Whining and updates

I'm just going to warn you, this post has pregnancy whining in it, so don't read if you don't want to hear whining.

I am so done with being pregnant! I'm 36 weeks now. She can come, it's fine, I'd be thrilled, honestly, even if she spent some time in NICU, I'd be ok with it. My biggest complaint is my hands! They are completely numb and tingling, ALL.THE.TIME. Simple things, like changing Zach's diapers or scrubbing dishes or opening packages or typing, are soooo difficult. Last night, I woke up in pain from them. It's like a pregnancy induced carpel tunnel. Nothing I can do...

I have other pains, like round ligament, but I'm handling that fine. I'm trying to do other things to encourage labor, walking, pineapple and eggplant, and other stuff. Hopefully it'll help real soon.

I've kind of been given an extra week. THey wanted a growth scan for 36 weeks, but I already had one scheduled for 37. When I pointed that out this week, they said that was fine. When they see the growth scan and her size, that's when they'll determine a repeat c-section or not or what. The good part about it, the growth scan is scheduled for 37weeks 5 days, so almost 38 weeks. It's also a Fri., so I don't think they'd schedule the c-section until for Monday. I also asked my doc when they want me delivered by, and she said my sugars were looking good, etc, so 38 weeks. This gives me the extra week too, as they'd been saying by 37 weeks. If she doesn't come on her own, i guess the c-section would be scheduled for 38 weeks.

Here's the other deal. My parents and sister are coming out for Thanksgiving! Wahoo! They arrive the day of that growth scan though. I soooo wish she comes before they get here. Even if I'm in the hospital a day or two while they're here, that's fine. So... I need prayers please that she'll come on her own before 11/21. The sooner, the better in my book. And wow! That's less than 2 weeks away! Scary. I'm all ready though, except for mine and zach's bags packed. And I've een nesting like crazy the past few days. My house is finally starting to look like I want it to!

Then there's Zach. I swear he knows something's about to change. HE's become a little demon at times. Like yesterday, we played back and forth between the trash and my laptop. He'd get in the trash, I'd spank his hands, it wouldn't phase him and he'd run to my laptop, and repeat. Then I discovered he'd unplugged he deep freezer a few days ago. Thankfully almost everything was still frozen, but I wasn't too happy. He has also totally thrown any thought of a schedule out the window. He's started waking up earlier, but needing 2 naps again. I dont mind the 2 naps, but ehh, 7:30 isnt fun. Oh well. Anyway, that's about it.

My pregnancy and Zach

Well, first Zach turned 1 a few weeks ago. Holy cow! We had a nice party with some friends and he did real well with his cake, after a while haha. Jon had to give him a fork, then he dug in- not that he ate it with the fork though lol. He's so funny. He likes to get in the trash. He usually only tries when Jon's NOT home. He is SUCH a daddy's boy. Prime example: When Jon's home from work, Zach MUST have Jon rock him and sing him to sleep. If I try, doesn't work and he cries and cries. When Jon's not home at bedtime, he goes to sleep just fine for me. He just wants daddy to rock him and sing him to sleep. Lately he's been "helping" Jon outside, as Jon's been trying to get some yardwork done before the snows start. They planted a whole bunch of tulips and daffadils along the walkway to our door. In the backyard, they've cut down a bush and put a lot of the river rock in a corner, so that we can hopefully have a small garden next year. Zach has also started "sharing". He's very good about handing us things when we ask for them, MOST OF THE TIME, and when we're eating, he really wants to give us bites. It's really cute, but sometimes annoying because he'll do it instead of eating his food. He's also kind of picky about eating. He'll eat when he wants to, not when we want him to haha. We're working on that. Other than that, he's just being all around cute, cuddley and fun. Oh yeah, he's become very cuddley, which I love. But, I'm wondering if this is going to stick around or just a phase. I told Jon I think he knows Hannah's coming and he's trying to become lovey dovey now haha.

And for the pregnancy.... ::Sigh:: this pregnancy has been much more difficult than Zach. It's not hard health wise, it's just like I'm dying trying to keep up with Zach and handle a pregnancy at the same time. But it's alright. My diabetes is doing great lately, thank God. I don't think I could handle the stress of it being really bad right now. I'm just ready for it all to be done honestly. I'm 32 1/2 weeks, but my doctors want me delivered by 37 weeks. My current prayer is that she'll come on her own on the 12th or 13th. It'd be perfect timing for us. I feel more comfortable though, as I always feel like if I can make it to 32 weeks, all will be ok even if she comes early.

We met with the doula last night and I feel a little more confident about the VBAC and having her present during labor and delivery. She had a lot of good advice and thoughts. We're also doing a lot of natural induction techniques to convince Hannah that she wants to come sooner than later haha. I've also started having a REALLY weird pain that I need to ask about. I started my BPPs and NSTs this week (biophysical profile/non-stress test) She scored a perfect 10 on the first one. Next one is tomorrow, and I get to take Zach. I'm hoping he'll behave!

Anyway, thats about it!

Totally blessed

Well, we had a long list of things we "need" for Hannah. I went to evaluate it yesterday, and the only thing missing is a mattress and a sling! We were given her crib... then our friends gave us 4 boxes of baby clothes size 0-9months! Not to mention lots of girlie blankets, one of the shower-cap type car seat covers for the winter, and more. Then we needed a dresser. We decided to look at goodwill, thrift stores, etc, because the cheapest we could find in a store was over $100. Well, we found one at a thrift store for about $50, which was our budget, that is so cool. It's like an antique woman's dresser, which goes with our "theme"-porcelain dolls and elegance. We also bought paint this past weekend, but won't be able to paint for a while still.

In other news, Zach turns one on Sunday. HOLY COW! We're suppose to have a party for him on Sat. However, he's been sick :( He had a fever on Sunday, and has had a runny nose since. I'm trying everything possible, hoping it's better/gone by tomorrow. I don't want to have to cancel!! :( Anyway, I think Zach is finally asleep, so I'm going to take the chance to take a shower and try to clean the bathroom.

Down!

So, Zach has finally figured out how to climb DOWN the stairs! You have no clue how happy this makes a very pregnant mommy who no longer has to lug the 25+lb kid down them. Yesterday, I heard him throwing something down the stairs, then a few seconds later, I noticed his voice was "lower" so I went to look. He had thrown his sippy cup down the stairs, gone to get it, and was climbing back up them. ::Ahhh...:: Amazing how the simple things in life can make one happy. He's cute on the stairs though. He KIND OF says "Down" when going down them and says "Up" when coming up them.

Because of this, he's doing a LOT more climbing. He can ALMOST get up on the couch on his own, and can completely get down on his own. He has a little tikes castle in the den, and has figured out how to climb up it, then loves to slide down and clap at the bottom. It's sooooo cute! This morning, for the first time, instead of sliding down the slide, he just decided to push himself off the side hahaha. He was fine, landed on his legs instead of his feet though. He's playing on the couch next to me as I type, squeeling and laughing. He's such a nut!

He's getting so good with walking too. Our playgroup at church started a Bible study yesterday which I'm so excited about! When I picked him up from the nursery, he walked too the stairs, climbed up all of them (basically 2 flights), then walked all the way to the parking lot, when I decided it'd be better to carry him. He tripped a few times, but stood right back up and kept going. He loves to walk.

In other news, it's 9:30am. We've been up an hour... I REALLY need to make my eggs and get him some breakfast and do SOMETHING around this house today, or maybe even sew when Zach's asleep?? I don't know... but the house is NOT up to par!

self-encouragement

This post is really more for myself, to come back and read when I'm not thinking clearly the coming few weeks. But, if you want to add encouragement, I sure could use it and would appreciate it!

I've always struggled with bad anxiety, and it seems to be the worst it's been in a looooong time. I'm so nervous about Hannah's arrival. For one, the doctors want me delivered by 37 weeks... so we decided the other day to figure out when that was, since I've been saying I'm due Dec 7, but really... that's Nov. 16! That's 9 weeks from today! AHH! (And Zach's one year birthday is TWO weeks from today!!!) Ok, so that just freaked me out...

But then, if you don't know, I had a c-section with Zach and am praying for a VBAC (Vaginal birth after cesarean) this time. That leaves a LOT up in the air. For one, I have to go in to labor on my own prior to 37 weeks... So, that's one thing giving me anxiety.

Then, I have to pray she's not too large. Zach was born at 36weeks and 6 days, weighing 9.4 lbs. I think had things progressed differently, I really think I could have delivered him. The doctors say that if she's bigger than 8.5, yes, 8.5, they don't want me to try!!! :-0 Ok, I can say too bad and try still if I want... I think I'm willing to try up to 10 lbs, but idk, so that's all on my mind. And of course, she's measuring big already. (SoOOO not fair to me, because they blame it on my diabetes. While part of it is my diabetes, it's also that WE'RE NOT SMALL PEOPLE!!!... and I am taking GREAT control of my diabetes, it's just something that happens to diabetics)

My other option is that if I get to 37 weeks, and am already dialated a little bit, they can give me pitocin in really small dosages and watch out for uterine rupture. But all that scares me! Pitocin means stronger contractions, meaning I'd be more tempted to settle for an epidural, which could slow down labor like it did with Zach.

So, in a nut shell, I'm really worried about going in to labor, on my own, prior to 37 weeks, and everything that labor itself entails. I really, really want it to all work out and be "the perfect birth." My personal self-encouragement? God is in control. Whatever happens, God has Hannah and me in His hands and will take care of us. He knows the desires of my heart. He knows we want a VBAC because Jon and I really want 5 children. I need to know/remember that God knows that, and if he has me end up in a c-section again, he's got his reasons and that he will either change the desires of our hearts, or make it ok for 5 c-sections, or allow us to adopt. It's one of those things that I know God's in control, but when I'm uptight with anxiety, I forget about it or ignore it and need a good reminder.

So that's the basic anxiety part, but then, there's the childcare issue for Zach... Jon's best friend said he will watch Zach (he's currently a SAHD) but, he's trying to get a job. I have two women I'm hoping to ask from church who are SAHMs. I have been trying for like 2 weeks, with no luck yet, so here's praying I'll be able to this week.

Plus, trying to get everything else done, like making Hannah's bedding, painting her room (finding out if we can), trying to decide if we want to do childbirth classes again or not, Jon getting the time off, buying a dresser and mattress, putting that and the crib together, washing all of her clothes, trying to decide if she'll be born when it's warm or cold, etc. etc etc. With Zach, I had said I'd start getting anxious and nervous in Oct(he was due oct 22), but he showed up Sept 28, so I never had a chance. This time, it's all so overwhelming!!! Ok, I'm done.... If you read all of this, thanks for reading.

Lesson learned and scary moment

Well, Jon got to do the first "Honey fix-it project" the other night... PSA- Do NOT run the disposal with the thing FULL of carrot peels, and then try again after the sink starts to fill up. He had to disassemble the disposal, and a huge pile of carrot peels fell out, along with all the water that had filled up in the sink. Note to self- next time, just throw them all away instead. It's not that hard.

So yesterday, I got the chance to go shopping- ALONE!... when Jon called and I could tell he was really upset (totally unlike Jon!) Apparently Zach had found a quarter and Jon went to grab it and Zach shoved it in his mouth. Jon said he was up to his knuckles in Zach's mouth trying to get it out and that Zach was starting to turn blue by the time he got it out! Praise God Jon was able to remain calm and get it out. I honestly don't know if I would have been able to remain calm. And thank God he was in the same room, because Jon said he couldn't make any noise. Jon was sooo shaken up and said he's never been so scared in his life! Poor Jon kept having bad "what-if" dreams all night long.

How do kids manage to find the small things, the things you don't even realize are hiding where they're hiding?? He's sooo good at it. This has just scared both of us a lot.

Today

Today has been a little frustrating. Zach woke up twice in the middle of the night, which has become more common for him, grrr. Then I heard him wake up about 8:30 talking and thought "I'll lay here just a few more minutes"... next thing I knew, it was 9:30 and at this point, he was starting to cry to get up. I felt kind of bad. So we got up, I fed him, but he was grumpy in his high chair. I made my eggs and english muffin, got him down and (Warning- gross alert) within seconds of me setting him on the floor, my breakfast came back up. I was like what the heck!?! I haven't been in over 15 weeks! Thankfully we had a small trashcan sitting in the dining room, because I wouldn't have even made it in to the kitchen. So I felt really gross this morning.

About 11:30, Zach was acting sleepy, so I put him to bed for what is usually a 2 hourish nap. No, he played and talked and whimpered for 45 min, so I finally got him back up and he played until 1:30 when it was so ready for bedtime. Put him to bed, and he fell asleep for 25 min!!! I was so annoyed. I didn't even get the dishes finished. So I got him up, finished the dishes, and when I closed the dishwasher, he just lost it and wouldn't stop crying for like 3-4 minutes, so I put him back to bed. He's in there now, kind of whimpering. We'll see if he falls asleep. I REALLY hope so because I'd like to clean the bathrooms while he's sleeping and maybe even take a shower myself. So, that's been today thus far. Exciting huh? Oh, and Jon's working. He'll be home around 6. I'm a bad wife and haven't even thought of dinner yet. All I can think is "Ordering a pizza sounds great." because it's just been one of those days...

In other news, we're feeling so blessed and thankful. One Wed., one of the mom's in playgroup came up and asked me if we needed a crib. Apparently her neighbor was done with theirs and wanted to give it to someone who needed it. And boy do we! That's one of the things that's been hanging over our head to prepare for Hannah. I'm so thankful. Jon just keeps saying "See, I told you it'd all work out." haha.. yeah, I know, he just has better faith than me sometimes. Well, that's all folks.

Actual post

I guess I can do an actual post too... Umm... I'm 26 weeks pregnant with Hannah. (lol, I wrote that without the word "weeks"... trying to make myself older than I am heehee)... she is soooo different in the womb that Zach was. she flips and rolls a lot. Breech, transverse, normal, etc. It's really weird and odd. I'm starting to get really anxious. I have this huge feeling that she's going to come really early, so I've made a list of things we need to do to get ready. The one that's stressing me out the most is trying to set up childcare for Zach when I go in to labor. Plus there's paying off the doula, finding childcare for birthing classes, taking the birthing classes, writing out my birth plan, painting Hannah's room, getting new furniture for Zach (she gets the nursery furniture since it has the changing table), etc etc etc.

In other news, I'm learning to sew. I couldn't find what I wanted in baby bedding for the price I wanted, so I'm making it! I've made Zach a new set of sheets (Flannel green camo with frogs on it heehee) and I've made Hannah's sheets. I think I'm going to make the dust ruffle next, if not the bumper. The material is 2 kinds... one is pink with what looks like a white overlay. However, the overlay isn't an actual overlay, it's printed in the material. But I felt like it was too much pink, so I got white material with pink polka dots to calm it down a little. Now I'm trying to decide though if I want to paint the room pink as well, or if that'd be too much. I'm thinking about trying to throw some lavender in somewhere, but i don't know.

Zach is growing so fast. He'll be one at the end of the month! We're planning a small BBQ for a few other couples we know and a little cake for him. He's walking everywhere and gets so excited doing it. He also climbs EVERYTHING. His newest thing is to climb up the tv cabinet and stare at the tv for a while. But then, he can't get down and starts to cry. Yesterday, I had moved the trashcan in to the dining room so i could mop the kitchen... I found Zach sitting on the floor, trashcan pulled over, with black beans, salsa, tea bags, a bottle with some formula I had to throw away and more, all over the floor. I said "What did you do!" and he just looked at me and smiled and clapped. How are you suppose to stay serious and "discipline" in that case when all I'm trying to do is not crack up laughing, even though I'm really kind of mad. The way kids can make you get past anger is amazing lol.

Jon's sister had her baby, Christopher Damian, on Friday night. He was born at 11:57pm, and her birthday was Sat. heehee. He just barely missed being born on her birthday. Congrats to Mary and Tim! One of Jon's sisters also got engaged recently, so it looks like we're going to be going to MO in Jan. I'm really hoping we'll be able to get to FL some time at the beginning of next year as well. Anyway, that's all I can think of right now. OH! And I may have posted about it before, but we LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE our new house. :)

my quirks

Ok, I haven't posted in a while, so here's something funish... I was tagged by Viviane to list my 6 quirks. THis is hard bc I don't really think I have any lol...

1) I have a certain way I liked the dishwasher loaded and it annoys me when Jon doesn't load it that way.

2) I have a certain way I bathe in the shower, and cannot switch it up.

3) This one is really gross just to warn you... I HATE zits and if I see one on me, I pop it immediately... and on my husband lol- He HATES that lol.

4) My hair always has to be pulled back, either 1/2 ponytail, ponytail, clips, something. i cannot stand for it to be in my face.

5) idk if this counts... but I hate it when people make comments on other people's family planning, whether it's "was that a surprise?", "Do you have a tv?", "When are you having another one?", "are you getting fixed after this?", "Are you going to have 15 kids?", etc etc etc. Especially when you don't know people's circumstances, have they been trying and not been able to get pregnant? etc.

6) hmmm.... I'm really not sure about a last one... OH!!! Goldfish. I LOVE goldfish (the crackers) but I HAVE TO eat every one by putting in my mouth, to the side, and splitting it down the center with my teeth. EVERY ONE I eat is eaten like that.

There you go E...

New week

This week is going a little better. This past weekend when Jon was off, we got the kitchen completely unpacked, I was able to sweep and mop, our dishwasher was replaced with a working one, etc. Having an unpacked, organized kitchen has really helped me feel better about the week.

It also has been raining, thank God! It's so much cooler! It's 59 degrees outside right now. Soooo nice :)

Jon and I decided we DESPERATELY needed a date. I don't think we've been on one since Feb, for my birthday. I have so many things I want to talk to him about, but I haven't brought them up because I know they're things we need time to talk about. Between moving and trying to unpack, Zach, and Jon's work schedule, we just haven't had time. For example, we have yet to even really talk about the fact that hey, we're having a girl. So we've asked someone to watch Zach for us this weekend. We're going to dinner, and then we might go see the Batman movie at the IMAX.

In Zach news, he's been so cute. Well, except for climbing on EVERYTHING, but he's also trying to walk. He actually took his first step yesterday! And then he did it again today and then accidentally took 2 steps at one point. He's either scared, or, it's so cute. You stand him up to get him to walk and he gets so excited about standing by himself that he claps or raises his hands like "YAY!!!" and then falls from the excitement lol. It's pretty funny. He's VERY quick. Open the fridge or the bathroom and he's there instantly to get in to it. the other day, i wasn't paying attention and found him in our bathroom, water all over the toilet seat and he had chewed on the toilet paper lol. He chews on everything! My flip flops look like we have a puppy in the house haha. He's such a cutie and a nut lol. Definitely keeps me on my toes!

Rough week

I'm just really having a rough week. Of course, you know me, I'm trying to hide it, but I'm just feeling the weight of things this week. It figures, because last week I felt like I was on a mountain and feeling so blessed by what God has given us. But, I just need to blow some steam...

* So lately, Zach has been refusing to eat his solids. He's been a GOOD eater before, yogurt in the morning-now won't even eat breakfast and goes from a bottle at 6am til 10:30 without eating, about 4-6 cubes of food for lunch- just not interested at all, and for dinner, he was usually eating 8 cubes of food. The past several nights, he's just flat out refused to even eat any dinner. Tonight, he did eat a good portion of it, but it was SUCH a struggle. I'm tired of throwing away his food too.

* Which brings me to my second part. Because of this, his poo's aren't solid lately, and he's leaking, BAD. Well, actually, it's not just pooey diapers either, he just keeps wetting through diapers. We haven't used cloth diapers in about a month and just started back this week, due to the ever persistent yeast rash (which I think is back!!! :*( That makes me want to cry all alone) But every morning since we started back, I've had to change his sheets, and once after a nap as well. In fact, one night, I changed him at 4am because he had soaked through his clothes, and then when I got him up at 8am, he had pooped so much, it was leaking through his clothes and poop all over the sheets. I've never had so many problems with CDs and I wasn't having this problem with disposables. I really hate to go back to disposables because they're so expensive! I want to use my CDs :*(

*So, with that, and the rash back, I MUST call and make an appointment for him to see the doctor. We fought the yeast rash for 3.5 weeks I think, and it was finally gone, so we went back to cloth, and he has a rash again. I don't know if it's still the yeast that was hiding, or if it's just a BAD diaper rash that isn't getting better. ::sigh::

*Jon's been working 12 hour night shifts all week... meaning we see each other from 2-4pm. Meaning, I'm alone with Zach... and Zach, well, he's everywhere. 3-4 steps UP the baby gate to climb over so he can fall down the stairs. I'm trying to teach him to crawl up and down them. He's got the up, but down, he just wants to bite the stairs on the carpet. He's in to everything- cabinets, open boxes, baggies, chemicals, etc. We're trying to baby proof, but it's taking time. Plus, the diaper problems. Plus, the eating problems. Plus, he's been really whiney today. Plus...

*I had/have 3 appointments this week and Bible study yesterday morning. So, his morning schedule has been shot.... Plus, the 2 hours in the afternoon Jon's been up, we've had to spend at the apartment cleaning and repainting it white, so Zach's afternoon's haven't been normal either. (thank God we finished all that today!) So, he's grumpy. I'm not seeing my husband and I'm doing it all alone, so I'm grumpy. Zach's also waking up in the middle of the night STILL. So, I'm having to wake up at 3am, sometimes more, to feed him. I'm tired. I'm exhausted. The house still isn't unpacked. I keep having hopes.

*Oh! And our dishwasher isn't cleaning. Our landlord is coming out tomorrow to look at it for us, but on top of everything else, I've gotten the extra job of handwashing dishes... now, keep in mind how active Zach is, so... it can only be done when he's napping (Which, we haven't been home for his naps) or when he's in bed for the night.

*and on top of that, for two days, I wasn't feeling Hannah kick, so was a little worried. I did feel her kick today, but I also had cramping or maybe semi- braxton hicks contractions. Idk, but it didn't feel good. Good thing I have an OB appointment on my list for tomorrow.

WAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is it Friday yet?!?! If you read all of this, thanks.

It's a...

Girl! I think everyone who reads this already heard, but we're having a little girl! :) We're so excited! Her name will be Hannah Elizabeth. While many people think this is a "perfect family" and "one of each" it doesn't mean we're done, unless God changes our hearts. That's becoming my pet peeve... and for the record, not that anyone reading this would say it, but... NO! We're not getting "fixed" now! Jon has been asked that TWICE in less than a week!!! I was shocked people had the guts to ask us such a question, especially when they aren't even close to us!

Anyway, that is part of our exciting news. The other part is we are moved in! Wahoo! We all love our new house, esp Zach. He has so much room to crawl and explore... and climb! We caught him half way up the baby gate on the stairs today! I guess I just better go ahead and start teaching him how to crawl up and down them. We are FAR from unpacked, but it's happening real slowly. I think this is God keeping me from over-doing it. I had one day last week where I was having Braxton Hicks contractions because I over did it, and I learned my lesson from that. Anyway, that's our big news.

Moving!

Well, we're moving! We decided we could no longer stay in a little 2 bedroom crowded apartment, so we're literally moving across the park from where we live now, into a nice 4bed, 3 bath house, 2 stories, with a finished basement, huge 2 car garage, etc. We're so excited. We sign the lease on the 16th and will likely spend the day cleaning bathrooms and kitchen and such, and moving small stuff in that the cars can carry. Then the 17th we find out what our baby is! Can't wait, and that afternoon we'll be moving the big stuff in. I can't wait. That's really all my big news :)

Funny video

I hope this works... apparently the words "Daddy" and "baby" are hilarious.

I use to love blogging

But that was before moving here, getting married, having Zach, getting pregnant, etc. etc. Life is so busy that updating this thing is such a dread to me. So... all last week, we had several of Jon's family in town- 4 brother, a sister, 2 spouses and a nephew. Of course, they all stayed with us. The last of them left Mon night, and I'm still recovering. I've recently started a Bible study at another church. It's a Beth Moore Bible study- Stepping Up, a study of the Psalms of Ascent. It's been incredible in the just 10 days I've been doing it!!!

Zach is EVERYWHERE lately. He's started crawling, and that's making it even more difficult to keep up on housework, because I can't keep an eye on him lol. He loves to stand up holding on to things, but then forgets and falls, so I feel like I have to constantly be watching him. He's talking up a storm. He has JUST started saying "dadada". We were so excited when he said if for the first time.

My pregnancy is going well. I'm 15 weeks. I thought I was done with morning sickness, but yesterday, it struck again. I had a doc appt yesterday. nothing too exciting really, but they have to call me to make my next 2 appointments. They want to see me in 2 weeks for another OB check, and then 2 weeks after that to find out what we're having, wahoo! Mid July. I can hardly wait. I'm not sure yet if we'll tell everyone what we're having though. We'll have to see.... Anyway, that's about all I can think of for today. I'm going to a mom's night out tonight and I'm really excited. But, that means I need to get some stuff done before J gets home from work.

OB appt

Well, it wasn't as bad as I was afraid of. I met with the nurse practitioner on Thurs. I went over everything I had typed up. She said if I want a VBAC, they will totally allow it, but I had to be open minded that a csection was an option. I told her I didn't want an epi, and she was all like keep an open mind about it, yadda yadda. I explained that I had been handling the pain fine when they pushed the epi and had full confidence I could continue to. She said if that's what i wanted, they'd make a note in the chart to not offer me pain meds, and I said, yes, that's what I wanted. She didn't seem to necessarily have the same thoughts/views as I did, but seemed supportive none the less. There are a few things I WANTED, but just aren't possible. (Will likely have to monitor most of the time due to VBAC and diabetes, there's no staying on my pump in their hospital, so I have to have the IV of glucose/insulin, and I still have to have 2x weekly NSTs instead of just 1x weekly ones in the end of my pg. But, those are all things that are still manageable. Even with an IV and monitoring, i still CAN move around and use the birthing ball, etc., so I'll accept those)

The BEST part was when she did the internal exam she said "Your pelvis seems just fine. I don't know why they'd tell you you had a small pelvis." (They told me to have a c-section from now on b/c my pelvis was to small when I delivered Z) WAHOO! THANK YOU!!! That was something that was music to my ears. I politely told her I wanted to avoid seeing Dr. H as much as possible (She pushed the unwanted epi and was condescending and rude and I don't want her). They said that I can schedule my appts around not seeing her, but that it IS possible that she'll be at the delivery- that's just the luck of the drawl. That's ok. if it happens, I know how she works and how to say no and stand up for myself. The nurse also gave me three handouts on duolas, so I'm going to look in to those and see. She said it was totally fine if I wanted one. I'm really excited about that option and looking forward to inquiring more about them.

Umm... when she did the internal exam, she said she thought I felt like 14 weeks, but the U/s said 13w2d, so they weren't going to change the date. (good! I was 12w4d and I know my date is right) She asked me when my LMP (last menstrual period) was and I lied a little. They had previously only asked my due date, so I told her I don't remember my LMP (I really dont) and that my physician had just given me my due date, and that's all I remembered.

I have another appt on Monday (because I was getting squeezed in, they had to divide it into 2 appts, and I was ok with that) This appt is where I sit down with the OB and go over things... the best part? It's with the OB I LOVED during my delivery (He got doc of the month in July 07 from the whole hospital. He rocks!) The MFM is now in the new wing of the hospital and let me tell you! It is NICE! I'm so excited about delivering there now! Like, the exam room was nicer than my delivery room just about! And the delivery rooms now, they have these awesome fancy beds, where one half goes down several feet, so if you are confined to the bed somewhat, you can still sit on the edge, and do the birthing ball, etc. I'm really excited about the new rooms haha!

SO... all this to say, I'm a little less anxious and nervous now. I explained to Jon that I REALLY want a doula and he's cool and on board with it. (of course, we haven't looked in to prices yet lol) I just thought I'd update everyone. Oh, and Zach went with us and was a precious cute little angel, while about 3 nurses told us he was a mini-me of Jon haha. :-) Just had to put that brag in there. If you read all of this, sorry it was long and thanks for reading!

For Caitlin

Ok Caitlin, since you want an update, here you go....

Umm, we just got back from IL for a wedding. We drove the whole way, so we could leave Zach with Jon's parents for a few days. It was soooo nice to have a few days with just my husband. I really needed it. He had a blast with his grandparents and aunts and uncles and they loved having him there. We took the train in to Chicago one day and I showed Jon where I use to work, saw my previous coworker, Rita, went to the John Hancock tower and watched the sun set while having a virgin strawberry daiquiri, at Gino's pizza- my favorite, Chicago deep dish, rode the train, which was Jon's first time, along with the subway/el, and the city buses. It was a lot of fun. I also took him to the Museum of Science and Industry, but we got there at 3:15 and they closed at 4! We weren't going to pay $26 for 45 min lol. Then I tried to take him to the Cathedral where I usually went to church while living there, but it was closed for renovations. I was really disappointed by those two.

So then, Jon's roommate from when we were first dating was getting married- Hank and Kelly. The wedding was very nice. I helped with a lot of the behind the scenes work, like I love to do. It was really fun and we're really happy for the two of them.

I'm 12 weeks this week, and finally have my first OB appt this week. I'm not really showing yet (unless you count the leftover fat from Zach lol) so no pics to post. I had morning sickness this time, unlike with Z, throwing up about 7 times total. Wasn't fun. But I've been feeling better, with the exception of extreme tiredness, but that's expected.

Zach is doing well. He's always happy... well, except today. I don't think he's feeling well, or else he's missing his grandparents. I'm not sure, but he's been crying a lot. He's been scooting all over and trying so hard to crawl. He's eating solids about twice a day, when I'm being good.

Jon's job is changing bases tomorrow. He's not looking forward to it at all. His job has been really bad lately, no authority, etc. and his new job, instead of 4 in an office, they'll share a huge operations room with tons of other people. The night shift is slow so he can do homework usually on night shift, but likely won't be able to with this switch. Anyway, that's about it.

Messy house

UGH! My house is such a mess and I have GOT to do some cleaning this week. So, here are my goals!

• clean bottle box
• clean microwave
• clean whole kitchen
• clean kitchen floors
• clean fridge
• clean out our closet
• finish decluttering Zach's room
• make baby food
• clean guest bath
• clean our bath
• do laundry
• clean/dry/fold/put away baby clothes x2
• clean/dry/fold/put away dark clothes x2
• clean/dry/fold/put away diapers
• clean/dry/fold/put away towels
• clean/dry/fold/put away light clothes
  
• change sheets
• grocery list
• go grocery shopping
• clean the den
• call ICAN
• call OB
  

My soapbox

Ok, I'm just going to get on my soapbox, because today at garage sales, I just got sick and tired of it. I don't know if people realize it, but seriously, when you find out someone is pregnant, the ONLY thing you should say to them is "Congratulations!" Maybe I'm happy for you, or how are you feeling... but NOT "Was it planned?" or "Was that a surprise?" That's none of your dang business what someone's sex life consists of! Not "Man, that's close together!" or "You'll have two in diapers" or "Don't you know what causes that" or "Don't you know what birth control is" or "Are you Catholic?" or ANYTHING like that. It is soooo frickin' rude! Someone's family planning is none of your business. Since announcing my pregnancy about a month ago, I have heard all of the above, and more, and frankly, I'm fed up with it. I've talked to other mom's in my church, and they feel the same way. It's not just me!

So, my point is this. Before you make comments like the above, or any others you can think of, think before you speak dangit! Put yourself in that person's shoes. Would you want them asking questions like that. Also think the other way.... if someone's child is 2 yrs old, don't start asking them "Isn't it time for another?" That's just as rude. You never know their circumstances. They may easily be trying to get pregnant, but are having infertility issues and your comment can be like a dagger in the side to them. Please people, for the love of babies, think before you speak regarding children! No matter what, if a child was "planned" by a couple or not, they ARE planned by God, and sometimes He has bigger plans than people realize.

Lately, I've really trying to come up with smartalic answers to give people. "Yes, we planned to have sex."... "nope, I was walking and my dh fell next to me and it just happened.".... "honestly, I don't think that's any of your business.".... "Well, while you're asking about my sex life, when was the last time you had sex?"... etc. I think it's making people realize how stupid they are and shut up.

Getting off my soapbox for now....

So bad

I've been so bad lately about posting. Life has gotten so crazy, I can't believe it. I'm 9 weeks pregnant today. WOW! Unlike with Zach, I've had some morning sickness. So, between that and keeping up with him, it's been busy. Zach is ALL OVER THE PLACE. He's not crawling yet, but he's up on all four rocking. I give him a few weeks and then I bet he'll be crawling. However, he's rolling and scooting everywhere. We have to make sure we keep the den clean now. He has so much energy and is totally full of smiles. He also does pushups, no joke. He gets up on his hands and toes and keeps his whole body in the air. We said you can telling his daddy's in the Air Force lol.

Jon's work has kept us busy. He's working 4 on, 4 off, 12 hr shifts now. He's so tired during those 4 days, and I am to as I handle Zach alone. But when he gets 4 days off, it's really nice. This past time off, we took a 17 mile dirt road down the side of mountains. It was so beautiful and the view was incredible. We're trying to do something out of the house together every 4 days off, whether it's a walk, a drive, whatever. It is really good for us, our marriage and our family.

We leave in 2.5 weeks for Chicago. The DJ from our wedding is getting married and Jon is a groomsman. We're taking a big step and leaving Zach with Jon's parents for a few nights. I'm really excited about having a few nights alone. We really need it as life has been so crazy lately. I don't think it's really sunk in for either of us yet that we're pregnant. We just keep "forgetting". I guess it's because Zach sucks up all our attention right now. The only time I really remember is when I'm not feeling well, which thankfully isnt too often. But yeah, we're actually staying outside of Chicago, and we're taking the train in one day to the city to do some sight seeing and so I can show Jon the place I worked and my other favorite places while there. It will be nice to not have to tote a baby, stroller, diaper bag, etc around the city. Well, that's about it.

Zach's a nut

He really is! He's so funny. He can roll from his belly to his back, but not back to belly... why? Because he's to interested in his feet! He won't leave them alone long enough to get back to his belly haha. I've also learned he's terrified of bathroom changing tables! It's so funny. When we go in to the bathrooms at church, and he sees the table. He screams and screams and screams until we walk out. It's the funniest thing! But I feel bad for him too. He also likes to lock his jaw when I try to feed him, refusing to eat at times. Pretty funny as well. He's FULL of smiles lately and EVERYTHING is so funny. Like if I'm trying to pat his back to sleep, and I say "Close your eyes" he starts laughing! Little punk! He also sits on my lap facing me, then leans forward and buries his head in my belly screaming. I told Jon I think he's trying to talk to the baby lol. He makes me so happy lol.

hmmm

Hmm... what's going on? Nothing really. We're trying to take walks when the weather is nice. We walked 2 miles in 45 min yesterday. I was proud of us.

For the pregnancy, except for the + from the blood work, I wouldn't believe I was pregnant. Well, except eggs aren't sitting well on my stomach that well anymore in the morning. Not throwing up, just feel like "Oh, maybe I shouldn't have eaten that." I've got a referral in to see a new endocrinologist for my diabetes (10 min away instead of an hour away!). I have to go to the military hospital on the 23rd, where they'll do a basic profile and such, and I guess that's when they refer me out to the high risk OB... The military is sooooo "sit and wait"- it takes FOREVER to get anything. So I guess I'll be like 9 weeks before I get seen. I'm 5 w 3d right now.

Umm... we're going to the philharmonic orchestra on Sat. with Blythe and Aaron, so we're excited about that. I've been making a serious effort of praying a lot more. I've been going to the mom's group at church and really enjoying getting to know some other moms. There are 3 babies that were born within 12 days of each other, one of which is Zach. There's really not much else.

Sick, Sick, Sick

Zach and I have both been sick for about a week. He got the whole running nose/cough thing last Thursday. While up with him a lot Friday night, I got it too, so we've been fighting it. Last night however, he would not sleep from midnight til 5am. I gave up and called the military clinic. They're open 24/7, by appointment. We were there at 5:30. Sure enough, he has an ear infection, poor baby. So we slept most of the day today on and off. He's actually sleeping now, hopefully he'll sleep through the night. Jon's been working nights, tonight is his last night, then he gets 4 days off. I told him tomorrow night, he's getting up with Zach lol.

We've also stopped nursing. He kind of stopped last Monday during the day and was still nursing at night, but when he got sick, he wanted nothing to do with it. I was fine with that. I was tired of nursing for now and didn't want to fight to keep him going. Plus, I didn't want to end up tandem nursing or nursing him while I was pregnant. So, yeah, we're doing gross formula now but it's good that Jon can feed him more now.

Another List-Spring Cleaning

I need to do another long-term to-do list. I'd really like to get this stuff done in the next 2 weeks, because then I'll start doing motivated moms daily. So this keeps me kind of accountable.

• dust complete den DONE
  
• dust all wall hangings around the house
• have Jon clean the hanging over the TV I can't reach
  
• dust my room
• dust Zach's room
• put "to be filed" stuff in cabinet
  
• clean refrigerator
  
• clean guest bath
• clean master bath
• clean baseboards in bathroom/kitchen
• clean all windows
• Take stuff to Goodwill
• Sort through baby stuff- decide what to keep, what to give 2 sister-in-laws
• vacuum couches
• put car seat in Z's room
• clean up our closet

Ok, I think that's all, but I may think of others

Did you hear?

Zach's going to be a big brother! :) Due Dec. 7 :) So excited!

Update

So, apparently I need to update... ::sigh:: Umm, life's been busy? Easter was good. We went to the Vigil mass Sat night, then on Sun. Blythe and Aaron invited us over for lunch, where I tried lamb for the first time. It was good! I want to have it again sometime... Jon's started his 4 on, 4 off schedule, 12-hour shifts now, so we're about to try to get use to that. Jon's building me a desk for scrapbooking, so that's taking up my entire dining room. Kind of funny. I'm really excited about it....

We're on a BIG weight loss/debt free campaign. We're working our butts off to get out of debt and, while it'll be hard, we really hope to do it within the next year. (well, with the exception of student loans and car payment). I also really need to lose this baby weight. We've been watching calories and I've been consistently going to the gym. I've been spending 30 min on the treadmill, and I also just bought some small hand weights yesterday, so I'm going to start doing those as well. I miss my wedding body :(

Zach's doing well- found his feet recently. It's cute because he holds them up while I change his diaper lol. He's rolling from his belly to his back, but can't figure out how to get back over. He still talks and squeals and blows bubbles. He's definitely all boy. He is 6 mo tomorrow. We got his 6mo pictures taken last week. Here they are. He doesn't have his 6 mo checkup until the 17th. Military is stupid sometimes. I didn't realize I needed to call 3-4 weeks in advance to make his appt! Oh well. He's also been eating solids a lot. We decided to do homemade baby food, so right now, I have tons of squash, sweet potatoes, peas and peaches in the freezer. Jon's going to go buy a small deep freezer today.

I recently joined the mom's playgroup at church. I really enjoy knowing some other mom's. Including Zach, there was 3 babies born within 12 days of each other. Zach, 6 days later another boy, 6 days later a girl. I don't know if I'll go to everything. For example, next week is Chucky Cheese. That'll probably just be loud and kind of annoying, but we'll see how I feel next week. We also went to the young married couple's group this month- it was a dinner out. We're also meeting up next week to make baggie lunches for the homeless, so that'll be nice. The couples between the play group and the married couples group seem to overlap a lot.

Anyway, I guess that's an update for everyone :) Sorry it's been so long, I've just got a lot going on. :)

Snow

I woke up at 1:30am w/ Z, and looked outside, as I always do to see if anything had shown up over night. Nope. When J got up at 8, he came back in the room and said "Holy cow babe! Come look at this!" It is the first wet snow we've had, so it stuck, and it was what I had always pictured snow, instead of half melted by the time we get up. It was just so beautiful.
We got Z all bundled up in his snow suit and hat and mittens. Then we went outside to the park. Jon made a tall snowman. Zach and I watched. Then we helped Zach make his first snow angel and I made my first one as well. We had a lot of fun.

Rambling update

I'm soooo excited. One of my best friends told me on Sat. that she is pregnant. I could not be any more happy and excited than I am for her. I'm sooo glad God has given her this blessing and pray that he will keep her safe, healthy, etc.

I am back from FL. While I had a great time and it was really nice to see people, I'm soooo glad to be home. Our house has been a little interesting. Jon took 6 days off work because he's got his promotion test on Thurs. Please keep him in your prayers, as this promotion will really help us in many ways.

He was suppose to have 4 days off afterwards as well, but they have screwed up his schedule again. But, apparently, they are totally redoing it starting the 15th or 17th, going from 6 on, 4 off, to 4 on, 4 off, 12-hour shifts. I am really tired and frustrated and annoyed with his job, and keep trying to remind myself that there's nothing we can do about it, but the lack of planning, organization, the last minute crap, not being able to plan anything, etc. is just really ticking me off.

Zach is growing up so fast. He's been teething and had a small cold, so he's been VERY cuddly lately. I've loved the cuddling. He's definitely beginning to develop a personality. It's really cute and funny. He is constantly smiling and definitely a happy baby. I just LOVE the lil guy so much!

Sat. night, we finally got to go out with the young married couples group from our church. It was a lot of fun. We went to a sports bar and there were about 10 couples there. They all have at least 2 children, except for us, and one other couple that has a 21-month old, so it was really nice to meet some other parents! I'm really hoping we'll be able to go to more events and that Jon's stupid schedule won't prevent us from going. Many of the women also attend a playgroup at the church, so I'm going to try to go on Wed. I really need to do things like that, even if it means being somewhere at 9:30 in the morning haha. Well, that's a quick rambling of updates.

Tomorrow

Well, I leave at 5:30 am for a 9am flight tomorrow morning. I'm going home to Jax! Wahoo! I'm really excited. Just wanted to say if I don't update for a while, that's why. Also, I posted blog links on the side for the blogs I visit of friends :)

My great, golden birthday

Today was my Golden birthday (24 on the 24th). It was great for the most part. It did start off bad. I woke up with a 459 blood sugar! AHH! My pump had messed up. It was still high during church and about an hour afterwards, was finally down to a somewhat better number. Anyway, went to church this morning, felt like I wasn't going to make it through.

Came home, vegged a little, cleaned a little, talked to my mom for a while, etc. Then, a lady from church came over to babysit. She was soooo excited to babysit. She wants grandkids, but doesn't have any yet, so she likes watching Zach. She said he was great (of course! :) ) Then our friends from church, Kelly and Matt, came over. They recently got engaged. We headed to Macaroni Grill. We got calamari, YUM!, some pasta dish that was penne, ham, chicken and shrimp, YUM!, and then they brought me tiramasu! WAY YUM! We talked, and talked, and talked and REALLY enjoyed eating out with Matt and Kelly. Then they were so sweet and paid for our meal! Then we were right next to the resort where they're having their wedding reception, so they took us there and went and showed us. It's really pretty! Kind of reminds me of Disney's Wilderness Lodge.

Then they dropped us back off at our place, and since it was only 9:15, we decided to try to hit a movie. We went and saw Vantage Point. It was REALLY good! It was the only thing out that looked good, so I'm glad we had to see that one. It was funny b/c we got there at 9:35 and thought it was too late to see the 9:15 movie, so we asked for the 10:00 showing. We got in, saw a preview, and the movie started. That's when we realized we were seeing the 9:15 showing. we were really glad!

Anyway, it ended up being a great time! I much rather hang out with friends for my birthday. :) But, Jon did kind of get me some Mary Kay stuff and technically, a flight to FL in two days, wahoo! Anyway, tomorrow I plan on laundry, packing, and early bed, since we have to leave the house about 5am on Tues!

Today

Today, Jon got home from work at 6am and slept until 2. Then he got up and we went to Goodwill and bought several more books for our book collection. THe entire big bookcase Jon built is PACKED with books now. It's great! Then we got some Chic-Fila :) Afterwards, we went to Walmart, and did well on getting the things we needed. We got Zach a Bumbo chair! HE LOVES to sit up, but I can't keep holding him constantly. He seems to like it so far. THen we got some Valentines decor that was 75% off, and some fabric. Jon's going to teach me how to use the sewing machine- don't laugh! Yes, my husband can use a sewing machine and I can't! Then we went to Hobby Lobby, so I could get a three shelf storage unit to store my 12x12 scrapbook paper. Then we came home, called Jon's mom because it's her birthday, cuddled for about 10 minutes, then Z woke up, and Jon left. It was a fun day. I love going "out" with my husband. :) Well, I just love being with my husband and doing anything with him.

Pray please

Some of you may remember my neighbors from when I lived with my aunt- Thomas and Janice. Well, Thomas' brother and SIL had a baby 11 weeks ago. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor and died 2 days ago. :'( Please pray for his parents, Meg and Joe, and for Thomas and Janice. THank you.

Ice Festival

About an hour and a half from where we live, there's a city that is BIG on casinos. They have tons. Well, we're not in to gambling, but they were having an ice festival this weekend to get people to come out and hopefully go to the casinos. So, we went to see the ice festival and ignore the casinos. It was really cool. We drove up there, snuggled Z up, ate brats and ice cream in COLD weather lol, and just had a fun time. Then we went to a museum as well that was more geared towards kids, so we took a few pics of Z in the museum.

Amazing words

Sometimes, your husband can say words that just absolutely capture you. Last night, Jon said something to this extent:

"You know, our faith really seems to have grown lately and we're taking it a lot more seriously."

This has been a prayer of mine for a while, that we would begin doing this. It's had some good points, but we easily get caught up in life and God tends to be put last. So, to hear my husband, the spiritual leader of our home, say those words, mad me so happy. With the exception of maybe the past week, where Jon was working long hours and we weren't seeing each other, we have really been studying God's Word together. We've also both been reading a few different spiritual books and talking about them a lot. A lot has also been going on through church, really deepening our faith and our spiritual discussions. And, best of all, we're really seeing God present in our lives, even in the small things.

**giggles** I just love God and the way He works in our lives.

Big boy

Our big boy is, well, big :) He had his 4 (4.5 really) month checkup today. He weighs 15 lbs 13 oz and is 24.25 inches. Everyone tells me he's huge for his age, but he's only in the 50th-75th percentile. His head size is in the 75th percentile. Heehee, he has a big head :) He got 3 shots and an oral vaccine today. He was soooo good. He cried of course during the shots, but immediately afterwards cuddled with me and was fine. He was screaming (like fun) /laughing by the time I had him dressed. Then he slept tons. He slept for 2 hrs, ate, then fell asleep on my chest and has been sleep for an hour and a half. He might actually be asleep for the night.

Other than that, he's going through this scream for fun and it's LOUD. He also started reaching and grabbing for things last week. He's LOVING his jumperoo and squeals and talks and, well, falls asleep in it hehee. Yesterday he rolled from his belly to his back! I put him to bed and he was crying, so went to give him his paci, and he had rolled on his back. He did it several times again til he fell asleep (baby won't sleep on his back).

I'm going home to FL in just over two weeks and I can hardly wait!!! I'm making plans to see friends, family, etc. As for me, I've been working on my photo album like crazy! I've given up tv until Easter because I watch it WAY TOO MUCH (with the exception of Sundays), and so I've been listening to books on cd while working on my albums. Lately it's been Nicolas Spark's Dear John. It's almost done, so I'll probably go to the library tomorrow and check another one out. I've done about 20 pages in my album. I gave up on trying to catch up, and decided to just do 2007, since we've been married. I"m on June, but def. not half way done, as the end of the year was crazy for us. When I'm done with this, I'll play catch up on the others and do my wedding album.

Long term to-do list

I thought I'd move this over here from my other blog.

I really need to make a list of the things I keep *meaning* to do but forget about. Figured I won't lose it here.

• Clean above laundry machine DONE
  
• clean machines DONE
  
• clean out coat closest DONE
  
• start planning menus DONE
  
• rearrange Z's room DONE
  
• dust den, Z's room and ours DONE
• Dust our dressers/night stands DONE
  
• clean our closet DONE
  
• keep up ordering pics
• organize scrapbook stuff DONE
  
• work on albums
• dust hanging stuff in house
• put bdays on calendar DONE
  
• put recipes in an easy to use notebook

I'm sure I'll add more as I think of more.

Washer Woes

So, last Friday, I was doing laundry and our washing machine started leaking everywhere. So, I dropped a note off at the apartment office early Saturday morning. They did not come to fix it until Monday because it wasn't an emergency. On Monday, they said they had to order the part and it would take about a week. Basically, all four straps in the machine broke. So, instead of holding the tub in the machine in place, it wobbled back and forth, and so the water did not pour in to the machine, but rather down the back of it, pouring water everywhere.

So, Jon went to our friend's house yesterday to do some laundry. He gets there and the friend is finishing up his laundry when.... his machine broke! How ironic ay?

So, when Jon got home from work today, we REALLY needed clean clothes, so I took a shower and as I was getting dressed, there was a knock on the door. It was the apartment repair man, to fix the washer. WAHOO! I cheered! I also felt like it was another one of those God Encounters I had mentioned previously in the week. So he fixed the straps, told us to run a load and let him know if we had any problems. So we started a load and sure enough, it was still leaking. Jon paid attention to where the leak was and I went back and told them. He beat me to the apartment!

It was a hose, so he set off to find a new hose. Came back, and the one he had didn't fit. So he went to find ANOTHER one. Came back, and it fit! So, finally, after a week of doing no laundry, a week of using disposable diapers and surprisingly hating it, a week of wearing clothes I hadn't worn in a long time, etc. I have a working washing machine and I've never been so happy to do laundry. Besides, doing laundry is how I keep on top of the daily chores. It just all keeps me motivated, so now, well, I have a messy house to clean as well!

Lol... so after posting this... I'm about to put load 3 in the dryer. Open the washer up, and it's still full of water! Now the stupid thing isn't draining! I called Jon and he messed around underneath and got it draining again. Man, what a day with the dumb washer.

Enough

I had enough of my old blog, especially when they started posting ads within my posts, so I have finally converted over to blogger. Hopefully I'll be posting a little more than I have been lately.

On a different note...Jon and I have been doing this couples devotional book for about 2 weeks now and we're LOVING it. It has a story, a discussion point, an application and a prayer. Today's was talking about the author (a preacher) how he had wanted to be a better public speaker like DL Moody and one day, realized he'd been becoming better. He told his wife and she said that was great, as she'd been praying for him for that for TWO YEARS! He didn't remember, but he had asked her to pray that for him.

So, the application was to tell our spouse three things we'd like them to pray for us for and mark our calendars for 30 days away, then discuss. So we wrote all three for each on note cards and taped them to the bathroom mirror. I think it's going to be awesome. So, I thought I'd share if you're looking for a way for your spouse and you to grow closer.