Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Just so you know....
the internet is NOT working at the house right now. Not sure what the problem is. Or when/if it will get fixed. I don't know when I'll get a chance to blog. So, hope you are enjoying the end of your summer and I'll see ya when I see ya.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
26 Weeks
No, I am not 26 weeks yet I am 24 weeks. But I've been thinking about that 26 week mark lately. No, 26 weeks is not any kind of milestone in pregnancy, most women pass it by without a thought.
But I'm not most women.
I always think about that 26 week mark during my pregnancies.
Gideon was born at 26 weeks.
When I was pregnant for Jericho and got to 20 weeks I looked at Seth and said can you believe I was only pregnant for Gideon another 6 weeks. It blows my mind when I think about it. Then I hit 26 week when I was pregnant for Jericho; I couldn't help but look at Seth's tattoo and think that's about the size of the tiny feet inside me. I have a feeling I'll do the same thing with this baby and each one that follows.
To me 26 weeks is almost sacred.
I don't know how to explain things this time around. The whole pregnancy has been a very neat, weird, hard experience. Starting off by finding out I was already 11 weeks along was awesome, but the 11 weeks before we knew I was pregnant was very hard. Finding out I was due on Gideon's birthday was cool. Finding out I was due on Gideon's birthday was hard. Finding out I was due on Gideon's birthday was weird.
At my last ultrasound they told us we were having a girl. Not a bad thing at all but surprising. We thought it was a boy. Honestly almost everyone that I know that has a November birthday is a boy. Gideon shares a birthday with his Papa, I have a nephew and a close friend who both had boys on the 14th, Gideon's doctor had a boy on the 17th, and two of my other friends both had boys on the 27th. When I thought of November I always thought that's when boys are born......until now. Now I'm starting to get use to the idea of a little girl....in November....at least I think I'm getting used to it....it still does seem just a little weird....but I can handle weird....at least till it becomes normal....because when it's normal....it's not weird anymore!
At my last ultrasound they also told us that I'd need to have another ultrasound in four weeks because they couldn't see the baby's spine. Four weeks from then I would be 26 weeks along. This got me thinking even more about that 26 week mark.
When I was pregnant for Jericho I had 3 ultrasounds. The first one was early on to date the baby. The next was supposed to be my 20 week, but I had it done at 17 weeks and the last one was somewhere around 32 weeks. None of them were even close to that 26 week mark. So, I'm excited about this next ultrasound because I get an inside look at our baby during a week that is very special to me. I already know what a baby at 26 weeks looks like on the outside and now I get to see a 26 week baby on the inside.
I'm still not really sure what to think when it come to this baby and the correlation this pregnancy seems to have with Gideon. It's all very weird to me. Between being due on Gideon's birthday and now having an ultrasound done at 26 weeks I feel like there is something I should be getting but somehow I'm missing it. Maybe it's all just a coincidence. Maybe not. Either way getting close to the 26 week mark has me wondering......
But I'm not most women.
I always think about that 26 week mark during my pregnancies.
Gideon was born at 26 weeks.
When I was pregnant for Jericho and got to 20 weeks I looked at Seth and said can you believe I was only pregnant for Gideon another 6 weeks. It blows my mind when I think about it. Then I hit 26 week when I was pregnant for Jericho; I couldn't help but look at Seth's tattoo and think that's about the size of the tiny feet inside me. I have a feeling I'll do the same thing with this baby and each one that follows.
To me 26 weeks is almost sacred.
I don't know how to explain things this time around. The whole pregnancy has been a very neat, weird, hard experience. Starting off by finding out I was already 11 weeks along was awesome, but the 11 weeks before we knew I was pregnant was very hard. Finding out I was due on Gideon's birthday was cool. Finding out I was due on Gideon's birthday was hard. Finding out I was due on Gideon's birthday was weird.
At my last ultrasound they told us we were having a girl. Not a bad thing at all but surprising. We thought it was a boy. Honestly almost everyone that I know that has a November birthday is a boy. Gideon shares a birthday with his Papa, I have a nephew and a close friend who both had boys on the 14th, Gideon's doctor had a boy on the 17th, and two of my other friends both had boys on the 27th. When I thought of November I always thought that's when boys are born......until now. Now I'm starting to get use to the idea of a little girl....in November....at least I think I'm getting used to it....it still does seem just a little weird....but I can handle weird....at least till it becomes normal....because when it's normal....it's not weird anymore!
At my last ultrasound they also told us that I'd need to have another ultrasound in four weeks because they couldn't see the baby's spine. Four weeks from then I would be 26 weeks along. This got me thinking even more about that 26 week mark.
When I was pregnant for Jericho I had 3 ultrasounds. The first one was early on to date the baby. The next was supposed to be my 20 week, but I had it done at 17 weeks and the last one was somewhere around 32 weeks. None of them were even close to that 26 week mark. So, I'm excited about this next ultrasound because I get an inside look at our baby during a week that is very special to me. I already know what a baby at 26 weeks looks like on the outside and now I get to see a 26 week baby on the inside.
I'm still not really sure what to think when it come to this baby and the correlation this pregnancy seems to have with Gideon. It's all very weird to me. Between being due on Gideon's birthday and now having an ultrasound done at 26 weeks I feel like there is something I should be getting but somehow I'm missing it. Maybe it's all just a coincidence. Maybe not. Either way getting close to the 26 week mark has me wondering......
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
An Interesting Day So Far
Well it sure has been an interesting day. I'm a little nervous what the rest of the day holds as it's just past noon.
Jericho was up crying at 4:30am and would scream every time I tried to put her back in her crib. This is so not like her at all. On the very rare occasion that she gets up in the middle of the night (or early morning) she goes back to sleep very easily. I didn't get to bed till 1am (so not like me either) and I desperately needed a little more sleep. So, into bed with me she goes. I thought Jericho would fall back asleep but she had other plans. She tosses and turned and played. Finally at 6:30am I told her she was going back into her crib and she wasn't going to throw a fit. It actually worked...for about 20 minutes. I gave up and we started our day.
I had a chiropractor appointment this morning and right before we were about to leave Jericho busted her lip on the floor. She was a mess blood and tears everywhere and she didn't want me to look at it or touch it or anything. I finally got her calmed down and watching a movie so I could take a look. The bleeding had stopped and there was not much I could do besides clean her up and change my blood stained shirt. She ended up with a big ol fat bottom lip with a big ol cut on it and I was positive it would start bleeding at some point again today. It has, twice so far.
The chiropractor's office and few errands we ran afterwards was uneventful praise the Lord, besides the lip bleeding again, of course. But once we got home chaos continued. Because Jericho had been up since 4:30am I planned on giving her lunch and putting her down for a nap early. We home from the chiro and I started lunch. Grilled cheese sandwiches fruit and leftover veggies, nice and easy right. Right, unless you have to take your toddler to go poopy on the potty and forget about the sandwich that then burns on the stove. Thank goodness it was salvageable, I scraped the burn stuff off and lunch was ready. Jericho didn't even mind that much.
Since we hadn't been home much of the morning I told Jericho she could have 15 minutes to play before it was naptime. I need to get some cooking done so I start my prep for that so once I got Jericho down I could have at my cooking as quick as possible in hopes of getting a little nap myself (I need a little more than 3 1/2 hours of sleep to function.) Jericho is happily playing and just went potty about 20 minutes before so I figure I'm good till I tell her it's time for nap. So, I put a little butter in a pan to melt while I start measuring out stuff I'm going to cook/bake. Just about the time the butter is all melted and I'm ready to throw other things in the pan Jericho comes running to me saying she went potty in her panties. She hasn't had an accident in 5 days so I was a little surprised and thought maybe she just needed to go potty agian but sure enough she had already gone. Off to the bathroom we go to get cleaned up and head to bed. We are in her room getting ready for her nap and I notice it smells like something was starting to burn. I remember the grilled cheese that I burned for lunch and thought it was odd that I didn't smell it in when I was in the kitchen but I could smell it in Jericho's room. It was interesting but I didn't think much more of it till Jericho said she needed her puppy. As I'm heading out of her room to find the lost puppy I notice the hall is kind of smokey, as I head into the living room I notice the living room is very smokey and in the kitchen there seems to be a big black cloud hanging in the air. Remember that butter that I started to melt, yeah I forgot about too. I just hope it didn't ruin my new pan.
So as you can see it's been a very interesting day to say the least. And here I am blogging during Jericho's nap instead of cooking or sleeping or finishing my homework for cadre tonight. Oh well, I needed a minute to vent, now I can go survey the damage in the kitchen and figure where to go from there. Here's to hoping, praying, begging God for the day to get better.
Oh and just so you know Seth took the camera so I'll probably be picture-less till he gets back.
Jericho was up crying at 4:30am and would scream every time I tried to put her back in her crib. This is so not like her at all. On the very rare occasion that she gets up in the middle of the night (or early morning) she goes back to sleep very easily. I didn't get to bed till 1am (so not like me either) and I desperately needed a little more sleep. So, into bed with me she goes. I thought Jericho would fall back asleep but she had other plans. She tosses and turned and played. Finally at 6:30am I told her she was going back into her crib and she wasn't going to throw a fit. It actually worked...for about 20 minutes. I gave up and we started our day.
I had a chiropractor appointment this morning and right before we were about to leave Jericho busted her lip on the floor. She was a mess blood and tears everywhere and she didn't want me to look at it or touch it or anything. I finally got her calmed down and watching a movie so I could take a look. The bleeding had stopped and there was not much I could do besides clean her up and change my blood stained shirt. She ended up with a big ol fat bottom lip with a big ol cut on it and I was positive it would start bleeding at some point again today. It has, twice so far.
The chiropractor's office and few errands we ran afterwards was uneventful praise the Lord, besides the lip bleeding again, of course. But once we got home chaos continued. Because Jericho had been up since 4:30am I planned on giving her lunch and putting her down for a nap early. We home from the chiro and I started lunch. Grilled cheese sandwiches fruit and leftover veggies, nice and easy right. Right, unless you have to take your toddler to go poopy on the potty and forget about the sandwich that then burns on the stove. Thank goodness it was salvageable, I scraped the burn stuff off and lunch was ready. Jericho didn't even mind that much.
Since we hadn't been home much of the morning I told Jericho she could have 15 minutes to play before it was naptime. I need to get some cooking done so I start my prep for that so once I got Jericho down I could have at my cooking as quick as possible in hopes of getting a little nap myself (I need a little more than 3 1/2 hours of sleep to function.) Jericho is happily playing and just went potty about 20 minutes before so I figure I'm good till I tell her it's time for nap. So, I put a little butter in a pan to melt while I start measuring out stuff I'm going to cook/bake. Just about the time the butter is all melted and I'm ready to throw other things in the pan Jericho comes running to me saying she went potty in her panties. She hasn't had an accident in 5 days so I was a little surprised and thought maybe she just needed to go potty agian but sure enough she had already gone. Off to the bathroom we go to get cleaned up and head to bed. We are in her room getting ready for her nap and I notice it smells like something was starting to burn. I remember the grilled cheese that I burned for lunch and thought it was odd that I didn't smell it in when I was in the kitchen but I could smell it in Jericho's room. It was interesting but I didn't think much more of it till Jericho said she needed her puppy. As I'm heading out of her room to find the lost puppy I notice the hall is kind of smokey, as I head into the living room I notice the living room is very smokey and in the kitchen there seems to be a big black cloud hanging in the air. Remember that butter that I started to melt, yeah I forgot about too. I just hope it didn't ruin my new pan.
So as you can see it's been a very interesting day to say the least. And here I am blogging during Jericho's nap instead of cooking or sleeping or finishing my homework for cadre tonight. Oh well, I needed a minute to vent, now I can go survey the damage in the kitchen and figure where to go from there. Here's to hoping, praying, begging God for the day to get better.
Oh and just so you know Seth took the camera so I'll probably be picture-less till he gets back.
Monday, August 3, 2009
Things that make me happy...
It's that time again. I'm feeling a little down missing my man so I needed to think about some more things that make me happy.
...love letters from my man sent by snail mail!
...a simple dinner that was ready in less than 15 minutes- baked chicken nuggets, fresh green beans from the farmers market, and a peach, strawberry, banana smoothie. Jericho devoured it!
...at dinner hearing, "more bawk bawk peese!" Jericho was asking for more chicken nuggets.
...watching a fresh clean not-so-little-baby girl streak around the house
...smelling that same no-so-little-baby girl after the bath that made her fresh and clean
...that potty training is going so well
...this baby growing inside of me
...that I have a date with my chiropractor tomorrow
...eating peanuts and chocolate chips at the same time
...that I get to hear my hubby's voice tonight!
...love letters from my man sent by snail mail!
...a simple dinner that was ready in less than 15 minutes- baked chicken nuggets, fresh green beans from the farmers market, and a peach, strawberry, banana smoothie. Jericho devoured it!
...at dinner hearing, "more bawk bawk peese!" Jericho was asking for more chicken nuggets.
...watching a fresh clean not-so-little-baby girl streak around the house
...smelling that same no-so-little-baby girl after the bath that made her fresh and clean
...that potty training is going so well
...this baby growing inside of me
...that I have a date with my chiropractor tomorrow
...eating peanuts and chocolate chips at the same time
...that I get to hear my hubby's voice tonight!
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Happening at our house...
....Jericho is doing great with the potty training. I've even been brave enough to take her out in public a few times and we've come home dry every time! We are also making making major progress on going poopy on the potty. She hasn't gone in her pants since mama bribed her with juice told her she could have juice if she went poopy on the potty! I'm amazed at how her potty skills - e.g. pulling her panties up and down, closing the lid on the potty, getting stickers off the paper herself, putting sticker on her potty chart, have gotten so much better in just a few short days. Dare I say it.....my baby is growing up!
....I'm ashamed to even say that I had a garden this summer because I've so neglected it. Despite that fact, things are still growing which makes me happy. My beets are delicious, the swiss chard is still hold on, my potatoes are coming, as are my tomatoes, I think my garlic is already done (I have no idea what to do next) and although my zucchini and cumbers are slow in coming it seems that they are hanging in there, along with a few other things I'm forgetting some doing well some not so much. I'm determined to finish out the summer strong. With that said I had plans to plant more spinach and peas but because I want to finish strong I'm not sure I'm going to. If I'm going to do it I have to get it done next week. I'll let ya know what I decide.
....in baby news, well honestly there isn't much new news there. I'm feeling great and enjoying every moment of this non-bed rest pregnancy! Getting bigger every day and gaining weight at a rapid pace to prove it. My biggest issue is my back. This baby seems to be on a nerve or something. The baby's position determines which leg and side of my back gets the shooting pain. It's so weird. I've been seeing my chiropractor on a regular basis again because of it and it's been helping tremendously. I have another ultrasound coming up in a few weeks which I'm excited about. I love seeing the baby on ultrasounds. It's so amazing to get a sneak peek into all that is going on inside my womb. Every time I get to see one of my babies in my womb I'm in awe of God's creativity and how He thought of EVERYTHING before we were even born! Man do I serve an awesome God!
....Seth is gone this week. I miss him. He is going to be gone (on and off) for 3 out of the 4 weeks in August so I need to get use to this for the time being. I'm so thankful I don't have to do this on a regular basis. My heart goes out to the women that do. I don't function as well when he is gone. I think the hardest part is that my confidence is much lower when Seth is not around. The Lord is reminding me that my confidence should be in Him, even when Seth is gone. I should not be lacking in confidence because I am a child of God. He provides all my needs. He leads and guides me. He is my rock. I am working on remembering that, this week especially.
....I'm ashamed to even say that I had a garden this summer because I've so neglected it. Despite that fact, things are still growing which makes me happy. My beets are delicious, the swiss chard is still hold on, my potatoes are coming, as are my tomatoes, I think my garlic is already done (I have no idea what to do next) and although my zucchini and cumbers are slow in coming it seems that they are hanging in there, along with a few other things I'm forgetting some doing well some not so much. I'm determined to finish out the summer strong. With that said I had plans to plant more spinach and peas but because I want to finish strong I'm not sure I'm going to. If I'm going to do it I have to get it done next week. I'll let ya know what I decide.
....in baby news, well honestly there isn't much new news there. I'm feeling great and enjoying every moment of this non-bed rest pregnancy! Getting bigger every day and gaining weight at a rapid pace to prove it. My biggest issue is my back. This baby seems to be on a nerve or something. The baby's position determines which leg and side of my back gets the shooting pain. It's so weird. I've been seeing my chiropractor on a regular basis again because of it and it's been helping tremendously. I have another ultrasound coming up in a few weeks which I'm excited about. I love seeing the baby on ultrasounds. It's so amazing to get a sneak peek into all that is going on inside my womb. Every time I get to see one of my babies in my womb I'm in awe of God's creativity and how He thought of EVERYTHING before we were even born! Man do I serve an awesome God!
....Seth is gone this week. I miss him. He is going to be gone (on and off) for 3 out of the 4 weeks in August so I need to get use to this for the time being. I'm so thankful I don't have to do this on a regular basis. My heart goes out to the women that do. I don't function as well when he is gone. I think the hardest part is that my confidence is much lower when Seth is not around. The Lord is reminding me that my confidence should be in Him, even when Seth is gone. I should not be lacking in confidence because I am a child of God. He provides all my needs. He leads and guides me. He is my rock. I am working on remembering that, this week especially.
Wanna take you kids to a FREE movie?
In case you haven't heard Regal Theater does a free family film festival on tuesday and wednesday mornings. To find out more go here.
This is the list of movies for the Regal Theater in Rochester.
Henrietta Stadium 18
525 Marketplace Drive
Rochester ,NY 14623
This is the list of movies for the Regal Theater in Rochester.
Henrietta Stadium 18
525 Marketplace Drive
Rochester ,NY 14623
| 08/04/2009-08/06/2009 | Horton Hears A Who (G) |
| City Of Ember (PG) | |
| 08/11/2009-08/13/2009 | Rugrats: The Movie (G) |
| Nim's Island (PG) | |
| 08/18/2009-08/20/2009 | Charlotte's Web (G) |
| Akeelah And The Bee (PG) | |
| 08/25/2009-08/27/2009 | Mr. Bean's Holiday (G) |
| Madagascar 2: Escape To Africa (PG) |
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