Wanna know the fastest way to piss off a 9 and 1/2 month pregnant women? ARGUE WITH HER ABOUT HER DUE DATE!!! lol.
There was only one possible conception "encounter" in the month of August. It was August 16th. After a dating ultrasound at 5ish weeks it was confirmed that I probably concieved between the 16th-18th. Well, no suprise to me there lol. My due date was set to May 8th, 2010 off that dating ultrasound (they never told me that due date. They hadnt told me ANY due date at that point because they were unsure of viability). Well, at my next ultrasound when we saw the heartbeat and everything they told me I was due May 2nd, 2010. EXCELLENT! Well I started noticing on paperwork that my "EDD" said 5/8/10 and not 5/2/10. I decided to ask my doctor LAST week and he basically said that the earlier U/S set the computer to 5/8/10 and since the next ultrasound was only 6 days different it wouldnt change it. It has to be a week or more difference for them to change it in the system. He acted like it was no big deal though and even said later in the convo "when your due on May 2nd we will...." when talking about a delivery plan. So even he was treating me as due 5/2/10. It bugs me that I have to tell them I am due the 8th but really the 2nd... just because the stupid computer wont change it. But I can deal. Or so I thought...
Well, today I get to talking to the doc about inductions and going over due and everything. Well, since Kaiser is set up with rotation there is a VERY good chance my OB wont get to deliver me because he could be in the clinic or off or on call at Lakeview or on call at Sand Canyon... its all really up to chance lol. I asked when we would talk about inducing if I went over due. He said because my due date in the computer is the 8th they will not schedule an induction until I hit "41" weeks which according to the computer will be the 15th. ARE YOU KIDDING ME! I was like well thats all fine and dandy but I am technically due the 2nd so shouldnt the induction be set off of that? He basically said hopefully we wont need to do induce. COP OUT! lol. He didnt want to have to argue with me. He is seriously THE BEST OB EVER... this is the first time I actually got angry at him lol. If I am due the 2nd and you dont plan on scheduling my induction until the 15th... that means you are having me go over a MINIMUM of 13 days... I CANT HANDLE THAT!!! (Megan was like 3wks overdue with Makalah lol... so she is probably rolling her eyes at my pettiness right about now).
So help me God if I am pregnant after May 10th... hell hath no fury like a scorned pregnant woman lol.
So thats my rant.
I didnt get checked for dilation or anything today because my SIL is out of town and I need her at delivery or else it will be just me and David and I sorta need Jill for a few things at the hospital that I wont be able to "get" if she isnt there. Doc is also outa town for 5 days starting tonight so just double the reason I need to keep from going into labor. He wants to deliver me if at all possible so we are trying to get that to work out. So we decided no cervical exam just incase because it can start labor.
So who knows if I am still 2cm or if I am 7cm. I guess if a baby falls out soon we shall know lol.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
brief break.
Im sorry little blog. I have been slacking. I am exhausted and overly emotional and right now I dont have much to talk about. Im at the end of my rope with being pregnant and all I can do is focus on the exact tasks at hand and pray its almost time for delivery haha.
So until I am sane, Ill be around.
:)
Love, Cassandra
So until I am sane, Ill be around.
:)
Love, Cassandra
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Cross posted: Breastfeeding
I read this in a birthclub I belong to and I thought it was a good read. I mean... even if you just try for a few days in the hospital there are benefits. Some people cant physically nurse and thats okay... but at least try just to see if you can and to give your baby those extra little nutrients/antibodies that you cant get from formula. Either way your child will be fed and thrive... but its worth a shot to just try :)
IF YOU NURSE YOUR BABY FOR JUST A FEW DAYS, he will have received your colostrum, or early milk. By providing antibodies and the food his brand-new body expects, nursing gives your baby his first - and easiest - "immunization" and helps get his digestive system going smoothly. Breastfeeding is how your baby expects to start, and helps your own body recover from the birth. Given how very much your baby stands to gain, and how little you stand to lose, it just makes good sense to breastfeed for at least a day or two, even if you plan to bottle-feed after that.
IF YOU NURSE YOUR BABY FOR FOUR TO SIX WEEKS, you will have eased him through the most critical part of his infancy. Newborns who are not breastfed are much more likely to get sick or be hospitalized, and have many more digestive problems than breastfed babies. After 4 to 6 weeks, you'll probably have worked through any early nursing concerns, too. Make a serious goal of nursing for a month, call La Leche League or a certified lactation consultant if you have any questions, and you'll be in a better position to decide whether continued breastfeeding is for you.
IF YOU NURSE YOUR BABY FOR 3 OR 4 MONTHS, her digestive system will have matured a great deal, and she will be much better able to tolerate the foreign substances in commercial formulas. If there is a family history of allergies, though, you will greatly reduce her risk by waiting a few more months before adding anything at all to her diet of breastmilk. And giving nothing but your milk for the first four months gives strong protection against ear infections for a whole year.
IF YOU NURSE YOUR BABY FOR 6 MONTHS without adding any other food or drink, she will be much less likely to suffer an allergic reaction to formula or other foods later on; the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends waiting until about 6 months to offer solid foods. Nursing for at least 6 months helps ensure better health throughout your baby's first year of life, reduces your little one's risk of ear infections and childhood cancers, and reduces your own risk of breast cancer. And exclusive, frequent breastfeeding during the first 6 months, if your periods have not returned, provides 98% effective contraception.
IF YOU NURSE YOUR BABY FOR 9 MONTHS, you will have seen him through the fastest and most important brain and body development of his life on the food that was designed for him - your milk. Nursing for at least this long will help ensure better performance all through his school years. Weaning may be fairly easy at this age... but then, so is nursing! If you want to avoid weaning this early, be sure you've been available to nurse for comfort as well as just for food.
IF YOU NURSE YOUR BABY FOR A YEAR, you can avoid the expense and bother of formula. Her one-year-old body can probably handle most of the table foods your family enjoys. Many of the health benefits this year of nursing has given your child will last her whole life. She will have a stronger immune system, for instance, and will be much less likely to need orthodontia or speech therapy. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends nursing for at least a year, because it helps ensure normal nutrition and health for your baby.
IF YOU NURSE YOUR BABY FOR 18 MONTHS, you will have continued to provide the nutrition, comfort, and illness protection your baby expects, at a time when illness is common in formula-fed babies. Your baby is probably well started on table foods, too. He has had time to form a solid bond with you - a healthy starting point for his growing independence. And he is old enough that you and he can work together on the weaning process, at a pace that he can handle. A former U.S. Surgeon General said, "it is the lucky baby... that nurses to age two."
IF YOUR CHILD WEANS WHEN SHE IS READY, you can feel confident that you have met your baby's physical and emotional needs in a very normal, healthy way. In cultures where there is no pressure to wean, children tend to nurse for at least two years. The World Health Organization and UNICEF strongly encourage breastfeeding through toddlerhood: "Breastmilk is an important source of energy and protein, and helps to protect against disease during the child's second year of life." Our biology seems geared to a weaning age of between 2 1/2 and 7 years, and it just makes sense to build our children's bones from the milk that was designed for them. Your milk provides antibodies and other protective substances for as long as you continue nursing, and families of nursing toddlers often find that their medical bills are lower than their neighbors' for years to come. Research indicates that the longer a child nurses, the higher his intelligence. Mothers who nurse longterm have a still lower risk of developing breast cancer. Children who were nursed longterm tend to be very secure, and are less likely to suck their thumbs or carry a blanket. Nursing can help ease both of you through the tears, tantrums, and tumbles that come with early childhood, and helps ensure that any illnesses are milder and easier to deal with. It's an all-purpose mothering tool you won't want to be without! Don't worry that your child will nurse forever. All children stop on their own, no matter what you do, and there are more nursing toddlers around than you might guess.
WHETHER YOU NURSE FOR A DAY OR FOR SEVERAL YEARS, the decision to nurse your child is one you need never regret. And whenever weaning takes place, remember that it is a big step for both of you. If you choose to wean before your child is ready, be sure to do it gradually, and with love.
IF YOU NURSE YOUR BABY FOR JUST A FEW DAYS, he will have received your colostrum, or early milk. By providing antibodies and the food his brand-new body expects, nursing gives your baby his first - and easiest - "immunization" and helps get his digestive system going smoothly. Breastfeeding is how your baby expects to start, and helps your own body recover from the birth. Given how very much your baby stands to gain, and how little you stand to lose, it just makes good sense to breastfeed for at least a day or two, even if you plan to bottle-feed after that.
IF YOU NURSE YOUR BABY FOR FOUR TO SIX WEEKS, you will have eased him through the most critical part of his infancy. Newborns who are not breastfed are much more likely to get sick or be hospitalized, and have many more digestive problems than breastfed babies. After 4 to 6 weeks, you'll probably have worked through any early nursing concerns, too. Make a serious goal of nursing for a month, call La Leche League or a certified lactation consultant if you have any questions, and you'll be in a better position to decide whether continued breastfeeding is for you.
IF YOU NURSE YOUR BABY FOR 3 OR 4 MONTHS, her digestive system will have matured a great deal, and she will be much better able to tolerate the foreign substances in commercial formulas. If there is a family history of allergies, though, you will greatly reduce her risk by waiting a few more months before adding anything at all to her diet of breastmilk. And giving nothing but your milk for the first four months gives strong protection against ear infections for a whole year.
IF YOU NURSE YOUR BABY FOR 6 MONTHS without adding any other food or drink, she will be much less likely to suffer an allergic reaction to formula or other foods later on; the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends waiting until about 6 months to offer solid foods. Nursing for at least 6 months helps ensure better health throughout your baby's first year of life, reduces your little one's risk of ear infections and childhood cancers, and reduces your own risk of breast cancer. And exclusive, frequent breastfeeding during the first 6 months, if your periods have not returned, provides 98% effective contraception.
IF YOU NURSE YOUR BABY FOR 9 MONTHS, you will have seen him through the fastest and most important brain and body development of his life on the food that was designed for him - your milk. Nursing for at least this long will help ensure better performance all through his school years. Weaning may be fairly easy at this age... but then, so is nursing! If you want to avoid weaning this early, be sure you've been available to nurse for comfort as well as just for food.
IF YOU NURSE YOUR BABY FOR A YEAR, you can avoid the expense and bother of formula. Her one-year-old body can probably handle most of the table foods your family enjoys. Many of the health benefits this year of nursing has given your child will last her whole life. She will have a stronger immune system, for instance, and will be much less likely to need orthodontia or speech therapy. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends nursing for at least a year, because it helps ensure normal nutrition and health for your baby.
IF YOU NURSE YOUR BABY FOR 18 MONTHS, you will have continued to provide the nutrition, comfort, and illness protection your baby expects, at a time when illness is common in formula-fed babies. Your baby is probably well started on table foods, too. He has had time to form a solid bond with you - a healthy starting point for his growing independence. And he is old enough that you and he can work together on the weaning process, at a pace that he can handle. A former U.S. Surgeon General said, "it is the lucky baby... that nurses to age two."
IF YOUR CHILD WEANS WHEN SHE IS READY, you can feel confident that you have met your baby's physical and emotional needs in a very normal, healthy way. In cultures where there is no pressure to wean, children tend to nurse for at least two years. The World Health Organization and UNICEF strongly encourage breastfeeding through toddlerhood: "Breastmilk is an important source of energy and protein, and helps to protect against disease during the child's second year of life." Our biology seems geared to a weaning age of between 2 1/2 and 7 years, and it just makes sense to build our children's bones from the milk that was designed for them. Your milk provides antibodies and other protective substances for as long as you continue nursing, and families of nursing toddlers often find that their medical bills are lower than their neighbors' for years to come. Research indicates that the longer a child nurses, the higher his intelligence. Mothers who nurse longterm have a still lower risk of developing breast cancer. Children who were nursed longterm tend to be very secure, and are less likely to suck their thumbs or carry a blanket. Nursing can help ease both of you through the tears, tantrums, and tumbles that come with early childhood, and helps ensure that any illnesses are milder and easier to deal with. It's an all-purpose mothering tool you won't want to be without! Don't worry that your child will nurse forever. All children stop on their own, no matter what you do, and there are more nursing toddlers around than you might guess.
WHETHER YOU NURSE FOR A DAY OR FOR SEVERAL YEARS, the decision to nurse your child is one you need never regret. And whenever weaning takes place, remember that it is a big step for both of you. If you choose to wean before your child is ready, be sure to do it gradually, and with love.
Monday, April 12, 2010
I am term. And have a lot to talk about lol.
So I made it to "term". The baby is developed and can come now and it would not be considered a premature birth. I cant believe the day is here where I am "term" with a baby. It seems like the days of imagining what it would be like to even get pregnant, let alone stay pregnant... and no be finishing a pregnancy-- Its all a blur haha. Im here, David and I made it... the Lord TRUELY provided. Here is a picture of my ever expanding midline. Its hanging lower and lower these days haha.
I keep complaining that it feels like I need to poop but I dont need to poop. Its just an intense amount of pressure from her head. I also cant seem to breathe right... I am panting or something. You know when you run up a flight of stairs real quick and then a minute later you like cant breathe? (well, if your out of shape like me then you know what Im talking about lol) Im constantly breathing like that. They say that you are suposed to be able to breathe better when the baby drops... but she is dropped and I still cant freaking breathe. Its actually really annoying. I sit at the front desk in the lobby at my work, and the security guard who sits in the lobby to is constantly making cracks about how I need to change my name to "Darth Vador" lol. It was funny the first time... but he is literally reffering to me as Darth now. Not so funny anymore. Infact... ITS ANNOYING!! I know what I sound like and if I could catch my breath I would. AHHHH!
I am contracting ALL THE TIME but in no consistant pattern. Its quite frustrating. I dont want her here before she is good and ready and healthy... but I also am getting really tired and I dont do so well with pain. Plus I have a wisdom tooth that I need pulled (its infected. Of course.) but I cant have it pulled without being put under due to it being spiral rooted into my jaw nerve... they wont do anything about it until Im not pregnant anymore. However, it wasnt a big deal until this last week. The tooth wasnt hurting me at all. Then I got sick (my ears/sinus thing) and I guess the pressure from that activated the pain in the tooth. Now I cant chew and the tooth is killing me. 9 months pain free... and at the very end you decide to start acting up little wisdom tooth! REALLY!! REALLLLLY NOW!!?? haha. Oh the irony. Im going to be giving birth an in more pain from a stupid tooth then blowing a bowling ball out of me lol. Well... here is to the next 20ish days!!
I keep complaining that it feels like I need to poop but I dont need to poop. Its just an intense amount of pressure from her head. I also cant seem to breathe right... I am panting or something. You know when you run up a flight of stairs real quick and then a minute later you like cant breathe? (well, if your out of shape like me then you know what Im talking about lol) Im constantly breathing like that. They say that you are suposed to be able to breathe better when the baby drops... but she is dropped and I still cant freaking breathe. Its actually really annoying. I sit at the front desk in the lobby at my work, and the security guard who sits in the lobby to is constantly making cracks about how I need to change my name to "Darth Vador" lol. It was funny the first time... but he is literally reffering to me as Darth now. Not so funny anymore. Infact... ITS ANNOYING!! I know what I sound like and if I could catch my breath I would. AHHHH!I am contracting ALL THE TIME but in no consistant pattern. Its quite frustrating. I dont want her here before she is good and ready and healthy... but I also am getting really tired and I dont do so well with pain. Plus I have a wisdom tooth that I need pulled (its infected. Of course.) but I cant have it pulled without being put under due to it being spiral rooted into my jaw nerve... they wont do anything about it until Im not pregnant anymore. However, it wasnt a big deal until this last week. The tooth wasnt hurting me at all. Then I got sick (my ears/sinus thing) and I guess the pressure from that activated the pain in the tooth. Now I cant chew and the tooth is killing me. 9 months pain free... and at the very end you decide to start acting up little wisdom tooth! REALLY!! REALLLLLY NOW!!?? haha. Oh the irony. Im going to be giving birth an in more pain from a stupid tooth then blowing a bowling ball out of me lol. Well... here is to the next 20ish days!!
Friday I took a half day at work so that I could go to David's work baby shower. It was a lot of fun. I got to meet his co-workers and his boss. I had never really met them because I have had no reason to go to his work before. It was nice to finally meet everyone he contantly "talks" about lol. His boss (Emily) threw the shower and there were like 15 people there. They had it catered by Maggiano's which is a really yummy restaurant. There was 2 different salads, 2 different types of bread, 3 different pastas, ect. It was really good. There was a ton of food and they sent it all home with us which was a joke because there is no way I could eat all of that and Davids on a diet lol. But regardless I was greatful. She also got a fruit pastry thing for the "cake" and OH-EMM-GEE it was so freaking good. It was beautiful too! (See pic below). Its from some Bakery that his boss loves and let me tell you... it has my vote. She also brought some cream puffs from this place... AHH! I ate like a box of them lol. They were freaking yummy. I included some pictures for your viewing pleasure!! (Again, people were SO generous with gifts).
This weekend was pretty fun after that too. I went home and napped because I was so tired from not sleeping well and then working the early shift so I could take a 1/2 day for the shower. So when I woke up David and I got dressed and headed out to Disneyland to hang out with Kalen and the two wee ones while Megan worked. Since I am "term" now and walking can only help... I put on my walking shoes and braved the park by foot. Usually I am in a wheel chair haha. Well, it was PACKED so I couldnt have gotten a wheel chair if I wanted one regardless. Kalen took this oppertunity to get us a pass to use the handicap entrance for the rides because he felt it was not practical for my "very pregnant" self to stand in the que lines. He said I wouldnt fit well and that if I had to use the restroom getting out would be near impossible for me. They agreed and would have given him the pass after saying "she needs a pass she is very pregnant" but he felt the need to secure the deal by adding all the other stuff haha. So we started off our adventures by riding Peter Pan, Dumbo, Pinoccio (which broke down), Alice, Its a small world... and then getting dinner during the fireworks. The girls fell asleep at dinner and we just relaxed until it was time to actually go. The girls needed diapers changed and Makalah was not happy because we had to wake her up to leave the restaurant. She got David to hold her and then Kalen & I used the bathroom. Well Makalah was totally relaxed on David aparrently because she pee'd on him with epic pee proprotions lol. She socked through her diaper, her shorts, his jacket, his button up shirt, and his garment shirt. Not damp... SOAKED lol. I was dying of laughter... David not so much. He went and got a new shirt (which looked REALLY hot on him I might add) and Kalen changed the girls. Then Kalen took Makalah with him to the tram to get the car, I took Brookie with me to the 15min parking and waited for David to go get his car from the Mimi's cafe lot. He came, and Brookie & I and him waiting in the car, then Megan showed up from getting off her shift so she waited with us and then eventually Kalen got there. We called it a night (it was after midnight at this point) and headed our seperate ways.
Saturday I woke up to help David get ready for bootcamp, and then went back to sleep. He left and did the Millenium Fitness bootcamp and then afterwards took my car for an oil change and also got me 2 new tires because I guess the front ones were bald since I never rotated them (in the 2 years Ive had the car lol). It was very sweet of him. When I got up I went out and got a gift for the wedding we were going to that night. I also got some new flats to shove my little sausage feet into. Then I came home and wrapped the gift and showered and got ready for the wedding. We went to Davids parents house first because it was on the way to the wedding and we still needed to give Kay her Easter basket and stuff. We ended up visiting for a while with his mother and father and one of his brothers (Chris). Just talking about the recient happenings in the family and stuff. Then it was time for us to go to the wedding.
The wedding was for my very best mate in highschool, Denny. He and I were very close and he was my best "guy" friend. The girl he married actually went to highschool with us and they were friends but I would NEVER have imagined that one day that was the girl he would marry. I wasnt very close to her in HS but my bestfriend Jamie was so by association I developed a friendship with her. We actually are better friends now out of high school then we were in high school. The end of a friendship with Stephanie helped that a lot. Allison has a little son named Daniel who Denny adopted prior to them even getting engaged. He was with her throughout her pregnancy, labor, delivery, and the first year of Daniels life. He was in all aspects the father of Daniel except biologically. So he adopted him, then later he proposed to Allison and on Saturday they sealed the deal. It was a very beautiful wedding and I was so happy for them. She was a gorgeous bride and Den looked pretty dapper as well. Its so weird looking back on the days of Denny and I... the memories, the dances, the road trips to San Fran... we shared so much. Now we are both grown up, married, and have kids (well, I will soon lol). We arent as close as we were back in the day but we still maintain a friendship and a deep rooted love for one another. He and I went through a lot together and its awesome to see him so happy in his life. Jamie couldnt come to the wedding so I snapped two "secret" shots from my cell to send to her so she could see haha. Im glad I did because I forgot my camera all together lol! The first picture is Allison being walked down the isle by her dad, and the second picture is after they are married Denny and Allison (Alli is holding their son Daniel). Denny was "Mr Thing" in high school and all the girls where smitten with him... even though him and I never had that "issue" I will say he looked very nice in his suit and stuff. Very grown up. (Ps- Gillette is Dennys real name... thats why it says that on the picture. He is actuall Gillette Dennis Warden the 4th... Denny is from Dennis because his dad is Gill.)
After the wedding we went home and the Matsons came over for a slumber party (jk). They showed up with Settlers and dessert... AND NO BABIES! lol. Its weird seeing them without their two little attachments. Im so used to Makalah and Brookie now. But it was nice to hang out and not have to worry about them, to know they were being watched and safe somewhere else lol. We played a new "rendition" of settlers (teams) and baked brownies and cookies. MMM! Then we went to bed around 1am after Megan and I were CLEARLY over the game but David & Kalen had to keep the competition alive lol. Finally the Matsons won and I couldnt have been more happy for them and then rushed to my bed lol.
HOWEVER... all night David kept flipping on his stomach and his mask would pull slightly off his face causing this "trumpette" sound. Sorta like an elephant. AHHH! Id start to fall asleep and then bam, the noise would wake me up. It was driving me nuts. Normally Id send him upstairs to sleep so that I could sleep but the Matsons were in that bed haha. If I had him turn the mask off he would snore and I would be kept up by that... and if he wasnt snoring I would be awake freaking out if he was breathing or not. So by the time everything was situated right and quiet it was like 5am and I finally fell asleep. But then Megan had to get ready for work at 6:30am so I got woken up by her little footsteps lol. Its not her fault... the wood floors are NOT forgiving on noise lol. Then I fell back asleep around 7:30 and woke up at 8:30 and jumped out of bed and got David up and in a panic we got ready for church (starts at 9am lol). We made it and then came home and I made grilled paninis on the foreman and we watched Sherlock holmes. Then i took a nap. Afterwards Kalen and Megan came back over and we played a quick game of settlers before the Matsons had to hit the road to get back to their little children. Then David and I relaxed together and had dinner and watched Amazing Race and Undercover boss. Then it was bedtime and now its Monday FUNDAY! lol. (or not...)
We got our carseat in a while back and are going to be installing it in the car tonight. I was going to wait until my car had been detailed but with all these contractions and everything I figured I would go ahead and put it in to be on the safe side lol! Here is the actual seat. I looooooove it!
I also wanted to post a picture of my little furbabies. They have been abnormally obnoxious lately with barking and stuff and I think a lot of it has to do with the changes in the household and just not getting the attention they are used to. Sunday afternoon while David studied and I watched old 90's love flicks they cuddled up on me and went to sleep and they just looked so calm and peaceful. I couldnt help but snap a quick picture. They may drive me crazy... but I love them. They were my therapy for infertility and Im excited for them to be part of my daughters life.
I had the most bizzare dream last night about Kisha lol. I dreamt she had the baby and it was a natural delivery and the baby came out and it ended up being a boy. For some reason I was at the hospital and Troy was just saying over and over "no, thats the wrong baby. I have a daughter. Im goign to sue you for switching the babies" and I was like "Troy I saw the baby come out" (even though he was there and saw it too lol) and then at the end he was like crying and happy he had a son and they named him Asher. What a weird dream lol. Kisha MUST be having this baby soon because I keep dreaming about HER babies birth lol. She is like 4 days over due now?? GEEZ! COME OUT LITTLE ONE!
Man... do your eyes hurt yet from all the reading or WHAT lol!! Until next time...
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Take this survey if you are pregnant
Basic Information
Your name? CassandraFathers name? David
Are you still with him? Yes, we are happily (and eternally) married.
Were you trying to get pregnant? Yes, we were trying but had given up hope that it was going to happen naturally and had begun pursing adoption. But we never "stopped trying".
When you found out
When did you find out? I was only 3wks and 3 days pregnant. It was August 22nd 2009!
Were did you find out? In my bathroom. Took a test on a whim because a girlfriend was pregnant lol. SUPRISE SUPRISE!How far along were you? Barely pregnant at all. Only 3wks 3 days (10 days past ov).What was your reaction? Shocked. We had not been able to "try" that month due to a bunch of different circumstances so it threw me off that the one month it SHOULDNT have happened, it did.
Who was the first person you told? My OB haha.
How did you tell the father? Once the doctor confirmed everything I just told him by showing him a test (which was still very faint) and he didnt believe me so I got a digital that said "pregnant" and then he believed me lol.
What was his reaction? He was excited, but cautious. He didnt want to get his own hopes up or me to excited because of our past history with miscarriage and stuff.
All about your pregnancy
When is your due date? First U/S said 5/8/10 and then second U/S said 5/2/10 so you take your pick. We mostly go off 5/2 but the doctor seems to go back and forth between both.
Did you have any morning sickness? Yes, I had morning, noon, and night sickness. It was horrible and didnt let up until about 18 weeks. Then I got incredible hip pain to replace it. Now in my third trimester I have the barfs again AND the hip pain. Double the trouble.
What are your fears? Just getting this baby here alive and safe and healthy. We have had many miscarriages and failed infertility treatment so each day that we make it through is a triumph.
What are you most happy about? That it is finally our turn to bring a beautiful little soul into this world to raise and love and be parents to.
Did you want a boy or girl? Truth be told I think we had our hearts set on a little boy... but I always knew in the back of my head it was a girl. Then when we officially found out it was a girl, we wouldnt have it any other way. She is our little angel :)
What did the father want boy or girl? He definately wanted a little boy. I think every man wants a son ya know? But he is already in love with his baby girl. He tells her every night how much he loves her haha.
Do you know what your haveing? A girl. No denying her girly parts in all the ultrasounds haha.
Do you have a name picked out? Her name will be Adella Juliet after our mothers (Adele & Julie).
How much weight have you gained? Technically none haha. I lost 21 pounds the first trimester, gained 7 back by 33 weeks, lost 2 while I was sick and am at a total of -16lbs since I got pregnant and I am gonna be 37 weeks on Saturday.
Have you felt the baby move? Oh do I ever feel her move haha. She moves like CRAZY all the time. She is an active little one with mighty strength haha.
When you have the baby
Are you keeping the baby? Yes, she is very much wanted and will be joining our family with open arms to embrace her.
Do you plan on a natural or medicated birth? I dont plan on anything. If I can go unmedicated, cool... if I need meds, thats fine, if I need an epidurla, well shoot me up. haha.
Are you scared about labor? I dont know. My mind hasnt fully grasped the concept of labor I dont think haha. I might be a little scared of the unknown.
What do you think will be the worst part of labor? The pain I am assuming haha. Or if it takes a long time then the anxiety of waiting to meet my daughter.
Have you taken any classes? Yes a few.
Who will be in the delivery room? Myself and my husband for DELIVERY. During labor my mom and sister in law will be there. Im sure a few others will pop in lol.
Are you having the birth videotaped? No thanks. Take some over the shoulder pictures for memories but the rest of it I will keep in my brain... no hard evidence needed lol.
Do you think you will cry when you see the baby for the first time? Uh ya! I cry just thinking about seeing her for the first time haha.
What do you think the fathers reaction to the baby will be? I think he will cry as hard if not harder them me haha. He is a bit emotional at times. He is super attached to Adella as well so Im sure he will be just overflowing with emotion.
How do you think family and friends will feel? Im sure they will be overflowing with joy and pride. Excited for their turn to see/hold her and everything.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
consider yourself served Adella lol
FOR ADELLA:
I am issuing a 25 day notice for EVICTION. Tenant will have 25 days in which she can either gather her belongings and promptly vacate the premises, or wait until the final day. After which, she will be physically removed from the property.
She's being evicted due to breech of contract and destruction of property. Expansions only to the FRONT of the house, within reasonable limits, were discussed. Not only have these limits been exceeded, but additions to the back of the house were also made!
Remodeling and gutting of the home was never approved, nor was changing the initial layout and base structure. And due to property damage, there are now leaks in both the upper AND lower levels of the home. On top of which, the landlord has received numerous complaints about nightly disturbances.
After 25 days from this day that she doesn’t comply with the notice will result in immediate and forceful removal at my discretion.
-Mommy.
(hahahahhaa I laughed so hard when I read this.)
I am issuing a 25 day notice for EVICTION. Tenant will have 25 days in which she can either gather her belongings and promptly vacate the premises, or wait until the final day. After which, she will be physically removed from the property.
She's being evicted due to breech of contract and destruction of property. Expansions only to the FRONT of the house, within reasonable limits, were discussed. Not only have these limits been exceeded, but additions to the back of the house were also made!
Remodeling and gutting of the home was never approved, nor was changing the initial layout and base structure. And due to property damage, there are now leaks in both the upper AND lower levels of the home. On top of which, the landlord has received numerous complaints about nightly disturbances.
After 25 days from this day that she doesn’t comply with the notice will result in immediate and forceful removal at my discretion.
-Mommy.
(hahahahhaa I laughed so hard when I read this.)
Im getting it all off my chest.
*Pre-warning: I am 9 months pregnant. I am overly emotional and extremely exhausted. I am full of hormones that rage and even though I see the outbursts coming... I cant always stop them. This post is meant to help me filter those issues out here in a private space that I can feel protected in rather then bottling them up and errupting on the next person who crosses whatever line my pregnant hormones have drawn that day. haha. So please, take it all with a grain of salt.*
Since lately there has been some "hidden" tension (and sometimes not so hidden tension) amoungst different freinds/family/etc... some of the times between me and them, and other times I just witness the tension as a third party I thought it would be good to post a blog and get this off my chest. These are my feelings on the subject at hand and if you feel like Im talking about you... then ask me. If you feel like you need to talk to me about something I say, please do. Please call me, text me, email me... whatever. I hate when things get left unresolved and I hate when everyone suffers in a "group" because of the big fat elephants that are crowding the space up. I have tried to be a good friend, family member, sister in Christ... I have tried to be a good example and someone who is worth keeping as company. I have exhausted my options and now its time to "vent blog" haha.
First of all, stop judging us. Stop judging David and I because we live our life differently then you. If it bothers you that we got married young, or that we work full time, or that we are Mormon... then you have every right to cut us out of your life. If we are not the type of people you want to keep then please, dont keep us. I would hate to know that the way we live our life is bringing you down. Its our life to live and we dont always make the right choices... but we make them together and we suffer through the consequences together. If we are affecting you in any way shape or form... please let us know and we will adress it together. It drives me nuts that people think its okay to look at us and critisize constantly our decisions. I didnt realize that we were in contact with so many perfect people. Everyone makes the occational judgement, even when they dont mean to and I understand that. Infact I am even guilty of it... but stop fixating on us and worry about your own lives. If you are really that worried, how about talking to us about it instead of gossiping about us to everyone else. You do realize they tell us everytime you open your mouth about us haha. What the verse? "Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye." (Matthew 7:5)
As for the people that are using the "lifestyle choices" as the base for arguing... those lifestyle choices are yours to make. We will never tell you who to love or how to love who what choices to make in your life. I will never tell you your life is wrong and I will never try and hurt you for it. We are however entitled to our own opinions and sometimes that WILL clash with other peoples choices. Does that mean we hate them or think less of them? Absolutely not. I love the people in my life very much and that is why I choose to have them in my life. Not everyone has to view the world the way I do and not everyone needs to live their life the way I do. David and I will live our life according to the gospel standards that we believe in. We will raise our children this way and we will strive to be examples of this standard of life. However, like I said, its OUR life. Not yours. I cant make you live your life the way we live ours. So if I live my life different then yours and choose not to partake in events/standards/lifestyle choices that you do... it just means I dont believe in those things for MY life. Stop trying to make me accept your way of life as RIGHT and let me just accept you as my friend/family because I feel like you bring something important to my life regardless of our difference of opinions.
There are a few of you who are great friends, and I am so glad we came across each other and are able to share the unique bonds that we have formed. However friendships are an every growing and evolving process. Just because I cant be at your doorstep every free moment I have or because I choose to spend my time with various people then with you all the time does not mean I value you any less or dont want to be your friend. I also hate that because I dont have kids (well, not officially any outside the womb lol) that I am expected to do all the commuting and schedule adjusting. I love you, and visiting you... but I would love a "meet me half way" mentality. It is exhausting feeling like the only person keeping these relationships alive. When I tried the "Ill contact you as much as you contact me" approach almost every single one of you fell off the face of the earth, and then blamed me for it when I caved and contacted you. I love you enough to put forth the effort, but really, it would be nice to have that same effort put back towards me.
Lying is not acceptable. "You" in particular are driving me nuts with your ever changing stories, your blatant lies and the worst part is that you cant even keep up with all the crud your mouth spills out that nothing EVER adds up. Your lying now to cover your lies. Doesnt that make you exhausted? Dont you wish you were confident enough in yourself to be who you actually are? I bet myself, as well as everyone else around you would like you so much more if you would stop trying to be something your not. Im not sure you even know you do it, and that makes me sad that you have that little of a sense of identity. You are a smart person and have the ability to grow up and be an awesome person if you would just get it together. Stop focusing on what everyone has that you dont have and instead focus on what you have and how to make it better. Its getting annoying to be around you because we have to be on eggshells not knowing whats going to set you off or whatever. If you need someone to talk to about whatever your going through, Im here. I will listen and I will try my best to give any advice the spirit prompts me to give... but something in the mean time has to give. I dont want to be frustrated everytime I leave you or read things you write or hear what you say... I want to enjoy your company and want to spend time around you. At this point your immaturity and laziness and inability to tell the truth sends me running the other direction with my fingers in my ears screaming "lalalala" to try and save myself from spewing out the gossip/judgement that I find come so easily after being around you. That doesnt lift me up, it brings me down. I want to walk away with nice things to say and I want to help you grow as a person as you help me grow. So please... grow up and be the awesome person I know you are inside before I re-evaluate why I want you in my life and realize that right now, I dont.
Its okay to ask for help. I know you are proud that you can do it on your own and it makes us really proud of you too. However, its okay to talk about things. Its okay to cry and its okay to reach out to those that love you and want to be there for you. You cant be super woman and he cant just turn the light off on issues he doesnt want to address. We are here for you and admire you so much, so please dont ever feel like you cant come to us for help or just a place to get away for a while or whatever. I just have a gut feeling that there is more going on then you want to let on because you are scared of being seen as weak or something. Talk to me :) Im your friend and want to help you.
Thats probably the biggest clump of internalized feelings I have for now. haha. I feel better getting it off my chest and I will work on expressing myself better when faced with these situations/people instead of internalizing it. Just gotta work on opening my mouth instead of looking away and hoping it gets better on its own. The Lord puts people in our lives for a reason, and I am in peoples lives for a reason. If I am there then I might as well go the whole 10 yards right? haha.
I just want to say I love my family and friends a lot and dont know where I would be without them. I dont want to give up on them and even though I get frustrated (as shown above lol) I still stand by them. :)
Since lately there has been some "hidden" tension (and sometimes not so hidden tension) amoungst different freinds/family/etc... some of the times between me and them, and other times I just witness the tension as a third party I thought it would be good to post a blog and get this off my chest. These are my feelings on the subject at hand and if you feel like Im talking about you... then ask me. If you feel like you need to talk to me about something I say, please do. Please call me, text me, email me... whatever. I hate when things get left unresolved and I hate when everyone suffers in a "group" because of the big fat elephants that are crowding the space up. I have tried to be a good friend, family member, sister in Christ... I have tried to be a good example and someone who is worth keeping as company. I have exhausted my options and now its time to "vent blog" haha.
First of all, stop judging us. Stop judging David and I because we live our life differently then you. If it bothers you that we got married young, or that we work full time, or that we are Mormon... then you have every right to cut us out of your life. If we are not the type of people you want to keep then please, dont keep us. I would hate to know that the way we live our life is bringing you down. Its our life to live and we dont always make the right choices... but we make them together and we suffer through the consequences together. If we are affecting you in any way shape or form... please let us know and we will adress it together. It drives me nuts that people think its okay to look at us and critisize constantly our decisions. I didnt realize that we were in contact with so many perfect people. Everyone makes the occational judgement, even when they dont mean to and I understand that. Infact I am even guilty of it... but stop fixating on us and worry about your own lives. If you are really that worried, how about talking to us about it instead of gossiping about us to everyone else. You do realize they tell us everytime you open your mouth about us haha. What the verse? "Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye." (Matthew 7:5)
As for the people that are using the "lifestyle choices" as the base for arguing... those lifestyle choices are yours to make. We will never tell you who to love or how to love who what choices to make in your life. I will never tell you your life is wrong and I will never try and hurt you for it. We are however entitled to our own opinions and sometimes that WILL clash with other peoples choices. Does that mean we hate them or think less of them? Absolutely not. I love the people in my life very much and that is why I choose to have them in my life. Not everyone has to view the world the way I do and not everyone needs to live their life the way I do. David and I will live our life according to the gospel standards that we believe in. We will raise our children this way and we will strive to be examples of this standard of life. However, like I said, its OUR life. Not yours. I cant make you live your life the way we live ours. So if I live my life different then yours and choose not to partake in events/standards/lifestyle choices that you do... it just means I dont believe in those things for MY life. Stop trying to make me accept your way of life as RIGHT and let me just accept you as my friend/family because I feel like you bring something important to my life regardless of our difference of opinions.
There are a few of you who are great friends, and I am so glad we came across each other and are able to share the unique bonds that we have formed. However friendships are an every growing and evolving process. Just because I cant be at your doorstep every free moment I have or because I choose to spend my time with various people then with you all the time does not mean I value you any less or dont want to be your friend. I also hate that because I dont have kids (well, not officially any outside the womb lol) that I am expected to do all the commuting and schedule adjusting. I love you, and visiting you... but I would love a "meet me half way" mentality. It is exhausting feeling like the only person keeping these relationships alive. When I tried the "Ill contact you as much as you contact me" approach almost every single one of you fell off the face of the earth, and then blamed me for it when I caved and contacted you. I love you enough to put forth the effort, but really, it would be nice to have that same effort put back towards me.
Lying is not acceptable. "You" in particular are driving me nuts with your ever changing stories, your blatant lies and the worst part is that you cant even keep up with all the crud your mouth spills out that nothing EVER adds up. Your lying now to cover your lies. Doesnt that make you exhausted? Dont you wish you were confident enough in yourself to be who you actually are? I bet myself, as well as everyone else around you would like you so much more if you would stop trying to be something your not. Im not sure you even know you do it, and that makes me sad that you have that little of a sense of identity. You are a smart person and have the ability to grow up and be an awesome person if you would just get it together. Stop focusing on what everyone has that you dont have and instead focus on what you have and how to make it better. Its getting annoying to be around you because we have to be on eggshells not knowing whats going to set you off or whatever. If you need someone to talk to about whatever your going through, Im here. I will listen and I will try my best to give any advice the spirit prompts me to give... but something in the mean time has to give. I dont want to be frustrated everytime I leave you or read things you write or hear what you say... I want to enjoy your company and want to spend time around you. At this point your immaturity and laziness and inability to tell the truth sends me running the other direction with my fingers in my ears screaming "lalalala" to try and save myself from spewing out the gossip/judgement that I find come so easily after being around you. That doesnt lift me up, it brings me down. I want to walk away with nice things to say and I want to help you grow as a person as you help me grow. So please... grow up and be the awesome person I know you are inside before I re-evaluate why I want you in my life and realize that right now, I dont.
Its okay to ask for help. I know you are proud that you can do it on your own and it makes us really proud of you too. However, its okay to talk about things. Its okay to cry and its okay to reach out to those that love you and want to be there for you. You cant be super woman and he cant just turn the light off on issues he doesnt want to address. We are here for you and admire you so much, so please dont ever feel like you cant come to us for help or just a place to get away for a while or whatever. I just have a gut feeling that there is more going on then you want to let on because you are scared of being seen as weak or something. Talk to me :) Im your friend and want to help you.
Thats probably the biggest clump of internalized feelings I have for now. haha. I feel better getting it off my chest and I will work on expressing myself better when faced with these situations/people instead of internalizing it. Just gotta work on opening my mouth instead of looking away and hoping it gets better on its own. The Lord puts people in our lives for a reason, and I am in peoples lives for a reason. If I am there then I might as well go the whole 10 yards right? haha.
I just want to say I love my family and friends a lot and dont know where I would be without them. I dont want to give up on them and even though I get frustrated (as shown above lol) I still stand by them. :)
Monday, April 5, 2010
happy easter!
So week 35 kind of got skipped because I was just to sick to do anything right that week haha. By the time I started feeling better it was like thurs/fri and the "week" was almost done so I figured I would just wait until my 36 week photos. The first one makes me belly look bigger then normal because Im holding my chest back, the ladies hide a lot of the bellies curviness haha. The middle pic makes my me look "slimmer" then usual... guess thats a product of the weight loss? haha. Or just a really good angle. The last picture is just me and the belly.The way the sweater is hanging makes my belly look like its sagging in the last pic haha.
So it was Easter on Sunday. My grandfather went to spend Easter with my mom and siblings and since I cant travel that far this late into pregnant David and I stayed behind and had a "no family" family dinner haha. The Matsons are having some parental drama with Megs parents and Nancy had made other plans not realizing they might want to hang with her so they came with the kiddos to join us. The Johnsons also came and ate dinner with us and then left to tend to their family obligations but were back at our house within 2 hours haha. The food was good, the conversation was fun, and the games were a riot! We even endured a pretty lengthy earthquake that none of "dropped, ducked and covered" for lol. We just sat there commenting on the quake haha.
We did a small "Eggy hunt" in our front yard for Makalah to do. My camera died early on so I only got a few pictures, and unfortunately they are ALL of Makalah... SORRY BROOKIE!! haha. Here is a little clump of the pictures I did get of Makalah. Clearly I should have been standing infront of her instead of behind since almost every picture is of the back of her head haha! Oh well. (Megan if you want the originals of these I can email them!! My blog is also private so people wont be able to randomly look at the pictures I post on here.)
Shortly after these pictures were taken Makalah went on a sugar binge and became a basket case haha. I have never seen her so hyper/crazy lol. All I could do was crack up. Im sure I wasnt helping the situation much but seriously? SO FUNNY! haha. We ended up strapping her into the high chair and giving her real food (Strawberries, turkey cold cuts, cucumbers, and tortilla) to try and counter the sugar high and I wish I had gotten a picture of her face lol. She was crashing HARD from the come down and look like she was about to fall face first into her plate at any given moment lol.
We played the worlds longest game of PIT with everyone and then called it a night. The Matsons and David & I had work the next day so we figured it was best to call it a night and kick everyone out haha. I had a really restless night last night because I kept getting strong periodic contractions that would wake me up and then freak me out for a while lol. But overall? Im in a pretty good mood today. I am overly "emotional" in a "happy" way though today. Every cute thing makes me saw "awww" way to dramatically and any happy stories or nice gestures make me want to break out crying with "i love you man" mentality haha. Im feeling the love a little to strong today. HAHA!
On a random "Im overly emotionally pregnant today" note:
This song is so beautiful. I seriously am obsessed with it. Im sure that has a lot to do with the fact that I am pregnant and this is about pregnancy but I just love Colbie Caillat in general and this song just made me love her that much more.
From LYRICSMODE.COM lyrics archiveLyrics | Colbie Caillat lyrics - Capri lyrics
Like I said, I probably wouldnt be as obsessed with this song if I didnt happen to be pregnant lol but its a great song and will sound great at the "background music" to the dvd collage Im making of all my pregnancy photos and stuff to remember Adellas pregnancy by. Im excited. I also picked out a great song for the background music to the dvd collage I will be making of Adellas birth and her first few weeks. "Im a new soul" by Yael Naim.I love that song and its bubbly and will be cute to all her newborn pictures and stuff.
So I am now 36 weeks and 2 days pregnant, I have approximately 26 days to go. I am not fond of peoples remarkable rudeness when speaking about a pregnant womans body and can not wait to have the comments switch over to how cute the baby is rather then how large moms belly is lol. I am technically term on Saturday (April 10th) and will be full term on May 2nd. So that means start walking and everything that is safe and natural to get this baby out. I start my evening primrose oil inserts on Saturday (I bought them this weekend at mothers market), I start drinking my red raspberry leaf teah this weekend (I bought a new box this weekend at motehrs market too!) all which are things that will help my uterus soften and prepare. David and I will be spending a lot more "quality" time starting Saturday and hopefully I will be posting a birth announcement soon haha. Bring on the fresh pineapple, the spicy foods, the eggplant, the speedbumps...WHATEV! Granted, she wont come until she is ready... but no harm in helping if the process is ready to be helped right?? lol. Im excited to meet this little life and see what kind of person she is. I have a feel for her "in utero" attitude, Im curious as to if thats how she will be in real life too haha.
So it was Easter on Sunday. My grandfather went to spend Easter with my mom and siblings and since I cant travel that far this late into pregnant David and I stayed behind and had a "no family" family dinner haha. The Matsons are having some parental drama with Megs parents and Nancy had made other plans not realizing they might want to hang with her so they came with the kiddos to join us. The Johnsons also came and ate dinner with us and then left to tend to their family obligations but were back at our house within 2 hours haha. The food was good, the conversation was fun, and the games were a riot! We even endured a pretty lengthy earthquake that none of "dropped, ducked and covered" for lol. We just sat there commenting on the quake haha.We did a small "Eggy hunt" in our front yard for Makalah to do. My camera died early on so I only got a few pictures, and unfortunately they are ALL of Makalah... SORRY BROOKIE!! haha. Here is a little clump of the pictures I did get of Makalah. Clearly I should have been standing infront of her instead of behind since almost every picture is of the back of her head haha! Oh well. (Megan if you want the originals of these I can email them!! My blog is also private so people wont be able to randomly look at the pictures I post on here.)
Shortly after these pictures were taken Makalah went on a sugar binge and became a basket case haha. I have never seen her so hyper/crazy lol. All I could do was crack up. Im sure I wasnt helping the situation much but seriously? SO FUNNY! haha. We ended up strapping her into the high chair and giving her real food (Strawberries, turkey cold cuts, cucumbers, and tortilla) to try and counter the sugar high and I wish I had gotten a picture of her face lol. She was crashing HARD from the come down and look like she was about to fall face first into her plate at any given moment lol.We played the worlds longest game of PIT with everyone and then called it a night. The Matsons and David & I had work the next day so we figured it was best to call it a night and kick everyone out haha. I had a really restless night last night because I kept getting strong periodic contractions that would wake me up and then freak me out for a while lol. But overall? Im in a pretty good mood today. I am overly "emotional" in a "happy" way though today. Every cute thing makes me saw "awww" way to dramatically and any happy stories or nice gestures make me want to break out crying with "i love you man" mentality haha. Im feeling the love a little to strong today. HAHA!
On a random "Im overly emotionally pregnant today" note:
This song is so beautiful. I seriously am obsessed with it. Im sure that has a lot to do with the fact that I am pregnant and this is about pregnancy but I just love Colbie Caillat in general and this song just made me love her that much more.
From LYRICSMODE.COM lyrics archive
Like I said, I probably wouldnt be as obsessed with this song if I didnt happen to be pregnant lol but its a great song and will sound great at the "background music" to the dvd collage Im making of all my pregnancy photos and stuff to remember Adellas pregnancy by. Im excited. I also picked out a great song for the background music to the dvd collage I will be making of Adellas birth and her first few weeks. "Im a new soul" by Yael Naim.I love that song and its bubbly and will be cute to all her newborn pictures and stuff.
So I am now 36 weeks and 2 days pregnant, I have approximately 26 days to go. I am not fond of peoples remarkable rudeness when speaking about a pregnant womans body and can not wait to have the comments switch over to how cute the baby is rather then how large moms belly is lol. I am technically term on Saturday (April 10th) and will be full term on May 2nd. So that means start walking and everything that is safe and natural to get this baby out. I start my evening primrose oil inserts on Saturday (I bought them this weekend at mothers market), I start drinking my red raspberry leaf teah this weekend (I bought a new box this weekend at motehrs market too!) all which are things that will help my uterus soften and prepare. David and I will be spending a lot more "quality" time starting Saturday and hopefully I will be posting a birth announcement soon haha. Bring on the fresh pineapple, the spicy foods, the eggplant, the speedbumps...WHATEV! Granted, she wont come until she is ready... but no harm in helping if the process is ready to be helped right?? lol. Im excited to meet this little life and see what kind of person she is. I have a feel for her "in utero" attitude, Im curious as to if thats how she will be in real life too haha.
Crafty People
For anyone who is into "crafty" stuff, go to:
http://www.youcanmakethis.com/index.htm
FREAKING AWESOME SITE! There are a few things on the baby category that I am going to try my hand at. Ill let you know how it turns out afterwards that way if its a complete failure we can move on and hopefully you will all forget I even posted this, and if its a success? I will remind you all about this post with an update post haha.
http://www.youcanmakethis.com/index.htm
FREAKING AWESOME SITE! There are a few things on the baby category that I am going to try my hand at. Ill let you know how it turns out afterwards that way if its a complete failure we can move on and hopefully you will all forget I even posted this, and if its a success? I will remind you all about this post with an update post haha.
Friday, April 2, 2010
bikinis on the brain?
Megan and Kisha have been talking about their future swimwear on their blogs. Megan posted a cute tankini with a unique halter neckline from one site, and Kisha posted almost the exact same bathing suit just slightly thinner straps and different colors from a different site. Funny how that happened haha. Its a really cute design so I understand why lol. I would never look good in a halter top because my "ladies" are far to large and need a little more "control. I also wont be walking around in any booty short bottoms or bikini cut briefs... the thunder thighs need a little more coverage. haha. I definately want something "slimming" in the midline as well, cause I had a gut prior to baby and I doubt it will just vanish after having a kid lol.
Maybe I should sport something like this and give a big "up yours!" to the world lol.
fortunately for the world... I am far to modest for that lol. No one wants to see *ALL OF DIS* in so little of that lol.
So with all this talk of bathing suits it got me interested in seeing what was out there in the "modest" realm of bathing suits. I need something sturdy up top, controlling through the middle, covering on the bottom and over all just forgiving of my "flaws" lol. Its actually interesting how many options are out there. I guess I dont need to wear the giant floral grandma dress bathing suit after all right? lol. I am a fan of the more vintage cut types of suits, with darker colors because in my head black=slimming haha. I guess I am not really comfortable or ready to embark on a bathing suit journey. I want to see how my body responds to having the baby and then go from there.
Lets face it... I am never going to be a size 2. Infact I dont think I want to be, I doubt I would look healthy and I would have to spend all my time obsessing over my calories and crap to maintain that size and I wouldnt enjoy it. I am of athletic build... right now I am off "couch potato and pregnant" build... but when I am fit? Im athleticly stalky. I look trim and fit in a size 7 and I ideally should weigh around 145-155pds. Im also very dense. I dont have perfectly smooth skin, I got the cottage cheese thighs and butt dimples lol. My under arms are flabby and I got a double chin. I blamed my leg/knee injuries for a long time for my loss of a healthy body.
Well, not anymore. I will get healthy and in shape. I dont expect to pop Adella out and walk out of the hospital 50lbs lighter lol. But I do expect to walk out with a little girl who will be counting on me to show her how to grow up healthy and strong and the best way to lead is by example. I dont want her to have a fat unhealthy mother who eats nasty food all the time and its fine with settling on mediocre for her life. I want to be the best I can be so that she grows up striving to be the best she can be. So yes, its a long road ahead of me but I have a lot of people who support me and I also have a lot of people to keep me company on that road. We are in it together, sisters & brothers in Christ trying our hardest to make our bodies temples of the Lord and glorify him by treating what he gave us with respect and honor.
David and I have talked about this a lot before, and we are both very "mater of fact" dont sugar coat it... we both have verbally said "We dont want Adella to have fat parents". David is starting the WLC (weight loss challenge) on Tuesday April 6th. It costs $35 for 10 weeks and the top 3 "losers" win cash prizes. I lost like 45lbs with the WLC prior to getting pregnant and will begin doing them again after Adella is born. Im proud of David for starting now rather then later with me. He is doing his part to do better and be better for his daughter, and for me. I also want to be better for my daughter and for him. Health is really important and its kind of disgusting how society makes it so easy to be so unhealthy. Makes you really realize how important the word of wisdom actually is haha.
So for now, I am excited for the future and the work that is going to take place (along with the results) but I am enjoying the now with baby girl still inside of me and feeling her move and grow. I have my goals set, but not so high that my expectations will sabatoge me, and Im just ready to be all I can be (in the army...jk).
Maybe I should sport something like this and give a big "up yours!" to the world lol.
fortunately for the world... I am far to modest for that lol. No one wants to see *ALL OF DIS* in so little of that lol.So with all this talk of bathing suits it got me interested in seeing what was out there in the "modest" realm of bathing suits. I need something sturdy up top, controlling through the middle, covering on the bottom and over all just forgiving of my "flaws" lol. Its actually interesting how many options are out there. I guess I dont need to wear the giant floral grandma dress bathing suit after all right? lol. I am a fan of the more vintage cut types of suits, with darker colors because in my head black=slimming haha. I guess I am not really comfortable or ready to embark on a bathing suit journey. I want to see how my body responds to having the baby and then go from there.
Lets face it... I am never going to be a size 2. Infact I dont think I want to be, I doubt I would look healthy and I would have to spend all my time obsessing over my calories and crap to maintain that size and I wouldnt enjoy it. I am of athletic build... right now I am off "couch potato and pregnant" build... but when I am fit? Im athleticly stalky. I look trim and fit in a size 7 and I ideally should weigh around 145-155pds. Im also very dense. I dont have perfectly smooth skin, I got the cottage cheese thighs and butt dimples lol. My under arms are flabby and I got a double chin. I blamed my leg/knee injuries for a long time for my loss of a healthy body.
Well, not anymore. I will get healthy and in shape. I dont expect to pop Adella out and walk out of the hospital 50lbs lighter lol. But I do expect to walk out with a little girl who will be counting on me to show her how to grow up healthy and strong and the best way to lead is by example. I dont want her to have a fat unhealthy mother who eats nasty food all the time and its fine with settling on mediocre for her life. I want to be the best I can be so that she grows up striving to be the best she can be. So yes, its a long road ahead of me but I have a lot of people who support me and I also have a lot of people to keep me company on that road. We are in it together, sisters & brothers in Christ trying our hardest to make our bodies temples of the Lord and glorify him by treating what he gave us with respect and honor.
David and I have talked about this a lot before, and we are both very "mater of fact" dont sugar coat it... we both have verbally said "We dont want Adella to have fat parents". David is starting the WLC (weight loss challenge) on Tuesday April 6th. It costs $35 for 10 weeks and the top 3 "losers" win cash prizes. I lost like 45lbs with the WLC prior to getting pregnant and will begin doing them again after Adella is born. Im proud of David for starting now rather then later with me. He is doing his part to do better and be better for his daughter, and for me. I also want to be better for my daughter and for him. Health is really important and its kind of disgusting how society makes it so easy to be so unhealthy. Makes you really realize how important the word of wisdom actually is haha.
So for now, I am excited for the future and the work that is going to take place (along with the results) but I am enjoying the now with baby girl still inside of me and feeling her move and grow. I have my goals set, but not so high that my expectations will sabatoge me, and Im just ready to be all I can be (in the army...jk).
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Its Thursday but feels like Monday
I have been out of work all week with this terrible "sinisitus" or whatever you wanna call it. Today I actually feel human though. The pressure in my face is still very strong and I can like hear it crackle and it "moves" which Im GUESSING is a good sign and means the pressure is trying to get out... but I dont really know haha. I also was able to TASTE my food today which was a huge triumph because I havent tasted what I have been eating in like 2 weeks... thus I have lost 2lbs haha. So Im back at -16lbs for this pregnancy. I wasnt trying to lose weight... I just genuinely was not interested in eating because I felt so crummy and when I mustered enough motivation to eat it was stuff like soup which is low in cal (usually) anyways. Im sure I will recover those 2lbs before my next OB appt lol...especially now that I can taste.
My grandpa leaves tomorrow for to visit my mom and siblings and his son (who is in prison in lompoc) until Monday. That gives David and I the house... running around naked much? jk. (kinda.) We didnt make any plans for the weekend because we werent sure how we were going to really feel given that we have both been under the weather but since things are looking up maybe we will get some deep cleaning done on Saturday, set up some dressers and clean out our bedroom. Turn the music up and get to it ya know? Take breaks to watch general conference and relax as well.
Sunday is Easter and we are having our family friends over... it will be a "Clausons" easters haha. David & I dont go to his parents house very often because its....um, less then cleanly lol. So Im sure we will drop off something on Saturday for the family in lue of having to spend all of Sunday over there. I am leary just dropping something off with our immune systems still being compromised... but its our family after all lol. My family is all out of town. The Matsons are not wanting to spend Easter with Megans family and Im assuming Nancy and Jen will have their own little pow-wow so the Matsons are gonna come over. Megan cooks a lot so it will balance out between the 2 families. Maybe I will go buy some easter eggs and stuff to hide for Makalah. Grandpa used to hide them in the front yard when I was a little girl, so if the Matsons are down for that then I will do something fun like that. It will make for cute pictures and a happy cub. Ill try to find little toys she would like though, rather then candy. I know Megan isnt super stoked about her kids eating candy (which makes total sense). Maybe the Johnsons will swing by if they arent in labor? Im not sure, they have CRAZY family obligations. Unlike the Matsons and Clausis... the Johnsons have like huge family gatherins and stuff. Very family oriented, which is cool.
Today is April fools day and it also happens to be the 2 year birthday of Davids oldest brothers daughter Catherine. She was born very premature and only weight like 1.5lbs. Her diaper was the size of a razor phone. It was INSANE!! So here is a little shout out to her, Happy Birthday little niecy!
I am feeling pretty well prepped for everything concerning Adellas birth. We just have cleaning and organizing to do. Between being tired and huge, and sick... the whole nesting thing just isnt kicking in for me lol. Im at the point where I will PAY someone to come and organize Adellas clothes and closet and stuff. Everything is "put away" but not like I want it to be. Just away. I was to tired to actually deeply organize it lol.
The Matsons are going to disneyworld soon. We were all going to go in September after la bebe was born but when we got down to planning it and buying tickets the Matsons realized that September might not work because Kalen is applying for EMT positions which might require Megan to quit and be with the girls full time because of Kalens hours. Well, David and I didnt want to risk them getting screwed out of a vacation or forcing Megan to work in a stressful situation with Kalens potential new job so we encouraged them to go asap. I could tell they were relieved that we werent upset lol. It would have been SO MUCH FUN but really, I was nervous about taking a 4-5month old baby to Florida in september anyways so this just sealed the deal on what decision to make. INSTEAD!!! We are going to plan a May 2011 Hawaiian vacation. Adella will be a year old, Brooklyn will be almost 2 years old, Makalah will be 3 1/2 years old and we will be able to just have fun and take the kids on the beach and do fun things. Maybe we will discuss splitting the airfare for a sitter to go with us to watch the kids on any nights we wanna go OUT or something ya know? Im stoked. I love Hawaii and want to take David to Maui (he has only been to Kauaii when we were on our honeymoon) and I think it will help all of us to work hard to look good on the beach. haha. Megan can sport her new hot pink and zebra tankini. lol. There are some good packages. Who knows, maybe we can get more couples to go to!
I am really sick of work, not gonna lie. I wish I had the option to cut down to part time but alas... Im stuck. If I leave early thats less time I get to spend with the baby afterwards. So I am trying to keep it together and get thru these next 4(ish) weeks until she is born. I got approved for my 12 weeks of leave. WOO HOO!
My grandpa leaves tomorrow for to visit my mom and siblings and his son (who is in prison in lompoc) until Monday. That gives David and I the house... running around naked much? jk. (kinda.) We didnt make any plans for the weekend because we werent sure how we were going to really feel given that we have both been under the weather but since things are looking up maybe we will get some deep cleaning done on Saturday, set up some dressers and clean out our bedroom. Turn the music up and get to it ya know? Take breaks to watch general conference and relax as well.
Sunday is Easter and we are having our family friends over... it will be a "Clausons" easters haha. David & I dont go to his parents house very often because its....um, less then cleanly lol. So Im sure we will drop off something on Saturday for the family in lue of having to spend all of Sunday over there. I am leary just dropping something off with our immune systems still being compromised... but its our family after all lol. My family is all out of town. The Matsons are not wanting to spend Easter with Megans family and Im assuming Nancy and Jen will have their own little pow-wow so the Matsons are gonna come over. Megan cooks a lot so it will balance out between the 2 families. Maybe I will go buy some easter eggs and stuff to hide for Makalah. Grandpa used to hide them in the front yard when I was a little girl, so if the Matsons are down for that then I will do something fun like that. It will make for cute pictures and a happy cub. Ill try to find little toys she would like though, rather then candy. I know Megan isnt super stoked about her kids eating candy (which makes total sense). Maybe the Johnsons will swing by if they arent in labor? Im not sure, they have CRAZY family obligations. Unlike the Matsons and Clausis... the Johnsons have like huge family gatherins and stuff. Very family oriented, which is cool.
Today is April fools day and it also happens to be the 2 year birthday of Davids oldest brothers daughter Catherine. She was born very premature and only weight like 1.5lbs. Her diaper was the size of a razor phone. It was INSANE!! So here is a little shout out to her, Happy Birthday little niecy!
I am feeling pretty well prepped for everything concerning Adellas birth. We just have cleaning and organizing to do. Between being tired and huge, and sick... the whole nesting thing just isnt kicking in for me lol. Im at the point where I will PAY someone to come and organize Adellas clothes and closet and stuff. Everything is "put away" but not like I want it to be. Just away. I was to tired to actually deeply organize it lol.
The Matsons are going to disneyworld soon. We were all going to go in September after la bebe was born but when we got down to planning it and buying tickets the Matsons realized that September might not work because Kalen is applying for EMT positions which might require Megan to quit and be with the girls full time because of Kalens hours. Well, David and I didnt want to risk them getting screwed out of a vacation or forcing Megan to work in a stressful situation with Kalens potential new job so we encouraged them to go asap. I could tell they were relieved that we werent upset lol. It would have been SO MUCH FUN but really, I was nervous about taking a 4-5month old baby to Florida in september anyways so this just sealed the deal on what decision to make. INSTEAD!!! We are going to plan a May 2011 Hawaiian vacation. Adella will be a year old, Brooklyn will be almost 2 years old, Makalah will be 3 1/2 years old and we will be able to just have fun and take the kids on the beach and do fun things. Maybe we will discuss splitting the airfare for a sitter to go with us to watch the kids on any nights we wanna go OUT or something ya know? Im stoked. I love Hawaii and want to take David to Maui (he has only been to Kauaii when we were on our honeymoon) and I think it will help all of us to work hard to look good on the beach. haha. Megan can sport her new hot pink and zebra tankini. lol. There are some good packages. Who knows, maybe we can get more couples to go to!
I am really sick of work, not gonna lie. I wish I had the option to cut down to part time but alas... Im stuck. If I leave early thats less time I get to spend with the baby afterwards. So I am trying to keep it together and get thru these next 4(ish) weeks until she is born. I got approved for my 12 weeks of leave. WOO HOO!
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
I have been sick
No... the title doesn't do it justice. I have been living out the worlds longest most dramatic death scene lol. I cried for like 5 hours straight on Saturday night (dramatic I know) because the pain in my head was so bad. When I finally broke down and went to the urgent care I was diagnosed with double (meaning both sides of my head) inner ear infections with a ruptured left ear drum and a buldging right ear drum. Well... that exaplains the dizzyness, the excrutiating pain, and the lack of hearing. I also was diagnosed with a bacterial sinus infection... that explains the intense pressure on my eyes making them water constantly (see I wasnt REALLY crying... it was the pressure lol) and the intense achining in my jaw causing my teeth to ache, and the ache in my cheeks giving me a head ache. I also was told I have a touch of bronchitis and was swabbed for strept throat/tonsilitis but I suspect my throat was just sore because of the post nasal drip. But who am I to diagnose. All that while almost 9 months pregnant... it was death. One doctor would say take this OTC med, then the other doctor would freak and say absolutely not, then the pharmisitist would reccomend another OTC drug and Id call L&D and they would tell me I was insane for wanting to take that... I was like seriously? lol. I just wanna feel better. So I stuck to tyleonal for the pain, benedryl to sleep and then was giving freaking hardcore strong antibiotics. I have taken 5 doses so far, and have 15 more to go to finish the supply. You bet I will finish the supply too. I dont EVER want to feel like this again... E-V-E-R-!
I have a lot I wanna blog about, and I will... but right now I need to get back in bed to continue the raging battle against the germs lol. I go back to work tomorrow so I will write then. I always have a lot of time then.
I have a lot I wanna blog about, and I will... but right now I need to get back in bed to continue the raging battle against the germs lol. I go back to work tomorrow so I will write then. I always have a lot of time then.
Friday, March 26, 2010
There always has to be SOMETHING
Warning: Slight vent ahead.
So, at my shower I had a great time. Good food, good people, great conversation and just happy good vibes all around. Nothing really went wrong and I got lots of compliments on what a nice occasion it was.
Well, a few hours after we left one of the guests, who is like a mother to me... called to let me know she left a silver nordstrom bag underneath the table where she was sitting. She was hoping I had seen it and picked it up. Well, I hadnt and neither had David or my mother or anyone else who was there helping. We didnt really "clean" up because theres a cleaning crew for that exact purpose. Once my stuff was loaded and the food was eaten David and I scanned the tables for anything left over but thats it. We didnt go underneath tables.
I called the hotel, she called the hotel, a few hours later David & I went back to the hotel to check, a few hours after that the person herself went to the hotel and dug through the trash bags from the party... NOTHING. Its gone. The first person she spoke with before the party was my mother and that was outsite the tent. My mom does not recall her having a nordstroms bag in hand. She then came in and hugged her daughter and another guest (both who dont recall her having the bag in hand) and then she sat at the table and said she pointed the bag out to her daughter and said "this is for you" and put it underneath the table between her and the person sitting next to her. Well, the people next to her... also a mother and daughter, had to leave the party early to get her husband to the airport so he could make it to a family funeral.
Well I dont think anyone from my shower "stole" the bag, and I think its safe to assume that no one picked it up as a good samaritan because they would have contacted me at this point to let me know they had it. I had to sound cliche... but if anyone took it Id assume it was the cleaning crew. I mean, a full nordstroms bag of MAC and Bobby brown make up? Thats like the jackpot for any woman lol. I love both those brands and I BARELY buy stuff from them because of the cost. I FINALLY bought a new studio fix powder from MAC for the shower but thats as far as my MAC collection goes lol. (plus it makes me break out... but ooo i look good when its on lol).
Well, the money is over 500$ worth in purchases (constitutes grand theft). VISA wont reimburse her without a formal police report, and to do that the police want the name, phone number, and address of everyone at the shower. Well, I cant just HAND the information out. I have to ask each person who attended permission to give their information and to do so I will have to explain that someone attending the shower had a bag of items stolen and wants to file charges on whoever did it so a formal report needs to be made. First, that makes me feel like I am accusing all these people of a *SERIOUS* crime when they were there to support me and make me feel loved and celebrate our baby. Secondly, I dont want people to remember my baby shower by this whole messy situation ya know?
Its putting me in a really awkward situation. I want her to get her stuff back, especially because I know it was a lot of money to lose. But I also dont feel comfortable getting all the people in attendance involved in a threatening way. How would you feel if you spent 50$ on someone to attend their shower and get a call saying "hey thanks for coming to the shower. loved your gift. PS- someone stole 500$ worth of merch so now we are pressing grand theft charges and I need to be able to give your information out since you were there and are now a potential suspect" ya know!? It makes it 100x worse because this is a very close family friend who I love VERY much and dont want to have any weird/resentful feelings with. Ya know!?
If you were me, what would you do?
Everything that she asked in hopes of recovering at least the money from VISA if not the products all together even if you have to "threaten" all your guests?
Apologize but say you do not want to get involved.
What!? Im at a loss here...
So, at my shower I had a great time. Good food, good people, great conversation and just happy good vibes all around. Nothing really went wrong and I got lots of compliments on what a nice occasion it was.
Well, a few hours after we left one of the guests, who is like a mother to me... called to let me know she left a silver nordstrom bag underneath the table where she was sitting. She was hoping I had seen it and picked it up. Well, I hadnt and neither had David or my mother or anyone else who was there helping. We didnt really "clean" up because theres a cleaning crew for that exact purpose. Once my stuff was loaded and the food was eaten David and I scanned the tables for anything left over but thats it. We didnt go underneath tables.
I called the hotel, she called the hotel, a few hours later David & I went back to the hotel to check, a few hours after that the person herself went to the hotel and dug through the trash bags from the party... NOTHING. Its gone. The first person she spoke with before the party was my mother and that was outsite the tent. My mom does not recall her having a nordstroms bag in hand. She then came in and hugged her daughter and another guest (both who dont recall her having the bag in hand) and then she sat at the table and said she pointed the bag out to her daughter and said "this is for you" and put it underneath the table between her and the person sitting next to her. Well, the people next to her... also a mother and daughter, had to leave the party early to get her husband to the airport so he could make it to a family funeral.
Well I dont think anyone from my shower "stole" the bag, and I think its safe to assume that no one picked it up as a good samaritan because they would have contacted me at this point to let me know they had it. I had to sound cliche... but if anyone took it Id assume it was the cleaning crew. I mean, a full nordstroms bag of MAC and Bobby brown make up? Thats like the jackpot for any woman lol. I love both those brands and I BARELY buy stuff from them because of the cost. I FINALLY bought a new studio fix powder from MAC for the shower but thats as far as my MAC collection goes lol. (plus it makes me break out... but ooo i look good when its on lol).
Well, the money is over 500$ worth in purchases (constitutes grand theft). VISA wont reimburse her without a formal police report, and to do that the police want the name, phone number, and address of everyone at the shower. Well, I cant just HAND the information out. I have to ask each person who attended permission to give their information and to do so I will have to explain that someone attending the shower had a bag of items stolen and wants to file charges on whoever did it so a formal report needs to be made. First, that makes me feel like I am accusing all these people of a *SERIOUS* crime when they were there to support me and make me feel loved and celebrate our baby. Secondly, I dont want people to remember my baby shower by this whole messy situation ya know?
Its putting me in a really awkward situation. I want her to get her stuff back, especially because I know it was a lot of money to lose. But I also dont feel comfortable getting all the people in attendance involved in a threatening way. How would you feel if you spent 50$ on someone to attend their shower and get a call saying "hey thanks for coming to the shower. loved your gift. PS- someone stole 500$ worth of merch so now we are pressing grand theft charges and I need to be able to give your information out since you were there and are now a potential suspect" ya know!? It makes it 100x worse because this is a very close family friend who I love VERY much and dont want to have any weird/resentful feelings with. Ya know!?
If you were me, what would you do?
Everything that she asked in hopes of recovering at least the money from VISA if not the products all together even if you have to "threaten" all your guests?
Apologize but say you do not want to get involved.
What!? Im at a loss here...
Thursday, March 25, 2010
stupid blogger comments
Megan:
It wont let me comment back on my post for some reason lol. It keeps denying me.
I ordered my bag from ebay and they had a TON of choices. You wanted zebra and pink?
Here you go!
Here is the direct link: http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Animal-Print-Pattern-Zebra-Pink-Luggage-Duffle-Bag_W0QQitemZ170457061971QQcategoryZ158850QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m263QQ_trkparmsZalgo=DLSL+SIC&its=I+C&itu=UCI+IA+UA+FICS+UFI+DDSIC&otn=20&po=&ps=63&clkid=8748573387689642627
Its only 15.99 + shipping and its perfect size for weekend travels. (3-4 days).
Also, duely noted... I shall add a couple extra pairs of pants to my hospital bag haha.
It wont let me comment back on my post for some reason lol. It keeps denying me.
I ordered my bag from ebay and they had a TON of choices. You wanted zebra and pink?
Here you go!
Here is the direct link: http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Animal-Print-Pattern-Zebra-Pink-Luggage-Duffle-Bag_W0QQitemZ170457061971QQcategoryZ158850QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m263QQ_trkparmsZalgo=DLSL+SIC&its=I+C&itu=UCI+IA+UA+FICS+UFI+DDSIC&otn=20&po=&ps=63&clkid=8748573387689642627Its only 15.99 + shipping and its perfect size for weekend travels. (3-4 days).
Also, duely noted... I shall add a couple extra pairs of pants to my hospital bag haha.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Hosptial Prep
I got my "overnight bag". I wanted something that stood out to me and David so that as we were "rushing out" I wouldnt walk right past it. Plus its cute and a perfect weekend bag. Perfect size for carry-on for any plane trips and I love the funkyness of it haha. Here is a pic:
Im not going to bring an actual diaper bag to the hospital because Kaiser gives you a pretty decent one that 2 of my girlfriends (Meg & Brandi) currently use and have given good reviews on haha. Im also not bringing much to the hospital for the baby because I plan on cleaning kaiser out of house and home when it comes to blankets, diapers, wipes, mesh panties, that numbing spray everyone raves about...etc. haha.
Okay so this is what I am packing in the token "hospital bag"
1) The baby book. I have read that they will stamp the babies feet in it for you when they do the birth certificate and stuff. I have had a few girlfriends do this and said it worked out perfectly.
2) Two pairs of black yoga pants. I dont want to lounge around in the nasty hospital gowns the entire stay because I am a pretty modest person and I just hate how you hang out all over the place on those things. With yoga pants I will be comfortable, I can even sleep in them if needed, and they are forgiving on your waiste. So if I still have a giant gut while in the hospital (which from what I read, it said dont expect to look less then 5mos pregnant after birth lol) I wont have to worry about the pants fitting. Also if I end up with a c-section then I can roll them up above or down below my incision and they wont put pressure on it. I chose black because of the whole bloody mess issue.
3) Two nursing bras. (One normal one, one sleeping soft one). I bought the sleeping one a size or so to big because I know when your milk comes in your chest gets a lot bigger. I am waiting until the last moment to get a regular one because I have no idea how my chest is going to react.
4) Two regular cotton short sleeve t-shirts that are nursing accessible. I got a bunch of plain shirts at Old Navy on sale for like 3.99 each in v-neck and slightly larger because I will be pulling them down/lifting them up to nurse. I figure I will feel less frumpy in a normal shirt then if I just bring my maternity shirts with me.
5) Two nursing tank tops. I got some for christmas that I will bring with me to wear under my t-shirts and to sleep in and stuff incase Im not comofrtable in a bra yet or just for some extra coverage.
6) A handful of hair ties and bobby pins and a few elastic headbands. I have crazy curly hair so the last thing I want is to have a fro in my face while sweating and pushing a baby out lol. So before I go to the hospital I will shower and pull everything back in a tidy, but comfortable "out of my face" style. Nothing that looks BAD because I will have pictures taken of me throughout the process (all tactfull of course lol).
7) Three pairs of socks that I can just throw away as they get dirty. I get cold feet easily and I dont want to walk on the hospital floor barefoot (ewww) so Ill have some socks with me that I cna just toss if they get messy. It will be easier then dealing with bloody slippers and stuff haha.
8) One zip up hoodie. Just because I get cold and stuff. Just incase I need to throw something on me to keep me warm.
9) My personal bag of tolietries (which include): Widetoothed comb to brush my hair in the shower, toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, face wash, makeup (the bare essentuals... tinted moisturized, powder, blush, mascara), shampoo & conditioner, detangler. These things are all pretty self explanitory.
10) My digital camera, extra batteries, camera USB cord. I will have my lap top with me so I want to be able to load up pictures during my "down time" after she is born and Im to excited to sleep haha. Maybe Ill blog about my birth story while in the hospital haha.
11) My laptop and lap top charger w/ some DVDs. This is more for David then me while we are in the hours of labor... and then for entertainment purposes afterwards.
11) My cellphone and cellphone charger. Cant leave home without it haha!
12) Flat sandals to wear home. (Ill wear them there too haha) Just because I dont know if my feet will swell, and I wont want to be bending down to tie shoes and stuff.
13) A shower towel. The ones in the hospital bathroom when I went to L&D a month ago were dingy and thing. I have LONG hair and Im not a size 2... there is a lot to dry off lol. So ill just bring my own towel to dry my body and stuff and use their dinky one for my hair or whatever.
14) Non-perishable snacks. Just for like afterwards or for David. Crackers, juice boxes, etc.
15) Stool softener. I hear your first bowel movement after birth can be pretty close to giving birth all over again haha so many many mothers have told me to take an ALL NATURAL stool softener directly after birth so that when the time comes to actually poop... I wont die again lol.
16) A pack of throw away hanes underwear. The hospital gives you these mesh panties but just incase I dont like how they feel/fit I will bring some throw away underwear for while I am there.
17) Nipple Cream. I plan on nursing and i get mixed results when trying to find out if the hospital provides you with nipple cream or not so Ill just bring a small tube IN CASE. Im not going to bring my pump in though because I know they can give me one to use in the hospital if I need it.
This is whats going with us to the hospital for the baby:
1) An installed and inspected infant car seat. I called and made an appointment for mid April with the Westminster CHP inspector. Its free and since 85% of carseats are not properly installed... Id rather just drive the 15 minutes and get it checked. It could mean the difference between my daughter living, and going flying thru the windshield. Plus, they educate you on how to properly strap them in and stuff. Its something thats important to me since I know a few babies first hand who have been injured or died in accidents because they werent strapped in right or the seat wasnt installed right. Freaks me out.
2) Her coming-home outfit (pink jogging suit with black onesie). I ll bring a few side snap onesies to the hospital just incase she needs them but my understanding is they mostly wear the hospital shirt and a diaper while we are there and just get swaddled.
3) A warm blanket. This is mostly for the ride home and for me to cuddle with her in.
Im not going to bring an actual diaper bag to the hospital because Kaiser gives you a pretty decent one that 2 of my girlfriends (Meg & Brandi) currently use and have given good reviews on haha. Im also not bringing much to the hospital for the baby because I plan on cleaning kaiser out of house and home when it comes to blankets, diapers, wipes, mesh panties, that numbing spray everyone raves about...etc. haha.Okay so this is what I am packing in the token "hospital bag"
1) The baby book. I have read that they will stamp the babies feet in it for you when they do the birth certificate and stuff. I have had a few girlfriends do this and said it worked out perfectly.
2) Two pairs of black yoga pants. I dont want to lounge around in the nasty hospital gowns the entire stay because I am a pretty modest person and I just hate how you hang out all over the place on those things. With yoga pants I will be comfortable, I can even sleep in them if needed, and they are forgiving on your waiste. So if I still have a giant gut while in the hospital (which from what I read, it said dont expect to look less then 5mos pregnant after birth lol) I wont have to worry about the pants fitting. Also if I end up with a c-section then I can roll them up above or down below my incision and they wont put pressure on it. I chose black because of the whole bloody mess issue.
3) Two nursing bras. (One normal one, one sleeping soft one). I bought the sleeping one a size or so to big because I know when your milk comes in your chest gets a lot bigger. I am waiting until the last moment to get a regular one because I have no idea how my chest is going to react.
4) Two regular cotton short sleeve t-shirts that are nursing accessible. I got a bunch of plain shirts at Old Navy on sale for like 3.99 each in v-neck and slightly larger because I will be pulling them down/lifting them up to nurse. I figure I will feel less frumpy in a normal shirt then if I just bring my maternity shirts with me.
5) Two nursing tank tops. I got some for christmas that I will bring with me to wear under my t-shirts and to sleep in and stuff incase Im not comofrtable in a bra yet or just for some extra coverage.
6) A handful of hair ties and bobby pins and a few elastic headbands. I have crazy curly hair so the last thing I want is to have a fro in my face while sweating and pushing a baby out lol. So before I go to the hospital I will shower and pull everything back in a tidy, but comfortable "out of my face" style. Nothing that looks BAD because I will have pictures taken of me throughout the process (all tactfull of course lol).
7) Three pairs of socks that I can just throw away as they get dirty. I get cold feet easily and I dont want to walk on the hospital floor barefoot (ewww) so Ill have some socks with me that I cna just toss if they get messy. It will be easier then dealing with bloody slippers and stuff haha.
8) One zip up hoodie. Just because I get cold and stuff. Just incase I need to throw something on me to keep me warm.
9) My personal bag of tolietries (which include): Widetoothed comb to brush my hair in the shower, toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, face wash, makeup (the bare essentuals... tinted moisturized, powder, blush, mascara), shampoo & conditioner, detangler. These things are all pretty self explanitory.
10) My digital camera, extra batteries, camera USB cord. I will have my lap top with me so I want to be able to load up pictures during my "down time" after she is born and Im to excited to sleep haha. Maybe Ill blog about my birth story while in the hospital haha.
11) My laptop and lap top charger w/ some DVDs. This is more for David then me while we are in the hours of labor... and then for entertainment purposes afterwards.
11) My cellphone and cellphone charger. Cant leave home without it haha!
12) Flat sandals to wear home. (Ill wear them there too haha) Just because I dont know if my feet will swell, and I wont want to be bending down to tie shoes and stuff.
13) A shower towel. The ones in the hospital bathroom when I went to L&D a month ago were dingy and thing. I have LONG hair and Im not a size 2... there is a lot to dry off lol. So ill just bring my own towel to dry my body and stuff and use their dinky one for my hair or whatever.
14) Non-perishable snacks. Just for like afterwards or for David. Crackers, juice boxes, etc.
15) Stool softener. I hear your first bowel movement after birth can be pretty close to giving birth all over again haha so many many mothers have told me to take an ALL NATURAL stool softener directly after birth so that when the time comes to actually poop... I wont die again lol.
16) A pack of throw away hanes underwear. The hospital gives you these mesh panties but just incase I dont like how they feel/fit I will bring some throw away underwear for while I am there.
17) Nipple Cream. I plan on nursing and i get mixed results when trying to find out if the hospital provides you with nipple cream or not so Ill just bring a small tube IN CASE. Im not going to bring my pump in though because I know they can give me one to use in the hospital if I need it.
This is whats going with us to the hospital for the baby:
1) An installed and inspected infant car seat. I called and made an appointment for mid April with the Westminster CHP inspector. Its free and since 85% of carseats are not properly installed... Id rather just drive the 15 minutes and get it checked. It could mean the difference between my daughter living, and going flying thru the windshield. Plus, they educate you on how to properly strap them in and stuff. Its something thats important to me since I know a few babies first hand who have been injured or died in accidents because they werent strapped in right or the seat wasnt installed right. Freaks me out.
2) Her coming-home outfit (pink jogging suit with black onesie). I ll bring a few side snap onesies to the hospital just incase she needs them but my understanding is they mostly wear the hospital shirt and a diaper while we are there and just get swaddled.
3) A warm blanket. This is mostly for the ride home and for me to cuddle with her in.
So what do you think? Any suggestions?
We are going to the hosptial the 3rd week of April for a private/personal "hospital tour" to get a good idea of where we will be and stuff. Its more for David to feel comfortable and start getting "acclimated" to the situation. He is not good in medical settings so we need to get him warmed up for the big day. I have seen the hosptial, espeecially L&D and Post Partum over at Lakeview and at Sand Canyon from when Jill worked there.
Which reminds me... She starts work again on April 12th! So I will for sure have her with me at the hospital to advocate for me and give me lots of perks haha. Things are happening, and quickly!
Monday, March 22, 2010
ORDER!!!
Megan... Will you make these for me?
Your much better at mexican food then I am.
Ill make you something in return lol.
Babysit? Anything to eat? WHATEV lol.
Mix together honey, lime juice, chili powder and garlic powder and then add to shredded pork or chicken. Let the sauce soak into the meat for about 30 minutes. Leave some of the sauce aside to pour over the top of the enchildas before baking.
Lightly spray casarole dish with non-stick baking spray. Mix heavy cream and green enchillada sauce together. Pour combined- sauce into pan to coat the entire bottom. Fill tortillas with shredded meat and desired amount of cheese. Roll and place in dish ontop of the green sauce.
Pour remainder of honey/lime sauce over enchiladas and sprinkle more cheese on top - don't be stingy! Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Then turn on broiler and place enchiladas nearer the top of oven. Let it broil until cheese is slightly brown and crispy. It is now time to WOW your family!!
This sounds so freaking amazing to me that I cant stop thinking about it lol. I may cave and just make it myself later this week and chuck something off our preplanned menu. If I KNEW for sure it was delish then I would make it for dinner tomorrow but since its a little bit "unusual" Ill save it for a trial and error meal where my guests dont leave sick to their stomachs lol!!
I was just going over the things I need to still "do" and I wont lie... slightly overwhelmed!!
1) Sand the dresser and paint it. Install new hardware (knobs).
2) Sand the night stand and paint it. Install new hardware (knobs).
3) Finish washing all the baby clothes and put up in closet/dresser
4) Hang floating black shelves on nursery wall
5) Put up wall paper border around nursery walls
6) Hang lamp in the middle of the nursery room ceiling
7) Get a small table light for the nightstand by the rocker
8) Get a "breathable" bumper pad for the crib
9) Set up changing table with necesities
10) Pack my hospital bag
11) Pack babies diaper bag
12) Make appointment at Westminster CHP to bring the carseat in to check installation
13) Finilize Adella's primary pediatrician over at HB Kaiser clinic
14) Hang black out curtains in Adellas nursery and in our bedroom
15) get batteries for all the crap that needs batteries
16) get our Costco membership
17) get the random stuff I still need (baby wise.)
18) finialize the baby announcement purchase and remember to send her stats asap.
19) send out my baby shower thank you cards
20) move our bedroom upstairs. lol.
21) make a bunch of freezable casaroles for when she is born and I dont want to cook
22) give the relief society our schedule for the meal drop off rotation (they offered lol)
23) deep clean the downstairs area and set up the bouncer/swing to get the dogs acclimated to the babies stuff being 'around' the house
24) contact the people about donated Adellas cord blood
25) Pay the fee to join our local LLL (la leche league)
There is a lot more I just cant think right now haha. Its all stuff that I can get done well before she gets here (I think lol) but just need to make sure I stay on the ball with it all.
Tomorrow I will list my hospital bag and diaper bag contents list so see what you all think about it and if I need/dont need any of the stuff.
Your much better at mexican food then I am.
Ill make you something in return lol.
Babysit? Anything to eat? WHATEV lol.
Honey Lime Enchiladas
Ingrediants:
1.5 lbs pork or chicken, cooked and shredded
1.5 lbs pork or chicken, cooked and shredded
1/3 c honey
1/4 c lime juice
2 Tb chili powder
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/4 c lime juice
2 Tb chili powder
1/2 tsp garlic powder
2 (10 oz) cans green enchilada sauce
equal parts mixed together of:
shredded mozzarella cheese
shredded cheddar cheese
equal parts mixed together of:
shredded mozzarella cheese
shredded cheddar cheese
(or just 2 cups of the shredded mexican cheese blend bag)
3/4 Cup Heavy Cream
flour tortillas
Directions:flour tortillas
Mix together honey, lime juice, chili powder and garlic powder and then add to shredded pork or chicken. Let the sauce soak into the meat for about 30 minutes. Leave some of the sauce aside to pour over the top of the enchildas before baking.
Lightly spray casarole dish with non-stick baking spray. Mix heavy cream and green enchillada sauce together. Pour combined- sauce into pan to coat the entire bottom. Fill tortillas with shredded meat and desired amount of cheese. Roll and place in dish ontop of the green sauce.
Pour remainder of honey/lime sauce over enchiladas and sprinkle more cheese on top - don't be stingy! Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Then turn on broiler and place enchiladas nearer the top of oven. Let it broil until cheese is slightly brown and crispy. It is now time to WOW your family!!
This sounds so freaking amazing to me that I cant stop thinking about it lol. I may cave and just make it myself later this week and chuck something off our preplanned menu. If I KNEW for sure it was delish then I would make it for dinner tomorrow but since its a little bit "unusual" Ill save it for a trial and error meal where my guests dont leave sick to their stomachs lol!!
I was just going over the things I need to still "do" and I wont lie... slightly overwhelmed!!
1) Sand the dresser and paint it. Install new hardware (knobs).
2) Sand the night stand and paint it. Install new hardware (knobs).
3) Finish washing all the baby clothes and put up in closet/dresser
4) Hang floating black shelves on nursery wall
5) Put up wall paper border around nursery walls
6) Hang lamp in the middle of the nursery room ceiling
7) Get a small table light for the nightstand by the rocker
8) Get a "breathable" bumper pad for the crib
9) Set up changing table with necesities
10) Pack my hospital bag
11) Pack babies diaper bag
12) Make appointment at Westminster CHP to bring the carseat in to check installation
13) Finilize Adella's primary pediatrician over at HB Kaiser clinic
14) Hang black out curtains in Adellas nursery and in our bedroom
15) get batteries for all the crap that needs batteries
16) get our Costco membership
17) get the random stuff I still need (baby wise.)
18) finialize the baby announcement purchase and remember to send her stats asap.
19) send out my baby shower thank you cards
20) move our bedroom upstairs. lol.
21) make a bunch of freezable casaroles for when she is born and I dont want to cook
22) give the relief society our schedule for the meal drop off rotation (they offered lol)
23) deep clean the downstairs area and set up the bouncer/swing to get the dogs acclimated to the babies stuff being 'around' the house
24) contact the people about donated Adellas cord blood
25) Pay the fee to join our local LLL (la leche league)
There is a lot more I just cant think right now haha. Its all stuff that I can get done well before she gets here (I think lol) but just need to make sure I stay on the ball with it all.
Tomorrow I will list my hospital bag and diaper bag contents list so see what you all think about it and if I need/dont need any of the stuff.
So much to do, and so little time.
So I forgot my camera so I dont have any pictures to share with this post other then my "34 week" pictures on my phone. Enjoy.
In other news...
We had quite the weekend. I started getting a cold last Friday (I was out at Disneyland with Kalen and the babies and just over exhausted myself) but it seeemed to go away by Monday. Then Tuesday I woke up and like couldnt swallow but didnt quite feel SICK yet, like entire body. Just my throat. By Thursday I was dying lol. I left early thursday and slept on and off the rest of the day/night. Friday was not any better so I again slept off an on until around noon. I got up at noon and went and had lunch with David at Red Robin and then got my brows did at the Benefit counter at Macys and picked up a new studio fix compact from mac (mine was empty except for the tiniest rim of powder at the edges lol). Then I went to Destination maternity and tried on basically their entire store haha. I couldnt decide what to wear to my shower. I wasnt sure if I wanted to be in casual or "dressier". Well, since I have dropped skirts look ridiculous on me. If I wear them ON my belly they puff out and make me look weird. If I wear them BELOW my belly then they are like half way off my butt and make my torso look super long and my stomach saggy lol. So skirts were out. Next I tried all their dresses and I dont know why but everything looked like a freaking potato sack on me. Definately not hugging curves in the right places. Im also really self conscience of my knees/thighs from my surgeries and scars so if the dress looked anywhere near remotely cute... it was to short and showed my scars and stuff. AHHH!
So finally I found a shirt in turquoise and a pair of kahki capri pants that were "dressier" and was satisfied but the ladies at the store were like... YOU HAVE TO WEAR PINK! YOU CANT WEAR BLUE!!! lol. So I bought the turquoise shirt... in hot pink. Not my favorite color. BUt I think the outfit worked well. It was very "spring time" with my white undershirt and white shoes. lol.
After all that I was so dead tired and like feverish I went home and laid in my shower for what felt like hours. Took a nap, and woke up around 6 when david got home. Lounged around and then went to dinner with his sister Jen and her boyfriends son over at TGI Fridays. After that I went back to bed lol.
Saturday was the shower. I didnt fall asleep until around 4:30am and I got up around 10am. Joe & Jill showed up around 10:30 and we wnet and got our mani/pedis at 11:15ish. Then I came home and jamie straightened out my hair for me because I was running late on time and didnt have the time (or patience) to do anything else to it. haha. I didnt my makeup in the car... thats how late we were running.
The shower was beautiful. We had 38 people there total (including me) and it was great weather. Warm, but a light breeze going. Lots of sunshine and everyone was super friendly. I was very happy that people were so talkative and social and seemed to be enjoying themselves. The only thing that would have made the shower better would have been me not having to blow my nose every 2.5 seconds lol. Other then that, it was honestly perfect.
We socialized and ate for an hour. Then played some games and ate cake while I opened gifts. Then I said thank you and people left at their own leisure. It was very relaxed and just perfect.
I cant believe how generous people were for gifts. I wasnt expecting ANYTHING (honestly) and so to not only get gifts, but to get gifts of such caliber? It was so nice. It just felt good to know that people support us and love us and love our daughter too. It was finally MY turn. 4 of the women there I had thrown showers for already lol so it was cool for the love to be given back, ya know? I cant even explain how grateful I am. And the gifts keeep coming lol. Stuff just keeps coming. People keep stopping by and I am so blown away by their generosity. Literally we have everything we need for Adella. She will want for nothing in these early years lol.
Then after the shower the "crew" plus my BIL/SIL and nephew went to Don Jose. Food was alright... not the best. The matsons food was not good so we had to get that taken care of. Im pretty sure I embarassed them by sending it back but seriously... Megan cooks all the time. When she goes out, and pays for the food... it should be a treat. Fully enjoyable. Not a disappointment. Ya know? If it sucks? Send it back and get something new or refunded. You can cook for yourself anytime at home... when you go out its a treat. lol. At least thats how I feel... and so by default my friends get to suffer the consequences when with me. They should know by now that if they dont want something said about their food they shouldnt tell me... cause I have a big mouth.
Sunday was church and I slept... alllll morning. I was up all night so when I finally fell asleep at 5ish in the morning David just let me sleep which was nice. Then at like 11:30 my mom came over and dragged my grandpa and I out with her to brunch with a bunch of her friends. I wasnt feeling well, but she begged lol. David joined us as soon as he got out of church.
Then we went home and slept all afternoon. Well, kinda haha. I dozed in and out. I wish sleep was normal again. However... I know that the only cure is to have her, and while my body might be able to sleep again once she is born it probably wont do me any good because Ill have an infant to tend to. So I guess this really is preparation for sleep depravation. Maybe I will get lucky and have a baby who sleeps thru the night (minus feedings) early on lol.
So today I am back at work. Tomorrow I work and then the Matsons & my BIL/SIL are coming for dinner. We want to see the fam before they head back to New Mexico on Wednesday and we have some business to discuss with the Matsons.
40 days to go until D-DAY!!
Hope everyone had a good and fun and safe weekend. Hope this week goes smoothly for ya!!
In other news...We had quite the weekend. I started getting a cold last Friday (I was out at Disneyland with Kalen and the babies and just over exhausted myself) but it seeemed to go away by Monday. Then Tuesday I woke up and like couldnt swallow but didnt quite feel SICK yet, like entire body. Just my throat. By Thursday I was dying lol. I left early thursday and slept on and off the rest of the day/night. Friday was not any better so I again slept off an on until around noon. I got up at noon and went and had lunch with David at Red Robin and then got my brows did at the Benefit counter at Macys and picked up a new studio fix compact from mac (mine was empty except for the tiniest rim of powder at the edges lol). Then I went to Destination maternity and tried on basically their entire store haha. I couldnt decide what to wear to my shower. I wasnt sure if I wanted to be in casual or "dressier". Well, since I have dropped skirts look ridiculous on me. If I wear them ON my belly they puff out and make me look weird. If I wear them BELOW my belly then they are like half way off my butt and make my torso look super long and my stomach saggy lol. So skirts were out. Next I tried all their dresses and I dont know why but everything looked like a freaking potato sack on me. Definately not hugging curves in the right places. Im also really self conscience of my knees/thighs from my surgeries and scars so if the dress looked anywhere near remotely cute... it was to short and showed my scars and stuff. AHHH!
So finally I found a shirt in turquoise and a pair of kahki capri pants that were "dressier" and was satisfied but the ladies at the store were like... YOU HAVE TO WEAR PINK! YOU CANT WEAR BLUE!!! lol. So I bought the turquoise shirt... in hot pink. Not my favorite color. BUt I think the outfit worked well. It was very "spring time" with my white undershirt and white shoes. lol.
After all that I was so dead tired and like feverish I went home and laid in my shower for what felt like hours. Took a nap, and woke up around 6 when david got home. Lounged around and then went to dinner with his sister Jen and her boyfriends son over at TGI Fridays. After that I went back to bed lol.
Saturday was the shower. I didnt fall asleep until around 4:30am and I got up around 10am. Joe & Jill showed up around 10:30 and we wnet and got our mani/pedis at 11:15ish. Then I came home and jamie straightened out my hair for me because I was running late on time and didnt have the time (or patience) to do anything else to it. haha. I didnt my makeup in the car... thats how late we were running.
The shower was beautiful. We had 38 people there total (including me) and it was great weather. Warm, but a light breeze going. Lots of sunshine and everyone was super friendly. I was very happy that people were so talkative and social and seemed to be enjoying themselves. The only thing that would have made the shower better would have been me not having to blow my nose every 2.5 seconds lol. Other then that, it was honestly perfect.
We socialized and ate for an hour. Then played some games and ate cake while I opened gifts. Then I said thank you and people left at their own leisure. It was very relaxed and just perfect.
I cant believe how generous people were for gifts. I wasnt expecting ANYTHING (honestly) and so to not only get gifts, but to get gifts of such caliber? It was so nice. It just felt good to know that people support us and love us and love our daughter too. It was finally MY turn. 4 of the women there I had thrown showers for already lol so it was cool for the love to be given back, ya know? I cant even explain how grateful I am. And the gifts keeep coming lol. Stuff just keeps coming. People keep stopping by and I am so blown away by their generosity. Literally we have everything we need for Adella. She will want for nothing in these early years lol.
Then after the shower the "crew" plus my BIL/SIL and nephew went to Don Jose. Food was alright... not the best. The matsons food was not good so we had to get that taken care of. Im pretty sure I embarassed them by sending it back but seriously... Megan cooks all the time. When she goes out, and pays for the food... it should be a treat. Fully enjoyable. Not a disappointment. Ya know? If it sucks? Send it back and get something new or refunded. You can cook for yourself anytime at home... when you go out its a treat. lol. At least thats how I feel... and so by default my friends get to suffer the consequences when with me. They should know by now that if they dont want something said about their food they shouldnt tell me... cause I have a big mouth.
Sunday was church and I slept... alllll morning. I was up all night so when I finally fell asleep at 5ish in the morning David just let me sleep which was nice. Then at like 11:30 my mom came over and dragged my grandpa and I out with her to brunch with a bunch of her friends. I wasnt feeling well, but she begged lol. David joined us as soon as he got out of church.
Then we went home and slept all afternoon. Well, kinda haha. I dozed in and out. I wish sleep was normal again. However... I know that the only cure is to have her, and while my body might be able to sleep again once she is born it probably wont do me any good because Ill have an infant to tend to. So I guess this really is preparation for sleep depravation. Maybe I will get lucky and have a baby who sleeps thru the night (minus feedings) early on lol.
So today I am back at work. Tomorrow I work and then the Matsons & my BIL/SIL are coming for dinner. We want to see the fam before they head back to New Mexico on Wednesday and we have some business to discuss with the Matsons.
40 days to go until D-DAY!!
Hope everyone had a good and fun and safe weekend. Hope this week goes smoothly for ya!!
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
I have a serious problem looking at what was bought on my registry haha. They should make it so you cant know until you get the items lol. Instead? They make a nifty little column at the bottom of the registry page of "Items Already Purchased" and each day I, like the little brat I am, go on there and get excited lol. Today? A bouncer was purchased. Yesterday? A play mat/tummytime yard thing. Its fun. I dont know who is buying what so I guess that will be what I draw on for my "suprise" but it gets me really excited that people are going out and thinking about me and this baby and wanting to get a gift. I dont expect gifts at all. However, people support us and love us and love our daughter already and want to give her something to grow with from themselves. I LOVE THAT!!!
I had a doctors appointment today. The last of my 2 weekers. I go in 2 weeks and then its every week.
3-30-2010 @ 8:45am
4-14-2010 @ 8:30am
4-22-2010 @ 8:50am
4-30-2010 @ 8:30am
*Overdue Appointments*
5-06-2010 @ 1:40pm
5-11-2010 @ 3:50pm
That makes it seem like such a less amount of time to me. I got like 45ish days until actual D-Day. Doctor PROMISED me that I would not be pregnant longer then May 15th. He said Kaisers rule of thumb is 41 weeks but he prefers 42 weeks just incase dates are off somewhere. So At the very latest she will be born on May 15th/16th by induction/cesearean. We shall see.
When the doctor was feeling my stomach to get her position and stuff he was feeling side to side and was like "Well I feel her bottom sticking up here in the middle by your navel... but I am not feeling her head or legs" and I was like "ya, you might want to feel vertically for that" and so he did and he was like "Whoa... her head is DOWN and engaged. No wonder your having so much pelvic pain. Hey look on the brightside... at least she knows where she is going to come out from *insert witty laugh*" Ya... thanks. My whole pregnancy people have told me I am carrying low and the doctor even said that it would be hard to tell when I dropped because she is do low. However today he said that her head is completely engaged and he would consider me dropped. He said the likelyhood of her pulling her head out and twisting is very unlikely. So yay! Thats good news. 1 step closer to a vaginal delivery I guess.
Alright its 6:30 so I get to go home. Ill talk to you all later.
PS - Megan yo ur finger looks freaking nasty. But I am glad your okay :)
I had a doctors appointment today. The last of my 2 weekers. I go in 2 weeks and then its every week.
3-30-2010 @ 8:45am
4-14-2010 @ 8:30am
4-22-2010 @ 8:50am
4-30-2010 @ 8:30am
*Overdue Appointments*
5-06-2010 @ 1:40pm
5-11-2010 @ 3:50pm
That makes it seem like such a less amount of time to me. I got like 45ish days until actual D-Day. Doctor PROMISED me that I would not be pregnant longer then May 15th. He said Kaisers rule of thumb is 41 weeks but he prefers 42 weeks just incase dates are off somewhere. So At the very latest she will be born on May 15th/16th by induction/cesearean. We shall see.
When the doctor was feeling my stomach to get her position and stuff he was feeling side to side and was like "Well I feel her bottom sticking up here in the middle by your navel... but I am not feeling her head or legs" and I was like "ya, you might want to feel vertically for that" and so he did and he was like "Whoa... her head is DOWN and engaged. No wonder your having so much pelvic pain. Hey look on the brightside... at least she knows where she is going to come out from *insert witty laugh*" Ya... thanks. My whole pregnancy people have told me I am carrying low and the doctor even said that it would be hard to tell when I dropped because she is do low. However today he said that her head is completely engaged and he would consider me dropped. He said the likelyhood of her pulling her head out and twisting is very unlikely. So yay! Thats good news. 1 step closer to a vaginal delivery I guess.
Alright its 6:30 so I get to go home. Ill talk to you all later.
PS - Megan yo ur finger looks freaking nasty. But I am glad your okay :)
Monday, March 15, 2010
Mondays after time changes SUCK!
So where do I start? I baby sat the 2 little kids last Wednesday that I talked about previously. The little boy who is 5 (I think) is a very very smart little kid. Last time I watched him he whooped me at the "mormon match memory" game. Twice haha. Then we played uno and some other fun games. This time? He was completely content building a grocery store with his legos haha. He would build something and then explain to me its purpose and function and then move on to the next piece of his store. Literally for almost 2 hours he built and built and talked and talked. It was nice because I was really tired that day so I got to sit across from him on the sofa and just watch and respond and encourage him. I love when kids have great imaginations and can sit and play and create little worlds by themsevles. Dont get me wrong, I hope to be a fun playmate for my kids but I also hope that they dont NEED me or anyone else to have a good time. That they can go off into their own little world of outer space, or fairytale land, or on the battle front... WHATEVER they imagine. I used to play outside in our backyard and make "food" with the plants to serve to my "children" lol. (I was a big boxcar reader back in the day). Or I would climb trees and pretend to be a "wild woman" (my grandpa would read me tarzan each night before bed). Then when Natassia was old enough to make believe with me we would spend hours in our play house out back or in our bedroom. I would be the teacher and her the student... all kinds of stuff lol. It was a lot of fun. Especially when we would dress up with the random clothes/dresses my grandpa would gather at the thrift store for our dress up box. So I really enjoyed watching "S" play make believe with his grocery store legos.
His baby sister "K" was very happy to be on her own last time I watched her. She liked to be in her exersaucer or jumper or just on her tummy. This time however she was a little more clingy. She wouldnt CRY when I put her down, but she would whimper and whine a little and I could tell that wasnt making her happy. So she sat with me on the sofa as we watched her brother build away. Now, Adella doesnt like me holding other babies (Ill expand more on that later lol) and she moves around a LOT when there is another one on me haha. So baby "K" would be playing and laughing with me and then she would get "kicked" by Adella and just stare at my stomach for a few seconds and have a facial expression like "uhh what was that?" lol. She would also touch my belly alot and pat that pink thing in her mouth on it. I wonder if she did that because it was in the way or she was "playing" hahaha. Anyways, her is a picture of baby "K" and Adella haha.
So this weekend was a weird one. I didnt have to work on Friday after all so I slept in and rested. Then I joined David at Claim Jumper for lunch. He had the 1/2 rotissorie BBQ chicken on their lunch menu and I had their tri-tip dip. (Like a french dip). It was yummy and super filling. Their lunch portions are still to much, but you dont leave with 2 extra meals like you do when ordering there for dinner. haha. It was nice to go out with him.
They were all alseep together and cuddled up on one anther hahaa. You cant really see Xerxes because he is so black he blends into everything but he is under Davids arm and across his leg withhis head next to Leo's. We all watched bits and pieces of pirate of the carabean and then were mostly lazy all day. David got his hair cut and washed his car. Then we met up with the Johnsons for dinner at Souplantation in Costa Mesa. We had coupons that were B.O.G.O. Free. So each couple paid 15.45 for 2 buffet meals and 2 fountain drinks. Thats a pretty good deal. Its also pretty healthy food too. David and I love salad though. We talked about funny things like white pants and weird parties were they put oil all over hotel rooms wrapped in saran wrap lol. Yeah convos are always interesting with them lol.
Then that night David and I just chilled together. I was able to catch some pictures of David snuggling up with Adella. haha. Ignore my stretch markes or linea negra or that my belly button had sunk back in (I am laying down. The belly button has a mind of its OWN lol). I think its cute. He loves his little girl haha.
Then Sunday was the day the time changed so we were ALL thrown off. We woke up at 8:50 haha and church starts at 9am. I was exhausted and my back was KILLING me so I stayed home while David (being the dedicated saint he is lol) zoomed off to church. I slept pretty much the entire time. When he got home we ate some lunch (mexican) and then took naps. We then called the Johnsons to meet up at the dog park for a bit. We had been neglecting the pups so we decided they definately needed some attention. They sure got it. We got to the park at about 5:45 and we left at like 7:20 haha. They got a WORK OUT. Unfortunately there was this OBNOXIOUS french bull dog that slobbered like crazzzzzy and was obsessed with Leo. He kept humping him and slobering ALL over him. It was so gross. The owner was some young "bro" type dude from the 909 who was busy trying to pick up chicks. I eventually was like "is this your dog? Could you call him or something" and the guy just laughed and said "no, he isnt hurting anyone". Uhh thanks a-hole. Are you going to pay for my dog to get groomed now!? Leo was FILTHY. The spit got his fur all wet and nappy and then the dirt from the stupid bulldog pushing him down into got nice and muddy into him. I was SO annoyed. Finally when the 3rd girl rejected this guy he got his dog and left but not before David was TOTALLY mad and encouraging Harbor (The Johnsons ferocious little dog) to attack this bull dog lol. 
Wow this blog turned into a lot more then I mean for it to haha. Well, enjoy reading! (PS- I dont have a spell checker on this version of internet explorer at work so ignore all my errors. lol)
His baby sister "K" was very happy to be on her own last time I watched her. She liked to be in her exersaucer or jumper or just on her tummy. This time however she was a little more clingy. She wouldnt CRY when I put her down, but she would whimper and whine a little and I could tell that wasnt making her happy. So she sat with me on the sofa as we watched her brother build away. Now, Adella doesnt like me holding other babies (Ill expand more on that later lol) and she moves around a LOT when there is another one on me haha. So baby "K" would be playing and laughing with me and then she would get "kicked" by Adella and just stare at my stomach for a few seconds and have a facial expression like "uhh what was that?" lol. She would also touch my belly alot and pat that pink thing in her mouth on it. I wonder if she did that because it was in the way or she was "playing" hahaha. Anyways, her is a picture of baby "K" and Adella haha.
So this weekend was a weird one. I didnt have to work on Friday after all so I slept in and rested. Then I joined David at Claim Jumper for lunch. He had the 1/2 rotissorie BBQ chicken on their lunch menu and I had their tri-tip dip. (Like a french dip). It was yummy and super filling. Their lunch portions are still to much, but you dont leave with 2 extra meals like you do when ordering there for dinner. haha. It was nice to go out with him.Then I left from there and met up with the Matsons at applebees and ate dessert. I had a "maple butter blonde". MMMM!!! It was good. I was so selfish I didnt offer anyone a bite except Makalah because, I mean, honestly... you cant say no to a baby lol. We ate and chit chatted and then took my car back to my house and went up to Disney cause Megan had to work. Then Kalen pushed me around in the wheel chair as I held the 2 kids on my lap. Let me just point out how many RUDE looks I got from "older" people as I hed Makalah (who is 2.5) and Brooklyn (who is like 9 months) and then had a big belly inbetween them. They would look at me like "GOOD GOD DO YOU NOT KNOW WHAT BIRTH CONTROL IS!" lol. First of all...It is VERY possible that by the time Megan is my age she will have another baby so dont look at me like its unheard of to have 3 kids before your 25. (Im 23... but I will be 24 in two weeks on March 28th). Secondly... Who are you to judge me? I mean, they werent even my kids lol. Clearly looking at them you can tell they dont belong to me. Neither of them look a THING like me. Now when David holds Brookie then MAYBBBBBBE you could confuse her for being his kid because they are both white/blonde/blue eyed... but even that is a stretch. A FAR stretch lol. It just really bugged me that they were looking at me so rudely. I wanted to say something but its Disneyland and I dont want to ruin anyones vacations lol.
The 4 of us rode Dumbo (which spins round and round) and then we road the carosel (which spins round and round). I hate spinning. Period. Pregnant or not lol. But I felt stupid going in the handicap line with the wheel chair so Kalen and Makalah could ride and then not getting on. It seemed unfair. Like if the handicap person doesnt ride then you should have to stand in line with everyone else ya know? So I sucked it up and rode. After the spinning we road Mr. Toads wild ride which Brook did NOT like lol. After that it was diaper duty time and then David arrived. Right before he got there I said to Kalen "Davids on his way" and from that moment on Makalah just kept saying "Dabid? Wheres Dabid? I want Dabid" lol. I was like a DISEASE to her. She didnt want me she wanted my husband. Why? Because he is a sucker for little girls haha. Ask his niece Kaylee... she will tell you! So when David got there him and Kalen and the kids road Casey the Train while I rested (my back/pelvis) was hurting really bad from having the girls on my lap and bouncing in the wheel chair. After that we headed over to haunted mansion but it was broken down so we did a "grand centeral tour" (or something) on the train. I got to ride in my wheel chair in the very back haha. I had been trying to get Brook to take a nap because she was rubbing her eyes the entire time and she was not having it. She would arch her back and fuss so I gave up. Not even to the next stop on the train I look over and Brook is passed out on David. haha.
WHAT THE HECK! What does David have that I dont lol. First Makalah, and then Brookie too!!! Just kidding. Im not "jelous". Its actually cute that they like him, makes me feel confident about him and our daughter(s). So if they like him a little more then me... thats okay. I mean hey... it could be worse. Brookie could cry every time I try to play with her like she does with Troy lol. JUST KIDDING!
WHAT THE HECK! What does David have that I dont lol. First Makalah, and then Brookie too!!! Just kidding. Im not "jelous". Its actually cute that they like him, makes me feel confident about him and our daughter(s). So if they like him a little more then me... thats okay. I mean hey... it could be worse. Brookie could cry every time I try to play with her like she does with Troy lol. JUST KIDDING!After the train ride we road haunted mansion. Brook was still asleep so David gave her to me to hold while Kalen pushed me and David held makalahs hand. We went on and road and by the time we got to where the doors are on that are banging and knocking and the clock with the 13th hour... Adella was PISSED. Remember when I said earlier I would elaborate on the whole not liking me holding other babies? Well, adella moved funny which made me lose my breath. Then she kicked me HARD right where I was cradling Brook. I let out a yelp and said to David "holy cow she just kicked me HARD on Brook" and not 20 seconds later she kicked me even HARDER to the point where I was like "Oh dear God. Here" and handed David brookie because she was hurting me with how hard she was kicking at Brook. I dont have a visable bruise but the area where she kicked me ON FRIDAY is still tender and Im pretty sure bruised underneath the skin and its now MONDAY lol. It was that bad.
Kalen has concluded that Adella wont kick Makalah like that because Adella knows Makalah is a big kid and will turn around and kick her back lol. While Brookie doesnt know better. Aparently I have a VERY jelous daughter who only wants me to herself haha. Thats okay, at least she loves me right lol!?
After that I think we just miandered around and then it was time to go because Megan got early release. We all got settled and picked up the Mama Bear and then we went to El Torito (again) and partook in some delish sweet corn balls. MMM! haha. After that we called it a night and went home.
Saturday David got up with the dogs so I could sleep in. (how nice of him). When I finally woke up I came out to the family room to find this:
They were all alseep together and cuddled up on one anther hahaa. You cant really see Xerxes because he is so black he blends into everything but he is under Davids arm and across his leg withhis head next to Leo's. We all watched bits and pieces of pirate of the carabean and then were mostly lazy all day. David got his hair cut and washed his car. Then we met up with the Johnsons for dinner at Souplantation in Costa Mesa. We had coupons that were B.O.G.O. Free. So each couple paid 15.45 for 2 buffet meals and 2 fountain drinks. Thats a pretty good deal. Its also pretty healthy food too. David and I love salad though. We talked about funny things like white pants and weird parties were they put oil all over hotel rooms wrapped in saran wrap lol. Yeah convos are always interesting with them lol.Then that night David and I just chilled together. I was able to catch some pictures of David snuggling up with Adella. haha. Ignore my stretch markes or linea negra or that my belly button had sunk back in (I am laying down. The belly button has a mind of its OWN lol). I think its cute. He loves his little girl haha.
Then Sunday was the day the time changed so we were ALL thrown off. We woke up at 8:50 haha and church starts at 9am. I was exhausted and my back was KILLING me so I stayed home while David (being the dedicated saint he is lol) zoomed off to church. I slept pretty much the entire time. When he got home we ate some lunch (mexican) and then took naps. We then called the Johnsons to meet up at the dog park for a bit. We had been neglecting the pups so we decided they definately needed some attention. They sure got it. We got to the park at about 5:45 and we left at like 7:20 haha. They got a WORK OUT. Unfortunately there was this OBNOXIOUS french bull dog that slobbered like crazzzzzy and was obsessed with Leo. He kept humping him and slobering ALL over him. It was so gross. The owner was some young "bro" type dude from the 909 who was busy trying to pick up chicks. I eventually was like "is this your dog? Could you call him or something" and the guy just laughed and said "no, he isnt hurting anyone". Uhh thanks a-hole. Are you going to pay for my dog to get groomed now!? Leo was FILTHY. The spit got his fur all wet and nappy and then the dirt from the stupid bulldog pushing him down into got nice and muddy into him. I was SO annoyed. Finally when the 3rd girl rejected this guy he got his dog and left but not before David was TOTALLY mad and encouraging Harbor (The Johnsons ferocious little dog) to attack this bull dog lol. After the park we went home cleaned up and watched "Amazing Race" and then Iron Chef America. Then it was bed time.
Now its Monday... I am at work. I hate Mondays. I hate Mondays at work. I hate Mondays at work while pregnant. I especially hate Mondays at work while pregnant after losing an hour due to time change. Hawaii and Arizona dont do the time change... and only 1/2 of indiana does.... maybe I will move there and never lose my hours of sleeep lol.
Anyways... 33 weeks! Here is a picture of me being BRAVE and baring it all for you. Ignore the stretch marks. They are very pale pink and only on the front of my belly. So hopefully when the skin goes back down and I hopefully tone it all in it wont be to bad. My moms tummy was bad when she was prego. Like DARK PURPLE and EVERYWHERE so I am lucky that mine arent that bad. My moms stomach never recovered, even when she lost all the weight. The stretch marks were to deep. They are silvery skin colored now, some are still pinkish, but its like a brain with all the indents. :/ But she has had many kids... Im only on #1 haha.
Wow this blog turned into a lot more then I mean for it to haha. Well, enjoy reading! (PS- I dont have a spell checker on this version of internet explorer at work so ignore all my errors. lol)
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