I can hardly believe that Owen is a month old already!!  It’s amazing how quickly time goes by.  He is 10 lbs 16 oz already!  I have had one sleepless night so far; he most of the time lets me sleep from 0100 to 0600 and we take a nap in the afternoon and then bedtime is generally around 2000 to 2100.  Owen does this sort of group feeding where he eats rapidly for about 10 minutes rests for 10 then eats and we go back and forth for about an hour.  This was frustrating at first but now that I know he does it; I am prepared and it’s a good reminder to me to take a break.  Plus it's nice to spend sometime with him just focusing on him.

 

Preschool is going well; Gage asks to go just about everyday!  I lay out clothes for him the night before and he most of the time he comes out of his room fully dressed.  I can’t believe how much he is growing too!!  We’ve been working really hard on our colors and we are about half way there.  Indigo, yellow, orange and brown are hit or miss but red, green, blue, violet, pink, white and black are solid.  When asked he will repeat the alphabet and numbers after you.  I’ve been trying to just make it part of our regular routine and show him that learning happens anywhere and everywhere.  Anyone know of any good cd’s with kids songs?  I only know a few and can hardly seem to remember them when we are in the car and you can only sing “if you’re happy and you know it” so many times in one car trip.  I know that would require a radio/cd player put in my car but it would so be worth it.  Remember it was stolen when those stupid renters broke the window of my unlocked car to steal the $40 Wal-Mart special two years ago in Feb.  But since I’m doing more driving than just going back and forth the whole 2 miles to my work I can afford to splurge and have radio/cd player.

 

I’ve also been thinking about how long I’ve been living in my condo and how long I’ve had a ‘real’ job.  I really am doing the whole ‘grown up’ thing and can hardly believe that I am really capable of all this.  I actually kinda thought I’d be lost some where with not much going on, but no I have health insurance and real responsibilities.  Now my dad might not think I’m that grown up but I’m doing the best that I can.  I have a real budget and work really hard to follow it.  Now don’t get me wrong sometimes we spend more than we should and yeah we probably don’t save enough.  I’ve had a few conversations lately with different friends about all the things we say and do and all the things that we learn.  About actually doing what you said you would.  I shouldn’t be surprised that a friend followed thru with what she said but I am.  Sorry cupcake but I didn’t think you would really do it.  Good for you for chasing your dreams.  As my favorite medic would say “we all have to have goals.”  I’m glad that you are accomplishing yours.  Hope it works out just like you plan. J  Guess we all have a list of goals we want to accomplish.  Wish I knew what mine were.  Actually I want a clean house and a nite out with the girls.

 

I have been in a nesting mode since coming home from the hospital.  Actually I’ve had high energy since Owen was born, after we went from the delivery room to the room I’d be staying in I went down to the cafeteria to eat!  I was up walking around by 1730 and Owen had only been here since 1602.  The nurse gave him a bath and I went to go pig out!  Now that I’m home I want to everything clean and I’m throwing out things that I usually try to hold on to plus I’m cooking and/or baking everyday.  Yesterday I cleaned and reorganized my entry closet and I put 8 YES I SAID 8 purses in a box to donate them.  I put up a little hook so Gage can hang his coat in the closet without my help because I didn’t want him scaling anymore closets.  He climbed up in his to try to reach a toy and fell a few months ago and I’ve been trying really hard to keep it from happening again.  When I told Gage that the extra hook in the closet was for him…. <high pitched and full of enthusiasm> Mommy!  It’s just little, just Gager’s size and I can do it all by myself!  He had the whole face expression with the raised eyebrows and all, such a little comedian.  The couch has become laundry central so there is no TV watching downstairs but that’s fine because we really don’t need to be watching TV.  I’m hoping to sort out the downstairs toys and cut it in half.  We have quite a few summer toys that can be put in the garage for the winter.  We seem to have a clutter issue…every time I clear a space it gets filled up with something else from some other place.  I think that clutter is inherited.  When you see it in your house growing up no matter how small it is you tend to have those same habits and unfortunately the clutter you inherit is bigger than the clutter you saw while growing up.  I think another reason the clutter can not hide is the fact that we only have 824 sq. ft.  But having that closet done feels good and by the end of next week I should be done with the whole house.  I’ve called in reinforcements to help take care of the boys while I am working on cleaning.  Now on one hand I could just have someone come in and clean but that doesn’t work because I am trying to also get rid of things and they won’t know what I want to keep and what I want to toss.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So I had another check up yesterday and everything is well.  I asked about the weird cramping I sometimes get in the back of my legs and it's just from how I'm standing different to compensate for the baby's weight.  I just need to stretch before bed and then they should go away.  My boss things I'm not going to make it until my due date and I fully intend to prove him wrong.   I measured for 29cm which is a little big but I would definitely be ok with him getting here early.  We have picked out five names:

 

Colt: (American) young horse

Owen: (Welsh) desire born

Bram: (English) father of multitude

Bron: (Welsh) weapon of glory

Evan: (Welsh) God is good

 

click the link blow to cast you vote! 

http://www.babynames.com/namelist/9633353

 

Feel free to vote for your favorite we will be waiting until the little guy arrives before we decide.  I am thinking about putting Gage in preschool in the fall just something that is like two or three days a week.  This way I will have some guaranteed naps at least a few days a week.  Wow I can't believe how fast his is growing.  I have a ton of pictures to up load so check back later for those!

 

Have a super day!

Nina

 

Wow!  It has been a long time since I have been on here.  I am currently starting week 27 and he should be here around September 21st.  I can not wait to meet my new little boy, Gage is excited to be a big brother and even has a new friend.  He is starting to not be so shy when there are other people around.  The potty thing is going great!  Camping last week really drove it home; he liked peeing on the trees or just going behind the tent.  I am getting so big now!  I keep getting the "when are you due?" "really? because you look like your ready to pop!"  I have a few days off and need a bit of release so stay tooned for more :) :)

 

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So again I can't sleep b/c I f*in went to the 'bou and even though it was only 2 shots of expresso it's so enough to keep me a wake.  Great!  Hmmm maybe that's why I never feel like doing things...  But then I tell myself that tis ok because I don't have to work but I do have things to do this weekend, not things I particularly want to do, but things to do none the less.  And seriously why does it seem like a good idea to shove eggs under the fridge?  It's so not cool; honestly when I take the dogs out I think the toddler has to go too.  Does it sound too redneck if I let him pee on a tree while we are out there?  Maybe he'll finally get the hint that peeing in the potty or even in it's general vicintiy is way cooler than peeing on yourself.  I get so excited when he says he wants to wear underpants but then he totally hides from me and pees on himself.  Why does he do that?  And don't you dear say boys will be boys.  If I hear that one more time I am going to scream!  I'm not trying to push him but if you ask for underpants just don't pee on them ok!

I totally had a scary incident at work...there was this guy in our fenced in area and it totally scared the crap out of me!  So glad that I feel safe where I work!  It's really not bad most of the time, but why does that stuff happen when I am working?  What makes me so f*in special?  I am so picking up bad language from the people I work with.  I've swarn twice in this blog already and it's not even two pages.  But back to the story I was telling you...he was lost and three sheets to the wind.  It just freaks me out because it could have been way worse than it was.  Thanks to the people who checked up on me--nice to know you would notice if something did ever happen...to the rest I guess I'll catch you on the flip side--nite nite

 

 

As this new week and month begins today I am brought back to thoughts of this time last year.  Friday it will be 1 year since the first time I went to the food shelf.  Now in the scheme of things this is not a momentous occasion, but it reminds me of how bad things really were and how I didn't have a clue in the world how we were going to stay afloat.  Somedays I still don't.  I was talking with my huuby about this and he didn't seem too interested of worried or like he even cared about it at all.  Now I'm not asking for some kind of ceremony to remember this but some kind of acknowledgement would have been nice.  The more I think about this it really didn't bother him at the time because I was always the one who went and got the food.  I just remember exactly how I felt all week and how I didn't want to go by myself how nervous scared and just plain frazzled I was.  We were going to go on Tuesday but they close by 4pm so I would have to go by myself the next day and I just couldn't stomach it.  I didn't want to have to bring the little girl I was babysitting so I decided that I would go the next day because I wouldn't have her.  I remember sitting in the truck for like 20 minutes before I even went in and as I tried to talk to the receptionist the tears just started and I felt just miserable.  They actually don't take walk-ins you have to make an appointment but we were completely out so they made an exception for us.  They even gave Gage a thing of fruit snacks so he wouldn't be cranky while I tried to put the 75lbs of food into the back seat of our truck.  I will never forget how I felt and how grateful I am still to this day.  I try to donate food every time we get groceries and I always donate things that are our favorites.  This past April was the first time we purchased groceries again and I bought a bunch of extra soups to donate and it ended up weighing 25lbs.  I still have the letter the food shelf sent me!  They sent me a thank you letter?  I thought I was just so grateful that I had been helped that I just wanted to return the favor and they sent me a thank you letter.  So as this month and week begins my out look is grateful.  Failure could be right around the corner for anyone and right now my outlook is sunny and I aim to keep it that way by being grateful and continuing to donate food once a month.