I had another appointment today, the last of the 2-week intervals. It was pretty uneventful like usual. I only gained 2 lbs since my last one, so finally was NOT over the 'target' for that interval... Which was a shock to me because my mom fed me WELL while I was back to visit!
Blood pressure was 112/66 which apparently is pretty 'perfect' according to the midwife. Cia's heartbeat was in the 160's like usual and my belly was measuring 34. Everything is still going superbly.
My next appt is in a week. I'll be getting the Group B Strep screening done and hoping that it's negative this pregnancy, as it was positive with D.
We're going to plan a hospital tour soon and pre-register. It's all becoming so real! I'm going to have TWO kids... i'm going to have a baby GIRL! Crazy! I hope that we adjust quickly and easily, and that D doesn't hate me for taking away his 'only child' status.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Not-so-short trip home.
We drove back Saturday night part way, then allll day Sunday. Ended up getting a flat tire just about 3 hours away from home... and were on the side of I-80 for THREE hours. First my grama couldn't get the spare out from under the van, the bolt thingy that was supposed to release the cable, wouldn't turn far enough for the cable to extend completely to be able to get the tire out... So we called a number that the GPS system gave me for supposedly something to do with car maintenance in the next town... Well, it was a house number, I told the lady what was going on and ask her if she'd give me a number to a garage, she did... I called, they 'sent' someone... Well I told them everything I knew about our location, we were 16 miles from the exit (according to GPS and come to find out later IT WAS EXACTLY 16 MILES FROM THE EXIT) east bound blah blah blah, okay so 45 mins goes by, no guy... my cell rings, it's the guy who is 'in route to find us' and he is saying we ARE NOT on the side of the road he's been from such and such place to such and such place and we are not there... Um.. Sorry but YES we are.. So I describe EVERY single thing I can see, my grama walks a ways to find a mile marker, we tell him.. etc. "Oh I think I know exactly where you are... by this city..., I'll be there soon" hmm.. okay so another hour or so goes by... Still no garage guy.. My phone rings again, just as a man pulled over FINALLY someone pulled over, I ask the man who pulled over what the exit we JUST passed was (the wheel started shaking as I saw the off ramp to the exit, but I was in the far lane and couldnt get over till probably 1/4 mile after the exit). He told me the number and the name.. I tell the guy on the phone... He starts YELLING at me.. How he'd supposedly been by there TWICE, had JUST passed that exit and we are not there... WTF!? So I yell back... "I AM NOT GOING TO BE DISRESPECTED ON THE PHONE, I'M 8 MOS PREGNANT WITH A 2YO AND MY GRANDMOTHER ON THE FUCKING SIDE OF I-80 FOR TWO HOURS NOW, I'M NOT LYING TO YOU ABOUT WHERE I AM, I AM 3 HOURS FROM HOME, AFTER DRIVING FOR THE LAST DAY AND A HALF, I JUST WANT TO BE THERE ALREADY AND HAD YOU FOUND ME IMMEDIATELY WE'D BOTH BE HAPPY!" and the man says (still yelling) "WELL TELL THAT MAN TO LEAVE, I'VE ALREADY GOT 50 MILES INTO THIS LOOKING FOR YOU TO HELP, YOU OWE ME MONEY..........." I cut him off "I have told you EXACTLY where we are, even the man who LIVES HERE said exactly what I told you when I asked. We're in a RED minivan on the side of the road exactly where we've been for hours. If you find us, great, we'll pay you, we haven't lied at all, we just want to go home. Since you obviously are blind or a moron and you're rude and yelling at me, if you don't find us you can fuck off!" and I hung up. He kept trying to call again. But by this point I was crying and NOT going to deal with him...
The man that stopped got the spare out from under the car, then something got bent and he couldnt get the tire off or on or something (idk I was sitting in the van with Donovon my grama was out with the man)... he went to the store, bought a new w/e it was we needed, and came back to help us! He got the tire all changed, THEN (after 2 hours of sitting there) a state trooper finally stopped (2 had passed at that point w/ no help). But the trooper only pulled my grama aside to make sure she was 'comfortable' with this man working on our car... when he was already completely done with the tire! and then asked her if she wanted it towed, bc the cable thingy wouldnt retract like it was supposed to.
They ended up cutting the cable so we could get back on the road. We stopped at the next exit w/ a gas station (THE ONE THAT WE WERE 16 MILES FROM EXACTLY) and had them check all the tires and everything.. Then drove the last 3ish hours going EXACTLY the speed limit so as not to irritate the donut... so we spent 3 hours on the side of i-80. It could have been soooo much worse than a flat tire, we're all safe, etc. So even though it did SUCK horribly (my grama and I both ended up peeing on the side of the highway in 30ish degree weather bc we'd been there so long LOL)... and then after we got back on the road we BOTH had to pee about an hour or so after.. But I didn't want to stop (and she didnt want to ask me to stop to pee), so I drove 3 hours 15 mins straight w/ having to pee for atleast 2 hours... LOL I just did NOT want anything to happen when we stopped and us be stuck there.
so... SIGH. It made for a looong day. I called Curly after the guy made me cry and hysterically told him the story (he knew we got a flat prior) and then when I got home I called him again and he admitted "you were talking sooo fast I had no idea what was going on... except someone yelled at you, you were crying, and really had to pee!" hahaha!
But, I'm super thankful it was just an inconvenience and it wasn't anything serious. We're all safe and home. It was fantastic to finally reach our exit and know we were in the clear.
I went and saw Curly yesterday morning-ish, we were good and just cuddled and I talked pretty much non-stop for two hours... Not WE talked.... just ME. Ha. I get a little nervous around him, so I can't be quiet.. or still. I think I may have adult ADHD. :P Seriously. It felt sooo great to be back "with" him again and not ~1000 miles away.
Then I came home, took the stuff my grama had brought in from the van upstairs, unpacked most of it (some stuff is warm weather clothes that won't need to be pulled out until later). I attempted to put together the changing table, but turns out i'm misisng one "barrel nut" so I can't finish putting it together. I made D lay in his bed, we read a story and I went back to bringing stuff up.. He cried, but I decided to put together the crib, so I was in and out of the room bringing up those pieces, and then sitting on the floor putting it all together.. He fell asleep a while into it and woke up twice in the night. Around 5am he was crying pretty loudly, so I went in and got him and let him finish the morning in my bed since he wanted me to lay with him and I was NOT going to sleep in that bed LOL.
It's good to be HOME!
The man that stopped got the spare out from under the car, then something got bent and he couldnt get the tire off or on or something (idk I was sitting in the van with Donovon my grama was out with the man)... he went to the store, bought a new w/e it was we needed, and came back to help us! He got the tire all changed, THEN (after 2 hours of sitting there) a state trooper finally stopped (2 had passed at that point w/ no help). But the trooper only pulled my grama aside to make sure she was 'comfortable' with this man working on our car... when he was already completely done with the tire! and then asked her if she wanted it towed, bc the cable thingy wouldnt retract like it was supposed to.
They ended up cutting the cable so we could get back on the road. We stopped at the next exit w/ a gas station (THE ONE THAT WE WERE 16 MILES FROM EXACTLY) and had them check all the tires and everything.. Then drove the last 3ish hours going EXACTLY the speed limit so as not to irritate the donut... so we spent 3 hours on the side of i-80. It could have been soooo much worse than a flat tire, we're all safe, etc. So even though it did SUCK horribly (my grama and I both ended up peeing on the side of the highway in 30ish degree weather bc we'd been there so long LOL)... and then after we got back on the road we BOTH had to pee about an hour or so after.. But I didn't want to stop (and she didnt want to ask me to stop to pee), so I drove 3 hours 15 mins straight w/ having to pee for atleast 2 hours... LOL I just did NOT want anything to happen when we stopped and us be stuck there.
so... SIGH. It made for a looong day. I called Curly after the guy made me cry and hysterically told him the story (he knew we got a flat prior) and then when I got home I called him again and he admitted "you were talking sooo fast I had no idea what was going on... except someone yelled at you, you were crying, and really had to pee!" hahaha!
But, I'm super thankful it was just an inconvenience and it wasn't anything serious. We're all safe and home. It was fantastic to finally reach our exit and know we were in the clear.
I went and saw Curly yesterday morning-ish, we were good and just cuddled and I talked pretty much non-stop for two hours... Not WE talked.... just ME. Ha. I get a little nervous around him, so I can't be quiet.. or still. I think I may have adult ADHD. :P Seriously. It felt sooo great to be back "with" him again and not ~1000 miles away.
Then I came home, took the stuff my grama had brought in from the van upstairs, unpacked most of it (some stuff is warm weather clothes that won't need to be pulled out until later). I attempted to put together the changing table, but turns out i'm misisng one "barrel nut" so I can't finish putting it together. I made D lay in his bed, we read a story and I went back to bringing stuff up.. He cried, but I decided to put together the crib, so I was in and out of the room bringing up those pieces, and then sitting on the floor putting it all together.. He fell asleep a while into it and woke up twice in the night. Around 5am he was crying pretty loudly, so I went in and got him and let him finish the morning in my bed since he wanted me to lay with him and I was NOT going to sleep in that bed LOL.
It's good to be HOME!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Where's that money tree?
Today we went to the Tanger Outlets and spent a lot of money! LOL The sales were great, I'm sure they were even better over the weekend but we didn't get a chance to go up because of the weather/road conditions, so today had to do.
Got lots of clothes for D for next winter, and possibly even bigger. He also got a winter coat for next year, and a couple pairs of shoes! He rode in an alligator cart thingy and didn't want to leave even after hours of shopping. He's such a good kid sometimes lol :)
Then of course we got tons of clothes for Miss Cia. I finally lucked out on long sleeved teeny shirts, Carters had a bunch. I can't wait to get to dress her in those adorable teeny little outfits! Having a daughter is going to be super expensive. D would rather be naked than have a ton of clothes! LOL
Probably my favorite purchase of the day:
Eeek 43 days! How insane, I can NOT wait to meet her and watch her and Mr. D play together!
Got lots of clothes for D for next winter, and possibly even bigger. He also got a winter coat for next year, and a couple pairs of shoes! He rode in an alligator cart thingy and didn't want to leave even after hours of shopping. He's such a good kid sometimes lol :)
Then of course we got tons of clothes for Miss Cia. I finally lucked out on long sleeved teeny shirts, Carters had a bunch. I can't wait to get to dress her in those adorable teeny little outfits! Having a daughter is going to be super expensive. D would rather be naked than have a ton of clothes! LOL
Probably my favorite purchase of the day:
Eeek 43 days! How insane, I can NOT wait to meet her and watch her and Mr. D play together!
Monday, February 15, 2010
Absence makes the heart grow fonder...
Well, it's partially true I guess. Little D and I are back in the midwest to visit the family while the Major is back on leave from Iraq. And I have to admit, I miss that Curly haired kid like crazy! We usually only do something once or twice a week, so atleast right now, it has only been a week, which is normal... But just knowing he's 900 miles away and I CAN'T see him for atleast another week sucks!
Before I left, I spent an evening with him, we just cuddled, listened to music and all that fun stuff. I don't think i've ever felt as safe as I do when I'm in his arms. With all things considered in my life, it amazes me that I could even feel partially safe these days, let alone trust him with my life so completely in those moments.
Curly was sweet like usual and asked me to be his Valentine yesterday, we of course couldn't do anything... but it made me smile just that he asked. <3 I love getting random "xoxo" texts. He's pretty fantastic at making my day. :)
As for being back in the midwest, I still hate it as much as I always have. Back to drama and dealing with psycho, along with snow and shitty roads because the city doesn't know how to plow. Mr. D is LOVING having Gigi, Papa, Bear, and Boo around, it'll be hard for him when we leave again I'm sure. Surprisingly psycho hasn't been TOO terrible. The Major made it clear that he has to be in the house when psycho comes to see D... Which D hasn't really wanted much to do with psycho when he has been here. Yesterday he came, brought D a Buzz Lightyear toy, and a little monster truck. D liked them but wanted to play with them with mommy... not daddy. Then tonight he came again, they watched Lilo and Stitch. Again, D wanted mommy to sit on the couch with him and not daddy... He did play some, psycho swung him around and tossed him in the air and stuff, which he loved. He just wasn't into "daddy" so much... He even was scared of him when he first got there tonight.
Tomorrow I think we're going up to the outlets so I can hopefully find a bra that will contain the girls. Since there are no maternity stores anywhere near the new place.
Before I left, I spent an evening with him, we just cuddled, listened to music and all that fun stuff. I don't think i've ever felt as safe as I do when I'm in his arms. With all things considered in my life, it amazes me that I could even feel partially safe these days, let alone trust him with my life so completely in those moments.
Curly was sweet like usual and asked me to be his Valentine yesterday, we of course couldn't do anything... but it made me smile just that he asked. <3 I love getting random "xoxo" texts. He's pretty fantastic at making my day. :)
As for being back in the midwest, I still hate it as much as I always have. Back to drama and dealing with psycho, along with snow and shitty roads because the city doesn't know how to plow. Mr. D is LOVING having Gigi, Papa, Bear, and Boo around, it'll be hard for him when we leave again I'm sure. Surprisingly psycho hasn't been TOO terrible. The Major made it clear that he has to be in the house when psycho comes to see D... Which D hasn't really wanted much to do with psycho when he has been here. Yesterday he came, brought D a Buzz Lightyear toy, and a little monster truck. D liked them but wanted to play with them with mommy... not daddy. Then tonight he came again, they watched Lilo and Stitch. Again, D wanted mommy to sit on the couch with him and not daddy... He did play some, psycho swung him around and tossed him in the air and stuff, which he loved. He just wasn't into "daddy" so much... He even was scared of him when he first got there tonight.
Tomorrow I think we're going up to the outlets so I can hopefully find a bra that will contain the girls. Since there are no maternity stores anywhere near the new place.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Skype Night
So last night D and I talked to Curly on Skype. It was much better than the 2hour delay our text convos usually have thanks to livin' in the boonies!
Him and D were both adorable as per usual. And being the dork that I am, I'd like to remember the details since I always tend to forget them.
D was up way too late, but since Granite is here, I don't feel like fighting him this week so that Granite can hopefully get some extra sleep (He doesn't sleep well already). So, D was watching Tinkerbell in my room, and we were talking to Curly. D thinks it's awesome/hilarious to play hide and seek and/or peek-a-boo on skype, so of course he did with Curly too. Curly was a good sport and "disappeared" a few seconds then popped back up... Which made D roar with laughter and of course do the same. At one point D was hiding behind the laptop and was like "Curly can't see me!!!!" It was super cute.
Then D passed out (Thank you Tinkerbell!) and we were just talking about life, his school stuff, the visit me, the boy, and Grama will be taking back home next week, etc. At one point he was talking about how he loves to doodle (well duh he's an artist) and he held up a <3 drawn on a piece of paper. It was definitely an "Aww" moment from me. (And made me cheese like a moron I'm sure). Later on he also wrote "Brin is cute" on a piece of paper, ya know, like Taylor Swift style. Soooo sweet.
Apparently in one of his classes they're talking about diff time periods, different art/writing forms, etc. He was like "I think if I'd have lived in Ancient Egypt, I'd have been a scribe" I was like "Yea, you do have pretty handwriting, even carved stuff, so that'd have been a good job for ya... I know nothing about Ancient Egypt other than ya know... Pyramids, cats, mummy's, hieroglyphics... So I'm not sure what i'd have done had I lived back then" And he goes "hmm... I think you'd have been a scribes wife. And probably a mom." Definitely another "awwwww" moment from me. I don't think i'd mind the scribes wife role... (then or now).
It's such a different feeling than I've ever had before... Someone that cares and is kind, without the expectation of gaining something from it... I think it's safe to say I'm smitten. Usually after the smitten-ness comes heartbreak, but this time... I really just hope he stays a part of my life in SOME context. I like the way my cheeks feel since he's been a part of my life. Prior to then, my 'smile muscles' didn't get near enough use other than for little D.
Him and D were both adorable as per usual. And being the dork that I am, I'd like to remember the details since I always tend to forget them.
D was up way too late, but since Granite is here, I don't feel like fighting him this week so that Granite can hopefully get some extra sleep (He doesn't sleep well already). So, D was watching Tinkerbell in my room, and we were talking to Curly. D thinks it's awesome/hilarious to play hide and seek and/or peek-a-boo on skype, so of course he did with Curly too. Curly was a good sport and "disappeared" a few seconds then popped back up... Which made D roar with laughter and of course do the same. At one point D was hiding behind the laptop and was like "Curly can't see me!!!!" It was super cute.
Then D passed out (Thank you Tinkerbell!) and we were just talking about life, his school stuff, the visit me, the boy, and Grama will be taking back home next week, etc. At one point he was talking about how he loves to doodle (well duh he's an artist) and he held up a <3 drawn on a piece of paper. It was definitely an "Aww" moment from me. (And made me cheese like a moron I'm sure). Later on he also wrote "Brin is cute" on a piece of paper, ya know, like Taylor Swift style. Soooo sweet.
Apparently in one of his classes they're talking about diff time periods, different art/writing forms, etc. He was like "I think if I'd have lived in Ancient Egypt, I'd have been a scribe" I was like "Yea, you do have pretty handwriting, even carved stuff, so that'd have been a good job for ya... I know nothing about Ancient Egypt other than ya know... Pyramids, cats, mummy's, hieroglyphics... So I'm not sure what i'd have done had I lived back then" And he goes "hmm... I think you'd have been a scribes wife. And probably a mom." Definitely another "awwwww" moment from me. I don't think i'd mind the scribes wife role... (then or now).
It's such a different feeling than I've ever had before... Someone that cares and is kind, without the expectation of gaining something from it... I think it's safe to say I'm smitten. Usually after the smitten-ness comes heartbreak, but this time... I really just hope he stays a part of my life in SOME context. I like the way my cheeks feel since he's been a part of my life. Prior to then, my 'smile muscles' didn't get near enough use other than for little D.
Itty Bitty Baby Dress
I was ambitious when I woke up and started/finished sewing an Itty Bitty Baby Dress; pattern courtesy of Made By Rae !
It came out adorable and I'm going to make a few more for other mama's I know that are having girls as "shower" (or rather "virtual shower") gifts since I won't actually be there!
It's definitely not perfect, and I'll buy piping next time instead of making it ghetto like we did (bias tape and YARN haha). But, definitely not a fail!
It came out adorable and I'm going to make a few more for other mama's I know that are having girls as "shower" (or rather "virtual shower") gifts since I won't actually be there!
It's definitely not perfect, and I'll buy piping next time instead of making it ghetto like we did (bias tape and YARN haha). But, definitely not a fail!
Monday, February 1, 2010
It's been a week... AGAIN.
I apparently suck at blogging. LOL Which is kind of sad since I'm always online. I need some big reminder... Maybe i'll put a post it note on my laptop or something.
Hmm.. well.. The weekly rewind..
Didn't do anything too notable tues-friday other than some sewing, I started and finished a quilt top and pieced backing for Robyno's wee one due 2 days before Miss Cia and taught myself some basic crochet stitches and started crocheting a blanket (but I ran out of one of the colors of yarn I was using so that's on hold...AND I broke the cheap crochet hook so need to find/buy another in that size).
Saturday, we hung out with Grama K and Justin, then D stayed there to hang out more, and I went to Curly's. We cuddled and watched a bunch of UFC fights he had on DVD for lack of other options atm. I'll need to remember to grab a DVD from my ever-growing collection from now on everytime I'm going there... just in case. Of course 'adult time' was fabulous, as per usual with Curly :). & all I have to say is Warm butterscotch is deliciously amazing.
That night I slept incredibly well, but woke up kinda stuffy and it was one of those "ughh I'm 31 weeks pregnant and huge and I don't want to have to move" days. We didn't do much until the evening, when we went to pick Granite up from the airport for his spur of the moment trip!
So today, D went with Granite and Grampa to the dump and to visit some family while Grama and I went to a sewing group at the church. Only one lady showed up but she's known me since before I was born... so it was fun just the three of us jabbering for an hour or so. We came home, made lunch... Then I went to the state police dept. to get some info. and Grama took care of naptime with D... He actually went to sleep for her without her laying down with him! >.< What the heck!? My child must just love me THAT much right that he MUST have me with him? haha.
I got to get groceries too, what fun walmart and groceries are being hugely pregnant... especially when you have almost a cart-ful and then realize you forgot something WAYYY back in the last row. Awesome job Brin!
I definitely got my exercise in today!
Hmm.. well.. The weekly rewind..
Didn't do anything too notable tues-friday other than some sewing, I started and finished a quilt top and pieced backing for Robyno's wee one due 2 days before Miss Cia and taught myself some basic crochet stitches and started crocheting a blanket (but I ran out of one of the colors of yarn I was using so that's on hold...AND I broke the cheap crochet hook so need to find/buy another in that size).
Saturday, we hung out with Grama K and Justin, then D stayed there to hang out more, and I went to Curly's. We cuddled and watched a bunch of UFC fights he had on DVD for lack of other options atm. I'll need to remember to grab a DVD from my ever-growing collection from now on everytime I'm going there... just in case. Of course 'adult time' was fabulous, as per usual with Curly :). & all I have to say is Warm butterscotch is deliciously amazing.
That night I slept incredibly well, but woke up kinda stuffy and it was one of those "ughh I'm 31 weeks pregnant and huge and I don't want to have to move" days. We didn't do much until the evening, when we went to pick Granite up from the airport for his spur of the moment trip!
So today, D went with Granite and Grampa to the dump and to visit some family while Grama and I went to a sewing group at the church. Only one lady showed up but she's known me since before I was born... so it was fun just the three of us jabbering for an hour or so. We came home, made lunch... Then I went to the state police dept. to get some info. and Grama took care of naptime with D... He actually went to sleep for her without her laying down with him! >.< What the heck!? My child must just love me THAT much right that he MUST have me with him? haha.
I got to get groceries too, what fun walmart and groceries are being hugely pregnant... especially when you have almost a cart-ful and then realize you forgot something WAYYY back in the last row. Awesome job Brin!
I definitely got my exercise in today!
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