Hiya! I've been meaning to check in here more often, but I've been sort of down lately, and I hate posting depressing stuff, cause I know people don't really want to read that. I was going to come on here this morning and check in by saying, still haven't found my cats, and last weekend my husband and I were lying in bed talking, and somehow came across the subject of twins, and apparently, he's been thinking the same thing too!! Of course, his way of thinking is "The only thing worse than her being pregnant is being pregnant with twins!" lol. So that's another time its been brought up. It was the first thing my dad said when I called him from the doctor's office with the confirmed test, I had a dream about it before I even knew I was pregnant, I keep thinking about it, like its already true, Kathryn brought it up all by herself, and now my husband admits to have been thinking about it lately. So, all I have to do, lol, is hang in there about another month before I go to the doc when she's going to listen to the heartbeat, and find out if there are 2, lol.
Also, good news, I found one of my cats today. I came home from taking the kids to vacation bible school, and I heard a cat hollering behind our backyard. (Our backyard adjoins 2 other backyards, but one of those is completely overgrown, practically a forest.) So, I go into the backyard, look over the fence, start calling the kitty, and there he is, my Smokey. Apparently, he's "gone wild" again, and has made himself at home in the forest. But, he was calling to me today, so I tried to get a hold of him. I climbed the fence, coaxed him to me and was bringing him back to the house. I couldn't climb the fence while holding on to him, so I set him in our yard to climb back over to grab him again when the dogs chased him all the way down the yard, back over the fence into the other neighbors yard. I was so mad about that, and I couldn't think of any other way to get him, so I figured I'd have to wait until someone else came home to help me get him. Then my dad suggested I climb over with a carrier to put him in, then use that to transport him back over the fence, so I tried that. I had to wait for it to quit raining this afternoon, then I went over there looking for him several times, and couldn't find him. I finally found him, but now he's running from me, and I spent about an hour climbing the fence back and forth between the 2 neighbors yards behind us, and I nearly hurt myself climbing back over the fence the last time. I had leaves and twigs stuck in my hair, and I was sopping wet by the time I gave up. I figure he's mad at me for the dogs chasing him, and I'm sure that everything being wet doesn't help, but I was pissed cause I just wanted to bring him into the house, and he was right there, and I couldn't get him. My husband is working a double tonight, so he won't even be home to help me, so I guess I'll have to wait one more day to bring my Smokey home. At least I know he's alive.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Again with the twins!
Ok, so I haven't said anything to anyone about my whole "Twins" theory, except here, mostly because I don't want to freak anyone out, and also because I don't want to be "wrong", I guess. I dunno. Anyway, my daughter basically asked me today, in a round about way, if I could have twins; a boy and a girl. See, this is where I was going with the twins thing; I don't know if she's intuitive, or if we just think alike ;).
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Feeling a bit better, then not...
I meant to come on here last week; Thursday-ish, to let you know i was feeling actually normal for the first time in a week. I had had a HORRIBLE headache nearly nonstop all week, pretty much the definition of a migraine; first of all, I'm allergic to all Rx migraine meds. Second of all, I'm only allowed Tylenol when I'm pregnant. Needless to say, I was not getting rid of the headache. It finally went away on Thursday, and I felt normal. For a day. My husband came home that day, early, from work, telling me he was feeling bad, sort of like he was getting sick. Stomach was upset, eventually he started running a fever, and then, as he was lying down, before he went to sleep, he told me he had the worst headache of his life. A lightbulb went on for me; maybe I had some kind of summer cold/virus that was floating around, and just blamed it on the pregnancy. Well, there is something going around, we all have had different versions of it. Mine was headache and nausea, which could have been caused by the headache, or the nausea. Jon had upset stomach, fever, and headache. The kids threw up for 2 days (no fever). The little boy that we are watching over the summer has the same thing Jon had. And the little girl Kathryn went swimming with on Wednesday night had fever. So weird. Also, I went to the doc yesterday, cause I'm getting a kidney infection. I really don't want to be on antibiotics while I'm pregnant; I did with my other 2, and I strongly believe that is the reason they were "born" with rotten teeth. I think the antibiotics did something to the development of their baby teeth, that caused them to decay easier. But, it can't be helped at this point.
So, finally feeling better, for a while. I still have mild headaches, but not severe like before, and I'm still nauseated, and I'm still trying really hard to take it easy on myself. I really don't want to be sick with this one. I was so sick with my daughter, I threw up for the first 6 months, and lost 15 lbs. With my son, it was the first 3-4 months, and I lost 7 lbs. I'm really conscientious of my body, and my symptoms, and when I get too hot, or too tired, or too sick at my stomach, or anything, I go lie down. I've been lying down a lot. Its really frustrating for me, I want, no, I NEED to get as much work done as possible, but I have several issues standing in the way of that. One, being the obvious, that I'm sick nearly every day. The other is that I'm still technically on "watch status", so I don't get to submit all my work right away, therefore, I don't know how much work I've done in a given day. I get paid on production; I'm supposed to keep up with that production level to make sure I'm doing all I'm required in a day. But I don't submit my work, I give it to someone else to look at, who then submits it, therefore, I don't have immediate feedback as to how much work I've done/how much work needs to be done. Its very frustrating.
I'm also very sad right. Needless to say, my emotions aren't very stable, which is a very strange place for me; I always try to be a rock, you know? I'm a strong woman, I recognize that and accept that as who I am. People see it in me, and the know that about me. I am crying like a damn baby every 15 minutes. Well, ok, technically, I have good reason; but normally, I would be able to just push it out of my head. I can't stop thinking about it now. 2 of my cats have gone missing; 1 has been gone for over a week now, the other for a few days. The first one was a wild rescue, he's used to being outside and stuff, and I can only hope that he's "gone wild" again, and may show up soon. But he's very skittish around people not us, so I don't believe anyone's taken him home as a new pet. The other one, on the other hand, would walk up to a drooling pit bull to make friends. He's the friendliest, sweetest cat around. Very patient; the only one I would trust to let his tail get pulled by a baby and not get scratched; I know, I've seen it. I can only hope for him that someone did find him, and take him home, and he hasn't had a chance to escape back outside yet. But, I cry every night; I check the doors every morning and night, hoping to hear or see them coming home. This morning I really bawled; it was raining. When my white cat, the friendly one, goes out and it starts raining, he comes home immediately, lol. I guess I was hoping the rain would bring him home. He's never been gone this long, only a few hours, and usually we can find him in the back or front yard anyway. I'm so sad that I will never see my babies again. Now I'm crying again, just talking about it.
Hope everyone is well, and enjoying life now. Will check back in later.
So, finally feeling better, for a while. I still have mild headaches, but not severe like before, and I'm still nauseated, and I'm still trying really hard to take it easy on myself. I really don't want to be sick with this one. I was so sick with my daughter, I threw up for the first 6 months, and lost 15 lbs. With my son, it was the first 3-4 months, and I lost 7 lbs. I'm really conscientious of my body, and my symptoms, and when I get too hot, or too tired, or too sick at my stomach, or anything, I go lie down. I've been lying down a lot. Its really frustrating for me, I want, no, I NEED to get as much work done as possible, but I have several issues standing in the way of that. One, being the obvious, that I'm sick nearly every day. The other is that I'm still technically on "watch status", so I don't get to submit all my work right away, therefore, I don't know how much work I've done in a given day. I get paid on production; I'm supposed to keep up with that production level to make sure I'm doing all I'm required in a day. But I don't submit my work, I give it to someone else to look at, who then submits it, therefore, I don't have immediate feedback as to how much work I've done/how much work needs to be done. Its very frustrating.
I'm also very sad right. Needless to say, my emotions aren't very stable, which is a very strange place for me; I always try to be a rock, you know? I'm a strong woman, I recognize that and accept that as who I am. People see it in me, and the know that about me. I am crying like a damn baby every 15 minutes. Well, ok, technically, I have good reason; but normally, I would be able to just push it out of my head. I can't stop thinking about it now. 2 of my cats have gone missing; 1 has been gone for over a week now, the other for a few days. The first one was a wild rescue, he's used to being outside and stuff, and I can only hope that he's "gone wild" again, and may show up soon. But he's very skittish around people not us, so I don't believe anyone's taken him home as a new pet. The other one, on the other hand, would walk up to a drooling pit bull to make friends. He's the friendliest, sweetest cat around. Very patient; the only one I would trust to let his tail get pulled by a baby and not get scratched; I know, I've seen it. I can only hope for him that someone did find him, and take him home, and he hasn't had a chance to escape back outside yet. But, I cry every night; I check the doors every morning and night, hoping to hear or see them coming home. This morning I really bawled; it was raining. When my white cat, the friendly one, goes out and it starts raining, he comes home immediately, lol. I guess I was hoping the rain would bring him home. He's never been gone this long, only a few hours, and usually we can find him in the back or front yard anyway. I'm so sad that I will never see my babies again. Now I'm crying again, just talking about it.
Hope everyone is well, and enjoying life now. Will check back in later.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Checking in
So, just checking in. Not much new going on. Trying to work out a debt reduction plan so that the majority of the CCs are paid off by the time the baby gets here, then will work on paying down the car loans. Still sort of stressing about money, but really, what else is new?
We told the kids about the baby last week, on Wednesday, I believe. They were really excited, and immediately started arguing about which they wanted, a brother or a sister (like we're going shopping, and actually get to pick it out, lol) I've told a few other people, too; not too many, because its still so early, and you know how some people are superstitious about talking too soon. Well, I'm not one of those; cause, lets face it, I have a body built for carrying babies!!
Margie, did you know you were having twins? I don't know the situation about when you had them, if the doc had any way of knowing before you actually gave birth, but did you just have a feeling about it before being confirmed? Or was it a total surprise to you? I'm just wondering. I won't really know anything until I go see my doc in July, and even then, I may not know anything until the sonogram, in September. Long way away. Not long enough, lol.
I'm still not sick, but I still have this monster headache that won't go away, and I can't take anything for, and I get sort of queasy every once in a while, so I have to go lie down for a bit to make it settle. Its hard, I need to be working right now, and I'm not really able to do very much. I'm getting a bit frustrated.
We told the kids about the baby last week, on Wednesday, I believe. They were really excited, and immediately started arguing about which they wanted, a brother or a sister (like we're going shopping, and actually get to pick it out, lol) I've told a few other people, too; not too many, because its still so early, and you know how some people are superstitious about talking too soon. Well, I'm not one of those; cause, lets face it, I have a body built for carrying babies!!
Margie, did you know you were having twins? I don't know the situation about when you had them, if the doc had any way of knowing before you actually gave birth, but did you just have a feeling about it before being confirmed? Or was it a total surprise to you? I'm just wondering. I won't really know anything until I go see my doc in July, and even then, I may not know anything until the sonogram, in September. Long way away. Not long enough, lol.
I'm still not sick, but I still have this monster headache that won't go away, and I can't take anything for, and I get sort of queasy every once in a while, so I have to go lie down for a bit to make it settle. Its hard, I need to be working right now, and I'm not really able to do very much. I'm getting a bit frustrated.
Monday, June 2, 2008
Well, here I am
Hi guys! I really love that all of you have kept up with me! It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy; honestly, I was doing this blog for myself, I never anticipated that anyone would care if I blogged or not.
So, I'm at 6 weeks pregnant, and I'm just in a rare state of mind. I'm so flustered and scared and not sure what to do! This is going to be like starting over for me; my youngest will be 7 in September; by the time the baby gets here, my oldest will be 9!! Oh my!!
So, I've already had all kinds of weird dreams and all that, and they have me totally scared that I'm going to have twins! I just can't shake the feeling. I haven't said anything to anyone yet, and I won't see my doctor again until July 14th, when they can hear the heartbeat, so I guess I won't know anything until then. I'm already making my lists of what I need; I need EVERYTHING! I don't have 1 single item left over from my babies. So I don't even know what everything entails! I thought I had made a pretty complete list, then we were at the store the other day, pricing cribs, and I saw high chairs! DUH! Not that that will be necessary in the beginning, but still!
I really want to get started on my collecting of items. I want to get started on clothes; buy one pack a week or whatever. I can't really do anything until I know what I'm having. I can't even pick out crib bedding until I know what it is!! I want to make my crib bedding, but I can't go pick out fabric, either! I don't want to find something I really like, then them not have it in 3 months. I have a sonogram scheduled for September 11 to find out what it is. That's a long way away!!
We already have names. LOL. Its sad, these names have been in the back of my brain for 7 years. David Alan, if its a boy, and I was thinking Elysabeth Grace for a girl, but my husband just told me he doesn't like Grace, so we will have to hash that one out. I'm trying to thing of ways to incorporate Lily or Lillian; Lillian Elysabeth? I don't know, he doesn't know if he likes that one, either. ;) We have plenty of time, I know.
Well, I'll try to get back on when I have anything to add. Obviously, not much to say in the beginning. I'm not quite sick yet; I have a bit of queasiness in my tummy, and I have had a screaming headache for a week, which, of course, I can't take anything for, but no real nausea and no vomiting yet. Thank the lord. I was so sick with my other 2, I lost 15 lbs with Kathryn before I started gaining! Ugh, I don't want to start throwing up again. Ugh.
So, I'm at 6 weeks pregnant, and I'm just in a rare state of mind. I'm so flustered and scared and not sure what to do! This is going to be like starting over for me; my youngest will be 7 in September; by the time the baby gets here, my oldest will be 9!! Oh my!!
So, I've already had all kinds of weird dreams and all that, and they have me totally scared that I'm going to have twins! I just can't shake the feeling. I haven't said anything to anyone yet, and I won't see my doctor again until July 14th, when they can hear the heartbeat, so I guess I won't know anything until then. I'm already making my lists of what I need; I need EVERYTHING! I don't have 1 single item left over from my babies. So I don't even know what everything entails! I thought I had made a pretty complete list, then we were at the store the other day, pricing cribs, and I saw high chairs! DUH! Not that that will be necessary in the beginning, but still!
I really want to get started on my collecting of items. I want to get started on clothes; buy one pack a week or whatever. I can't really do anything until I know what I'm having. I can't even pick out crib bedding until I know what it is!! I want to make my crib bedding, but I can't go pick out fabric, either! I don't want to find something I really like, then them not have it in 3 months. I have a sonogram scheduled for September 11 to find out what it is. That's a long way away!!
We already have names. LOL. Its sad, these names have been in the back of my brain for 7 years. David Alan, if its a boy, and I was thinking Elysabeth Grace for a girl, but my husband just told me he doesn't like Grace, so we will have to hash that one out. I'm trying to thing of ways to incorporate Lily or Lillian; Lillian Elysabeth? I don't know, he doesn't know if he likes that one, either. ;) We have plenty of time, I know.
Well, I'll try to get back on when I have anything to add. Obviously, not much to say in the beginning. I'm not quite sick yet; I have a bit of queasiness in my tummy, and I have had a screaming headache for a week, which, of course, I can't take anything for, but no real nausea and no vomiting yet. Thank the lord. I was so sick with my other 2, I lost 15 lbs with Kathryn before I started gaining! Ugh, I don't want to start throwing up again. Ugh.
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