Less is More

Started March 28, 2009::::

The less I keep up with this, the more I have to write :)


Pregnancy is going really well. Still the reality of having another baby, starting over with diapers and spit up and coos and cries has not set in yet. I mean, yes obviously I realize we are having another. But it just doesn't seem real. Even when falling asleep last night, my hubby had his arm around me and was rubbing my belly. I guess once I start looking more pregnant, and see the baby and what gender it is, it may seem more real. We are not buying much right now, we want to see what we are having first. We have to get the closet cleaned up, carpet torn out (orange shag!!) and get the shelves built so we can get that ready to put baby stuff in. We will be living in our small two bedroom until the baby is about 4-5 months old, so we have been downsizing our "stuff". I am currently trying to get rid of my large couch that I really don't care for and replace it with a small loveseat, with either recliners built in or a hide-a-bed. I would like the hide-a-bed (especially for those nights baby wants to be up and fussy and Matt wants to sleep), and Matt wants the recliners so we can get rid of one of our two recliners we have now. What to do, what to do!
Today April 11th: I have an OB appt on Thursday, April 16th, which also happens to be my 23rd Birthday. It is supposed to be a time of joy and laughter and celebration. It's just not in me this year. Really it's not. Even though there is the chance we can find out what we are having (voting girl!), sharing that news with Matt's side of the family is going to be hard. They want to take us out to dinner for my birthday, but it's just not in me. Oh, and my family. My dad and my step mom both have decided they don't want us to tell them what the sex of this baby is. That is making me mad. I hate suprises, especially ones of this magnitude! I mean, I want to be prepared! I really haven't bought anything yet, we are waiting to find out! I am not by any means going to go all out and buy every blue thing I see if it is a boy, or vice versa with a girl! I just want to be ready! And trying to tell my family and celebrate while leaving my dad and stepmom, especially my dad, out of it, it just sucks! I am going to have a repeat c-section with this one, I don't want to miss out on them announcing what this baby is like I did with Kaden due to my reactions with anesthetics(even though I already knew, it still sucked not to hear it from the dr!!!). That reason among many, including the fact that I am too damn impatient to wait until Spetember to see what this baby is!!!! :) Phew.... glad to get that off my chest!



Ok, the reason I finally got on here and blogged again: AWARD!!!

Thanks Jen! I don't know if I have gotten an award yet or not. I may have and not realized what to do with it!

The Rules:

1. Put the logo on your blog or post.

2. Nominate up to 10 blogs which show great attitude and/or gratitude

3. Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.

4. Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog, or sending them an email.

5. Remember to link to the person from whom you received your award.

And my award goes to:

Maggie

Jen

Morgan

Holly

And only those four because those are the only people I have on my blog... I think?

Ok, well enough with this post :) I wish it were 11... I need some sleep :)

Tee hee, I stole it from Maggie :) I have been to 54% of the US! Yay for me!


visited 27 states (54%)
Make your own map HERE

I am horrible with this!!!

I guess I am the worst person to try to keep up with a blog.. Good grief, it is already March! Thankfully spring seems to be right around the corner, and I won't feel so cooped up and can get on with my and do something worth blogging about! Who wants to hear about dirty dishes and laundry anyways?? So, here goes the updates:

• KADEN: Ok, the little stinker is coming up with things I would never of imagined! Last night he told Matt and I that "when you poop on the potty, it makes hair grow on your butt!". Where in the world...? I don't even want to know. He is having "troubles" (aka refusing) with pulling up his underwear and pants aftere using the potty. He walks out with them around his ankles and then pulls them up once he hits the livingroom. Many times I have told him to turn around and pull them up in the bathroom. Last night he made it out to the living room and I told him to go back to the bathroom and pull them up, I did not want to see his butt and "potty" (the word for his boy parts). So what does he do? Gets this sly grin, turns around, bends over and shakes his booty! Then turns around (and this is embarassing!) grabs himself and shakes that too! Yes, he got timeout for that. That was naughty. And I told him he is NEVER to do that again. He is too pull his pants up BEFORE he leaves the bathroom. He is also having fun terrorizing the cat with the laser pointer we bought for her. he doesn't understand she doesn't see it when he shakes it really fast (she loses sight of it) and it makes him mad she doesn't run after it when it is pointed on the wall behind her when she is looking for it under the chair. Geez. he is growing up before my eyes. It's like yesterday that he was the cute little 8 month old crawling around, pulling himself up on things, cooing and laughing. I miss those days!
• MATT: His job is again screwing him over. Luckily he cancelled his insurance in January because we picked up my better insurance. They sent a letter out stating that employees must now pay for half the amount the company pays for their employees insurance. So, instead of paying only their premiums, employees are now paying $75 of the employer's cost too. That would of made Matt's insurance more than $500 a month, with a $4000 deductible!! I pay about $400, but that includes a $500 deductible, vision insurance and an awesome dental plan. They also took away their Culligan drinking water, forcing them to drink from tap. The tap has a new filtration system on it, but they do not know how well it works. Work no longer distributes gloves for their use, and now (because people don't know how to come to work and the manager doesn't know how to fire these worthless people) all employees must take their turn on 24 hour call, up to 72 hours in a row. So, that of course means pretty much every time we have a day off together, he is on call. Meaning, no planning anything for us. Yay. Ugh. I am ready for him to find a new job, but with the way the economy is, I doubt he would find anything substantial and anything close to making what he is out there (which is, by the way, nearly $8 less than the state average for this specific job - so don't even get me started on those cheap a$$ mo'fo's).
• NEW BABY: We have our second appointment on the 12th. Can't wait! They told me it would be paperwork and bloodwork and testing, but I changed doctor's so I am hoping she will give us another ultrasound too. This is the doctor I have seen many times over the last few years, and I have quite a good relationship with her. She was rooting us on when she found out we wanted to have another, and since she hasn't gotten to see the baby yet I am hoping she does this time. Besides that, I have been having problems with UTI's, back pain and cramping. Which I have been told is normal, but it sucks! I am pretty much completely over the morning sickness, it hits me only occasionally, and I am loving it. I feel so much better! Matt bought me some maternity pants last night, and it is sooo much more comfortable that the pants I have been wearing. I bought the over-belly ones, because the ones that have just the little stretchy band put too much pressure on my stomach and that is what makes me sick. Ew.

Ok, that is all I have for now. A tasty Subway sandwich is daring me to eat it. YUM!