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mommy blogger. As a mother that has suffered the loss of multiple children while becoming a mother of the bride to our oldest, raising 2 young adults, an 8 year old preemie and a 6 year old tornado, I have a lot to share. I can't guarantee you will agree with everything I say, but I think you may just enjoy it. This is our life, the good, bad and ugly. More about me.
Things are just zippin on by pretty fast. This little one will be here before we know it.
There is still so much to do before he arrives! I wonder if it will all get done in time or not.
For now, we celebrate these last weeks that are sure to go even faster than the first. We are all looking very forward to it!
Everything is going so well! Blood pressure is good, weight gain is great, uterus is very high, baby's heart rate is sounding really good. The Dr. prescribed some meds for me to keep my contractions under control, not sure if I will take it just yet. I have more than what is normal(4 or less is the norm), more than 10 per hour, but, so far so good. They aren't doing anything yet, I just have to watch and be careful what I do. Will have an ultrasound in about 5 weeks to take a look at what the placenta is doing. Until then, I'm on the new schedule of going every 2 weeks.
After my appointment I checked to see if my Chiropractor could fit me in before he went to lunch. Thankfully he wasn't busy, and got me right in and adjusted my lower back. I felt pretty good after that adjustment, I could actually move normally! :) Yay!
I made a run to Costco to get new tires on my car, and ended up waiting for 2 hours and 20 mins, kinda long wait for the middle of the week in the middle of the day. Found a few cute and cheap outfits for the little guy. Anyway, my little trip to the Dr. ended up being an all day event and I came home tired.
I scheduled the 3-D/4-D ultrasound of Feb 13th. We can't wait to see him!
I sure hope so! Otherwise this child never, ever sleeps. He is in constant motion, and while I love to feel him move, I get a little concerned that he is always awake. I know he has to sleep at some point, so I have decided, he is following in the footsteps of his Daddy, and is going to be a sleep walker, and talker. Makes for some funny moments, and embarrassing ones too. This is my prayer anyway....
The thought of a baby that doesn't sleep is very frightening! :)
I can't begin to get it all separated in my mind, so I do nothing. All the normal stuff like laundry, cooking and cleaning up get done, just not the extra stuff. I guess I am okay with this, mostly because there is not much I can do about it!
There are some boxes in the babies room full of my youngest girls treasures. (Not sure where their new home should be.)
Windows need washing, most of which I cannot reach.
Walls need touch up paint in a few areas of the house, another thing that I am not supposed to do. (Finger prints and marred looking walls are a pet peeve, and I hate flat wall paint, so it's a terrible combination since it can't just be washed.)
Baseboards need washed down, and that job just seems to daunting and uncomfortable. (Living in a dusty area like this stinks for someone like me who finds clean baseboards a necessity.)
I'm sure I could rattle off 100 more things that I would like done, but, what good would it do. I really do think my being pregnant is making me a bit crazy about these sort of things. :)
Oh joy! On that note, anyone want to come mop my floors. The rain from the last week and the little feet of kids and puppy bring in way more than happy laughter. Every time I mop it rains again, and I see rain in forecast for tomorrow. I guess these are the things that are just like what it says on the shampoo bottle...
Rinse, lather, repeat. This is what I do, over and over everyday. Haha
I guess my to do list is getting longer the more I think about it, so with that thought, I think I will go check the laundry!
I don't know how I missed this! I guess all the excitement of getting my hubby home yesterday kept my mind on other things.
Anyway, less than 100 days to go! I can't believe it!
I have been enjoying all the rain from this last week for the most part. It's a nice change, and seeing that SoCal is so dry and in a drought most of the time, it is very needed. My only problem with it is summed up in one little puppy word...Herbie.
We do not have a backyard here, so he must be walked to do his doggy business. Poor little guy hates the rain. He looks like a little sheep dog before he goes out, and then, well he looks and smells like something the cat dragged in after our adventure in the very soggy grass. It takes him awhile to dry, and he shivers at my feet, begging me to pick him up and give him a warm snuggle. I would get the blow dryer out, but that is pure torture to this little dog, who gets frantic when he sees that scary thing that blows air in his face. Such a sad little sight!
On another note:
I have my hubby home until Sunday. Yay! He will only have to be gone a couple days next week because his trip to Libya was postponed for a few weeks. So long as it doesn't get very close to my due date, this makes me very happy. We have missed him!
The feeling of this little one as he gently has his rhythmic little hiccups makes me smile. He seems to calm down when he gets these, so it's a reprieve from the normal spastic movements going on all the time. As soon as the hiccups are done he is back to his normal self and doing riverdance in my tummy.
It always has amazed me how a baby can seem so strong and capable while I am pregnant...
And then so dependent and unable to do anything on their own when they are born.
This month has been good, and I have felt him growing stronger everyday. It does seem to be going by so much faster than any other time before. I feel like I just blinked and we are nearing the end of this pregnancy. I only can hope that his first years don't seem to go this fast. I want to cherish each precious day with this little guy. I know how quickly the last 14 years have gone since Little Red was born, it's like lightening speed....
Oh, how I long to slow it down!
Well, I am so thankful for the 20 hours Big Daddy was here, even if 7 of it was sleeping. It was hard to let him leave again today. I think I can handle 2 days, as long as they don't tell him to stay longer. We will have a lovely 3 day weekend coming up before he heads for his multi-stop trip. I think he goes from home to Austin, then Houston, London, Libya. Crazy!
He says I grew a lot in the 2 weeks he was away. Makes me feel good to be doing something, since I am limited on my activities. Haha. :) So if growing is my only job, I am getting an A+! I need to get an updated belly shot up on here. I am amazed at how high up in my lungs things are, already. Gotta do a glucose test this week, and have my last monthly appointment next week, before they change it to every 2 weeks. Seems like the days are flying by!
We have babies coming out our ears between my family and my hubbies fam...
One sister-in-law had her little boy in October, another sister-in-law is due in February. My sister had a baby just as we got pregnant, and is now expecting again. :) So between the 2 families, that is 5 babies in the span of a year. Wowsers, yet so much fun!
Finally! It's been 2 weeks of having him away for work related things, and I have missed him!
He gets in at 8ish tonight, and has to leave again at 4pm tomorrow, but, I will take any time I can get. Unfortunately it won't be a relaxing morning...he informed me yesterday that his temporary bridge fell out! This is the second time in a month he has had problems with it. I can't wait until the bone graft has healed enough to allow them to go forward with the tooth implants he has waited so patiently for. Issues with teeth are no good!
Anyway, although he is leaving Monday, he will be home again Wednesday for about 4 days, then he is off to another land far, far away...
Have I mentioned, I am soooo thankful for this job!
Wind, lots of wind, noisy landscapers at the butt crack of dawn, and potty runs in the middle of the night.
Makes for a night of light sleep, and this is what I was thinking about when the landscapers woke me this morning.
On the other hand, all that obnoxious noise awakened me to a very active baby, beating me like a drum from the inside....
And all I could do was smile! Happy 25th week baby boy! =)
Well, I ordered it yesterday...it's a swing, and it saved me from certain insanity after my first was born.
It was also one of the only soothing places to be able to put the baby down, when I couldn't hold them. My oldest did not like to sleep at night, and she would be quiet in the swing so I could sleep...since mommy couldn't sleep during the day, because she was awake then too! I looked a long time for a swing that plugged in, that way there are no worries if the batteries are dead. I finally found one that I was happy with and it's on it's way.
I remember when my youngest sister was born, (I was 11) we had one of those crank swings...so just as the baby would fall asleep and we would go to crank it on again, she would just about jump out of her seat from the shock of the sound. Swings have come a long way, and I will forever be thankful to my sister-in-law who provided the swing that all three kids were able to use, and it was battery powered, so no scary cranking! :) Thanks, Jill!
Truly, I do believe this is one of the most important things to have, especially during the first few months!
So, we are down to needing a mattress for the crib, a pack and play, a car seat, and diapers and wipes. These are the things I figure are most important behind the swing! Once we have all of that we are set!
My neighbor, who just moved in 2 months ago, is awesome! My oldest daughter invited her to go to our church that meets in the Theater down the road, and since then has become a big part of our life. She started out by offering Art classes for the kids on Tuesdays, which has been great. She is fantastic with the kids, and very encouraging to them, also builds on their individual strengths. It has been wonderful. Then she overheard me saying I wasn't able to lift anything and offered to come help out with anything I might need with my hubby being gone. Well, today she came over and helped me out by pulling the boxes down in the garage so I could sit in a chair and go through the stuff that needed to be donated. What a huge help! The Christmas stuff is also no longer in the house! Yay! It was nice to get those outta here.
Instead of giving this stuff to the Salvation army, the church is having a fund raising garage sale for a trip to Kenya this July...so I am donating it for that. It will be nice to have the garage back, and it not be just a storage unit. Only thing left to do...J has some boxes to go through now, and E has a bunch of stuff in her room that we need to go through. I hope that is painless!
Okay, out of all my experiences with babies moving around in my tummy, this one takes the cake! I keep getting punched in the behind! Haha! I'm not kidding, it's a few times a day, and the strangest feeling! :) So weird, but I think with him being so low and head down we are experiencing new things!
I've always been the type to get in and get things done if they need doing. There are many things that, at the moment need to be put away and organized, and I can't do it. For instance, there is a huge bag that holds the Christmas tree sitting in my living room, and by the garage door are 4 large containers with more Christmas in them just sitting there. Then there is the mess that is the right side of the garage. Salvation army is supposed to come pick up some things that I want gone this Friday, only problem is, it's all stacked up in a way that I can't get to it to see what is in the boxes. Not being able to lift or push, or even get to where I might be able to look inside of something is completely frustrating for me. It's like I'm being told no, and I don't like that very well! haha. I am stubborn enough that I would probably have tried a little harder to do some of it, if I hadn't hurt my back this week doing something that would normally not be a problem...so here I sit thinking there is so much to do and no way it's going to get done if it takes me doing it. If my hubby was home it wouldn't be an issue...but the last thing I want is for him to have one more thing to do when he is here.
On another note, I am so, so thankful to at least be able to do the laundry now. I was able to get caught up yesterday, the first day I had the new washer in place. Jumping for joy for clean clothes!
I suppose these little annoyances are not really big deals, especially when it comes to getting this baby here safe and sound. He is much more important than some messes that can wait. I will be patient and enjoy the little life that is growing inside my belly. His movements make me smile, so I pretty much have perma grin on my face 24/7, since he moves all the time. He is the constant, beautiful reminder of why these boxes sit staring me in the face...I think I can handle that! :)
Well, this month has started off with lonely long days. Hubby is off in Texas, then New York, back home for a day, then back to Texas, home, Texas and then Libya....all before the end of this month. I think by the time the month is over he will have been home a total of 8 days for all of January. Hmph! Makes for some lonely days. Yes I have the kids, but, being pregnant and away from friends and family, then add in my best friend being shipped away from me makes me wish we could all load up and go with him. I know this could be worse, it's just harder to have him away with a baby on the way. Not the end of the world, but, makes my world a little more lonely. I have to say though, I am so thankful he has a job, and if that means he has to go places to have this job, then I am all for it. It's just too bad we couldn't have stayed in Texas to begin with.
The weather has been beautiful, so no complaints there, nice and warm during the day with wonderful sunshine. I think this is one of the only places in the U.S. that isn't frozen! I had my daughter help me last night to finally take the tree down. The ornaments have been off of it for awhile, but, I couldn't get in close enough to lift it apart without help, so I put the oldest to work with me. We were successful! I have never had the Christmas tree up so long, ever. (funny thing is, I didn't mind) :) We also had to buy a new washer, and I am waiting on that to be delivered today. This whole washer/dryer thing didn't work out in my favor and I ended up forking over a very large chunk of change to get things back in order. So it once again puts off the purchase of anything for the baby. Good thing he really only needs some clothes and diapers and a place to sleep, maybe the other stuff doesn't matter? We shall see. Ah, this is my life! I wouldn't trade it for anything =)
My Dr. sent me to see a Radiologist to take a look at a cyst that was concerning us a bit, and that appointment was today. Good news, the cyst is gone! I am very thankful for that, still sore at the location it was in, but it must have ruptured and is getting better.
The baby is head down, right on my bladder...makes sense of those late night potty trips I've been making. He gave me a little peek at half of his face, and then turned face to my back again. He moved the entire time, making it difficult to measure his parts, but, the Radiologist managed to get it done despite his wiggles. An amazing thing for me, well he is measuring right on track for dates. My other kids were always small for dates, with normal sized heads, making them think something was wrong with them. This little guy is ahead of schedule by a day, and they are putting him at 1lb 6oz! 4 weeks ago, he only weighed 7oz, so he is doing very well.
The only concern at this point is the placenta is low, and if it stays that way, there will be no choice but a c-section. So we are going to pray hard that it moves up, so far it has not, and is in the same place it was at the last ultrasound. I have high hopes that it will move out of the way so we can deliver this guy the natural way. They will take another look at 32 weeks to see if it has moved or not, so until then, I will not work myself up over this! :) I wish I knew how much it needed to move up to give us the green light to go natural, but, I have no idea!
Of course is what I am thinking now, but about 2 hours ago I was jumping for joy that my front load washer and dryer were in their rightful place, an no longer in my garage. When we got here we didn't know the dryer would have to be gas, and the house came with a top load washer/dryer...so until we could figure out what to do with it, the set took up space in the garage. This weekend we found a gas dryer that matched for really cheap that had been refurbished, and it was delivered today. Being that my hubby is away, I nicely asked the delivery guys if they would help me out by bringing the washer upstairs and hooking it up, which they gladly did for some extra cash. I was pretty excited to get it all in there, and happy to be able to do laundry since the other set had been gone since Saturday. Well wouldn't you know the washer isn't working! Well it's working but not the way it should be, ARGH! It sounds like a jet getting ready to take off, and only gets louder with the spin cycle. So now I have a working dryer and a washer that is going to cost me about $600 to fix! I do not have money for this! Poo!
I just saw something that made my stomach turn inside out. On my way home from Ortho appointments this afternoon middle school was letting out, the same middle school that I chose not to put my kids in right down the road from our home. We don't have busing in our district so these kids for the most part walk home, which means as school is getting out, there are kids everywhere. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a commotion, and turned to see what it was. There was a group of kids surrounding 2 others having the most intense fist fight I have ever seen in my life. I wanted to throw up, as they were certainly landing punches to the head, and not one of the other kids did a thing to stop it. Even worse though, was that the group of kids standing and watching were most definitely rooting for just one of the kids fighting, and the other...well lets just say he wasn't the same ethnicity as the group or other kid throwing the punches. There was no one there to support him.
This is the reason I chose not to put my kids there, they would have been the minority by an almost 85/15 ratio, with us being on the lower end...I was not comfortable with that, not to mention that my son is an easy target. He is quiet, shy, and very, very small for his age. These kids that were fighting are much larger than him. My little guy is going to be 13 in 8 weeks, and weighs a whopping 70lbs with his clothes on and stands at a meager 4ft 9. Most people think he is 8 when they see him. I know these things don't happen everyday, but once is more than enough, and I would rather my kids not be a part of that.
I cannot describe how disgusted I feel. Had I not been pregnant I would have stopped the car and done something. I'm sure they wouldn't have cared had I stopped and done something...but, now I wish I would have at least called police to get it stopped.
Um, 2010? How did this happen so fast? I do believe times are flying by faster and faster by the year. Here is a recap of the last years happenings:
We started the year in Indiana, ringing in the New Year with some friends then made our long drive back home to Texas.
Next came the harsh reality of the stinking economy, and the realization that we had no other choice but to shut our company down. This was a very sad time for us all.
Then I shipped my dear hubby off to California for his new job in February and took on the task of selling our beautiful home without his help. That was a handful, I never want to do that again!
He spent a lot of time trying to find a suitable home that we could afford while he was away working. Thankfully it didn't take him long to realize that we could not afford to buy where he had hoped to live and he moved on from that thought before he wasted anymore of his time. By mid March we had put money down on a new home the same size that we were moving from. He did a fantastic job, as usual!
