Friday, July 13, 2012
This Baby Must be Superstitious
I spent around 3 hours awake in the middle of last night with strong labor-like contractions. I was even battling the hot/cold swings I usually get when I'm in labor. I eventually fell asleep and woke a few times to more strong contractions, but obviously have no baby to show for any of it. I guess he didn't want a Friday the 13th birthday. Maybe I will get lucky over the next week and he will show up before my dreaded due date, I'm quickly losing hope of him coming before my due date though.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Today's Miriam Funny
Thanks to my sister for kicking me into gear about blogging something that would normally go to the wayside and be forgotten. She's a rock-star blogger; I would love to be more like that, but I'm a slacker and have no excuse for not being a better blogger other than I am LAZY! There...now you know!
My girls say funny things all the time. Miriam says something that makes me laugh out loud at least daily. Sometimes she means to be funny and sometimes it's just her child's perspective and understanding. I love to hear her explanations and ideas. Today as I was getting lunch ready she commented on our grapes. I usually buy red (purple) grapes, but this week I switched it up and bought green ones. She asked when they were going to get ripe and turn purple. He he. I, of course, explained about different varieties of grapes to her, but not after a little chuckle to myself. I love having little kids around. They sure keep life fun!
Saturday, June 09, 2012
Pregnant and Counting Down
We're still around...well, I'm more just round than around, but we are all alive and well and that's what matters. I have people begging for an update and some pregnancy pictures. So here you go:
This is for you, Carrien (everyone else please avert your eyes lest they explode when you see my ginormousness) -- I'm still pregnant and have 6+ weeks left and I'm so done with this pregnancy despite it not being that difficult compared to my others.
I've had a number of emotional breakdowns in the last few weeks over the amount of time left being pregnant. I'm not super miserable though and feel much better than my other pregnancies, so I should be happy and grateful and whatnot. I think that having done this twice before already I know how long 6 weeks really is at the end of a pregnancy and it's wearing me down emotionally.
I usually have ridiculously painful round ligament pain, I haven't much pain at all in that regard. Loving that! I feel so full all the time (but hungry still) that I feel like my body and mind are at war. And if I over eat even the slightest I'm miserable for hours. Not loving that. My heartburn is usual (doesn't matter what I do/take/eat, I've got it), maybe a little more than my first two; hard to say, really. My esophageal sphincter just totally doesn't work when I'm pregnant. My hips aren't out of whack like they normally get when I'm pregnant, so walking is still fairly comfortable. It's been quite a nice change -- I can actually exercise still!! My hips have started hurting when I've been on one side too long at night, resulting in the all-so-easy rollover. Ha! Oh, and baby hiccups. I really hate baby hiccups when they are inside me! Miriam had them all the time. Liesl had them some, but not so much I thought I was going to lose my mind. This baby...all. the. time. And my least favorite part of pregnancy at this stage...sleeping, or rather NOT sleeping. Between the heartburn and "fullness", my hips falling asleep and aching all night, running out of comfortable sleeping positions and just general insomnia because my brain doesn't ever stop thinking about things, I have not been sleeping well. It's turning me into a zombie. A cranky one.
Let's just say that as much as I love being pregnant (and I really do because there are a lot of fun/exciting/interesting aspects to enjoy) I'm looking forward to being done and to having my body all to myself again for a while. And to fitting into my skinny clothes!! Cause man, oh man are my arms and legs and bum and face huge--the belly is a given! Plus everything else in between. And I really just want to meet this little boy and snuggle and love on him because I love, love, love squishy, newborn babies.
This is for you, Carrien (everyone else please avert your eyes lest they explode when you see my ginormousness) -- I'm still pregnant and have 6+ weeks left and I'm so done with this pregnancy despite it not being that difficult compared to my others.
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I've had a number of emotional breakdowns in the last few weeks over the amount of time left being pregnant. I'm not super miserable though and feel much better than my other pregnancies, so I should be happy and grateful and whatnot. I think that having done this twice before already I know how long 6 weeks really is at the end of a pregnancy and it's wearing me down emotionally.
I usually have ridiculously painful round ligament pain, I haven't much pain at all in that regard. Loving that! I feel so full all the time (but hungry still) that I feel like my body and mind are at war. And if I over eat even the slightest I'm miserable for hours. Not loving that. My heartburn is usual (doesn't matter what I do/take/eat, I've got it), maybe a little more than my first two; hard to say, really. My esophageal sphincter just totally doesn't work when I'm pregnant. My hips aren't out of whack like they normally get when I'm pregnant, so walking is still fairly comfortable. It's been quite a nice change -- I can actually exercise still!! My hips have started hurting when I've been on one side too long at night, resulting in the all-so-easy rollover. Ha! Oh, and baby hiccups. I really hate baby hiccups when they are inside me! Miriam had them all the time. Liesl had them some, but not so much I thought I was going to lose my mind. This baby...all. the. time. And my least favorite part of pregnancy at this stage...sleeping, or rather NOT sleeping. Between the heartburn and "fullness", my hips falling asleep and aching all night, running out of comfortable sleeping positions and just general insomnia because my brain doesn't ever stop thinking about things, I have not been sleeping well. It's turning me into a zombie. A cranky one.
Let's just say that as much as I love being pregnant (and I really do because there are a lot of fun/exciting/interesting aspects to enjoy) I'm looking forward to being done and to having my body all to myself again for a while. And to fitting into my skinny clothes!! Cause man, oh man are my arms and legs and bum and face huge--the belly is a given! Plus everything else in between. And I really just want to meet this little boy and snuggle and love on him because I love, love, love squishy, newborn babies.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Liesl Turns Two
We celebrated Liesl's birthday on her birthday which conveniently coincided with the monthly family gathering at Aunt Gina's house.
It was a good project, not too frustrating but with a fair amount of satisfaction by the finish. The cake was strawberry with chocolate frosting. I was going for chocolate covered strawberry but it turned out more like chocolate frosted fake-strawberry flavor (think strawberry jello). It was okay, but definitely not my favorite cake I've ever made.
I tried to get a picture of Liesl with the cake, but I got the silly "cheese" face.
And a messy hair picture too. Well, at least it's true to real life for us.
We teach our kids early on to blow out matches and whatnot, so by the time they turn two, they are pros.
She loves all things sweet, so she ate loved the cake.
Liesl was given many fun toys and books for her birthday, including an animal sounds puzzle and a Noah's ark Little People set.
The hit of the evening was the birthday balloon from Grammy and Grampy. She could have cared less what else was there! Kids are funny.
She was a happy girl that day just like usual. And, boy does she love her Grampy (she still calls both Grammy and Grampy "Grammy" though).
Liesl love, love, loves cats (and most other animals -- good thing Aunt Wendy basically has a small farm for us to visit so often) so I figured a kitty cat cake was in order for her birthday.
It was a good project, not too frustrating but with a fair amount of satisfaction by the finish. The cake was strawberry with chocolate frosting. I was going for chocolate covered strawberry but it turned out more like chocolate frosted fake-strawberry flavor (think strawberry jello). It was okay, but definitely not my favorite cake I've ever made.
I tried to get a picture of Liesl with the cake, but I got the silly "cheese" face.
And a messy hair picture too. Well, at least it's true to real life for us.
We teach our kids early on to blow out matches and whatnot, so by the time they turn two, they are pros.
She loves all things sweet, so she ate loved the cake.
Liesl was given many fun toys and books for her birthday, including an animal sounds puzzle and a Noah's ark Little People set.
The hit of the evening was the birthday balloon from Grammy and Grampy. She could have cared less what else was there! Kids are funny.
She was a happy girl that day just like usual. And, boy does she love her Grampy (she still calls both Grammy and Grampy "Grammy" though).
Thursday, February 23, 2012
It's a.....
Cupcake?!
Hmm...better take a bite. Maybe it has a message in it....
Is that a bit of BLUE I see in there?
Sure is! And that means a little boy is joining our crazy crew. Everyone is very excited. Miriam didn't burst into tears or get upset or anything. It could be because we made the announcement to her with a chocolate cupcake, but she didn't seem too upset despite wanting a sister rather than a brother. She did try to convince me that "Heavenly Father was going to change His mind and send a sister instead" but that was the extent of the brother news so far. We will see how the next few days and months play out with her. I don't think Liesl cares one way or another, although I don't think she will like losing the baby spot one bit when that part comes around. She doesn't really know that's come yet though, just that there is a baby in mama's tummy.
Everything else checked out great on the ultrasound too. Nice and healthy so far. And that's the best news to hear at an ultrasound anyway.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Gender Poll
My anatomy scan is Thursday and we will be finding out the gender of baby #3 (assuming baby will give us a good look). Do you think it's a boy or a girl? Let me know in the poll on the side. I really have no idea so I'm interested to see what you pick.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Bunk Beds
With our expanding family and growing children, we knew a big girl bed was quickly becoming a necessity for Miriam. And rather than cram a twin bed alongside a toddler bed into the girls small room, we decided bunk beds would just be a better fit for our family. Luckily Owen's sister had gorgeous ones she was selling, so we snatched them up and got the girls into them at the beginning of the year.
The transition has been pretty easy too. We left their bedroom door cracked the first couple nights not really knowing what to expect. Nobody escaped the first night, but Liesl quickly discovered she was free to roam and she started coming in time after time. Only one or two nights of that made us quickly decide they had to have the door closed like normal. For now, Liesl still cannot open our doorknobs, but the lock is reversed on their door so once she can and if it's a problem, we at least have that option. Hopefully she will just leave it be and play and then sleep.
The first few nights either Owen or I would lie by Liesl to get her to sleep, after those nights though she started to play around and not fall asleep quickly so we've just let her get herself in bed after she plays for a half hour or so. We have been pretty impressed with how grown up she's been about it since she went straight from a crib to the bottom bunk. She's fallen out once and although we know we could buy one of those bed rails, she seems to stay near the wall and isn't much of a wiggler in her sleep. She must have inherited that from me (although I was a wiggly sleeper when I was little) because I can sleep a whole night and only have to pull the covers back up to make the bed in the morning...that is, when I'm the only one in the bed. With Owen around, we have to straighten and tug and pull and tuck and pretty much start all over making the bed every day. Miriam sleeps like he does.
Miriam plays some nights and other nights stays in bed and goes right to sleep. She was warned very sternly that she is no allowed to jump or stand on the top bunk and pushing is absolutely not OK. Right around Christmas she pushed some of her cousins of their bunk beds and it was not a pretty talking to she got. I think she knows how dangerous it is now after the many warnings she has received since then.
I plan to paint them white (not stark white, just slightly creamy in nature) as well as all the other wood furniture in their room. Maybe one day it won't look like I totally hodge-podge our home together. I know coordinating furniture and decor is not a necessity, but I have this annoying designer bird in my brain who just peck, peck, pecks away and drives me crazy when things don't look how I envision. Budget or not, I will find a way to make their room like I want it one day. Even if that's 10 years down the road and they want nothing to do with little girl stuff!!
I would post a picture of them sleeping in them, but you'd be surprised how hard it is to get a picture of kids sleeping in a dark room on a bunk bed. It's not the same as a normal bed. So instead you just get a picture of the beds.
The transition has been pretty easy too. We left their bedroom door cracked the first couple nights not really knowing what to expect. Nobody escaped the first night, but Liesl quickly discovered she was free to roam and she started coming in time after time. Only one or two nights of that made us quickly decide they had to have the door closed like normal. For now, Liesl still cannot open our doorknobs, but the lock is reversed on their door so once she can and if it's a problem, we at least have that option. Hopefully she will just leave it be and play and then sleep.
The first few nights either Owen or I would lie by Liesl to get her to sleep, after those nights though she started to play around and not fall asleep quickly so we've just let her get herself in bed after she plays for a half hour or so. We have been pretty impressed with how grown up she's been about it since she went straight from a crib to the bottom bunk. She's fallen out once and although we know we could buy one of those bed rails, she seems to stay near the wall and isn't much of a wiggler in her sleep. She must have inherited that from me (although I was a wiggly sleeper when I was little) because I can sleep a whole night and only have to pull the covers back up to make the bed in the morning...that is, when I'm the only one in the bed. With Owen around, we have to straighten and tug and pull and tuck and pretty much start all over making the bed every day. Miriam sleeps like he does.
Miriam plays some nights and other nights stays in bed and goes right to sleep. She was warned very sternly that she is no allowed to jump or stand on the top bunk and pushing is absolutely not OK. Right around Christmas she pushed some of her cousins of their bunk beds and it was not a pretty talking to she got. I think she knows how dangerous it is now after the many warnings she has received since then.
I plan to paint them white (not stark white, just slightly creamy in nature) as well as all the other wood furniture in their room. Maybe one day it won't look like I totally hodge-podge our home together. I know coordinating furniture and decor is not a necessity, but I have this annoying designer bird in my brain who just peck, peck, pecks away and drives me crazy when things don't look how I envision. Budget or not, I will find a way to make their room like I want it one day. Even if that's 10 years down the road and they want nothing to do with little girl stuff!!
I would post a picture of them sleeping in them, but you'd be surprised how hard it is to get a picture of kids sleeping in a dark room on a bunk bed. It's not the same as a normal bed. So instead you just get a picture of the beds.
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