Tick Tock Tick Tock

5 DAYS UNTIL A BABY! One. Two. Three. Four. Five!!!!!

I can tell the anxiety has set in. Weird dreams and sleepless nights. I remember about a week before I had Lil O I sat up many a nights watching the old Iron Chef watching them cook all that icky fish. Those cute Japanese men. I will say, I have been making myself stay in bed instead of getting up and jumping on the computer or turn the TV on. ~Weird dream last night involved me kissing an old flame and then being confused. Shaking head.~

The only man I enjoy kissing and want to is my HB. He knows this. Even if he wont have whoopie with me! ~gentle smile~

Other than everyone calling to check on me in the morning and coming by the house, everything is normal around here. FYI, I promise if I go into labor you will know. Yesterday I was taking a nice bath and my mamaw stopped by. She will always blow the horn and that is my signal to open the garage door for her. Since I was in the tub I didn't hear the horn. And Lil O didn't come running to tell me. She knows if she hears a horn that MAMAW is here. Then I start to hear banging on windows as she walks across the front of the house shouting my name. I in turn jump up and run to open the garage door leaving my quiet oasis behind. She said she was worried I was passed out somewhere in the house and she couldn't talk Lil O into opening the front door. The door is so heavy/old that she couldn't open it anyway. It was a nice surprise visit as she and Lil O built a Lego Castle for me.

This weekend I have to get H's room ready for company. MJ and R will be up to house sit and keep the kids in line while I am at the hospital. Have fun with that you guys. Did I mention that they don't have children? MJ has been my bestest friend for many years now. It is odd, that we can go a few weeks without talking and pick RIGHT UP where we left off. That's how you can tell you have a true friend. I will even forgive her for making me be in her wedding a FEW SHORT months after having Lil O! ~gentle smile~ Can you say "FAT IN THAT DRESS"?
I do know that if she didn't move AWAY to the DC area, we'd be together A LOT! But nooo she had to move away.

On another note. There are TWO 10 year old girls calling the house for B2. OMG, I mean like one calls, a minute later the other one calls. It is very aggravating. Not only do I have BOYS calling for H now I have girls calling for B2 all the time. One of the girls even wants him to go to the movies with her and her parents this weekend. Can we say, "NO" all at once? I could understand if it were a GROUP of 10 year olds going or a party or even asking us as a family to go but for him to go alone with her and her family. I think not! That was a bit too much for me to handle. I was trying my best to be delicate with B2 during all this, sort of blaming me and not knowing when the baby would be here being the reason he couldn't go. Did I handle that right??

I want us to go out Saturday morning for breakfast to celebrate the A's and B's on report cards this week. Both kids were AB honor roll. AWESOME WORK!!! They are indeed great kids. Plus, I am being selfish, I want to have breakfast at this place one more time before I have the baby and am at home for a bit of time. ~innocent smile~

Things to do and well whatever...

Eight Days A Week

Happy Monday. It is a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Well, now that the clouds have moved out and the sun is peeping around the corner. I even hear birds outside. Of course I have windows open. :) This Supermom is on top of things!

I am even going to cook dinner tonight. I am making HB's guacamole recipe and tacos. YUMMY! I did a lot of the prep work this morning because in the morning I am at my best. Everything is chopped up and I even made a salad. ~insert proud smile here~

You wouldn't know I was about to give birth in 8 days. Well, yes you would if you saw this huge belly of mine.



I need to take all my belly photos in order and make a slide show. I have seen a few of those out and think they are cool. I'll add that to my "list" of things to do. Or I can add it to my HB's list. What is a husband without a "honey do" list? Probably a happy husband I am sure.

I had this odd end of the world dream last night. Everything was flooded, frozen and it was very cold. I remember begging this man for help. It was so cold. I remember train tracks as well. Does this mean I am not one of the "chosen" when the rapture happens? Hmmm, something to think about. Maybe. Or that I am a pregnant hormonal woman with anxiety of having her fourth baby and someone being totally dependant on me. Someone latched to my breast every couple hours ALL day long. Someone to totally adore ALL DAY long as well. It isn't all bad. :) I am all for nursing a baby, wearing a baby, sleeping with a baby and holding a baby. Ahh, the life of a baby in our home.

So what. Maybe if we all slept with a pacifier the world would be a better place.

~insert happy dance here~ There is school today after being closed for TWO WHOLE days due to weather. Maybe this is why I am on the verge of a mental breakdown of sorts. Don’t get me wrong. I have wonderful kids and I love being around them. BUT, yes there is a BUT, being confined to the house for TWO WHOLE days has made me ready for a padded room without a view. Bicker, bicker, run, run, scream, bicker, stomping, run, run, scream, crying, run, run, jump, jump, scream, door slamming, stomping, screaming, door slamming, etc… Imagine this going on and on and on for TWO WHOLE days. I am twitching just thinking about it again.

Lil O was NOT on her best behavior either. No nap yesterday.. To which is probably from not having her paci. She never asked for it though.

Here is an actual email I sent my hubby yesterday afternoon:
Subject Line: Oh, I can ignore a crying child.
I am sitting here while O is poking me crying “MOMMY MOMMY”.
I have spent the last 1 1/2 hours in the bed trying to get her to nap and she wouldn’t.
SO, I unplugged the DVD player and got up.
She ran B2 into his room and H into hers because she won’t stop crying.
Okay, I am going to go think of ways to stay sane. If only I had a brand new vacuum to use. It would drown out the screaming baby in the background.

I love You,
Michelle

PS. Don’t bother calling, H is on the phone.

See, that just screamed PADDED ROOM READY!

Then Lil O did have her paci meltdown. At midnight last night. She was screaming and really not sure what she was screaming for. Not once did she ask for the paci though. Us, being responsible parents not giving a frick what others think, gave her the paci back. Boy, you should of heard her sucking. Making up for lost time. I about cried when she realized her daddy was putting it in her mouth. We have decided to only give it to her at night and call it the “bedtime paci”. Works for us. :)

Now lets hope it works for her.

Man, I had some anxiety filled dreams last night.
~Being excited over the new vacuum and showing hubby how well it cleaned the house.
~Wanting a Krispy Kreme doughnut. In my dream there was one downtown and I was picking out my dozen. The price was 3 something and I paid with a $4.00 coin. Like we’d really have a use for $4.oo coins.
~Then eating biscuits and gravy at Cracker Barrel.
~Then somehow my kitchen cabinets were move-able and I was changing the kitchen around. While trying to see why sister wasn’t here yet.

Odd, I tell you. Vacuuming, food and changing things around. Yep, sounds like a pregnant hormonal dream to me. I about forgot craving my mamaw’s butterscotch pie during the night as well. I have to get the recipe today so I can make one this afternoon. It’s all about the FOOD I say!
Okay enough mad ramble from the hungry pregnant woman. Have a nice day everyone. Be back later.

I am married to Danny Devito?

I was in parts of my dream last night and he had the softest lips. I know I am sleep deprived or catching the flu. I haven’t seen or thought about Danny Devito in forever. Has he even been in any recent movies?

Lil O has the flu. Aching, fever, loss of appetite, cough, sneezing, etc…

It all started Wednesday afternoon when she woke up saying her back hurt. Then yesterday morning it came on QUICKLY! I talked her into going back to bed around 930ish am and that is where we stayed all day, all afternoon and all night. She was in and out of sleep. I held her most of the time. Except when I tried to sneak out to make a bathroom run and find something to eat. It just ended up waking her up and I’d just crawl back in bed. I spent lots of time reading my Bible, working on my cross stitch project and thinking.

I don’t see how someone could want to stay in bed all day—my body is so sore from yesterday. We had the portable DVD player in bed with us and I watched Season 2 of The Muppet’s, Scooby-Doo and Maisy. To which if I see anytime soon AGAIN I will start to pull my hair out. I knew I should have had HB stop by Blockbuster and rent some DIFFERENT DVD’S!

Anyway…I hope that everyone has a wonderful day. I am going to hold my baby all day and continue to pray that I do not get the flu. I already spoke to my OB yesterday and was told to call as soon as I knew something so they could keep watch over me.

Why was I raking leaves out of the bed?

~I dreamed I was doing that last night.~

Things have been so BUSY around here. H got her new bigger bed Saturday so we had to get that all set up for her. My HB moved the last bookshelf and Lil O’s playroom is slowly coming together.

I have been cooking. I made a yummy blueberry cobbler last night and today I tried a new vegetarian lasagna recipe that cooks in the crock pot. The only complaint is the noodles got very soft cooking in the crock. Even on low. If anyone wants the recipe–I can post it. I tried to look on the Vegetarian magazine website where I found the recipe but it wasn’t on there. ~I tore it out of my magazine so I am not sure what issue.~

I redid the ties on the baby sweater. The silk ribbon wasn’t working for me. So I crocheted some myself and put them on it today. I also made my first pair of booties from the leftover PINK sweater yarn. They are adorable. Now Lil O wants me to make her a pair. I’ll start on those tomorrow I think. Shouldn’t take too long.

The new ties and the pretty PINK booties.

The shower invites go out on Friday. Exciting! I have been working on the thank you scrolls. HB found some pretty paper with baby footprints all over it. I found a pretty poem online ~from a free website~ to print on the paper. You roll them up and tie with pretty ribbon and hand out after the shower. That way you aren’t writing thank you cards when you are at your busiest. Great thinking there! LOL I did it with all my other showers as well.

This week is pretty busy. B2 has an orthodontist appointment and scouts. I have 2 doctors appointments!!! H wants to go to a dance. ~eyeroll~ It’s my daddy’s birthday and we are celebrating that. Plus that doesn’t count the every day things a mom does. There is cooking, cleaning and of course laundry.

Okay, the boy-child isn’t going to let me write anymore. My only request was to sit down and actually write something tonight. Guess I’ll go find my pj’s. Night Night. :)

Pushing Daisies

Last night I watched the first show of Pushing Daisies. I do not want to get sucked into another TV show. However, I liked the first episode. I am not sure how long they can keep that storyline going though. I won’t write anymore–just in case someone wants to watch and hasn’t yet.

Pushing Daisies <~~you can read more about the show here.

Other than that I lead a pretty boring life these days. I really need to be writing down my dreams these days. They are a riot! Last night that Baywatch man, ummm what’s his name? David Hasselhoff! We were in Math class taking a multiplication test and he kept passing me a note with that goofy smile on his face and that wild hair of his. Now where did that come from???

Tonight there is a DAMA meeting I hope I am able to attend. I’ll know later on in the day.

Let me share a few pics I took the other night:

This is my view most days. This is from my side of the bed! During the day the sky just turns to blue. In the bottom left corner you can see why I am bed.

Lil O in bed playing with me.



What? I love this picture of her. Those big brown eyes.



Have a lovely Thursday.

411 missed calls ?

Today my birthing mom is due! How cool is that??? I guess the anxiety is sinking in because I dreamed last night that I looked at my phone and I had missed 411 calls!

So I have been double checking my cell all morning. I am going to enjoy another cup of coffee and shower just in case I get the call today!

TGIF!

I finished a sleeve last night and half-way finished the second one. I will post a picture in a little bit. BBL.

How did a nice day turn into such a crap day?

I have the headache from HELL. Really I do.

I went out shopping with O today. We hit Yarn Paradise. It was easy spending 78.00 there! GASP!!!! But I will be going back. It was such a lovely place and I loved all the yarn. I thought about signing up for a knitting class. I had O with me so it was difficult to really shop. I found some beautiful yarn for O’s sweater. When I figure out the new camera, yes it came today, I’ll post a picture of the yarn. Then I’ll post a picture of the sweater in progress.

Jennifer!! We must go together and knit! This is after you teach me.

Then I hit Greenlife for a few groceries. Came home and shared a lovely lunch with O on her Dora table. Then we ran to get the kids from school.

I really feel like I could curl up in a ball and cry. Why am I even posting? Because I have 3 kids at home and a husband at work; so there is no one to watch the children. That’s why. LOL

Today I shared the news with my friends that we were going to work on baby number 4. They are thrilled!!! I am getting excited about it and I know my HB is. We love each other so much and I love having his baby. I cannot explain it. When we had O, it was such a JOY! (Minus the cesarean I had to have) I can remember bringing her home and thinking, “Wow, she is our baby”. I know I have 2 other children from my first marriage and I know I thought the same thing when they were born. But having O was really special to me. I was older and more patient and had the love of my life to share it with me. So, I know number 4 and maybe 5 will be wonderful!

I guess I will go start to work on this sweater.

Happy Weekend!

My great-grandmother visited me in my dreams last night. I enjoy when I dream about her. She was such a lovely woman. She died about 5 years ago, due to cancer. She was at my grandmothers house for some reason. I kept having to bend down and pick up cigarettes. Really odd dream. She didn’t smoke. My grandmother doesn’t smoke. I was a casual smoker but I haven’t smoked in years.

So it was a nice dream. I like it when special people make a visit and I can see them again. I hope that it doesn’t stop because I enjoy seeing their faces. When I don’t remember their faces I will be bothered.

This cannot be happening….spraying Lysol.

Sunday my son came back from his dad’s with the sniffles. Yesterday he complained of his leg hurting. Me being the hard ass mom said, “You’re ok, stop goofing off.” Well, I was treating him for the sniffles. He went to bed early which is normal for someone with a cold. This morning he was unable to walk. His legs were hurting him. Thankfully our doctors office opens early for sick patients. I got there at 7:25 and had to wait 5 minutes to get in. We were the second in the door then the office was PACKED!! All these sick kids were everywhere. Some carrying their throw up buckets. I was thinking OH NO GET ME OUT OF HERE! LOL

Well, it turns out B2 has the flu. He even got the flu shot last year. Why bother? LOL So he is going to be hogging the couch for a few days and in the mean time I am spraying Lysol so HOPEFULLY no one else gets sick.

Any suggestions on something else I can be doing to keep everyone else well?

Well, I am going to drink my cold coffee and catch my breath.

I wish everyone a lovely Tuesday. xoxoox

**I need to talk about this crazy dream I had last night. I was in the mob, well my family was. Someone trying to kill me. I guess he was a bad guy. But it seemed in the dream we grew up together. Next thing I know I am fighting someone, he’s fighting me…not a pretty picture. In my mind I kept thinking “am I going to have to kill him?”. Weird I tell ya. Then next thing I know he kissed me which made me furious. But then things change and we are ripping our clothes off. I don’t recall what his face looks like. I don’t remember what happened after that. I do remember my dad being upset that I didn’t do him in. But I told him I just couldn’t do that to him. Soooo, maybe I am wanting the Sopranos to come back on? LOL I don’t know but it was a messed up dream.