Jul. 2, 2008

Gigantor Baby

I took Lil' L for her 1 mo appointment.  Last week?  Two weeks ago?  I can't keep track...  Anyway.  She was a whopping 12 lbs 1 oz.  And she was 23 3/4 inches long.  So in a little over a month, she gained 3 lbs and grew 2 1/4 inches.  Is that astronomical or what?  Her height and weight are on the top line of the chart, but her little head is just below average.  You like her little snarl?  The attitude goes well with her shirt.

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May. 23, 2008

What's Happening

Boy, blogging just isn't on the top of my priority list right now.  I wonder why.... Life is pretty busy around here.  My hubby gets three weeks off to help me.  Unfortunately, he has strep.  There goes my help!  It's quite difficult trying to juggle 5 kids now.  One keeps me up to the wee hours, and another wakes me up and the crack of dawn.  Luckily the older ones have been fairly good at waiting for the breakfast.   Poor neglected children....    I think I'm going to ask my mom to make a whole lot of muffins to put in the freezer this weekend.  I should have done that last week.  That would make a healthier breakfast than sugar cereal.  My mom will have a three day weekend so she will be able to help out some.  But not much.  Because she is sick, too!  Can you believe all these people?!  Getting sick when I need them most?!  How rude.  Oh well, I'll live.  My sleepy head is starting to stir.  Gonna go put the other kids to bed so I can attend to her without three heads shoving in front of poor Lil' L's head.  "Hello L"  "Hello L"  "Hello L"  "Hello L" and so on... They all love her so much.

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May. 20, 2008

Introducing

Lil' L I can't wait to tell you about her birth.  It was absolutely perfect!

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May. 18, 2008

Baby Time?

I woke up this morning with contractions about 20 minutes apart (and some bloody show, if you're interested).  And that's where I am still at.  Today would be a good day to have the baby.  Our car is in the shop so we need my mom to be home.  She still has to work all next week.  Plus, my sister is off work today, so she could come watch the kids.  There are no games or practices.  There is the hit-a-thon.  D's is at 4 something and they way things look, he will be there.  But even if he's not, it's not the end of the world.  So how long is this supposed to take?  With my first baby, 10 years ago, I was in labor for about 29 hours or so.  I was kinda hoping this would be a liiiiitle faster.  With pitocin, I think my longest labor was 8 hours.  But the most frustrating thing right now is the fact that I'm not in labor, labor.  Ya know?  Is this going to last for days?  For the next week until I get induced on Sat?  That would be insane!   And then of course there is the fear of what if this is real labor?  What if this is all my body needs and then suddenly I'm gonna be like, uh, oh, gotta push!  Yeah, yeah, I'm a nut.  You'd think by number 5 I'd have this whole thing figured out.  Oh well.  Please pray the pace picks up soon.  Thanks.

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May. 17, 2008

Labor Prayers

My doctor gave me a deadline.  If I don't go into labor by Sat, she will induce me.    Please pray that my body somehow remembers what it is supposed to do and actually goes into labor.  I went into labor for D, but had to be induced for the rest of them.

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Apr. 30, 2008

Room Set Up

Today was the day we were to close on our new house and begin moving in.  Sniff, sniff...  Instead we spent the day cleaning our bedroom and making room for the new baby.  We moved furniture, cleaned and set up the pack and play.   I must say, we made one big mess.  I don't know that we will ever be ready for the baby.  We definitely are not first timers who set everything up in the first trimester.    We have learned, however, that all the baby needs is me.  All I expect to be doing is nursing and rocking, so who needs all the other things to get in the way?  Hubby will have plenty of time to set up all the other things during his three weeks paternity leave.     I guess I'll go, I keep losing my train of thought....  Man, I still have such a long way to go!  These last few weeks are going slower than the first 8 months!

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Apr. 18, 2008

Baby Name Help!

I am desperate.  I need a name for my child!  I don't know how large families keep coming up with names that they like.  For some strange reason, I keep liking names that have already been taken by family members.  Why?  Maybe cause I'm just plain crazy.  I also tend to like any name that starts with a C.  Well, if you know my sister-in-law, you will understand why I really need to stay away from C names.  We made an exception for Princess C because we couldn't come up with anything else.  So, please, tell me some suggestions.  I would love a name with a great meaning, not in the top 10, and not really weird.  But, I'll settle for a name both me and hubby can agree on.  Go ahead, give me your best shot.  By the way, hubby doesn't like anything.  Not one. single. name.  Good luck!

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Apr. 18, 2008

Pregnancy + Spring =

Feb. 29, 2008

Before Baby - Goal 1

One of my goals lately has been to get Toddler B to grow up.  I've realized that we baby him.  And he is over two and not going to be the baby pretty soon.  We never talk about what a "big boy" he is or anything like that.  He is still in his crib and in diapers.  He runs around with his blankie and his fingers in his mouth.  I even call him, "Baby." So, I've been trying to get him to realize the difference between big boys and babies.  When he does things to help out around the house, I'll say, "BIG BOY!"  When I take him out of his crib I'll tell him to leave his blankie and his fingers in his crib.  He will take one last sniff of his blankie and suck on his fingers, and then drop his blankie and shake his hands to signify his leaving his fingers.  Of course, within minutes sometimes, he'll be walking around with his blankie and fingers.  I'll tell him to go lay in bed with it then and usually he will.  But when he gets to his room, he usually gets distracted and starts playing.  There is no way I want to take him out of his crib yet.  Who knows what will happen if I take that cage crib away.  As far as potty training... oi.... I do not feel like tackling that.  Unfortunately, He is interested.  Yet even more unfortunately still, he has no clue when he needs to go.  One day, he woke up with poop, so I decided it was the best time to potty train.  I wouldn't have to worry about that mess.  We were doing good, sitting on the potty every 30 minutes.  But after an hour and a half, he peed 5 min before I was going to sit him down again.  And so I cleaned it up, sat him down, redressed him and 5 min later, he peed again.  So I said forget it, he's not ready.  He still wants to sit on the potty, though.  And I know he still isn't ready because he sat and sat and then got off the potty and started peeing.  And he was shocked at what was happening.  I really don't expect anything from him until 3.  That's how old my other boys were.  My daughter, however, was trained right at her 2nd birthday.  No wonder I love her more... no, just kidding...   Although, you couldn't blame me for that one!!  Oh, I just looked over at Toddler B and noticed he is still in his highchair.  I suppose I should graduate him to a booster.....

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Jan. 10, 2008

Ultrasound

Tuesday was my ultrasound.  We all went to go see the baby.  Princess C was so excited to go because she thought we were going to get the baby and bring it home.  She started jumping around for joy yelling, "Yeah!  We are going to get another Princess C!"  I had no idea she was so excited to have a new baby in the house.  So, do you want to know what it is?  It's a..... baby.  Yup, we are having a baby.  Oh, you wanna know if it's a boy or girl?  Well, you're just gonna have to wait a few more months.

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