I am soooooo done with this pregnancy stuff. It was cute at first, but seriously, nine months is too long. I'm definately going to ask to be induced early or plan to take her out manually a bit early. I am so uncomfortable.
I can't go anywhere, but we weren't going to be going anywhere anyway. Thankfully, Mike pulled a few strings at work and he can spend the entire afternoon with me on Wednesday so we can go get some errands done. No one wants me driving around alone, so I've just kinda been hanging out around the house.
Soon we're putting the carseat in the car. Tomorrow I'm packing my hospital bag. It's coming up quick!
Don't really have much to say. Nothing really new going on. Probably going to be stagnant until Madison gets here.
So... until life gets interesting, see ya!
Monday, July 23, 2007
Monday, July 16, 2007
Almost done...
Getting so close to the end! I'm so ready for this baby to be out. I went on Craig's List today to look for another bassinet since I'm going to be downstairs a lot as well when I'm with my grandmother and what not. I found one right in town that the people were just trying to get rid of to clear out space. $15. The picture of it looked good, they said there was nothing wrong with it. Can't hurt.
Cleaning is just about finished. I'm one of those people that will keep stuff I know I don't need, just for the sake of keeping it. I need an outside source to come in and say, "NO YOU CAN'T HAVE THIS" and chuck it for me. My mother is very good at things like that. Seriously though, there isn't that much that needs to go. I don't really know if any of it needs to go. I just need to have somewhere to put it.
The painting is almost 100% done. I did a few doors today, and will continue to paint doors as often as possible. Mike is going to paint the baseboards on Thursday night after work. I normally would do it myself, since the painting doesn't bother me, but the being on the floor bending over like that for an extended period of time does bother me. It's hilarious watching me attempt to get up from a sitting position on the floor. I almost wiped out when I tried to get out of Lauren's new blow-up pool on the back deck yesterday.
Speaking of the blow-up pool, it is very nice to sit in, but I think next time, I need to be in the pool without the kids. I love my nephews, but I get too worried about getting trampled when they're in there with me.
Alex is very funny with me. He feels my belly all the time now waiting for Madison to move around. He also keeps telling me he's going to teach me how to take care of babies. He also likes to ask Lauren where the baby comes out.
Good stuff. Now it's time to sleep despite Madison kicking the crap out of me from all directions. It's extremely uncomfortable today. Only a few more weeks...
Cleaning is just about finished. I'm one of those people that will keep stuff I know I don't need, just for the sake of keeping it. I need an outside source to come in and say, "NO YOU CAN'T HAVE THIS" and chuck it for me. My mother is very good at things like that. Seriously though, there isn't that much that needs to go. I don't really know if any of it needs to go. I just need to have somewhere to put it.
The painting is almost 100% done. I did a few doors today, and will continue to paint doors as often as possible. Mike is going to paint the baseboards on Thursday night after work. I normally would do it myself, since the painting doesn't bother me, but the being on the floor bending over like that for an extended period of time does bother me. It's hilarious watching me attempt to get up from a sitting position on the floor. I almost wiped out when I tried to get out of Lauren's new blow-up pool on the back deck yesterday.
Speaking of the blow-up pool, it is very nice to sit in, but I think next time, I need to be in the pool without the kids. I love my nephews, but I get too worried about getting trampled when they're in there with me.
Alex is very funny with me. He feels my belly all the time now waiting for Madison to move around. He also keeps telling me he's going to teach me how to take care of babies. He also likes to ask Lauren where the baby comes out.
Good stuff. Now it's time to sleep despite Madison kicking the crap out of me from all directions. It's extremely uncomfortable today. Only a few more weeks...
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
So tired...
So at Midnight last night, Mike and I went to go see the 5th Harry Potter movie. It was awesome, but we both couldn't sleep afterwards. He fell asleep at around 4 and woke up at 6, I fell asleep at 6 and woke up at 9. We headed over to the doctor's at 11:30 and everything is just fine. As of right now, she's ready to come out, she'll just let us know when. Since I'm not due until August though, it's more likely later. "If she's ready now, let's just take her out!" "Uhm, no."
Afterwards, I went shopping for things for the baby's room. I bought a lamp that I saw that matched PERFECTLY so I just had to buy it. It's a lamb and the shade is the same peachy pink as the bedroom set. I also bought these white baskets with these peachy pink liners which match perfectly... but the best part about them is, they have "Madison" embroidered on them!
Mike and I went to our parenting class today!! It was very informative. There was only one thing that I didn't really agree with, which was the non-placement of a bumper inside the crib. They said it's dangerous, but... seriously. With all of the bumpers that are sold in this world, I highly doubt they're that dangerous. I did some research on it and most mothers that actually listened to this and took the bumpers out had babies with bruises or their arms and legs got stuck between the bars in the middle of the night from sticking them out. So therefore, my pretty bumper stays, and Mike loses. He got a bit upset with me when I said I was using the bumper regardless of what the teacher said. I'll listen to what they tell me. I'll do things that will keep the baby safe, like having her sleep on her back, no blankets other than the swaddle blanket, no pillows, wedges, etc... those are standard. Bumpers though... one comes in every baby set, and people use the bumper that they just paid a buttload of money for. Almost every parent uses one. You take it out when the kid can use it as leverage to get out of the crib. I highly doubt it's a real suffocation risk. We did learn other interesting things though that I didn't know. Never use powder on a baby, don't use commercial wipes until two months, don't use baby oils, but use canola or vegetable oil. We learned how to swaddle the baby, and different ways to hold her. We saw a slideshow of certain conditions that were completely normal.
Nothing else to say right now. It's very late and Lauren and Chris will be home from their movie soon. I'll get to talk to them about the movie! Yay!
Afterwards, I went shopping for things for the baby's room. I bought a lamp that I saw that matched PERFECTLY so I just had to buy it. It's a lamb and the shade is the same peachy pink as the bedroom set. I also bought these white baskets with these peachy pink liners which match perfectly... but the best part about them is, they have "Madison" embroidered on them!
Mike and I went to our parenting class today!! It was very informative. There was only one thing that I didn't really agree with, which was the non-placement of a bumper inside the crib. They said it's dangerous, but... seriously. With all of the bumpers that are sold in this world, I highly doubt they're that dangerous. I did some research on it and most mothers that actually listened to this and took the bumpers out had babies with bruises or their arms and legs got stuck between the bars in the middle of the night from sticking them out. So therefore, my pretty bumper stays, and Mike loses. He got a bit upset with me when I said I was using the bumper regardless of what the teacher said. I'll listen to what they tell me. I'll do things that will keep the baby safe, like having her sleep on her back, no blankets other than the swaddle blanket, no pillows, wedges, etc... those are standard. Bumpers though... one comes in every baby set, and people use the bumper that they just paid a buttload of money for. Almost every parent uses one. You take it out when the kid can use it as leverage to get out of the crib. I highly doubt it's a real suffocation risk. We did learn other interesting things though that I didn't know. Never use powder on a baby, don't use commercial wipes until two months, don't use baby oils, but use canola or vegetable oil. We learned how to swaddle the baby, and different ways to hold her. We saw a slideshow of certain conditions that were completely normal.
Nothing else to say right now. It's very late and Lauren and Chris will be home from their movie soon. I'll get to talk to them about the movie! Yay!
Sunday, July 8, 2007
Busy busy day...
So today was the day that Mike and I moved back into our room. This morning, we woke up super early and went to Home Depot to get little felt pads to put on the bottom of all of the furniture. While we were there, we also picked up a new swiffer floor thingie and a swiffer duster. I must say, they are just as good as the commercials make them out to be. They pick up -everything-.
So we come home, start to felt the bottom of the furniture, then we start to move the furniture in. Mike carried a lot of it by himself, and I helped with the stuff that he absolutely couldn't carry by himself. The furniture is in place, and it's still early! We get the bright idea to put the crib together. Should be easy enough! ... Ohh hell no. It took like, two hours to get that bitch together. The thing about it is... it's on WHEELS so we couldn't hold it in place without the thing sliding around like mad. Mike dropped parts on his foot... he might have shed a few tears and hit the thing one too many times. In the end though, the crib was put together. Now we just need to get a mattress for it!
So the room... is beautiful. We still have stuff lying around like laundry and boxes I have to go through tomorrow. Today though... I'm done. I'm not doing one more thing for the rest of the day. Neither is Mike. Now we sit, and relax. We're both sore and cranky from the events of the day, and to think, tomorrow for both of us is going to be just as busy. He's got work and I've got a list written on a napkin of things I have to get done. One being going to Home Depot again since I forgot to grab stuff the first time while I was there.
Now, I go and rest. Mike is reading a book and I think I might just go to bed. Either that or clean the bathroom. I -say- I'm done for the day, but I keep looking in there and there's sawdust everywhere. I think I have to do that. THEN I'll go to bed.
Ooh, and one last note. Remember how I said we couldn't get the air to work? Well, the power was out in my grandmother's area of the house, so I went to check the circuit breaker. Guess what was also not on? The AC. So that entire week of sweating could have easily been avoided. Great.
So we come home, start to felt the bottom of the furniture, then we start to move the furniture in. Mike carried a lot of it by himself, and I helped with the stuff that he absolutely couldn't carry by himself. The furniture is in place, and it's still early! We get the bright idea to put the crib together. Should be easy enough! ... Ohh hell no. It took like, two hours to get that bitch together. The thing about it is... it's on WHEELS so we couldn't hold it in place without the thing sliding around like mad. Mike dropped parts on his foot... he might have shed a few tears and hit the thing one too many times. In the end though, the crib was put together. Now we just need to get a mattress for it!
So the room... is beautiful. We still have stuff lying around like laundry and boxes I have to go through tomorrow. Today though... I'm done. I'm not doing one more thing for the rest of the day. Neither is Mike. Now we sit, and relax. We're both sore and cranky from the events of the day, and to think, tomorrow for both of us is going to be just as busy. He's got work and I've got a list written on a napkin of things I have to get done. One being going to Home Depot again since I forgot to grab stuff the first time while I was there.
Now, I go and rest. Mike is reading a book and I think I might just go to bed. Either that or clean the bathroom. I -say- I'm done for the day, but I keep looking in there and there's sawdust everywhere. I think I have to do that. THEN I'll go to bed.
Ooh, and one last note. Remember how I said we couldn't get the air to work? Well, the power was out in my grandmother's area of the house, so I went to check the circuit breaker. Guess what was also not on? The AC. So that entire week of sweating could have easily been avoided. Great.
Friday, July 6, 2007
What luck!!
So today Mike and I just happened to get a 10% off coupon from Circuit City, which is exactly where I was planning on buying the camcorder I want. Nice. We also have a 15% off coupon from Babies r Us... which means we get the carseat on sale too! Never thought I'd be coupon clipping. Ahh, the joys of adulthood.
This week having the house to ourselves has been nice. It makes me wish we had our own place. Of course, I miss having everyone around. I like living with my family, but... I think I could get the hang of living on my own. So next year, if we get our own place down the shore, I think I'll like it. I would love to be down the shore. I keep wanting to go now, but Mike needs to work a lot. We would have gone this weekend, but he needs to work tomorrow. Blech. Ohh well, he's making the big bucks. I just hope we have a chance go to for a weekend or two before the baby is born.
Good thing I just noticed the back door has been open all day! Mike must have left it open when he went to work or one of the workers must have gone out that door. I found Scout coming back to the house from the neighbor's yard. He was so scared. At least the cats know where we live and they come back!! I did find Tucker upstairs though, so they're both safe now. I -should- give Scout a bath though... but that will be impossible. I don't think he was out that long. I saw him walking around the house about an hour or two ago.
It's very hot and our central air turns off randomly. I don't know how to get it to go on and stay on. It said it was 79 degrees in here. I think it's time for a cold bath to keep cool.
This week having the house to ourselves has been nice. It makes me wish we had our own place. Of course, I miss having everyone around. I like living with my family, but... I think I could get the hang of living on my own. So next year, if we get our own place down the shore, I think I'll like it. I would love to be down the shore. I keep wanting to go now, but Mike needs to work a lot. We would have gone this weekend, but he needs to work tomorrow. Blech. Ohh well, he's making the big bucks. I just hope we have a chance go to for a weekend or two before the baby is born.
Good thing I just noticed the back door has been open all day! Mike must have left it open when he went to work or one of the workers must have gone out that door. I found Scout coming back to the house from the neighbor's yard. He was so scared. At least the cats know where we live and they come back!! I did find Tucker upstairs though, so they're both safe now. I -should- give Scout a bath though... but that will be impossible. I don't think he was out that long. I saw him walking around the house about an hour or two ago.
It's very hot and our central air turns off randomly. I don't know how to get it to go on and stay on. It said it was 79 degrees in here. I think it's time for a cold bath to keep cool.
Thursday, July 5, 2007
"You know, this is the last doctor's appointment where you get to keep your pants on..."
Fun Fun! So my doctor's appointment went very well today. We didn't see Dr. Soffer, but Dr. Margulis. She is very very nice. I like her a lot. She said the baby is a good size, I didn't gain too much weight overall (despite what my mother says), and everything looks good! Got a little bloodwork done, but no biggie.
About five more weeks! Give or take a bit... exciting stuff. Next week I'm probably going to go pick up a video camera and the car seat.
Not much else to say. Mike is off for the day, so he's here. I sent him an invite to become an author on this blog, so maybe he'll start putting in some... input.
I was up late last night with some acid reflux, so I might need to go nap in a bit, so... tata!
About five more weeks! Give or take a bit... exciting stuff. Next week I'm probably going to go pick up a video camera and the car seat.
Not much else to say. Mike is off for the day, so he's here. I sent him an invite to become an author on this blog, so maybe he'll start putting in some... input.
I was up late last night with some acid reflux, so I might need to go nap in a bit, so... tata!
Monday, July 2, 2007
Mike asked me to post...
So here I am, posting. Not that I really have anything to say, but he said he likes reading them.
So let's talk about people, and how people just aren't all that nice. I accidently bumped into a guy on the way to the post office today. I was carrying 5 boxes, I couldn't see in front of me. I'm 8 months pregnant and huge. It's hot out, and I still have half a block to walk to the post office. I said I'm sorry. The guy screams at me and actually kicks at me. Are people just awful or what?
Let's also talk about balance. I feel I have lost whatever little balance I had left. I fell three times today. Once down the front steps, once in the driveway, and once on the back deck. I am simply amazing. So I managed to keep balance when I touched up the paint in some places, and painted the double window. It was bothering me that it wasn't done yet. I wanted to see what it would look like. (Not anyone that helped's fault! I said to leave it and we'd do it later. I'm just impatient.) Then I cleaned out the bathroom again. The tub needed a good scrub. If you want super clean stuff, then get Limeaway. It's the absolute best. It makes my bathroom white.
So all of this was done before noon today. The rest of my day was spent resting. I watched my soap operas (watching my grandma really got me into the Bold and the Beautiful and As the World Turns... it's sick.). I sat on the couch, took a nap on the couch, made some salads... 3 to be exact. I was a fan of salad today.
The house belongs to Mike and I this week, which means we run around naked and throw booze parties. Aah, to be in college again. No. The highlight of having the house to just us this week is me having access to two washers and driers at the same time. Adulthood is fun. This just further proves that Mike and I really need to get our own place. Then I could be excited about laundry more often.
I am huge. I'm ready to get this baby out. Of course, the floors aren't done, so she'll need to wait another week or two. That's wishful thinking, of course she won't be done cooking by then. I wish she would be. It is near impossible to be comfortable no matter what I do. Although, right now there is a little bump on my tummy that is a foot, and I can press down very lightly and she'll kick back up at me, and I'm pretty sure that when she's out, that one day I'll miss the little kicking from the inside. I already told Mike though... no more for at least 5 or 6 years. I want my first in school before I take care of another. He said we should get working on another right away. Knock the kids out in one shot. No way. Now that I wrote that, my mother is going to be calling him and giving him a stern talking to. Haha. "Don't you even THINK about having another kid right now." Seriously Mike. Then we'd have to buy TWO treadmills!
Treadmills? Since I said it, now I have to explain. Mike and I were talking to my mother about how long we could possibly stay here. She said that once the baby starts to get mobile, we should get our own place so she had more room to roam around. Mike is trying to stay here as long as possible to save some money, and said that it would be cheaper to just buy a treadmill and we can let her crawl on that while she watches Sesame Street. Very funny.
For someone that didn't really have anything to say, I sure said a lot today. Bedtime.
So let's talk about people, and how people just aren't all that nice. I accidently bumped into a guy on the way to the post office today. I was carrying 5 boxes, I couldn't see in front of me. I'm 8 months pregnant and huge. It's hot out, and I still have half a block to walk to the post office. I said I'm sorry. The guy screams at me and actually kicks at me. Are people just awful or what?
Let's also talk about balance. I feel I have lost whatever little balance I had left. I fell three times today. Once down the front steps, once in the driveway, and once on the back deck. I am simply amazing. So I managed to keep balance when I touched up the paint in some places, and painted the double window. It was bothering me that it wasn't done yet. I wanted to see what it would look like. (Not anyone that helped's fault! I said to leave it and we'd do it later. I'm just impatient.) Then I cleaned out the bathroom again. The tub needed a good scrub. If you want super clean stuff, then get Limeaway. It's the absolute best. It makes my bathroom white.
So all of this was done before noon today. The rest of my day was spent resting. I watched my soap operas (watching my grandma really got me into the Bold and the Beautiful and As the World Turns... it's sick.). I sat on the couch, took a nap on the couch, made some salads... 3 to be exact. I was a fan of salad today.
The house belongs to Mike and I this week, which means we run around naked and throw booze parties. Aah, to be in college again. No. The highlight of having the house to just us this week is me having access to two washers and driers at the same time. Adulthood is fun. This just further proves that Mike and I really need to get our own place. Then I could be excited about laundry more often.
I am huge. I'm ready to get this baby out. Of course, the floors aren't done, so she'll need to wait another week or two. That's wishful thinking, of course she won't be done cooking by then. I wish she would be. It is near impossible to be comfortable no matter what I do. Although, right now there is a little bump on my tummy that is a foot, and I can press down very lightly and she'll kick back up at me, and I'm pretty sure that when she's out, that one day I'll miss the little kicking from the inside. I already told Mike though... no more for at least 5 or 6 years. I want my first in school before I take care of another. He said we should get working on another right away. Knock the kids out in one shot. No way. Now that I wrote that, my mother is going to be calling him and giving him a stern talking to. Haha. "Don't you even THINK about having another kid right now." Seriously Mike. Then we'd have to buy TWO treadmills!
Treadmills? Since I said it, now I have to explain. Mike and I were talking to my mother about how long we could possibly stay here. She said that once the baby starts to get mobile, we should get our own place so she had more room to roam around. Mike is trying to stay here as long as possible to save some money, and said that it would be cheaper to just buy a treadmill and we can let her crawl on that while she watches Sesame Street. Very funny.
For someone that didn't really have anything to say, I sure said a lot today. Bedtime.
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