so this pregnancy has been going really well. i don't have the overwhelming fatigue that i experienced with madelyn and mason which has been really helpful. i am definitely worn out, but not to an extreme. although i did go to sleep at 7:30 last night when i normally go to sleep about 10:30 or 11:00 on a typical night.
this one has been much more about nausea. just about everything makes me feel unpleasant. no vomiting but definitely unwell. the biggest problem with this is that i am starving! pregnancy and nursing take everything i have and then some! my stomach is usually growling when i get in bed at night.
i am still nursing mason three times a day. we have switched him to whole milk before bed at night to try and help with his early morning wake-ups (his doctor said this was fine). but it does not seem to have made a huge difference. both my doctor and his said that i can nurse as long as i would like but that i might find it a little awkward as my belly continues to grow. he only has a few more months to nurse any way so i think we will make it. love.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
madelyn is excited
madelyn seemed to know right away that i was pregnant but thankfully she didn't tell anyone until we started to share the news. i just said something about my stomach one day and she said that there was a baby in my belly - opps.
she tells me almost every day that she "wants the new baby today" (but imagine a very whiny voice). she has decided that the new baby is a boy and she wants to know what his name is going to be. she also asks often when the baby is going to be here. her excitement about the new baby seems to be growing and she really liked getting to hear the baby's heartbeat at the doctor's office.
while madelyn is so excited i have started talking to her about sharing her room. if it is a girl, the baby will sleep in her room because madelyn sleeps like she is in a comma. and if it is a boy, we will move mason in with madelyn until the baby sleeps through the night because mason is a very light sleeper. her main concern is that she would have to share her actual bed, but once i explained that there would be a second bed or crib in her room she was fine with it. we even got to have a trial run when we babysat a friend's infant last weekend. we put the baby in mason's room and then let mason sleep in madelyn's room. it was fun to hear her laughing and trying to get mason to stop crying (he cries every time we put him down to sleep). they both were asleep within five minutes and slept all night until mason started crying at 5:30am.
she is even excited about moving her car seat into the back row of the mini-van. this was actually the transition that i was most worried about so i was pretty happy to hear her interest in moving back. now if we can just keep all this excitement going until november... love.
she tells me almost every day that she "wants the new baby today" (but imagine a very whiny voice). she has decided that the new baby is a boy and she wants to know what his name is going to be. she also asks often when the baby is going to be here. her excitement about the new baby seems to be growing and she really liked getting to hear the baby's heartbeat at the doctor's office.
while madelyn is so excited i have started talking to her about sharing her room. if it is a girl, the baby will sleep in her room because madelyn sleeps like she is in a comma. and if it is a boy, we will move mason in with madelyn until the baby sleeps through the night because mason is a very light sleeper. her main concern is that she would have to share her actual bed, but once i explained that there would be a second bed or crib in her room she was fine with it. we even got to have a trial run when we babysat a friend's infant last weekend. we put the baby in mason's room and then let mason sleep in madelyn's room. it was fun to hear her laughing and trying to get mason to stop crying (he cries every time we put him down to sleep). they both were asleep within five minutes and slept all night until mason started crying at 5:30am.
she is even excited about moving her car seat into the back row of the mini-van. this was actually the transition that i was most worried about so i was pretty happy to hear her interest in moving back. now if we can just keep all this excitement going until november... love.
Monday, April 26, 2010
one more picture
here is one more picture from mason's 9-month photo shoot...
if you can't read their shirts - mason is going to be a big brother and madelyn is going to be a big sister again. baby #3 is due on november 9! its one or two months earlier that we had expected, but we couldn't be happier. this is the first time we haven't had a long wait for a healthy pregnancy. in fact, i have felt so good this first trimester that it made me a little nervous. but i am happy to say that the ultrasound showed a healthy baby. and i am a little happy not to have another june birthday. much more to come on this soon (madelyn is really, really excited), but i am so tired after my 'ridiculous day' that i am going to bed. love.
if you can't read their shirts - mason is going to be a big brother and madelyn is going to be a big sister again. baby #3 is due on november 9! its one or two months earlier that we had expected, but we couldn't be happier. this is the first time we haven't had a long wait for a healthy pregnancy. in fact, i have felt so good this first trimester that it made me a little nervous. but i am happy to say that the ultrasound showed a healthy baby. and i am a little happy not to have another june birthday. much more to come on this soon (madelyn is really, really excited), but i am so tired after my 'ridiculous day' that i am going to bed. love.
ridiculous day
today was just a ridiculous day and it was only fitting that it was a monday! as i mentioned a few posts ago, computer troubles have really been slowing me down and stressing me out. i finally got connected with our i.t. director at work this morning to discuss what he wants to do about my computer but he was heading in to a meeting so said that he would have to call me back. so i started to backup my hard drive in case i needed to ship my computer down to him for repairs.
madelyn was the 'snack friend' today at school so i had made the sunflower biscuits last night (the theme for the day was "flowers") and had almost everything packed up except for the jelly to serve with it that i thought for sure i would forget in the morning. i got everyone loaded up in the car, remembered the jelly, and headed off to school a little later than i wanted because of messing with the computer stuff and prepping for meetings in case the computer died again.
on the way to school i realized that i forgot to grab a jacket for madelyn to wear during recess. oh well. she was wearing long sleeves and it wasn't that cold out. i wasn't going back home. but then i pulled into the school's parking lot and realized that i forgot to put her backpack in the car. and her backpack had her state required two blankets, "friend", and her water cup in it. i was going to have to come back with it later in the morning. ugh!
so back home for my 10:30 meeting which ended up not starting until 11:00 because my boss was running a little late. the problem was that i had not put mason down for his nap because i was going to wait until after i ran madelyn's backpack up to the school. but since the meeting was later than planned he started to get fussy. i ran up for a bowl, some cereal, and water to keep him happy while he had to wait a little longer for his nap. that worked out great except eating on the floor meant that his wet hands picked up every stray dog hair on the floor and i was grossed out! not that it bothered him at all. and then once my meeting started mason reached up and pulled a huge pile of folders off my desk on top of him and he started to scream. again - ugh! thankfully, i got him quieted down pretty quickly and finished up my meeting.
now it was almost 11:30 and madelyn's class goes down for their nap shortly after their noon lunch so i felt like i needed to hurry and get her stuff up to the school. i grabbed my 'keys', sunglasses, and phone on my way out the door with mason. i get him all settled, run around to my seat, and go to start the car - "key is not detected" - where in the world is it?! our car doesn't have an actual 'key'. it has a fob that just has to be in the car for it to start. so i jump out and look in the house again, no key (i still call it a "key" because i don't like saying "fob"). i open mason's door and check all around his car seat - no key. i figure that i must have buckled it in under him so i just run in a grab the spare so that i can leave. i can always find it later. i am about a mile from the house when i hear a sound outside the car. normally i would have just written it off as something in the road because it wasn't really that loud or concerning, but i had a bad feeling about this noise since there was a missing key somewhere. i pulled over and looked around not finding anything. then i decided to go ahead and double back a little to see if there is anything in the road. sure enough there is the fob laying in the road! thankfully it was in the center of the lane and the cars weren't running it over and i was able to make an illegal u-turn right to it. there was also an unusual break in traffic that allowed me to run into the road and get it without risk. thank goodness it wasn't even scratched! i kept thinking that matt is going to kill me when i saw it in the road. those fobs cost like $500 to replace!
that is when i decided that this day has been ridiculous.
i got madelyn's stuff to the school and she asked if she should go home. honestly, i thought about just taking her home then so that i didn't have to come back again in a few hours to pick her up. but i sucked it up and let her finish out her day. i am happy to report that my day picked up a little bit after that too.
i still had a few more oddities, like accidentally hanging up on dell tech support while they were getting my dispatch number for service call that is hopefully going to happen tomorrow. (their website was not working when i tried to find their phone number again to change my service call and i realized that if i could get back in bed, this was really the day for it.) but my netbook is working again (obviously, because i am suddenly posting again) and there is a light at the end of the tunnel with my work computer - assuming dell shows up tomorrow.
i am just glad that this day is over. love.
madelyn was the 'snack friend' today at school so i had made the sunflower biscuits last night (the theme for the day was "flowers") and had almost everything packed up except for the jelly to serve with it that i thought for sure i would forget in the morning. i got everyone loaded up in the car, remembered the jelly, and headed off to school a little later than i wanted because of messing with the computer stuff and prepping for meetings in case the computer died again.
on the way to school i realized that i forgot to grab a jacket for madelyn to wear during recess. oh well. she was wearing long sleeves and it wasn't that cold out. i wasn't going back home. but then i pulled into the school's parking lot and realized that i forgot to put her backpack in the car. and her backpack had her state required two blankets, "friend", and her water cup in it. i was going to have to come back with it later in the morning. ugh!
so back home for my 10:30 meeting which ended up not starting until 11:00 because my boss was running a little late. the problem was that i had not put mason down for his nap because i was going to wait until after i ran madelyn's backpack up to the school. but since the meeting was later than planned he started to get fussy. i ran up for a bowl, some cereal, and water to keep him happy while he had to wait a little longer for his nap. that worked out great except eating on the floor meant that his wet hands picked up every stray dog hair on the floor and i was grossed out! not that it bothered him at all. and then once my meeting started mason reached up and pulled a huge pile of folders off my desk on top of him and he started to scream. again - ugh! thankfully, i got him quieted down pretty quickly and finished up my meeting.
now it was almost 11:30 and madelyn's class goes down for their nap shortly after their noon lunch so i felt like i needed to hurry and get her stuff up to the school. i grabbed my 'keys', sunglasses, and phone on my way out the door with mason. i get him all settled, run around to my seat, and go to start the car - "key is not detected" - where in the world is it?! our car doesn't have an actual 'key'. it has a fob that just has to be in the car for it to start. so i jump out and look in the house again, no key (i still call it a "key" because i don't like saying "fob"). i open mason's door and check all around his car seat - no key. i figure that i must have buckled it in under him so i just run in a grab the spare so that i can leave. i can always find it later. i am about a mile from the house when i hear a sound outside the car. normally i would have just written it off as something in the road because it wasn't really that loud or concerning, but i had a bad feeling about this noise since there was a missing key somewhere. i pulled over and looked around not finding anything. then i decided to go ahead and double back a little to see if there is anything in the road. sure enough there is the fob laying in the road! thankfully it was in the center of the lane and the cars weren't running it over and i was able to make an illegal u-turn right to it. there was also an unusual break in traffic that allowed me to run into the road and get it without risk. thank goodness it wasn't even scratched! i kept thinking that matt is going to kill me when i saw it in the road. those fobs cost like $500 to replace!
that is when i decided that this day has been ridiculous.
i got madelyn's stuff to the school and she asked if she should go home. honestly, i thought about just taking her home then so that i didn't have to come back again in a few hours to pick her up. but i sucked it up and let her finish out her day. i am happy to report that my day picked up a little bit after that too.
i still had a few more oddities, like accidentally hanging up on dell tech support while they were getting my dispatch number for service call that is hopefully going to happen tomorrow. (their website was not working when i tried to find their phone number again to change my service call and i realized that if i could get back in bed, this was really the day for it.) but my netbook is working again (obviously, because i am suddenly posting again) and there is a light at the end of the tunnel with my work computer - assuming dell shows up tomorrow.
i am just glad that this day is over. love.
madelyn notes too
not to be left out, here are a few quick notes about madelyn too.
- one of her favorite games is "you be madelyn and i'll be mommy". i can't even describe how much she loves to play this almost daily. sunday she and i were running errands together while the boys were at home and as we were walking through the parking lot she said, "madelyn, hold my hand so the cars don't get you" (we were already 'playing'). i think she just loves calling me "madelyn" and insists that i call her "mommy". we must seem pretty funny walking through the store with her pushing the cart she can't see over and me calling her "mommy". i must admit that i love playing it with her because she just thinks that it is so funny.
- another thing about madelyn that i love right now is that she thinks everyone cares about her. she is always trying to tell the cashier about what we are buying or the store we are going to next or her toy at home that madelyn thinks is special. they usually do not share her enthusiasm or even understand what she is talking about so out of context, but she is not discouraged. although sometimes she will ask about why that girl/boy didn't talk to me.
and that is it for now. love.
- one of her favorite games is "you be madelyn and i'll be mommy". i can't even describe how much she loves to play this almost daily. sunday she and i were running errands together while the boys were at home and as we were walking through the parking lot she said, "madelyn, hold my hand so the cars don't get you" (we were already 'playing'). i think she just loves calling me "madelyn" and insists that i call her "mommy". we must seem pretty funny walking through the store with her pushing the cart she can't see over and me calling her "mommy". i must admit that i love playing it with her because she just thinks that it is so funny.
- another thing about madelyn that i love right now is that she thinks everyone cares about her. she is always trying to tell the cashier about what we are buying or the store we are going to next or her toy at home that madelyn thinks is special. they usually do not share her enthusiasm or even understand what she is talking about so out of context, but she is not discouraged. although sometimes she will ask about why that girl/boy didn't talk to me.
and that is it for now. love.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
mason update
so much has been going on while i haven't been able to get on any of the computers! here is a quick run down of the latest with mason...
- he got two teeth last week. the first was the left bottom on tuesday (4/20) and the second was the right bottom on saturday (4/24), so now he has all four on the bottom and all four on the top.
- mason has gotten pretty good at waving "hi" and really enjoys that he can. the picture is his extreme reaching wave and i just liked it best.
- mason can crawl up a flight of stairs so we have to be careful to close the door to the stairs when we are down in the office.
- he got two teeth last week. the first was the left bottom on tuesday (4/20) and the second was the right bottom on saturday (4/24), so now he has all four on the bottom and all four on the top.
- and speaking of teeth... mason is a biter! it is hard to tell when he comes at you with his mouth open if it is for a kiss or a firm bite. madelyn and i have both had bruises from his biting. he doesn't do it to be mean. i think that most of it is just because he is trying to climb up on you, but it can still hurt. we are working on it. let's just say that i think there is a good chance his first sentence will be "no biting!"
- tonight he wore 2t jammies to bed
- mason has gotten pretty good at waving "hi" and really enjoys that he can. the picture is his extreme reaching wave and i just liked it best.- mason can crawl up a flight of stairs so we have to be careful to close the door to the stairs when we are down in the office.
- it sounds like he says "hi, dad" when he sees matt and that is the only time he says it so i am pretty sure that is what he is indeed saying.
- mason really loves books. more that even madelyn did. he doesn't always love to have them read to him, but he loves to get them down, sit, and turn the pages over and over. madelyn would just chew them up. i can actually let mason look at books in the car because he doesn't put them in his mouth.
- there is a first word book that madelyn always liked that has become one of mason's favorites too. the funny part is that she loved the "boy" on the boy/girl pages and mason loves the "girl". it even sounds like he says, "girl", almost clearly, when he sees her picture in the book.
- he also has distinct sounds for indicating "more" ("mo-mo-mo"), "drink" (he makes a motorboat noise - it always means that he is thirsty), and "dog" (sort of a cross between "oo-oo-oo" and "og-og-og", but unique to when he sees our dogs).
- he eats a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch every day - cut up of course. it is so nice to have something quick to prep that fills him up. it saves me a ton of time at lunch.
- mason eats next to nothing off a spoon any more. it is almost exclusively finger food. and he is much more open to trying everything which has been a lot easier than madelyn's transition to table food because she doesn't take well to spices of any kind (including salt and pepper).
- sleeping has been going great since we started to try and stuff him during the day and changed him to one nap on most days. although he has been starting to creep back up towards 5:30 and 6:00am again the past two days...
that is all i can remember right now. i started this post a while ago and had a really long list but for some reason it didn't save and i had to start over. once i put it on a post i let it go from my memory and i had a hard time trying to recover it from the recesses of my brain. oh well. love.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
chase
this is how madelyn and mason 'chase' each other. i love how mason spins in a circle to 'chase' her as she runs by because he gets too excited. love.
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