Reason # 4,561 I don't want to go back to work.

I’m totally digging ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ Seriously, they are hilarious to me! And Kim, Kim is gorgeous.

They’ve been playing a marathon of episodes everyday and I’m hooked.

What am I going to do when I go back to work?

Sucks.

Big Boy

My little big boy slept in his crib for the first time last night. It was the best night of sleep I’ve had since he was born. Why? Because the kid grunts ALL night long. Really…most kids coooo and make sweet sounds…but not Hud. Oh no, he grunts, a lot. It’s so hard to sleep through. So with him being in his room I only heard the crying when it was time to eat.

Can you believe he’s already 6 ½ weeks old? I can’t!

And the crappy part of him being 6 ½ weeks old?? I have to go back to work next Wednesday. I was supposed to have 12 weeks off but not happening anymore so I’m going back. Sucks big time!

Caleb is doing good. He’s been slacking on school though. He has a hard time understanding that homework is more important then playing. I’m thinking all 4th graders have this problem though huh? He also is a ditz…and I say this with love but he is. He forgets his backpack, his homework, whatever you told him three seconds ago. But yet he can remember, in detail, what happened 5 years ago. Crazy kid.

34 Weeks

I’m exhausted. I get wore out really easy and most of the day I just want to sleep. I don’t know if my stomach, well specifically my side muscles, can stretch anymore. I don’t have any new stretch marks and the ones I had from Caleb are the same. No line down my belly either. So those are good things. There are a few funky things I’ve noticed though. My eyebrows feel the need to go down; they will not brush up for anything! I’ve tried hairspray and an eyebrow brush and nothing; they want to go down! My belly has collected quite the hair too and now it’s starting to get darker. I remember it doing the same thing with Caleb.

About a week ago the baby dropped and although I was having some contractions, the feeling of him made it feel like I was having lots. I got checked out and all is well. I can decipher the difference between him and a contraction now I think. They’re really sporadic and not consistent at all so no worries. I didn’t know that they would drop this early. I thought it was like a week or so before that they drop but he is definitely in my pelvic bone. Not comfortable at all! And last night at dinner he found my sciatic nerve, Oh My Gosh! It was a long long sleeping night.

He is still tossing and turning like there is no tomorrow. He’ll move almost three days straight and then not move much at all for like a day and a half. Crazy kid.

My baby shower is this Saturday and after that I will be ready for him to come whenever he chooses. If I had to guess he won’t wait until his due date. I can’t wait to meet him and cuddle him and nurse him and just have him around. I can’t wait to see the big brother Caleb will be. Sure it’ll be nice to do away with the discomforts of being pregnant but really, I’m just excited for him to be here.

I’m still working unfortunately. I plan to work up until he comes but it is getting harder and harder so we’ll see. I can’t wait to do away with my duty belt. I wear it under my belly but my butt doesn’t stick out enough to hold it up so I’m always holding it with my hand. I have no where else for my keys or radio though so I have to wear it.

I moved into my new house and I love it. There’s so much room!!! Plus living RIGHT next door to a park is a huge perk! Caleb loves it! I have Makayla for this week and they have fully taken advantage of it. It’s much nicer being only 32 minutes away from work compared to an hour. If we have a good relief we’re home by 6:30 in the morning, its great!

Caleb is finished with school and enjoying his summer so far. He made great grades! I’m so proud of him. Next week he gets to do a baseball camp he’s really looking forward to. It’s so hard to believe he’s going to be a fourth grader now.

Anyway that’s it for now; sorry for the delay in posts…I’ve been tired and trying to get my house together. Adios!

27 Weeks

The baby is doing good. I don’t ever remember Caleb stretching and pushing like this one does. Sometimes (a lot) he pushes so hard and it is so intense I can hardly handle it. It doesn’t hurt, it’s just so much pressure it takes my breath away. I had another ultrasound yesterday and he’s still a boy. He had no problem showing us his stuff but he sure in the heck didn’t want us to see his face. The whole time he was wiggling like crazy but refused to look at the front of my belly rather then my back. Silly kid does have a touch of my stubbornness. He weighs about 3 lbs and measured 2 weeks big…so he’s measuring 29 weeks and I’m only 27. So there’s no telling when this kid will come. I absolutely do not want to be induced at all but I don’t want a 10 lb kid. If the time comes and the doc wants to induce me so I don’t have such a big baby, which would be really hard for me. I have a fear of drugs/intervention. Don’t get me wrong, I will do what is necessary to keep the baby and myself safe, it just scares me. I think it’s used entirely too much when it isn’t needed. I have a lot of faith in my body that it knows what to do and I really hope to have him naturally. I have nothing to prove, I just don’t like that stuff. If you can’t tell my mind is starting to think about this upcoming event. I won’t lie; I’m terrified to give birth. I think with Caleb I didn’t have a clue what to expect so it didn’t faze me before hand. But now, now I’m scared.

Anyway here is my 27 week pictures.

20 Weeks

It was nice having Caleb home yesterday. I miss him so much when he’s gone. Him and I played some cards and colored. I can’t wait for time change and the weather to clear up so we can go outside and have fun! Tonight is basketball which I always enjoy watching.

 

Today I am half way through my pregnancy. I can’t believe how much time has already went by since I found out I was pregnant. S/he’s 6 inches long from butt to head and weighs about 10 oz. S/he loves to stretch out really wide which makes my belly feel like it’s going to pop....weirdest thing ever! Still can’t feel her/him on the outside....hopefully soon. I don’t remember ever having Caleb do this.

I found a neat belly band thing at Target the other day....love it! I can wear my pants still thanks to it. Hopefully I’ll be able to wear them for a while. The big day is Friday............I have my ultrasound! I’m super excited! I can’t wait for Caleb to see his baby sister or brother too! I find myself wondering what this baby will be and look like. I’m rather anxious to see how different my kids will be, yet how similar too.

18 Weeks

I’ve had this on-going head cold that just won’t go away! I’m so tired of it. It starts to let up and I think it’s going away and then it comes back stronger. There are so many people that have it and are just as irritated about it as me.

I’ve been horrible at returning emails and phone calls. I’ve never been this bad. I’m just tired, sick.

Caleb is doing great. I measured him the other day and he is 4’ 8”. My eight year old is almost 5 feet tall! And handsome as ever.

The baby is growing and move around lots. Especially at night which probably isn’t good. My kid is going to have issues with when to sleep and when to not. Ha! S/he likes to stretch out in my tummy---not the most comfortable feeling in the world. My stomach is definitely expanding. My work pants are about to go out the door and on to the next size. Along with most of my jeans!

Tomorrow is my doctor’s appointment. I’m 18 weeks as of last Monday. Can’t believe that I’m already 4 ½ months along! I will be getting back the results of my seven tubes of blood I donated---7 tubes!!!! This was the Cystic Fibrosis test, Down syndrome and pre-screening. They scared me though when they called me on Monday leaving a message to return his call.

Anyway, here are a couple pictures for you. Yes I’m lingering around in sweats and yes someday I will take a good full picture but for now…here you are.

Catch Up

My internet has been down for two weeks which has really sucked. However it’s back up and running so I can catch up on everything and make my entries.

Work is going alright. Every time I hear of all the people being laid off daily and how horrible the real estate market here is doing I’m so thankful to have this job. And I can’t say enough about the medical. I do not have to pay one thing for my pregnancy; it’s completely covered 100%.

I finally told work last week that I’m pregnant and I am not going to my training like scheduled. I will have to go after the baby comes.


Since I haven’t been able to post the baby blogs weekly, here are a few pictures to catch you up and I should be able to resume the posts on Monday/Tuesday. I’ll be 16 weeks on Monday, it’s flown by already. Which honestly I wish it wouldn’t, I want to enjoy each part and have life slow down a bit. I had the flu last Thursday which really sucked and I had to call in sick for the first time. I figured when I threw up all over my car on my way to work I’d better just stay home. I haven’t felt the baby move yet but I have had different feelings of pressure which I never felt with Caleb. It’s like I’ll have pressure on one part and then in another spot. It’s kind of cool. The doctor’s appointment went great, I heard the heart beat and my tummy measured at 15 weeks (at the time I was 14) so all is good and the baby is healthy. I have another appointment Feb 19th and then 2 ½ weeks after that I will have our ultrasound to find out if we’re having a little boy or girl. I am going to bring Caleb to the ultrasound; I think that would be really neat for him to see the baby.

14 weeks

15 weeks

I’m trying to prepare him for the baby but not overwhelm him. I am nervous about how things will go after the baby comes. Caleb has been my little boy for 8 years all by himself. He’s only had to share time with Makayla and that’s not constantly. I think every parent probably struggles with this to some degree. I don’t want to rock his world too much but it’s sort of unavoidable. I plan to keep him involved as much as he can be and make sure I have lots of time for him afterwards. He seems pretty excited about it and every week when I get the pregnancy emails he’s always curious how much the baby weight this week. That’s his thing.

So anyway I wanted to catch everyone up. Hope all is well.

So tomorrow is the big day!

I don’t know how I’ll do getting up at 5:30 every morning. Ha!

I had a great weekend. I really enjoyed my day off on Friday. I did NOTHING. It was fantastic!

Saturday night Jarred and I went to Caleb’s dad to watch the UFC fights. They were great until the end. Oh well, next time.

Today I took the kids with my mom and brother to the pumpkin patch. I was highly disappointed in it. Wimples is SO much better and next year I will definitely continue our tradition.



Well anyway, I’ll let you know how the week goes.

Oh and baby girl turned 10 on Wednesday! Isn't she a doll?

Yes we're alive!

I survived another week with two kids! Good job me!  They were like fabulous until the weekend I went camping again. And then, then they decided that they had to be as mean as possible to each other and spoil all the fun and bite each other’s heads off until their mouths were stuffed like chipmunks and then they missed each other like crazy when Makayla went back home.

Camping was kind of boring this time…Linda & Bob couldn’t go afterall and no one else could on short notice. But I did enjoy the time I spent with the kids (when they were nice).

Next week is my vacation and I am SO SO SO ready!! Nothing big planned. C and I will be spending a lot of quality time together and if he gets it his way there will be a lot of cartoons involved. And if I get it my way there will be a lot of TLC, HGTV, and some good movies involved.

This & That

I’m so happy to see Caleb tonight. It’s been too long…a whole week and a half. My niece is going to be staying a week with us and going to summer camp with Caleb. She’s totally excited. She’s a tomboy but man when she comes to my house, she gets into my hair stuff, makeup, nail polish, last night while I was playing on the computer she came out in my knee high boots and one of my dresses asking if she could wear it to church. Cracks me up.

I’m at an open house right now waiting for people to come through. I can’t wait to own a house someday; it seems so far away though. I will be on project mode galore when that time comes. Sometimes it’s so frustrating, I feel like  I work so hard but am stuck in the middle income rut. Oh well I just keep praying and working at it.

When I get back home today I am going to be in power cleaning mode! My house is showing the affects of my work week. I’m tired and out of clean clothes. I’ve been home long enough to eat, change, and sleep.

Anyway, I need to make my grocery list…have a great weekend!

Worst Vacation Ever!

This week has been crazy busy. Caleb left on Wednesday to go to Disneyland and Legoland (which I’m totally jealous about!) so I was thinking I would get to sleep in a little later, eat things without sneaking them, and finish unpacking. Well I was wrong. I’ve been going to work early, showing properties like crazy, working late, and eating when I have a chance. So much for thinking huh?

I miss the boy already and am sad I had to give up half of my week but come on, Buzz Lightyear is like 10 times cooler then me! And who wouldn’t want to go to a land of Legos???

Last time, well only time, Caleb went to Disneyland he hated every single ride and screamed his head off in them except Winnie the Poo, It’s a Small World, and The Haunted Mansion. Then he got lost for a bazillion hours (15 minutes) which stopped my heart and caused my dad and I to toss people out of the way with what felt like Godzilla power, and to top off the horrible trip, he did a back flip off the pool and had to have five staples in the top of his head. I wish his dad (and him) better luck this time.

I know you were dying to see those pictures!

Have a wonderful weekend and Happy Father’s Day Dads!