I am in month 8 now, I can't believe it! It feels like I have a lot of time left, but if I look at it in terms of how many more weekends I have left to work, it is not a lot of time at all. I think I only have 2 more weekends to work because I work every other weekend. When I am off of work, then it will really hit me. Work keeps me extremely busy, I even have so much work to do on my days off, I have to work for a couple of hours today to try to meet a deadline that I probably won't meet.
Drew, Sean, and I have all been sick with a cold that has been a lot of fun, especially when I can only take Sudafed. I have also been experiencing restless leg syndrome a lot lately. For those of you who do not know what it is, I will briefly explain what I've been going through. It is a condition brought on from pregnancy and the cause may be due to low iron. It is a condition that affects a part of the brain that makes my legs very uncomfortable when I am tired and only when I am tired. Which I am tired a lot nowadays. The tiredness is not like first trimester sleepiness, but it is no fun and wish I had more time to sleep. But my legs, I feel like I have to move them constantly when I am tired and sitting. Long car rides have become unbearable. We went to my dad's for Easter and on the way home I much rather would have walked or stayed at a hotel or at his house all day to sleep until my legs felt better. Drew did a great job speeding down the expressway to get us home a little faster because he knows that I cannot sit for long. I had to work Saturday night before Easter, and only had 20 minutes of sleep before going to my dad's. I slept there for 2 hours, and couldn't wait to go to bed. I can't sleep for more than 4 hours at a time because of my bladder, and I am so tired of peeing.
I don't have a lot ready for the baby yet! This weekend we have to get the crib ready and that will make me feel a little more at ease. I don't feel like doing a lot of anything lately beisdes laying around.
As far as a name, I think we have settled on the name Colin. It may change, but we have been stuck on this name for a while now.
Well, I am going to lay back down for a bit, I am tired AGAIN! I will update again soon. I am in the home stretch and can't wait.
Monday, March 24, 2008
Friday, February 29, 2008
It's Been a While
I am into my third trimester already. I am so looking forward to the end of this 9 month process, but will be sad when it is over because this may be my last little baby I grow in my tummy. He is kicking like crazy at night when I have down times at work, and then he starts back up again in the afternoon after I eat lunch. No names picked out yet. We can't decide, but my husband really likes Jake. But we have a Jake on my side and a Jake on his side of the family. So we have been trying to come up with a name still. Hopefully by the end of this weekend, if not, I'm not that concerned yet. It's not like I am going to the hospital next week.
I am going shopping at Gurnee Mills this weekend for maternity clothes and baby clothes. I am looking forward to buying clothes for the baby, not so much for myself. I hope to start getting the room ready this weekend as well. We are just going to put the crib in the back for now until we move. Let's see how much energy I have this weekend though to do all of this.
Work has not been the best, but at least there is a light at the end of the tunnel and I get to look forward to taking about 11 weeks off. That means that I have 7 more weeks of work, a total of 28 more days. I can handle that, my my body is getting really tired of the work I put it through on a nightly basis. I am on my feet for 10 about 10 out of the 11 hours I work, and my ankles are starting to take a beating, they look hugs by the end of my shift.
Sean is well, he had a double ear infection a couple of weeks ago, but other than that he is great. He keeps me smiling and laughing. Drew is doing well also, he is getting ready for the baby also, I saw he was reading my pregnancy book the other night when I was at work, or at least I tink he was looking at it.
I start going to the doc every 2 weeks now, so I measure time by the daates I have my appointments scheduled for. Time has gone by really fast, and it is going to continue to do so as long as I keep working and keep myself busy.
That is what is going on, can't wait to take my maternity leave and have time to relax before the big day.
I am going shopping at Gurnee Mills this weekend for maternity clothes and baby clothes. I am looking forward to buying clothes for the baby, not so much for myself. I hope to start getting the room ready this weekend as well. We are just going to put the crib in the back for now until we move. Let's see how much energy I have this weekend though to do all of this.
Work has not been the best, but at least there is a light at the end of the tunnel and I get to look forward to taking about 11 weeks off. That means that I have 7 more weeks of work, a total of 28 more days. I can handle that, my my body is getting really tired of the work I put it through on a nightly basis. I am on my feet for 10 about 10 out of the 11 hours I work, and my ankles are starting to take a beating, they look hugs by the end of my shift.
Sean is well, he had a double ear infection a couple of weeks ago, but other than that he is great. He keeps me smiling and laughing. Drew is doing well also, he is getting ready for the baby also, I saw he was reading my pregnancy book the other night when I was at work, or at least I tink he was looking at it.
I start going to the doc every 2 weeks now, so I measure time by the daates I have my appointments scheduled for. Time has gone by really fast, and it is going to continue to do so as long as I keep working and keep myself busy.
That is what is going on, can't wait to take my maternity leave and have time to relax before the big day.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
What's in a name?
Been busy with work and sleep lately. However we did manage to get out and go to Navy Pier over the weekend to take the kids out. Kids meaning Sean, Jason, and two of our friend's kids Nikki and Dylan. They hadn't seen each other since Sean's party, so they had a blast. We went to the Children's musuem and buil a bear, and then to Giordanno's Pizza. I am pathetic though, I can't hardly stay up past 8:00. If I force myself to stay awake, I am extremely uncomfortable and miserable. I start getting the feeling that my skin is crawling, my legs feel funny, and I can't be comfortable sitting down. So when I am tired, I just go to bed. I can't wait until I have more energy like I used to to be able to function on 6 hours or less of sleep and stay up late on my days off. But I know all of that will change because the baby will have his own schedule I will have to follow.
We are having trouble picking out the right name. It seemed like it was so easy to pick Sean's name out, why is this one so difficult. I really liked the name Ethan, but Drew does not. That has been my only boy's name I've picked so far. You know how you associate names with people you have known with that name, maybe that is why it is so difficult. I want to be settled on a name soon though, hopefully by my 8th month.
I feel the kicks and tumbles a great deal now, it is amazing. I know he only wieghs 1 pound 3 ounces when we went for the ultra sound. But when he gets going it doesn't feel like he is that small. Target is putting out a lot of new baby stuff this week because they are transitioning to warm weather stuff, and the newness of all of the stuff they are putting out makes me want to go shopping. But I am holding off for a little bit, I have priorities to take care of first such as Dr. bills. Those are always fun to pay.
Sean is going to pre-school 6 hours a week now, and boy what a difference it is. We have homework to do with him everyday too now, which is so difficult to do with him sometimes. We are trying to teach him to write his letters, but things aren't going smoothly. He doesn't want to just sit there and learn. He starts pretending to cough, put his head down and fake yawn, or throw fits, anything to try to get out of sitting at the table practicing his letters. Thank goodness we have another year of preschool to do it all over again, he will need it the rate we are going with him. I know he is only 4, but it is trying sometimes to have him be serious and learn things that involve no games or t.v. or fun times. I mean c'mon, how much fun can you put into writing your letters. But we will get there soon. Practice makes perfect.
Work has been going o.k., I get burned out sometimes, but then I look forward to my days off to catch up on sleep. I work 4 ten plus hour shifts, but on average I work 50 hours a week. I am taking it easy this week though, and I am going to try to do that going forward with the hours, not working so much. I am grateful for a couple people I work with who are mothers as well, they look out for me and help me out a lot. I just wish sometimes I could enjoy being pregnant a little bit more than worry about it. I worry that I inconvenience others because I am not able to do a lot that I used to at my job, but I try to tell myself that they need to get used to me holding back a little, and it is just frustrating when I want to do something, but I can't. It is frustarting because I wish I could please everyone and be a top performer like I used to. People that have not been pregnant or have dealt first hand with someone that has been seem to be forgetful that I can't do a lot of things, and I have to remind them. It is frustarting when people expect me to do something that is so out of my limitations now, and they won't come in to offer a helping hand even though they are fully capable of helping out. I mean c'mon, they don't have another human being that is trying to grow and develop in their belly that they have to protect. But that is just how some people are, and I have to look out for myself.
To end things this blog, I am excited it has snowed, and I am looking forward to taking Sean sledding tomorrow, if this cold of mine gets better. It was so cute and funny on Monday during the day before the snow started accumalating. Sean went to the front window, lifted the blinds and said I wish, I wish, I wish, I wish for it to snow. And by night time we had plenty of snow. Just not enough time to play in it yet, and with me being sick today, I will try to take him out tomorrow.
We are having trouble picking out the right name. It seemed like it was so easy to pick Sean's name out, why is this one so difficult. I really liked the name Ethan, but Drew does not. That has been my only boy's name I've picked so far. You know how you associate names with people you have known with that name, maybe that is why it is so difficult. I want to be settled on a name soon though, hopefully by my 8th month.
I feel the kicks and tumbles a great deal now, it is amazing. I know he only wieghs 1 pound 3 ounces when we went for the ultra sound. But when he gets going it doesn't feel like he is that small. Target is putting out a lot of new baby stuff this week because they are transitioning to warm weather stuff, and the newness of all of the stuff they are putting out makes me want to go shopping. But I am holding off for a little bit, I have priorities to take care of first such as Dr. bills. Those are always fun to pay.
Sean is going to pre-school 6 hours a week now, and boy what a difference it is. We have homework to do with him everyday too now, which is so difficult to do with him sometimes. We are trying to teach him to write his letters, but things aren't going smoothly. He doesn't want to just sit there and learn. He starts pretending to cough, put his head down and fake yawn, or throw fits, anything to try to get out of sitting at the table practicing his letters. Thank goodness we have another year of preschool to do it all over again, he will need it the rate we are going with him. I know he is only 4, but it is trying sometimes to have him be serious and learn things that involve no games or t.v. or fun times. I mean c'mon, how much fun can you put into writing your letters. But we will get there soon. Practice makes perfect.
Work has been going o.k., I get burned out sometimes, but then I look forward to my days off to catch up on sleep. I work 4 ten plus hour shifts, but on average I work 50 hours a week. I am taking it easy this week though, and I am going to try to do that going forward with the hours, not working so much. I am grateful for a couple people I work with who are mothers as well, they look out for me and help me out a lot. I just wish sometimes I could enjoy being pregnant a little bit more than worry about it. I worry that I inconvenience others because I am not able to do a lot that I used to at my job, but I try to tell myself that they need to get used to me holding back a little, and it is just frustrating when I want to do something, but I can't. It is frustarting because I wish I could please everyone and be a top performer like I used to. People that have not been pregnant or have dealt first hand with someone that has been seem to be forgetful that I can't do a lot of things, and I have to remind them. It is frustarting when people expect me to do something that is so out of my limitations now, and they won't come in to offer a helping hand even though they are fully capable of helping out. I mean c'mon, they don't have another human being that is trying to grow and develop in their belly that they have to protect. But that is just how some people are, and I have to look out for myself.
To end things this blog, I am excited it has snowed, and I am looking forward to taking Sean sledding tomorrow, if this cold of mine gets better. It was so cute and funny on Monday during the day before the snow started accumalating. Sean went to the front window, lifted the blinds and said I wish, I wish, I wish, I wish for it to snow. And by night time we had plenty of snow. Just not enough time to play in it yet, and with me being sick today, I will try to take him out tomorrow.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
IT'S A BOY!!!
It's a boy, and I am so excited for another boy and for Sean to have a brother. I am a little saddened about the fact that I may never be able to dress my child in pinks and purples and dresses and bows. Not unless I want to torture one of the boys, but no I won't do that. I will miss out on buying dollies and barbies and cute girl toys. I am a little bored with the boy toys. Cars and trucks and guys and boyish things. But that is o.k., Sean will be a great big brother and share his toys. I am so happy to know the sex of the baby now and everything is growing normally. He weighs 1 pound 3 ounces right now. That is so amazing that this tiny miracle is kicking and tumbling already.
Now I have to come up with a boy's name. I had a girl's name all picked out because I was all ready for a girl. I am already looking at little outfits while I work and just want to start buying clothes, but I have some time.
Sean wants the baby to come now. When we were at the hospital and we were getiing our jackets on to go he said I thought the baby was coming out today. It was so cute. We explained to him in the car on the way over that we were just looking at the baby on the computer screen, but he is so anxious. When I was laying down on the table having the ultrasound done he came in the room and wasn't too sure of what was going on as any normal 4 year old. So he came up to me, put his hand on my arm, and said it will be o.k. mom. I just wanted to start crying, it was so sweet.
I am more than half-way through this pregnancy, and I some days wish I could speed up time so the baby comes sooner, but most days I am happy to wait those couple of more months because with a new baby comes more responsibilities. I cannot wait but at the same time I just tell my sister when I see her going through things with Jason "oh I remember those days and I don't miss them." And then we always say those days are coming again soon.
Well, that is all for now.
Now I have to come up with a boy's name. I had a girl's name all picked out because I was all ready for a girl. I am already looking at little outfits while I work and just want to start buying clothes, but I have some time.
Sean wants the baby to come now. When we were at the hospital and we were getiing our jackets on to go he said I thought the baby was coming out today. It was so cute. We explained to him in the car on the way over that we were just looking at the baby on the computer screen, but he is so anxious. When I was laying down on the table having the ultrasound done he came in the room and wasn't too sure of what was going on as any normal 4 year old. So he came up to me, put his hand on my arm, and said it will be o.k. mom. I just wanted to start crying, it was so sweet.
I am more than half-way through this pregnancy, and I some days wish I could speed up time so the baby comes sooner, but most days I am happy to wait those couple of more months because with a new baby comes more responsibilities. I cannot wait but at the same time I just tell my sister when I see her going through things with Jason "oh I remember those days and I don't miss them." And then we always say those days are coming again soon.
Well, that is all for now.
Monday, December 31, 2007
Looking Forward To the New Year
Nothing special is going on right now, other than working a lot right now. One of my bosses was fired on Christmas Eve and I am taking on more responsibility right now for the time being until they get a replacement sometime in Feb. Work has been hard on me lately because of the physical work invovled and I work hard. I have never had my body ache this much and I think it is because of being pregnant and working a lot of long hours and working hard to get things done. I look forward to being more pregnant than I am now so I can slow down and take it easy soon.
The pregnancy is going a lot better now a days. I am not sick for the week with any kind of illness such as the flu I had or a cold I had. It seemed like I was sick for like 8 weeks due to these illnesses and morning sickness. Good times are here until the baby grows and makes it hard to get comfortable. But as for now I am still able to fit into my regular size clothes for a couple of more weeks it seems. My ultra sound is next week, I am very anxious for that day to come. I want a girl badly, but if it is a boy I will be as equally happy, honestly. Sean tells us that he wants a brother. Drew says he doesn't know what he will do if it is a girl. But either way we are anxiously anticipating this little one to join our family.
Sean starts school again next week also. That is going to be a big adjustment because he is going to school for 6 hours a week instead of 2 hours a week that he went for in the fall quarter. I hope he likes it better than he did last quarter.
We all had a good Christmas, I am sad that it came and went so fast. For New Years I am working, so I will be ringing in the new year with my co-workers. That is all right though, I would just be sleeping if I was off anyways.
I look forward to what this year will bring. I am grateful for a good pregnancy so far and much love and happiness. I will keep everyone updated after I have my appointments next week as far as how everything is going this month. I am now five months, I think only 130 something more days to go, but that time will fly by.
The pregnancy is going a lot better now a days. I am not sick for the week with any kind of illness such as the flu I had or a cold I had. It seemed like I was sick for like 8 weeks due to these illnesses and morning sickness. Good times are here until the baby grows and makes it hard to get comfortable. But as for now I am still able to fit into my regular size clothes for a couple of more weeks it seems. My ultra sound is next week, I am very anxious for that day to come. I want a girl badly, but if it is a boy I will be as equally happy, honestly. Sean tells us that he wants a brother. Drew says he doesn't know what he will do if it is a girl. But either way we are anxiously anticipating this little one to join our family.
Sean starts school again next week also. That is going to be a big adjustment because he is going to school for 6 hours a week instead of 2 hours a week that he went for in the fall quarter. I hope he likes it better than he did last quarter.
We all had a good Christmas, I am sad that it came and went so fast. For New Years I am working, so I will be ringing in the new year with my co-workers. That is all right though, I would just be sleeping if I was off anyways.
I look forward to what this year will bring. I am grateful for a good pregnancy so far and much love and happiness. I will keep everyone updated after I have my appointments next week as far as how everything is going this month. I am now five months, I think only 130 something more days to go, but that time will fly by.
Friday, December 7, 2007
A Couple of More Weeks
There are only 4 more weeks until I can make my appointment for the ultra sound. I am so excited, I am looking forward to this day as much as I am looking forward to Christmas. I will know the first week of January. I went to the doctor on Wednesday with Drew and Sean. They were able to come into the room with me this time because at these appointments they only take my blood pressure, weigh me, and then listen to the heart beat. The heart beat is going strong. When Sean went intoi the room and Drew was telling Sean that we will listen to the heart beat he said I want to see the baby. I told him not for a long time. But when we heard that heart beat, he had a big smile and was just staring at the thing that was making the noise. This made us so happy that day, to hear the heart beat and have Sean hear it also. When we were leaving the office Drew was like now it is starting to seem more real. He was nervous like I was that something wrong was going to happen so he didn't want to get overly excited until he knew everything was o.k. And now at this appointment it put us both at ease a lot.
I am finally over my first trimester sickness but now I am into my second trimester growing pains. The ligaments are stretching and oh boy does it hurt at work when I am doing a lot of bending. I was really worried about the amount of pain I was experiencing but the doctor said it hurts more than the first pregnancy and this is so true.
Sean's party is finally here. It is tomorrow and we all can't wait. Then after his party we can just talk about the amount of days left until Christmas because we have been showing him on the calander how far his party was and Christmas. We have a figure that we turn the dice on to count the days down until Christmas, but Sean always wants to keep the numbers at 25 because that is what we started at. He gets so frustrated when we try to teach him something and he doesn't understand it. It will get better when he gets into school more.
Sean's preschool quarter is over until January. The Chicago Park District programs go in quarters and now we have a long winter break until the next quarter. He won't mind the break though. I am excited about him starting the new program because we were able to sign him up into the 4 year old program that he will go to school for one more day and the days are 2 hours instead of one hour. So now when we drop him off we will be able to go home for the 2 hours instead of just hanging around the park. That is exciuting.
Well that is all of the updates I have for now as to what is going on in my little family.
I am finally over my first trimester sickness but now I am into my second trimester growing pains. The ligaments are stretching and oh boy does it hurt at work when I am doing a lot of bending. I was really worried about the amount of pain I was experiencing but the doctor said it hurts more than the first pregnancy and this is so true.
Sean's party is finally here. It is tomorrow and we all can't wait. Then after his party we can just talk about the amount of days left until Christmas because we have been showing him on the calander how far his party was and Christmas. We have a figure that we turn the dice on to count the days down until Christmas, but Sean always wants to keep the numbers at 25 because that is what we started at. He gets so frustrated when we try to teach him something and he doesn't understand it. It will get better when he gets into school more.
Sean's preschool quarter is over until January. The Chicago Park District programs go in quarters and now we have a long winter break until the next quarter. He won't mind the break though. I am excited about him starting the new program because we were able to sign him up into the 4 year old program that he will go to school for one more day and the days are 2 hours instead of one hour. So now when we drop him off we will be able to go home for the 2 hours instead of just hanging around the park. That is exciuting.
Well that is all of the updates I have for now as to what is going on in my little family.
Monday, November 26, 2007
In the Mood for Christmas
I finally did something to my myspace page today to make it festive. I cannot wait until I can put up the tree and wrap all of the presents. We are putting up the tree the night of Sean's birthday party. I am counting down the days with Sean till we go to Chuck E Cheese.
Christmas seemed to come faster this year than any other year. I don't really know why that is. Maybe all of the hustle and bustle of things made the days fly by until we get to November. There is something to look forward to each week. Last week we had an excellent Thanksgiving. The food was the best, I actually enjoyed every bite. I worked the night before so I was a little sleepy, I took a little nap, and enjoyed the rest of the day. Next week I have my next Dr.s appt. I am anticaipating this one because it will be the first one in my second trimester. I have new aches and pains that worry the heck out of me, but I believe that everything is o.k. I am now 15 weeks, I cannot wait until I get to 20 to be like I am at the halfway mark. My clothes aren't getting tight yet. Give it a few weeks and I know I will need some new clothes around Christmas time.
I have all of these plans to get myself more into the holiday mood. We are going to go downtown to see the Christmas Tree at Daley Plaza. My sister and I also wanted to stroll on Michigan ave. to do a little shopping. Then of course putting up the tree and decorations. I am so relieved that I have a lot more enegy than I did a few weeks ago to be able to do a lot more.
That is all that is happening for now, any changes I will blog.
Christmas seemed to come faster this year than any other year. I don't really know why that is. Maybe all of the hustle and bustle of things made the days fly by until we get to November. There is something to look forward to each week. Last week we had an excellent Thanksgiving. The food was the best, I actually enjoyed every bite. I worked the night before so I was a little sleepy, I took a little nap, and enjoyed the rest of the day. Next week I have my next Dr.s appt. I am anticaipating this one because it will be the first one in my second trimester. I have new aches and pains that worry the heck out of me, but I believe that everything is o.k. I am now 15 weeks, I cannot wait until I get to 20 to be like I am at the halfway mark. My clothes aren't getting tight yet. Give it a few weeks and I know I will need some new clothes around Christmas time.
I have all of these plans to get myself more into the holiday mood. We are going to go downtown to see the Christmas Tree at Daley Plaza. My sister and I also wanted to stroll on Michigan ave. to do a little shopping. Then of course putting up the tree and decorations. I am so relieved that I have a lot more enegy than I did a few weeks ago to be able to do a lot more.
That is all that is happening for now, any changes I will blog.
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