LOCKED OUT

So, this Friday starts off as a typical Friday. I wpent the morning visiting yard sales with Gabe looking for a activity cube. Found a $5 little tikes basketball hoop. Then, momma and Gabe take a nap. Wake up, drop Gabe with John and John Jr. and head off to work. Tim gets off work, picks up baby, goes to buy an activity cube found off of craigslist, then head home. Only to find that the locks for the entire complex were changed today. We had notice of this, so we weren't surprised. Of course, this means that we didn't have access to our home without the automatic garage door opener ( or so we thought), which I had in my car, downtown at work. So, Tim and tired, hungry Gabe drive back downtown ( tim and I work across the street from each other) to pick up garage door opener. Right after he drove away, I realized I left my car keys in the back of his suv next to Gabe. I ran inside, frantically called him. Finally he answers, has to come back downtown to deliver my keys. Off once again to hopefully get home to feed, bathe and put the Roo to sleep. I called him about 20 minutes later...garage door opener DID NOT WORK! The locked was on which needed a key to unlock. So, once again...LOCKED OUT! Finally my husband called the maintenance guy and he had to drive over to open the front door. Now at 8:30 at night, they are finally inside. My poor boys, hungry, tired, hot and locked out of our home and I'm at work unable to provide any kind of help. AHHH! Anyway...it's all good now. Boys are home...a little worn out, but home safe and sound.

Loosing my waistline in record time

Since finding out I was pregnant 3 weeks ago today I have had insane pregnancy symptoms. I cannot not express in words the terribly, awful, no-good morning sickness/nausea I have had. I feel like I could barf 24 hours a day. Only eating helps curve the constant queaziness in my stomach. So, needless to say, I'm packing on the pounds because I eat about every 2 hours. Greasy food is really the best food to stop the nausea, which is terrible news because I'm heavy set to begin with. The memories of the days that I weight 125 are quickly fading. I feel like a whale. I have never weighed this much in my life. I was thisclose to joining weight watchers to loose the pounds from Gabe, marriage, etc...then my ass gets preggo. Don't get me wrong, you all know how much I wanted another baby. So, I view this as a blessing...mostly. I am just scared of how much I will gain and how the hell I am going to loose it all post-partum.

Ok, so besides the incredible nausea 24/7 and getting fatter...I am so excited to meet this new baby! I have another ultrasound on Monday. I will post pics, if I am able to receive any.

Hugs & Kisses.

Such sad news about a baby angel.

So, for the past 6 months or more I have been following the blog of a sweetie little preemie baby that was born 3 months premature. She was only 1lb 1 ounce when she was born. She has been fighting an incredible battle since she came into this world, and unfortunatly othis past Monday, she went home to Heaven. I think it is so incredibly sad that her beautiful little life as cut so drastically short. Any mother of a child can just imagine the agony of losing a child, yet somehow the parents of this little angel are trying to focus on the 10 months they had with her. They are not angry or bitter. They are simply viewing her life on earth as done and she went on to finish her work with God in Heaven. Anyway, please read her miraculous story and have a box of tissues nearby.

http://kayleighannefreeman.blogspot.com/

Back to reality

Hello people! I'm really sorry I haven't posted in over a week.
I've been INCREDIBLY busy.
Check it out
1. Moved into our new place
2. Unpacked in our new place
3. Got a job offer
4. Debated and finally accepted new job offer
5. Quit current job
6. OB Coordinator Appt. on Thursday, ultrasound, lab work
7. Mother's Birthday
8. Mother's Day

So, my vacation was really a staycation. The only positive side to my staycation was moving to our new place and spending lots, and lots, and lots of quality time with my boys. Unfortunatly, we never made it to Newport Aquarium or the zoo as originally planned. Although, we did go to the park one day! The stinky part to this is that I had to work 40 hrs a week for 11 months for this staycation and it's over in what seems like an instant.

Some news on the baby front. I went in for an ultrasound to check progression reasons for spotting etc. The ultrasound showed a yolk sac, a gestational sac, but no babino. So, looks like baby is just too small to show us himor herself. I have a re-scheduled ultrasound on May 18. I will let you know how things go then.

Was sent this via email. Kinda sweet before Mother's Day

Before I was a Mom, I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby. I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous. I never thought about immunizations. Before I was a Mom, I had never been puked on. Pooped on. Chewed on. Peed on. I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts. I slept all night. Before I was a Mom, I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests. Or give shots. I never looked into teary eyes and cried. I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin. I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep. Before I was a Mom, I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put her down. I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt. I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much. I never knew that I could love someone so much. I never knew I would love being a Mom. Before I was a Mom, I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.. I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby. I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child.I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy. Before I was a Mom, I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay. I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom. I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much, before I was a Mom.

Emotions run high

Driving to work today, heard the song I Saw God Today by George Strait. Burst into a blubbery mess. It's amazing how having a new life growing inside of me really makes me emotionally unstable.
Anyway, the lyrics are really sweet.

I just walked down the street to the coffee shophad to take a break
I'd been by her side for eighteen hours straight
I saw a flower growing in the middle of the sidewalk
pushing up through the concrete
like it was planted right there for me to seethe flashin' lights, the honkin' horns
all seemed to fade awayin the shadow of that hospital at 5:08I saw God today
Chorus:I've been to churchI've read the book
I know He's here, but I don't looknear as often as I should
Yeah, I know I should
His fingerprints are everywhere
I'd just slow down to stop and stare
opened my eyes and man
I swearI saw God todayI saw a couple walking by they were holding hands
Man, she had that glow
yeah I couldn't help but notice she was starting to show
I stood there for a minute takin' in the skylost in that sunset
a splash of amber melted in the shades of redChorus
I got my face pressed up against the nursery glass
She's sleeping like a rock
My name on her wrist wearing tiny pink socks
She's got my nose, she's got her mama's eyes
My brand new baby girlShe's a miracle I saw God today

Bananas make me want to barf...and other symptoms

I'm only 5 weeks pregnant, and the lovely early pregnancy symptoms have started.

Symptoms thus far:
Nausea in the early AM that wakes me from a deep slumber
The taste, smell and sight of fresh bananas make me want to yack
Boobs are slightly tender
Extreme Fatigue, really, I could fall asleep at any moment throughout the day
Tighter fitting pants
Very low sexual libido, very, very, very low (Of course, could be exhaustion from moving and being pregnant)
Extreme hunger...I mean, when I'm hungry I feel like I haven't eaten for days and days
Craving french onion soup like nobody's business...I've had it 3 times within the last week

Symptoms at this time with my first pregnancy:
Nausea
Fatigue
Spotting
Fresh fruit made me yack in the mornings

Don't get me wrong, I am so excited and happy about having another baby. So, bring on the pregnancy symptoms. I think I would be so much happier if I wasn't moving this weekend. I'm scared to do too much physically because I don't want to m/c since it is so early. I can't copp out of the move because I can't expect all the people helping us to move my crap without me pitching in. I think I can handle the light boxes, clothes, and organzing.

Is it an unwritten rule to keep the pregnancy on the DL before 12 weeks? If so, I have broken the rule over and over. All of my family, friends and facebook community, a few select co-workers, and my boss now know. I guess people keep hush-hush in case of the dreaded m/c. I figure if a m/c happens, I will need the support of my loved ones, which could be hard to ask for if they never even knew about the pregnancy.

In other news:
We got the keys to the new place on Tuesday! It is marvelous! The only negative to the new, amazing place is that it reaks of mothballs. So, we need to do some major airing out and deodorizing. If anyone has any suggestions on how to do that, I would be most appreciative.
We paint on Friday. Amazing!!! I will post pics next week on my vaca!!!!

Oh..and I finally have a follower. LOL. Thanks Holly!