Q: How much snot can your nose produce in one day?
A: A LOT. JP, Abilynn and I all had a cold a couple of weeks ago and I did not know that your nose could produce so much snot in one day. Abilynn learned to blow her nose just by watching and listening to JP and I blow ours all day long.
Q: What happens when you are 8 1/2 months pregnant and you sneeze, cough, laugh too hard, or blow your nose?
A: Unless you sit down or cross your legs, you pee your pants a little. When you tell your family this, they will not have any sympathy, in fact they will laugh at you and tell you that is gross.
Q: What happens when you start crying at your ob-gyn appointment?
A: Your doctor will look a little uncomfortable and then hand you a whole box of tissues. (True story! You would think he would be use to crying women but I guess not many cry.)
Q: How long can a 22 month old swim before getting tired?
A: 3 hours. And even after that 3 hours she was not tired, mom was so swim time was over. Murray has a really nice indoor pool with a great kids area that is not too deep. Abilynn and I went last week with Tymon and Jamie. We would have stayed longer then 3 hours but I was tired and it was nap time!
Q: When a 22 month old is half asleep, half awake what do you get?
A: You get a request for chocolate milk, blanket, cheese, she will tell you she is poo poo (but she isn't), she will start making animal sounds, she will demand to watch tv, she will start talking to the dogs. If you attempt to lay down with her, you will either get head butted or kicked. She will smother you with her blanket because everyone likes their face covered with a fuzzy blanket, right!? If you attempt to get anyone of her requests, she will be asleep before you get it!
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Friday, March 9, 2012
4 week stats
My blood pressure was higher this visit then it has been before. Not surprising because I had had a rough morning trying to convince an almost 2 year old why she can and can't do certain things. (why she can't use her step stool to get things off the counter, why she has to eat breakfast, why we have to wear clothes, why feeding the dog crayons is NOT ok, why drawing on yourself with pen is not ok and that was just the first hour of the day!)
I have only gained 26 pounds. Which means unless I gain 6 pounds in the new couple of weeks, I will have gained less weight with this baby! As far as being dilated, I am a big ZERO. My doctor had pre-warned me not to expect anything this early but I was still hopefull! Baby Boy is NOT engaged AT ALL. In fact he is still very high up, swimming around. Although my doctor was trying to be optimistic about things, he was also truthful and honest, which is what I want. He is just concerned with everything I went through with Abilynn, he doesn't want that same thing to happen this time. Next week he will do an ultrasound and check to see where Baby Boy is. I can actually answer that, Baby Boy is in my stomach and ribs and then he will turn somersaults for awhile, he will kick on the left and head but on the right, he will then lay on my bladder for awhile and then turn more somersaults.
I had been preparing myself for this news, but deep down thought just maybe this time would be different. I actually started crying when my doctor told me what he did. He then asked me if I wanted anymore kids. Let's see, I am 36 weeks pregnant with my second, I can't sleep at night because I am peeing every 2-3 hours, I get heartburn from EVERYTHING, and I am going to have to go through major surgery to get this little boy here. (OK it may not all be my babies fault they can't drop down and engage, it is most likely my bodies fault because I am not shaped right down there. Who knew!?) Um, I have no idea if I am going to have more or not and right now is not the time to decide!
There is a positive to this though, we can choose Baby Boy's birthday. I realize it is kind of cheating but when you don't have any other options what do you do. It will also be nice to know when we are going in so we can arrange for a sitter for Abilynn. Also recovery is suppose to be WAY better after a c-section if you did not labor before. The most important thing is to get Baby Brother here happy and healthy! (and hey, maybe a couple of days in the hospital recovering will be good?!?) Things may change, but I am not going to get my hopes up too high.
I appreciate that my doctor is willing to plan a c-section date for a week over my due date. As things get closer that date could change, and it probably will, but he realizes I don't want to stop any chances of having a VBAC if possible. If I do have a cesarean this time, the good thing is I know what I am getting into and I have done a lot of research and reading on cesareans so I won't be as scared this time. (or that is what I am trying to convince myself of!!)
I have only gained 26 pounds. Which means unless I gain 6 pounds in the new couple of weeks, I will have gained less weight with this baby! As far as being dilated, I am a big ZERO. My doctor had pre-warned me not to expect anything this early but I was still hopefull! Baby Boy is NOT engaged AT ALL. In fact he is still very high up, swimming around. Although my doctor was trying to be optimistic about things, he was also truthful and honest, which is what I want. He is just concerned with everything I went through with Abilynn, he doesn't want that same thing to happen this time. Next week he will do an ultrasound and check to see where Baby Boy is. I can actually answer that, Baby Boy is in my stomach and ribs and then he will turn somersaults for awhile, he will kick on the left and head but on the right, he will then lay on my bladder for awhile and then turn more somersaults.
I had been preparing myself for this news, but deep down thought just maybe this time would be different. I actually started crying when my doctor told me what he did. He then asked me if I wanted anymore kids. Let's see, I am 36 weeks pregnant with my second, I can't sleep at night because I am peeing every 2-3 hours, I get heartburn from EVERYTHING, and I am going to have to go through major surgery to get this little boy here. (OK it may not all be my babies fault they can't drop down and engage, it is most likely my bodies fault because I am not shaped right down there. Who knew!?) Um, I have no idea if I am going to have more or not and right now is not the time to decide!
There is a positive to this though, we can choose Baby Boy's birthday. I realize it is kind of cheating but when you don't have any other options what do you do. It will also be nice to know when we are going in so we can arrange for a sitter for Abilynn. Also recovery is suppose to be WAY better after a c-section if you did not labor before. The most important thing is to get Baby Brother here happy and healthy! (and hey, maybe a couple of days in the hospital recovering will be good?!?) Things may change, but I am not going to get my hopes up too high.
I appreciate that my doctor is willing to plan a c-section date for a week over my due date. As things get closer that date could change, and it probably will, but he realizes I don't want to stop any chances of having a VBAC if possible. If I do have a cesarean this time, the good thing is I know what I am getting into and I have done a lot of research and reading on cesareans so I won't be as scared this time. (or that is what I am trying to convince myself of!!)
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
4 weeks left (plus or minus)
I am down to 4 weeks before Baby Boy will make his introduction. JP informed me last night he knows when Baby Boy is coming. I kindly told him to not tell me if he was coming after his due date. No pregnant woman wants to hear that! I have a doctors appointment tomorrow and then go every week until my due date. At my appointment 2 weeks ago, my doctor asked me if I wanted to schedule a date for a cesarean just so I have an end in sight. I did not like this idea, but after speaking to my husband and mom decided I will set my end date for exactly 1 week after my due date, giving me every possibility for my body to go into labor.
Because my first baby, cute stubborn Abilynn!, wanted to preview the world before she entered it and was an emergency cesarean, I can't be induced this time. Pitocin would put too much stress on my body and increase chances of my scare ripping. (just typing that makes me cringe!!) So it is up to my body to know what to do and go into labor on it's own. I am carrying this baby high just like I did with Abilynn. The doctor isn't too sure that baby will drop. Now maybe it is just me and my crazy hormones (or my awesome will power!!) but I think Baby Boy has dropped the last week. I ask people and half say yes and half say no. I think they say yes just to make me feel better, but I am sticking too Baby Boy has dropped, if not all the way but at least a little! Tomorrow I will know more! Cross your fingers for me.
Because my first baby, cute stubborn Abilynn!, wanted to preview the world before she entered it and was an emergency cesarean, I can't be induced this time. Pitocin would put too much stress on my body and increase chances of my scare ripping. (just typing that makes me cringe!!) So it is up to my body to know what to do and go into labor on it's own. I am carrying this baby high just like I did with Abilynn. The doctor isn't too sure that baby will drop. Now maybe it is just me and my crazy hormones (or my awesome will power!!) but I think Baby Boy has dropped the last week. I ask people and half say yes and half say no. I think they say yes just to make me feel better, but I am sticking too Baby Boy has dropped, if not all the way but at least a little! Tomorrow I will know more! Cross your fingers for me.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Monster Truck
JP and I took Abilynn to her first Monster Truck over the weekend. We took some earmuff things for Abilynn to wear and let's just say she didn't wear them for almost half of the show because she didn't like them. She feel asleep on the car ride there and so the first little bit she was ornery and crying and just wanted to leave. We remedied the tears with a $12 snow cone and all was better. Yup, I payed twelve dollars for a snow cone. It did come in a Grave Digger collector cup, but I am sure I could find the cup for about $5 and then the ice and flavoring are only about a dollar at the most. So I payed about double what it should have been. By the end of the show Abilynn was clapping and cheering, so I would pay the $12 again if it worked!JP took A TON of pictures! One of the BEST things about digital cameras is I don't have to pay to get double prints of all those pictures!!! YEAH!!! Before digital cameras, you had to print all the pictures. I have a box with lots of pictures from past Monster Trucks. It is pictures of the actual trucks too and not any pictures of the people who were there. Oh well, I LOVE my redneck husband!!
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Tank U Mommy. Tank U Daddy
Abilynn says thank you! I know is sounds like nothing but it took us months to get her to say please so I thought thank you would take awhile too, I was wrong. She is actually better at saying thank you without asking, then she is at saying please. She will usually demand what she wants, "chocolate milk!!", and when you say 'how do you ask' she will then say "pees" in a very nice voice.
My little girl is learning and growing so quickly! She can almost count to three; one, three. She forgets two! She is getting more and more independent and if we try to do things for her sometimes she gets upset because 'I do it!' If Abilynn asks for something and wants us to know she really wants it she will squat down and hit the floor. She will do this a couple of times to let us know she wants it and wants it NOW. The other day she leaned her head against the fridge and sort of fake cried. I had to leave the room because I was going to laugh! Where she learns this stuff is beyond me. I certainly do not hit the floor to get what I want.
She really likes chocolate milk. It is requested frequently during the day. In fact the first thing she says when she wakes up is 'choco milk'. The other day I had bought more chocolate milk mix and had it on the counter. JP was home from work and hanging out with Abi when I heard him get mad at her. I went into the kitchen to see what was going on and Abilynn wanted some chocolate milk and had grabbed the mix off the counter and opened it.
She also likes dip: ketchup, salsa, cheese, anything you can dip stuff in. The other day I was in the basement doing laundry. Abilynn escaped upstairs, like she frequently does, and returned downstairs with a bag of chips. (I have got to start putting everything in the middle of the counter because this girls reach gets longer and longer everyday!) She ran back upstairs again and this time returned with a bottle of salsa. 'Dip, mommy, DDDIIIIPP!!'
I will admit, some days are exhausting with Abilynn. I realize she is just figuring out EVERYTHING and has to try things over and over, even if she has been told not to do it again! She is learning what to do to get her way. With daddy she gets her way quicker than with mommy. She doesn't always get her way and that results in some nice tantrums. I ignore the tantrum and walk away, JP trys to get her to stop. After I explained to him why she throws the tantrum and to just ignore the tantrum, she is throwing them less. JP would get mad at her and try to get her to stop, which resulted in the tantrum getting worse most times. She has learned to say 'no' and will let you know if she does not want to do something. She will also say 'yea' when she does want to do something. Abilynn doesn't always have a choice, like when we get in the car she has to get in her car seat or the car doesn't go anywhere. If she doesn't want to put her coat on to go outside, I simply start leaving without her. I know it sounds mean but it works. And she LOVES outside, just not always the coat.
I talk to Abilynn like she understands everything I am saying. I have had many people laugh at me and think this is crazy but she is understanding more and more. I explain why we do things 'we sit in your car seat to keep you safe. the car can't go if you are not in your car seat,' 'it is cold outside, so we need to put your coat on,' 'if you throw food on the floor, mommy will take it away and not give it back.' I have full one sided conversations with her. If you are bored one day, follow us through the grocery store. I get looks from people all the time because I am talking to Abilynn. I am just telling her what I am buying, why she has to sit down in the shopping cart, why we can't buy whatever she is pointing too, etc. I probably do sound like a crazy lady, but I don't care!
My little girl is learning and growing so quickly! She can almost count to three; one, three. She forgets two! She is getting more and more independent and if we try to do things for her sometimes she gets upset because 'I do it!' If Abilynn asks for something and wants us to know she really wants it she will squat down and hit the floor. She will do this a couple of times to let us know she wants it and wants it NOW. The other day she leaned her head against the fridge and sort of fake cried. I had to leave the room because I was going to laugh! Where she learns this stuff is beyond me. I certainly do not hit the floor to get what I want.
She really likes chocolate milk. It is requested frequently during the day. In fact the first thing she says when she wakes up is 'choco milk'. The other day I had bought more chocolate milk mix and had it on the counter. JP was home from work and hanging out with Abi when I heard him get mad at her. I went into the kitchen to see what was going on and Abilynn wanted some chocolate milk and had grabbed the mix off the counter and opened it.
She also likes dip: ketchup, salsa, cheese, anything you can dip stuff in. The other day I was in the basement doing laundry. Abilynn escaped upstairs, like she frequently does, and returned downstairs with a bag of chips. (I have got to start putting everything in the middle of the counter because this girls reach gets longer and longer everyday!) She ran back upstairs again and this time returned with a bottle of salsa. 'Dip, mommy, DDDIIIIPP!!'
I will admit, some days are exhausting with Abilynn. I realize she is just figuring out EVERYTHING and has to try things over and over, even if she has been told not to do it again! She is learning what to do to get her way. With daddy she gets her way quicker than with mommy. She doesn't always get her way and that results in some nice tantrums. I ignore the tantrum and walk away, JP trys to get her to stop. After I explained to him why she throws the tantrum and to just ignore the tantrum, she is throwing them less. JP would get mad at her and try to get her to stop, which resulted in the tantrum getting worse most times. She has learned to say 'no' and will let you know if she does not want to do something. She will also say 'yea' when she does want to do something. Abilynn doesn't always have a choice, like when we get in the car she has to get in her car seat or the car doesn't go anywhere. If she doesn't want to put her coat on to go outside, I simply start leaving without her. I know it sounds mean but it works. And she LOVES outside, just not always the coat.
I talk to Abilynn like she understands everything I am saying. I have had many people laugh at me and think this is crazy but she is understanding more and more. I explain why we do things 'we sit in your car seat to keep you safe. the car can't go if you are not in your car seat,' 'it is cold outside, so we need to put your coat on,' 'if you throw food on the floor, mommy will take it away and not give it back.' I have full one sided conversations with her. If you are bored one day, follow us through the grocery store. I get looks from people all the time because I am talking to Abilynn. I am just telling her what I am buying, why she has to sit down in the shopping cart, why we can't buy whatever she is pointing too, etc. I probably do sound like a crazy lady, but I don't care!
Thursday, February 9, 2012
30 years old
I turned 30 last week. I have to tell you that it wasn't that bad, seriously! Although the 30, flirty and thriving is not an exact fit to me right now. I am 30 years old, 31 weeks pregnant and surviving!! I LOVE my life right now and I wouldn't change anything.
I think the reason I am doing well with the 30 is look at where my life is right now! I am married to my first crush, Mommy to one stinking cute girl, pregnant with our second child, working as a Dental Hygienist (a goal I had since I was 16). I have accomplished a lot in the last 30 years.
Sure there are days where I wish things were different, like we lived in a different house, but most things that I don't like I can change. Life is about your attitude towards what happens. I have not always had the most positive attitude and there are times where I lapse, but life truly is wonderful!!!!!!
I think the reason I am doing well with the 30 is look at where my life is right now! I am married to my first crush, Mommy to one stinking cute girl, pregnant with our second child, working as a Dental Hygienist (a goal I had since I was 16). I have accomplished a lot in the last 30 years.
Sure there are days where I wish things were different, like we lived in a different house, but most things that I don't like I can change. Life is about your attitude towards what happens. I have not always had the most positive attitude and there are times where I lapse, but life truly is wonderful!!!!!!
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