April 01
Note to Self:
Never ever talk about your child's sleep habits. It jinxes everything and you end up spending two and half hours fighting a 2 year old to take a freakin' nap. All the while knowing that the angrier you get the less likely your toddler will go to sleep. Now you are faced with a choice... wake a child up after only a one hour nap so that hopefully sleep will come easier tonight, but deal with a grumpy PITA kid all afternoon...or let him sleep now and possibly miss part of AI tonight because he's just not tired? sigh...
NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER talk about your kid's sleep on your blog... or anywhere else for that matter.
April 05
Still knocked up...
Though I feel like it's not going to be much longer. Mom will be here on Thursday and I think that I will breathe a little easier... or harder if labor starts.
This past week was a good one though I'm over the rain. I know we need the rain, but man I am sick of being stuck inside. Twice I sent Elijah out into the back yard with his raincoat and galoshes on to just get out of my hair. On Tuesday I went a little insane with the cleaning. I mean, I was cleaning the inside of drawers...can we say nesting? Wednesday we went to meet a friend at Fit For Fun and totally made fun of some of the moms there whose outfits cost more than all the clothes in my closet... it was just too much. More power to 'em though I guess. On Thursday we went to Monkey Joe's. I've always been a little nervous about going there. I was scared that an older kid would trample my kid, but it's set up really well and well run. Elijah spent a good half hour sitting on this little fire engine thingy, but got into the bouncy-jumpy things for a while. We were there for a birthday party, which was good, because this kiddo worked up a huge appetite. He ate two pieces of pizza (sans cheese) and a box of juice and wanted more... He had a lot of fun though!
Oh yeah, on Wednesday we went over and hung out with Rachel. I got to hold the babies. They are so freaking cute and tiny!!!
Yesterday we went over to Angela's to drop off a canopy for her yard sale today. That was fun. She has a good play area and K.Lo and Elijah played whilst we talked. It was nice.
Last night though...sigh... First off, the temperature outside didn't go below 70 until this morning. Our house was sooo hot, so I wasn't sleeping well. At 1:11 a.m. the fire alarm went off. We have an electric system that if one goes off they all go off... ummmm, no one else in the house woke up. It only beeped 3 times, but still. Fire is one of my bigger fears. So I got up and checked all the rooms and what not. Nothing was on fire. So I got back in bed and then I couldn't sleep... all I could think of was that maybe there was a fire in the attic, what would I do, blah blah blah... So when Elijah walked into my room at 1:30 a.m. I wasn't really sleeping. I took him in to Jerry and went to the bathroom (big surprise there!) and started feeling a little sick, so I just stayed up and turned on the TV. When I left Elijah with Jerry, I thought he felt a little hot, but I just thought that it ws just the temp of the house. At 2 I hear Elijah's little voice calling me, so I tell him to come on out and sit with me. Jerry brings him in and he's still really hot, I take his temp...101.5...sigh... so out comes the IB. I tell Jerry to sleep in the back room, since I'm already up and I go lie down with Elijah in the big room. I take off his shirt to help him cool down...sigh... The child was driving me nuts. He didn't act sick. He was figitity and playing with a doll, so I finally took him to his room. That didn't go over well. I compromise with rocking him. By this time it's 3. I turn on Step Up and Dance and rock the boy child. He doses on and off, but is still awake. Finally at 4, I'm about beat and am finally tired. So I put him bed with me and turn my back on him. At 4:30, I look over and he's finally asleep. THEN... I realize I am starving, so I eat a banana and lie down to sleep, except that Grace gets the hiccups...sigh. She is so far down in my pelvis that my whole hip bone shakes with each hiccup. I get out of bed and decide that I'll go on and eat some cereal and that way I won't be too hungry in the morning and maybe I can sleep in a bit (Fool that I am!) She finally gets over the hiccups at around 5:30. I FINALLY sleep. At 7:30 on the nose, Elijah wakes right up and is UP! Sigh... His fever didn't come back until later in the day. Again, he didn't act sick, just had a fever. Sigh... I never know what to do in these situations. Go to the doc? Wait and see if he develops any more symptoms... let the fever runs it's course? Isn't it the body fighting something? he didn't take a much longer nap than usual, and I didn't really get a nap, so I'm pretty tired. I hope that I can sleep tonight. Mary the midwife offered to write me a script the last time for something to help me sleep and I'm wondering if maybe I should have taken her up on it. My hip hurts so bad most nights, that I don't sleep well. I can only sleep on my right side with some relief or sitting straight up, but that makes it a little harder to breathe...
Not much longer, I know... but I just don't remember being this uncomfortable with Elijah. Though I carried him farther back and Grace is really right up front. I shouldn't complain. I've had a really easy pregnancy. I'll just be happier once my mom is here.
Okay, enough for now.
April 11
soon?
soooo.... i'm still pregnant, but things are looking positive. i'm effacing and a little dilated and grace's head is down...way down... mary the midwife said that i would probably be 3 cm by next friday and that i'm effacing nicely... next friday i'll 37.5 weeks which is where i was when elijah was born, so we'll see. my contractions are sporadic at best, but when i have them i actually feel them, so i guess they are doing something.
my mom is here, so i feel better about the possibility of going into labor. already i feel more relaxed. not having to run after a 2 year old constantly is great!
that's it for now i guess. i know there was more, but i can't remember.... okay... now for some rest!
April 14
Grace's Room -- check
I have finished all but two pictures on Grace's room. Once again, I used an opaque projector to draw some characters from kid's books on the wall and then painted them in. Overall I think they have turned out well.
Ollie
Doggies
Nim's Island
Russel The Sheep
The Belly Button Book
I Love My Mommy
Dog's Busy Day
The Peace Book
Happy To Be Nappy
Llama Llama Mad At Mama
So there they are. I have a gorilla from Goodnight Gorilla to do and the green Powerpuff Girl left to do.
Elijah is sick. He has gotten progressively yuckier over the weekend, so I broke down and took him to the doctor today. If I wasn't thinking that I'm going to have this baby any day, then I would've waited it out, but I really don't want it on my mind. But, yeah, he just has a cold. Oh well, they were super nice. We so rarely go to the doc. We hadn't seen this PA since Elijah was 2 months old! My mom has been great helping out with Elijah and around the house and yard.
Have I mentioned that we got a new mower? We had an electric one with a cord and that made mowing the outside of the fence really difficult. We were going to go battery powered, but the price doubled within the past couple of months. So Jerry went and got us a reel mower. I have to say that our yard looks really good. It's lowest cut is only 1 inch, so it leaves a nice carpet of grass on the ground. It's also the best cut for grass. I'm just happy that we are reducing our carbon footprint a little bit. Jerry did most of the back yard and all the front in a little over an hour, not too bad. If we lived on more than .5 acre, I'm sure we would've been less likely to buy this, but we don't, so there.
Jerry came home to work today, and he did so from bed. He also has a cold or really bad allergies or something. These sickies need to not get the mama bear sick. I'm having enough issues with little feet trying to push through my skin and contractions...I do not want a cold... I might cough and a baby may come out...
Okay, I'm going to add a couple of pics to the album and then go to bed.
April 17
This week
I just want to thank my town. Thank you for not giving me dirty looks for using the handicap stall since that's the only one I can fit into. Thank you for not commenting on my size and instead asking when I am due. Thank you for not giving me a hard time since my belly hangs out over my maternity pants and my shirts don't cover all the belly either. Thank you lady at The Fresh Market who said that she couldn't tell I was pregnant from the back, though I know it was a lie. Thank you shoppers for not staring too hard at the mom that is hanging on to the buggy to get through a contraction while her toddler sings an unknown song at the top of his lungs. Thank you mom for helping out with said toddler and allowing him to play at playgroup, while I sit on my butt and eat yummy snacks and talk to my mom friends. Thank you Jerry for dealing with the toddler boy at night, even though I am the one that is not sleeping and so would be the better parent to get up if need be... I mean I'm on the way to the bathroom anyway right? Thank you playgroup moms for bringing the perfect mix of yummy fruit and healthy foods and brownies and cookies this morning and for coming over and chatting to me.
I have needed this this week. I am feeling very pregnant and huge and sad that NOTHING fits. I have not needed to be reminded that I am indeed the size of a beached whale that needs to pee every five seconds. I have needed to take a three hour nap. I have needed to see my friends. I have needed to pretend to sleep a little bit.
Tomorrow we go for another check...please please please, at least let there be something happening in this area. I seriously may cry...
To Grace... my birthday is on Sunday. There is a full moon on Sunday. And while I am not one to share my birthday well, and I'm not too sure how much I believe the whole full moon thing... I will happily make an exception for you. You are welcome to make an appearance at anytime. I promise to call Mary the Midwife and make sure you are born in a warm and safe environment. Your dad will be there and your Oma will bring your older brother to come and pat you on the head. I bet your Opa will even jump in the car and drive down immediately. I promise that you will like it just as much on the outside as you did on the inside... Love, mom.
Here it is folks. Hopefully the last of the belly pics. 37 weeks and 2 days:
April 19
she's still in there...
Mary the midwife says sooner rather than later. Grace's head is farther down (though don't know how that is possible as she already feels like she's halfway out!) i'm still thinning, but not much more dilating. I need to relax and not stress about this. Mary says more than likely before May. I'm going to go on a walk...
April 20
The big 3-2
Wahoo! It's my birthday! No Grace yet...hopefully soon. Jerry and I got to go see Leatherheads (quite good...) and out for a walk and early dinner. My mom made me a Boston Creme Pie and babysat for us. Over all a very nice day. I gotta say that my kiddo has stolen my thunder though. Over the past few days Elijah has acquired three new skills. First, he suddenly has gotten the idea of matching pictures to the pieces of a puzzle without help. Honestly, it went from him being frustrated that things weren't fitting to putting the whole puzzle together by himself! Second, he can consistently turn flips. He's been trying for days and would occasionally get over, but now it's consistent and he uses it as a ploy to not brush his teeth and get ready for bed. But it's really cool, so maybe we aren't as hard on him as we should be to stay on task. And third he learned to ride his trike all by himself!!!!! My boy is growing up!
April 23
When you want a hurricane to come through...
It doesn't. I guess it isn't hurricane season and all... A really strong low pressure front could be helpful. The moon's force didn't pull this kiddo out. I am only 38 weeks pregnant and I could feasibly go the full 40. I guess I am really paranoid about trying to birth a 10 pound baby. Last weeks estimate was over 8 pounds...
I have been walking a bit more, though it is not comfy. Every night I am awakened by contractions that are, how id Jerry put it?... oh yeah, more substantial. I almost don't want Mary to check me on Friday. Why is it that the last trimester seems the absolute longest. Everyday, I wake up and think today could be the day. I try visualizing the birth, relaxing, walking... Each night, I think oh maybe this contraction will lead to another....and it does...2 hours later!
Okay, enough whining. She will come out soon... she has too!
Elijah is now a master of the trike. It's really cool to watch him. Now he'll talk or sing while he's riding. At first it was just this total look of concentration on his little face. He almost looked mad. But he's really good at it now. I'm a very proud momma!
My mom has been weedwacking and mowing up a storm. Our yard will look very pretty while she is here!
We went over earlier this week to hang out with Rachel and the kiddos. Her mom was there and so my mom got to talk to someone closer to her age and practice holding babies. It was a good visit. Elijah did have a bit of a meltdown before going because he wanted to ride his trike. So we threw it in the car and took it with us. MR and Elijah had the best time playing together outside. Elijah pulled MR around on the trike, very freakin' cute! Erin is almost done with his semester in school and finishes his clinical rounds tomorrow. I know that Rachel will be happy to have him home a little more. She is so lucky to have her mom live in town! I feel really lucky to have my mom here now. There is no way that Elijah would be out on his trike if it was just me. He's really good about staying in the cul-de-sac. He knows he can only go down to the stop sign if Oma, Opa, Momma, or Dado is with him and tells you this 23984987 times on the way to the stop sign. But it's a good lesson and I'm glad he understands it!
I voted yesterday! We have early voting set up since our primary isn't until May 6th (one of my projected due dates) I figured I had better get in there and do it. So voting - check! I am an Obama Momma all the way. I'm a little perturbed that Hillary won last night actually. It freaks me out that if she wins, gets elected twice over, then our country will have been run by 2 families for over 30 years. It's just odd. On a mom's board I belong too, someone said they wouldn't vote for Obama because they were scared he'd get killed and it would start a whole black versus white thing. WHAT?!?!? Anyone could get killed for any number of reasons. It would be devastating regardless. It's just odd. I never thought about murder as a reason to vote or not vote for someone. I'm more about politics than I am about color, religion, sex, etc. I want a candidate that shares some of my political beliefs and one that can, HOPEFULLY, bring change to this country.
This has been a lot of little tangents. Sorry. Please send laboring thoughts my way. Hopefully the next blog will be a birth announcement!
April 28
still here...still preggo
i'm hoping this cold front will do something though. friday i was 3 cm and 60% effaced... i've been having contractions all weekend that have gotten progressively more uncomfortable. we'll see. i've given up holding my breath.
so i'm here. i'm going to go walk the mall after elijah wakes up from nap and hope that'll do something! send birthing vibes please!
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