Wednesday Ramblings
Not good today as I was up lots last night tossing and NOT turning cause I can't. And throwing up. Again. I am so tired of getting ill. I admit. I ate too much at dinner. I ate cookies at 9:30 PM last night. I am tired of not being ABLE to eat. I think most my calories come from the Starbucks treat or the two Cokes I drink a day. Basically, liquid calories. Nice.
My Anon faithful reader (I'd like to know who you are!) asked about the names we had picked out. The boy's name is Henry Eugene. Eugene is after Andy's father and only the middle name has changed since we had this picked out for Jillian if by chance she was a boy. Our girl's name was harder to come by. Andy vetoed all my names on my list. Great ones, too, like Fiona and Phoebe and Elinore and
Helena. The name agreed upon was Evelyn Josephine. Recently, I am not feeling the love for Evelyn. Why? This baby seems too
feisty to be an Evelyn. I want Charlotte. Andy does not. In my eyes, the girl's name is still up for debate. In Andy's eyes it is not. I am pushing this child out my
hoo-ha. Not him. We'll see.
Tonight we'll be busy getting ready to leave for the weekend. Again. I need some R&R and I hope I get it this weekend. I am not looking forward to all the packing that needs to be done, but oh well. I'll survive.
I am also seriously contemplating cutting my hair short. I am tired of doing it and I loved my short hair. It was easy and fun and I loved it. I go in on the 1st. I'll keep you posted. And I need to make an appointment for a
pedi in 2 weeks and a haircut for right around Christmas. It is
SOOOOOO busy that time of year.
Bye for now! I'll be back on Monday. :)
Weekend Recap
Busy, busy weekend. Friday night was movie night. This is something we try to do every Friday night. We watched Toy Story and had treats and just hung out on the couch as a family. I love it. I think once Jillian and the Deuce get older, we'll alternate games & movies.
Saturday was out to breakfast and Andy had to hang a few lights at his sister's new shop. He was there for a good part of the morning and afternoon. Jillian and I went to the mall and I picked up a cute little baby outfit for a friend's new daughter and some lotion at Victoria Secrets. My new scent is Heavenly by VS. Love it!
Mmmmmmm..... Jillian played for about 15 minutes in the mall's playground area. And took a fabulous 3 hour nap! :) Saturday we also ventured to Toys R Us to get Christmas presents for J. We picked up a tool bench and a Mr. Potato Head. We found the kitchen we want and I am sending Andy back for it this week. Maybe tomorrow on his way home from work. We also picked up some stuff for his family's gift exchange. It is so fun! $20 gift and we roll dice (all the adults only). Doubles gets you a present out of the middle. We then roll one more time to "steal" other people's gifts. We started this about 4 years ago. Saturday night we were treated to dinner by our old friends. It was great. We have not seen them in forever.
Sunday we had a baptism to attend and ate lunch with everyone. It has taken Jillian 19+ months to like cake. She did not touch it at her first birthday and now will finally pick apart cake when it is given to her. Go figure! Sunday night was dinner with my family since my sister was in town and so was my nephew. It is nice that Jillian is so "helpful" with Bryant - inspecting his
Nukie, helping cover him in blankets and giving him tickles. I so hope this continues when the Deuce is here.
Speaking of pregnancy, it is only getting better.
Hahaha. I discovered I leaked all over the bed last night. Fabulous. I'll have to strip the bed tomorrow and wash all the sheets and the
matress pad. I slept pretty well thanks to the Tylenol with codeine. The kicks and punches and movements are getting harder and stronger and more forceful. And I am wavering on the girls' name. Andy doesn't like my new name, but I am keeping it in the back of my mind.
Have a great Monday. I am hoping to duck out of work early to go to
Kohl's and pick up some wife beaters. My maternity shirts are not covering the belly. I hate having belly exposed and it is getting too cold to wear a
mu mu. :)
Ramblings
1. Jillian tried to feed the kitty and give the kitty treats last night. It broke my heart. Andy & I talked about getting another kitty. After the holidays (I think!) and he wants a kitten.
Oye. I am not ready for a kitten, but I think it will be the best.
2. I am done being pregnant. I am so
incredibly uncomfortable. There is so much to do before the Deuce shows up, but I got a good start on everything last night. I went through the clothing & found the gender neutral stuff. I need to wash that and the bedding. Pick up the room and put more things into Jillian's room.
3. I need to scrap at least 3 pages tonight. Think I can do it? I'm all up for staying up late tonight. I know my subjects and photos I want to use. 2 pages will be templates, although those take longer for me and I have the kit all ready for one of them. So that is my goal for after
CSI tonight. Maybe I can get a start on them this
afternoon.
4. Good TV tonight. Survivor.
CSI. Grey's. Yummy.
5. I am tired of my workplace not having water. They are too damn cheep to buy water. And they only buy enough for the "month" which is BS because we always run out before the month's end. So I end up bringing my own. Who works at a place where they don't provide water? Shitty I tell you.
So have a happy Thursday. :)
Wait One Second
Little Jillian. Oh so sweet Jillian has picked up from someone, somewhere, the wait one second sign. You know the hold one finger up (your pointer finger) to tell someone to wait a second. Yeah. She uses it in sassy moments, like when climbing into the cabinet at the doctor's office. Andy told her to stop and Miss J promptly held up her little pointer finger and smiled. And then there is the funny times, like when she was getting stickers from Nurse Katie on our way out the OBGYN clinic yesterday. Katie asked J if she wanted a sticker. J nodded and turned to Andy with the pointer finger. She walked over, got her stickers and walked out of the office. Yes. I am wracking my brain to try to figure out where the heck she picked THAT one up. Me? The sitter? Not too sure.
I got unexpected cuddles this morning. J was in a funk. Cranky, crabby, crying. After I got ready for work, we cuddled on the couch for a while. Loved it all.
The Deuce is growing well. I am now measuring 3 weeks ahead. Heartbeat sounded great and I actually got some sleep last night. Like dead to the world sleep. It was pure bliss! I got some Tylenol with Codeine or T3's from the doc. I have only 12, so I am hoping to use them wisely. They helped with the whole aching getting out of bed thing this morning, too. Although my hips ache like no other today. Oh well. I slept. Ye Haw.
I got my scrapping groove back. Enough that I think I am going to attempt a layout for a friend tonight. She wrote a story to her girls and I have a pic of her girls and I was going to scrap them all for her to frame. I just was in a funk with regards to scrapping. I just was not LOVING anything I was putting out. Liked it, but felt so unoriginal. Until I did this:
Credits are
here. Another one I did for the Digi Dare girls, but I just love the colors in this one. Love the papers. Love the chain. Love the bolts. Just love it all. It took a while to put together, but so worth it. I am feeling like my groove is back. I have 2 pages that I want to get done by the end of the week. What I would really love is for Andy to let me have a whole day to just scrap. That is my dream.
I also have to add that I love designers that send the love to their customers back. Not a coupon for all to have, but truly taking note that YOU purchased something from their store and send you a coupon to use or freebies or what have you. It really builds a strong relationship. I love that the digi community is so close and tight and this just makes it so much better.
Back to work. Happy Wednesday.
Jillian's Discovery. Road Tripping. Monday Sadness.
We'll start off with the fun stuff. Jillian's discovery last night while eating dinner with Grandma & Grumpa (G&G). We were on our way back from Indy (see next story!) and I felt the need to call my parents to meet for dinner. We stopped right off the I at the Culver's in their city. We got their first and were anxiously awaiting G&G. Jillian spotted them and was jumping in the booth. So excited to see them. Babbling away. Happy as can be. We all sit down to eat and J really is not eating well. Whatever as she ate many Pringles. Not a problem. She was sharing Root Beer with Grumpa and the tickling broke out. Jillian is very into tickling people. She laughs and laughs and finds it hilarious. She was tickling Grumpa under his chin and Daddy suggested to tickle Grumpa behind the ear. Jillian's little hand shot out and then shot quickly back to her side. A puzzled look appeared on her face. She turned to Daddy and pointed at Grumpa's ear and babbled confusingly at Daddy. She kept pointing and babbling and pointing and completely confused about what was in Grumpa's ear. Jillian finally discovered Grumpa's hearing aids. We all were cracking up at J's reaction. Poor kid did not hug or go near Grumpa for the rest of the meal. It was so incredibly funny. We'll see if she remembers the next time she sees Grumpa.
We read tripped it to Indy this weekend. We went to see some mommies from Jillian's birth board. I had so much fun and love these girlies so much. The kids were great all together. Yeah, the normal not sharing of the toys or whatever, but really nothing horrific! I loved seeing every one's little personalities at 19 months. So much fun!! We had a jam-packed weekend. Hanging out, playing, swimming, museum, out to lunch (YES! In a restaurant with 7 little ones and 11 adults!!). Loads of photos I cannot wait to scrap. I miss them all already. The weekend went by way too fast.
And I hate to end on a sad note, but we have to put our kitty to sleep tonight. Talking to Andy, this seems our best option at this point. I have already cried my tears and hope I can get through tonight. Jillian is another story. I do think we'll get another kitty after the holidays and baby. We'll see.
Happy Monday. Fall is here! I cannot believe my leaves have come and gone. Driving into work today I noticed how the trees are becoming barer. Raining. Again. But not cold. I can take this. Although the van needs to be washed, but every time I want to, rain is in the forecast for the next day. It is so dirty!!
Thursday Fun!
Actually, nothing really fun going on today. Jillian woke and was an emotional mess this morning. I am thinking teething. Her 2 y.o. molars might be coming in or maybe her canines. We still need those. It doesn't matter, but man was she a mess this morning. Tantrum, rolling on the floor, sobbing.
Oye. I was ready to plop her butt back into bed and just shut the door. Makes me wonder if she just is not a morning person or if she is not sleeping well in her bed or what the
dealio is with her.
I have made the realization that sleep is not for me. I cannot get comfy. Parts of me hurt that make sleep nearly impossible. I guess my nights will get longer and my sleep shorter. I think this happened last time, too. I actually have been thinking about sleeping on the couch as I think I am disturbing Andy. I bet it is hard to sleep when your wife is trying to roll over in bed and ends up either waking you to ask for a "lift" or the fact that my sobs and groans keep him up at night. I feel bad. I really do. I love sleeping with my hubby, but
every time I crawl into bed I secretly curse him for taking up too much space. The reality of it, is that he is not taking up anymore space than normal.
This is my last post before the weekend hits. I am super excited to say that we'll me meeting friends this weekend. Friends that I met through Jillian's Birth Board. We've remained pretty close, talking to one another daily. Love it. So they'll be lots of pics, lots of new "subjects" to scrap and lots of fun had by all.
Now a page to share with
y'all.
Lookit my belly!
Wowza!! This kit is from Julie Howard - Solstice is the name and this image does not do the papers justice. Oh my! What lovely, lovely papers. I just love them. I love the colors. And when I saw that Due Date Library card - I KNEW I had to use this kit for a belly page.
You can read all the credits
HERE. I also used a template from Bree
Clarkson and I have to say her templates have been my saving grace these past few days. I feel like scrapping, but have no inspiration. I have all these wonderful elements and papers to use. I have photos that are wonderful - apple orchard pics, J on a slide, J on a swing with
Grumpa and
especially a pic of my friends' girls and a wonderful story she wrote that I offered to scrap so she can frame it sitting on my computer. But no inspiration or drive to scrap. I want to, but am having a hard time just putting it all down or even starting the darn page. So here are Bree's Launchpads and my assignments for her CT & Set #4. I LOVE THEM. Why? They have enough to start a layout and you can add and build and make it your own without the page looking like a "template" and 40 other pages in the gallery. There are some really great templates out there, but they all have such a specific look and people to add their own spin on things to them. So basically, you see the same layout over and over again. To me templates are EXACTLY what Bree calls them - Launchpads. They should be a starting point and then you, as a scrapper, build in your own funk and style from there. Wow, I did not expect a long & lengthy diatribe on templates. I amaze myself sometimes.
I am also trying HARD not to wait a bit before dropping some more money into more gorgeous papers from
Gina Miller and some other elements that I came across while surfing the stores the other day (my
favs -
PDW and
TDS). But my will is not holding out very well. So if anyone wants to be
incredibly nice or sweet or in my good graces forever - I'll take a gift card to Gina's store. ;) In
exchange I'll make a nice layout for you to print for a great gift. Eh, give me some points for trying!
Tonight is Survivor and
CSI and Grey's. I will be looking at jewelry at one of those at home parties. It'll be a nice break. Then I need to come home and pack and do all that kind of stuff. I might end up watching Grey's really late tonight. :) I heart Grey's.
Deuce Update, Jilly Ramblings
I went for my ultrasound yesterday to determine the size/weight of the Deuce. All is well and yes, he or she is big. Measuring big - 65
th percentile at over 4 pounds at 32 weeks. The tech was a little concerned as the belly is measuring in the 90
th percentile. Meaning that the Deuce is getting a little too much sugar from me. And this coincides with me failing my 1 hour diabetes test. My body is giving the baby extra sugar and my body is not processing it well
even though I passed my 3 hour test. I set up an appointment to see the tech and have ANOTHER ultrasound at 35 weeks. I go to my regular OB next Tuesday. I am not too concerned with the weight, but I am concerned with how uncomfortable I am getting. I am in so much pain, especially at night. I hurt. Baby hurts me when he or she is moving. I don't sleep well and just want the pain to end.
I did get to see the Deuce's face really well.
Whatta chubby little monkey!
OMG. The cheeks! And the Deuce's nose is just like Jillian's. The profile is very
similar between the two of them. And baby is head down.
Yay. I'm in love, I tell you.
Jillian. Where do I even begin. Yesterday morning was mischief making time. She was playing around in the kitchen with my
IceT pitcher and some other things. I thought nothing of it. I did venture into the kitchen every once in a while when I was getting ready for the appointment and found her wiping her face with my dish towel. Nothing unusual. I asked her to put it away and she didn't. Nothing unusual there. I forgot all about the dish towel when my mother arrived to go with us to my Ultrasound. When we came home and I was in the process of making lunch, I picked up the towel to hang it up. It was soaked. Wet. Not just damp, but wet. I looked around the kitchen and discovered the kitty did not have ANY water in his bowl. And the bowl was moved. The little monkey was playing around (again) with the kitty's food and water, dumped his water and then cleaned it up. Herself. Part of me is proud. Part of me is shaking my head at my little trouble maker. At least she is learning from me having her pick up after herself and clean the floors when she spills something or drops food on the floor.
And she was up last night and ended up sleeping with us for a few hours. I think she had a tummy ache. She ate
Banditos Corn and Bean salsa before bed. I was snaking on it and no snack is safe with J around. I did not think she would like it. Really I didn't. She ended up eating a bit of it and asking for more. I hate telling her no when it comes to food!! So no Corn and Bean salsa before bed again. And she was quite stinky this morning. Toots. I kept asking her if she pooped. Nope. Poor Cherie today. I am guessing she is going to have quite the messy diaper to deal with.
And today was day 2 of not crying when I dropped her off.
Yay!! Makes me feel so much better. Jillian's mood remains upbeat and happy and wild. I now know the signs of when she is unhappy. Part of me is sad to learn these signs so early. The other part is happy that I "see" that I did the right thing.
Happy Wednesday. Sorry so long and rambling. :)
Monday Monday
Whatta weekend! I have been busy backing up and saving files. I have
Photo Shop Batch processing a bunch of files right now. I never merge or flatten my pages so they are HUGE. I am finally taking the commitment plunge and doing so. Then I will burn Jillian's scrapbook.
I am so
looking forward to scrapping lots tonight. I have lots of new kits from
Amy Teets and my CT for the month of October, Julie Howard (
DigiShoppe or
PureScrapability)just said take what you want to scrap with.
Yay! And
Bree Clarkson has Launchpads #4 at the store now. Whew. I did do a new page using a kit from Amy and a sketch from Bree, but a little monkey and time will not allow me to post that right now.
Eek. So later when she is down for a nap I'll show you the goods.
As far as the pregnancy goes, I can tell I am in the home stretch. I feel ill constantly. I actually threw up again Saturday night. And I am not hungry. At. All. I'll eat here and there, but I am just not hungry. I think my tummy is running out of room.
We did pick apples yesterday. Pics to come, but let me just tell you how much my little monkey walked and walked and walked through that apple orchard. Apple in hand & stumbling over the apples on the ground. She was so dang cute. And we brought home a big basket of apples. I am going to make crisp this week (sometime!) and freeze a few pans of it.
And in more exciting news - Guess who is in a BIG GIRL BED? Jillian!! We have her room 75% finished and we have been talking up transitioning her to her new room. Well, we did it on Saturday night. Went to bed no issue and slept all night. Up at 5:30 AM, but slept all night. This morning she was up early again due to the fact that she heard me get up. Her new room is right above the kitchen and bathroom. So she was up at 5 and is now lying on the floor playing. I think she'll nap for the sitter this morning.
And I need to get moving as today is a sitter day/work day. Ugh. I'll post my layouts when I can later. Have a HAPPY MONDAY.
Can't wait until Friday. :) Exciting weekend ahead. :)
My Heart Skipped a Beat
I was working on a
scrapbooking project this morning and my computer shut down on me. And then it was not restarting properly. Talk about having your heart in your throat. Tonight is our trip to Best Buy to get a darn DVD burner and a spindle of DVDs. I NEED to get it all off my computer. Need to. Now. Nothing will be scrapped until I do so. So now I am in limbo. I have at least 20 new kits from Amy
Teets to work with, new sketches from Bree and a new
Digi-Dare is up. Plus my Christmas presents that I am working on for those special loved ones in my life. It is hard to say NO, but I have to. I have to get it all off the computer. I cannot risk that happening again.
J and I have a ton of running around to do today, thus I need to go shower and get my day started I am almost done with her curtains for her room. I'm so crafty. And she'll be sleeping there tomorrow night. Wish us luck!! Big girl room. Where did my baby go?
And the closer that the Deuce's birth comes to being a reality, the more complete I feel. I am not 100% saying that this is our last, but it is coming close to saying that. I'm just feeling more at peace with my decisions and my life.
Have an awesome weekend! We are hanging out with
Gramma tomorrow and Pumpkin
Farming it and picking Apples on Sunday. I can't wait! Lots to scrap.
Oh! And I am meeting some friends in Indy next weekend. We chat daily and all decided it was time to meet. I am so looking forward to it. :)
Not Going to be Mom of the Year
I fear that I have
tramatized my daughter.
After our shower the other day, we both put on our bathrobes and I proceeded to get ready. Make-up, hair, lotion - all that womanly stuff. As I was almost finished getting ready, Jillian comes into the bathroom frantically spewing
gibberish at me. My child was so upset she was shaking. Trying to interpret what the poor little monkey was saying to me, I obviously was not hitting the mark with "Movie?" "Brush your Teeth?" or "What J?!?!" I finally got the hint with the pointing and the
gibberish and looked into the dining room.
I spotted what caused so much drama. There was poop on the floor.
Yes, I did not diaper Jillian after our shower. She pooped earlier in the day and is a once a day
pooper. I thought she was done for the day. Guess not. We immediately washed our hands (did not know if it was played with or not.) and picked up the poo. I told her we should probably put a
diapee on and she frantically nodded YES.
In Deuce news, we have an ultrasound on Tuesday to check the size of the babe. Andy will not be attending, but my mother will. It is a quickie peek and I highly doubt the baby is ginormous. I think I have a lot of amniotic fluid, but we'll see.
Happy Thursday! Survivor,
CSI and Grey's tonight. *sigh* Fabulous.
Deuce Update and More!
The Deuce is going to be a big one. Or so the doctor thinks. We had an appointment last night. I am measuring 33 weeks when I am actually 31. I am all belly! And I maintained my weight again. Still holding strong for the past 2 months. I weigh 35 pounds (
ish) less than I did with Jillian at this time. Holy cats, huh? I think I gained close to 60 pounds with Jillian. And I never fully lost it all. But I am so ready to get back into the losing game after the Deuce gets here. I got sidetracked. Sorry. So we have to have another Ultrasound to determine the size of the baby or what they "predict" the size will be. My doc started talking C-Section and all that junk. I ignored him. I totally trust my body. I trust that I will be able to push a big baby out. I also know that what they "predict" for size often is way off. And the only way I'll schedule a section is if they'll do a tummy tuck at the same time. And they won't. So there.
Jillian is still adjusting to the new day care. We had more tears this morning. I was thinking that the adjustment would take a week, but I am thinking longer. Hopefully 2 weeks. I just don't know. I hope she gets over it fast.
Sunday is looking like Pumpkin Farm day. And Saturday night we are putting Jillian in her big girl bed. Big weekend ahead.
We'll I am off to make phone calls and schedule appointments. Have a Happy Wednesday!
Sit tight. This One is a long One.
This weekend ended our "wedding season" and I am so happy. We had our last wedding to attend and boy was it extravagant. Nice downtown hotel with no parking. Elegant room. Live band. Boxed
chocolates on the table. Beautiful burgundy dresses (on the bride, too) and seeing lots of family. I did not get any photos of Andy and me all dressed up, but I had nylons on and heels. Open toed heels. Yes, my hubby gave me a pedicure Friday night. How sweet, huh? I begged and pleaded. And well, with Jillian being such a
girly girl, he better get used to it. So I looked great right down to my toes. I looked very pregnant, but great. And oh, the comments. The best is "Oh, you won't make it until December." and the shocked "December?!?!?" Yes, people. I am all belly. I have not gained anyplace else but my belly. I have a basketball belly. Deal with it. I am. You think I would not like to be
un-pregnant right now?
Driving into work today, I noticed that fall
snuck up on me. The trees are changing. And it is October already! Holy cow. I am kinda in the fall mood. I scrapped two pages of Jillian from last fall.
You can read all the credits
here. And then this one with a kit from Amy
Teets:
And you can read the full credits
here. Hard to believe my peanut was such a . . . peanut! So tiny. My how she has changed.
The latest
DigiDare was up on Friday and boy was I challenged. Trying to get Jillian's day all down on the page. I think I did pretty well.
I used another paper pack from Amy
Teets, but all the credits are
here. I rarely ever put more than one photo on a page. The max maybe 2, but 6!!
Egads.
Yesterday began Andy's 7 days of working in a row. Poor guy. And this morning Jillian was up at 4 am. Why? Don't know, but it sucked. I am dragging despite the many cups of coffee this morning. I think we are finally started to get the sickness out of our house, too. My cough has seemed to lessen, Jillian's tooth broke through and Andy is kinda still stuffy, but he got the illness later than J and me. And in some too much information news, the never ending groin pull feeling that I have been having with this pregnancy feels a ton better this morning. Maybe the baby moved or dropped a little lower (my co-worker mentioned that I looked lower today) and is repositioned so that feeling is slowly getting better. I'd be one happy
prego chick if that was the case. Imagine having a groin pull for the past 3 months. Yeah. It hurts. And in a place where it is the most uncomfortable.
I've been working on Christmas presents yesterday and today. Scrapbook related of course, but I am having fun doing something a bit different. I have a ton of layouts to do using new kits from Amy and hopefully getting some new Templates from Bree.
Have a great Monday. The Packers play tonight and will get their butts creamed so everyone around here will be glum come Tuesday. Not my problem. I expect them to get creamed. The Bears on the
other hand are on a roll. THAT I like to see. And Peyton won this weekend. That was a good game, but I feel asleep a bit watching it. It looks like a great week ahead. Not much on the "to do list" but that is okay.
