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Sunday, May 28, 2006
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
I know every pregnant woman complains about this, heh, I know I have before. But having a cold while your pregnant sucks. The only reason I knew I was coming down with something was because my throat got scratchy. I've had post nasal drip since February. At least the Robutussin worked on the congestion so I'm not violently coughing any more. Still coughing, it's just not so bad that it hurts my lower abdomin. Now I'm just running through all the tissues in the house.
I think my little monkey is coming down with it too. He's running a slight fever again except this time it hasn't really gone away after some Tylenol. He's been a bit listless today. Usually he won't sit and watch TV, he watch for 5-10 minutes then go play and I'll turn it off until he complains. Today he's been a bit zombie like. Even fell asleep sitting in front of the couch on the floor (not in his rocker. had him outside fingerpainting that lasted 15 minutes or so. Took him for a walk, he didn't even try to get out of his stroller. And he's barely eaten anything since lunch yesterday. :sigh: Poor baby, didn't even complain as I carried him up for his nap.
I do have a funny story from the other night though. I kept thinking, my son , only my son would have this happen to him. Ken made a rail for the bed he made. It is probably 6 inches taller than the mattress. But he made it with a 1x2 so there is maybe 4 inches between the bottom of the top rail and the mattress itself. Alex doesn't sleep in one spot, he's all over the place though usually by the wall of pillows he's created for himself in the corner. Occasionally he'll slip a foot under the rail. Well Monday night I get to bed just before midnight, the coughing and the congestion just made it hard for me to get comfortable. And I wanted Ken to fall asleep first because that way he wouldn't notice me tossing and turning. Around 1:30 I hear crying. Now if it doesn't stop right away I usually go in and check. I walk in and Alex has slid off the bed under the rail. So his feet are on the floor and his head and shoulders are trapped by the rail. I slide him back up through, check him over then get him settled on his pillows again. I guess the reason this hasn't happened before is I usually leave his elmo goodnight book open in front of the rail so he can push the buttons and listen to the music as he drifts off. Ken didn't when he put him to bed that night. I may have to tell Ken about that trick.
So everyone keep your fingers crossed that the baby co-operates Friday. I have stuff to do as long as I know if it's a boy or girl. If not we're in limbo.
I think my little monkey is coming down with it too. He's running a slight fever again except this time it hasn't really gone away after some Tylenol. He's been a bit listless today. Usually he won't sit and watch TV, he watch for 5-10 minutes then go play and I'll turn it off until he complains. Today he's been a bit zombie like. Even fell asleep sitting in front of the couch on the floor (not in his rocker. had him outside fingerpainting that lasted 15 minutes or so. Took him for a walk, he didn't even try to get out of his stroller. And he's barely eaten anything since lunch yesterday. :sigh: Poor baby, didn't even complain as I carried him up for his nap.
I do have a funny story from the other night though. I kept thinking, my son , only my son would have this happen to him. Ken made a rail for the bed he made. It is probably 6 inches taller than the mattress. But he made it with a 1x2 so there is maybe 4 inches between the bottom of the top rail and the mattress itself. Alex doesn't sleep in one spot, he's all over the place though usually by the wall of pillows he's created for himself in the corner. Occasionally he'll slip a foot under the rail. Well Monday night I get to bed just before midnight, the coughing and the congestion just made it hard for me to get comfortable. And I wanted Ken to fall asleep first because that way he wouldn't notice me tossing and turning. Around 1:30 I hear crying. Now if it doesn't stop right away I usually go in and check. I walk in and Alex has slid off the bed under the rail. So his feet are on the floor and his head and shoulders are trapped by the rail. I slide him back up through, check him over then get him settled on his pillows again. I guess the reason this hasn't happened before is I usually leave his elmo goodnight book open in front of the rail so he can push the buttons and listen to the music as he drifts off. Ken didn't when he put him to bed that night. I may have to tell Ken about that trick.
So everyone keep your fingers crossed that the baby co-operates Friday. I have stuff to do as long as I know if it's a boy or girl. If not we're in limbo.
Friday, May 19, 2006
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
I've been basically go going since Friday, so today I'm zapped. All morning I just felt like lying on the couch and napping. And of course since I said something at work yesterday about Alex letting me sleep in until 7:30 almost every day since we moved him to a bed, he got me up quarter of 7:00. It's funny the last two days he's been a real cuddle bug. This morning I sat with him as he watched Diego. He was sitting between my legs using my belly as a pillow. Yesterday he came up to me hugged me then let me hold him for a good 15 minutes. Not that I mind because it doesn't happen much lately now that he can do a lot of things for himself.
It was a pretty good trip. My trip up to Cumberland ended up a little longer than planned.The ten minute bathroom break at Sidling Hill turned into a half hour because a certain little person needed to burn off some energy. So we got to my Uncle's house around 4:30. Alex was shy at first but Chris won him over with big rocks to climb and play on. By the end of the evening the two were playing with the soccer ball and Alex didn't want to come into go to bed. It ended he was only a half hour past bed time. Of course Chris tired him out so much that he was asleep in minutes. They gave us the larger bedroom and put an air mattress on the floor for Alex. He refused to sleep on it. He fell asleep on the floor right next to it. Woke up once at 4 am. I think being in a strange place combine with watching Monsters Inc so many times he was worried about the door. (There isn't a closet in his room)I got him calmed down and was going to sleep next to him on the air mattress. But he pointed to the big bed and told me to go to bed. I wish I had stayed on the air mattress it was actually more comfortable for my pregnant body.
I had some nice conversations with both my mom and my aunt. Mostly just various family issues. Though at dinner the topic of discussion was schools. Cindy was a guidance councelor at a couple PG county elementary schools. She is now back to teaching at an elementary school, because in Cumberland there were no guidance councelor slots available to her. (No slots and when one opens it seems to go to someone else) Cindy doesn't like to deal with bullshit. She's pretty easy going but her whole philosophy though is do what's best for the children to make sure they have the learning environment they need. So the small town mentality that you have to one up your peers to get a head just annoys her to no end. She feels teachers should work together, help each other with lesson plans and advice on handling special needs children. She doesn't get that type of support in this school, unlike the schools she worked in in DC and PG county.
This moved on to Bush's Every Child Left Behind Program. She thinks the whole reason he developed this idea was to make public schools fail. Then they could turn schools into charter schools, which in turn would be run by his big business freinds. Guess who makes the profits. Her problem with most charter schools has been that they start out good but down the line things slip and the education they give is worse than the public schools. What happens when education of the kids going there conflicts with the profit margin of the school, who wins, not the kids. So interesting night of conversations.
The next morning was pretty relaxed. Everyone took Alex for a walk after breakfast so I got to take a shower in peace. Then Chris suggested to Alex that we go see a real train. In the summer a steam train runs from Cumberland to Frostburg and back daily. Once the weather warms they start runs on the weekends. We weren't sure when it would get there or leave so we tried to get Alex moving. But we lucked out the train had arrived a half hour before we got there and wouldn't be leaving for several hours. Alex got to stand on the back of the caboose, he really liked that. Once there we walked over to the tow path to see the canal boat. We got distracted by the Hertige days activities. There was a local band playing Irish Music. Alex kept moving closer and closer. He got to the tent climbed on to a chair, then flirted with the lady at the end of the row. She was sitting kind of turned, her arm on the chair next to her. Alex kept trying to imitate her between songs. But when the music played he'd be clapping or stomping his feet. After that we walked over to the canal boat then on to look at the canal the were refilling. Finally we walked along the tracks back to the train station. Alex went choochooing down the tracks pretendign he was a train.We got back and I got him settled for a nap. Chris stayed and said he'd bring him over to Patty's when he woke up. I told him to check on him after an hour if he wasn't sleeping just come over.
Mom, Cindy and I went over to help Patty set up for the baby shower. I took a few minutes to go over the album with Denise and Justin, not too many changes to work on. Funny one of our other clients just came back with their revisions Thursday. So now I have work to do. The shower was nice. I took a lot of pictures. I was asked by Denise's mom where I'm hiding the baby. I said under the baby fat of my first one. At 17 weeks I still seem to be between sizes at least in terms of pants. I am mostly wearing maternity tops but all my maternity pants still keep sliding down and I absolutly don't fit into any of my regular pants unless they are stretchy like my yoga pants. Unfortunately they are not work appropriate. I seem to be carrying the weight all over not just in my belly so who know when if I'll pop.
Katie and Doug brought down al lot of their old baby stuff for denise and I to go through. So I came home last night with a car full and I didn't even take that much. Most of what they brough down we things we already had and there is no need for two of. Heh, I think my big purchase(s) this time around will be a hotsling and/or a second carrier like a Mei Tai. I got home around 9:30 and unfortuntely had to get up this morning for work. Some Mother's day huh? They did let me leave early. But I had such a migraine by that time I needed a nap. Ken did make a roast on the rotissery for dinner tonight. He originally planned to roast potatoes on the grill as well but he couldn't with the rotissery. So I made my roast potatoes in the oven. I opened my gift over ice cream after Survivor was over. Ken got me a copy of Dodgeball because the movie cracked me up so much when we rented it.
It was a pretty good trip. My trip up to Cumberland ended up a little longer than planned.The ten minute bathroom break at Sidling Hill turned into a half hour because a certain little person needed to burn off some energy. So we got to my Uncle's house around 4:30. Alex was shy at first but Chris won him over with big rocks to climb and play on. By the end of the evening the two were playing with the soccer ball and Alex didn't want to come into go to bed. It ended he was only a half hour past bed time. Of course Chris tired him out so much that he was asleep in minutes. They gave us the larger bedroom and put an air mattress on the floor for Alex. He refused to sleep on it. He fell asleep on the floor right next to it. Woke up once at 4 am. I think being in a strange place combine with watching Monsters Inc so many times he was worried about the door. (There isn't a closet in his room)I got him calmed down and was going to sleep next to him on the air mattress. But he pointed to the big bed and told me to go to bed. I wish I had stayed on the air mattress it was actually more comfortable for my pregnant body.
I had some nice conversations with both my mom and my aunt. Mostly just various family issues. Though at dinner the topic of discussion was schools. Cindy was a guidance councelor at a couple PG county elementary schools. She is now back to teaching at an elementary school, because in Cumberland there were no guidance councelor slots available to her. (No slots and when one opens it seems to go to someone else) Cindy doesn't like to deal with bullshit. She's pretty easy going but her whole philosophy though is do what's best for the children to make sure they have the learning environment they need. So the small town mentality that you have to one up your peers to get a head just annoys her to no end. She feels teachers should work together, help each other with lesson plans and advice on handling special needs children. She doesn't get that type of support in this school, unlike the schools she worked in in DC and PG county.
This moved on to Bush's Every Child Left Behind Program. She thinks the whole reason he developed this idea was to make public schools fail. Then they could turn schools into charter schools, which in turn would be run by his big business freinds. Guess who makes the profits. Her problem with most charter schools has been that they start out good but down the line things slip and the education they give is worse than the public schools. What happens when education of the kids going there conflicts with the profit margin of the school, who wins, not the kids. So interesting night of conversations.
The next morning was pretty relaxed. Everyone took Alex for a walk after breakfast so I got to take a shower in peace. Then Chris suggested to Alex that we go see a real train. In the summer a steam train runs from Cumberland to Frostburg and back daily. Once the weather warms they start runs on the weekends. We weren't sure when it would get there or leave so we tried to get Alex moving. But we lucked out the train had arrived a half hour before we got there and wouldn't be leaving for several hours. Alex got to stand on the back of the caboose, he really liked that. Once there we walked over to the tow path to see the canal boat. We got distracted by the Hertige days activities. There was a local band playing Irish Music. Alex kept moving closer and closer. He got to the tent climbed on to a chair, then flirted with the lady at the end of the row. She was sitting kind of turned, her arm on the chair next to her. Alex kept trying to imitate her between songs. But when the music played he'd be clapping or stomping his feet. After that we walked over to the canal boat then on to look at the canal the were refilling. Finally we walked along the tracks back to the train station. Alex went choochooing down the tracks pretendign he was a train.We got back and I got him settled for a nap. Chris stayed and said he'd bring him over to Patty's when he woke up. I told him to check on him after an hour if he wasn't sleeping just come over.
Mom, Cindy and I went over to help Patty set up for the baby shower. I took a few minutes to go over the album with Denise and Justin, not too many changes to work on. Funny one of our other clients just came back with their revisions Thursday. So now I have work to do. The shower was nice. I took a lot of pictures. I was asked by Denise's mom where I'm hiding the baby. I said under the baby fat of my first one. At 17 weeks I still seem to be between sizes at least in terms of pants. I am mostly wearing maternity tops but all my maternity pants still keep sliding down and I absolutly don't fit into any of my regular pants unless they are stretchy like my yoga pants. Unfortunately they are not work appropriate. I seem to be carrying the weight all over not just in my belly so who know when if I'll pop.
Katie and Doug brought down al lot of their old baby stuff for denise and I to go through. So I came home last night with a car full and I didn't even take that much. Most of what they brough down we things we already had and there is no need for two of. Heh, I think my big purchase(s) this time around will be a hotsling and/or a second carrier like a Mei Tai. I got home around 9:30 and unfortuntely had to get up this morning for work. Some Mother's day huh? They did let me leave early. But I had such a migraine by that time I needed a nap. Ken did make a roast on the rotissery for dinner tonight. He originally planned to roast potatoes on the grill as well but he couldn't with the rotissery. So I made my roast potatoes in the oven. I opened my gift over ice cream after Survivor was over. Ken got me a copy of Dodgeball because the movie cracked me up so much when we rented it.
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
I found out when I got home last night that my son wasn't eating yesterday just to spite me. I came home and Ken told me not five minutes after I left Alex ate the entire fruit cup I'd put out for his snack as well as both crackers with peanutbutter. He also ate a good portion of his dinner an hour later. Yesterday he wouldn't eat. He barely had breakfast I made lunch for him and put out two cookies (big mistake) he ate the cookies and didn't touch anything else. When he asked for more cookies I told him no. I also refused to give him his cup of milk after his nap until he ate. Because he will fill up on milk and not eat. Obviously he was hungry, it's kind of funny guess I get to look forward to more of these little battles, seeing who is more stubborn.
The shower I was at Saturday was nice. It was so good to see Monette she was just glowing. It was also nice to see her and Tony together in person. Their love of each other and laughter just shines through. Alex liked the room we the shower was held in. The air/heating vent was in a bench that ran along the window. It looked just like train tracks. So he was all set and ran his trains up and down the room most of the afternoon. Monette has twin nephews a few months younger than Alex. One of them would come up grab a train run it down the wall, drop it then take off. He'd be back five minutes later to do it all again. At first Alex got all protective of his trains and would wrap his arms around his favorite ones. By the end of the afternoon he just kind of shrugged it off. He may get the hang of this sharing thing yet.
So today Alex and I got out the fingerpaints. It kept him occupied for a good hour and a half. I think I shot over a hundred images. Not sure if this is a good thing or bad.
The shower I was at Saturday was nice. It was so good to see Monette she was just glowing. It was also nice to see her and Tony together in person. Their love of each other and laughter just shines through. Alex liked the room we the shower was held in. The air/heating vent was in a bench that ran along the window. It looked just like train tracks. So he was all set and ran his trains up and down the room most of the afternoon. Monette has twin nephews a few months younger than Alex. One of them would come up grab a train run it down the wall, drop it then take off. He'd be back five minutes later to do it all again. At first Alex got all protective of his trains and would wrap his arms around his favorite ones. By the end of the afternoon he just kind of shrugged it off. He may get the hang of this sharing thing yet.
So today Alex and I got out the fingerpaints. It kept him occupied for a good hour and a half. I think I shot over a hundred images. Not sure if this is a good thing or bad.
Thursday, May 04, 2006
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
I am around honest. Just spending alot of time uploading images. So I end up lurking more than posting. It's weird going back and looking at pictures of Alex as a little baby.
We took down the crib yesterday. Last night was Alex's first night in the big boy bed. Took me nearly an hour to get him settled. Lots of extra stories. He didn't try getting out of bed but he was fighting sleep every step of the way. Finally I said good night and went downstairs. he cried for a minute or two then I hear the Oceans of Wonder music start. I think he was asleep by ten after 9:00. Nap time today went slightly better. I took im upstairs and told him is was quiet time. He coupld play quietly in his room or take a nap, his choice but he had to stay there until I came and got him. I hung out with him for 15 minutes, then left closing the door. I heard him playing for another 20 minutes. Things got quieter and quieter. I think around 2:00 he must have fallen asleep because I haven't heard a peep in the last half hour.
Today was my midwife appt. I've gained 9lb total so far, which is about half of what I'd gained at this point last time. I hope I can keep to my goal of 25 lbs or less. Alex was actually very good in the waiting room today. Which surprised me because we were there for a long time. I got there 10-15 minutes early and they didn't call me in until a half hour after my scheduled appt. I think it must be this particular midwife because the only time we've been kept waiting for a long time has been when I ended up seeing her. The other two times I was called in 10 minutes after I got there (so right on time).They gave me the script for my big U/S. I called and scheduled that when I got home. So if this child co-operates we should know what were having the morning of the 26th.
I have an album to put together, probably do that tomorrow night since we're hosting playgroup tomorrow. I have to prep food and activity tonight. The weather better stay nice. I plan on giving finger paints a try outside on the patio. If it gets really bad we can hose the kids down.:roflol:
Friday I have to take my car for the estimate to get the dent my sister put in the door fixed. Saturday is Moe's baby shower. I'm so looking forward to seeing her. I promise to take lots of pictures. Well as many as I can and keep and eye on Alex. Though with the way he flirts that may not be an issue. Then Sunday and Monday work. I've figured out the only days of the week that my feet/ankles swell are those days. I think it's a combo of being on my feet as well as not being able to hydrate myself as well as I can at home.
So that's my boring life. I really should start scanning all the pictures I brought back from my mom's. Most are from her childhood. We've also decided to put off getting a larger car/minivan for me for another year.:banana: Ken just doesn't feel comfortable with the finances to swing it. And I can cart around two kids in my cavilier no problem. Though if we do decided to try for an 8-baby I will have to make the sacrifice and get a minivan.
We took down the crib yesterday. Last night was Alex's first night in the big boy bed. Took me nearly an hour to get him settled. Lots of extra stories. He didn't try getting out of bed but he was fighting sleep every step of the way. Finally I said good night and went downstairs. he cried for a minute or two then I hear the Oceans of Wonder music start. I think he was asleep by ten after 9:00. Nap time today went slightly better. I took im upstairs and told him is was quiet time. He coupld play quietly in his room or take a nap, his choice but he had to stay there until I came and got him. I hung out with him for 15 minutes, then left closing the door. I heard him playing for another 20 minutes. Things got quieter and quieter. I think around 2:00 he must have fallen asleep because I haven't heard a peep in the last half hour.
Today was my midwife appt. I've gained 9lb total so far, which is about half of what I'd gained at this point last time. I hope I can keep to my goal of 25 lbs or less. Alex was actually very good in the waiting room today. Which surprised me because we were there for a long time. I got there 10-15 minutes early and they didn't call me in until a half hour after my scheduled appt. I think it must be this particular midwife because the only time we've been kept waiting for a long time has been when I ended up seeing her. The other two times I was called in 10 minutes after I got there (so right on time).They gave me the script for my big U/S. I called and scheduled that when I got home. So if this child co-operates we should know what were having the morning of the 26th.
I have an album to put together, probably do that tomorrow night since we're hosting playgroup tomorrow. I have to prep food and activity tonight. The weather better stay nice. I plan on giving finger paints a try outside on the patio. If it gets really bad we can hose the kids down.:roflol:
Friday I have to take my car for the estimate to get the dent my sister put in the door fixed. Saturday is Moe's baby shower. I'm so looking forward to seeing her. I promise to take lots of pictures. Well as many as I can and keep and eye on Alex. Though with the way he flirts that may not be an issue. Then Sunday and Monday work. I've figured out the only days of the week that my feet/ankles swell are those days. I think it's a combo of being on my feet as well as not being able to hydrate myself as well as I can at home.
So that's my boring life. I really should start scanning all the pictures I brought back from my mom's. Most are from her childhood. We've also decided to put off getting a larger car/minivan for me for another year.:banana: Ken just doesn't feel comfortable with the finances to swing it. And I can cart around two kids in my cavilier no problem. Though if we do decided to try for an 8-baby I will have to make the sacrifice and get a minivan.
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