Thursday, January 28, 2010

I Think I Can!

If you are turned off my stories about nostril mucous and such, this blog entry is not for you.

The other day Zachary wanted to read "The Little Engine that Could". We've had this book since he was about two months old, but he's never picked it up much to read which is surprising considering his love of trains.

This past week while my mother in law and I were sitting with him in the game room he decided that it was time to read the story. We have a regular sized copy, but my mother gave us one of those large books that are half our size. Zachary sat through the whole story and we emphasized the line "I think I can, I think I can" as a good lesson in self-esteem.

After we were finished Zachary was playing on the floor and decided that he needed to remove a few things from his nose. He also decided to relocate them in his mouth.

I looked at him, made a face and said, "Zachary that's not healthy and it's not polite. It's yucky to do that. Please don't put boogers in your mouth".

He looked at me and said, "I think I can I think I can".

I guess it's nice to have children with confidence.

Monday, January 25, 2010

While Mommy is on Bedrest

My sister Adelyn is coming out soon, but not yet. It's too early and she needs to grow more.

While Mommy is on bedrest I've had my grandparents to come and play with me. Mommy has a wheelchair to be with me outside and still does things with me while sitting, usually on the couch but I have someone to help me do big things.

Gramsie (Mommy's Mommy) taught me about a new set of books. Llama Llama Red Pajama and Llama Llama Mad at Momma. We learned how to act out scenes from the book. We also built a zoo with blocks.

Granna (Daddy's Mommy) took me to the zoo with my friends. She pushed us all around and up and down. We saw an elephant presentation there.



Pa-pa (Mommy's Daddy) taught me to play tennis in the garage with the parking ball on a string. He also let me help him garden and taught me to ride a scooter.




Pop2 (Daddy's Daddy) talks to me on the computer and web cam. I was asking if he is coming, but he will get to come later when Adelyn comes!

Friday, January 22, 2010

Even 2 yr olds Tease!

The other day I was sitting on the couch (of course, what else am I doing these days) and Zachary picked up my cell phone.

"Who are you calling?" I asked.
"Gramsie"
"Do you want me to help you call her for real?"
"yes"

So we dialed the number, I put the phone to his ear and she answered. He told her hi and she was of course excited to hear him. She very enthusiastically told him hello and asked him what he was doing. I figured he would have picked something we did this afternoon like, "we watched football" (saints and cardinals) or "I played my computer game".

Instead he proceeds to tell her, "We went to the store to get snakes!". Snakes! I have an extreme dislike towards snakes and my mother does too.

My mother says, "What?!"
"Do you like snakes Gramsie?"
"Oh gross no!" she says. "Snakes are yucky".

I was a little floored myself that he had come up with such a tale.
I know we've discussed this with him. He knows he shouldn't touch them and that we DO NOT like them. He remembers back in October when a baby copperhead came in my parents house when Mom opened the door one morning. He remembers I guess what a big deal that was and he also told all of the teachers at my mother's school about it.

So somehow that was in his head during this random phone call one evening in January. 2 yr olds understand so much more than I realize sometimes. He definitely knows how to tease.

30 Weeks!

Well my Dr. was way excited at my apt since I've now reached 30 weeks. She is breathing much easier. I am too for that matter. I think I'll be even better at 34 weeks. Well, like I said before, every day is less stress. At 34 weeks my Dr. thinks that although I need to still take it easy I won't need anyone at the house to take care of Zachary and all. I will still be sitting to cook and do other chores.

Can't wait to have my sciatic nerves not hurt anymore! Stretching, specifically the yoga "pigeon" stretch, helps a whole lot. If I do this stretch a few times a day they hurt a lot less. It's amazing what 60 seconds on each leg can do.

I'm a little nervous as I start to think about getting a new baby to nurse. I had a tough time with Zachary. I didn't enjoy it at all until he was at least over a month old. Maybe even a little older. He couldn't suck well. He needed to develop the muscle more. He was able to take a bottle and use the nipple shield though so that worked for a while. He got better at it over 1-2 weeks. Although it took him four months to nurse without the shield. At that point I enjoyed it much more. Hopefully we won't have too many problems with Adelyn. At least this time I know what to look for and I know how to pump and all of that jazz. I'm glad I will not be learning all of these extra things that I was at a first time Mom like all first time moms.

Dad helped put up the changing table today that I had taken apart a few months ago upon realizing that we weren't using it and it was taking up space! But today Dad set it up in our room and I got a few baskets of clothing items on there. Zachary put his babies up there and used a step ladder to reach. I think he'll be a great big brother :)

Could be 8 weeks...could be 10 weeks! We're getting ready.

30

Thursday, January 14, 2010

29 Weeks!

Adelyn has stayed in for another week! Every day counts! I'm so thankful. I'm at the stage where I wonder how we can stretch any more than we already are. Especially after eating....I ate twice tonight. We had my family over this evening- Brian, Kevin, and Chrystal. And then I just couldn't pass up food at bunco.

When I walked back in the doctor's office this week at my weekly check up, my doctor saw me and said "29 weeks!!" Apparently I'm the only patient she currently has memorized right now on number of weeks, meds, etc. I know she put a lot of thought into my situation. I'm glad she has her heart in her job.

I know that every day she stays in is important and that I should not take one day for granted. I really try to stay sitting/lying down throughout the day. It still is a little harder than when I was at the hospital, but I think I'm doing a fairly good job.

I do come to the table to eat meals with the family. I still do yoga/stretching which makes a huge difference in how my legs and arms feel throughout the day. It also helps my circulation at night while sleeping. I do sit on the floor to play with Zachary. I do try to keep our activities to me on the couch and him with me or at the little table we pulled up to the couch. We read stories, make crafts, do puzzles, play potato heads, tools, music, and more. At night I play the piano after Zachary is asleep and also when he is at MDO. I'm loving the piano time that I ignored while working. I'll need to pull the guitar back out more consistently. Now that I've been home I've gravitated to the piano instead.

The wheelchair passed around Scott's family has been wonderful. Priscilla took us on a stroll around the neighborhood when the weather was nice one afternoon. I could sit and watch Zachary play outside for a little while too.

Our small church community was so generous in bringing us meals this week. I just began getting to know them in October and they were so generous to treat me like they've known me for years. They took time to cook and drive down here for our family and I really appreciated that. We have plenty of left overs for the weekend. Which is nice because Priscilla is leaving tomorrow pretty early.

Thank you to everyone who has supported us throughout this time. I have so much to be thankful for. I'll pray that we continue to grow and do well throughout the pregnancy.

Friday, January 08, 2010

Home for Belle

Well we found Belle a great home. Actually SNIPSA found Belle a great home. Thank you Ginny for telling me about SNIPSA. They were a great organization. They got a good picture online, gave us food, heart worm meds, got her shots, and spayed, etc. It was a great deal. We just had to pay a small amount to get her into their organization.

The family taking her is a very sweet family, perfect for Belle's personality. There are five adorable children and the very friendly and very easy to talk to parents. The dad has had a dog most of his life with the exception of a few months here and there in between dogs. They lost their previous dog recently. The children are very exited and even the girl who is cautious when meeting dogs voted in favor of Belle. I think the dad is a pastor. I really enjoyed meeting their family.

I will miss my Belle very much. She captured my heart but I know she will be in wonderful hands. I'll need to take a few pictures before she goes on Tuesday. I'll miss her but I know having one dog will be easier to handle especially when the Baby Adelyn comes. We did discuss keeping Belle and giving away Sandy (don't tell him), but I'm attached to him despite his difficulties and he wouldn't be adopted easily anyhow :)

If you want a dog SNIPSA is a great place to go.

Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Home at Last

I'm home and it's amazing. I had made the hospital my temporary home and I miss the good company of the great nurses I had but it's so wonderful to be back with family. Zachary apparently has been doing better following directions and just seems back to his normal self. He is still enjoying the company of his Granna and probably more so now that I'm home and he feels his comfort zone return.

I'm glad that my life is slower right now. I loved work but I was tired. I love the activities I do with mom's group, ASL, grocery shopping, etc but now I don't have to drive somewhere all the time and I'm happy to feel like I'm free to do what I want right now.

I'm loving my time on the couch doing crafts with Zachary. We've pulled his table up to the couch so we can sit together and work on them. I'm about to run downstairs and play a few songs on the piano that I've missed before I go to bed. I love the break from cooking even though I enjoy that too. Life is full of many things to do and love. A break sometimes is very necessary.

Love you Adelyn. Can't wait to see you. Love you Zachary, you're going to be a great big brother and I'm glad we are still doing all kinds of fun things. Love you Husband dear. thanks for your support through the times.

Sunday, January 03, 2010

Tomorrow is the Big Day

I can hardly believe Monday is a few hours away. I knew I would make it through mentally. I had stuff to entertain myself and I knew that the time was working for me. The clock kept ticking and Monday Jan 4 had to come. I hope I can sleep tonight. Test at 5:00 AM. Looking back, the day I came seems like so long ago, but time went by.