Mommy 2 Two Boys

Wordless Wednesday

2012-01-25T09:03:00.000-08:00

Posts I said I would get to....

2012-01-24T10:41:00.000-08:00

Lets start with T and M's Room's.... T's room has been finished for awhile, except the missing dirt bike silhouettes I still have not gotten. Call me lazy.. Oh well.

You've been warned!!

John and I got this on our Cruise - I thought it was super cute and fitting considering we have two boys. His room is not Pirates, but I still wanted to put it up.

Monster Trucks... I don't think T will ever get sick of his Monster Trucks. LOVE LOVE LOVE's Them!!

The decals were purchased from Fathead, they were a pain in the ASS to put up we used spray glue to make sure they don't come down.

His bed was his old crib we converted it to the full size, which he loves and honestly he's lost in it. It takes up so much of his room I feel bad, but we made it work. The rub was purchased at IKEA and he loves it. Its his little town for all his cars or monster trucks.

The wall is full of basketballs, baseballs, footballs, a hockey stick and a jersey. all which have been signed by numerous professional ball players. We also have one of Shaq's GINORMOUS shoes.

Onto M's room

Looking in from the door. This decal was purchased off of Etsy and holy hell it was a pain in the ass to put up, piece by piece we had to do it plus add extra glue. Definitely meant for flat non textured walls. but of course I wanted what I wanted and this will have to do!! At least it'll be easy to take down when its time for a change.

The picture frame was made by one of friends, the baby inside however is Not Micah. The owl bank, I found in Vegas and had to have it!

These owls from my baby shower that my sister gave me, So cute!

Oh this dresser.. This dresser has some meaning!! This used to be my dresser, My Dad made this dresser for me. The first two drawers fronts even had my name engraved on them. Its made of solid Oak and heavier than heavy!! Its been at my moms ever since I moved out and she's been asking what she wanted me to do with it. Of course I wanted to keep its sentimental to me, even more so now because my dad is gone. She asked me again when I got pregnant with M and right away I was like I can use if for M. I just had to figure out how to get a new drawer front and stain it to match the crib. Luckily I'm in the cabinet, counter top biz so we know people. I asked my friend if he could take it clean it up, stain it and change the sliders for me. He did, it took awhile but I got it back about a month before M came. I LOVE it and I hope M will keep it forever. Its a very meaningful piece something that I hope gets passed down to his kids and so on. I'm sure it will with stand the times, I mean its Oak and it means business!! =)

This is a Mobile I had made from etsy, it matches the colors of the bedding. It freely hangs over the top of the crib. I love it! M seems to enjoy it as well.

I saw this owl in a parents magazine when I was trying decide on bedding and themes for M's room. Once I saw this I was in love and knew I had to have some owls in his nursery.

And the finished product. The rod that's being used to hang those curtains is not staying I just needed something to get them off the dang floor. I'm still searching for the ONE that I want but haven't come across anything, who knows if I will but this will do for now.

Blog Posts I will get to!!

2012-01-11T14:21:00.000-08:00

Here's a list:
*M's Room, I think I've promised this like a million times Well his room is Semi-mostly done
*T's Room- Well his is 95% ish done but whatevs I will show case it
*I start school again---- YAY!!!!! Jan 18th and its dreaded Chemistry
*M's 5 Month stats and ramblings
*I started making my own baby food.
*Christmas and New Years- Yea its super late. Oh well.

I'm terrible at blogging lately and I know why but its really hard to explain with out rambling on with no sense in tact. So I won't, I will just try my hardest to get my ass back to my comfy spot on the couch and blog while ~~watching~~ catching up on ~~all~~ two shows I so love!! I've been slacking on the picture taking as well and I freaking hate that. I love pictures no matter how much my husband and kid tell me to get out of their faces, M can't talk so he has no choice. Anyhow- since my last post, I've thought a lot about things I needed to change in order for me to "do" me. I'm on that road but its going to take some work.

I will be back tonight.. =)

Were I play Catch up... Hello 2012

2012-01-03T09:43:00.000-08:00

Sheesh, I know I suck at blogging and even more so now. Funny thing is, is I say I'm so busy and this weekend I thought to myself... How am I busy? What am I doing that makes me so busy? I really couldn't list anything of importance besides life. So I stopped for a minute to look around and figure it all out. In that moment I realized I'm just going, I go and go and go.. I'm done "just going", I probably make no sense but I've been coming to some realizations lately. About A LOT of things. 2012 is a year of changes. For me personally, for my family, for my health and my kids. I've decided I'm no longer just going to go, I need life to slow down some for the sake of my sanity and for me to watch my kids grow. I'm okay with being that busy Mom, with Birthday parties and baby showers and etc to go to, but when it starts to consume you in which case it has, I myself need to stop it. I'm tired, I'm running on empty and honestly feeling slightly back to where I was over 4 years ago. "Depressed" is really not a useful word to use in this case. I know what the feeling of depression is, I was there. I'm not there now and I refuse to let myself get there. I just have the sluggish, bleh feeling. I just need to realize life is so much better when you can slow down and breath. This is where New Year's Resolutions come in.
** I think my realizations have been played out significantly over the past week, due to losing a friend from a freak accident 2 days before Christmas, it hit me extremely hard because not even 3 hours before that happened we were talking at my work, we talked about Christmas and how excited he was, he couldnt wait to be with his kids, cook and eat.and then I got a phone call from my BIL that night and my heart sank. Saturaday the 31st they layed him to rest and that day is also my Dad's Birthday. My heart goes out to his family and his 4 little ones. Life was hard losing my Dad at 21, I can't imagine so at 8 and younger. =(

I love to hate New Years Resolutions, I have many, some probably unrealistic like winning the lottery =), some I question like "pshhh Yea how am I going to accomplish that", and some that I know I can accomplish and plan to. Here we go:

1. Continue Paying off/down debt: This is ongoing and I'm almost there. I can not wait to be debt free. Zero Credit cards to plague me. A Lesson learned, Yes. but never again!!

2. Organize all my pictures within my computer into files and then back them up: I was on top of this up until about 10 months ago. I always backed up my pics onto a hard drive just in case my POS laptop ever took a shit again. I have so many pictures on my comp that are irreplaceable and memories that I can not lose. So this is a must!!

3. Those Digital Pictures; Print and hang: I'm so horribly bad about this. I have tons of pics but nothing printed and nothing hanging. Not since T turned 2 anyway. =( and I have Zero up since M was born. Horrible!

4. Declutter/Reorganize: I'm an organizational freak and I'm a clutter free person, as of late though you wouldn't be able to tell and to some people that's ok, to me its not. I hate clutter, I hate crap all over. I like Clean! I've definitely been less clean (to an extent)and that's ok I have 2 kids, its exhausting running around picking up after them. As far as clutter though, we have boxes everywhere- under beds, in closets, etc. That's what I'm talking about. Most if not all of that stuff can go up in the attic. I don't want to get rid of it, those are memories in those boxes! Just simply de clutter and pack away.

5. School: I have one last class to finish before I'm able to get on the Nursing Wait list. Its a Chemistry class, and I tried doing it at 7 months prego but Chemistry stresses me out and apparently Baby M didn't like it to much either so he sent me into Pre term labor. There went that class. My goal is to finish that, take my HESI A2 test and get my CPR cert. and then I can turn my Application in. I have until June 2012

6. Getting back on track: Meaning eating better all around, cutting out the soda that I have been drowning in. Its bad- I used to drink maybe a soda a week, that was like my treat. As of late, its everyday and Ive even caught myself having two!!! SOOOO not good. Eating better. I haven't been cooking like I used to and I know its because of the adjustment from one kid to two, working and doing the daily grind. Still not an excuse!! Our routine is so effed up that I just gave up on cooking. I admit the last 4 months or so have been horrible with eating and drinking and so on. I gave up on exercise around January of 2011, and I would love love to get back at it. I miss the Gym, I really do!! It was my sanity saver, it was my place I could beat myself up and like it!! I plan to get back there. Come hell or high water I will get back there.

7. Stop making family problems that are unsolvable get the best of me: I have a pretty big family I cam from a family of four. 2 brothers and 1 sister, then myself. As I was growing up my parents did a good job at keeping the family close knit and together. Then my Dad passed away and that tightness I thought we once had, slowly and steadily went out the window. The happy family bubble I once lived in popped and ever since then it has emotionally drained me. I hate that I can't stand my brothers. I work with one of them and I hate it!! I hate that I'm unable to see my 3 nephews because of my SIL including my brother (supposedly we "the family" is diseased) Yea that's an entirely long drawn out post and honestly I cant even begin to write a novel like that! So lets just say its bad, I hate her and honestly I hate him for not allowing us to see my nephews. So I've promised myself that beginning this year I can no longer let there hatred get the best of me. I miss my Nephews like crazy!! I hope that one day they will realize that it was not us that didn't want to see them, that it was there own mother and father who didn't want them to see us!! Until then, there is nothing I can do about it and I have to stop letting it eat at me.

I have so many other resolutions in mind, but for now I would like to accomplish whats listed.

Ohhh She's a Crafty Biatch...

2011-12-19T09:03:00.000-08:00

Move over Martha,, Jenni's in da house!! =) Kidding.. But I did get crafty with my favorite little guy. We've been doing some Christmas crafts around the house. Have you heard of a website called Pinterest?? Freaking amazing site!! The first time I got on, I was sucked right in. I think I accomplished zero work and a whole lotta pinning for the first week of being on!! FUN FUN FUN!! Anyway. This site is full of ideas, crafts, DIY stuff etc for home, self, kids etc etc.. and you can follow me here: http://pinterest.com/jennirt/
I found a few crafts that I was wanting to do. Some for the house, some for me to do with T, and some for the holidays. Well I kicked off the first craft with T. We made a Santa Count down. Idea was taken from another Pinners blog site. Although I think next year I'm going to do ours a little differently by adding the numbers onto the face so we can actually see how many days we have left and work on T's counting. Right now we are just going off of memory and some days we forget. So here's what we did.

I searched the interwebz for a Santa face I could cut out and paste with out the stash. I don't remember what sight I got it from.

I C&P'd the face into my adobe, blew it up and print it out. Cut it out.

I took 2 scrapbook 12X12 card stock papers. I found 2 other holiday papers. The first one I cut to hide the seam and separate the poem from the stash.

I grabbed the same poem that the pinner used. If you search the web, you can find others. I like this one. I also added "Merry Christmas" at the end.

Stuck the Craft paper in the printer and printed it up. It didn't come up as well as I wanted but it'll do.

I took all the pieces and told T to come to the table with his glue. (we should of used a glue stick not actual Elmer's glue) Or even double sided tape.

I let T do the gluing and pasting.

WAHHHLAAA! We have our countdown. We are using cotton balls to fill his stash up.

CUTE, Right?? I thought so..=)

Next years will be way better!!

My Next Project was a Santa's Belly Wreath made from a Styrofoam wreath, yarn, felt and a furry thing to make the beard. Super easy and a little time consuming but I must say it came out super cute!!
I got all of the stuff needed at Joanne's I even had a 20% off entire purchase coupon so I think the entire project cost me $10 bucks.

I also made this subway art, well I take that back. The pinner made this Subway art, I just got a white frame, Red Mat and card stock paper to print it out on. Simple, Easy and super Cute.

I also made an Ornament with T. Which I also got the idea from quite a few different pinners and no one in particular. Just search the web to find an idea. I Purchased a clear plastic ball, some white paint, 2 Pens that weren't the right ones for writing on the ball or the paint. My bad. Better luck next year. I started doing snowman fingerprints, which were cute until we used the pens and they effed up the snowmen. So then I painted T's hand all white and had him wrap his hand around the ball. That came out cute! I will take a pic when I get home and post.

I have another project in the works I'm just waiting on a few things to be shipped to make it. The include wood letters that no craft store in the state of AZ carried!! BS if you ask me. So I will showcase that, once it's done. That project will be for the house and up to stay.

(and please excuse the awesome quality of the pictures, they were taken with my camera phone)

4 Months Old- Micah

2011-12-16T10:00:00.000-08:00

GEEZUS!!! I suck this time around.. Normally I'm right on top of these things. M was 4 months old on the 7th it is now the 16th.. =/

4 Month Stats:
Weight: 15lbs 55%
Height: 26" 90%
HC: 16- I think 55%

This guy is one slobbery, googly ball of fun and giggles. He's started to belly laugh, its quite cute! He laughs at T like its going out of style. I love watching them interact. The slobbery mess that he makes is ridiculous. This kid has been drooling since 2 months old and even more so as the months pass. He's chewing on his hands and the poor things are all red and raw. Actually he's chewing on anything he can get into his hands and into his mouth. He's definitely in teething mode which is great, but I really hate this part. His shirts are soaked within 5 minutes of dressing him. He doesn't seem to be bothered just yet. I did notice within this last week he's had the 4 month wakeful period. I remember going through this with T, because T was a sleep through the night kinda guy and when he started waking in the middle of the night I was like WTF!!! With M its a little different, M is not, I repeat NOT a sleep through the night kinda guy, he is a very restless sleeper. Well at about 3 -3 1/2 months old I started a new routine with him, which seemed to be working up until recently. The new routine was this; his last feeding was at 8, but it wasn't. I would wake him up and give him about 4 oz of formula around 11 and off to sleepy ville he went, I was able to get to at least 6 am if I was lucky. Like I said he is very restless, so if he loses the binky he wakes! When I hear him on the monitor I wait, wait and run when he starts to get loud. I know this kid, I know what loud awake is and I know what loud I'm gonna wake the eff up if you don't hurry up!! So when I hear 2nd one I run and pop binky back in, and walk back to my sleepy slumber. Rinse and repeat probably 3 times during the night. oooooohhhhh yea.. Life with him is FUN FUN FUN!! (can you hear the sarcasm).. 4 month wakeful is BS in my book, at this point.. I fecking hate it!! The routine I'm used to and was getting SOME sleep with went straight out the fuckin window and has left me even more tired, irritable and an all around bitch. I feel so bad for those I come in contact with.
So onto other happy notes. His neck is doing fabulous and we are hoping to be released from Physical therapy by the end of this month. He's a rolling fool, rolls from one side of the house to the other. He did however figure out that we have tile for floors and that shit hurts when he comes off belly to full on back. Poor guy had a little knot. He's almost sitting by himself. This guy is ridiculously strong. Pedia said he's definitely at a 5 month rate than a 4 month rate. YAY.. not really, this time around I'm cool with him doing and going a lot slower than he should be or expected to. I'm so not ready for a crawling baby yet!!
He's been eating 5 1/2 oz - 6oz at any one feeding. I also just tried some Rice cereal(Oatmeal single grain) Just to see his reaction and see if he was ready, he's showing signs he is, but I just wanted to see. He wasn't sure what to think at first but that spit reflex is almost gone. He ate most and 15% of it was all over him. I was researching first foods for this kid. With T I did everything text book, but this time I was looking into making my own food and trying different things with M. So I read that first foods really don't have to be rice cereals or any grains for that matter. Anything mashable, bananas, avocados etc would be good. So I think in the coming weeks I'm going to start introducing those to him. More than likely after Christmas and closer to his 5 month birthday. The one funny thing about this kid is that, he does not like to be held. He would rather be put on the floor or in something to entertain himself. Which is fabulous, but sometimes I just want to cuddle him. =/ He likes his space that's for sure.

He talks and coos and ahhhs and screams just to see how loud he can get and when I say Whatcha screamin about, he finds all to hilarious!! Which makes me laugh out loud. Love this little guy to pieces I tell him every morning and night probably, "I could just eat you up, cause really I could. =)

The Grinch or something like it

2011-12-05T11:51:00.001-08:00

That's what I feel like this year.. WHY?? I HAVE NO FREAKING CLUE!!

I normally love love love Christmas time. The hustle and bustle, the festivities, the parties, the constant go!!
But this year for some weird reason, I'm not feelin it!! I decorated, I made a few crafts, even a countdown with T I found on Pinterest. I went out on Black Friday and scored some great stuff for my spoiled kids. I started listening to Christmas music on Pandora to put a little pep in my step, Nothing!! I feel rushed through this dang holiday. I can't even enjoy it! That's how rushed I feel. Every weekend we have something going on. I'm used to us being "busy", I like it that way. Except now with two kids I want the slow down. The days we don't have anything to do I find myself at peace. I find myself with M in T's room playing trucks, or Cars or whatever he wants. I enjoy that time. I'm able to get on there level and play with them. Cleaning? eh I'll get to it when I get to it, Laundry, same deal. I would rather sit and play or watch whatever movie T wants to watch.
I wish I felt more into this Holiday this year, especially it being M's first and our first as a family of four.
I feel like the Grinch or actually the Grinch showed up at our house this year and took my Cheery Christmas spirit away.
We have the Elf on the Shelf and T lost the freaking Elf, I have no clue where its at. Like how do you lose the freaking Elf??? HOW?? We don't have a very big house. Its been missing since last year. I figured it would turn up, nope. Seems Mr. Elfy flew the coupe and figured T was the naughtiest kid ever and never came back. GAhhhhh So in order to get another Elf I have to buy the entire thing again!! No thanks!! Whats even worse is last year when I bought it, it was 20 bucks not 30 and I had a coupon so it made it 15.. grrrrrrr....
See what I mean. This Christmas is just BLAHHH!!! =/
I didn't even do Christmas pics this year!! ME not do Christmas pics?? That's insanity on my part. On top of that, I haven't even done Christmas Cards. I'm always on top of that!! Not this year. I tell myself everyday "Ok I will do a quick photo shoot with the boys", and well I don't. I even got them outfits for this "photo shoot", I just don't have the energy nor the want to go and do them. Horrible!!
We haven't even gotten our Tree yet. That's pretty typical. Since we get a real tree, I can't do fake. Maybe that's what I need to get my Christmas butt in gear is our Christmas Tree. I doubt it though, because I'm not gonna lie the thought of not even getting one this year HAS crossed my mind.. I even contemplated in my head, well maybe we could just get one of those mini tree's and put it on the table. HA!!

Serious GRINCHNESS going on!!

I feel so bad that I feel like this. Even more so because T is really starting to understand this whole Christmas thing. He's asked a few times where's our tree, where's our fireplace, where's the snowman and Santa's? Which I have no answers for except we just haven't gotten to it yet..

I need to snap out of it soon. Like today or this weekend and get it together for the sake of Christmas.

Wordless Wednesday(Photo Dump)

2011-11-30T11:22:00.001-08:00

I haz found ma feet.

(sorry that one needed a caption)

Sheesh, Thanksgiving is 2 days away!!

2011-11-22T09:27:00.000-08:00

Craziness!! I can't believe how fast this year has flown!! I feel like I just got done boxing up all the crap at work to turn around and do it all over again for 2012. I hate year end, especially at work!
Other than that, I LOVE the Holidays. I love Thanksgiving, I love Black Friday Madness and I absolutely love Christmas time!! I'm even more excited about all these festivities because this year we are a family of Four- We are celebrating firsts with Micah and T as a big brother.
Last year at this time, I found out I was prego with M on the 27th and 3 years before that on Nov 13th I found out I was prego with T.. I guess I like summer babies!!
Anyway- for TThanksgiving this year we are headed over to my brother in laws brothers house! We always have a blast over there and they love to host, so that's how we roll on T-day! My sister and I are in Black Friday mode trying to figure out the best places we need to hit up. Last year we went to Toys R Us and waited in the longest line of my life! It was fun, but man it was cold.. We made out big time! I'm hoping for the same this year. Not only did I shop for Xmas, I shopped for T's Birthday!! So I might end up doing the same for T and M this year!!

I hope you all have a festive and Great Thanksgiving with your families. I know I will and I have so much to be thankful for this year!!

Cheers!!

Acid Reflux<<< YOU Suck!

2011-11-21T09:31:00.001-08:00

On top of all the other things we are dealing with, with Micah we are now dealing with Acid Reflux.
Poor guy.. I feel so bad because I wish we would of caught this sooner. I feel bad as a Mom because at his 2 month well check, she asked if I thought maybe he had it, I'm the Mom I should know what makes him feel bad, or great or sad or happy. And this time I missed it! I'm pretty positive M has had this Reflux for awhile but not until last week did it show its ugly face. My kids are spitters they always were, so M spitting up is really nothing knew to me.
Last week was the start of the Ugly, He started on Tuesday he was crabby, very fidgety every time he ate and there after, uncomfortable, did not want to sleep etc. Had a few crying episodes! Wednesday I went to work and when I picked up the boys from Day care she had said that M was crabby, spitting up alot, didn't want to sleep etc. When i got him home, I played with him for a bit and then put him in his swing, he fell right to sleep no problems. That night he was fine to. Thursdays are his physical therapy sessions. I always get there early so I can feed him and make sure he's happy and content. He was completely fine. Full belly, Happy baby! So we went to start and the minute I laid him on the mat he started crying, like not the normal bitch why you laying me down cry, this was OMG why did you lay me down, something hurts cry. So I picked him up and even that wasn't working, by this point he's screaming, crying, can't catch his breath cry. So I walked, shushed him, sat him up, patted his back everything he finally settled down after about 20 minutes!! I layed him back down and it started again, finally I rolled him to his belly and started patting his back pretty hard to see if he had a burp in there. Oh yea, he had a burp and it was deep in there and the sound it made when coming up you knew it hurt but felt good. After that he seemed better, but he was already passed the point of no return. So we ended our session with Zero therapy. she showed me some new things to do at home and to keep an eye on a few things. Before I left, the therapist asked me if he had reflux, and I said well no, why? She kind of hesitated and I said why do you think he has it? She said its possible and I agreed because T had it but when he was little little. So I never thought twice with M. Not to mention both of their symptoms were different.
Needless to say, I got out the door called the Dr's office and got right in. When I went in she looked at the back of his throat and saw that it was irritated and red, she felt his belly which was gassy and bloated.
I explained what was going on and she wrote a script for some meds. I asked about the scans they do, I'm not new to this, My sister has dealt with all this crap with her two boys so she suggested I just ask for the scans and not to mess around so they can whip out the big guns instead of toy around. My pedia said she would rather do meds first, the 3 scans they offer include radiation and the 3rd one he would need to be put out. He's only 4 months old, NO thanks!!
So meds it is. That night we got started and let me tell you!! WHAT A DIFFERENCE! He slept -I mean he's been sleeping since I got started on a new routine. but that night he slept with out fidgeting, with out a peep!! I was the one who was up just waiting, and waiting and waiting...... nothing. Pure silence!

I feel horrible now that I look back. He had tall tale signs of Reflux the entire time! Shame on me.. However, I'm glad we caught it and I'm glad these meds are helping him. I hope this is all he will need. If not we will have to move onto different formula which costs an arm and a leg!! Oiiii..

Micah is 3 Months

2011-11-11T09:00:00.001-08:00

Oiii.. 3 months old already!! Time is seriously flying and gosh darn it I hate it!! Knowing he is my last I want time to slow down just a little, well a lot!! I would however like him to start sleeping through the night, but it seems I can't have both and in my case either. =(

So Micah is 3 months old, he's rolling, he's cooing, he's giggling, he's talking(not literally), he's smiling that gummy tooth less smile, he's by far the cutest kid in my book and so squishy and cuddly I just can't take it.
He is most definitely so much more different than his brother. He may look similar in some photos but has a different personality all around!! Funny thing is, is he's not nearly as chubby as T once was.
I laugh at myself because as I was buying clothes for winter time while I was still prego, I figured he would be just like T in that he would be wearing -6-9 month clothing as T did. T was by far the chunkiest baby eva. And M, well he's not and now I have a ton of winter 6-9 month clothing that does not fit him. HA!! So shame on me for expecting them to be the same person. Undoubtedly wrong!!

So the stats: Well I have none. I'm assuming his weight is around 13-15lbs, height I'm assuming 24-26". We don't go in for his well visit until his 4 month.
I will say this though. He is such a smart, strong willed baby if I ever did meet one. Tummy time, forget it! He rolls right back onto his back!! When I flip him back, he goes right back, Eff you ma!!
He rolled once from his back to his belly and immediately said eff this shit and rolled right back over. Quite funny, especially because of the face he made after realizing what he had just did.
When propped up on his boppy or a pillow he uses his abs and neck to pull himself up and proceeds to face plant it, or roll to the side. That pisses him off!!
He's so interactive now, he loves to lay on the floor and talk to the fan, talk to us and anyone who would like to listen. He has a few ticklish spots and I'm pretty sure I'm the only one who knows where they are. (I'll keep that secret for just a little longer).
He loves T, when he sees his brother the biggest grin comes across his face, more than likely that grin means I'm going to eff you up when I'm big enough!!
M is only eating about 5-5 1/2 oz at a sitting and has a semi routine. We have a morning routine down pat, its the afternoon one that is all wonky and for the life of me I just can't seem to get this guy to conform. I tell him all the time if you would just listen to me, life would be so great!!
He still is not sleeping through the night. He's doing better - with one wake up to eat. The rest of the time, he fidgets. I've learned to just let him be until he gets loud then I get up, give back binky and roll back into bed. Seems to work 90% of the time the other 10% he wants to play and carry on.. oiii..
I'm trying to transition this guy into his crib and yea well that is just not happening. I started with naps just as I did T, and M only gives me 45 min in the crib. He's a stinker. He's getting better as time goes on, but I would love love to have a sleeping baby in his own crib by Jan 1. Sleeping through the night would be even better. His neck is looking great, we are still going to physical therapy and hopefully will be done with it by December. I'm pretty sure he's started the teething process, this kid drools like its going out of style.

So that's that for my little stinker!! He's an amazing little guy and I could definitely eat him up!!

Happy 3 Months Old.

Happy Halloween

2011-11-02T08:56:00.000-07:00

Only 2 days late.. =/

Happy Halloween.. I love Halloween, it kicks off Fall for us in Az. Its the start of many holidays, many firsts to come and many fun memories to be made.
For Halloween this year we decided to go hang out with friends and there little ones. So T would have a partner in crime to Trick r Treat with. They had a blast and M just kinda hung out..

Tristan wanted to be Green Lantern and I found a Superman outfit just small enough to fit M. So both of boys were Super Heroes.

Before we left to go Trick R Treating, I decided to try and do a small photo shoot with the boys. It actually went better than expected. Take a look. =)

Wordless Wednesday

2011-10-26T09:37:00.000-07:00

The Greatest What the F**K Expression Ever.

My Great Niece Adelina Marie Born October 14th ~ Love her so much.

Happy Birthday to Me

2011-10-25T09:32:00.000-07:00

Well Yesterday, October 24th is my Birthday..I am now on the Verge of jumping to a new age group.. Last year in my twenties!! I can't even believe it. Like how the hell and when the hell did I turn 29? How did this happen??!!? So crazy to think I AM 29... It could just be me, I just don't feel 29. I may look it especially after having 2 kids and the newest one is kicking my butt in the sleep department. Bags, sags and dark undereyes are a complete give away.
I plan to have an awesome year!! Starting with wiping out debt thats been lingering with us. We have many plans in the future and I know we are on the right path. I am still going to school and I start back in Jan. to finally finish that last class before getting on the wait list to the nursing career I dream about on a daily basis.
We have some vacations planned that will take us back to SeaWorld, Legoland and Disney Land. Possibly heading back to New Jersey with 2 kids this time, for my Cousins wedding.
I have a goal in mind to become healthier and get my ass back in shape, in time. It's a long term goal and something I have to want to do!
Other than that, I am going to enjoy this next year. Especially with our new addition. I am so excited to see him grow and watch who he becomes. I look forward to all of his firsts. I think more than ever because I look back at when T hit his firsts and how exciting they were. It adds to my excitement to see if M will do things early, the same or later than his older brother did.

My hubs spoiled me yet again, I have been wanting a new lens for my camera and thats exactley what he got me. I tested it out last night and I'm in love!! I still have a lot to learn about this camera, which I'm hoping I can take a class to teach me how to use this camera to its fullest potential. I have taught myself quite a bit, but it would be nice to know more. I also recieved flowers from the boys and T even sang me happy birthday. So cute!! =)

Cheers to a GREAT last year in my Twenties..

Torticollis

2011-10-24T10:02:00.000-07:00

Sounds like some kind of exoctic turtle..

Its not, unfortunately M was diagnosed with this at his one week/one month well check.
Torticollis: is a twisted neck in which the head is tipped to one side, while the chin is turned to the other. Symptoms: Limited range of motion of the head. Could cause flat head.

M favors one side more than the other. I noticed this when we were in the hospital and I had made a statement to John about it, but figured I was being to vigilant. So I waited till his one week appt and I noticed it even more and more. Before his one week, I tipped his head back and noticed a knobby growth on his neck, I was kind of taken back at first, like is this normal? Did T have this? I went back and forth with it and one day John saw it, and asked what it was. That was a given something wasn't right. So at his one week, I brought it up to my Pedia and she told me to keep an eye on it until his one month. So I did and things just didn't get better. That knobby thing stayed and his preference to which he layed was becoming worse. At his one month, I told my pedia that his neck wasn't getting better and also showed her the knobby growth thing. She said welp looks like he has Torticollis. I knew it. So she got me into physical therapy that Thursday and we have been going ever since. We went once a week and now go twice a week to get this situated.
I am so lucky I caught this early, most people don't catch it right away(not there fault) and by the time they do its so far gone that Physical therapy doesn't always help. At one month we started and we have a great head start on this. I'm hoping and she the physical therapist think that by December we should be able to be released. Of course with at home exercises and stretches to keep on top of it.
That knobby growth, is considered a Pseudo-tumor. Pseudo meaning not real, fake. Within the first two weeks of us working with it at Therapy and at home, the knobby thing has gone down a significant amount. His range of motion has improved a ton and even more so now. Except of course when he gets tired, the head tends to fall back into that position.
As far as what the causes are and how this happens. I was informed that M's form of torticollis is considered a TRUE torticollis. Meaning that it happened while he was being baked. Which brings some truth to it. The entire time I was pregnant. M remained head down, as my Dr. would put it, "he's locked and loaded", So they are thinking that because he was head down for so long that this caused the kink in his neck.
The other form of torticollis they see way more of now then ever because of the "back to sleep" to prevent SIDS is called induced torticollis. Which causes the flat head or side. From what I understand this is a harder form to work with because this is induced and caught in late stages, not only do they have to work with a twisted neck now they have to deal with a flat head. Which typically will lead to that infant having a helmet.
Like I said, I am so glad we caught this early. I probably was a little crazy about the flat head thing happening, I have had a lot of people I know have to deal with this and I did not want to have to be in that position.
Other than that M is doing awesome and I'm hoping for some good news in the coming weeks.

2 Months Old

2011-10-23T16:48:00.000-07:00

Well, 2 1/2 months old at this point.. Man I just do have time to do anything anymore. 2 kids is tough. Working and having 2 kids is even tougher.

2 Months Stats:
Weight: 12lbs 14oz
Height: 24" in
Head Circ. 15

M is growing and growing and growing and oiiii growing.. He is a ball full of fun though. He's an extremely alert baby and has been since he was born. Yay for him, not so much for me. He smiles and talks to us. He found his hands recently and brings them and anything within reach to his mouth. Last week as I was changing him, I cleaned under the numerous of rolls before reaching his neck and he chuckled. So freaking cute!!
He started daycare at 9 weeks old, he goes 3 days and the other 2 I get him at home with me. He's a tummy time king, at first he wasn't so happy with me for doing that to him, but this stinker has learned to roll over. YEP roll over!! Every time I flip him back, he rolls right back over and smiles at me, as if HA screw you mom!
He's not a good sleeper. AT ALL and I am paying for it big time. He still is only eating 4 oz at a time and when I bump it hoping he will sleep longer and stay fuller, nope he throws it all up and I'm back at one again.
He's a fidgety little guy, so he has to be swaddled, SUPER tight. If he gets one hand loose I'm screwed. He wakes himself up and I swaddle again. This seriously goes on all night!!
He is definitely his own little self and nothing like Tristan in that Tristan was an easy baby. So easy that he was sleeping through the night, fell into a routine and all around a CHILL baby!! Micah on the other hand is a ball of energy, can not miss whats going on, fights sleeping until he's so tired he screams and cries until he's swaddled and even then that doesn't always help the situation. I'm okay with crying it out, it breaks my heart but I only allow this while T is up, because if I did it when T was sleeping I would have two kids up!
His first holiday is Halloween and I'm excited. Both boys are going as super heroes.

Those Cheeks are so squishy and kissable.. =)

Holy Neglected Blog

2011-10-11T15:15:00.000-07:00

I'm still here, I'm still alive. Kinda. The last 2 months have been kind of a haze. Time is flying and with that my boys are getting bigger by the moment. Sad really! I have tons to update about. I told myself I would blog since I would be home, but when I would sit, M started in, or I needed to wash bottles, do laundry, pump, and the list goes on.
I spent 9 awesome weeks at home and feel like I accomplished nothing on the list of things I wanted to do, besides love on baby M. That I did and I loved it!

I have a few posts I wanted to get to: Some are old, some are New.
soon very soon.
This week I am back at work, I'm working 3 days a week and 2 days a week at home with M.
Getting adjusted with coming back to work and getting two boys ready to get out the door has been an entirely new thing we are slowly learning, I'm hoping in time it will just become a routine, right now everything just feels out of sorts.
T is amazing, going threw Horrible Three's who said Terrible Two's were bad? because they were oh so wrong!! I would take the Two's back ANY.FREAKEN.DAY.
M is the most amazing, squishy, chubby cheeked baby ever. He's 2 months old!
I'm good, besides being beyond exhausted, but I'm keepin up as best as I can. We (John and I) have a vacation coming up the beginning of November, so I keep willing myself to that date because for 2 blissful days i plan to SLEEP, Like ALOT!!

I will update more and more as I get back into more of a routine. First with M's 2 month post and what we have been up to the last 2 months that just keeps us on the go.

HAPPY FALL!!! Thank you Sweet Jesus. Us Arizonans look forward to cooler weather and I'm thrilled to get out of the house and enjoy it, as well as the festivities!

One Month

2011-09-07T14:19:00.000-07:00

M is a month old today!! Gahhh what happened to my month of littleness? It just goes to fast, I hate it and I love it. In the last month M has completed our family, completed me in so many wonderful amazing ways. He has filled our home with more love and laughter than I could have ever asked for. The first month was hard, it was an adjustment and yet we are still here and still going strong. Big Brother T is still adjusting and proves to be a loving but jealous brother.

Here are some stats: Sept 6, 2011
Weight: 10lbs 12 oz 75%til
Length: 22in 75%tile
Head Circ: 15" 50%tile At birth he was 14.25 OUCH!!

We have a few issues we have to over come, for one M has an outie for a belly button, not necessarly an issue just something that makes him different,but we love all that much more.
He refuses to latch still, I try at every feeding except at night, I am guilty of being lazy. I am still pumping but because of the non latch my supply is dwindling which sucks and i blame the fact that the NICU fecked me out of my BFing experience.
He was diagnosed with Torticollis, he favors one side. I knew we were going to have this issue. Since birth M has favored one side more than the other and when I tried to move his head, it was just so stiff and he would get so pissed that I was even trying. The Dr. noticed it at his one week check and told me to keep an eye out, which has just gotten worse. We start physical therapy next week.
He is so strong, he has been holding his head up for a good 5-20 seconds at any one time and this has been since one week and on. Tummy time i started last week and still proves how string he is by pulling his head up and pushes up with his feet. Just to do a comparison, at this age T could barely pull his head for tummy time. He would hold his head up but was so super wobbly, M has pretty good stability.
Just in my opinion, I have a feeling M is going to be a lot bigger than T is. M is just SOLID. This is not in a bad way, this is just my motherly instinct about my boys.

He has started smiling and cooing at us - I love diaper changes because this is when it happens the most. Kind of funny really.
M is definitely my feisty child, he does not sleep, well not during the day anyway. I feel like I'm doing something wrong, but he just likes to be awake. For 2 weeks he had his nights and days mixed and was killing me in the meantime. As soon as he would finally go down, my other one was wide awake. Let me tell you that.was.fun.!! I knew M would be my feisty kid from the very first time I felt him, he never stopped, he was always on the move, where as his brother was a sitting duck, he never moved unless I ate or jiggled my belly. I already compare them so much and I probably shouldn't but its fun to see how different but so alike these two really are!

Postpartum for me: I am down 27lbs I gained a total of 35 lbs with this pregnancy. I double checked this. The first 2 weeks were miserable for me, recovery compared to my csection was 1000 times better, but its still recovery, I still had a 4th degree tear/epsiotomy .. not fun. I still had to deal with swelling and soreness all around, because of the amount of meds I was given through my epidural my legs were numb forever! Like as of today I finally have feeling back in both my knees, my left knee took forever to get that feeling back. So weird!

Emotionally the first 2 weeks were hard, I wondered if we had made the right decision. If we should of just stuck with one, if we should have waited longer or started earlier? I questioned myself as a mother and wondered if I could really do this? I'm not gonna lie the first 2 weeks SUCKED! I cried at everything and anything and anyone.. As of today, I am WAY better, I feel better, I no longer cry when John leaves for work and no longer cry when T acts out, because I know that John is coming home, and that T is acting out because he's 3 and this is just a phase and that I. am. a. Mom. of. 2. and. I. got. this!! That's my motto!

3 weeks postpartum, still swollen.

Smiles for Friday!!

2011-09-02T10:31:00.000-07:00

3 weeks 5 days old

Wordless Wednesday- Picture Post

2011-08-31T10:50:00.000-07:00

This is going to be one big Picture Post.. Enjoy the cuteness

Birth Story ~ Part 2

2011-08-27T22:50:00.000-07:00

After we walked back to triage I was told to put on those pretty little gowns and get into bed so I could be monitored. Always fun! As I was being monitored you could see that I was in fact getting contraction every 2-4 minutes apart and most if not all were extremely painful. The nurse we had was awesome and go figure, I feel like we can't go anywhere with out running into people that know us or know our last name. The triage nurse had said hey your not related to so and so, John: Yes actually, she's my aunt!! HA! They worked together down in Yuma at the hospital! Kind of funny, so the nurse and my husband chatted it up. Aside from all of that, I knew my Dr would be out of town until Sat night at the latest, so I figured that I would get the other Dr within the practice, I was very wrong. I was to get the Dr. on call and I kinda frowned when I was told that it was a male. Okay so I have nothing against male Dr's, Yay for them, but I have an issue with male Dr's all up in my area. So to make things even more uncomfortable, the nurse told him what I said and when he came in, he was like "so I hear you don't like male Dr's" Me: ummmm, well its not necessarily that, its just I thought I would have the other Dr within the practice, and acckkk here I was back pedaling, I felt bad because I really wasn't trying to be rude! Anyway - he lightened the mood and made me feel 10000x better, after he disclosed that he was a huge VBAC supporter and that he would let me labor the way I wanted for as long as I wanted so long as things were going good. =) Huge smile across my face.
After that I was told to go walk the halls for about an hour because at the last check I was only 2 and 70% effaced!! Ughhh.. so John and I walked the 2nd floor for an hour and my contraction were pretty intense the last part of the hour. They were consistent which was good and I felt like their had to be some progress made.
So lets time this, we arrived at the hospital at 730am, they had me in triage and walking at 9 am and at 10 am we went back to get checked and NOTHING!! I was still a 2 and now about 80% effaced. so I was making progress but very little. I thought for sure they would send me home, but they didn't - they admitted me because my contractions were still 2-4 minutes apart and pretty painful. They weren't about to send a VBAC candidate home just in case something happened. That was relief to my ears, I did not want to be sent home. So at about noon we were finally moved to an L&D room, I was hooked to an IV and was still allowed to walk the halls, which we did. I still was not making progress one hour later and my contractions hurt, we ended up seeing the Dr in the hall, and he asked me if I was ready to have my water broke,, I honestly wasn't but he had a pep talk with me, which made me rethink it. He told me I'm obviously contracting my body is in the first part of labor and things are progressing, breaking my water will help things move along, make my contractions stronger and harder. So off to our room we went and he broke my water. I asked for a an exercise ball and started bouncing while listening to some music that I love. John took a nap, because we knew we would be there for awhile!! Saturday came and went and still was not making much progress.. Pretty bummed at that! At about 5pm, the Dr. came in and asked if I was ready for my epidural, I really wasn't but yet again he had a pep talk with me and told me that maybe if we do the epidural your body can relax and we can make some progress, this made sense to me, but I just remember last time getting to a 5 and having an epi and not progressing past that point.So I was nervous about stalling.  Before I got the epidural I was able to get into the shower to get some relief while waiting for the anesthesiologist because he was in surgery and then of course an emergency came in.. So I ended up not getting it until about 8ish.   At that point I pretty much just listened to my body and being that I had been labor since Friday night it is now coming up on Sat night I knew I needed to get some rest. So I agreed but asked that I still be able to feel my legs. My wish was granted and the anesthesiologist did an amazing job! I was able to get some rest, both John and I did. We slept and rested and watched some movies. My nurses were amazing throughout the day and night. My night nurse was pretty awesome, she left us alone for the most part only came in, to check me about 3-4 hrs. until she checked my temperature and it started to spike. WONDERFUL!!
I was at about 99.1 around 10 pm - So she came in about every hour just to check, I asked for a cold washcloth to cool me down, but it just wasn't working, It kept going higher, and I knew then that my chances of having this VBAC was about to go out the window. All I could do was keep the washcloth on my forehead and pray that my fever would go down. At her last check around 2 am it had spiked to about 99 which was way better, it had spiked to about 100 earlier.    The night wore on and at one of my checks at 5 am I progressed to a 7 and 100%   HECK YES!! That was so awesome to hear! I was left to rest.. and that I did, until I was woken up to the most painful contractions that radiated through out my back to my the front of my belly. This was at 7 am and shift change, both my nurses who I loved walked in and saw me crying in pain, my epidural had stopped working.. they brought the anesthesiologist back in and put some more meds back into my IV which was heaven, my nurse checked me and said I was about 9 1/2 with some cervix left!! WOOHOOO... We were so close. The Dr came in again and asked how I was feeling and if I was ready to have this baby.. Seriously I never thought I would be able or let alone given the chance to have this baby vaginally, I really never thought it would happen. but it was about to happen, and man that felt so good to know! Except, my epidural was just not working, the pressure was insane and the pain was just nuts. I tried to do my hypnobabies, go to my place, sing to myself, breathe and nothing was working. Micah was there and ready and I wasn't because I could feel it. At 9 am, I was able to start pushing and I pushed through the pressure and the pain and the whole time complaining how it hurt. The Dr. came in and watched me push and said your doing great keep at it and he was gone again.. Thanks Doc!! oiiiiii.. I pushed for an hour and I just couldn't push anymore. At 10 am, the Dr came back in and said he had been fired by Dr. Laughhead, (not literally) but that she would be in to deliver me.. RELIEF!! I was told she would be in, in about 20 - 30 minutes and that she would get this baby out, I was in so much pain that I just kept asking for a csection. I was crying and moaning and in PAIN!! They were able to get the anesthesiologist back into my room and I kept feeling medicine, Cold medicine come through my Epidural line, I know It was working, but the immense pressure I felt below was just not normal, I was told that Micah was sunny side up so this was why the pressure was so immense. I know my cries and moans were lessened to a point but my body was just in pure shock and I just had nothing left in me. So I saved my moans and cries for pushing.. 1030 am rolled around and we started pushing again, Dr laughead came in and I have to say she was beyond my biggest cheerleader, I felt relief and felt like I was getting somewhere so that made me want to push harder.   For another long hard hour I was told to push my hardest and that I did, I also yelled out that after I was done, I wanted the biggest Dr pepper ever waiting for me!! During that last half hour-15 minutes some of my labor expectations went out the window. I was told that Micah had pooped and that it was possible that he swalowed it, if that was the case, he wouldn't be able to lay on my belly. Hearing that he had pooped made me want to get him out so I pushed with all my might, maybe so much so that I started to tear so the Doc had to do an epsiotomy a 4th degree one. OUCH! AND she forget to put her gown on!! So Micahs head popped out and I was told to hold him in... ahhhh are you kidding. So I held at least 2 contractions while she got ready while having a head hang out of my crotch!! Interesting sight I'm sure.   She was finally ready and said lets go, I started to push and then she said look down, look down, I did and i watched as my child entered the world.. PURE PERFECTION!!   She sucked his nose and mouth as much as she could, John was able to cut his cord but I was unable to hear that first cry and I wasn't able to have him thrown on my belly, because he did in fact swallow his poop, he was immediately taken over to the baby table and I watched as they suctioned him, patted his back did everything they could to get him to finally take that first breath and cry, the room filled with tons of nurses as well as a nicu Dr and that was scary!!
I was in and out of it, because a nurse came over and I remember getting a shot into my leg to help with pain and the shakes, I could hear everyone talking and the baby nurse made a joke about boys and swallowing poop, it lightened the mood a little.   I know I asked if he was okay and was re assured that he was. John and my mom were taking pics for me and i was stuck getting cleaned and stitched up. I had Micah at 11:31 am and was not done getting cleaned until almost 130pm.. I was so out of it from all the meds they were giving me. It sucked so bad, but the pain I was in was even worse. I wanted to so badly to hold Micah because yet again, I was not the first person or the 2nd person who was able to hold him, I was the third, just like when I had T. That was not my plan! I wish he hadn't pooped and I know its not my fault, but part of me feels as though it was, I should of gotten him out faster, I shouldn't of taken that 45 minute break.. all these things play into my head, but I have to remind myself, that babies do these things and its not our fault.
I was taken to recovery and I was finally given the baby to hold. My short ride to recovery with Micah on my chest was heaven, because when we got to recovery I was told he needed to go to the NICU for meds and monitoring. I told John to go with him, so my Mom stayed with me. I had like 2-3 nurses talking to me and telling me things but have absolutely no idea what was said, I was just so out of it.. I could barely keep my eyes open, I do remember how hot I was and sweaty. I think I had the coldest room in recovery the nurses were like dang its cold in here and I here I was telling them to turn it down, HA!!
All in all, looking back now 3 weeks later, I wouldn't have done things differently. My recovery has been way better than it was when I had my csection. Yes my bum and crotch were in pain and I got a 4th degree tear/cut, but it was way better than getting cut wide open.   I was scared beyond belief to go to the bathroom especially knowing that I had a 4th degree. All in all it worked out.   I am so proud of myself and so proud to say that I had a successful VBAC, that I was given the chance to have the labor and delivery I have always dreamed of! Even when I had given up and kept saying how I wanted the csection, I'm glad that my husband, mom and most of all my Dr. didn't allow me to give up on myself.    I am blessed beyond words and Micah is the most amazing baby.  He's a feisty little butt, but I knew he would be!!!
Next up-- explaining our first week at home with a 3 year old and a newborn = not fun!!

Birth Story Part 1

2011-08-20T09:00:00.000-07:00

***Please note this is mainly for me to remember and log my own birth story- its long and drawn out and will be in parts. Your more than welcome to skip over. =)

Lets start with the fact that M's birth story is kind of a unique one, Unique? Yes.. because everything that I did up to having M was all for a successful VBAC. I can proudly say I am one of those women who had a successful VBAC and so very happy about it!
My original due date was Aug 6, 2011 and if I didn;t have M on my own than we had a scheduled C-section for Aug 9th per my request (that would have put T and M 3 years and one month apart exactly). After the few weeks of being checked and only making it to a 1 dilation and 0% effacement,except at my last appt on that Tues. she said I had progressed to 50% effacement and a 2, so she went ahead and stripped my membranes. to no avail I decided that I would take Thursday and Friday off and begin my maternity leave somewhat early. I also had a plan of action to get M to come on his own and that plan included a reflexology appt on Thursday. I went to my appt at 10 am and was there for about an hour, hour and half- the foot rub was amazing but all i could think about was, is this really going to work? Her turn around time she said out of every 6 pregnant patients was 24 hours. After my appt I was advised to go walk, walk, walk, but I had other things I had wanted to get done just in case this actually worked. So I went and ran my errands as well as went and had a pedicure and manicure. I went home that night with still nothing happening. Mild cramping but that was normal. Friday I had a plan to hang out with Tristan, just me and him for the day. So we went and got my truck washed, went and saw Cars 2 for the third time, ate lunch at the mall and had pretzels, went grocery shopping. During that time I was cramping and contracting but nothing worthy enough to make me think anything was happening. We ate dinner as usual and we put T down as normal. 9 pm came and my contractions were coming closer and closer and stronger. I told John about it and we made sure to get our bags packed and ready to go. I fell asleep only to be woken up at about 2 am with some pretty strong contractions and discomfort, I downloaded an app on my phone so I could time the contractions and realized that they were coming every 7-10 minutes. So I got up walked around and they were still coming just more intense. I tried to go back to sleep and that wasn't happening. As the hours passed they just became stronger and closer together like 2-4 minutes apart, I'm pretty sure I just doubted myself because I didn't wake John up until almost 5 am and finally told him "I think its time", as soon as he heard that asked how far apart they were, he set the ball in motion! He told me to call my mom to have her come over, he jumped in the shower and I started to panic just a tiny bit in between contractions. My mom got to our house around 5:45am and I just wasn't sure if we should go. I mean i was doubting myself but it was clear that I was having c contractions, the ones you can't talk through. I explained to my mom last minute things about T and we finally left our house at about 6:45am. I told John to stop at McD's so I could eat something because I knew that if I was admitted I wouldn't be able to eat and I wasn't about to have that considering I didn't eat for 30+ hours when I had T and i was starving! So I had a good ole fashion Sausage McMuffin and it was super yummy!
We got to the hospital and made that last walk to the front admittance only stopping so I could get through my contractions. I told them who i was and I was met by a triage nurse who opened those big doors to the beginning of our "new life!!"

Introducing

2011-08-19T22:26:00.000-07:00

Micah Christian born August 7, 2011 @ 11:31a.m.weighing 8lbs 12 oz and 21in.long.

This is why I have been absent from blogging- I have been adjusting to this new life! A new life with a newborn and a 3 year old who I know means well but is adjusting at his own rate and with fierce jealousy!!

I plan on working on my birth story shortly(more for myself than anything), it's a long one so it may be in parts. Lets just say after many attempts to get him out before our scheduled eviction/Csection date of August 9, a reflexology appt. the thursday morning before set things into motion Friday night and I had him Sunday before Noon, but of course I had to bring him into the world true Jenni style (meaning, long and drawn out and with some major stubborness)!! None the less he is here and we are as happy as can be, he has filled our lives with so much love and joy!

Still Waiting

2011-08-03T09:03:00.000-07:00

Still wishing and hoping and praying that this kid comes on his own! Yesterday I went in for my follow up. I'm up 3lbs and I wouldn't doubt it being water weight, my ankles are the sizes of elephant feet. I'm dilated to a 2 and 60% effaced, she went ahead and stripped my membranes as much as possible and man that shit hurts! I definitely had to breathe through that. I know I'm having contractions because while she was doing her thing she said, oh your having a contraction can you feel that.. "OH actually all I feel is you being brutal to my insides,but thanks for the knowledge!!" =)
Last night, I was super crampy and super blah I kept myself busy and walking around and went outside with T, took him to his swim class, bounced on the ball. NOTHING!! Last night I was cramping big time and I found it extremely hard to sleep but that is all no sure signs I'm going to have this baby. So we wait.. I have an eviction notice set up for him on the 9th - the Dr scheduled me for 430PM. So whether he decides to show face on his own(preferred) or forced out we will be meeting our little guy on Aug 9th. I'm excited, nervous and anxious. Reality is really starting to play games with my head!!
I start my maternity leave tomorrow, and I have one last attempt to get him out. I'm going to an acupressure appt, as well as going to get a pedicure and my nails done. Then Friday I decided to keep T home and we are going to go to the movies, go to lunch and do just a me and him thing. He deserves it because life is about to change!! For all of us..

My Nose is Straight!!

2011-08-02T08:59:00.000-07:00

Even straighter than when it was before, you see because John always used to say that I always had somewhat of crooked nose and I would always tell him to go pound sand. How dare he tell me I had a crooked nose!! Apparently though, I did.
I went in on Friday morning to have my nose fixed and when I arrived at the hospital, the nurses I'm not gonna lie were kinda frazzled at the fact that I was 38 weeks preg and about to have a procedure done on there floor. I arrived at 730 am and it took forever to be admitted, but once I was things were rolling. I met quite a few people, I had regular nurses, L&D nurses, anesthesiologist, my Doctor. I felt the popularity!
Anyway- they decided to not do a light sedation with a local, due to the fact that I was 38 weeks and that they were going to have to set my nose, the man with the drugs wanted me out, but before making that move we discussed it and discussed what it would do to the baby. After being reassured that the baby, would end up getting sleepy but would snap back out of it, we were good to go. I was monitored by the L&D nurses and fetal monitors were hooked up. I was wheeled into the back and put out like a light switch. The sleep you go into is the most amazing sleep ever, even if it is only for 10 minutes literally that's how long the procedure was. It felt like 10 hours of sleep though. After I woke, my first question was, how is the baby? GREAT. 2nd question, is my nose straight, "as it will ever be" I heard the Dr say.. PERFECT and off to la la land I went for a little longer.
The baby was definitely sleepy, but heart rate remained good and movement was slowed. They ended up keeping me and moving me to triage, because the on call OB preferred I be monitored for about 2 hours, and he saw a slight dip in M's baseline heart rate. So that kinda made me nervous, but I was reassured all was well.
After being there for about 2 hours, we were released and my mom and I headed home.. I have a splint on my nose that I have to wear until this coming Friday, but really its not going to last! Its itchy and kind of weird. Sometimes I forget about it and then I get the stares from people, like "What the hell happened to her?" Even more so when my husband is with me. HA if they only knew!

Before leaving my Doctor came in to see me and talk to me, he in fact said "hey you didn't happen to have a slight crookedness to your nose previously, did you?" I just laughed and said you know what my husband told me all the time I had a slight curvature. The Dr. said yea, I had to wrench on you to bring your nose back, not to mention it was already starting to set. He wasn't kidding, because Saturday morning I woke up and I felt like a had gotten hit by a freight train, my neck, upper back and jaw felt horrible. They were so sore, I was just like what the hell happened to me.
So all is well in the nose department, I am so glad I was able to get this fixed before having M. One less thing to worry about and now we just wait for M to make his arrival. I'm getting super excited and anxious all at the same time.
I will post before and afters once I take the splint off. The difference should hopefully be huge!! I'm excited myself to see it.

Baby Update- 39 Weeks & Still waiting

2011-08-01T10:41:00.000-07:00

How far along? 39 weeks 2 Days

Total Weight Gain? up 3 gained back the 2 I lost and 1 extra one. DANG IT!

Maternity Clothes? you betcha!!

Stretch Marks? Lets just say, YES and well Yes.I sprouted a new one, its nice and purple. Bleh.My belly is getting beyond stretched.

Sleep? Seriously What the fuck is sleep, You don't sleep, there just in not any comfortable position, once you find it, you get a cramp, your leg falls asleep, your hip gets all achy..
Best Moment This Week? This week sucked!! My son broke my nose, I had to deal with that- being told I still had made no progress and really being given a deadline sucks. Best thing though.. I had my nosed fixed on Friday.
Movement? Movement has slowed down some, I don't think he has much room left in there. so if he does move its because he has hiccups or is shifting positions.

Food Cravings? Nothing really, I have zero room to eat. So when I do its small and frequent.

Gender? BOY

Labor signs? Everything slowed down since last Friday at 38 weeks, but as of today. things have picked up again.
Belly Button? Still in

What I Miss? Hmm, not much, there's a few things but its worth missing for the time being. I want to enjoy the last of this pregnancy. Even with swollen feet, heartburn, hips hurting etc..

What I Am Looking Forward To? Tomorrows Dr's visit, see where I'm at. I also start my maternity leave on Thursday and if I haven't already had this baby, I'm taking T to the Smurfs Movie.. Something to do just me and him.. One last hooray.. =)
Weekly Wisdom? Enjoy every second of pregnancy because, it goes fast!!

Milestones: 1 week to go.. =)

Plan of Action

2011-07-28T08:58:00.000-07:00

I went and had a 2nd opinion about my nose, due to my gut feeling. I just felt like the other Dr. right off the bat was like "yep, surgery", Everything is surgery anymore these days, more money for you, less money for me!! WTF.. So I made an appt, with my Son's ENT that we took him to for his ears. Before I did I researched him to find out that he does in fact do facial reconstruction on the nose!! PERFECT! So they got me in yesterday and he basically told me that the other Dr. was right as well, but going about it in the wrong way. I can have my nose fixed with being this far along, it just takes some approvals from the OB and so on. Once we got to talking, he made it seem like it was so much easier and straight forward than the other Dr, quite frankly I felt a 100 times better sitting in that chair! I felt like he really took the time, explained my options which were only two and one had to have the approval of my ob!

I decided to go with the best option to get my nose back, and with out harming my baby. After making some quick phone calls to my OB, she gladly approved and jokingly said, "maybe we can knock two birds out with one stone", We shall see!! Friday I go in to the hospital at 730 am to have him snap my nose back in place. For the procedure I will be put under a light sedation and nothing that will harm my baby (believe me I crossed my T's and dotted my I's) when we were discussing these options. I will be monitored by the L&D nurses while the procedure happens which is a mere 5 minute thing.. I will be monitored there after for a few hours and then sent on my way.
I am super happy about getting my nose fixed, I feel confident that this is the right decision, and now I no longer will have to deal with it after the baby is born. Which is a huge relief!

I GET MY NOSE BACK.. YAY!!!

Taking Desperate Measures

2011-07-27T11:39:00.000-07:00

As of Yesterday when I went to the Dr's I still have not made any progress. I'm stuck at a 1, a 1 people- no effacement, nada!! These contractions and cramping are a waste of time. I do realize being at a 1 means merely nothing in the labor world. I could go any day, my water could break out of no where or I could start contractions. I realize this. As of yesterday though, I was actually given a deadline. My OB and I had set up a tentative date of the 9th for a scheduled csection, (which I do not want).. The date would be cool, but the csection not so much. I'm trying to go for VBAC this time around. Seems like the world and M are working against me! So I'm gonna work against them!! I have a scheduled acupressurist appt. to get this baby started. They say that 6 of 6 women who get this go into labor within 24 hours. and this is exactly what I'm hoping for!! Lets hope they are right.. and again I realize that just because labor starts doesn't guarantee me an actual vaginal delivery, that I so hope for and want so badly. I'm hoping that with this thrust, my body will hopefully throw itself into labor and take over from there.. I guess we will see..

BABY?? No BAbY??? that is the question..

And I guess with this last deperate measure if nothing comes of it, I will accept what I'm dealt and have the csection with a smile on my face and be thankful that at the end of this journey I will have a sweet new baby boy!! A brother for Tristan and a new son for the hubby and I.

Beat up by my 3 Year old!

2011-07-26T10:20:00.000-07:00

Yea literally!! T broke my nose!! On Sunday night, we were doing our nightly routine and he likes to lay in our bed before going to bed. So as I'm getting him settled in and I sit on the bed, a flying head comes back and straight up hits me right in my nose!! It hurt so bad, that I flew back, called for John and I could here T crying. John came in to find me laying back holding my face and grabbed T who was crying and asked me if I was ok, I couldn't honestly speak the pain that radiated through out my face was the worse pain I have ever felt, of course I started crying and John was trying to make sure I didn't pass out on him by talking to me, which I wanted nothing to do with talking. When John got T settled he came over to me to see if I was ok, luckily I wasn't bleeding and I got up to check out the damage. From what I could see, there was nothing there, and John really couldn't tell either. He did however try to grab at it and see if he could feel and I think I almost whacked him in the face. So painful!! So I got ice and iced it for awhile took some good ole Tylenol since that's all I can take. It swelled up pretty good, and the throbbing was ridiculous. I have never been hit in my face before let alone broken anything. So this pain was new.
Next morning I wake up and I still can;t really tell, I have some swelling and mild bruising under my eyes, that honestly just look like bags from no sleep. I walked into work and with in two seconds of my brothers looking at me they immediately were like WTF happened to your nose. Yep good indicator shits broken!
I made an appt with my PCP, and as soon as she walked in, she was like "oh, ohhhh", Hmm doesn't sound so promising. She tells me its definitely broken, but where? it could be be broken in 1- 2 or 3 places.. Awesome. I can't have an xrays so she sends me to ENT that specializes in the Nose department.
I see him, and before even bringing me into the room, he saw me come in and looked at me and said Oh yea he did some damage(my son that is) Promising!! Way to let me down easy!!
So he came in took a look, pulled and tugged and I wanted to punch him!! Said I broke it at the very top of my nose as well as the bottom.. I don't know much about noses, I realize you can break it, there's cartilage in there etc, but apparently from the way T hit me, it was straight on and high, not like a punch to the nose.
He told me there was nothing he could do until after I have M. and by that he meant surgery!! So I will be having surgery one week after I have M. If M comes on his own like I so want him to, I can move the date up, if I go in for my scheduled Csection than I go in on the 16th..
Who would have ever thought a 3 year old could do this much damage?? Not me, that's for sure!!
This all happened so fast, that I don't even remember, how, what or why? I didn't even have time to move, or get out of the way!!

I swear I can't catch a break with my pregnancies. Both of them have never gone smoothly.
With M, I have had Preterm labor, an accident, and now this.
With T, I had swelling, high blood pressure and a csection that caused me to stay in the hospital for 4 1/2 days along with a blood transfusion!! Oiiiii

So now I get to rock a crooked nose for about 3 weeks, i am so hoping M makes his appearance sooner than later, so I can get this done and over with..

This is the aftermath, My BIL took this picture yesterday so I could see what they were all seeing, because I really couldn't see it just looking in the mirror..

Horrible picture, but you can see how swollen my face is and my poor nose. =(

Baby Update- 38 weeks

2011-07-25T10:04:00.000-07:00

The View from up here..

How far along? 38 weeks 2 Days

Total Weight Gain? Down 2 puts me at 30lbs total
Maternity Clothes? you betcha!!

Stretch Marks? Lets just say, YES and well Yes. I;m starting to get that line down the middle, never had that with T.

Sleep? Is horrible, I can't get comfortable, I wake up from leg cramps that send me shooting out of bed, the pressure in my pelvis is crazy intense.. My legs fall asleep and wake me up from the pain. Not gonna lie the last few weeks of pregnancy are pretty brutal
Best Moment This Week? Jts relaxing, kind of.. Doing a little here, doing a little there. I did host my last event - a baby shower for my BF who is having a baby girl 5 weeks after me.
Movement? Movement has slowed down some, I don't think he has much room left in there. so if he does move its because he has hiccups or is shifting positions.

Food Cravings? Salads, cherries and pineapple

Gender? BOY

Labor signs? Labor signs have been crazy weird, these are thing I never experienced with T. I have had (tmi) my mucous plug coming out every other day it feels like, its not bloody or anything crazy, just clear but stringy and mucous and yea I'm done explaining because I'm about to throw up just writing about it. Friday I had some contraction that I thought for sure were going to send me to the hospital, but it subsided - they weren't timable, but man they were intense.

Belly Button? Still in

What I Miss? Hmm, not much, there's a few things but its worth missing for the time being. I want to enjoy the last of this pregnancy. Even with swollen feet, heartburn, hips hurting etc..

What I Am Looking Forward To? Tomorrows Dr's Visit, with all this crazy stuff going on with my body, I have to be making some kind of progress, it would be music to my ears!!
Weekly Wisdom? Enjoy every second of pregnancy because, it goes fast!!

Milestones: 2 weeks to go.. =)

Baby M's Baby Shower

2011-07-19T08:37:00.000-07:00

Sorry - this post is so late, I'm trying to catch up as much as I can, before this baby decides to make his presence.

My Sister, Mom, Niece and Bf helped throw Baby M's Shower. I would say there were about 50+ people there, We are loved, what can I say. =)
They did the theme to what I have for M's room, which is forest friends from Carters. Everything turned out super cute!! We of course had Mexican food, salad, drinks and a Root beer float, sundae dessert table instead of doing the tradiotioanl cake. FINE BY ME.. I love root beer floats!

M and I recieved some great gifts and things we most definitely needed to get us through the first hectic 3-6 months.. all the stuff you dont think of on your first kid you regiester for on your 2nd and thats exactly what I did and recieved ALOT Of it.. =)

I had my friend Lindsay taking pics of the shower, she is alos doing my Bf's shower this weekend.

Instead of the traditional cake, My sis did a Root beer float/Sundae Station = So YUM!!

ABC book everyone decorated.

The diaper game.. So fun, and funny!!

My Friend Tara and I, friends since Middle school!

The Latte Ladies, I've known these girls since 06 when we all met on Theknot.com planning our weddings, now we are planning families and having playdates!!

My BF Jenna, who is 5 weeks behind me and having a girl!!

My Sister, My Niece and Me.

My Momma..

I had to share this picture, one of my friends got me this Owl Outfit, I wish you could see the hat as well. It is the cutest little outfit EVER!! I plan to bring little M home in this, and quite possibly never take him out! =}

The Wish Tree my sister made, each person who attended wrote a wish for baby M. I will be putting this up in his room and one day he will be able to see how many people love him and wish the best things for him!

Baby Update - 37 Weeks = Full term with pics

2011-07-18T11:28:00.000-07:00

**Updated-

How far along? 37 weeks 2 Days

Total Weight Gain? As of last Tues, I was up 2

Maternity Clothes? you betcha!!

Stretch Marks? Lets just say, YES and well Yes.

Sleep? is alittle better, I have to get up 2-3 times during the night to pee

Best Moment This Week? Getting M's Dresser over the weekend, I will post pics

Movement? Movement has slowed down some, I don't think he has much room left in there. so if he does move its because he has hiccups or is shifting positions.

Food Cravings? Mexican food, and Philly Cheese steaks

Gender? BOY

Labor signs? As of last Tues, the doc said I was dilated to a 1, 0 effacement. I also lost (tmi) mu mucous plug, well some of it that night as well as a few days ago. I'm still contracting and cramping like crazy.
Belly Button? Still in
What I Miss? Hmm, not much, there's a few things but its worth missing for the time being. I want to enjoy the last of this pregnancy. Even with swollen feet, heartburn, hips hurting etc..

What I Am Looking Forward To? This weekend i am hosting my Bf's baby shower, last event I have planned before this baby arrives.
Weekly Wisdom? Enjoy every second of pregnancy because, it goes fast!!

Milestones: 3 weeks to go.. =)

I Chopped and Colored my Hair!!

2011-07-14T17:06:00.000-07:00

Usually you do that kinda change after a baby because it just gets in the way and then also to get out of that new mom funk. I decided I was already in that funk, and my hair was getting a wee bit to long, and on purpose. I was trying to grow it out and really I'm not sure why I even try, I feel and look better with short hair.. But I tried. I did however, color it and I took my color to another level of "blond" I normally stick to pretty simple highlights and low lights, but this time I was feeling a little flirty..

So here is before: this was at my shower, 3 weeks ago, I'm sure it grew alittle more than right here. You get the idea.

and here is after:

I wish I could get a pic of the back of it, its pretty high up and nothing sits on my neck. The cut itself isn't so dramatic, its the color. Which you can barely see. I love it!!

Oh and I'm not so proud to say, that I sprouted my first gnarly gray hair!! Super wiry and curly!! I named it "John" My husband.. =P

Hospital Bag Checklist

2011-07-12T18:45:00.000-07:00

I'm an organizer, and I'm freak about lists. I have a list for everything!! I think my husband thinks I'm nuts! I probably am, but at least my lists help me get stuff done.
One of the big lists I have been working on is my hospital bag list. This list is a must, when I had T I had the same list, but most if not 75% of everything I brought could have stayed at home!
This list has now been updated, going off of memory of what i used, what I didn't and what I wish I would have brought with me. As well as looking at other lists from fellow friends.
I have not only my check list but the babies, John's and T's - T will be staying with Mom and he of course needs a bag packed as well.

My Bag:

Body Wash/shampoo/conditioner
Face wash/makeup remover
Chap stick 2-3 I lose them easily
Makeup bag- small items
toothbrush/toothpaste/mouthwash
deodorant
Nursing pads/ Nipple ointment
Hair ties and head bands
Stool softeners (the hospital provides, but I like mine)
Tank tops/nursing bras/ sports bras
Underwear
My own pads for coming home/ not rocking chucks
Socks/ slippers
Yoga Shorts/Capris
Flip flops(to go home in)

MUST HAVE ITEMS

Pillows from home
Ipod- with Hypno Babies downloaded
Laptop/ charger
Cellphones/ Chargers
Pic of T
Birth Ball
Snacks
My own water canister
Carseat- installed and checked
Boppy

John's Bag

One Extra Pair of clothes- Shirt/Shorts/ Undershirt/ boxers and Socks
Deodorant/toothbrush/toothpaste
Shaving set
Ibuprofen/Tylenol
heat packs for his back
sleep machine (he snores and its LOUD)

Baby Bag

3 Outfits/including take home outfit
Socks
2 blankets
Pacifiers
Baby Book for Foot/hand prints at the hospital

Tristan's Bag

4 pairs of Clothes
Extra Underwear
Nighttime diapers
Toothbrush/ toothbrush paste
few toys/ trucks, games etc
sandals
blanket
and lovey/ monkey

Am I missing anything?? Anything that you would delete??

Tristan's 3rd Birthday

2011-07-12T10:33:00.000-07:00

MAN, I can not believe my baby boy is THREE!!! Time goes by quickly, and I know we all say this, but truly it does!! Soon I will be writing about having a 4 year old!! Oiii

So T is Three, and we had a huge birthday party for him, this year I did Monster Trucks, Grave Digger, Spike, Maximum Destruction ( ya i know most of all the Monster Trucks). I had a cake made that has the screen print of his face on it, balloons with maximum destruction on it, table cloths and paper plates to match. ALL out!! We also got a a huge bouncy water slide/bounce house. literally took up our entire back yard!!

Lets start off by saying the day started off great, the party didn't start till 3, which was perfect because it allowed me time to get everything ready and still have some downtime, or so I thought!!

I left to go get the balloons, and his cake. While picking up his cake, I get a phone call from the hubs saying, "you need to get home, now", Umm WTF why? "the A/C just went out"- Que my jaw drop and my heart rate skyrocket!! YOU HAVE TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME!! Of all days!! OF ALL DAYS!!
Yep, at noon our A/C decided that it was going to stop working on a 110 + day! While we are hosting our three year olds birthday, while I'm 9 months pregnant!!
AWESOME!!!!!

Luckily we have great friends, who called there great Friends and got over to our house and fixed the damn A/C -but never the less I texted everyone who I could to tell them to arrive late due to the A/C and luckily everyone listened and didn't show until about 4-430- It was still hotter than a mother effer in my house, 87 degrees to be exact, we had our big blower fans going which helped a little, but still HOT! The kids had a blast and barely noticed considering they were outside getting wet and sliding and well having fun!! I on the other hand, was stressed, barely had a shower before people started arriving.. It was a MESS in the beginning. but in the END, his birthday was Awesome, He has tons of people that love him to death and love to spoil him just as much as I do. Now for the pictures after the fiasco, I luckily have great friends who were taking pics for me, while I was running around. (so should have not been like this) but they took a ton of pics for me. Thank goodness!!

Tristan received so many presents, it took us splitting it up to get them all open.

He also received his first skate board!! Its a smaller version which is perfect for him

Tristan's Cake, My Brother photo shopped the image and put T's face in it. It was a hit!!

Blowing out the Candles.

Daddy Pile Up!!

2nd Batch of Presents, he got a new T ball set to start playing baseball!

Pinata time!!

And this year, John and I got T a Big Wheels Jeep. He LOVES it.. When it cools down, you can guarantee we will be going to the park with this..

Grandpa and T, showing their guns!!

Racing Mater and Lightening, with his buddy Mike.

Baby Update- 36 weeks

2011-07-11T12:24:00.000-07:00

Man I have ALOT of updating to do.. We had T's Party, My Baby Shower, M's Room (still), T's Room, Our Room, Oiiiii.. For now though.. I have a Baby Update
How far along? 36 weeks 2 Days

Total Weight Gain? I go in tomorrow to get checked.

Maternity Clothes? you betcha!!

Stretch Marks? Lets just say, YES and well Yes.

Sleep? ha ha ha, that's a joke!

Best Moment This Week? T's Birthday Party and celebrating with Friends and family
Movement? Movement is still crazy, I'm telling you this kid is going to be a handful and if he isn't I will be thanking my lucky stars!!

Food Cravings? MEXICAN FOOD!! Any and all

Gender? BOY

Labor signs? I have been contracting like crazy, my last internal showed no progress which is a bummer, and I realize that doesn't mean much but it would be nice to know some progress is being made.
Belly Button? Still in, and apparently from what I was told by the Dr. I have a major innie. HAHA When she did the belly measurement, she was surprised at how deep it was, and here I thought It was just because I was a fatty. =P

What I Miss? being able to walk normally, my feet not hurting or feeling as if they are on fire.
What I Am Looking Forward To? Having this kid!! I am about to hit full term, I would love to be able to have him soon, but I am also looking forward to hosting my best friends baby shower in two weeks, so I'm okay if M chills out for a little while. =)
Weekly Wisdom? Enjoy every second of pregnancy because, it goes fast!!

Milestones: 4 weeks to go.. =)

Baby Update- 35 Weeks

2011-07-05T22:10:00.000-07:00

How far along? 35 weeks 3 Days

Total Weight Gain? +1- 30lbs

Maternity Clothes? you betcha!!
Stretch Marks? Lets just say, YES and well Yes.

Sleep? ha ha ha, that's a joke!

Best Moment This Week? The fourth of July celebrations with John and T.
Movement? Movement is still crazy, I'm telling you this kid is going to be a handful and if he isn't I will be thanking my lucky stars!!

Food Cravings? So I'm not going to lie, but all my cravings that I wasn't having have hit simultaneously, I wanted Mexican food on Friday, Sushi (preferably Vegas Rolls) on Sunday and ice cream every day!! I got two of my cravings taken care of, but I'm still wanting Mexican food.
Gender? BOY

Labor signs? I'm contracting and cramping, and today I had my first internal and no progress. Kind of discouraging and I know I'm not supposed to base anything off of that, but in my case I am because I'm trying to go for a VBAC

Belly Button? Still in, and apparently from what I was told by the Dr. I have a major innie. HAHA When she did the belly measurement, she was surprised at how deep it was, and here I thought It was just because I was a fatty. =P

What I Miss? The site of my feet, although swollen, I still wish I could see them when looking down, as well as not having to waddle everywhere.

What I Am Looking Forward To? This next weekend is going to be T's 3rd Birthday. I'm excited to celebrate and go out with a bang on this one!!
Weekly Wisdom? Enjoy every second of pregnancy because, it goes fast!!

Milestones: 4-5 weeks to go.. I'm getting excited and anxious and somewhat emotional.

Baby Update- 34 Weeks

2011-06-25T09:07:00.000-07:00

How far along? 34 weeks

Total Weight Gain? Total is 29lbs Horrible!!

Maternity Clothes? you betcha!! I should just wear a moomoo.. More appropriate for this ginormous belly

Stretch Marks? Lets just say, YES and well Yes.

Sleep? Sleep has been slightly better, except I have been getting some wicked cramps in my legs in the middle of the night.. ohhh they hurt!!
Best Moment This Week? Watching my belly do some exorcism movements. I seriously wish I could see in my belly to see what exactly is going on there!
Movement? See Best Moment,,
Food Cravings? Does cookies with M&M's count? Because seriously I have no craving, I do have aversions though and it was the same with T.. Chicken, Chicken is not my friend while pregnant!

Gender? BOY

Labor signs? Crampy and just uncomfortable. As long as I don't focus on it I'm ok.
Belly Button? Still in, and apparently from what I was told by the Dr. I have a major innie. HAHA When she did the belly measurement, she was surprised at how deep it was, and here I thought It was just because I was a fatty. =P

What I Miss? My normal feet, this week has brought me some wicked swelling in my feet. I'm still able to rock my wedding ring though, so that's good.
What I Am Looking Forward To? My Baby Shower is this weekend, My sister is amazing at putting on events and I can't wait to see it come together..
Weekly Wisdom? Enjoy every second of pregnancy because, it goes fast!!

Milestones: I now have 5-7 weeks left give or take some. I can't believe how fast this has gone. The beginning felt like forever, but now that I'm in the homestretch and have tons left to get done. its creeping closer and closer.

Maternity Pics for Baby #2

2011-06-21T12:23:00.000-07:00

I love doing these, but I did have my reservations about doing them again. Until of course I talked to our photog who has been doing our pics starting before T was born, She did our maternity, newborn, 3 month, and 1 year pics for T, as well as all of our wedding pics. and now we are back for more after being talked into it, it didn't take much to pull my arm. I figured this is my last and I want him to have the same pics to look back on as T does.
She rocks, I love her style, and well she's amazing, and we had a such a BLAST!!

Here are a few from our session we had on Sat.

This Picture above, kills me- T was literally knocking on my belly and saying, "Micah, Hello Micah!!"

My 33 week Bump, I feel like a whale- but I'm trying to remain positive. I'm still about 26ish pounds lighter than I was with T, so that's nice to know and at my Dr's appt yesterday I was informed that I'm FAR away from the number I hit at my final weigh in at 39 weeks with T, I am up 1 lb.. So if I can maintain that, I will be one happy camper.. =)

Baby Update - 33 Weeks with Pics. **Updated.

2011-06-18T11:00:00.000-07:00

Holy SHET I have 49 days to go and 7 weeks roughly. Sorry for the delay in pics, I figured I would wait until after my maternity to post the 33 week belly.

How far along? 33 weeks

Total Weight Gain? Probably add another 3, I have been swelling so much the last few days

Maternity Clothes? Yep, Capri's, shorts and tanks tops. Its getting hot!!

Stretch Marks? Lets just say, YES and well Yes.

Sleep? SUCKS!!! I'm up to pee, up to get comfortable, up because my leg fell asleep, up because my arm fell asleep, up because the damn dog keeps hacking..

Best Moment This Week? John found my wedding ring, I lost it Sunday night and John found it Wednesday Morning, SUPER HAPPY!!
Movement? His movement has slowed, as far as kicks and elbow jabs, now its his entire body moving and shifting, so you can basically sit and watch my entire belly go from one side to another. Its the most crazy thing to watch, but kind of uncomfortable, since his feet are right up in my ribs and while moving it feels like in my throat. HA!!

Food Cravings? I wish I had a certain craving.. I have nothing. So weird!!

Gender? BOY

Labor signs? I just feel really crampy, i feel like he's moved down alittle, the shift is weight and pressure is crazy.

Belly Button? Still in, and apparently from what I was told by the Dr. I have a major innie. HAHA When she did the belly measurement, she was surprised at how deep it was, and here I thought It was just because I was a fatty. =P

What I Miss? Walking normally, I have the waddle going on
What I Am Looking Forward To? Getting My Maternity Pics this weekend, laying the wood floors and hopefully relaxing some.
Weekly Wisdom? None this time.

Milestones: 6-7 weeks left, HOLY.SHIT!!

Baby Update- 32 Weeks

2011-06-13T09:02:00.000-07:00

How far along? 32 weeks, 2 days

Total Weight Gain? Since I last checked 5.

Maternity Clothes? Yep, Capri's, shorts and tanks tops. Its getting hot!!

Stretch Marks? Lets just say, YES and well Yes.

Sleep? The last few nights have been horrible, I can't find a comfortable spot and I'm not good laying on my left side. My legs have been super achy, and I feel hot constantly!!
Best Moment This Week? Being able to get another U/S of little man, since I was beyond disappointed with my first one. And T being completely potty trained during the day, Poo and pee!!! YAY!!
Movement? His movement has slowed, as far as kicks and elbow jabs, now its his entire body moving and shifting, so you can basically sit and watch my entire belly go from one side to another. Its the most crazy thing to watch, but kind of uncomfortable, since his feet are right up in my ribs and while moving it feels like in my throat. HA!!

Food Cravings? I wish I had a certain craving.. I have nothing. So weird!!
Gender? BOY

Labor signs? I have very mild contractions, menstrual cramping, but nothing to be alarmed about.
Belly Button? Still in, and apparently from what I was told by the Dr. I have a major innie. HAHA When she did the belly measurement, she was surprised at how deep it was, and here I thought It was just because I was a fatty. =P

What I Miss? Lazy weekend. Our weekends are jam packed until I have this baby..
What I Am Looking Forward To? We are supposed to finish up the master bedroom this weekend, by laying the wood floors, and possibly staining the concrete out on the back patio. Trying to get ready for T's Big Birthday Bash!!
Weekly Wisdom? None this time.
Milestones: 7 weeks left, HOLY.SHIT!!

1 Month Shy of 3 Years Old

2011-06-09T10:55:00.000-07:00

How and when did my Baby turn into a walking, talking, potty training, puts on his own shoes, tells us left and right when driving, knows all of his body parts even the girl parts that one day caught me off guard, goes out back by himself and entertains himself toddler (big boy)?? It just amazes me everyday, how fast T is growing and how much he is learning. He has a stubborn will about him, or maybe that's just the terrible 3's rearing its ugly head. Either way, he's mine and I love him more and more with each passing day. Even when I want to pull out my hair, because I have lost every once of patience one person can muster.
July 9th is fast approaching and I catch myself wondering what the 3's have in store for us. For one they have a baby brother that is about to rock his 3 year old world. I know he's going to be a great brother, but I do have those guilty feelings about mine and John's attention not being on T solely. I feel bad, that he will have to learn to share that, because for 3 WHOLE years he has had nothing but our undivided attention. I know, I know, we all had to go through it and we all survived. Most if not all of us have siblings who had to share our parents and we all turned out fine, most of us! I would be lieing if I said I didn't feel guilty, because I DO!! On the flip side of that guiltiness, I'm super excited to see T embrace his brother, because deep down I know he is going to be so awesome with him. He loves babies and being around them, loves to "pet" them on their heads and has already been making progress at home referring to M's room as his brothers, and he names off everything that is M's and then everything that is T's and when I ask if he will share his things, he slowly looks up and says, "No"!! HA okay then.. well at least we got that handled!
For the time being I have one more month to bask in the 2's and reminisce on what an exciting year it has been for us and for him!!!

Potty Training is not for ameretures!!! *Updated

2011-06-08T08:51:00.000-07:00

Or for me!!!!   This Picture, makes potty training look easy. Don't be fooled!! IT IS NOT!!   I'm not gonna lie, the first day of Potty training T (for reals this time) I almost called it and was about to put his diaper back on and call it a day, a weekend for that matter. I have patience, I do but lately my patience has been kind of null and void since being hugely pregnant, its hot and well I'm uncomfortable bending over time and time again to pull underwear off, put back on, repeat, repeat, repeat.. I will admit that my kid is a pretty easy kid, he always has been, Blessed I know.. =) I really did think this was going to be a dousey for us, in the end though - Potty Training Does suck, but it can be done!!
And with that said.. I will happily admit I now have a potty trained kid during the day, No Poop though. This is going to be another challenge for us. I really thought that first weekend we started potty training he wasn't going to do it, but the more I kept on him and the more he saw progress and the more toys that flooded in (YES I stooped that low) T has like 6 new motorcycles, a monster truck, some play tattoos and new painting supplies. BUT HE IS PEEING ON THE TOILET AND HE TELLS ME WHEN HE HAS TO GO!!! THANK YOU JESUS.. So knock me for bribing and spoiling my already spoiled brat but it worked and I will take what I can get!!
T is just shy of turning 3, in one month to be exact!! So I can officially or unofficially (sans the poop) say I have a potty trained kid, during the day!! THAT MAKES ME HAPPY!!!

******* TMI post about poo so beware!! Because I started this post yesterday, I need to now update it to include that T has officially gone Poo in the big boy Potty.. It may only be this one time but I just needed him to go ONCE to get the ball rolling.. Not gonna lie, I bribed again!!   Its honestly kind of funny how smart our kids are, or my kid or whatever, but when they seriously ask you for diaper back on, its pretty obvious they have to poo, and I just wouldn't give in!! I felt bad that his tummy hurt and if he really has to go he will go, diaper or no diaper.
This Morning though, was different he was eating breakfast and he kept saying my tummy hurts, my tummy hurts, Mommy I want a diaper, I said No! Lets go try and sit on the potty and go poo.. to which he obliged but with a gawddd just put an effing diaper on me lady! He went pee and I let him sit for a few minutes, and said, "T if you go poopy, I will get you new paints", and he followed it up with and a new helmet, and monster truck? To which I said YES, and he POOPED!!     So I just spoiled my kid even more, but I got poop out of it and that totally made my day!! I hope he can stick with this, I'm sure we are going to have some accidents in the long run, but at least he just did it once and now he can see that it was that easy!!

Baby Update- 31 Weeks

2011-06-07T10:47:00.000-07:00

How far along? 31 weeks, 3 days

Total Weight Gain? I'm up another 5 per Dr's Scale, but as of today, I'm down on my scale by 3lbs so IDK anymore.
Maternity Clothes? Yep, Capri's, shorts and tanks tops. Its getting hot!!

Stretch Marks? Lets just say, YES and well Yes.

Sleep? SHETTYYYY!!! this week sucks for sleep, and its only Tuesday!
Best Moment This Week? So far, we were able to See Baby M at our Third Tri U/S, and T is really getting this potty training thing down.
Movement? Please read definition for "bouncy ball" this is my belly 22 hours of the day.

Food Cravings? Nothing in particular..
Gender? BOY

Labor signs? I have mild cramping, but nothing crazy

Belly Button? Still in, and apparently from what I was told by the Dr. I have a major innie. HAHA When she did the belly measurement, she was surprised at how deep it was, and here I thought It was just because I was a fatty. =P

What I Miss? I do miss being able to bend over to get my shoes on, or pick up toys with out having all the blood rush to my head.
What I Am Looking Forward To? We have a lot going on the next 3 weeks, This weekend we are going up North for my husbands Car show he puts on every year, Then Next Sat, we have our Maternity Shoot and Fathers day, the following weekend in my Baby Shower!! So excited..
Weekly Wisdom? To not overwhelm yourself, it really does catch up with you. Your body and your baby will make you fully aware by sending you into the hospital with the most severe labor pains Eva!! Just sayin!

Milestones: 8 weeks left to go..

Its been boring lately....

2011-06-02T11:56:00.000-07:00

I apologize now for the boringness that has taken over my blog.. I'm really not this boring in real life.

Lots of things have been going on, that have thrown me for a loop, and trying to get back into this "new" normal is a little weird. I find it so weird that after T goes down for the night, I'm no longer rushing to the kitchen table to study or the computer to type up reports. I find myself sitting my pregnant ass on the couch and flipping through channels. SO WEIRD!!! Its nice don't get me wrong. The first few nights I was like this just isn't right, but as I get used to it, I'm liking it. I know I know, ENJOY IT NOW.. While I can.. =)

This month and next month and well every month after that is going to be crazy busy with events.

This month is my baby shower on the 25th, we are also going up north June 11th, June 18th is my Maternity pics which I'm semi looking forward to, my whale of an ass being photographed FUN!! Did I mention we have been potty training T? Yea that's for another post..

Then July brings T's 3rd Birthday on the 9th, July 23rd I'm hosting my Bf's Baby Shower and the 30th is one of our close friends Twin Baby shower, in which my husband will be hosting a Diaper Party for the daddy to be.

August- Well that brings the baby, and hopefully he will make his appearance on the 9th preferably, if not maybe the 6th? I don't know I just hope he doesn't take up residence to long after his due date. Then, brings my sweet sweet Maternity Leave and I am beyond excited about!! I'm off for about 8-9 weeks. I will be working from home a little bit, since our biz is family run and I'm the office manager, i am the only one who knows how to do the payroll and all the taxes as well as sales/city taxes. I don't mind though, because I can work from home and make a single trip in to drop off checks and check on things.

I have a few posts I need to get on:
*Baby M's Room-Final Product
*T's final product of a bedroom
*Our Master Bedroom, I totally forgot to take before pics, I will take Middle pics
*Potty Training T
*T's 3rd Birthday- Planning and the final product
*My Bf's Shower, Planning and the final product

Baby Update- 30 Weeks Baked, with Pics

2011-05-30T17:16:00.000-07:00

How far along? 30 weeks, 2 days
Total Weight Gain? I'm assuming up 2, but i know i lost about 2-3 because I didn't eat for 2 days.

Maternity Clothes? Yep, Capri's, shorts and tanks tops. Its getting hot!!

Stretch Marks? Lets just say, YES and well Yes.
Sleep? The last 2 nights or so have been amazing sleep. Ever since my hospital visit I have been sleeping soundly with only getting up once to pee.

Best Moment This Week? None, Really- I got quite the scare though and a taste of what labor has to offer.
Movement? Please read definition for "bouncy ball" this is my belly 22 hours of the day.

Food Cravings? Nada, which is so freaking weird, i used to crave certain things all the time with T, and it was usually always something different with the week. I guess its still fruit. I can't get enough of Watermelon, VERY cold Watermelon, is AMAZING

Gender? BOY

Labor signs? I went into Triage on Wed. night due to some pretty wicked contractions..

Belly Button? Still in, and apparently from what I was told by the Dr. I have a major innie. HAHA When she did the belly measurement, she was surprised at how deep it was, and here I thought It was just because I was a fatty. =P

What I Miss? I'm going to miss school, well not really but since school has been normalcy I'm going to miss it.

What I Am Looking Forward To? Finishing up our Master bedroom, this weekend they tore the carpets and baseboards out and repainted with just a neutral color for now. Our wood flooring came in and should be installed in about 2 weeks!! E.X.C.I.T.E.D!!!!
Weekly Wisdom? To not overwhelm yourself, it really does catch up with you. Your body and your baby will make you fully aware by sending you into the hospital with the most severe labor pains Eva!! Just sayin!

Milestones: 10 weeks baby!! give or take, but lets keep it till M's fully cooked.

My Night in Triage!!

2011-05-27T12:38:00.000-07:00

Gotta love pregnancy and all the fun things that come with it, even the late night preterm labor scares!
Not really..

I went into the hospital Wednesday night after experiencing some pretty intense pain through out the day, and seem to be increasing by the nights end. It started in my Chm class, I was uncomfortable and achy but just thought maybe it was a stomach ache. When I got to work later that morning, it was becoming more intense and figured again, man what did I eat? When I would get up to walk around intense pains radiated through out my belly. Lets just say, I don't know what contractions truly feel like, because with T I was induced and those contractions were crampy lower back contractions. I have had braxton hicks where my tummy tightens but with out that pain I was feeling. It was sharp, it was uncomfortable and by the end of the night when I finally made the call to the on call nurse they were excruciating and literally took the breathe out of me.
I called my Mom to have her come watch T, and I called the on call nurse and she called back about 20 minutes later telling me I needed to go in.
So John and I headed in, of course once we got into the car I was fine, I actually felt a little better, but that didn't last very long as soon as we pulled up to the hospital 3 intense pains came across that put me in tears.
We headed up to L&D and they took me right back to triage, put the monitors on, took blood pressure and watched as I was having contractions, some were intense, some were just cramps, but the triage nurse definitely confirmed that nope it wasn't just gas as I was expecting it to be? HA I was actually having contractions. They made the call to my Dr. and she told them to give a shot of terbutaline and hook me to an IV for fluids. She also swabbed me and did a check to see if I was dilating. Which I wasn't, good thing!!
I was there until about 1am when things finally started subsiding, I was told I would still have some mild cramping and some spotting from the swab, but that I needed to take it easy for the next few days.

On top of all of this, I have had to make some pretty touch decisions, maybe not tough but some sensible decisions about school. I have this last class that I started Monday, its my Chemistry class and I was hoping to be done and over with by the time the baby got here. Apparently not so and my body and baby M obviously have other plans for me. I was also warned by my Dr that I was doing to much in the beginning when I had told her that I would be taking a 5 week class. She wasn't thrilled and thought I was nuts, believe me I thought I was nuts to, but I figured I could do it. Apparently not because three days into this class I'm having contractions and in the hospital. My brain and I had a very long heart to heart as well as a call from the Dr yesterday advising me that it would be best to drop the class. She didn't say "i had to" but she highly recommended it. I have decided to stop school and just wait until Spring 2012. I would much rather have a healthy baby than a preemie or constant hospital visits or worse bed rest until he;s due. Me and bed rest just wouldn't jive. I'm not a lay in bed and do nothing person. So to say I'm disappointed sounds horrible, but I am. I really wanted to get passed this class to get on my wait list for Nursing and then I would be able to focus on my family and kids for 18 months or longer while waiting. I know its for the best and of course I would do anything to make sure M stays in my bell-ay for ten more weeks to cook.

So now I know what contractions feel like, although I don't think those are "normal" contractions because every single person that I know that has been in labor has described it as being crampy and tightening, these were different, there was definitely tightening, but the pain was sharp and excruciating and not cramp style.

Baby M you have been ordered to chill out for ten more weeks, at least. Mommy has made her move with no more school and no added stress so you can bake a little longer. =)

*I will be 30 Weeks on Sunday.

Baby Update - 29 Weeks

2011-05-23T17:00:00.000-07:00

How far along? 29 Weeks 3 days

Total Weight Gain? Still maintaining I'm assuming, I really haven't weighed myself.

Maternity Clothes? Yep, Capri's, shorts and tanks tops. Its getting hot!!

Stretch Marks? Lets just say, I'm really beginning to despise (that's an understatement) looking at my belly, to me its full on blubber I realize I'm making a baby, but my body was in no shape to begin with and now it looks twice as bad.

Sleep? What is that??? Please explain? Between my legs being achy, my pubic bone has been killing me, Yoga seems to help, but only lasts for about 2 days. I wish I could go more than once a week. I do stretching at home, but come on! Its just not the same.

Best Moment This Week? I really don't think there was a good moment, with T being sick and me feeling like I huge whale.. Nothing great at all about this week.

Movement? Please read definition for "bouncy ball" this is my belly 22 hours of the day.
Food Cravings? Nada, which is so freaking weird, i used to crave certain things all the time with T, and it was usually always something different with the week. I guess its still fruit. I can't get enough of Watermelon, VERY cold Watermelon, is AMAZING
Gender? BOY

Labor signs? I have been alittle more crampy than usual, and I get a few braxton hicks here and there.

Belly Button? Still in, and apparently from what I was told by the Dr. I have a major innie. HAHA When she did the belly measurement, she was surprised at how deep it was, and here I thought It was just because I was a fatty. =P

What I Miss? I miss sleep.

What I Am Looking Forward To? I started my Summer class today, so I'm looking forward to getting this class over and done with, so I can KIND of relax. Hopefully getting our master bedroom done this weekend. We figured with all the remodeling of the rooms we mine as well do ours to.. NUTS I tell you!

Weekly Wisdom?
to keep face masks in the house, especially when you have an older child. Throw up is the most disgusting smell, even worse when pregnant!! Just sayin.

Milestones: Making it into the third trimester. I can't believe I only have 11 weeks left give or take. but WOW I once felt like this was taking forever and now I can't believe we are almost to the homestretch!!

Holy Vomit and Shit

2011-05-23T13:29:00.000-07:00

Yea, VOMIT and SHIT!!! Literally! T has been suffering from some kind of stomach bug that has lasted 3 weeks. It goes like this, 2 - 3 days of vomit and poo and then goes away and then shows its ugly face by vomiting all over the back seat of my truck!! Thanks Dude.   Kidding but for real, I can handle shitty diapers even the gross ones, what I can't handle especially right now is vomit, any kind of vomit, the sound of vomit the smell. OH MY GAWDDD kill me.. Makes me want to vomit and I hate vomiting..
Anyway - We took T in about 3 weeks ago when this all started, tested positive for Rota Virus, great.. Should be out of his system in a few days, and few days came and went- with tons of shitty diapers luckily the vomit contained it self. We put him on the BRAT diet (bananas, rice, apples and toast) Seemed to do the trick so I slowly introduced him back into food again, eggs, yogurt, some fruit and every things good! NOT then the shits started again!! BRAT diet again!! Pedialyte to keep him hydrated and I basically let him tell me when he was hungry and wanted to eat. I also took him back to the Dr's because this is just bizarre, so she made me get a fecal sample, took some blood and tested him for OVA and Gardia. All the tests came back negative, which is good, but what the heck is wrong my kid and why is he throwing up and shitting every few days?? No answer, just that - the rota virus is taking its sweet time existing my son's body. Apparently
BRAT diet and pedialyte seemed to work, and that would be a NEGATIVE. Friday night we leave to go eat dinner, I needed to stop at walmart for some meds and while I went in my hubs drove around and waited for me.. err I mean I waited for him, I walk outside and he's no where, So I'm getting antsy and of course forget my phone in the car, good thing because I was about to blow him up. Thinking he was playing a cruel joke! He wasn't! I get in and first thing out of his mouth..
Him: We are going home..
Me: WHY what did T do ?
Him: turn around:
Me: Bleh.. Are you fecking serious,. VOMIT.ALL.OVER. him, the car, the back seat, the floor. Holy mother of god!!
So we go home, and of course I feel horrible, get him into the bath, and he shits!!! WTF
So I get him out and start over, annnndddd VOMIT luckily this time is the toilet. and then back into the tub. I feel like this was a rinse and repeat situation.   I let him chill in the bath for awhile, then got him dressed and FUCK... Vomit again, luckily this time, he was nice enough to warn me. So we made it to the toilet. Meanwhile, hubs is cleaning out truck. Love him
Rest of the night consisted of him curled up on the couch with a bucket in place and a blankets layed out just in case. Poor guy. So then Saturday we wake up and he's bright eyed and bushy tailed??   Luckily this weekend was pretty low key, so we hung out and rested, I took him with me to the car wash to have my back seat shampooed and carpets cleaned because really there was no way I was driving my truck with that nastiness.. eww..
That was my weekend. My hubs finished up M's mural in his room and we got some major cleaning done, and some other things done. Mostly just relaxing - that was definitely needed.

Baby Update - 28 Weeks

2011-05-17T10:22:00.000-07:00

How far along? 28 Weeks 3 days

Total Weight Gain? Still maintaining

Maternity Clothes? Yep, Capri's, shorts and tanks tops. Its getting hot!!

Stretch Marks? Lets just say, I'm really beginning to despise looking at my belly, to me its full on blubber I realize I'm making a baby, but my body was in no shape to begin with and now it looks twice as bad.
Sleep? Has been absolutely SHITTY!! I'm not gonna lie, I toss and turn all.night. I am so over it! My legs are super achy, I can't even explain the feeling. I just want some restful sleep back.

Best Moment This Week? We got M's mural(decals up) most not all, the hubs should be finishing this week. It looks so cute and I'm surprised how well the color actually turned out. I guess I should give props to my hubs for picking a good color.
Movement? Can I just seriously say how scared I am to have this baby come out and rock our worlds. Because M is so so so different than T in so many ways and he's not even here yet! Baby M is a mover and a shaker and ALL.THE.TIME. At night when I lay down its full on movement for at least 20 minutes before he finally settles in. I just sit and watch my belly do the dance and of course it makes me laugh, but it keeps me from falling asleep.

Food Cravings? has not really been anything, I go back an forth between mexican food and fruit
Gender? BOY

Labor signs? I have been alittle more crampy than usual, and I get a few braxton hicks here and there.
Belly Button? Still in, and apparently from what I was told by the Dr. I have a major innie. HAHA When she did the belly measurement, she was surprised at how deep it was, and here I thought It was just because I was a fatty. =P

What I Miss? I miss sleep.
What I Am Looking Forward To? I'm looking forward to starting my summer class, as much as I'm going to hate it because its Chemistry it means I'm one step closer to nursing school and really, that's all that matters
Weekly Wisdom?
None this time.

Milestones: Making it into the third trimester. I can't believe I only have 11 weeks left give or take. but WOW I once felt like this was taking forever and now I can't believe we are almost to the homestretch!!

Planning Baby Showers and 3rd Birthdays.

2011-05-13T12:43:00.000-07:00

This is what I have been up to besides finally finishing up the last of my Bio class, I took my final on Thursday and I AM OFFICIALLY DONE, with that class. HA! I passed with a C a low C, but I passed and quite frankly that's all I care about at this point. Next Class starts May 23rd and that's Chemistry, oiiii

But, I have been planning my BFF's Baby Shower and I can't wait. We are doing a Hot Pink and Lime Green Lady bug theme.

Picture Courtesy of Party Pops
Once i get all the items I ordered in, I will post pics. I am doing a dessert buffet, Lemonade Stands (Pink Lemonade and I saw a recipe to make Italian Punch- which is Pink)
Mind you I am going to be 38 weeks pregnant by then, so this should be interesting. I have enlisted help from some of my great friends, One being a photog who is coming to do pics for the day.
I can't wait to see it all come together on her day!!

I am also in planning mode for T's 3rd Birthday(chokes on water) Yay, I said 3, he's going to be 3!! oiiii
Monster Trucks is the theme, and I don't think he would have it any other way. I ordered some cute stuff off a birthday website, A banner that has his photo in it as well as some centerpieces that were made with his picture in it. This isn't what I ordered, but this will be the jist of the colors and the theme.

This year we decided to have it at our house, and I could quite possibly be crazy again, being that I will be 35 weeks prego, its summer time, its hot and we will have probably about 50 or so guests including kids running rampid. I digress, I am doing a water bouncy, slip n slide and a play pool for the kiddies, a pinata and Cake. I haven't decided on Subs or Hot dogs and Hamburgers yet. I guess this would depend on the hubs, if he feels like sweating like crazy over the barbecue.

I love planning, I get a little overwhelmed at times, but I know both of these events will come together and I have great friends and family who will be there to help. :winkwink:

Baby Update: 27 Weeks Entering the 3rd Tri with Pics

2011-05-07T09:28:00.000-07:00

How far along? 27 Weeks

Total Weight Gain? I gained 2lbs, puts me at 22lbs in total. Now if I can just maintain 1-5lbs here on out I will be ok with this weight gain. I'm not happy with it. but I will be determined to lose it after I have baby M.

Maternity Clothes? Yep, Capri's, shorts and tanks tops. Its getting hot!!

Stretch Marks? just my leftovers and now it looks like I'm sprouting some new ones, or they could be veins who knows, but they are blueish

Sleep? Has been absolutely SHITTY!! I'm not gonna lie, I toss and turn all.night. I am so over it! My legs are super achy, I can't even explain the feeling. I just want some restful sleep back.

Best Moment This Week? A few things. I passed my Glucose test!! YAY!! and I got a 91 on my Final Practical!!

Movement? Can I just seriously say how scared I am to have this baby come out and rock our worlds. Because M is so so so different than T in so many ways and he's not even here yet! Baby M is a mover and a shaker and ALL.THE.TIME. At night when I lay down its full on movement for at least 20 minutes before he finally settles in. I just sit and watch my belly do the dance and of course it makes me laugh, but it keeps me from falling asleep.

Food Cravings? Mangos, have been my all time fav lately. Watermelon 2nd and then grapes and pineapple.

Gender? BOY

Labor signs? Nope things seem to have slowed down, which is good, I think that Braxton hicks were brought on by stress.

Belly Button? Still in, and apparently from what I was told by the Dr. I have a major innie. HAHA When she did the belly measurement, she was surprised at how deep it was, and here I thought It was just because I was a fatty. =P

What I Miss? Nothing at all, ok I'm lieing. I Miss sleep, I miss being able to just go home and play with T, with out worrying about school work and studying. I miss down time. I know I need to realize that downtime is soon to arrive, I will have 8 weeks of it, and that entire time I am going to slowly enjoy.

What I Am Looking Forward To? I'm really looking forward to Mothers Day this year, something about already having a little one and expecting another just makes this day that much more meaningful!! I'm not sure of plans, but part of the day will unfortunately be studying for my Final.

Weekly Wisdom?
None this time.

Milestones: Making it into the third trimester. I can't believe I only have 10 weeks left give or take. but WOW I once felt like this was taking forever and now I can't believe we are almost to the homestretch!!

Some Good Happenings going on around here.

2011-05-06T11:16:00.000-07:00

T went to his first Diamond Backs Baseball game with my Brother in law and my Sister, My BIL is really into Baseball and so is all of his boys, he has 3 and one girl. So they decided to take T with them. He loved it!!! He now carries around a glove and ball where ever he goes, sleeps with it and by all means DO not take that away from him!! So instead of the big brute football player I was expecting, I think I may have a baseball player on my hands. To early to tell, but by the looks of it when we go to my nephews baseball games T sits contently and watches every move!!

My sister forgot her camera so they used their Iphones, Not a great pic. But T definitely had a great time with his Cousins.

Also, last week was rough. T was sick with some sorta stomach bug. He threw up Wednesday night, but seemed fine so the next morning off to daycare he went. She said he seemed fine his diaper was dome what runny. So than Friday morning we woke up and he told me his tummy hurt. So I told him to go sit on the couch and relax, which he did only to me coming out to find that he had SHIT allover himself and the couch. I felt so bad for him and all he said was sorry Mommy.. Aww I told him he didn't need to be sorry, he had an accident. So cute! So I stayed home and got him into the Dr's and they tested him for Rota virus, which he tested positive for. So we had a pretty "shitty" week last week.Literally

This week, I had one of my Final Practicals and for once I got a 91 on it. I am on cloud nine. I have a final exam next Thursday which I'm dreading, but so glad and happy to be done with this class! I have a Chemistry class I'm taking and everyone including myself think I'm crazy. but I have to! I have to get this last class in so I can get on the wait list for Nursing. It sucks but it has to be done.

We finally got T's decals up, just of the monster trucks and sadly one of the big ones already fell like 2 days after we put it up, so this weekend we are going to load it up with tacky and stick it back on the wall. If that doesn't work we may have to go by plexiglass and mount it to that. I will have a separate picture post on that stuff. His room, is I would say 95% done. I'm still waiting to order the dirt bike decals, just to see how the other one hold up, we have one more shelf I have to install, but I have to go to Ikea to purchase a matching one for the others.
The baby's room, pshhh has been pushed off and looks like a mess. I tried to put away everything, and get things organized but lets be honest. I have no motivation!!

and that brings me to this week. I had my Glucose test. YAY I passed with great numbers she said, but I did not pass my hemoglobin. Your supposed to be in the 12 or higher levels and when i went in for my first screening I was at an 11 they said just to take my prenats and I should be fine. Well this time I went in and I tested at a 9.1. So now I know why I have been so lethargic that last few weeks especially this last week. I have to get on Iron pills and these suckers are messing with my tummy!! I have always had a pretty low hemoglobin count, and it plummeted while I was in the hospital with T. I really don't want to go through that again. So I will be making sure to take my iron and eat more iron enriched foods.

Baby Update - 26 Weeks 3days

2011-05-02T16:35:00.000-07:00

How far along? 26 Weeks 3 days

Total Weight Gain? I will find out tomorrow at my next Dr's Appt, and its my Glucose Screening, Pray that I pass. I passed with T, hoping for the same with M

Maternity Clothes? Yep, Full time.

Stretch Marks? just my leftovers and now it looks like I'm sprouting some new ones, or they could be veins who knows, but they are blueish

Sleep? has been somewhat better, I still get up at least once to twice a night. I started limiting how much I was drinking before going to bed. because really its a ginormous pain in the ass to get out of bed roll out of bed.

Best Moment This Week? Hmm, not much we went and registered for things we need for this baby. John and I got to have a little Lunch Date with out our Monster. and thats about it.
Movement? I have a crazy ball of fire in there. M is nutz, I can already tell how different these two are going to be, I love that I can feel him and I know he's doing fine. but that can't be a good sign of whats to come when he pops out. T was super chill, I felt him move at certain times during the day usually right after i ate and then he settled back in until the next feeding.

Food Cravings? I have been craving lots and lots of fruit. Watermelon, Mangos, Strawberries, Rasberries, you name it I want it. Maybe because its getting Hotter and fruit is cooling.
Gender? BOY

Labor signs? just the normal Braxton hicks here and there, nothing crazy.
Belly Button? Still in

What I Miss? Nothing really, I'm enjoying this pregnancy as much as I can. This is our last one. With all the aches and pains and heart burn and stress, I'm still trying to enjoy everything else about this pregnancy. His moves, his kicks, his wake periods(which is all the time), enjoying watching T transform into a big brother. I love when he talks about M.

What I Am Looking Forward To? I'm really looking forward to Mothers Day this year, something about already having a little one and expecting another just makes this day that much more meaningful!! I'm not sure of plans, but part of the day will unfortunatly be studying for my Final.

Weekly Wisdom?
None this time.

Milestones: Making it another week is always a great Milestone

Swooonn... Over the Big Royal Wedding

2011-04-29T17:14:00.000-07:00

I really didn't feel myself getting all amped up to see this, unlike a few people I know. I figured I would catch all the hype on the flip side when I woke from amazing sleep. but when your 6 months pregnant and you have a baby that seems to be sitting directly on your bladder the entire night. Its kind of hard to catch that amazing sleep, so in my sleepy walks to the bathroom at 1 and 3 and 5 I caught quick 15-20 minute glimpses of the Royal Wedding. I of course had to stay up after I realized it had begun and the guests were arriving and I saw Prince William. (swoon) for a baldy he's still got it goin on. I dosed off for a little and remember waking to Kate getting out of the car, and I was hooked, I definitely couldn't wait to see her dress, the next day of course, but apparently my internal clock was set to see it then! And I did. She looked absolutely STUNNING and beautiful, the lace gah, the lace was AWESOMENESS!! I felt a smile come across my face. Such a wonderful day for England, a light really. Joy and happiness was all over that place and you could see it on EVERY.SINGLE. PERSONS. faces. Amazingness!!!

and then I woke again at 3 or sometime in there, to see them kiss TWICE. and again at 5-6ish to watch it all replay throughout the news media. I think my favorite parts of the wedding were when Prince Harry turned around to see Kate walking down the aisle and turned to Prince William and whispered something we didn't know at the time, but now come to find out, he said "here she comes, wait till you see her". I also loved the part when William turned around and saw Kate for the first time and again whispered something we had no idea we could assume, but come to find out he told her she looked beautiful. His eyes lite right up and that smile was from ear to ear. Its so nice to see the love they have for each other and you can genuinely see it in each others faces!!
My Favorite:

Happy Easter!!

2011-04-25T10:34:00.000-07:00

We had such a great weekend. We accomplished alot of tasks at home which is nice to mark off things on our to do list. We were able to complete T's room, minus the dirt bike decals, but since the monster truck decals are hanging and sticking we are going to get the dirt bike ones. After those are up, we will be done. I just need to buy one more sheet set and its complete oh and new pillows I hate the pillows he's sleeping on.
We also finished some things around the house, did some cleaning ya know the usual.
Easter day was fun. T was definitely spoiled by the Easter Bunny. He had a blast finding the eggs and opening them to see what was inside. Then we went in made some breakfast and pretty much lounged around until it was time to go to my sisters house for some more Easter festivities.
She had Easter egg hunt as well, and T was all about it. He won, of course with the help of his Cousin Mia.
We ate way to much food and I feel like I gained 10 lbs. which is not good considering I go in next week for my glucose test as well as another weigh in. That's for another post.
Other than that, we had a great weekend. =)

Easter Egg Hunt

He threw the egg because he knew stuff was in there.

Scooorrreeeee

Cousins

My little Man and I

Happy EASTER 2011

Baby Update: 25 Weeks with Pictures

2011-04-23T09:38:00.000-07:00

How far along? 25 Weeks

Total Weight Gain? I seem to be maintaining, but between my scale and the Dr's scale there is always a 4lb difference. Right now I'm right where I was when I went in the day they told me I gained 8. So I guess if I can maintain that, then I have no worries when they weigh me.
Maternity Clothes? Yep, Full time.

Stretch Marks? just my leftovers and now it looks like I'm sprouting some new ones, or they could be veins who knows, but they are blueish

Sleep? has been somewhat better, I still get up at least once to twice a night. I started limiting how much I was drinking before going to bed. because really its a ginormous pain in the ass to ~~get out of bed~~ roll out of bed.
Best Moment This Week? My bestie found out she's having a girl, so I'm in full baby shower planning. T's room should hopefully be completed minus the dirt bike decals this weekend. Pictures to come
Movement? I have a crazy ball of fire in there. M is nutz, I can already tell how different these two are going to be, I love that I can feel him and I know he's doing fine. but that can't be a good sign of whats to come when he pops out. T was super chill, I felt him move at certain times during the day usually right after i ate and then he settled back in until the next feeding. This one not so much, as I'm writing, I'm getting solid kicks to my ribs.
Food Cravings? Nothing in particular to be honest, right now I'm really turned off by food, thanks to my weight gain.

Gender? BOY

Labor signs? some braxton hicks have started up, there's been a few times while sitting and my tummy gets really hard and cramped. I have to remember to breathe. but nothing horrible. That baby has 15 more weeks to cook, so M don't get any ideas!!

Belly Button? Still in

What I Miss? Nothing really, I'm enjoying this pregnancy as much as I can. This is our last one. With all the aches and pains and heart burn and stress, I'm still trying to enjoy everything else about this pregnancy. His moves, his kicks, his wake periods(which is all the time), enjoying watching T transform into a big brother. I love when he talks about M.
What I Am Looking Forward To? I'm looking forward to Easter on Sunday with my family, even though I will have to leave early to go study, I'm still excited to be with everyone including T. This is the first year he's really going to be able to understand what Easter is all about.

Weekly Wisdom?
None this time.

Milestones: Making it another week is always a great Milestone

A picture post..

2011-04-22T09:38:00.000-07:00

So many pics of little man, he's getting so big and by the minute!! I look back on his 2nd year of life and it amazes me how much he has grown into a little boy! His 3rd birthday is quickly approaching and I'm pretty excited but sad at the same time, soon his ~~16th birthday~~ (ahh lets not go there).. and I will be wondering the same thing, how does time go by so fast!?!

Me - A to Z

2011-04-19T09:06:00.000-07:00

I got this from a Fellow Blogger, I figured since my blogging had been sparse, I would give it a whirl.

A. Age: 28

B. Bed size: King and that's not big enough.

C. Chore you dislike: Laundry, particularly the folding part
D. Dogs: Yes 3 and I sometimes, I can't wait for them to go. I know that mean, but they are a pain in my ASS

E. Essential start to your day: A shower, some people can go days with out washing the hair, I can not, not sure why. and brushing my teeth. Eww thats a first!!
F. Favorite color: Pink of course.

G. Gold or silver: I'm silver, preferably white gold.
H. Height: 5'3. I'm a kind of a shorty. I wish I was like 5'5 ,5'6

I. Instruments you play(ed): The flute, and I sucked
J. Job title: Bookkeeper, HR, Domestic Goddess, Wife, and my best title ever: Mommy!

K. Kids: 1 Boy and 1 on the way.
L. Live: a House by a park
M. Mom’s name: Sandra

N. Nicknames: Jen, babe, Mom, mommy, salsa biatch(friend inside joke)
O. Overnight hospital stays: Only when I had T
P. Pet peeves: Couples who sit on the same side at a restaurant when your in a booth that clearly irritates me. I like to face the person I'm with especially when its just us two. I also hate Blutooth pieces and the people that answer without saying excuse me, while your having a conversation, thinking they are talking to you, but then you realize they are on the phone! Ugh!!
Q. Quote from a movie: I'll be back..

R. Righty or lefty: Righty

S. Siblings: 2 Older bothers, and 1 older Sister, I'm the baby.
T. Time you wake up: Depending on the days right now. anywhere from 5:15am to 6:30 am. Depends on if I have school.

U. Underwear: My fav are from VS, they are the hip hugger lace.. LOVE THEM!! Fit my ass and I'm in love.
V. Vegetables you don’t like: Carrots, HATE Carrots!!
W.What makes you run late: sleeping in, when I know I should be up and already done. T on some mornings, when he decided to unload a poo before walking out the door.. Oiiii

X. X-rays you’ve had: Teeth, and my shoulder

Y. Yummy food you make: I make some pretty good food! I have to be in the mood though. Usually if I'm up to It I try to liven things up and change things from our normal food. New recipes etc.

Z. Zoo Animal: HIPPO!!!! Love me some hippo's! I know so gross and weird. but I love there ears, and there eyes. something about them gets me every time. Haha

Baby Update- 24 Weeks

2011-04-18T09:04:00.000-07:00

I have a Papaya for a baby.. =) Feels more like a linebacker in there.

How far along? 24 Weeks 2 days

Total Weight Gain? up 20 in total, Horrible I'm not happy about it. Right now I have been maintain since the last Dr's Appt - I go back in 3 weeks.
Maternity Clothes? Yep, Full time.
Stretch Marks? just my leftovers and now it looks like I'm sprouting some new ones, or they could be veins who knows, but they are blueish

Sleep? Sleep what is that?? I seriously need a potty stuck to my ass all day and all night! I pee every 5 seconds!!

Best Moment This Week? Hmm not much, I found out I gained 8lbs in month making me 20lbs heavier! Not exactly a great moment

Movement? Yep, and keep it coming- He's most active around 11am- till noon. Then active again about 2:30 ish. and at night around 8ish. Other weird thing hes riding low, so when I feel him moving around it feels like so much pressure down there (if you know what I mean) Its the weirdest feeling. I never felt T like that, T rode high for a long time at least till the end.

Food Cravings? Nothing in particular to be honest, right now I'm really turned off by food, thanks to my weight gain.
Gender? BOY

Labor signs? No thank you

Belly Button? Still in

What I Miss? I know this isn't baby related, but what I miss the most right now, is my Father!! I hate that he's missing out on all of his grandchildren. I hate that T and M will never have the chance to meet my dad and know what a great man he was and will always be!

What I Am Looking Forward To? We are finally putting the finishing touches on T's room, we hung the shelves(not in the exact place I was wanting) but oh well. We have his decals up and in place just have to mount them, probably tonight. I have to put up all his memorabilia and knick knacks and his room should be COMPLETED by next week, minus the comforter I'm still searching for.

Weekly Wisdom?
What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life. And, most importantly, cookies. ~Rudolph Giuliani
R.I.P. Dad, 04/17/2004

Milestones: Making it another week is always a great Milestone

School Sucks. Pregnancy Brain at its finest.

2011-04-15T13:23:00.000-07:00

Never thought I would say that! Especially now that I'm older and its not high school.

Buttt It sucks and I hate this class. I bombed my Practical 3, which I really honestly thought I would have scored really high. I studied my ass off and knew it!! How I got a 64 is besides me?? I'm no longer upset or have tears to cry (because those don't help my grade), but I'm pissed off!! I'm mad and angry!!
We have 3 more tests, 2 of which are lecture exams and one more practical. These next three tests I have to nail to get a passing grade, I was hoping to at least get a B in this class, it looks as if I'm going to have to settle for a C. Which is not okay in my book, but at this point it is what it is.

One of my friends, pointed something out to me that I really never even thought of. "Pregnancy Brain", I used to just think it was a silly saying people would say when you did something silly or weird or you forgot something that you normally wouldn't, can't focus. I'm going to have to say this is by far my problem, I may have to use this excuse of Pregnancy brain, Its me.. my brain is not functioning. I rocked my last 2 classes, I wasn't pregnant, this class I am having the hardest time in, and i shouldn't be, I love science especially Anatomy and Physiology. Its fun, its intriguing to me.

So I have no other excuse but to put some blame on my pregnancy brain. and most of the blame on the fact that I have either lost my motivation, have way to many things going on within my life (pregnancy, T, planning for baby, planning for T's b-day party, home projects, work crap) Its alot.

So after this last class, and after I take my Chm class this summer, I am done for awhile. I will hopefully be on the wait list for nursing by then and then I'm taking a break to get my mind back. I have 3 co reqs I have to take before actually getting into the Nursing program that they require. The wait list right now is 18-24 months. Yea I will be taking at least a year off. I need to recoup and get my shit together!! SUCKS!!
I'm bummed, I'm pissed, I'm confused!!

All that I ask, is that I pass this Bio class and i pass my Chm class so I can apply for the Nursing Program. That's all.. =)

Baby Update- 23 Weeks with Pics

2011-04-10T09:04:00.000-07:00

How far along? 23 Weeks

Total Weight Gain? If you haven't read other post. I am now up 20lbs!! Yea that's a lot I know, please don't waste your time reminding me. Kay thanks!

Maternity Clothes? Yep, Full time. Good thing Old navy and Gap have some cute styles for Spring Summer.

Stretch Marks? just my leftovers

Sleep? Sleep what is that?? I seriously need a potty stock to my ass all day and all night! I pee every 5 seconds!!

Best Moment This Week? Hmm not much, I found out I gained 8lbs in month making me 20lbs heavier! Not exactly a great moment
Movement? Yep, and keep it coming- He's most active around 11am- till noon. Then active again about 2:30 ish. and at night around 8ish. Other weird thing hes riding low, so when I feel him moving around it feels like so much pressure down there (if you know what I mean) Its the weirdest feeling. I never felt T like that, T rode high for a long time at least till the end.

Food Cravings? Salads any thing salads and cucumbers which is a good thing because I have to maintain this month on the weight front and salads and chicken are the way to go for awhile.

Gender? BOY

Labor signs? No thank you

Belly Button? Still in

What I Miss? Being able to eat and drink anything with out worrying about when my heartburn/indigestion is going to kick in. Seriously this pregnancy is kicking my butt in that department.

What I Am Looking Forward To? Finishing up M's Nursery. We have to see how T's decals hold up before I order M's, because his is more expensive. Our house is finished being painted out side. We have a few smaller projects we are starting and finishing that involve the outside, but loving the fact that the PAINTING is complete. until of course I decide to change my hideous walls in the family room. Oiii
Weekly Wisdom?
You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment. ~Dave Barry

Milestones: Making it another week is always a great Milestone.

After Shots of Our House/ T's Garden

2011-04-09T07:00:00.000-07:00

Excuse the side yard, we are still purging items and it looks a mess. But.. focus your eyes on the paint..

WHAT A DIFFERENCE!! I LOVE IT!!

Colors: Dunn Edwards Paint

Trim- Walnut Brown

Perimeter: Navajo White

Porch, we plan on either epoxying the concrete or tiling it with Travertine.

Front of the house, We will be getting rid of the blue canopy thing above T's Window. Just haven't done it yet. Next up is our Landscaping!! Can not wait!!

Side of the house

We also ripped up the ugly green carpet that was in our entry way, what a difference that made as well!! We are thinking of epoxying it to much the colors we have for paint using the pebble look

Onto Tristan's Garden. I purchased this little kit at Home depot when we were doing all the painting of rooms. I really didn't think we would do anything right away, but T and I had a free moment to go ahead and start this.

T decorated the top of the canister with Cars Stickers. He was mighty proud, even though I did the work. Sheesh.. Well he put the stickers on himself.

and about 2 weeks later this is what sprouted.. for some reason, not all of them sprouted, so I might have messed up or didn't push the seeds deep enough into the soil. Anyway. We have some growage and hopefully once we transfer these, they will continue to grow.. I will keep you updated.

Mother Feck myself

2011-04-08T10:31:00.000-07:00

I've been using this term a lot lately!! Not gonna Lie it feels good to scream it out! Even if it is - ya know to myself!!
So like I said I had a Dr's appt on Tues, It went Great. I guess.. Baby M is great, Kicking up a storm even the Dr. was able to the feel the action, Quite funny actually. Its like he knows when someone is messing around with the Bell-ah.. He kicked her right where she put the Doppler.. Feisty little thing!
I also got yelled at, lets not sugar coat this.. I'm up another 8lbs. WTF Pull my hair out are you kidding me!! Yea thats more than likely what came out of my mouth when she told me. Anyway- ladies and gents that puts me up 20lbs!! UMMMM Problem I am ONLY 23 Weeks prego here!! This causes some problems, maybe not for M in total, but for my own well being!! I have 17 weeks to go and 17 more ish pounds to gain, and umm Yea you get my drift here!! I am not thrilled about this AT ALL!!
So I was a bit disappointed to say the least when I left. I realize it was the end of the day, I'm bloated etc etc, but EIGHT POUNDS!!! Feck my life Literally!!   My goals are about to change, I can't exactly fast, because then I starve myself and my kid and I'm not that mean and lets face it I like food.
But my kitchen pantry and fridge are about to get an overhaul- I can't gain any more weight this month.. I was told to maintain, or at least try.
I hate being the fatty prego, I wonder if some people look at my belly and wonder.. "is she prego? or just fat?" Shoot I sometimes wonder!! I'm super self conscious as it is, I don't rock shorts, because I hate my legs, I wear capris or pants. Yep even in 120 degree weather,wonderful Az has to offer.
Which brings me to another fuck myself moment. Yesterday I was trying to be more, Who cares about what I look like, Its hot I need some shorts or skirts to get me through the summer, so I went to Old Navy and found some capris and a pair of shorts, well bermuda style shorts, not short shorts cause God who really wants to see the cellulite these legs have to offer, Not I.. so I got them on, cute, okay I can rock these, ok turn around and my mother effing spider vein that I received as a present when I was prego with T has come back with a vengeance and has now spread and is Nice and PURPLE!! Its right behind my knee on my right leg, its pretty NASTY! I can't WIN!!!! Ugghhh So that was a wrap!!
I got a few shirts, and tanks that hopefully will accentuate the prego belly and not the back rolls, with some left over fat that got pushed to the sides of my hips. =) I'll let you know how that goes.

On to some Positives:
I will be posting After photos of our casa Freshly painted.
T and I planted a Garden 2 weekends ago and I totally forgot to blog about this, it is on my 101 and I'm quite proud of our little garden. It sprouted some leaves and vines. We are growing cucumbers and tomatoes. I don't know why we got tomato's I don't even like them. But cucumbers.. YUM.. So we have to transfer them to a bigger pot since they are incubated in a little plastic thing for starters. =) Who knew I had a green thumb.. Well kinda. =)
We also received T's Decals and I'm waiting to put them up, since I have been told to wait 30 days to put anything on the walls that were just painted. I hope this works.

Other than that, Work is killing me, School is literally kicking my ass!!   I have 5 more weeks of this class then its onto Chemistry Kill me NOW.. 5 week course during summer, I think I have lost my mind!!   T is a handful, but I can't get enough of him!! Brightens my day right up!!

Baby Update - 22 Weeks

2011-04-04T14:07:00.000-07:00

How far along? 22 Weeks 2 days

Total Weight Gain? Up 13 1/2, but I go in tomorrow for actual, I probably will be so disappointed I wont post what it really is. ( I will but wont be happy about it)
Maternity Clothes? Yep, Full time. Good thing Old navy and Gap have some cute styles for Spring Summer.
Stretch Marks? just my leftovers

Sleep? Has been effing Horrible. I am up every 3 hrs to pee, then, I get cramps in my calf at night that come out of no where. Omg, I jump out of bed, like I was just stung by a bee or something. the pain is horrible
Best Moment This Week? T's room is complete, bed is put together. We got his decals which hopefully will go up this weekend.
Movement? Yep, and keep it coming- He's most active around 11am- till noon. Then active again about 2:30 ish. and at night around 8ish. Other weird thing hes riding low, so when I feel him moving around it feels like so much pressure down there (if you know what I mean) Its the weirdest feeling. I never felt T like that, T rode high for a long time at least till the end.

Food Cravings? Mexican food, can take a backseat. I really haven't had any other crazy cravings. To be honest, Heart burn turns me off a lot of things I want..
Gender? BOY

Labor signs? No thank you

Belly Button? Still in

What I Miss? Being able to eat and drink anything with out worrying about when my heartburn/indigestion is going to kick in. Seriously this pregnancy is kicking my butt in that department.

What I Am Looking Forward To? Finishing up M's Nursery. We have to see how T's decals hold up before I order M's, because his is more expensive. Going through all the little clothes I have gotten him, and that has been handed back to me from my sister.
Weekly Wisdom?
It's better to fight for something than against something. ~Author Unknown

Milestones: Making it another week is always a great Milestone.

Before Pics, some After's but not 100% done

2011-04-02T08:32:00.000-07:00

On our house, T's room and M's Room

The side, Minus Landscaping.

Backyard, taped and masked off

Side House

Front of House, No landscaping

Before on M's room

Misty Gray ugly room

M's Room after

We painted it a Behr color: Water Sprout. This wasn't my first choice, but its growing on me. It's really bright and does does not photograph well, as you can see.

I'm torn on doing window treatments.

His Crib I feel tones down the brightness, I'm hopingg once we get all the elements in this room the color will blend right in.

T's Before Room

After

Its not 100% done, We also have taken T's crib apart and converted it to a double bed "big boy bed" as we like to call to call it. so far he's slept in it 2 nights and hasn't fallen out and I haven't heard a peep out of him.
I'm waiting on his decals, once those are delivered we can put them up and I will take and share photos again.

A few NEW things

2011-03-31T10:28:00.000-07:00

First off: Baby M kicked the other day and what I mean by kicked is, I saw it through my shirt and sat and watched as he continually kicked and then about 2 minutes later got into a comfy position and and didn't feel him again until later. Seriously best moment ever! I love this part in pregnancy. When I can see and feel him moving around gives me the relief that everything is good in there. He reminds me of a puppy though, when they circle around and around there beds a million times just to find that comfy spot. That's what it feels like in my belly. Since that day, I have noticed his movements a lot more and I can tell what is what just by the kicks and hits. I know he is head down, the little flutters I feel are head, elbows and hands, the big hard hits are the ones I can see through my shirt and are definitely his Football legs.

Other happenings, that I have been posting about is T and M's rooms, I'm waiting on T's room decal to get here before I order M's decal, just to make sure the decals will at least work on the walls we currently have, if not we have to make some adjustments or not.. Who knows.. I started going through everything we have left over from T as far as baby items. It needed to be done and I probably should have waited and studied instead of gone through all the cuteness we have in store for baby M. I went through the clothes, I was handed back down from my sis that I gave to her for when she had her son, most if not all is to big for the first months, but perfect for the seasons. So that works out. I also went through the loads of stuff I have been buying. Seriously I can't help myself. I could almost tell myself that buying boy stuff is just as fun if not funner than buying girl stuff, but I would be lying to myself. I lie I must. =)

As of today the outside of our house will be completed minus the landscaping, I am so thrilled. We have a new roof, we will have a fresh coat of new paint with new colors to match the roof. Its such a great feeling to be done with this chapter. We have some work left to do on the outside, but that is mainly landscaping. Which will come soon enough.. Hopefully

So lots going on, lots of changes and new things happening. With all the stress and chaos, I'm loving it. I like Change, and I love new things!! =)

Is this thing on??!!

2011-03-29T09:49:00.000-07:00

Oiii, I think everything and I mean everything is literally or not so literally catching up to me in more ways than I would like..
School is kicking my butt, I am motivated to go, but its not the same motivation I once felt before I was pregnant. Now its just a motivation to get the Eff done and get out with whatever passing grade I can get.
Which before, I wouldn't have settled for less than a B. Now, I brought my standards down, way down. like C ish.. =/ Its passing right!! Anyway- its extremely hard to focus with all the plans and things we have going on at our house, T's birthday party planning, Nursery preparations, finishing T's room, our house the outer part is getting painted finally, its just one long NEVER ending to do list and its slowly making progress of things getting marked off which is nice, but every time one thing gets marked off another thing is added. KILL ME!!
I only have 2 months left of school :can you see huge smile: I am thrilled with this, but wait then I have 5 weeks of more school which is Chemistry and then I AM DONE!! I really thought I would have more motivation to get done, but right now all I want to do is focus on getting our house done, take T to do things, like to the park, to the Zoo etc. Instead I have to plan around when my next test is, make sure I have him in bed by 8-830 so I can study. (that's his normal time anyway) but it sucks. I'm in a guilty phase of life right now, that i feel the need to spoil the living crap out of him before baby M comes and disturbs this thing we have going on. (not literally people) Spoil I mean, spend every second I can with him, doing fun things.

On another note: we made tons of progress this weekend with T's room as well as M's Nursery. I'm excited to share some pics, but I have to make some "Me" time to do so and "me" time hardly exists, unless I'm peeing by myself, or lock myself in my room, which I end up having a follower ten seconds later.. So that doesn't work.
I'm hoping I can get some uploaded tonight and possibly share. =)

Can you believe I am halfway to the finish line, I feel like some days its taking forever, not that I need it to be rushed or anything, but then others I look at my belly and wonder where the hell it came from. "It grew so fast", I tell myself. I can only imagine what 30+ week is going to look like.. Oiii..

HAPPY TUESDAY!!!

Baby Update- 21 Weeks

2011-03-26T09:21:00.000-07:00

How far along? 21 Weeks

Total Weight Gain? I'm up 12. Books and Internet say that's normal. So I guess I will live with it. I have to add to this though. As of this morning. I am up to 13 1/2 lbs.

Maternity Clothes? Yep.. I can still rock some of my regular shirts, but I'm getting quite comfy in maternity jeans and shirts. As long as I don't look like a tent, then I am good

Stretch Marks? just my leftovers

Sleep? has been pretty good, except, my groin are, my legs bother me- I have been sleeping with a pillow in between my legs. I still get up 1-2 times to pee though.
Best Moment This Week? We started on T's room. He now has a brand new blue room. We just have to finish up getting the decals, and shelves put back up- Hopefully this weekend. Oh and getting his new bed.

Movement? Yep, and keep it coming- He's most active around 11am- till noon. Then active again about 2:30 ish. and at night around 8ish. Other weird thing hes riding low, so when I feel him moving around it feels like so much pressure down there (if you know what I mean) Its the weirdest feeling. I never felt T like that, T rode high for a long time at least till the end.

Food Cravings? Mexican food- STILL Mexican food I love it. I can't help it. I'm seriously not sure what my obsession is with Mexican food, only thought.. The CHEESE.. Not good on my hips or thighs, but definitely yummy in my tummy.

Gender? BOY

Labor signs? No thank you

Belly Button? Still in

What I Miss? Being able to eat and drink anything with out worrying about when my heartburn/indigestion is going to kick in. Seriously this pregnancy is kicking my butt in that department.
What I Am Looking Forward To? Finishing T's room, Possibly starting in on M's nursery. We got his crib and bedding in.
Weekly Wisdom?
It's better to fight for something than against something. ~Author Unknown

Milestones: Making it another week is always a great Milestone.

Baby Update- 20 Weeks with Pics

2011-03-19T08:00:00.000-07:00

How far along? 20 Weeks

Total Weight Gain? Sad to say, I am actually up 12 lbs!! :holdsheadinshame: *I haven't even checked the scale since last Sat. I'm pretty bummed about this weight gain. I'm just hoping I'm not gaining anymore.

Maternity Clothes? Yep.. I can still rock some of my regular shirts, but I'm getting quite comfy in maternity jeans and shirts. As long as I don't look like tent, then I am good

Stretch Marks? just my leftovers

Sleep? has been super crappy- i can not get comfortable. I find it harder to get into a comfortable position. I'm really not that big, but once I get comfortable, I get hot.. ughhh..

Best Moment This Week? We took T to Disneyland. Funnest place Ever!!!

Movement? Yep, and keep it coming- He's most active around 11am- till noon. Then active again about 2:30 ish.

Food Cravings? Mexican food- STILL Mexican food I love it. I can't help it. I'm seriously not sure what my obsession is with Mexican food, only thought.. The CHEESE.. Not good on my hips or thighs, but definitely yummy in my tummy.

Gender? BOY

Labor signs? No thank you

Belly Button? Still in

What I Miss? Being able to drink a Beer, stay up passed 9 Pm, and do whatever we want on the weekends, lately its been either studying, or house projects.

What I Am Looking Forward To? We are going to get started on T's room. We decided to keep him in his original room. So we have to Primer the walls and get ready for his new paint. I'm hoping to also go and purchase his brand new Big Boy Mattress this weekend or next.
Weekly Wisdom?
It's better to fight for something than against something. ~Author Unknown

Milestones: Making it another week is always a great Milestone.

Disneyland!!!

2011-03-16T20:37:00.000-07:00

We got back from Disneyland late Monday night. I wish we could of stayed longer. One day is just to little of time. John and I had a blast with T though. It was fun to take him on the rides and see the sights. He was able to meet Mickey and could not stop talking about him the entire time. We also were able to meet, Woody and Jesse, Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore and Tiger. As well as Pluto. There were tons of people there. Of course I wasn't expecting anything less, the only thing I really noticed was how inconsiderate and rude people were and can be. Especially about their kids. I found myself shaking my head at people like "really", Who the hell taught you manners!? Apparently No one!!
All in all we had a great one day trip and I'm not sure if T will ever remember it, but I have pictures to prove that he was there. I hope to take him back in a few years with his brother. I would like to take him to Lego land next year, by then he should be big enough to ride the rides.
And now for the pictures... =)

Mickey was the only Character he would even go by and even then you can see that he was kind of pushing him away.. so funny.

Mickey Ears, Custom Made with his name on the back.

Of Course he has to be picking his nose and the only pics John got..

Daddy and T

Mommy's Favorite Winnie the Pooh Character. Eeyore

T was being shy and Eeyore lightened the mood.

I took tons of pictures, but I'm not going to be able to post them all.

I'm excited to make a small album for T to have. I saved the ticket stubs and some of the items we got as souvenirs.

101 in 1001 Goals Updated

2011-03-16T14:51:00.000-07:00

**FINALLY*

Man- who knew goals were so hard to reach??!! Apparently they are. but every goal I get to is an accomplishment in my book and something I get to look back on a say yep, we were able to do that!
So a few updates to add to this sucker.

17. Get a Pedicure once a month
Completed!! I was able to get one last month, and I got one this last weekend.

21. Go back to School –June 2010 1st class Completed Math, 2nd Class Completed 12/2010 Bio 156 Taking third Class Completed, 4th Class: Bio 201- to be completed May 2011, 5th Class: Chm 130 & Lab to be completed Summer 2011-
After these last two classes I will be able to get on the wait list for the nursing. Super excited and hoping this will all work out. I've been running into a few snags and hangups, but I'm pushin through.

75. Take Tristan to Disney land- this is being planned for March-2011 Completed 03/2011
We had such a blast. It was a short and sweet Vacay- but well worth the memories.

Baby Update- 19 Weeks

2011-03-12T08:05:00.000-08:00

How far along? 19 Weeks

Total Weight Gain? Sad to say, I am actually up 12 lbs!! :holdsheadinshame:
Maternity Clothes? I am officially out of my regular jeans and rockin maternity jeans full time, So last week I said I just looked fat, Umm this week I must of popped, because even trying to hold in my belly, it fights me and sticks out.. and its round!! Woohoo.. I'm carrying really low though..which is weird.

Stretch Marks? just my leftovers

Sleep? is honestly better, its been super nice in AZ so we have had or windows open for the most part. I get up 1-2 times a night to pee and that's about it.

Best Moment This Week? We well ah hemm I bought the crib..

Movement? Yep, and keep it coming- He's been getting stronger and stronger.
Food Cravings? Mexican food- STILL Mexican food I love it. I can't help it. I'm seriously not sure what my obsession is with Mexican food, only thought.. The CHEESE.. Not good on my hips or thighs, but definitely yummy in my tummy.

Gender? BOY

Labor signs? No thank you

Belly Button? Still in

What I Miss? Being able to drink a Beer, stay up passed 9 Pm, and do whatever we want on the weekends, lately its been either studying, or house projects.

What I Am Looking Forward To? We are going to California on Sunday and then Monday we are taking T to Disneyland.. I can't even explain to you how excited I am!!

Weekly Wisdom?
It's better to fight for something than against something. ~Author Unknown

Milestones: Making it another week is always a great Milestone.

How Zantac saved me!!

2011-03-08T06:39:00.000-08:00

Literally- I have been suffering with the worst heartburn and indigestion someone could possibly suffer from!
It not only felt like a burning ring of fire in my mouth and throat, I was hurting in my chest.
I thought I posted about this, but as I look back I do not see it. Well moving on, I thought for sure I was having a heart attack, only to find out that it was definitely indigestion, mixed with some anxiety. I was just starting school, with what I thought was going to be the hardest class of my life to pass.. da da dum,, MATH!! Yea right, I would take that class again in a heartbeat especially over this class I am taking now! Anyhow.. I was getting the same exact symptoms then, that I am getting now and I wasn't prego.. So the culprit was the high stress levels of this class, mixed with anxiety!! Well now, I am prego, suffer from heartburn, high stress of going to school and trying to pass "the hardest class of my life". Mix all those together and you get.. Heart burn + Indigestion + me sleeping in a recliner+ mucho pain and tears and no relief!! UNTIL, My trusty friend over here.. recommend ZANTAC- I was actually being stubborn and trying to wait for my stupid PCP to call me back with what they gave me when I went in June. Well they never called and I suffered miserably all day. I finally couldn't take it. So I went to Walgreens at 8 last night and picked up some Zantac, I didn't even wait till I got home to pop one. I didn't feel relief right away, but I went home, got ready for bed, made a make shift recliner in my bed and before I knew it I was fast asleep, I woke up at 2 am to go pee and found myself no longer in the upright position and I was so super comfy!! It was amazing!! I was scared to fall back asleep lying flat, so I propped myself with 2 pillows and slept so great the rest of the night- my alarm went off at 5:15am and I snoozed for an extra 30 min. relishing in the fact that I was no longer in pain, and I actually got some much needed sleep!!

This Momma, gives props to Zantac!!
Thank you lord!!

Disney Land and some other stuff..

2011-03-07T12:01:00.000-08:00

WE are GOING TO DISNEY LAND!! I couldn't be more excited and happy about this. T really has no clue! None.. He knows we are going, we have been talking about it, but he keeps telling me we are going to see Monster Trucks.. Not so much Kiddo.
John has a car show that he goes to every year in Cali, so I decided to lets just bang this last trip for us in that same weekend, which also happens to be my Spring Break!! Umm PERFECT!!
So John is leaving Sat, with all of his club members. T and I have a B-day Party to hit up on Sat along with some last minute errands to run and then Sunday we are heading up to the Show - its about 5 hrs away. We plan to pick John up in Lake Perris and then head out to Anaheim which is about another hour. Monday we head to Disney Land!! I simply just can not wait!! This will be our last family trip as 3 and I definitely wanted it to be special!! What better way to do that, than by going to the "happiest place on earth?"
I plan to be the paparazzi with T, and take in every single moment with him!!

Before this trip though, I have to get ready for my 2nd Practical for this Anatomy Class and its on all the muscles, I seriously want to give up sometimes, but I just keep pushing. I have to get a C or better on this Practical. Right now I am averaging a 75.6 in this class, UNACCEPTABLE to me!! I also have an article that is due on Friday worth 50 points, so I'm hoping for some good grades to leave with. That would absolutely make my weekend!!

After this weekend though, we will be starting T's new room remodel. I'm pretty excited. Some new paint, some Monster trucks, dirt bikes and a big boy bed!! Yep T is movin on up to a BIG BOYS Room!! =) Lots of work ahead for us, but well worth it. After that we start in n the Baby's Nursery!!
I never realized how much work goes into having two kids, and yet one is still baking, not even here yet!! Sheesh..

Baby Update - 18 weeks

2011-03-06T07:56:00.000-08:00

How far along? 18 Weeks 1 day

Total Weight Gain? Up a total of 7 per my scale. and we won't discuss what Dr's scale says until Wed. when I go in.
Maternity Clothes? I am officially out of my regular jeans and rockin maternity jeans full time, although I still don't look prego, I look more fat, with a muffin top.. which sucks!!
Stretch Marks? just my leftovers

Sleep? is honestly better, its been super nice in AZ so we have had or windows open for the most part. I get up 1-2 times a night to pee and that's about it.
Best Moment This Week? We confirmed that baby is a BOY. That's always fun. We made some, well I made some final decisions on the nursery. Just have to get things ordered.
Movement? Yep, as oof 18 weeks, baby boy is surely letting me know he's in there. He's been kicking and hitting for awhile, but these movements and feelings are getting a lot stronger as the weeks go by.
Food Cravings? Mexican food- STILL Mexican food I love it. I can't help it. I'm seriously not sure what my obsession is with Mexican food, only thought.. The CHEESE.. Not good on my hips or thighs, but definitely yummy in my tummy.

Gender? BOY

Labor signs? No thank you

Belly Button? Still in

What I Miss? Being able to drink a Beer, stay up passed 9 Pm, and do whatever we want on the weekends, lately its been either studying, or house projects.
What I Am Looking Forward To? We go in on Wed for what would have been our Gender Scan, but because little man decided to be stubborn he let us in on the goods early. I am excited to just to see him again.
Weekly Wisdom?
“For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

Milestones: Making it another week is always a great Milestone.

I feel Relief and Accomplishment *Updated with Pics

2011-02-28T09:07:00.000-08:00

and I am so happy about this.. Its like things are finally getting marked off our never ending TO DO list around our house.
This weekend the guys came over and finished up putting the under boards under the awnings, as well as putting wood up under neath our porch and my husband and his friend filled the insides full of cellulose for insulation. I can't wait to be able to have people over to show it off. We have to get our grass green again first though(husband is working on that) Its pretty nifty looking. We still have to stain it and seal it.
We also wired the porch for some fans during the summer. Put up our new light fixtures and the new fans we purchased this weekend. I will take pics and post.
The outside is pretty much complete. We are waiting on our final check from the ins. company to go ahead with the paint and that will put the final touches on the outside. After that we have to start saving up again for llandscaping (told you it was never ending)

I also decided to get crazy and re touch up our walls that John had patched and repaired some holes form like two months ago. Our walls looked horrible where I had my pictures hung, as well as our guest bathroom. Our Mirror fell out of the wall in the bathroom, we knew this would happen eventually because where I wanted it placed was not within a stud. That only took about 3 years for it to fall out and leave a gaping hole, Our towel rack had fallen out to, i think someone honestly used it as leverage while getting into or out of the shower, not mentioning any names.
So I couldn't take it anymore and decided to just tackle it- although I despise painting. How can you blame me after painting and putting my sweat and tears into that place I never wanted to paint again. But I couldn't just leave it with half white walls and half colored. The finished product is.. I have my wall back to normal and my bathroom, back up and looking like normal, minus the mirror and towel holder. Those will have to be installed this weekend and I have to find a new mirror.
I also, decided to repaint my baseboards, okay SOME of the baseboards, okay well like the front entry the walkway and some of the hallway. That shit is hard to do, time consuming and huge PAIN In the ass. As soon as I started I thought to myself. FUCK!!! Why did I do this!! :bangs head on wall: Oh well, they do look 10 times better than before so I'm happy with that, I'm going to try and tackle more this weekend, before I get to big and can't.
Needless to say, we had a great weekend of doing house projects!! YAY us.. Now onto the 50 other things we need to accomplish before baby comes.

Ohhh and I also got to work on my Photog Skills - I was able to take some Pics of one of our friends Baby. He is absolutely adorable and I got some great shots.
I have those pics so I will post a few of them.

Please do not use these pictures for your use before asking permission. I own the rights to these pictures.

Thank you

Anyone want to let me know how to do a watermark image? I can't figure it out for the life of me.

Baby Update - 17 weeks with Pics

2011-02-26T12:38:00.000-08:00

How far along? 17 Weeks

Weight Gain? So I almost fell off the table when the nurse told me how much I gained. 10lbs.. Umm NOT Okay!! I told you I was hogging down the carbs. I think that weight gain is not totally correct though. First of all it was at the end of the day. In the morning when I weighed myself I was up 5lbs from the 2lbs I gained in total 7lbs. I'm going to stick with that because I am no where near the weight she told me at the office and that includes todays weigh in.

Maternity Clothes? I am still stubbornly fitting my ass into my regular jeans. BUT as stubborn as I would like to be and remain in my regular jeans, I really don't this is going to happen for much longer, like this weekend. My poor regular jeans have had it.
Stretch Marks? just my leftovers

Sleep? is horrible, I'm not gonna lie. With everything going on. I'm stressed so when I do sleep I'm up every 3-4 hours having to pee, then having a terrible time getting back to sleep.

Best Moment This Week? Reconfirming that our Baby is a BOY!!
and I got an 81 on Exam #2

Movement? Yep. I'm still in shock that I can actually feel him/her. Like I have to stop what I'm doing just to make sure it is in fact the baby and not just those glitches, or gas. I have been getting some pretty awesome responses when I push in on my belly. Its kind of funny.

Food Cravings? Mexican food- STILL Mexican food I love it. I can't help it.

Gender? We went ahead and annouced what it was due to me having another U/S at my last checkup. We just decided there was really no point in us holding out.

Labor signs? No thank you

Belly Button? Still in

I Miss? Being able to stay up passed 9 pm and watching movies with the hubs instead of either passing out or studying.

What I Am Looking Forward To? Going to Disney Land- I think we have decided to just go. So for Spring break we are going to Disney Land, So excited to be able to take T on one last hooray before his baby brother steals the lime light.
Weekly Wisdom?
“For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

Milestones: Making it another week is always a great Milestone.

The Big Reveal

2011-02-25T08:54:00.000-08:00

Since we have known since the 12 week scan. I will reveal earlier than March 9th. Reasons we were wanting to wait, one because last time with T, we were told he was a she and it turned out BOY 3 weeks later, so I was pretty dispappionted. Not with having a Boy, because I wouldnt change it for anything now, but being able to relish in the fact that I was a having girl for 3 long weeks was great, I got used to it. I was COMFORTABLE. .
Then we went in again, and a penis flashed acrossed the screen. I cried. I'll be honest I did. Like i said though. NOW I wouldnt change it for the world! Second reason being, My Mom she loves going to the scans and of course likes to be the first to know. So I texted her yesterday on my way home and said are you sure you want to wait or so you want to know now? I thought for sure she would say wait, but curiosity killed the Cat and she wanted in!! So I texted her the pic. She is super excited. This is going to make 11 Boys, 1 girl- 12 Grand Children, and she has one Great Grandchild due in October. Wheww. she's a busy Grandma
So onto this reveal.

We are having a

BOY

and it is 100% confirmed.

Yesterday I went in for my normal check up. This baby is a mover for sure. So when the Dr. tried to listen to his heart, he wasn't having it. She could see the BpM but couldnt hear it. BPM was 176(really high Huh?)
So I had slyly said op I guess i need an U/S.. hee hee.So they got me in and first thing the tech asked was if I wanted a sneak peek, UM YES!!!
She got one!! Its all boy, no denying this guy his goods =P
His name will be MICAH CHRISTIAN - We have liked Micah since before T was born and said if we ever had another boy it would be Micah. Christian is after John. I love the name Christian and it fits perfectly. =) I do have some reservations about the name, only because of how popular it has become. Every where we go all I hear is Micah.. I don't want our kid to have the same name as 5-10 people in his class, like I did, like John did.
John is pretty set on Micah. and I am too. Kinda.

Sunday Funday!!

2011-02-23T19:02:00.000-08:00

I wrote this 2 weeks ago.. Sorry for the delay..

Sunday was such a fun day. Such an amazing weekend here in Az. 80's can I get a HECK YES!! I wish it was like this everyday. I can take 80's!!

We had a Car show that we attended last weekend. Nice weather means tons of outdoor activities including Car Shows. We attend this show every year, rain or shine and this year was nothing short of amazing weather!

T and I ventured out to meet up with Daddy since he was already there with his club members. They had some bouncy houses, I wish his b-day wasn't in July because its just so darn hot and we can't do those outside, that would be like an inferno trying to jump in there but my point is that T loves those. Of course they had tons of vehicles as well as some food, drinks and the bud light I was watching everyone down and me standing there drooling over it. 5 more months 5 more months.. =)

Anyway - this is going to turn into more of a picture post than anything. So enjoy. I have been trying to get more of a feel for my camera and not let people get in my way of taking pics. Some people like to knock the picture takers, and I just need to learn to let go and have fun with it.

HA.. I got more of the kids than I did of our vehicles. Oops.
Some of these I edited, some of them are just straight from my camera.

Busy Weekend

2011-02-21T12:40:00.000-08:00

Wow, what a crazy busy weekend we had, and to be honest I feel like we didn't get anything done or really do anything.

Sat. We had about 5 birthday parties we were invited to. Yea that wasn't about to happen. So I chose to only go to two and unfortunately only made it to one. It was super windy and rainy here this weekend. So being outside and running around with T is not my thing.

My Nephew and his cousin turned ONE this weekend. They are 3 days apart. So neat!!
So since I'm working on my photography skills, I brought my nifty camera and started shooting away!
I got some really great shots. So here is a few pics I took and edited myself.. I'm still a beginner so don't get to crazy with the criticism.

Uriah is my Nephew - Turned One Feb 16..

My Cutie patootie chompin on Cup Cakes

Pink Cupcakes for the Birthday Girl

Uriah and I

Birthday Boy and Girl.

Emmie Tuned One on Feb 19th

My Sister and Uriah

Sunday- I was busy studying for Exam #2 that's on Tues. Hopefully I can rock this exam and breathe easy for another week or so, because after this exam its Practical #2 and we all know how I did on Practical #1..
If you don't - I did HORRIBLE!! =(

Anyway - I had a great weekend, I do wish we could slow down some and do stuff around our house and do things together. Right now its just hectic.. We will get there. =)

Baby Update 16 Weeks

2011-02-19T08:00:00.000-08:00

How far along? 16 Weeks

Total Weight Gain? Officially up 2lbs - Unofficially 4lbs. but I do feel like I have been eating like a cow. I will find out for sure at my next Dr's appt- Feb 24th =)

Maternity Clothes? I am still stubbornly fitting my ass into my regular jeans. At least until I get the round belly a little more.and well the stupid Maternity jeans fit better.

Stretch Marks? just my leftovers

Sleep? is horrible, I'm not gonna lie. With everything going on. I'm stressed so when I do sleep I'm up every 3-4 hours having to pee, then having a terrible time getting back to sleep.

Best Moment This Week? None really, besides being able to feel the baby squirm around more.

Movement? Yep. I'm still in shock that I can actually feel him/her. Like I have to stop what I'm doing just to make sure it is in fact the baby and not just those glitches, or gas. I have been getting some pretty awesome responses when I push in on my belly. Its kind of funny.
Food Cravings? Mexican food- STILL Mexican food I love it. I can't help it.

Gender? Get back to this at 18-20 weeks- The tech at our U/S made a hunch. so we will find out for sure on March 9th at our Gender scan

Labor signs? No thank you

Belly Button? Still in

What I Miss? Being able to stay up passes 9 pm and watching movies with the hubs instead of either passing out or studying.
What I Am Looking Forward To? I'm really looking forward to our gender scan. I can't wait to be able to confirm what we are having so we can announce it instead of knowing and not being able to say what it is!!

Weekly Wisdom?
“For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

Milestones: Making it another week is always a great Milestone.

The confession post

2011-02-17T07:11:00.000-08:00

Where I confess that:

I am an emotional wreck lately, more so about school, work and the fact that I can't fit in my jeans but I'm making myself fit in my jeans at the expense of being uber uncomfortable!

I cry at the drop of a hat, it sucks I hate it. I feel like that girl in the hallmark commercial who was bawling for nothing. Yep that's me!! The box of tissues has been lined up inside my house and its definitely not because we have colds, its because everything makes me cry! It probably all started when I bombed my first Practical for this semester. I got a 66.. Not even remotely cool. Who gets a damn 66 on there practical?? Me apparently. I saw my grade and without hesitation the tears started coming. Uncontrollable tears!! =(

I think some of it has to do with the work that's going on around our house to. We had our roof redone last week, and it looks amazing, except now we are waiting on the painters and Ughh guess who threw a wrench in that plan?? Stupid effing rain. So our house looks like the white trash house that never was finished!! oiiii..
The inside of my house, ok so if you know me, my house for the most part stays immaculate. John thinks I'm a bit over obsessive about the cleanliness of my house. I can't help it. I like walking on the tile and having clean feet when I put them up, usually if I feel dirt I whip out the vacuum!! HA!! bring me to now. Where I have ZERO time with school, work, trying to keep T from destroying every room in my house with toys. My floors are a mess, I haven't mopped in about 2 months (I know make snarky remarks), things at my house tend to have taken the back back seat. I try to do a quick overhaul every 2 weeks or so just to get that fresh feeling. Its not the same! It sucks I hate it.

We have 5 months before Cheez it arrives and I'm desperately afraid we wont have everything done that IS supposed to be done before his/her arrival. I hate that feeling as well. I realize he/she will be sleeping in our room for about 3 months, but seriously having 2 kids is not going to help the equation of getting things done.

So now you and I can both see why I am so damn emotional. Well that and hormones I'm sure. Hopefully Cheez it is a girl, because with these many emotions going on, it better not be a boy.

Baby Update - 15 Weeks

2011-02-13T07:30:00.000-08:00

How far along? 15 Weeks 1 day

Total Weight Gain? Officially up 2lbs - Unofficially 4lbs. but I do feel like I have been eating like a cow.
Maternity Clothes? I am still stubbornly fitting my ass into my regular jeans. At least until I get the round belly a little more.and well the stupid Maternity jeans fit better.
Stretch Marks? just my leftovers

Sleep? I haven't been sleeping as well as I was, I'm up 2-3 times peeing and then I get hot/cold

Best Moment This Week? Other than getting a B on my Exam nothing Really. Because I bombed my Practical we just took
Movement? Yes maam.. and I'm loving it- its not the full on movement I can not wait for, but it is the flutter kicks, and twinges along with rolling action. Just by seeing the little stinker and how much it was wiggling in there pretty much confirms my feeling of movement.

Food Cravings? Mexican food- Holy Yummyness
Gender? Get back to this at 18-20 weeks- The tech at our U/S made a hunch. so we will find out for sure on March 9th at our Gender scan

Labor signs? No thank you

Belly Button? Still in

What I Miss? Bud Light.. and now my cute Buckle Jeans, those are going to have to sit in the closet and wait patently for my return.

What I Am Looking Forward To? Our Gender scan, and possibly heading to Disneyland in March

Weekly Wisdom? “If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do much of anything" Win Boredon

Milestones: Making it another week is always a great Milestone.

One thing I really want for this baby

2011-02-12T10:00:00.000-08:00

For me and for baby.. That I can't technically register for. I will more than likely end up buying myself.

Diaper Bag:

I have been wanting a Petunia Pickle Bottom since T was like 6 months old. They are so super cute and fashionable. But I held back because we had a perfectly good diaper bag that we registered for and I was also given a Juicy Couture Diaper bag about 2 weeks after T was born, which was so super cute. So I could not, not use those. But you can bet your butt I was constantly drooling over anyone who did have a petunia.

So now with this second baby, I really want one. I love them, did I say that already! I hope I can get one.
(hint hint, wink wink) Anyone, Anyone...

Black Currant

Glazed Evening in Innsbruck

I really am liking both of these Boxy Back packs, The bottom one is the brand new Spring Collection 2011. The top one is the one I have been eyeing like candy for about 2 yrs.

I also like the Touring Tote. I just don't know which one would be best, for two kids. I'm not just worried about one kid - I have two that i plan on using this bag for. Right now T upgraded from a diaper bag to his own backpack, but guess who has to carry it? ME!!! So instead of carrying two diaper bags and my purse, I would like to just carry one bag maybe two that includes my purse.
The totes I like:

Black Currant

Night Blooming Roll

iPhone or Droid???

2011-02-11T08:00:00.000-08:00

Which one would you get?

Our upgrade is coming up here at work and we get to pick new phones, with all this hype about the IPhone I'm kinda wanting one. But Really is it all that and a bag of chips?? At one point the Droid was better than a bag of chips. So I'm kinda of confused as to what to get. I don't want to make the bad decision and get a piece of shit phone like I currently own. Ah heemm Blackberry Storm. I hate this phone more than I hate fish! (all this food talk is making me hungry) Anyway-
So I'm really undecided, I'm in the Verizon network. So the up side to the IPhone is that it would be in a 4G network, Droid would be in the 3G network (same as crusty old POS phone I have now).
My dilemma is, is do I really need the IPhone? With all the apps and capabilities, I just don't know if I would use it to its full extent.. I would like to have it just to say I have it, but then Why if I'm not going to "use" it then why waste the money?
So I need help in deciding.. People who have Droids, I would appreciate you leaving a comment and telling me why and why not to get it. and to people who currently have the IPhone either through AT&T or Verizon, please tell me Why and Why not I should have this phone? I would really appreciate it. =)
Also, I plan on possibly working from home part time after baby #2 comes, its in the works so I need a phone that could hold up for personal and business.

A post about Little Man.

2011-02-10T14:04:00.000-08:00

Since all I have been blogging about lately is pregnancy and Cheez it.
Little Man, better known as T, Little T, Munchkin, Mommas boy. He is doing great. I think I love him more and more as each day passes. Although I love him ALOT, but my love for him just continues to grow.
T is 31 months old as of yesterday or 2 1/2 for those that don't go by months. He's going to be 3 in 5 short months. I can't even believe he has been with us for this long and hes the most lovable, kick back, huggable little boy. I'm just glad I haven't ruined him yet.. =P Now he does drive me insane sometimes and I wonder when this phase will pass only to go onto a new phase and wonder holy shit when is this phase going to pass?? Nonetheless we pass each phase and we come out kickin, so I think we are good.

T is a talking monster. He says things that just amaze me and learns new things that i underestimate him with. Things I didn't know he could know by now. He's very smart and charming but he also has a very stubborn side.
He loves, I mean loves trucks.tractors.dirt bikes.sand rails.daddysbigtruck.Mommy's isn't as cool,he told me. Now if I could just get him to love the potty chair and go in it, that would be amazing!! Slowly but surely. I am hoping to have him potty trained by the time Cheez it comes. I had wanted to start in Jan but held back. one because of everything that was going on within our lives at home, work and school starting- YEA no way was the potty training going to happen. So then I said Feb. I can do Feb. Ehh no go. So I'm shooting for April. I am hoping for a bit of a slower month in April, it will be nice out to where I could probably do the naked thing outside. any suggestions??

T is not a morning person, he likes to snuggle with us in the morning when he wakes and drinks his OJ. Once he wakes fully then its time to play. This has to be one of my most favorite moments with him. I love laying in bed with him - he snuggles right up against my chest or right under my neck and just lays there. I will tickle his neck and he will giggle a little and close his little eyes again and drift off. In the mornings if i have to leave early -if he's up by then he tells me "Mommy lay down!" MAN do I wish I could.

After daycare on the days I pick him up. I get the MOMMMYYYY, Love that!! What mother doesn't? Then he proceeds to tell me about his day, half I understand, half I don't and pretend I do. I love this time to, because its just me and him and I take him to the park or let him play out back. Because when daddy comes home, Forget Mommy!! Literally. He is all about Daddy right now. Daddy takes him outside as well but into the Garage!! Where his dirt bike is, and where boys do boy things.

The last 31 months have been amazing with T. He is my love muffin and I absolutely could not picture my life without his smile or the things he says while we are out that embarrass me. I love all those moments.
We told Tristan that he was going to have a brother or sister and asked him whichh one he wanted - he said SISTER!! Lets hope he's right, because I would love a little girl. I do go back and forth though. I think two boys would be absolutely perfect! I see myself with two boys. Still longing for that little girl though.

Refusal to Wear Maternity Jeans

2011-02-09T08:58:00.000-08:00

Seriously- I don't know what to do. I know I can't possibly squeeze my ass let alone my belly into my jeans any longer, I have become that girl who lays on the bed to button my pants and while getting up prays that the button doesn't pop off. I put on my first pair of maternity jeans the other day and I hate them. I am 14 weeks and with T I was 18-19 weeks if I remember correctly. I found some really awesome jeans to wear and they fit so great. They were from GAP and now GAP no longer sells "those" jeans. =(
So I browsed Old Navy in hopes of finding something similar, I did kinda. Except the Jeans I got form GAP were Demi paneled and these are just elastic waist band low rise. Which I like, but what I don't like is, the fact that they are practically spandex, they fit perfect for about 20 minutes and as soon as you think they look good, they are falling off. Saggy ass and everything. I don't have the belly to hold them up just yet so I'm sure this is the problem. I just can't take it. I hate Maternity Jeans. Well for now anyway. Talk to me in a few months when I'm huge and those will become my best friend. Right now though they are my arch nemesis. Maybe I just need a smaller size, but the jeans I bought are my pre-pregnancy size, I didn't go up.
This sucks, I realize I'm at this in between phase in my pregnancy, where nothing fits, and when it does I just look like I have major muffin top or major bloating. I'm hoping something gives here soon, and hopefully my poor buckle jeans will allow my ass and belly to fill the space for a little longer with out bursting at the seams. =(
I have a bella band, that I am wearing today with my buckle jeans just in case I need to un button and to help with the flattening of muffin top. We will see how long this lasts for me.

Does anyone else have any suggestions? Ideas? Remedies?

Baby Update - 14 weeks and Pics

2011-02-06T17:29:00.000-08:00

14 Week Belly Pic

How far along? 14 Weeks 1 day

Total Weight Gain? I was up 2lbs from my last Dr's Visit, as of today I'm sure I am up like 7 because of all the dang carbs I have been eating! Seriously I don't know what happened but, my body kicked into high gear and has been wanting nothing but CARBS!! STAY AWAY CARBS!!
Maternity Clothes? Haha Ya right that didnt last much longer than the 13th week mark as of today 14 wks 1 day I have put on my first pair of Maternity jeans =( Not totally happy about this.

Stretch Marks? just my leftovers

Sleep? I haven't been sleeping as well as I was, I'm up 2-3 times peeing and then I get hot/cold

Best Moment This Week? Getting a 80% on my 1st Exam in Anatomy physiology

Movement? Yes maam.. and I'm loving it- its not the full on movement I can not wait for, but it is the flutter kicks, and twinges along with rolling action. Just by seeing the little stinker and how much it was wiggling in there pretty much confirms my feeling of movement.

Food Cravings? Mexican food/ Pizza See I told you, Carbs Yum!!

Gender? Get back to this at 18-20 weeks- The tech at our U/S made a hunch. so we will find out for sure on March 9th at our Gender scan

Labor signs? No thank you

Belly Button? Still in

What I Miss? Bud Light.. and now my cute Buckle Jeans, those are going to have to sit in the closet and wait patently for my return.

What I Am Looking Forward To? Our Gender scan, and possibly heading to Disneyland in March

Weekly Wisdom? “If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do much of anything" Win Boredon

Milestones: Making it another week is always a great Milestone.

Late Wordless Wednesday

2011-02-03T08:01:00.000-08:00

Monster Trucks 2011

At the Park

Help T out... =)

2011-01-31T11:33:00.000-08:00

I don't normally do this. I did it more when T was a baby. Anyway - I decided to take a try at it again.
Anyway - I entered him into a Parents Magazine, Photo of the Year contest.

So I'm asking if you would be so nice to go and vote for my little stud. Its really easy. Click the link and then Vote. Its as simple as that. I appreaciate your help.
I also ask because he made it to official weekly line up. Who knows what that exactley means, but it would be cool to see if he progresses. =)

Thanks- Mommi T.

Please Vote Here: Tristan

Baby Update - 13 weeks

2011-01-29T22:12:00.000-08:00

How far along? 13 Weeks
Total Weight Gain? So just for the sakes of keeping my sanity and well making me feel better, I am gladly going to go off of what my Dr's Scale says! I am officially up 2lbs!! Hallefreakinlujah!!! Can you see my excitement. I thought for sure she was going to say like 10-15lbs. That's what I feel like. Ok ok maybe not that much, but like 5-10lbs I thought for sure that was going to come out of her mouth!! I am so excited I only gained 2 lbs.. I feel like I can maintain this and only gain about 20-25lbs this pregnancy.. Talk to me in the 2nd and 3rd tri.. hahah =)

Maternity Clothes? Nope thanks to my only 2lb weight gain I am proudly still rockin my jeans. They are a little snug, but I think I can get another 2-3 weeks?? Maybe, we will see when my belly decides to pop. Its getting really hard down in that region

Stretch Marks? just my leftovers
Sleep? I ha vent been sleeping as well as I was, I'm up 2-3 times peeing and then I get hot/cold

Best Moment This Week?Our NT scan of the baby. So good to see the heart beat, and he/she fluttering away in there.

Movement? Yes maam.. and I'm loving it- its not the full on movement I can not wait for, but it is the flutter kicks, and twinges along with rolling action. Just by seeing the little stinker and how much it was wiggling in there pretty much confirms my feeling of movement.

Food Cravings? Mexican food.. Yum!!

Gender? Get back to this at 18-20 weeks- The tech at our U/S made a hunch. so we will find out for sure on March 9th at our Gender scan

Labor signs? No thank you

Belly Button? Still in

What I Miss? Bud Light

What I Am Looking Forward To? Our Gender scan, and possibly heading to Disneyland in March
Weekly Wisdom? “If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do much of anything" Win Boredon

Milestones: Makinf it another week is always a great Milestone.

Great Day and Great Ultrasound

2011-01-26T11:44:00.000-08:00

I had my 2nd Ultrasound this morning. It was a NT scan of the baby- I more so, get this u/s for the mere reason of being able to see our babe in 3D and in 4D real time. Its so fun to see whats going on in there. I also like the peace of mind of making sure everything is ok, genetically that is. Even if something did come back wrong we would be prepared for it when the baby was born.
Anyway- I love ultrasounds, if you have ever had one you will know why and what I'm talking about. The mere excitement of seeing the baby wiggling all around melts my heart! Makes life come into full perspective and makes me feel like what I am doing is truly a blessing. =) As stressed out as I may get!

Our NT scan went perfectly, they measured the back of baby's neck for the fluid, the more fluid their is the worse off you are for probability, The baby had 1.3 within normal range and that is 0-3. Anything above is a sign of something wrong. Could be minor could be major.
The baby has two hands, two of the cutest little feet and toes, a happy healthy heart and the cutest little button nose.
I did ask the Dr. about a heart murmur. When T was born our Pedia diagnosed him with having a heart murmur, we had to take him to a cardiologist a week after he was born and that had to be the most stressful time of my life. I never expected that to happen and scared the living shit out of me!
He ended up being diagnosed with a "innocent" heart murmur and was released. Thank God!!
So just for precaution I asked if they were able to see anything. The Dr. basically told me the baby's heart looks great, but at our next U/S they will do another anatomy scan and do a full scan of the baby's heart. As the baby grows the heart grows and that's when they will start to notice if there is a problem. but as far as today and his views, the baby looks amazing. Very healthy, growing right on schedule and the heart is beating like crazy!! GREAT NEWS!!!

Our tech also made a pretty well informed hunch about the baby's gender! John and I decided to keep it mum until we find out for sure at our next u/s which will be in March right around our Anniversary.

Onto the best part- Pictures!!

I absolutely am in LOVE with this baby!! I can not wait to meet him/her in august!! All the stress, all the issues I am having with work, money and whatever else are no longer a worry when i see this baby!! This baby will be loved and spoiled just like T is and was!! =)

Mommy 2 Two Boys

Wordless Wednesday

Posts I said I would get to....

Blog Posts I will get to!!

Were I play Catch up... Hello 2012

Ohhh She's a Crafty Biatch...

4 Months Old- Micah

The Grinch or something like it

Wordless Wednesday(Photo Dump)

Sheesh, Thanksgiving is 2 days away!!

Acid Reflux<<< YOU Suck!

Micah is 3 Months

Happy Halloween

Wordless Wednesday

Happy Birthday to Me

Torticollis

2 Months Old

Holy Neglected Blog

One Month

Smiles for Friday!!

Wordless Wednesday- Picture Post

Birth Story ~ Part 2

Birth Story Part 1

Introducing

Still Waiting

My Nose is Straight!!

Baby Update- 39 Weeks & Still waiting

Plan of Action

Taking Desperate Measures

Beat up by my 3 Year old!

Baby Update- 38 weeks

Baby M's Baby Shower

Baby Update - 37 Weeks = Full term with pics

I Chopped and Colored my Hair!!

**Hospital Bag Checklist**

Tristan's 3rd Birthday

Baby Update- 36 weeks

Baby Update- 35 Weeks

Baby Update- 34 Weeks

Maternity Pics for Baby #2

Baby Update - 33 Weeks with Pics. **Updated.

Baby Update- 32 Weeks

1 Month Shy of 3 Years Old

Potty Training is not for ameretures!!! *Updated

Baby Update- 31 Weeks

Its been boring lately....

Baby Update- 30 Weeks Baked, with Pics

My Night in Triage!!

Baby Update - 29 Weeks

Holy Vomit and Shit

Baby Update - 28 Weeks

Planning Baby Showers and 3rd Birthdays.

Baby Update: 27 Weeks Entering the 3rd Tri with Pics

Some Good Happenings going on around here.

Baby Update - 26 Weeks 3days

Swooonn... Over the Big Royal Wedding

Happy Easter!!

Baby Update: 25 Weeks with Pictures

A picture post..

Me - A to Z

Baby Update- 24 Weeks

School Sucks. Pregnancy Brain at its finest.

Baby Update- 23 Weeks with Pics

After Shots of Our House/ T's Garden

*Mother Feck myself*

Baby Update - 22 Weeks

Before Pics, some After's but not 100% done

A few NEW things

*Is this thing on??!!*

Baby Update- 21 Weeks

Baby Update- 20 Weeks with Pics

Disneyland!!!

101 in 1001 Goals Updated

Baby Update- 19 Weeks

How Zantac saved me!!

Disney Land and some other stuff..

Baby Update - 18 weeks

I feel Relief and Accomplishment *Updated with Pics

Baby Update - 17 weeks with Pics

The Big Reveal

Hospital Bag Checklist

Mother Feck myself

Is this thing on??!!