1 + 1 feels more like 20

Ok...its been a while since I have posted.  Ya have to cut me a little slack...I did give birth and I have a 19 month old at home.   I will post my birth story later, but here is an update on us...

Andrew has a cold...thus he is whiny, clingy, and overall not in a good mood....Isabel does not have a cold, but I think she senses Andrew getting attention so she now wants to be held all day...which makes things interesting b/c its kinda hard to hold a squirming 19 month old and breastfeed a baby.  Try it sometime...its not a pleasure cruise. 

So now ol' Ernesto is heading this way...they aren't sure where it'll hit or how strong it'll be.  Nice  Just what I need in life...uncertainty!   Either way...we are staying here to ride this one out...but...

I am coming to Wickes in October.  As of right now it looks like I'll get there the 15th and leave the 29th. 

I guess that's about it. I am in a hurry...lol...more to come later!

Still cooking the bun

Yep I am still pregnant.  I had a Dr Appt yesterday...had to to the whole Group B Strep thingy.  For those of you who have done it you know what it involves, and for those who don't I am not going to share at this time...its much better to find out once you are pregnant.  Anyway...Isabel is still head down, but hasn't dropped which means I still can walk, but I can only eat like a bird b/c she is literally up in my stomach.  My C-section date has not changed so unless something changes she coming 2 weeks from tomorrow.  The Dr said she figures she is close to 8lbs right now, and she still has 2 weeks left...so I again am looking forward to giving birth to a toddler (Andrew was over 10lbs)...good thing I decided to do a repeat c-section.    She also gave me some Ambien so I can sleep (So Mike you can SNORE AWAY!)  and I did sleep like a baby last night.  I would like to go to sleep right now, but Mike is insisting we wait up to see what the powerball numbers are since he is sure we have picked (or at least the quick-pick machine has given us) the right number so we will be instantly rich.  Oh well....guess I am off to take a relaxing bath...until next time!

The truth about poo

Ok, I am wide awake and it's 12:32 am...why am I awake?  Because my husband snores.  Is this a new thing?  Well yes and no...for the first year we were married I swear he didn't snore...then all of a sudden he started...so finally I talked him into trying those breathe right strips around mid Nov...and he stopped...but now its back..even when he wears them he still snores.  So now I am awake...Yay for me.  Of course if you were to ask him he would deny snoring...he has denied it all along....So the ritual goes if he falls asleep first (which 99 times out of 100 he does b/c I swear he's asleep BEFORE his head hits the pillow) THen I have about a 20 minute window that IF I can fall asleep then we are all clear b/c I am a pretty heavy sleeper and I don't wake up b/c of the snoring....but there are times (which are becoming more and more frequent in my late stage of pregnancy) that I am not asleep by this 20 minute time and he starts snoring....so I first try to poke him and make him shift around to stop the snoring....if this does not work (which it rarely does, so I am thinking of skipping this line of defense from now on) I then wake him up....most of the time he just snorts and rolls into a non snoring position, but there are times (like tonight) that he'll say "I'M NOT SNORING...I'M NOT EVEN ASLEEP YET!  Which to me is very funny (unless it is 12:32 am and I am extremely tired myself) b/c the next day he won't remember a thing from the night before.  Wow I didn't think I could write so much about snoring....anyway...on to the  poo...

I have come to notice that there are a few people out there in the world who think that their poo does not stink.  What they need to realize is that while they have become immune to their poo stank we other citizens have not.  Therefore maybe its time for you to stop and examine your poo ...check your shoes...sometimes you are so full of poo it is running down your leg and into your shoes and you don't even know it.  Oh yeah...if you are wondering who in the world I am talking about then it is probably YOU :)

Just about time

That's right...its just about time for this baby to pop out!  Up until the last week I have felt great, so it only make sense that the last 3 weeks should be filled with misery...right?   I think if it wasn't so hot it wouldn't be so bad, but who knows. 

Mike has duty tonight....so I am stuck here alone...if I wasn't so tired I'd take advantage of the time and finish the laundry, but our neighbors are changing their landscaping and were getting rid of their crepe myrtles so I piped up and said if you are going to just get rid of them we'd love to have them (It'll save us from having to buy some later) so today of all days...lol...they dug them up and brought them over....of course since mike is gone I get to plant them...and now I am exhausted.  I don't think pregnant women are made to do lawn work. 

I'll update more later...I have to get Andrew up from nap...

Enter today....win tomorrow

Ok its a dumb subject, but I couldn't think of anything creative so there is a stupid add above my blog screen that is from the Publishers Clearing House and so I decided to go with it.

For those of you dying for an update....I have 31 days till the c-section...while I'd like for her to get outta there, we really need her to hold off until my parents get out here to stay with Andrew. 

Mike and I planted a garden this year....we have been picking tomatoes like crazy, and have learned to can them and now have 30 cans so far...YAY...and I am now going to hide them somewhere safe so my sister can never find them

Speaking of my sister...she's coming out to stay till Sept 6th to help out around the house after the baby gets here....she'd better be getting lots of rest and sleep now b/c ANdrew is a handful and she will be dog tired before she leaves. 

I finished dinner for tonight at 9am..that's right I actually planned ahead...and thank God for crock pots...no one should be in this world without one!

For father's day I got Mike a box of "retro candy" since he is sooo much older than I am ....in it was a set of wax lips....well one thing led to another and see what happens...

A date is finally set

Ok, so I had my routine OB appt this Friday to set the date for the C-section.  I had been told to expect about 38-39 week mark, but the dr decided since my blood pressure is normal (107/50) and my blood sugar was well within normal range, and I still am -11lbs that she can't find a reason to schedule the date before the 39th week which is the 7th of August, but for some reason they aren't scheduling c-sections on M/W/F of that week so I had to choose Tues or thurs, but my OB isn't delivering on Tues, so I got stuck with Thursday the 10th of August.  only 4 days before my due date.  Oh well I guess that's a good thing considering apparently the only way I would get to move up the date is is things started going wrong. 

But....that puts us in another bind of sorts....Mike has a class starting August 25th and doesn't think he is going to be able to take 2 weeks aftre the baby is born like expected so we have asked Robin to come out and stay a few extra weeks (until sept) to help out with Andrew and the baby.

And so now we have 54 days till she gets here and WAY too much stuff to do before then.

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1.  I like to take a bath...then a shower...I don't know why...maybe b/c its my only escape :P

2.  Leaving the lables on rubbermaid containers really bugs me...I have to pull them off, and when I find one that still has it I feel the need to pull it off.

3.  I love to do lawn work.  It dries my husband crazy...why?  he's a city boy ans would rather be inside.

4.  I like to do Logic/math problems...sometime I can figure them out...most of the time I end up ripping up the page...but to me its fun.

5.  I will eat cheese on just about anything...I love cheese!

6.  I have 3 cats and I really don't like cats.  I mean I love my cats, but at the same time I don't really like them.

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