the epic of mom

Brad and I had our 3D ultrasound which was AMAZING!!! The baby was being so cooperative and I just loved being able to see all the features. This baby looks nothing like Sophie to either of us. Well, I won’t bore you anymore, here are some pictures from our scan…

Oh yah….IT”S A GIRL!!!!!!! I won’t put up any gender shots cause of all the creepy weirdos out there.

I don’t know if I am noticing it more this time or if I really do go to the bathroom more often, but it is really starting to get on my nerves. The little pregnancy bladder sucks to have. It really is not helping that I have tiny little feet kicking it all night long, but that’s a whole another story. I think I caught the flu a few days ago and I have been feeling pretty miserable. I’ve been trying to be extra careful with Sophie because I really don’t want her getting sick from me. She is a fairly healthy child and really does not get sick. She has only had 2 col in her life time, which I think is very little amount compared to other peoples kids.

It’s really hard to be careful around her as she always wants me to give her kisses and I can’t. It’s so hard to not kiss those puffy little lips when she smacks them together for me. Mmmm, I want to go into her room right now and give her lots of them.

Well as most of you know I had an ultrasound on Thursday and the baby looked great. It was measuring a little big, but I am not surprised as I have been growing a lot recently as well. The tech let me have a little peek at what the baby’s gender may be, but being the inexperienced me I am not so sure what to think. I do however have an appointment this coming Monday to a 3D ultrasound where they’re going to confirm the baby’s gender. I am soooo excited to find out who is going to be joining our family. I will make sure to keep you all updated on what this little one is.

Well now that Sophie is napping I am going to catch a few Zzzz myself

Here are the pictures from the ultrasound that we had today. I got to see the baby’s gender, but due to clinics policy they were not allowed to tell me so I had to guess for myself. I am pretty sure I know what this baby is, but not telling until I get it confirmed by my doctor Here are the pictures of our new addition.

WOW, every time I look at my blog I realize just how much of a slacker I am. Most times I feel like I have a lot to say, but I don’t want to waste my afternoon writing. I always have so much to do, that by the time I think of sitting down and writing something I am way too tired. So instead of a blog here are some pictures of this past month.

My little French girl

We’ve had a few people ask us if these two were twins…they’re 4 months apart(yes Sophie is older)

I got this from one of my parenting forums

PARENT - Job Description

This is hysterical. If it had been presented this way,
I don’t believe any of us would have done it!!!!

POSITION :
Mother, Mom, Mommy, Mama, Ma
Father, Dad, Daddy, Dada, Pa, Pop

JOB DESCRIPTION :

Long term, team players needed, for challenging
permanent work in an,
often chaotic environment.
Candidates must possess excellent communication
and organizational skills and be willing to work
variable hours, which will include evenings and weekends
and frequent 24 hour shifts on call.
Some overnight travel required, including trips to
primitive camping sites on rainy weekends and endless sports tournaments in far away cities!
Travel expenses not reimbursed.
Extensive courier duties also required.

RESPONSIBILITIES :

The rest of your life.
Must be willing to be hated, at least temporarily,
until someone needs $5.
Must be willing to bite tongue repeatedly.
Also, must possess the physical stamina of a
pack mule
and be able to go from zero to 60 mph in three seconds flat
in case, this time, the screams from
the backyard are not someone just crying wolf.
Must be willing to face stimulating technical challenges,
such as small gadget repair, mysteriously sluggish toilets
and stuck zippers.
Must screen phone calls, maintain calendars and
coordinate production of multiple homework projects.
Must have ability to plan and organize social gatherings
for clients of all ages and mental outlooks.
Must be willing to be indispensable one minute,
an embarrassment the next.
Must handle assembly and product safety testing of a
half million cheap, plastic toys, and battery operated devices.
Must always hope for the best but be prepared for the worst.
Must assume final, complete accountability for
the quality of the end product.
Responsibilities also include floor maintenance and
janitorial work throughout the facility.

POSSIBILITY FOR ADVANCEMENT & PROMOTION :

None.
Your job is to remain in the same position for years, without complaining, constantly retraining and updating your skills,
so that those in your charge can ultimately surpass you

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE :

None required unfortunately.
On-the-job training offered on a continually exhausting basis.

WAGES AND COMPENSATION :

Get this! You pay them!
Offering frequent raises and bonuses
A balloon payment is due when they turn 18 because
of the assumption that college will help them
become financially independent.
When you die, you give them whatever is left.
The oddest thing about this reverse-salary scheme is that
you actually enjoy it and wish you could only do more.

BENEFITS :

While no health or dental insurance, no pension,
no tuition reimbursement, no paid holidays and
no stock options are offered;
this job supplies limitless opportunities for personal growth, unconditional love,
and free hugs and kisses for life if you play your cards right.

AND A FOOTNOTE ‘THERE IS NO RETIREMENT — EVER!!!

Sophia had her 15 month doctors appointment and here are her stats:

Weight- 21lbs 3oz

Height- 33 inches. (The nurse measured 32.5 inches, but I checked at home and she was off. The paper moved on the table and made the measurements go off a bit).

So my little girl is getting big

I’ve been hounded by a few people for not updating my blog for a while, so here I am writing. I just really don’t have the desire to write recently. I think it’s because I feel like I don’t have all that much to say. I really don’t enjoy reading blogs where every day it seems like it’s being paraphrased. Life for us going well. Sophie is growing like a weed. I look at her and sometimes I am amazed at just how big she has gotten. She has her 15 month check up tomorrow so I will keep you updated on just how big my little girl is.

The new little bean that we call lumpy is doing well. I have been feeling that baby move for about 4 weeks now. To some it may seem crazy that I started feeling the baby at 10 weeks, but I have and it’s been amazing. It’s still very subtle and I have to be laying very still to actually feel him move. I say him because I strong feel that this one is a boy. I would be very chocked if it were a girl, but very happy. Neither Brad or I care what the sex of this baby is since we know that is is not our last child. I honestly wouldn’t even care  if all of our children were girls. A baby is a blessing no matter the gender. Speaking of gender, we have an ultrasound booked next month to find out who this little one is. We am really excited Brad and I always have a hard time understanding why people wait to find out, knowing makes life so much easier and it’s really fun to be able to prepare for a specific baby.

I have been gaining weight way slower this time around, which is odd since I have been eating like crazy. I have found that I have a lot more food aversions than I did with Sophia. It’s so weird how every pregnancy is so different.

On another note, Brad, Sophie and I took a little vacation to 108 mile house a couple of weeks ago. It was a really nice relaxing time. I really liked it there, the atmosphere is very different. I think it’s a wonderful place to visit, but I could never live there. it made me realize just how much of a city girl I really am. I don’t like the country life one bit, the whole red neck truck thing is not us at all. Not that there is anything wrong with that, it’s great that people enjoy that kind of life style, it’s just not for our family. I like living close to a city, civilization is very important to me.

Ohhh, my chicken is ready and I am hungry. Here are some pictures from our vacation.

Today I we got to see the little bean swimming around in my belly. I hadn’t been feeling well for the last couple of days and I made an appointment with my doctor to make sure that everything was ok. I found out that I had a fever of 37.5, which for me is pretty high and that also the fetus’s heart rate had gone way up to 180 bpm, which is not good. The doctor then took me in for an ultrasound the next day to make sure that everything was ok and that the baby was not under any stress. He/she looked great and by that time the heart rate had gone way down. It was really fun to see the little one in there, it brought me back to being pregnant with Sophie. Brad thinks I am crazy, but this new baby looks just like Sophia to me. Maybe I am a little crazy, but who cares. We got to see all the little limbs moving around and the baby even had hiccups, I didn’t know they get those so early on. I also got my heart doppler in the mail the other day, so now I can hear the heart beat anytime I want. I LOVE IT!!!! Anyway, just wanted to write a quick little post about that. I have the 11 week belly pictures up as well. I think my belly is changing shapes.

I have NOT been in the mood to blog at all. I always have all these things to say, but no motivation to actually sit down and write the stuff. Here are some pictures from the last couple of weeks.

 This is how I found her sleeping in her crib. She was asleep for 3 hours so I went in to wake her up. She looked really cute so I just had to have a picture.

Sophia was being a typical whiny toddler so I pulled up a chair and let her do dishes with me. Please excuse the frumpy looking mommy, I had just gotten out of bed from a rough no sleep night. The new fetus thinks sleep is overrated.

I guess people are right when they say that you can’t leave a toddler alone for even a short little while. I was working on my laptop and she was sitting by my feet. I thought it was a little too quite and when I looked down this is what I found. She seems to think that tearing toilet paper into tiny little pieces is really fun…

The new chair that we bought for her…

And reclined…

I updated the expanding belly blog, but it’s not from this week, this weeks will be up later on…

I’m such a slacker when it comes to blogging. I know I love reading other people’s blogs, and get all frustrated if they don’t write for a while, and here I am not posting anything. Sometimes I feel like I don’t have anything interesting to say, but then again I have a 14 month old toddling around the house, how can I not have something interesting to say.

Sophie is growing like a weed. I look back at the pictures of when she was first born and I am blown away at how much this little girl has changed and how much she has grown. At first it seemed like the newborn stage was never going to end, and now I wonder where the time went. She’s turning out to be such a little girl now. She just cut her 12th tooth today and I see the eye teeth coming in the very near future. I was always told that molars are really hard on kids and that I should expect her to be hard to handle, not the case with this little one. I didn’t even know that she had cut the first 3 until they were completely through, and the 4th I knew because I was keeping an eye on it. I am so happy that she handles things so well. I know that all moms tend to brag about their kids, but Brad and I really are blessed to have the child that we do. She is very well mannered and she listens very as well. I think my biggest pet peeve is when people ask me how she is and tell them that she is a very easy going no tantrum girl, and they tell me to wait a few months and it will all change. It’s like they’re waiting for her to turn bad, and maybe her attitude will change in a few months, but so what?? It’s all a part of growing up. She is happy, she doesn’t throw fits when she doesn’t get what she wants, she doesn’t bite or kick when she is upset, I’d say I’m a pretty lucky mommy.

Onto another note…I think she has forgotten how much fun swimming is. Ever since I found out that I am pregnant I have stayed away from the pool since I am not allowed to go in the hot tub. Yesterday Brad and I decided that it would be fun to take her out swimming for a short little while. My little water baby whom just adored swimming just screamed and cried and then cried some more. It’s like she has completely forgotten how much she used to love the pool. I still wonder if she got so upset because there were too many people there, or if she just doesn’t remember going to the pool. We took her into the kids hot tub where she just clung to Brad the whole time, and anytime he tried pulling her away from him she would just stick her bottom lip as far out as she could and make a huge pout. I was disappointed that she didn’t have a good time, and I guess now I have to go sing up for swim lessons again.

I tried to only sit in the kids hot tub for a min at a time not to overheat myself, it was so nice to be in there though. I have missed being able to take hot baths, showers are just not the same.  While I was sitting on the ledge of the hot tub this lady threw a ball and it hit Sophie right on the back of her head. She of course got a dirty look from both Brad and I. Seriously, if you don’t know how to throw properly, the kids hot tub is not the place to learn that. She came over and said that the ball was not meant to hit Sophie but  her friends baby whose baby was not more than 4 months old. I think that lady a few marbles that were missing. Who throws a ball at a baby?

Well I am off to rest and play some Zuma, hope everyone is having a good weekend.