Shrimp

I had my first doctor's appt. yesterday for baby #2. Everything looked nice and healthy and I wasn't as far along as I thought, but still over 2 months. The baby is a big as a medium sized shrimp, the eyes are developed but not open and the hearing system is developed so the baby can hear me. Today I am 10 weeks along which, get this, puts my due date 4 days after Baby C's birthday! They will be almost to the day, a year apart. Crazy!

I have my first wedding client :-) She is Rachel's niece and I've met her before but it's still a wedding. She's getting married in Myrtle Beach so she only needs me as a consultant. At least I will get some experience and have someone to finally write a review of me. I was hoping this would help jump start my wedding planning career but now that I've found out I'm pregnant, it will have to put on hold a little longer. Again.

I found a new website I am in love with. "Pioneer Woman"..a rancher's wife who has 4 kids, homeschools,  writes, has a cookbook out, is writing a book about how she met her husband, and is a photographer. She is amazing. Hopefully, after I finish this photography class I can start a more successful blog and become a better writer. I was a good writer in college, when I had to be.

I need something constructive to do with my days...when Baby C is asleep, besides watching TV and checking my Facebook every 30 minutes. I don't really have a lot to write about...so a blog really isn't a good idea. I don't like not having a set schedule of work, class, home...things like that. I miss the busy life I used to have. This blog is here for me to vent really...get thoughts out of my head and onto "paper".

Right now though, its Lost with the hubby. The hubby who keeps dozing off...

OMG

I can NOT believe it, but I am pregnant. Again.

I am at least two months along, the nurse says I am possibly 11 weeks along already. I had one cycle after Baby C was born then I started taking the pill so I thought that might have thrown my cycle off. So I was waiting longer then usual before I began to think that I might be prego. But here we are! 11 weeks prego with a 4 1/2 month old...Lord help me.

4 months

Well it's been two months since my last post and Baby C is growing like a weed! He has accomplished so much. He can laugh, scream (for fun), he can push up onto his hands when on his belly. He can recognize his bottle and reach for it, he can reach for and grab toys, and he has started teething. He seems to really like his baby pain reliever, its grape flavored :-). He was sleeping  completely through the night, from 6 pm to 6 am, but now that his gums are hurting, he wakes up around 2 or 3 first. He saw himself in the mirror at walmart and started laughing! I love watching him grow and learn. It's too bad Hubby can't be here like I can to watch him.

Right now I'm trying to lay him down for a nap and he keeps streeeeetching his leg out so that he's practically laying on his side. He has so many wiggles in him, you literally have to hold him down sometimes till he calms down. I put my hand on his head and pat him till I see his eyes start to close. Or I just let him watch his mobile till he will pass out as soon as I roll him over. He fights sleep so hard, its sad and funny at the same time.












Mom bought him a baby "entertainer" and he loves it. He can stretch and bounce on his legs. Its got lots of bright colorful toys around it for him to play with. He loves to stand up :-). He can almost sit up by himself. He hasn't quite mastered his balance yet though. I'm hoping that by putting him in his entertainer that he will learn to keep his balance better. He had his first sink bath a couple weeks ago. He's so cute when he's all wet. :-)

My 5 year reunion went well. I was worried people wouldn't show up on account of the rain. It was POURING, but there ended up being about 15 of us total. Jeremiah has flown in from California and was able to make it, Kashon ran into him at walmart and found out about the reunion that way. Some people had to work, but I gave them almost 6 months notice, I don't know why they couldn't have taken off that day. A lot of people just flaked for some reason, which annoys me to no end. If you can't make it then no big deal, but don't say you are going to come then don't show. It's just rude. *sigh*, oh well, at least some showed.

I didn't know Melissa would be there. I thought her and Matt were still in Ohio. I was SO happy to see her. It brought back a lot of good memories from Raddy. I miss those times. It was totally predictable to see the same people who hung out in high school hanging out at the reunion. I had people sign a card for Brittney since she was in the hospital. Although I found out later that Brittney isn't even in the hospital anymore. I hope they send it back so I can send it to the right address. It was a good time despite the rain and cop outs. :-)

I finally got my back porch the other day. The boys put it together in one day. Now I have a place to entertain. We have a table and chairs, a tanning chair and the grill up there. We have yet to put the rails up but that is on the list. I painted it a dark brown and I think its looks great. I love it :-). I can tan while the baby naps and go out and read. We can have dinner out there. It expands our living space and I love the extra room. I hope to put in a pool with our tax return. :-)

left out

The more and more I surf Facebook, the more I want to crawl in a hole. I feel so left out with everyone posting things about graduating, and classes, and parties. I wish I were in that group still. I miss college, I miss being able to go out and hanging with friends, I miss going to class! After I met Hubby, I started life early. Other people are starting their careers while I am starting a family. They were sophmores when I got married. They are worried about exams, I am worried about whether or not out insurance is ever going to add the baby. They worry about making it to class on time...I worry if we are going to make it to payday. They have bar tabs, I have car payments. They buy fancy new phones, I buy diapers and formula.

I wouldn't trade what I have for anything...sometimes I just wish I would have waited.

2 month update

So far, my little big man can: hold his head up on his own, stand and support himself when held, he can "talk" to you, smile when you talk to him, and he is pretty much sleeping through the night. Last night, he got up at 2:30 but I think its because I laid him to sleep on his back. I usually lay him on his stomach and he will sleep all night. But yesterday...I took him into his room, laid him on his back in his crib and turned on his mobile. He LOVES to watch that thing! Anyway, mom called. I was sitting in the big blue chair in the baby room reading a magazine, waiting to see if he would fall asleep on his own. While I was talking to mom, I realized I didn't hear him talking to himself anymore. I get up to look, and he is passed out!! So I closed the door and went to bed myself. I guess he doesn't sleep as good on his back but its good to know he will go to sleep without me rocking him. I want to get him in that habit.

He is drinking about 3-5oz at a time. Nothing new there. I tried to give him baby cereal mixed with his formula and he didn't really seem to act more full then he would with just formula. Mom wanted me to try it to see if he would stay full longer but I don't think it did any good. I will try it later though if he seems to be hungry more often.

Hubby started at a new prison this week that is a lot closer then Mt. O was. It cuts his drive in half and we will save hundreds of dollars in gas. :-) He gets home earlier and doesn't have to leave as early so I get to spend more time with him and so does Baby C. Which also means he has more time to get on my nerves but that is husbands for you.

one month update

We finally weighed the baby today: 13 pounds! Not sure how long he is...I have to find my little tape measure but if you have checked out my pics on Shutterfly, there is a picture that shows him compared to me.

I am definitely aware of how stubborn he is. I had to let him scream for about 10 minutes because he wasn't hungry, I had just changed him, he didn't want his pacifier and he wasn't happy in any position I put him in. So after a crying bout, I popped his paci in his mouth and he passed right out. He is VERY stubborn when it comes to going to sleep. He will fight it with all he has. But eventually, he cannot fight it when I rock him to sleep. It never fails. :-)

Today went good till about 7 pm when he began fighting sleep and he finally passed out around 8:30. I was finally able to do some dishes and eat dinner. I am going to bed now before he wakes up again.

Night!