carrying this baby, letting my body be completely disformed again, doing all the appointments, will be doing all the labor, and will be doing almost all of the parenting...yes, I will decide! ha ha ha
I've been busy working on my Christmas Album, but put that aside in order to get my neice, Rylee's Disney Album done...really fun, but much harder since I wasn't there. I need my mom to come over and explain some of the events and photos I have to help me complete the book.
Sam has been busy with Cub Scouts, he is a "wolf" now, and this weekend he had a "fall outting" at Irvine Park. He now wants a bow and arrow, which Jason almost stopped on the way home to get...Sam gets almost whatever he wants due to Jason's inability to say "maybe for your birthday or Christmas" which I tell the kids all the time. I mean, if I went out and got all of them what they asked for each time, I'd be good as broke!
So my ambition level is not too high, my goals for the day are much more "simple" than they used to be...laundry. clean basement. vacuum floors. These are also not all in the same day either! ha ha ha...today my goal is to get through this pile of papers Jason left on my desk from cleaning out the work trucks...and that is a job...I mean PILES! And to get everything caught up on the current job to see where we really truly stand on it...has been kinda a nightmare to deal with this job, but lessons learned I guess!
Okay, Addy is paging me and I suppose I should feed her breakfast...ha!
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Updates, updates, updates
So my 2 times a week has turned into a month later...
Kids started school the beginning of September, Becca was so excited to ride the bus I thought she was going to piddle on the floor each time she thought about it! I was not near as "sad" for her to go to kindergarten as I was for Sam, he was the first and it was a new experience...now it's just routine. I'll probably get that same way when our last one goes to school, although at this point I wonder if we will ever truly have an end to our childbearing...ha ha ha!
Addy had a tough time adjusting to the kids being gone at first, but is now doing really good being home alone with mom and even being my sidekick to go to buildings, drop off bids, etc. Grandma Becky and Grandpa Jim help out a lot too when I have work or meetings so she gets some fun play time over there and loves it. At first she did not want to leave my side, but now it's like, "bye mom, see you later" and she's off!
I had a ultrasound on September 8th and found out that it is a.................baby! ha ha ha...I'm really glad we don't know what it is...makes it a whole new experience for the whole family and the kids and I go back and forth with the guessing game. I still don't have names picked out, Jason thinks he knows what we are naming it if it's a boy, but I will only have that be the middle name for several reasons, and for now I will leave it at that. I have some girl names I like and one has been on my list the last few years so we will see if a "he or she" comes out and what they look like to us! The baby weighed approximately 1.1 pounds and was moving like crazy...I had to go to the bathroom 2 times during it for drinking too much water, which each time was like someone took a load off my...shoulders, man it's hard to have a full bladder with someone kicking it! I am so amazed at the whole miracle of life...I mean, to see this "person" inside of you and feel it is just amazing!
We feel the baby A LOT now, I am currently 25.5 weeks along, and the first time Becca felt it, her eyes about bulged out of her head and she smiled so big...I knew she really felt it then. Sam and Addy have both too now and they love it. One night Sam was laying next to me and I put his hand on my belly and the baby kicked it really hard...he just laughed and said, "whoa!" I love that the kids are so excited, it really gets me thinking that everything will be just fine with 4 of them running around!
As far as complaints, I have gained too much weight, which is partially due to my naughty eating habits and excellent baking skills! I don't think I will go over my usual 40 pounds for sure, but I was really hoping to keep this one around 30...which isn't going to happen in the 15 weeks I have left! Also heartburn is becoming a daily, several times a day, event...tums, tums, tums! And finally the sleep deprievation (sp?)...truly I wake up everynight for one thing or another, usually a family member who needs me...and then I'm up! Most nights it is from like 2 to 4 ish, but tonight when I got woken up the first 2 times I fell back to sleep...but when Addy needed me to find her puppy that was laying right next to her (hear the sarcasm there) around 3:30, that was it for me...I really intend on taking a nap today when Adelyn does or I know I will not make it through Cub Scouts tonight! I have only taken a nap 1 other day during this pregnancy, and I remember it felt so good! So overall, a great pregnancy with quite minimal things to complain about...I'm very blessed for that!
We had the boat out more times than we thought we would have since the weather was getting so cold when we bought it. It warmed up again, and I think it was warmer than in the summer. We got a "tube" thing for the kids and they LOVE it, especially Sam. Becca likes it, but wants to quit soon after going on. Addy tried it behind the pontoon one day with the kids but ended up crying and coming back in the boat. We usually go to Lake Wissota for the size of it and look forward to going to some campgrounds next summer with large lakes to camp and boat. I get to teach the kids to waterski next year and look so forward to that. And for myself too, maybe that will help tone up these "thunder thighs" I'm getting!
No sign of Jack the snake...the pet store told us he could live for a long time, even 2 years...but then we kicked the heat on in the bathroom and put a mouse (dead one) in there and he did not take the bait, which means he has probably left the vacinity.
So I will end this on a funny conversation I had with the kids the other day while making breakfast. I said, "that baby was kicking my tummy SO hard last night that I thought it was going to pop a foot through my skin!"
Sam: what does it look like now?
So I got the pregnancy book and showed them the photo for week 25 and we talked about it.
Becca: I don't ever want to get pregnant cuz I don't want to have my belly cut open.
Mom: Well, not everyone has to have their belly cut open, I never had my belly cut.
Pause....
Sam: Well, how do your babies come out then?
Pause...thought, "shit, what'd I just do?"
Pause....
Sam: Oh, I know, your mouth.
Mom: No, You know how you have a hole you poop out of?
Kids: Yeah
Mom: And you know how you have a hole you pee out of?
Kids: Yeah
Mom: Well, mommies have another special hole that the baby comes out of too.
Sam: Oh, no wonder why they need a bath!
Becca: Gross, what if they throw up?!
Mom: It's not the same hole Becca, it's a whole different area.
Sam: Oh yeah, cuz, you know, your poop hole is farther back.
Mom: yeah.
It was too funny and I kept waiting for the school to call me wondering what the heck the kids are talking about with their peers! ha ha ha
Okay, I think I will end it here! Have a good day!
Kids started school the beginning of September, Becca was so excited to ride the bus I thought she was going to piddle on the floor each time she thought about it! I was not near as "sad" for her to go to kindergarten as I was for Sam, he was the first and it was a new experience...now it's just routine. I'll probably get that same way when our last one goes to school, although at this point I wonder if we will ever truly have an end to our childbearing...ha ha ha!
Addy had a tough time adjusting to the kids being gone at first, but is now doing really good being home alone with mom and even being my sidekick to go to buildings, drop off bids, etc. Grandma Becky and Grandpa Jim help out a lot too when I have work or meetings so she gets some fun play time over there and loves it. At first she did not want to leave my side, but now it's like, "bye mom, see you later" and she's off!
I had a ultrasound on September 8th and found out that it is a.................baby! ha ha ha...I'm really glad we don't know what it is...makes it a whole new experience for the whole family and the kids and I go back and forth with the guessing game. I still don't have names picked out, Jason thinks he knows what we are naming it if it's a boy, but I will only have that be the middle name for several reasons, and for now I will leave it at that. I have some girl names I like and one has been on my list the last few years so we will see if a "he or she" comes out and what they look like to us! The baby weighed approximately 1.1 pounds and was moving like crazy...I had to go to the bathroom 2 times during it for drinking too much water, which each time was like someone took a load off my...shoulders, man it's hard to have a full bladder with someone kicking it! I am so amazed at the whole miracle of life...I mean, to see this "person" inside of you and feel it is just amazing!
We feel the baby A LOT now, I am currently 25.5 weeks along, and the first time Becca felt it, her eyes about bulged out of her head and she smiled so big...I knew she really felt it then. Sam and Addy have both too now and they love it. One night Sam was laying next to me and I put his hand on my belly and the baby kicked it really hard...he just laughed and said, "whoa!" I love that the kids are so excited, it really gets me thinking that everything will be just fine with 4 of them running around!
As far as complaints, I have gained too much weight, which is partially due to my naughty eating habits and excellent baking skills! I don't think I will go over my usual 40 pounds for sure, but I was really hoping to keep this one around 30...which isn't going to happen in the 15 weeks I have left! Also heartburn is becoming a daily, several times a day, event...tums, tums, tums! And finally the sleep deprievation (sp?)...truly I wake up everynight for one thing or another, usually a family member who needs me...and then I'm up! Most nights it is from like 2 to 4 ish, but tonight when I got woken up the first 2 times I fell back to sleep...but when Addy needed me to find her puppy that was laying right next to her (hear the sarcasm there) around 3:30, that was it for me...I really intend on taking a nap today when Adelyn does or I know I will not make it through Cub Scouts tonight! I have only taken a nap 1 other day during this pregnancy, and I remember it felt so good! So overall, a great pregnancy with quite minimal things to complain about...I'm very blessed for that!
We had the boat out more times than we thought we would have since the weather was getting so cold when we bought it. It warmed up again, and I think it was warmer than in the summer. We got a "tube" thing for the kids and they LOVE it, especially Sam. Becca likes it, but wants to quit soon after going on. Addy tried it behind the pontoon one day with the kids but ended up crying and coming back in the boat. We usually go to Lake Wissota for the size of it and look forward to going to some campgrounds next summer with large lakes to camp and boat. I get to teach the kids to waterski next year and look so forward to that. And for myself too, maybe that will help tone up these "thunder thighs" I'm getting!
No sign of Jack the snake...the pet store told us he could live for a long time, even 2 years...but then we kicked the heat on in the bathroom and put a mouse (dead one) in there and he did not take the bait, which means he has probably left the vacinity.
So I will end this on a funny conversation I had with the kids the other day while making breakfast. I said, "that baby was kicking my tummy SO hard last night that I thought it was going to pop a foot through my skin!"
Sam: what does it look like now?
So I got the pregnancy book and showed them the photo for week 25 and we talked about it.
Becca: I don't ever want to get pregnant cuz I don't want to have my belly cut open.
Mom: Well, not everyone has to have their belly cut open, I never had my belly cut.
Pause....
Sam: Well, how do your babies come out then?
Pause...thought, "shit, what'd I just do?"
Pause....
Sam: Oh, I know, your mouth.
Mom: No, You know how you have a hole you poop out of?
Kids: Yeah
Mom: And you know how you have a hole you pee out of?
Kids: Yeah
Mom: Well, mommies have another special hole that the baby comes out of too.
Sam: Oh, no wonder why they need a bath!
Becca: Gross, what if they throw up?!
Mom: It's not the same hole Becca, it's a whole different area.
Sam: Oh yeah, cuz, you know, your poop hole is farther back.
Mom: yeah.
It was too funny and I kept waiting for the school to call me wondering what the heck the kids are talking about with their peers! ha ha ha
Okay, I think I will end it here! Have a good day!
Friday, August 28, 2009
Oh my...what have I been doing?
Ok, I need to get better at posting...I kept meaning to, but there is always so much to do, and now I don't have a sitter...okay, I need to just go back to where I left off.....
Work wise, we have been really busy, more the crew than my end...and I had our nanny, Jamie since Addy was 3 months old so she was like a second me around the house with the kids, cleaning, and laundry...Since Sam and Becca are going to be going to school, and I will only have Addy home (til January when baby comes) and the calls and appointments are slow, I decided I would not have Jamie come once school started, then she got a job that will be really good for her resume, but it started immediately, so I am all alone, and of course, the phones ring, people set up appointments, and I am busier than a 1 legged man in an ass kicking contest! I'm not complaining, it's good, but very tiring and stressful at many points of the day!
Then we fed Jack, Sam's snake on Thursday, Aug. 13th like usual. Then we were gone for the weekend and the week was SO busy, Thursday came again in a blink of an eye...I went to get Jack, to see the cage cover was opened...and no Jack inside. Becca forgot to close it, and well, there is a snake somewhere in the house. The problem is he is so small he could fit anywhere...I'm now realizing it has been 2 weeks since he ate and not sure what to think at this point. Sam is sad and Becca feels bad, and I'm kinda mad...there, did I hit most of the "_ad" words? I'm trying different tricks, but so far none have worked. When do we put the cage away and agree the search is over? I'm not sure, I hate the fact that he could be out there suffering and hungry!
I took Becca in to get her kindergarten shots, I've never seen a child so excited for her shots, and she didn't even cry. She is VERY proud of herself for that accompishment. I finally remembered to get my lab work done and so we did it together...what a nice mother/daughter event, huh? ha. I met my new doctor on the 26th and like her very much. The heartbeat was around 150-155 steady and strong, as well as the kicks the baby was doing while she was trying to get the heartrate. I am now feeling the baby move several times a day rather than sporatically throughout the week. I even have felt it on the outside, but the little stinker stops as soon as my hand is on there most the time so I haven't even tried to get the kids to feel yet, probably another week and they will be able to. I'm very excited. We are still thinking a boy and I am ordering things to convert the room incase it is...and if its a girl, no complaints here, but a boy would be nice for Sam to have a brother...that's about the only reason really.
Jason, the kids, and I went to the lake and had a ball...we had some friends come out for the day and dinner, bs, pontoon ride, etc. It was so much fun and really relaxing. We also went to see our neice's play, she played Belle, and did a great job, they all did. We had some other friends by the lake visit and went to their house where the kids were able to ride in and on a real army tank...they thought that was really cool.
We took our crew and their families to Valleyfair for a summer picnic, it was really nice (although I would have had more fun if I didn't have a bun in the oven...oh well). We took the party bus from Rock N' Roll To Go and that was the best, the kids were climbing the stripper poles like it was a jungle gym and we of course were teasing that they learned it from their mothers...it was too funny.
Adelyn has so many funny phrases...the newest one is "you naked!" every time we go to take a shower, get dressed, go to the bathroom...it's too cute. She also plays the "whose girl are you game" by saying different people to see them get "mad" for her not picking them. The other day we all went to the Chiropractor, and Addy told Dr. Judy, "No hurt my momma tummy." She is very aware of the baby in there and wants to see it often...I am so excited for her to be a big sister.
We were going to move her downstairs with Becca before school, but she isn't ready yet...or I'm not anyways. I decided to wait until Christmas break which will give her more time to be next to our room and Becca to adjust to school...then over break we will put the baby monitor down there to see how they do together and if she wakes Becca up with her "night whines" if she still does them at that time. Now I'm just bummed that I can't get the same quilt we have for Becca...it's discontinued...I keep searching ebay and online but no luck yet...not sure if I want to get two new ones or just a new one for Addy, I LOVE the quilt Becca has and so I need to think more on that one.
And the newest excitement is that after much debate, and tons of research, and finding a deal we couldn't pass up...we bought a boat! It is a 2007 Baja 202 Islander...a perfect mixture of a speed/race boat that Jason wanted and a family ski boat that I wanted! We really were trying to wait until winter or spring for good deals or when we have better job line up for the business, but we are booked and the deal was too good to pass up and it was exactly what we wanted. We are going to take it out tomorrow for the first time, but it is suppose to be cooler and very windy, so we'll see what happens. I assume we will go out at least for a little bit to try it out. When I took the kids to see it the first time, they said, "This is a dream come true!" So dramatic! Ha.
I will try to post photos of above events as soon as I get a data card that doesn't kick me off when I try to download or upload photos...gotta love technology!
Work wise, we have been really busy, more the crew than my end...and I had our nanny, Jamie since Addy was 3 months old so she was like a second me around the house with the kids, cleaning, and laundry...Since Sam and Becca are going to be going to school, and I will only have Addy home (til January when baby comes) and the calls and appointments are slow, I decided I would not have Jamie come once school started, then she got a job that will be really good for her resume, but it started immediately, so I am all alone, and of course, the phones ring, people set up appointments, and I am busier than a 1 legged man in an ass kicking contest! I'm not complaining, it's good, but very tiring and stressful at many points of the day!
Then we fed Jack, Sam's snake on Thursday, Aug. 13th like usual. Then we were gone for the weekend and the week was SO busy, Thursday came again in a blink of an eye...I went to get Jack, to see the cage cover was opened...and no Jack inside. Becca forgot to close it, and well, there is a snake somewhere in the house. The problem is he is so small he could fit anywhere...I'm now realizing it has been 2 weeks since he ate and not sure what to think at this point. Sam is sad and Becca feels bad, and I'm kinda mad...there, did I hit most of the "_ad" words? I'm trying different tricks, but so far none have worked. When do we put the cage away and agree the search is over? I'm not sure, I hate the fact that he could be out there suffering and hungry!
I took Becca in to get her kindergarten shots, I've never seen a child so excited for her shots, and she didn't even cry. She is VERY proud of herself for that accompishment. I finally remembered to get my lab work done and so we did it together...what a nice mother/daughter event, huh? ha. I met my new doctor on the 26th and like her very much. The heartbeat was around 150-155 steady and strong, as well as the kicks the baby was doing while she was trying to get the heartrate. I am now feeling the baby move several times a day rather than sporatically throughout the week. I even have felt it on the outside, but the little stinker stops as soon as my hand is on there most the time so I haven't even tried to get the kids to feel yet, probably another week and they will be able to. I'm very excited. We are still thinking a boy and I am ordering things to convert the room incase it is...and if its a girl, no complaints here, but a boy would be nice for Sam to have a brother...that's about the only reason really.
Jason, the kids, and I went to the lake and had a ball...we had some friends come out for the day and dinner, bs, pontoon ride, etc. It was so much fun and really relaxing. We also went to see our neice's play, she played Belle, and did a great job, they all did. We had some other friends by the lake visit and went to their house where the kids were able to ride in and on a real army tank...they thought that was really cool.
We took our crew and their families to Valleyfair for a summer picnic, it was really nice (although I would have had more fun if I didn't have a bun in the oven...oh well). We took the party bus from Rock N' Roll To Go and that was the best, the kids were climbing the stripper poles like it was a jungle gym and we of course were teasing that they learned it from their mothers...it was too funny.
Adelyn has so many funny phrases...the newest one is "you naked!" every time we go to take a shower, get dressed, go to the bathroom...it's too cute. She also plays the "whose girl are you game" by saying different people to see them get "mad" for her not picking them. The other day we all went to the Chiropractor, and Addy told Dr. Judy, "No hurt my momma tummy." She is very aware of the baby in there and wants to see it often...I am so excited for her to be a big sister.
We were going to move her downstairs with Becca before school, but she isn't ready yet...or I'm not anyways. I decided to wait until Christmas break which will give her more time to be next to our room and Becca to adjust to school...then over break we will put the baby monitor down there to see how they do together and if she wakes Becca up with her "night whines" if she still does them at that time. Now I'm just bummed that I can't get the same quilt we have for Becca...it's discontinued...I keep searching ebay and online but no luck yet...not sure if I want to get two new ones or just a new one for Addy, I LOVE the quilt Becca has and so I need to think more on that one.
And the newest excitement is that after much debate, and tons of research, and finding a deal we couldn't pass up...we bought a boat! It is a 2007 Baja 202 Islander...a perfect mixture of a speed/race boat that Jason wanted and a family ski boat that I wanted! We really were trying to wait until winter or spring for good deals or when we have better job line up for the business, but we are booked and the deal was too good to pass up and it was exactly what we wanted. We are going to take it out tomorrow for the first time, but it is suppose to be cooler and very windy, so we'll see what happens. I assume we will go out at least for a little bit to try it out. When I took the kids to see it the first time, they said, "This is a dream come true!" So dramatic! Ha.
I will try to post photos of above events as soon as I get a data card that doesn't kick me off when I try to download or upload photos...gotta love technology!
Well, I think I am all caught up again. I know I miss a lot of the day to day funny things the kids do and say when I wait so long, so I will make it a point to get a blog on here at least 2 times a week to share more of our day to day adventures!
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