We're Alive!

Just a quick note, stating that we are all alive still.

Yes it has been a while, yes some things are still hectic, yes Tori is sleeping somewhat better at night, no she still hasn't rolled over.

She has however laughed, it is the most precious thing ever!! She LOVES to grab hair, stick her tongue out, kick her legs, suck on my mugs straw!?! and she is doing better at eating her cereal.  We are now doing cereal twice a day, once in the morning around 10 and again at night around 7:30.

A few things of happiness, aside from Tori;
 - Tori was blessed on October 17th!!
 - We made Salsa!!
 - We made Salsa almost all on our own (we had to call the Experts for a few things) Thanks Mom & Dad B
 - We have 29 pints of Salsa
 - Oh, wait we have 28 pints (we ate one last night)
 - We're hoping to make more this week if our loving farmers are able to grab a box for us!!
 - Halloween is a few days away and we're still in search of a costume (or deciding what we're doing)
 - Realization that we HAVE to celebrate holidays now has hit...dang I need decorations!!
 - Sleep is slowly coming back to all of us
 - Work is asking I come back Full Time in January (this scares me for Tori's sake)
 - On the hunt of a good day care or other possibilites 2 - 3 days a week for beloved Tori (this makes me sad )
 - We've decided to take a week off in November!!!

Thanks for listening to my wee rant of the happenings at our house, I realized it had been a couple of months and thought I'd better list something while I had the chance.

Laters

Happenings at our House

Some things have stayed the same, some things have changed.

Of course part of the change has been Tori.  We went to the doc today as I thought she might have an earache because she has been grumpy & pulling on her ear.  Which is not normal for her.  So, I learned that she weighs 12.8 pounds, is 23 inches long and has a head measurement of 39.5; not entirely sure what the head measurement is in, but there ya go.  Those are her stats.  And, good news is she is perfectly healthy and just going through a phase.

Another change has been a sad one of late.  Over the last week and a half most of our fish have died.  As of today we have a whopping 2 left alive and I think one of them is on its last fin.  Not sure what it is that truly was the death bringer to our fish.  It could have the chemical I put in the top pond to kill the string algae, it could have been my failure to clean it weekly like I used to (dang child taking up all my time), or it could have been the combination of having 3 snakes invade their territory too.  Not sure if the snakes would have done anything to them or left anything bad in the pond...but whatever the cause, death is visiting the pond. 

Otherwise, we're doing good. Tori is enjoying the day she spends with Gramma & Grampa once a week, as well as visiting with Miss Heather for half a day each week, not to mention the half day of just her & Daddy time.

Until the next chance, I hope as is well with everyone and just know we love you and miss you all.  Sorry, but we have become hermits!!

Look Ma, I can Drive!!!

Two Month Check-up

We had our two month check up last Friday, which is hard to believe the time has gone by so quickly. Doc said everything looks good and he has no concerns. Even with her being tall and skinny. She is 23" tall, weighs in at 10 pounds and 4.5 ounces. Her head however is still tiny coming in at 14.5 inches. Apparently her head size is 8% of what is considered average. Her height is 78% and weight is 41%. So...we have a model on our hands!! Just wait until she's older!! She also had her first round of shots. Which went okay but she didn't want to move her leg that had two shots in it.

As far as home goes, life is good. I've thoroughly enjoyed staying home & just being mom. A little scared as I go back to work tomorrow and I'm not sure if or how much they'll let me change my schedule. So I now worry about if I need to find a day care in case I have to be in the office three days vs the two I'm hoping for. The other question going in my head "Is the offer from neighbors real or just for show?!?"

Here's hoping that we figure things out and it all works out without going to day care.

I do have to say...thank you grandparents for being able to help watch on a weekly basis!! We appreciate it so very much!!

Almost a full nights rest

I'm so proud of Little One. Last night she slept all on her own in her own crib!!! Plus she only woke up at 4am hungry. Then again around 7:45. Mind you this is a first for her to sleep this long. Usually it's just the one time after her midnight feed that she sleeps four hours, not twice!

I'm not sure what to do with all this rest!!

Here's to hoping it continues thru to tonight and many more nights!!

Laziness Everywhere

So we really are alive. Lately it's been just too difficult to make it to the computer and post anything. 

Our days go like so: eat, sleep, eat again, sleep some more. Maybe get up and moving by 11. Sometimes it's 1 if eyes are REALLY red. Eat some more Little One sleeps & I find chores to do.  This continues until Dad comes home then if I'm lucky I steal a quick shower. Lately Dad has been doing dinners, which I'm SO thankful for seeing as my days are full of eating & sleeping. 

As of late, Little One doesn't sleep well in her crib. Really it's the bassinet still but I call it the crib. After eating we burb and she tends to crash on whomevers shoulder she's on. Once we put her in the crib however the stinker wakes up!!!  So, we as the parents (mainly myself) just go to bed with her. Cause let's face it I'm exhausted at 2 in the morning and I just want sleep. 

Now breaking each other of these habits are going to be difficult, I know but how do you stand by & let Little One cry herself to sleep when my head says she needs me. Granted I think she's gotten used to sleeping on a body and i just need to stop being lazy at night. But still. How do you break habits?

We tried last night. She'd last 25 minutes (on average) then wake up. Once she was picked up the crying stopped and she went back to sleep. Well for another 20 minutes or so. I did this with her from midnight until 4am. Then I gave in. 

Help!! Advice is greatly needed and would be most appreciated!! 

How wrong is it to be proud that you've just been pee'd on. Granted it was after the first totally naked bath for Tori, but still. Is it wrong?

I'm a Slacker, but for a good reason

So I'm a HUGE slacker but I do have a good reasoning for it.  Actually a couple of reasons. 

1. I've been getting little sleep
2. I've been instructed by the doc t =o stay away from stairs & sadly downstairs is where the computer is 3. I'm typing one handed & getting somewhat fast at it...not entirely accurate but faster
AND finally
4. Did I mention I gave birth recently to a beauty?  Granted its been a bit since she came, but still she's here isn't that enough?

So, here's the scoop.  I started having contractions in the early hours of 7th.  I honestly didn't think they were real contractions, granted it hurt enough that I cried AND they were coming every 5 minutes or so by the time hubby was ready to go to work.  Unfortunately for me Hubs forced me to go to the hospital...just in case he said, I'd rather hear they were false contractions before going into work.

Crappy for me they weren't false, but the upside, can I say it? I'm gonna anyway...Epidurals are wonderful!!! 

We got to the hospital about 9am, Doc came & broke my water at 11am, she appeared at 3:19pm.  Mind you, when Doc first checked us out he did give the option of going home, but promptly added that I'd be back later because she's coming no matter what.  If I stayed the upside was I could get the epidural faster...so of course we chose to stay.  Granted we came with only a bag, no cameras aside from our phones.  That was how sure I was that this was not the day she would be arriving.

So, in a nutshell we have a new wee one!!!  She weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces, 20 inches long and has (according to the doc & nurses) LONG eyelashes and LONG red hair.

Once I figure out how to do a slide show I'll post more pictures of her.

Update as of late

Not much has changed since my last update as far as the baby goes.  She still doesn't have a name, but we do have a crib & dresser.  Mind you they are still in boxes sitting in seperate rooms.  One of these days we'll unpack them, but until then we have plenty of time because we have a bassinet!!

We now go weekly to see the doctor until she comes, which is only 4 weeks away...less then a month now at least according to her due date of the 19th.  Doc doesn't say much, but what I do know is she's facing head down and I'm normal.  Maybe this week I'll ask if he can guesstimate how big she is.

We did start our pond up last week and MAN is it nasty!!  I'm trying to figure out how I can still get in the pond and clean it to a degree without bending over the whole time.  So basically I need to find a stool that I don't care if it gets slimy and wet.  As far as we can tell we've only lost 2 fish during the winter.  The fish have grown too!! Even our 3 itty bitty ones we had in the top pond survived!!   Maybe this winter we'll leave the filter on so it isn't quite as nasty. 

Any suggestions as to how to avoid slimy algea growing as quick or how to clean a pond without catching all the fish?  Really any advice would be lovely as we're too stubborn to take classes or get an actual book that tells you how to do things.  We'd rather take the unkown path for things!

Funny Memory Story

Yes my memory sucks, and it seems to have gotten even worse.  Listen to my tale and be your own judge.

Sunday morning I have a monthly meeting at 10am that goes until 11am or so.  Well this last Sunday was no different, it got out around 11:15 and I get asked by the clerk, secretary, I don't recall his title...but Bro Mike asked if hubby and I would say the prayers in Sacrement.  I then proceed to say "can't hubby say both of them? I really hate getting in front of people, they scare me too much" and so on.  So after a few moments of banter I accept to have us say the prayers. 

12:00 I go home, eat something cause I'm STARVING, wait for hubby to return from fast offerings proceed to go to church at 12:45.

1:00 I'm in YW, teach class.
2:00 have my YW presidency meeting, meet our new closet (which we've been highly anticipaiting for about 6 months now and start forming plans on when to move closets)
2:45 go to Sacrement, sit down on our bench.  Hear the announcement of my name saying the opening prayer..."Oh Crap" I tell no lie, it was a verbal oh crap moment and the lovely Mrs. B who sits in front of me laughs, as I proceed to inform her I completely forgot we were doing the prayers and I haven't even told hubby.  Mind you, Mrs. B was in the morning meeting with me and heard me get asked to say them.

So, how GREAT is my memory, huh!

Yes, we are still alive & kicking

I've decided I must be horrible at sharing news.  Since I don't see many things changing at our house I don't think there's any news worth sharing.  Granted, my stomach is getting bigger and we're both still avidly working at avoiding the reality that in a month and a half (or so) we'll be parents...at least I am.  yet a part of me still thinks that I'm a child myself...I'm never gonna grow up!!  Yet in the same respect I'm also attempting to slowly get things ready for Little One.  Sadly I think its been too slow as I've had the room "almost" empty for many months now.

BUT...hold your horses and sit back down...we did order our crib and it should be in town in a week or there abouts.  OK, so I truly forgot when we actually ordered it and shipping takes 7-14 days to arrive.  Sooo maybe next week we'll have a crib in the room instead of just a bassinet and an ironing board and a few outfits hanging in the closet.

I arrived yesterday at work with a present on my desk and I believe my reaction was the wrong one.  So sorry guys!  Instead of being excited and jumping for joy I shrugged away from it, pretending it wasn't there.  I'm still in denial with a few things, if you haven't noticed.  So Thank You for the gift!!!  We now have a play pen we can lock little one in.

I also learned what "you're right on track" meant from our Doc.  Apparently when they measure your stomach, the measurement is considered normal if you're within 2 numbers (inches I think it is) either higher or lower than the current week your on.  So yesterday was our 34 week check up (WOW I know) and we measured within the appropriate ranges to be considered normal.  No idea what the measurement was, but we're still normal.  Then we heard the heartbeat and were sent on our way.  Which is about the just of our latest string of appointments.  We'll see what the next one brings.

It's really creapy when you glance down at your stomach and see it moving. Granted I know it's little one just moving around, it's still just wrong. AND nobody told me that your innie becomes an outtie! Not sure if I like having an outtie as a belly button, it's just a tad odd.

Random I know.

I'm normal...so they say

Yesterday was our 28 week check up....I still don't understand the whole week vs month thing, but thats a tangent for another day.

We sat at the doctors office waiting for him to arrive for a good hour or so since he was running late.  Luckily I didn't have to do the sugar test over again as they drew my blood shortly after we arrived.  The rest was just waiting in the room for him.

Once he did arrive it was done in like 5 minutes, 10 if we were lucky but I don't think it went that long.  We heard the heartbeat after some searching to find her, as well as having our first tape measurement.  Why the tape measurement and the significance of it, I have no idea...but she measured 28, which he said was good.  After the measurements, he is great at asking if we have any questions.  Sadly, we have no idea what kind of questions we should be asking!!

If any of you know what type of questions we should ask, please let us know...we're in the dark here!!

Later in the day I did receive a call back regarding the sugar test, they said I'm normal!!  So to all those who think I'm crazy or losing it, doc says I'm normal!

Update

Sorry I'm horrid at updating lately.  First off, things are going okay.  Both of us have been sick and I'm to blame.  Honestly not sure where I got the cold from but its stuck around for the last 2 1/2 weeks then I gave it to hubby last week.  So we're being sickies together at home...lucky for hubby he can take stuff to help with it where I on the other hand tend to overdose with cough drops.

This last week was a hard one for us as our dear beloved Grandpa passed away.  The graveside services were wonderful and simple.  I don't think I was to great at comforting hubby as its the first for his side and he's gone through 4+ with me.  It helps that we know of the eternal plan and that one day we'll be able to see Grandpa again.

Oh, also we're HUGE slackers.  Two Saturday's ago we actually attempted to look at baby furniture but I was so miserably sick that hubby took pity on me and took me home after only an hour being gone.  Since then we both have been sick and have not wanted to leave the house or do anything.  Maybe one of these days/weekends we'll get our act together.

I've had to reschedule my doc appointment to a week later in hopes that I'll at least be over the cold as they want to do a sugar test and forewarned me that if I tried drinking the "stuff" while sick that it'd more than likely make me ralph.  Since I haven't done that yet I really don't want to experience it, so I took their advice and postponed.

Oh, another cool splurge I guess was my cell wouldn't charge anymore because of pins missing or something, so I had to get a new phone...which meant hubby had to get a new phone too.  So we both opted to go for iphones...they're fun!!

Otherwise, I think that is it for new stuff with us.

Baby stuff

Is the world blowing by so fast that you can't catch a breath?  Well it is for me.  Yesterday or Sunday it hit me that in a little over 4 months time there will be another person in my house and I have no idea what to do for preparing for it.

To date, all I've done is sorta clean a room out, it only has an ironing board, loveseat & some shelving stuff left in the room.  We have sorta picked colors out for the room, but its between two colors and right now we're thinking of using them both.  No neither of them are pink as I have a really hard time with pink.  Kinda a light lavendar and almost baby blue...but we have little sample cards of them stuck underneath a picture in the room.  One of these days we might make it to buy paint and holler at our friends to help figure out what to do with the two colors.

I'm trying to be patient and understand that there is probably a lot of stuff I can't really do to prepare before hand, but still I am starting to have days where I freak just a tad, then I forget about it for a few more days, weeks, hopefully months (but I doubt that one).

For those interested, our last doc appointment went fine, this next one I get to have blood drawn and additional tests taken.  Aside from that I don't know.  He said everything is still good, baby is where she should be and we heard the heartbeat, which we've been able to do the last couple of times now so I wonder if thats normal.

Now, some of my wonders are should we do any of the baby classes, are the required or just suggested...does it really help in the heat of the moment? Hmmm...things to ponder as I figure if we do decide on classes then it would be in March or April that we'd take them...let alone who knows how long the classes last, a month or two?

But I'll stop rambling now as on this subject I seem endless and repetitive...at least to myself I am as the same thoughts keep floating around in my nogging.