Well, since Wednesday I have done NOTHING! I sit around my house and I go to my office which is a house, just like being at home. When I am at work I am either at my desk or on the couch, waiting for the phone to ring. Nothing hard about that. No over doing it. Well when I got home from work last night , did I mention it takes me exactly 2 minutes to get from my house to my work house, I sat down on the couch, my hubby had made dinner, so I did not have to. I all of a sudden got a cramp in my lower stomach and went to the bathroom. More spotting! I don't know what started this one. My husband grounded me to my bed last night.
Today I have been sitting in the reclyner most of the day. I did run to my work for about 30 minutes to get the phone and calendar so I could work from home. So here I sit. watching my son play w/ my daughter.
Speaking of my son. I don't know what to do w/ him. My husband has explained to him what is going on and what could happen. We have asked him to behave and he just keeps being very disrespectful. We have had to ground him from his bike for a week, he even missed Cub Scouts last night due to his mouth. I have to a million times to do something. This just all of a sudden started in the last week or so. I am at my whits end w/ him.
May. 7, 2008 - Baby Prayer Request
After all the spotting this weekend. I had a Dr.s appointment this today. The Dr. was concerned enough to send me to an ultrasound. The ultrasound showed that I have a fibroid tumor that is growing. This is not something to worry about as it could disolve all on its own. The thing that was caused alarm was it also showed that I have placenta privia that is where the placenta is over the cervix. She said that the placenta should not be there. It should have already moved. I am on light duty, no lifting excepting my daughter till my 20 week ultrasound. That wont happen till the begining of July.
Please keep us in prayer as I read up on placenta privia I am worried even more. God has plans for this baby, as God is the one that created this child. Even when we, hubby and I, had a barrier in place to keep from creating a child right now. God showed us that he wanted this baby there no matter what we wanted. I am glad that God is all powerful and able to bless you even when you are not expecting it. I am trying to remember not to worry , but the human side of me still worries.
Well life has been very busy for us. Our local support group had its Used Curriculum Sale this past weekend. This is MY event. This is the event that I organize. I really enjoy putting it together. I have been involved in this sale for 4 years. I have run it for 3 years. This is the best sale we have had. It ran soooooo smoothly. This is the first year no one complained at the sale about not being able to bring their children in to the sale. (There are reasons for that I don't want to go into right now as I am short on time.) So far only one person has had issues w/ books going to donation that were not supposed to go. Hopefully those books were caught before they got dropped off at the donation sight.
The only bad thing that happened was that I, personally, over did it on Saturday. As I did not sleep good the night before and was up at 6:15am and was going none stop, somewhere around 2-3pm I went to the bathroom and realized I was spotting. This is not good. I sat for the rest of the day w/ my feet up. Except at the end of the day when we were separating books I did get up again. Well at that point I helped and of course over did it again. Later I was not just spotting but a good bleed. So I spent the evening and Sunday resting, doing nothing. The spotting has stopped but now I have cramps. I am not sure if they are baby cramps or bladder cramps. As I was told at my last dr's apt that my bladder is not adhered to my uterus c-section scar. And I was warned I might have issues in this pregnancy. I did call the dr. today and they said unless it gets worse I am to come see them on Wed. I am to rest, keep my feet up, no lifting if I can help it and not intercourse. So that is what I have done today. We will see what happens.
Biggun is doing great on his Headsprout program. He is really enjoying it. He ask me about every 2 or 3 episodes if he can do an extra one. That is always good to know. I also see him trying to read more and more. I have been giving him so worksheets to do daily to on different math concepts and he seems to be doing them w/o any complaint. I also found the math I want to use. I never realized that ABeka math was work book form. Which is what Biggun likes to do. He is not a text book type kid. So we will be doing ABeka math. Even though he is in 3rd grade to go into 4th in June, we will get the 3rd grade book as it seems to be at a 4th grade level anyway. If that makes since.
Baby Bear is full of herself these days. She is not wanting to sleep at night. She does not want to go to bed. She is also not liking water all of a sudden. She used to love to take showers w/ me, to take baths she even went swimming w/ me once in a friends pool. Since my hubby has taken her into the pool twice and she flipped out both times. She also is flipping out when she is in the bath too. To night she refused to sit down in the bath. I did a fast wash and then out she went. She is crying at the drop of a pin. Strange I know. She does not seem to have a tooth coming in right now. But maybe I am just not seeing it yet. Still no explenation for the water fear.
Oh I almost forgot. I got my CAR back!!!!! I got it back on Friday. It is good as new, w/ the exception it smells like PAINT on the inside. I am trying leave the windows down as much as I can to air it out.
Oh if I could just puke. Life would be so good. I know that might sounds strange but I am so tired of being right on the edge but nothing comes out. It seems to happen on and off all day. But it is worse from dinner time to bed time. I just wish it would pass. I still have about 2 or so more weeks till the 2nd trimester. I am hoping it will all end then.
I was nursing Baby Bear when I found out I was preg. She started to wean herself soon after, She totally stopped about 2 weeks ago. Normally your chest is tender when you first get preg., well mine is very very soar. I thought my milk had dried up but in the shower tonight I started leaking, which explains the pain I have been having.
Did I say I can't wait till the second trimester. That is when the fun stuff starts, You can hear the baby's heartbeat and you can start to feel the movement. And best of all the tiredness and icky feeling should stop!!!
Biggun came home from Awana's tonight and said "Dad can you turn the TV off?" This was a little strange. Let me go back and explain we don't pick him up from Awana's he rides w/ someone else. OK so he walked in and asked "Dad can you turn the TV off?" So my husband turned the TV off and Biggun continued, to share every detail of a game of Dodge Ball.
He was so excited that he won!!!!! He had to tell us all the details. He was so cute standing in the living room using his whole body to tell us how it went down. The Final 5 then 3 then just him. Some girl even yelled "GET ___" (insert his real name)
He was so proud of himself. He was on cloud nine.
I can remember doing the same thing to my parents. What memories that brought back.!!!
Well I have been writing about preg. lately that I have not posted any cute pictures. So here are some cute ones.
We were out and Uncle K. was sharing his carrot cake w/ Baby Bear. It turned into her taking over the carrot cake.
Here Baby Bear had helped herself to a box of teddy grahams. She took them all from the kitchen shelf to the little recliner, then she sat on them to hide them.
Apr. 13, 2008 - When do you?
When do you tell your child about Gay and Lesbians? I ask this because my son had his first encounter w/ this and I was hoping not to until he was older.
Yesterday Biggun was playing outside w/ the lady down the streets grandkids. This has never been a problem before. Well, two girls I have never seen before were walking down our street. My son was about 3 houses down from where our house is. My husband heard the two boys that were playing w/ my son ask if these girls where Lesbians.
I about fell over backwards, when my husband came in and told me. I called my son home and asked him if that was how we showed respect to others and would he like someone asking his sister or me even those questions. At that point he asked what a Lesbian was.
O, boy, So I very calmly explained that it is when to females love each other like a husband and wife love each other. I went on to explain that the bible states that we are not to do this. And we as Christians should pray for people like this.
I was not ready for this conversation. But w/ God on my side I was able to explain things OK.
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Well if you have been watching the widget on the side that shows the babies growth you will notice the baby went backwards. I have never had an internal ultrasound, wow was it neat. Did not hurt at all, just uncomfertable.
We got to hear the heart beat and see the heartbeat. OH how I love that sound and sight. The tech asked why we were there. I explained that the midwife was not sure my dates matched my size. She thought I was further along then what my dates said.
Well the tech said you are NOT as far as you think. You are only 7 weeks 3 days. Meaning I found out I was preg at about 3 and 1/2 weeks. So now our new due date is Nov 28th. Knowing my Dr. we will be give birth the week before Thanksgiving.
After some long talks my hubby and I decided to switch from the Clinic Dr. to the same Dr that delivered Baby Bear. I really liked the Clinic and felt very comfertable but they give birth at Bay Front Hospital. But Baby Bears Dr. delivers at St. Pete General. Bay Front is about 30 minutes away w/ very bad parking due to being down town. St. Pete Gen. is only about 10 minutes away and parking is easier. We figured w/ having the two other kids that the closer easier parking hospital would be easier on all of us.
Let me just say that God is so Good. He takes care of our every needs.
When the mail came today I was disappointed that my assistance letter did not come. I went to Dr. and when I checked in they ran my social and my birthday and it still said pending. I then went into the Dr. spent about 45 minutes talking w/ the Healthy Start Cord. she left me to check my status for her self, while I got my blood preasure and was waiting to see the Mid Wife. The HSC came back at the same time as the midwife and she said she had good news and bad news. Oh great, what is it?
The good news is in that 45 minutes I had gone from pending to active, meaning I have been approved for assistance, God is so Good!
The bad news the Pap Smear they were going to hold off on doing until my next visit was going to happen today.
I was so excited I jumped up gave her a hug. I can handle that bad news!!! So I ended up getting the whole first prenatal appointment. When the midwife was doing the internal exam she felt that my uterus is larger then my dates are saying. Thus she normally would not have checked for heart beat, to early. But since it was larger then she expected she tried to hear one. After she pushed my c-section scar inside out. OH she pushed so hard it hurt. She said we will step over the ultrasound machine to "See" a heartbeat. At that point the pain she had caused in my stomach sorta disappeared as I was excited to see what ever I could see.
We went across the hall and again she pushed very hard on my c-section scar to see this little blessing. Finally after about 3 of 4 minutes, I got to see the most beautiful heartbeat. You could not make out anything other then it was really neat as the shape of the baby was the same as that little widget on my blog. Very neat. Granted she did not stay my uterus for long. Just long enough to see a heartbeat.
The midwife is still not convinced that my dates are right. Not sure how, because I have only had 1 cycle since Baby Bears was born and that started on Feb 1. So she is having me go to a have a internal ultrasound done, It is scheduled on Friday. Did I mention the larges size could be twins? We will have to wait and see.
So tonight I am very SOAR from all that pushing and pulling on my skin and c-section scar. So I skipped going to help out at Children in Action at church, I laid in bed and watched TV until hubby went to bed and I tried to sleep but could not so here I sleep updating all of you. :-)
This could be something or could be nothing. I had a few spots w/ Baby Bear too, When I was preg w/ Baby Bear the Dr. said it was my bodies way of saying I am doing to much and to slow down.
It was easy to slow down when I was preg, w/ Baby Bear but now I have Baby Bear who is 13 months old and it is hard to slow down.
I am not due to see the Dr. for a little while. I am hoping my assistance comes through before my apt. We are praying about that. If I have more spots then I will go to the Dr. sooner.
All of you Mom's that remember what it is like to be pregnant, might understand what I am about to explain.
Yesterday we, hubby and I, cleaned my sons bedroom, while he was away at a friends house. (11 Big Black Trash Bags later) then we went to a WWll thing at Heritage Village. I think I over did it as now I feel very BLAH. So much I did not even go to church this am.
I am feeling just blah. I am nauseas yet hungry, I wish I could just puck, I might just feel better. I have heartburn from anything, milk and water can give me worse heartburn then red sauces. And I am thirsty and need to drink yet it causes heartburn. Nothing taste right but I know I need to eat. I have no energy and sooooo tired. But yet can't sleep soundly.
I am only at week 10. This is going to be a long pregnancy if it continues this way. I am praying for relief in the second semester.
I am so blessed to have a dear friend Ms. D. who has stepped up and helped me out w/ new skirts. Even though I am only 9 weeks preg. my skirts are tight. I am guessing it is from bloating, but all my skirts are uncomfy, These skirts will be for me thru out this pregnancy. She has made one w/ scraps and one w/ material a friend gave us. I love both of them, they are both COMFY!!! Thank you Ms. D.
We are growing again. We will be having another Blessing sometime in early Nov. This is exciting and scary at the same time. As Baby Bear will only be 21 months older then the new little blessing. I am feeling very nauseous and tired. I can't wait till the first trimester is over and I have energy again. So celebrate in our news. Pray for good health and all the other things that come w/ a new little blessing.
You know you are a homeschooler when you get stopped by the crossing guard and sternly told the rules of the cross walk while a crossing guard is present.
The other day Biggun was riding his bike from work back to our house. Something he does often. Well my husband came by work to pick Biggun up early. So Biggun rode his bike home. It happen to be when the elementary school was getting out, and the crossing guard was there. We have never been out at that time, and it never occurred to me to go over Crossing Guard rules w/ my son. He did stop at the stop sign and made sure it was clear then crossed. Well when he go to the other side the Crossing Guard had some stern words to say to my son. Biggun said yes sir and came home.
We have since explained the reason for the Crossing Guard and Biggun will always remember his run in w/ the Crossing Guard!!!
If you have not given control of your life over to God, or if you say you have and you really are holding on. You should just let go. God is all knowing and will take care of you.
We have been having issues w/ finances. And I am doing my best to turn it over to God and let him be in control. Well this past week I was able to give my husband and I a check. As for the last two weeks only my husband has gotten a check and it has been small.. We were able to pay my car payment and his rig payment. YIPPEE well I miss figured about $200 w/ the taxes. Remember we are self employed and use a payroll company to do our paychecks, When I called in checks I did not figure the right amount of taxes that would come out for both checks, mine and his, We did not bounce anything but we now did not have money for groceries. We had enough to put gas in my husbands truck and maybe enough for milk and bread and still have a little in the bank..
The day after I figured that out, I received a letter in the mail from a dear friend whom we had helped about 2 years ago. She said she had been blessed w/ extra work and felt God leeding to share w/ us. It was a check for $100. WOW, there is my grocery money. W/ coupons and that money I only spent $17.00 at the store. GOD is sooo GOOD.
It is official, Baby Bear has her first fever 102.5. She had a low grade fever 100.2 on Monday, I figured it was teething. I hope that this is not the begining of something bigger.
Baby Bears eyes look so sad. She looks so sad. I hate to see my baby like this.
Well, today we got a call from the insurance guy, saying my car has about $13,000 worth of repair needed. Hubby went by to have a look at all that needed to be done. They took him through it all. They are not repairing any parts they are replacing parts. We think it will be OK. They told him it would be over a month before I would get my car back. So now we are in a rental until my car is fixed. I must say that I like it, I have a Nissan Quest, 2008.
Today was the day after, Baby Bear was very restless last night and cranky this morning. But as the day went on she seems to be fine. Busy, busy, busy.
When we started our day calling the Collision place, it turned out our car was not there. Then we had to call AAA to find out where our car was taken. It was taken to another Honda dealers collision place. Whew that was a stressful hour looking for the car.
Then I realized I left my house keys in the car, along w/ a CD from the library. Hubby had to go by later to pick them both up.
Next we called the at fault ladies insurance, she had not called in yet and could not be reached. I prayed HARD that she would call in or be reached before the end of the day. Again God answered and I got a call around 3:00 and they said the at fault lady called and they were moving forward to get my car looked at.
When my husband went by to pick up my keys, he talked to the mechanic and he said he was very surprised no one was hurt. She hit so hard that the frame is bent. He was also concerned that the air bags did not go off.
We were able to get a rental car. Since my car is a SUV they told me that I could have a SUV, but I would have to wait for one to come from another store. They had a Nissan Quest mini van. I told them that was fine. So that is what I have until my car is fixed.
Baby Bear was in a car accident today. She is fine, not a scratch on her. She slept through the whole thing. Baby Bear was out for an afternoon drive w/ her God Father, he was trying to get her to fall asleep. She fell asleep and he was on his way back. He was about 4 to 6 streets away from our house and his house. (we live 2 streets away from each other, walking distance) He stopped at a stop sign and when he started to go through another car came through the intersection. The other car was a 78 year old woman. No one was injured but my car is very messed up.
Uncle K, said that when the EMT checked Baby Bear out she slept through it all. The EMT lifted her arms, listened to her heart and even opened up her eyes. She just slept. She did not wake until I took her out of her car seat when we needed to move her from one car to the other. The policeman even said that he was surprised at how calm she was.
We went afterward to get a new car seat. We will be taking the other one to the police station so they can dispose of it. If you did not know this, no matter how miner the accident you should NEVER keep a car seat. If you think about how it feels to have your seat belt jerked against you that is how the plastic is jerked. Yes that plastic is there to keep your child safe. But it will also begin to break down. Just take a piece of plastic and bend it, see how the plastic will start to change color where the weakness is. That is how the car seat is to. You can't just put the car seat to the curb either. You need to have it disposed of correctly. The police station can help you w/ that. (Also if you are not aware, your car seat has an expiration date on it to, again the plastic will begin to break down after a certain amount of years.)
OK it has been a long day here. Here are some pics of the care. God is so Good to protect his children, both Baby Bear and Uncle K.
We just had our Blue and Gold Banquet w/ Cub Scouts. Our theme this year was Chinese New Year.
Biggun earned his Bear badge in Cub Scout and his Wittling Chip. So now he can carry a knife according to scouts, but according to Mom and Dad, we have to be there w/ him when he has it out. But he has officially been trained. We will work on getting the new boys their World Conservation Badge next. Biggun already has it but that is OK. We have to wait till the end of 3rd grade before he can start his Webelo training.
Baby Bear got a new baby or should I say Babies for her birthday, from a dear friend Ms. D. Baby Bear just loves it. It is one of those dolls that you turn upside down and you have another doll underneath. Ms. D. made it for her. Thanks Ms. D. Baby Bear loves her doll.
Florida: Governor Declares Home Education Week March 30-April 6
Dear HSLDA Members and Friends
Good news! Governor Charlie Crist has declared March 30-April 6 to be Home Education Week in Florida! This is the second year in a row that Governor Crist has issued a homeschool proclamation.
Regina Hicks of Florida Parent Educators Association (FPEA) and Kendall Hicks of the Christian Home Educators of the Sunshine State (CHESS) contacted the governor's office to secure this proclamation, making some additions from last year.
We recommend all homeschoolers in Florida to widely distribute this proclamation and celebrate homeschooling during the designated week!
Biggun is doing great w/ his reading. He is really doing great w/ www.headsprout.com. He gets such a kick out of what the characters do. Biggun is reading the extra books so well, too. He is almost ready to try other books that are not on the program. I am hoping that his confidence will improve soon.
His math is moving right along too, he seems to catch on to thing so easily, which make me happy.
I really would like to get Heart of Dakota for him to start using but we just don't have it in our budget. I am hoping that after the Used Book Sale we will be having in May that I will earn enough money to cover the cost of HoD. I need help implementing other subjects other then math and reading. I think that HoD is the perfect answer.
Last Friday we went for a 1 year check up for Baby Bear. She weighs 22.9lb. and is 29in tall. WOW what a big girl, she is.
She again did such a good job getting her shots. She let out one wail for each shot then stopped. The only bad thing is she seems to have had a reaction to one of those shots. She has a swollen arm/shoulder and we are on a 48hour rounds of motrin and bynadril every 6 hours. We will call the dr. tomorrow, Thursday for a follow up. As of tonight, her shoulder is still swollen and has a knot the size of a quarter on it.
Another thing I notice is she seemed to stop eating and only want to nurse or drink from a bottle. She finally started to eat tonight, yeah! She ate her dinner and half of her Daddies dinner too.
Hubby gave her a little flash light tonight, she thought that is the best thing around. She was having a ball w/ it in our dark hallway. To funny.
Oh and did I mention she has started a new form of communication. Not a form I am enjoying. She is screaming at me when she does not get her way. I am in the process of stopping this, it is harder then you would imagine.
Many of you might now that I am a support group leader for a local homeschool group. Well our theme for March's meeting is March Madness.
Madness you say? YES! Let’s have some FUN! This is not your ordinary meeting where we inform or empower, but more of a town hall gathering! We are going to swap idea’s, Play fun games and throw caution to the wind as we let loose and learn from one another. Our topics will include strategies to get the most out of your convention experience. How to Save Money. How to make it your family vacation or your once a year GIRLFRIEND GETAWAY! Learn how to pick your workshops to help you meet your goals. While we’re on the subject of saving money, learn all about our HUGE Annual Used Curriculum sale! You can not only MAKE money, but save some as well! Remember we’re better together and so we need you there. You’re important! We only have two meetings left for this school year, Let’s go out with a BANG! Childcare is available for a minimal charge.
Now here is where I need ideas. I would love to play lots of games. I on the other hand can only think of one game. Any ideas on games that might pertain to above theme? I have lots of prizes to give away. I just need the games to go w/ it. So what ideas do ya'll have?
Each week w/ meet w/ friends and have our own mini co-op. We call ourselves FLT - Friends Learning Together. Two weeks ago we went to Mosi on our day. Here are some of the fun things we did.
Here we are setting the rules for the day. Knight #2, Maiden, Baby Bear, Soldier, Biggun, and Knight #1.
Thanks to Ms. D. for the above picture. Check out her post about this day.
Here the kids are in Disasterville. This place was a little scary for some of our kids. I think it was all to real. Biggun playing learning, w/ one of the displays.
Here we are waiting for a Mosi employee to teach our kids how cells split. They learned a lot by the hands on example.
Baby Bear finally got out of ht stroller to play in kids in charge section. What a fun day.
I have never had this happen to us. Not even when we were using www.time4learing.com, my son said that was fun and he enjoyed it but he only would do it during school time. Well we started Headsprout about a week or so ago. Biggun has really been enjoying this program. He laughs and giggles all the way into it.
He has been enjoying a art class w/ Berry Stebbing this week. (more details in another post) Well this class is from 9 till about noon. Biggun has been riding w/ Ms. D and her kids then going back to their house in the afternoon to play. With that said there has not been much school done. Ms. D has requested I send a Math worksheet for Biggun to do while her kids do their Math. But that is it.
Both Monday and Tuesday Biggun has sat down after dinner and done 2 episodes of Headsprout. All I did was mention that he 'could' do his reading. He replies w/ ok. We set up the computer and off he goes. Both nights he has volunteered to move on to a 2nd episode.
What does a 11 month old do at a Civil War Re-enactment ........
She slept through all the cannons and guns going off. Oh and did I mention it was REALLY COLD for this Florida girl. I want to say it was like 50 w/ a feels like w/ wind of like 40. But it was really neat to watch.
My Mom wanted a family photo for Christmas. It included my family, my parents and my sisters family.
I had to take a picture of a picture to be able to share it. The color is not as good as it is in person. Take note of the skirt I am wearing and the dress Baby Bear is wearing. I made those w/ help from my friend Ms. D.
Well it is has been a while since I posted pictures, So I will be posting a few post w/ pictures of our life lately..... First up Baby Bear and Soda Fun.......
Now for Outdoor Fun.... She is walking fast fast fast from Mommy.
I don't know what started this one. My husband grounded me to my bed last night. 
Big girl moved to her new car seat. Enjoying on of her new toys while helping Mommy drive. 
Knight #2, Maiden, Baby Bear, Soldier, Biggun, and Knight #1.
Biggun 
Baby Bear finally got out of ht stroller to play in kids in charge section. What a fun day.
This is a Homeschool Mom's dream come true!!!! 
Here are my parents!
She is walking fast fast fast from Mommy.
