She's growing!
And here's me at 30 weeks pregnant with Hudson....
Wanna see what we did last week??
We, well no, Caleb had a bike crash. A pretty bad one. I got a call about 1/2 hour before I got off work saying Caleb had crashed his bike and the firemen were checking him out while waiting on the ambulance. Needless to say I rushed out of work as quick as I could.
Not too sure what caused the crash but his head caught his fall and his stomach gave his handle bars somewhere to go. His bottom teeth went into his top lip, he's lucky he didn't break his nose. It's a little swollen in this picture but not too bad. He did have a killer fat lip though. He had a huge goose egg where he fell on his head and a really bad bruise on his stomach from his handle bars.
I took him to the ER just incase since he didn't have a helmet on (ya, super happy about that one--not!). They did a cat scan on his head and stomach which turned out fine. They also did an x-ray on his elbow and it looks like he fractured it. He has a follow up appt. on Tuesday and we should know more. But for now he gets to wear this half cast....
This is my blog and I'll whine if I want to.
I try to be and stay positive but it's just not me to be that way all the time. Yes I'm thankful for what I have in my life overall, but no I'm not everyday. I have a big, beautiful 2400 square foot house, but it is a pain to clean. Since we've moved in I've been trying to get it cleaned up and it's almost impossible and I haven't had the money to hire someone to come in and clean it. I personally would rather give up cable and hire a cleaner. On my days off I try to clean up in the morning and it is so hard with my baby boy. He creates 10x more work. He runs off with the dustpan or starts playing in the mop water full of chemicals or he dumps out the trash.
Hudson is a sweet, funny, baby but he is so destructive. Caleb was never ever like this as a baby. He is into everything! He tries his best to break every set of blinds I have in this house. He is ruining my plants, he pulls every book and shoe off the shelves, he climbs on the table and bangs on my really expensive new TV. He has no clue what "no" means. He pulls all his clothes out of his drawers, he will go through the laundry basket and pull those out as well. And the advice I get from people is, "well put it up". Well I only have so many freaking "put it up" spots in my house! As I'm typing this he just brought me a bottle of juice I threw away which was at least 3 inches under other trash in the trashcan. Oh wait, now he's moved onto the vertical blinds...yea!
I'm exhausted folks. I'm 6 1/2 months pregnant, my stomach is huge, my energy is very little and I still have 2 older kids and a full time job. I'm tired. Really tired. They all get annoyed because I want to go to bed at 8:00 every night. I get up at 4:50 in the morning.
My older kids help but usually only when asked. My niece leaves her crayons and markers and pencils all over the kitchen, which in turn gives my baby something else to destruct the house with. My son leaves his toys and clothes all over the place and toothpaste all over the sink. And they both leave their backpacks right where I'm going to trip and break my neck over. If they're not careful I'm going to turn into a mean witch if they don't pick up after themselves! It's gotten worse as they've gotten older.
I clean on my days off, get it looking nice, and then by the time the weekend rolls around again guess what, it looks as if I did nothing. I HATE it! Yes I have kids, yes we all have obligations, but seriously, I hate a messy house! I hate it! And I'm only one person, I'm tired, and I can't clean that much! And I can't afford to replace everything my baby destructs! God only knows how I'm going to handle it all once my little girl comes, cause I don't have a clue.
And ya it's Thanksgiving week, I should be posting about what I'm thankful for, yada yada yada. But I don't want to...maybe tomorrow, but not today.
Oh wait, here's one. I'm thankful for this computer so I can vent as my baby destructs everything around me. :)
Stuff. Always stuff.
Ok so I have lots of pictures to post, I just have to find my camera cord to load them on the computer. I haven't been able to find them since we moved. Which by the way, the house closed! I am a officially home owner. It's pretty exciting too, it's my first home I've ever bought. However I bought it at the busiest time ever and have yet to get very much done/put away. I have little squares of paint colors on my walls trying to decide. I hope I can get the whole downstairs done by Thanksgiving.
So the pregnancy is going good. I will be 6 months on the 5th and it's flying by. I have no idea how my side muscles are going to possibly stretch anymore. I am much bigger with baby girl then I was with Hudson. She is moving all the time and starting to do the uncomfortable pushing to the point I feel like my belly is going to pop.
Hudson is doing great. Talking so much. He has learned his belly, nose, and ear and says them all. He is repeating so much and the older ones love teaching him things. He's so loveable and those eyes keep getting me every day. He is in to EVERYTHING! Oh my gosh, he'll knock over the trash and while I'm picking up the trash he pulls all the shoes off the rack. Then while I'm picking up the shoes he's pulling all his baby wipes out of their case. You get the drift. It's driving me nuts!
I'll try to give an update on the older kids here soon but I want to wait for report cards to do that.
Pink or Blue????
When I went in for my ultrasound the other day I just knew the doctor would say, "It's a boy!". With Caleb I remember that I knew right away, I had the strongest feeling it was a boy and sure enough, it was. And with this one I just knew it was a boy too.
With Hudson I didn't have a clue. No feelings either way. I carried him very similar to how I carried Caleb so that was an indication it was a boy. But I was hardly sick with him and with Caleb I was sick as a dog for 9 months. So that could have meant it was a girl. But as we went in for the ultrasound, with Caleb there, the doctor said, "Well I hate to tell you this but you're going to have to put up with another one of these." and pointed to Caleb. I like my doctor, he's funny.
So as I went in the other day, I didn't have a clue what the doc was looking at. I guess that's why they're the trained professional and I'm not right? I told him at the beginning I wanted to know the sex so if he saw anything he could say. Anyway he was doing the measuring and all that stuff and all of a sudden on the screen he makes the words of the sex come up. For one I wasn't expecting it at that moment and for another I wasn't expecting to it to say "Girl".
He triple checked from each direction and he is confident it's a girl. He says he's been wrong 4 times out of 15 years...pretty good odds if you ask me.
So sure enough this sweet little one in my tummy is a girl. After having 2 boys, my last baby will have cute pony tails and painted toe nails instead of dead frogs in their pockets and toilet seats left up.
Tonight is one of those nights
Whew I'm tired. It wasn't really a busier day then usual but I'm beat.
I am getting Guardianship of Makayla and the last step is a Social Worker has to come see my house and talk to us and her. I spent today picking up the house and just making sure it's in order for her to come. I'm not going to fake it and have my house be completely spotless because well, that's impossible. But I do want it presentable.
I made dinner too. One of us will take the older kid(s) to soccer practice and the other stays home to make dinner and do what needs to be done. So I made taco salad....yummy.
But after all that, my feet hurt and I'm tired.
School starts on Monday for the kiddos so we're trying to establish a routine again around here. They're not too happy about the 9:00 bedtime. I am.
I think I'm rambling on. My dogs are tired and my brain wants to shut off. Oh but one last thing....ok a couple. I got a new computer so as soon as I move into my new house I will get it hooked up and be a much better blogger. And of course there will be many more pictures. This computer is just too much of a pain. We also went to the teeny tiny baby doctor...all looks good, haven't gained a pound (which with Hudson I only gained 2 lbs...weird I know), and if he/she cooperates I'll find out the sex on the 17th of September.
Anyway that's it.
I Love Rocking My Baby
As I was rocking Huddie to sleep tonight that's what I was thinking about. We are busy busy people, it's unreal. Soccer, work, doctors, getting ready to move, busy. We're always in a rush...I'm constantly telling the kids go go go, hurry, let's go because there's just not time to not be rushed.
Anyway I am usually thinking gotta get the baby down to sleep fast so I can get things ready for tomorrow, get the older kids ready for bed and then get in bed myself by 9 since I wake up so early. And then I start thinking, now we're going to be having another one so I really need to get him to go to sleep on his own in his crib by February since we'll have a baby to put to sleep too. But seriously, I love rocking him. How often do you get to experience your babies being babies? My "baby" will be 10 in a couple months! I had all the time in the world for him. As a matter of fact he slept with me so instead of rocking him to sleep, I'd snuggle him to sleep.
Shortly after Hudson was born, Makayla came to live with us so suddenly I had two school aged children, a full time job, a house to clean, and a new baby. The thought of making time for all of them was, and sometimes still is, overwhelming. They have such different needs The older ones take more mental energy and the baby takes more physical energy . Plus by the time I get off work after dealing with about 900 of the most difficult people on the planet for 8 hours, I'm sucked dry.
BUT. Yes there is a but. There are a few things...well more then a few things but I'm only listing a few of them...that I absolutely love about making time for my kids.
I love having chats with my oldest son. Whether we're talking about something he got in trouble over, something great he did, something he wants to do, a girl he likes, what he did with friends, whatever. I could talk to him all night.
I love doing girly things with my niece. She likes to have her makeup done, nails painted, and hair done. We giggle and talk about her friends. And she always so much older by the time we're done.
And lastly I love rocking my baby. When I put his tummy to mine and his head lays on my arm and he just stares at me as his eye lids get heavy. I can feel him melt into me when he drifts off.
Here we go again....
Ok so I have yet to post this on here. And I know I've told just about everyone that reads this in person...but just in case there are some lurkers around there I'M PREGNANT! 12 weeks to be exact. Huge surprise. I'm excited! Our new precious arrival will join the gang sometime around February 5th. Caleb wants a girl and Makayla wants a boy. We want a healthy little girl but will be totally happy with a baby boy. So...............I will start taking pictures soon!
Hudson's 1st Birthday 6/28/10
Hudson turned one!!! I cannot believe how fast time goes. He walks all over the place....even tries to run. He says, "ba-bye & uh oh" He says, "Mamma " but I don't know if he knows what it means. He loves loves loves his Bubby and Lala (Caleb & Makayla)! And he really loves dogs too! His eye lashes have only got darker and longer and he is handsome as ever. This past year has been amazing having Hudson in our lives. I'm so thankful for him!
Hudson's 1st haircut 6/27/10
He did great! He just sat there sucking on his binky looking around at the bright fun place. He didn't even mind when she got out the clippers.
He even got his first sucker for being such a good trooper. He loved it! 
It didn't change his looks much but it did keep him looking extraordinarily cute!
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