12.31.07
Happy New Years Eve??
Not so much. I love my children and most of the time, I relish the fact that they go to bed so early as I have my evenings to myself. However, on nights like this, I wish that Emma would stay awake a little longer.
Tim had the “brilliant” idea to tell her about the party at the Steffen’s. My vote was that she shouldn’t go a she through a HORRENDOUS temper tantrum earlier in the evening. But, I digress.
Since this child decides that 5:00 a.m. is the right time to get up AND that nap time means it is time to rummage through the dirty clothes to find the “Christmas Jammies” to put back on, to pull off all of the books from her bookshelf and just screw around instead of sleep, she is RACKED OUT by 6:45 each night.
So yes, like clockwork, at 6:40, she wanted to lie down on the couch. She fell asleep. So rather than stay home (as I recommended to Tim), he proceeds to wake her up. So, we get to the party and she is clingy, whiny and just tired. She did not want to play, which was making the evening no fun for mommy and daddy. And of course, Garrett woke up on the trip over there. So, after arriving at 7:30 p.m., I loaded up the kids and was back home by a little after 8:00 p.m.
So yes, Happy New Year’s Eve ….. TO ME!
Could it be?
Well, as I posted before, Tim has agreed to work on baby #3. I am really, really, really wanting another little girl. We are talking badly! So, I sent an email to Cheri22 because she was dead on for a friend of mine (told her December would be her month and sure enough — pregnant in December).
Anyhow, I have been waiting and waiting for her to respond. And, while I know in my head that there can’t be THAT much truth to this, it was certainly very, very interesting to here what she had to say for me. Here’s her response:
Hi Tracie
Thank you for letting me know and being patient while i got back to your reading.
I am seeing a GIRL coming your way and relating her to FEB, so this is either birth month, conceive month or the month you find out in
I think that you will find that you have a social butterfly on your hands. Someone who also really enjoys having her picture taken, someone who is always smiling and always looks “presentable”. I think that you will find that she does take pride in her appearance, she is not stuck up or conceited about how she looks but certainly does appreciate the qualities that she does have and certainly knows how to enhance her nice skin, her beautiful hair..etc.
I think that you will find that shes someone who i would consider to be a great multi-tasker, really does enjoy doing things and helping people. I think that you might find that she is someone who is often doing more “work” than her fair share. Shes not afraid to help someone out and more times than not ends up doing their work. Shes very fast at what she does, finds most things she has to learn, ‘easy” and really learns fast.
I think that you will find that shes usually very cheerful personality, someone who tries to look on the bright side and always focuses on the solution rather than the problem at hand. When it comes to career paths, I see her working as an assistant to a large corporate executive.
When it comes to marriage i See her closer to 24, they will have one boy and one girl of their own.
Let me know if you have any questions
Thanks
Cheri
What is so freaky about this is that I was thinking in my mind about February. Part of the reason for that is that we’d be due in November….November 14th to be exact. That would allow me to choose November 11th as my elective c/s date……4 years ago to the day that my sister passed away. She LOVED that I had a little girl, so it would seem quite fitting for another little girl to enter into this world on the day that Kerry left it.
Guess we’ll see if she was right….I will certainly keep all posted!!
12.30.07
Time for new skin
With the new year just a couple of days away, I wanted to do something that was fun for my blog!! What do you think? I am lovin lovin lovin it!!!! I am also finally getting soooo much better at updating these things. It isn’t taking me nearly as long to figure things out — so guess I’ve been learning — WOO HOO FOR ME!!!
The only thing I am NOT sure about is my header….I still may have to make that larger than what it is, but it is getting late, I am tired, so I am going to let it be as is. So…I hope you enjoy it and if not – oh well! I love it and that’s what matters! LOL!!
12.29.07
We’ll try it…..
…..eating healthier that is! I got the new cookbook Deceptively Delicious for Christmas and so now I am going to try to cook a few things. So, that meant a new type of shopping experience for me — like flax seed meal. Never did I think I’d buy something like that!
The thing that frustrates me is the cost. For my family to eat healthier including more whole-grain foods and veggies, it cost us about 20-30% more for our food bill! It is shocking. Here, everyone says to eat healthy, but it really hits you in the pocket book! I am praying that these new recipes taste good and are worth the extra cost for me!!
That was one down spot in my day yesterday — a high food bill. Another was that a very, very good friend of mine was banned from a site I belong to. I definitely don’t agree with what she did, but I don’t think it warranted being banned. I finally had to stop responding as everyone was bashing her and putting her down….and she couldn’t defend herself. I would try to say something, but since it would have not done any good, I didn’t. I was tired of the arguing and bickering that was going on. Just tired of it all. I hope that the board returns to it’s once very fun self again soon as I feel tension there right now.
Oh…and a great friend of mine is having TWINS!!! I mentioned her pregnancy a few posts back and now she is going from a mom of 1 to a mom of 3!! It has got to be overwhelming for her right now…..but once it sinks in, she’s gonna be an AWESOME mom to multiples!! Now, I will keep praying that all 3 of them are healthy for the next 8 months! While she is due towards the end of August, with having more than one, she’ll probably deliver a little earlier….in late July instead!! Now, to wait until we find out the genders of these little beans — man — I can’t WAIT!!!!
12.26.07
We survived the holidays!
12.20.07
Ahhh…me again!
cry because he is just getting so big. But watching him sitting in that chair was so sweet! Christie made sure that she gave me some hair to keep for his baby book, so that helped a little bit!!!12.17.07
Somedays I want to cry
I love my daughter with all of my heart. I really do. However, there are days when I just want to cry. She doesn’t listen, she acts up and she sasses me. I just want to crawl back into my bed on those days and wake up when she is in college. And then, when I am at my whit’s end, she turns around and does something adorable. For example, today, she just smiled at me and said “I love you Mommy!” and it put all the bad behind me.
But then, she screamed and sassed a moment later resulting in a time out. During said time out, she smeared a cracker onto my wall! GAH!! CALGON – TAKE ME AWAY!!
On the plus side, Garrett slept through the night again!!! WOO HOO!! I think that perhaps we are getting closer to that tooth breaking through and he is settling back down into his good little sleeping routine for us again!! Thank GOODNESS!!! I realize how spoiled we are in having a good sleeper!
I also finally got in to see my dr. We had to sit in the waiting room for AN HOUR! I was NOT a happy camper when we got back to see her, but thank goodness she was ready to come and see me pretty much right away. She was really sweet and gave me nasal spray rather than medicine as to not risk it affecting my milk supply. She also gave me a Z Pack….so I am sure that I’ll be back to my old self in NO time at all! Thank goodness for that!!!
12.15.07
Ugh…..I HATE colds!
I have a cold. The kind where you lay in bed and can hear/feel your sinuses popping. The kind that keeps you up and that brings tears to your eyes at the mere thought of having to blow your nose, yet again. I am lucky that at LEAST my children and husband don’t have this and it is hitting me over a week before the holidays hit, so I should be fully recovered by then.
Today we have Emma’s Christmas program. I am so excited to see if she cries again or if she will actually perform for us. It should be fun either way. She is running around the house this morning, curlers in her hair, getting ready to look as adorable as possible (which really doesn’t take much effort on her part).
The past few days have been crazy. Emma was sick on Thursday with the flu and throwing up…..now it has migrated to the other end…..my poor little baby! The nurse told me that this can last up to a week! UGH!! I pray that it doesn’t as her little bottom is already as red as can be!!!
My party for last night was postponed….again. And once again, the weather ended up NOT being as bad as predicted. It makes me feel bad for my hostess, but with me not feeling well, it really worked out for the best. This does mean my December was atrocious when it comes to commissions, but I really don’t care as my family and friends are much more important than any money.
OH — a good friend of mine is pregnant!! She has been trying for over two years, with one m/c mixed in that period of time! I am soooo praying that this baby is healthy and she has a great pregnancy. However, I will admit that I am the teeniest jealous. I want another baby myself and my jealousy is not bitterness at all towards her, as I would not ever feel that way towards a good friend, but the entire excitement, anticipation and all that goes with the growing baby in your belly.
Well, my nose is doing the dripping dance again…..off to blow it……for the 1000th time! GAH!
12.12.07
Winter arrived in full force
I have been away from my blog the last few days…….as the weather has made my kids get a little cabin feverish. We had such horrible weather lately that we got home around noon on Friday and have YET to leave our house (and yes, today IS Wednesday morning). We couldn’t even go to dance yesterday as school was canceled, thus instantly nixing dance class. Hmmmm, I think we just MAY need to at least try the store today to get us all out of this place for a little while! LOL!
Emma is also back to her night waking. In her defense she has been sick off and on, which has contributed to that. BUT, waking up at 3:50 a.m. on Tuesday morning — NOT to be blamed upon being sick. The good thing about that was the 2 1/2 hour, YES – 2 1/2 HOUR nap she took yesterday. Ahhhhh, I so miss the days of the nap. It really helps me regain my sanity and gives us all the much needed break from one another. I think that we are going to have to work back into afternoon quiet time for Emma again — if not for anyone except MOMMY!
Emma is also acting out towards Garrett. There are days I just want to cry and cry about it. It saddens me. I found out on Monday that what she is doing is completely normal. It is very common for jealousy to set in when younger siblings hit the 8 – 10 month mark as they require more attention. They are also starting to move and getting into things and in the eye of the older child — annoying them! LOL! We are going to start to just ignore the bad behavior of Emma and coddle Garrett when she does something mean to him and then overly praise her when she does something good. We are also working on “sharing mommy”…..quite a hard concept for her to grasp recently.
Garrett has been my “Buster Von Crankypants” again lately too. I think it has a lot to do with that second tooth working it’s way to the surface. Add in extreme drool, nightly wakings and some nice “presents” in his diaper and it equals teething for sure. We will survive this and then my little man will have two cute little white teefers!!! Awwwwww!!!
I am also still working on DH about baby #3. There are days he seems all for it and others where he doesn’t. I will say that one day last week he headed home early because of some bad weather. An episode of Dr. Phil was on about husbands who don’t want a child and women who do. It was excellent from him to watch and I know he learned from it because Dr. Phil said that he used the “scale” method. He was a 7 on having another child and his wife was a 10. He said that he knew he had to do what he needed to help her achieve her dreams. A couple of nights ago Tim asked me and I said I was a 9 or 10 and he said a 4 or 5!! SHOCK!!! Now granted, Emma had a bad day, so I am sure that contributed to that low score. I wish he’d stop being so damn WISHY-WASHY over this! GAHH — MEN!!!
12.07.07
%*@#* PIN WORMS!
GAHH! Emma has these again. They come from Mother’s Day Out, other kids and areas where animals might have access to (i.e. playgrounds). They just make her little bottom itch. Treatment is easy (just a couple of pills), but it is a pain in the rump to deal with in the mean time!
I am glad that we went to the doctor today as we are about to get pounded with freezing rain and snow off and on for the next four days! I actually postponed a party tonight as it is suppose to rain, but I am worried about the temp being low and it freezing before I can get back home. NOT worth me driving on slick roads to make a few bucks – that’s for sure! Luckily, the hostess agreed with me, so we’ll be doing that next weekend.
I am, however, hoping and praying that the Knights come to their senses and DO NOT try to drive out of town to go hunting on Saturday night. That is just foolish. They will be driving on slick roads so that they can go out and hunt in freezing rain. Doesn’t make sense to me at all! I am just hanging on that someone will call him tonight and say that they aren’t going!
As far as the kids and me go, I doubt we will be going ANYWHERE for the next few days. If it is slick, it is not worth going anywhere (church included) with two small children. Risking an accident or sliding off of the road or getting stuck. Nope. We are going to stay put RIGHT HERE in our nice warm home!
