* I got called for jury duty and when I called to see if I could be excused, the woman on the phone seemed flustered that I had SO many children SO close together and, "Oh my dear, yes! You need to be excused." haha
Seriously, though, other people have more than 3 children. Sometimes people make me feel like a freak!
* I took all the boys to the doctor Tuesday for Baby C's one year check up. At one point, all 3 of them were crying. It was not what I would call a successful outing.
Let's see, the doctor had to tell them to quit touching the trash can. They jabbered non-stop (to each other) while I was trying to listen and talk to the doctor. It took 2 nurses AND me to hold Baby C down for his finger prick and shots. He is a very strong and exuberant little guy. Of course, that really ticked him off, and when the nurse started giving him the shots, d got so upset that he started crying too. He's very empathetic, apparently. Then, O was playing with the doctor's rolling stool and pulled it down on top of himself and then they were all 3 crying and/or screaming.
They finally stopped when the nurse blew her gloves up into balloons. Thank goodness for her!
I was flushed, sweating and looking like I'd run a marathon by the time I got them back to the car.
I was just glad I hadn't mentioned I was pregnant. They were already giving me those she-has-more-than-she-can-handle looks. (and for awhile I was in agreement!)
* We went to a play date yesterday and it also ended with me sweating, flushed and exhausted. I'm going to have to stop leaving the house.
* I've spent all morning paying bills and realizing we have money in our savings for a nice vacation. However, we also have 2 mortgages and plenty of other bills every month and I'm having a hard time justifying spending it on something fun. If we could just sell that other house...
* Our 7th anniversary is Monday! D's 29th birthday is Thursday! I have no idea what we're doing for either. I have a gift card from my sweet sisters for The Melting Pot and 2 free movie tickets. If I could just find a babysitter...
* We have to decide on a date to travel to Texas to visit the in-laws this year. How's the 5th of Never?
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Monday, May 18, 2009
The merge
When I started my baby blog, it was because I was trying to be respectful to those who really didn't want to/couldn't read about baby happenings every time I posted. While I would still like to keep them separate, I'm finding that I'm now not posting in EITHER place, because what I have to say usually involves a little bit of baby stuff and a little bit of not baby stuff and instead of splitting it up I just don't write it at all.
SO, I'm going to merge the two blogs and just bring the handful of baby blog posts over here to my regular blog. Ignore your reader if I suddenly look like I've gone on a posting spree.
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In other news, let's venture onto a slighty controversial topic, shall we?
Schooling.
d is only 4 but that means that next fall he starts Kindergarten! There are so many options and I am having a hard time finding what's right for us.
Public school:
It's literally 1 minute away. They are building nice, new facilities. I am a fan of public schools in some ways, as I was a teacher myself.
I am NOT a fan in other ways, and worry about some of the problems that I know of personally.
Private school:
$$ - and we're talking 4 kids here!
We could have the option of half day kindergarten instead of full day. Either way, if we pick the right school, I feel like he could get a great education and more one on one attention. There are an abundance of private schools in our area to choose from.
Home school:
This option makes me groan a little because I KNOW I could teach him SO much but I really, really don't want to home school the kids. It makes my head hurt just thinking about how much work it could be, and how I would work out the schedule and the only good part is that it makes me smile to know how much it would irritate my mil. (I'm kidding!) (kind of.)
Other:
There is a private school/home school option which interests me, but I don't know a lot of the details. Basically, the students spend half their time learning at school and half learning at home is what I gather. This does interest me, but I'll have to look into it more. Again, money is an object. I want to be able to give all of my kids a good education, not just the first one!
What have you decided?
SO, I'm going to merge the two blogs and just bring the handful of baby blog posts over here to my regular blog. Ignore your reader if I suddenly look like I've gone on a posting spree.
______________
In other news, let's venture onto a slighty controversial topic, shall we?
Schooling.
d is only 4 but that means that next fall he starts Kindergarten! There are so many options and I am having a hard time finding what's right for us.
Public school:
It's literally 1 minute away. They are building nice, new facilities. I am a fan of public schools in some ways, as I was a teacher myself.
I am NOT a fan in other ways, and worry about some of the problems that I know of personally.
Private school:
$$ - and we're talking 4 kids here!
We could have the option of half day kindergarten instead of full day. Either way, if we pick the right school, I feel like he could get a great education and more one on one attention. There are an abundance of private schools in our area to choose from.
Home school:
This option makes me groan a little because I KNOW I could teach him SO much but I really, really don't want to home school the kids. It makes my head hurt just thinking about how much work it could be, and how I would work out the schedule and the only good part is that it makes me smile to know how much it would irritate my mil. (I'm kidding!) (kind of.)
Other:
There is a private school/home school option which interests me, but I don't know a lot of the details. Basically, the students spend half their time learning at school and half learning at home is what I gather. This does interest me, but I'll have to look into it more. Again, money is an object. I want to be able to give all of my kids a good education, not just the first one!
What have you decided?
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Not so Silent Sunday: happy birthday to my baby
Baby C,
This year has just flown by. You were our little surprise, and at times I really wasn't sure how we were all going to make it. Of course, we fell in love at the beginning.
There is no better word to describe you than exuberant. There is a joy and happiness and thirst for life that emanates from you like I've never seen before. It takes nothing more than eye contact for you to burst into a happy grin.
You love to do so many things! Laugh. Chase your brothers. Eat. In fact, it's hard to think of something you don't like to do! Even a tissue box or roll of toilet paper brings you immense joy.
You have a zest for life that makes me happy to be alive. You show me how to find joy in the littlest things, and humor in situations that are more exasperating than funny.
It's hard to keep up with a boy who never slows down, and all I can hope is that you continue through your life this way. Innocent, happy, joyful and thrilled just to be alive.
Happy 1st birthday little man.
Love,
Mama
This year has just flown by. You were our little surprise, and at times I really wasn't sure how we were all going to make it. Of course, we fell in love at the beginning.
There is no better word to describe you than exuberant. There is a joy and happiness and thirst for life that emanates from you like I've never seen before. It takes nothing more than eye contact for you to burst into a happy grin.
You love to do so many things! Laugh. Chase your brothers. Eat. In fact, it's hard to think of something you don't like to do! Even a tissue box or roll of toilet paper brings you immense joy.
You have a zest for life that makes me happy to be alive. You show me how to find joy in the littlest things, and humor in situations that are more exasperating than funny.
It's hard to keep up with a boy who never slows down, and all I can hope is that you continue through your life this way. Innocent, happy, joyful and thrilled just to be alive.
Happy 1st birthday little man.
Love,
Mama
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Insults from the children today.
1 - Why are you wearing that?
2 - You're getting bigger.
3 - We love Daddy a super bunch! We don't love you as much.
Ouch.
2 - You're getting bigger.
3 - We love Daddy a super bunch! We don't love you as much.
Ouch.
hi there!
I'm still alive. Sorry about that...
I've been having a very busy bunch of days, and added to that is a general apathy. I just don't feel like doing much of anything. However, my sisters-in-law and D's brothers are coming into town tonight and tomorrow morning and I should really (REALLY) be cleaning, and therefore I am stalling by posting this instead. haha
I don't have much of substance to say so how about a random list? I know how everyone just loves those. *ahem*
1 - My 2 youngest children have taken to screaming all.the.flipping.time. It's enough to make my ears bleed.
2 - There's something bothering me, and I can't talk about it. I will never be able to discuss it here and that is annoying too.
3 - There are 4 pairs of shoes within 5 feet of me. *sigh* I really do need to clean.
4 - My husband always works late on the days when I most need his help. Some things never change.
5 - I'm getting a pedicure with my sil's on Saturday. I haven't had a pedicure in almost 2 years. I haven't even painted my toenails since last summer.
6 - I want to buy D what he wants (a bigger, flat TV) for our anniversary/his birthday/father's day (which are all in June) but I'd rather have wood floors. So, we'll probably do neither.
We have the money but we also have 2 mortgages.
7 - O is supposed to be napping while d is at school. He is fighting it, which means he will fall asleep late and then I'll have to wake him up to go get d and he'll be crabby the rest of the day. This annoys me immensely.
8 - d loves school. I love that he loves it and everything he gets out of it. I HATE taking him to school. It's enough to make me want to take him out of school.
Taking him to school is as follows:
8:30AM, Buckle in 3 children. Drive 20 minutes.
Unbuckle 3 children.
Carry one, drag one and walk with one as we go into school (of which his classroom is at the back, of course.)
Convince one to leave with me while he wants to stay, carry other one.
Buckle 2 children into car seats, drive 20 minutes home, unbuckle 2 children.
Make them take naps. (or try)
Eat lunch.
12:30, buckle in 2 kids, drive 20 minutes, unbuckle 2, carry one and coerce one, pick up 3rd, turn around and walk back to car, juggling art work and cursing in my head about needing 2 more hands.
Buckle them all in again, drive 20 minutes home and collapse from doing absolutely nothing productive all morning.
9 - However, today is d's last day of school. I'm glad for not having to take him. I'm sad because he loved it and his teacher was absolutely the best.
10 - I just wanted to have 10 things on this list.
I've been having a very busy bunch of days, and added to that is a general apathy. I just don't feel like doing much of anything. However, my sisters-in-law and D's brothers are coming into town tonight and tomorrow morning and I should really (REALLY) be cleaning, and therefore I am stalling by posting this instead. haha
I don't have much of substance to say so how about a random list? I know how everyone just loves those. *ahem*
1 - My 2 youngest children have taken to screaming all.the.flipping.time. It's enough to make my ears bleed.
2 - There's something bothering me, and I can't talk about it. I will never be able to discuss it here and that is annoying too.
3 - There are 4 pairs of shoes within 5 feet of me. *sigh* I really do need to clean.
4 - My husband always works late on the days when I most need his help. Some things never change.
5 - I'm getting a pedicure with my sil's on Saturday. I haven't had a pedicure in almost 2 years. I haven't even painted my toenails since last summer.
6 - I want to buy D what he wants (a bigger, flat TV) for our anniversary/his birthday/father's day (which are all in June) but I'd rather have wood floors. So, we'll probably do neither.
We have the money but we also have 2 mortgages.
7 - O is supposed to be napping while d is at school. He is fighting it, which means he will fall asleep late and then I'll have to wake him up to go get d and he'll be crabby the rest of the day. This annoys me immensely.
8 - d loves school. I love that he loves it and everything he gets out of it. I HATE taking him to school. It's enough to make me want to take him out of school.
Taking him to school is as follows:
8:30AM, Buckle in 3 children. Drive 20 minutes.
Unbuckle 3 children.
Carry one, drag one and walk with one as we go into school (of which his classroom is at the back, of course.)
Convince one to leave with me while he wants to stay, carry other one.
Buckle 2 children into car seats, drive 20 minutes home, unbuckle 2 children.
Make them take naps. (or try)
Eat lunch.
12:30, buckle in 2 kids, drive 20 minutes, unbuckle 2, carry one and coerce one, pick up 3rd, turn around and walk back to car, juggling art work and cursing in my head about needing 2 more hands.
Buckle them all in again, drive 20 minutes home and collapse from doing absolutely nothing productive all morning.
9 - However, today is d's last day of school. I'm glad for not having to take him. I'm sad because he loved it and his teacher was absolutely the best.
10 - I just wanted to have 10 things on this list.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Saturday, May 09, 2009
Getting the word out
I'm posting this after reading Melanie's page, to help get the word out. I've read stories like this over and over and am helping spread the word so the information can be more readily available for those who want it.
I haven't had to experience a D&C, but I found the site very informative and helpful.
Copied from Melanie:
Dear Fellow AS Sisters,
My D&C website is finally up and running! It's at http://www.dandcnow.info/
When I was first diagnosed with AS, I had this overwhelming sense that I had to do something to help prevent it from happening to other women. I had searched the internet for years and couldn't find answers on any of the major sites as to what was happening with me (WebMD, About.com, etc.) following my D&C in 2005 for retained placenta after the birth of my only child.
After speaking with Dr. March before my first surgery with him in January of 2008, I decided that information about D&Cs needed to be available to all ,and thus . . . the creation of my D&C website. It has evolved greatly over the past year, due in large part to the contributions from the doctors: Dr. Indman, Dr. Isaacson, Dr. Gallinat, Dr. March and Dr. Vancaillie. If it wasn't for Dr. March, I wouldn't have created this website (on so many levels). He was instrumental in spending countless hours with me, editing, discussing, helping me contact the other doctors, etc. The site has evolved beyond my wildest dreams.
I would like to ask each one of you to please forward my website to your family and friends. I need as many links to relevant websites and blogs as possible to help women find this site when they search on Google and other search engines.
This is all I ask, please have people read this site and link to it, so that it can be found by the women who need the information.
Thank you for your support,
Keely
I haven't had to experience a D&C, but I found the site very informative and helpful.
Copied from Melanie:
Dear Fellow AS Sisters,
My D&C website is finally up and running! It's at http://www.dandcnow.info/
When I was first diagnosed with AS, I had this overwhelming sense that I had to do something to help prevent it from happening to other women. I had searched the internet for years and couldn't find answers on any of the major sites as to what was happening with me (WebMD, About.com, etc.) following my D&C in 2005 for retained placenta after the birth of my only child.
After speaking with Dr. March before my first surgery with him in January of 2008, I decided that information about D&Cs needed to be available to all ,and thus . . . the creation of my D&C website. It has evolved greatly over the past year, due in large part to the contributions from the doctors: Dr. Indman, Dr. Isaacson, Dr. Gallinat, Dr. March and Dr. Vancaillie. If it wasn't for Dr. March, I wouldn't have created this website (on so many levels). He was instrumental in spending countless hours with me, editing, discussing, helping me contact the other doctors, etc. The site has evolved beyond my wildest dreams.
I would like to ask each one of you to please forward my website to your family and friends. I need as many links to relevant websites and blogs as possible to help women find this site when they search on Google and other search engines.
This is all I ask, please have people read this site and link to it, so that it can be found by the women who need the information.
Thank you for your support,
Keely
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
ultrasound
Heart rate: 156
EDD: 12-8-09 to 12-12-09
One baby. :) (yes, that is a baby and not a jelly bean.)
Also, ZOFRAN! I love you, man.
Why have I suffered through morning sickness so many times when all I had to do was ask for a teeny, tiny pill. I feel almost human again!
Sunday, May 03, 2009
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