Happy Halloween!

Well today is the last day of October and of course I still have not gone into labor. Thought I might be last night but the contractions went away :o( Oh well. I did tell Andy that with my luck I would go into labor tonight when we needed to pick mom up from the airport tomorrow and would have to scramble to get her here...Guess we will see since I will be doing a lot of walking tonight. I can at least hope if not labor the walking will help dialate me and when the Dr. checks me tomorrow I will be far enough along that stripping my membranes will work. Guess we will see.....

In other news, I am working on getting the house cleaned up today so Andy wont have so much to do tomorrow morning while I am at my Dr. apt.  So far the upstairs is cleaned up besides the dishes which I will finish after this since I am being lazy.....Andy has to do the downstairs since thats his domain and I cant pack the vacuum up and down the stairs. I just hope he actually does a good job, usually he just does enough to make it look ok and then I am the one who has to do the rest. I will be super pissed if he trys that this time since I dont want my mom coming over here to clean the whole time.

Today should be pretty fun, well this evening anyways....Andy is getting off early hopefully and then we are going to take Riley out with some friends. She is going as a cat. I have to try and figure out how to put the makup on her, we did a trial run last night and she wouldnt hold still enough for me to get the whiskers on her. She kept moving or laughing and it would make the whiskers all scribbly. I have a better idea for the make up tonight we will see how I do.....

Well I guess I should run, I am just super bored like usuall. I know I have a ton of crap to get done still but I dont want to do any of it....I am really looking foward to tomorrow and hopefully getting this kid outta me! Keep your fingers crossed for me and I will keep you updates :o)

Happy Halloween!!

10 days to go!

Well I know I promised more updates but really nothing has happened for me to update on and I didnt want to take the time to write nothing. Anyways, I will update everything that has gone on in the last few weeks right now :o)

Nothing major has gone on but I did have to make a trip into Labor and Delivery last Wednesday because of a fever. I didnt feel sick at all, but I was really tired and took a little nap and when I woke up I felt cold but hot and took my temp which resulted in a 103.7 fever. I called my dr. who advised me to take some Tylenol and see if the fever would go away, and if it did then no worries, if not to come in. Well of course it didnt so I had to go in and that sucked! The bed was soooo uncomfortable I thought I would die. I also was having pretty hard contractions that were anywhere from 2-7 min apart and they were pretty painful. The nurse ended up checking on me to see if I was making any progress into labor and of course I was not. I was 50% effaced but not quite dialted to a 1 even! I was pretty upset since I had been having hard contractions for the last couple of weeks....I ended up staying in the hospital over night and it was excruciating for me because of the bed, it made my back and hips hurt terribly. The figured out I had a kidney infection and gave me a ton of fluids and then the IV antibiotics, I have been fine since the stay so evidently it worked.

I also went to my dr. apt on Monday and the dr. was supposed to check me again for dialation but he did not. He did say he would this next Monday and if I was dialted to at least a 1 he would strip my membranes then. I am just praying that when he checks I will be a 3 or 4 and the stripping will send me into labor. I am totaly ready for this kid to be out! She is way to big to be sitting in there hanging out.

My mom is also coming in Monday afternoon and we have to go pick her up from the airport. She is supposed to stay for 2 weeks, so I am really praying I go into labor before the time she has to leave. She said she can stay longer but I dont know how that will go.

We are all ready for Dylan to get here though, everything is set up for her. I still have to finish packing my hospital bag, its pretty much done but I still have a couple of things to stuff in there. I am really procrastinating on doing it though, I guess its because I figure I will have plenty of time even if I go into labor.

I guess the biggest thing that happened the last couple of weeks was Andy having to get a new car. It really sucked because we had just paid his Eclipse off. I am talking 2 days after the check was cashed his clutch went out. I was really mad at him because he not only is super hard on his cars and I told him if he kept shifting so hard he was going to burn his clutch out and he wouldnt listen but because he ruined his credit again because he is friggin lazy so he couldnt get a loan for another car. I guess it turned out for the best that he couldnt get a loan because we really cant afford another payment at this time. It all worked out in the end and he ended up being able to trade his car straight across for a PT Cruiser. Its not the most ideal car but it is roomy and looks nice. It all checked out at the shop so we should be able to keep it for awhile with no major problems. Plus its an automatic and gutless so Andy cant hot rod it around town and it gets good gas mileage.

Well thats about all that has been going on. Now I just sit around waiting to go into labor. I will let ya know when that happens.

The Crud

Well it seems that I have gotten the crud that is going around :o( I had thought it was just allergies but now I think it is the nasty stuff that has been going around the town. No idea how I managed to get it since I am never out and about but I did get it. So for the last 3 days I have been a combination of snotty, stuffy, sore throat, coughing, pants peeing, gagging, puking ball of fun. It really sucks being pregnant, sick, and then having to take care of a 4 year old and a house. My house was terrible yesterday and all I could do was lay in bed. Andy had to come home from work and clean the house for me. so this morning I got up to a wonderfully clean house. I am feeling a bit better thanks to some rest and the Netty Pot but I am clearly not 100% and I am just praying I feel better soon, like tomorrow. Anyways...I figured since its been a week I should update you on my dr. apt. last was last Monday, especially since I will have more news tomorrow.

So my dr. seems pretty nice despite the bad word I had heard about him from a lady who bought a stroller from me. He did a full exam and said everything was fine as he could tell. He measured me and said that I was measuring small and he didnt think this baby would be as big as Riley, which I am not totaly upset about since she was almost 8lbs! When I asked him if that was a problem he said it wasnt because everyone grows differently and that I had not really gained any weight and that everything measured after 25 weeks was just an estimate anyways. It freaked me out a bit since he marked on my ultrasound ticket that I needed the ultrasound because I was measuring small for my dates, but Jill calmed me down and said it was like he said and just a guess. Not to mention that is the first reason given on the ticket for the apt so he probably just marked that option in a hurry. Anyways, my u/s is tomorrow at 11:45, Andy actually gets to go this time and so will Riley. I am really excited about it! I am a bit worried they will tell us its a boy though now that we have all the girly stuff bought and ready. I will be a bit sad if its a boy as well since I am really excited to have another girl now...Ultimatly we just want healthy, so as long as he/she is healthy I will be happy. I just cant wait to see our little sweety, its been so long and I didnt really get a good look at her the last time since I was so sick, and Andy never got to see her so I hope its special for him as well. I know Riley will really be happy to see the baby moving around as well. I have another dr. apt next week on Monday and after that I will have to come in every week until I deliver. I am hoping she decides to come earlier than later though. I am ready to be not pregnant and to hold my sweet little baby. I still have a lot to do though before she gets here, after tomorrow and we are sure its a girl I have a ton of clothes and bedding to wash and then I need to order my swing and get everything in the nursery organized. Its kinda scary to think I only have 5 weeks left! Time has sure flown by with this pregnancy, it seems like I just found out I was pregnant. Well I am going to get off of here now, I am pretty much out of energy again and I still need to make something for Andy to eat for dinner, he should be home any minute now. I will update you tomorrow, and I am sure I will have some new "money shot" photos of our baby to share as well.

Summer Recap

So I promised I would update this blog on our summer activities so here goes....

In August we had a wonderful visit from Jesse, Hilary, and the kiddos. They came over for a few days and we went to the Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle Aquarium, and the Olympic Game Farm. I would have to say the favorite of the three places was the Game Farm. Once your through the gates you are fair game for the animals to accost you through your open windows. The ox were first on the list and they were pretty well behaved compared to some of the others, but they did smell horrible!

Then we ran into the Zebra, who I am pretty sure had had enough bread. If you look close you can see the piece of bread sitting on its back lol.

There were other animals and lots of birds but the photos are plentiful so I chose our fav's. Next we got to see the bears! They were very fat and lazy and barely moved to get the bread that was tossed to them. Good thing though since they were VERY large and only kept in their enclosure by a farm fence and a small piece of electrical wire fence. This bear was "fake roaring" as he was trained to do and it looked pretty scary but he actually didn't make a sound.

After the bears was where it got pretty exciting. We ran into the sentries at the gate.....

Oh what a site! These guys were HUGE!! They were also very pushy and being so tall they got right in your face inside the car for the bread. The cow was a bit smaller but she certainly was the worst at being pushy. She was all the way in my car at one point and she was trying to eat my pants. It was a very strange feeling to be surrounded by such large wild animals...

On the way out was when they were really bad, here is a photo of the elk trying to get into Jess and Hil's van

of course the cow was looking our way because she thought we had more bread.

After the game farm we went to a Lavender field, it smelled wonderful and was very pretty. Poor Ali got stung by a bee so she didn't have the best of times there but I snapped this super cute photo of the kids. Riley is not in it because she of course was being rotten, but we did get this photo of her and I together right before we left.

The next day we went to the Aquarium and the Zoo. I wont upload those photos though because they are pretty general. The Aquarium was also pretty crappy. No one had fun there and it was soooo crowded you could hardly walk through it.

The end of August I had my baby shower. Hilary threw it for me and it was wonderful! We had such a good time and I got some very nice things. Here is a photo of me before the shower. I didn't get many photos because of course I was the guest of honor, but a shower is a shower :o)

That about sums everything up that I can think of. I am adding my last photo here of my pregnant self at 32 weeks which of course has been two weeks ago since I will be 34 weeks tomorrow. When I get a chance I will take a 34 week photo and add it, hopefully tomorrow, but I have a lot of cleaning to get done since Andy will be off tomorrow, and then I have a dr. apt. later in the day so we will see.....

I am pretty happy in this photo since I am wearing my pre-pregnancy jeans. So far I can still wear all of my pre preggo pants but we will see what comes in the next few weeks.

September

Wow, I still cant seem to make time to keep up with this blog. I always think of it when I am laying in bed about to fall asleep which of course does me no good.

Anyways, I figured it was about time to log on and update you on whats been going on the last few months.

We can start with the good news, I always like good news :o)

 

Things are going well here, we are pretty much unpacked all the way and our house looks like a home now. I am glad we got it all done, and it only took us 3 months lol. Andy has also gotten a job at the car lot here. Its the biggest one around and he is doing very well so far. He loves the job which is nice, it sucks because he is gone all day and has been working his days off so we have money once the baby gets here. Speaking of the baby, she is trying to kill me :o) She is very active which makes me feel bruised and beaten but we are anxiously counting down the days till she is here. I am almost 34 weeks, so I only have about 47 more days till she will be here (if she comes on time). I have also only gained a total of about 7 lbs which I am super happy about! I can still wear my regular jeans!! Whoo hoo!!!

We are pretty much all ready for her, I need to get a swing still but I am waiting till after my next dr. apt. to see if they will give me another ultrasound, I want to be 100% sure she is really a she. Ohhhh I guess I should back up a bit, I have not told you all the stuff that has happened in the last few months... I will get to that in just a sec, but I will finish the good news first. So continuing on... Riley is doing really well, she is a bit lonely but she is very excited to see her new baby sister. She is also growing like a weed! She is wearing 5t and 6x clothing already and is in a size 11 shoe!! Holy cow she is getting so big. She is also getting super smart, I feel stupid most of the time compaired to her lol. Oh and the last bit of news is we got a new puppy! She is a super adorable Chocolate Lab we call River. She is pretty smart. Her and Riley get a long great and its fun to watch them together.

Ok so for the other news, it really isnt bad, so here goes-

Shortly after my last note I had to be admitted into the hospital for kidney stones. It was a terrible experience and I was in the hospital for a week and then misserable at home for another month. Thank god I am better now. The Naval hospital was an experience, and overall they treated me pretty well, I did have one dr. who was nasty the second time I was in the ER but I didnt have to deal with him much. I was checked out of the hospital the day Andy was discharged, and no, I dont think that it was a coinsidence. The NAVY has basically black listed us and will not get back to us on anything. They still owe us a bunch of money and medical which we have not seen and I am sure we wont. The medical issue was a bunch of crap and I have had a horrible time getting in to see the dr. I have not been seen for the baby since I was 10 weeks and living in Chehalis. When I was at the hospital they checked her heartbeat but that was it. The only reason we knew it was a girl (or at least THINK its a girl) is because I had to have an emergency ultrasound on my kidneys and the tech took a peek. She said she was 95% sure it was a girl, and I was drugged up but I saw the "money" shot and it looked like a girl to me as well. I am stressing a bit now since we have all girly stuff and if she turns out to be a he we will be in a bit of trouble. Really the matter that bugged me the most is that I have not been to see a Dr. for so long. First the NAVY refused to help us out and then once I applied and was given State insurance I had a bunch of problems with them. Thank goodness everything is all taken care of and I now have an apt. this coming Monday. I am just praying everything will be ok and there will be no issues with the baby. I am very anxious to talk to the Dr. about how she is and what all has been going on the last few months with this pregnancy. I have not had any complications thank god but who knows what has been going on on the inside. At least I know I will get to deliver in a hospital and actually have a Dr. present. Its just a relief.

Oh I also have a wonderful baby shower! Hilary threw it for me and it was very nice! I had so much fun and it was great to visit with everyone. It was a bit sad since Andy had to work and he could not come, BUT Riley and I took our first plane ride and went over. It was a bit scary for me but it wasn't to bad and I made it just fine. Riley loved it and wants to go again. When we landed she had her hands in the air like she was riding a roller coaster lol. It was cute. I got a bunch of great stuff which I am very grateful for.

Anyways, it is now officially fall here. we had such a great summer! It was wonderful weather most of the time and we had a lot of fun going to the beach and collecting shells, seeing starfish, and catching crabs. Andy actually caught some crabs and ate them when Jess and Hilary visted. i will post another note on their visit including photos, this one is getting to long and I still have more to write :O)
I am all ready for fall, this is the best time of year for me. I know the weather gets rainy here but I am ready for some cooler weather. I have already decorated the house and pulled out my fall Scentsy smells. I am really enjoying it right now. Its nice to have your own home and be able to decorate and not have to worry about the landlord.

Very rare Sunflower Starfish we found on the beach below our home.

HUGE Starfish we found on our beach!

River, the Lab pup.

Well I think this is long enough for now. I will post a couple of photos of the pup and this crazy starfish Riley found at the beach a couple weeks ago. When I have more time I will fill you in on Jess and Hil's visit, and then post some photos of the house, Riley's room and the baby's room. I will also try and keep up better with the blog. I know I have said it 10000 times before but I really have no excuse. Being a SAHM I have nothing to do all day but clean and sit around.

Bad to Worse?

So instead of finding out what all was going on with my hubs re-enlistment we heard nothing more. He went to his class today to learn more about what they were offering in this program and he was bored stiff. Evidently this class was supposed to be scheduled a year to 18 months in advance, so BEFORE they are to be discharged, not 7 days before! It is sooooo frusterating! Then the news gets worse! His chief calls him to tell him that he will know whats going on tomorrow by 12:30 but he had to threaten the higher ups with us getting a lawyer unless they A. Do everything they promised right now, or B. Extend him through December 1st after the baby is born. He told the hubs that those are the only two choices, so either they do either of those things or we will have to get a lawyer!! I cant even tell you how scared I am right now....I dont know what we will do... If they do what they promised we will be ok right now, but if they do not and extend us we will be ok but it will still suck because we really need the lump sum of money to pay things off. If they do nothing we are totaly screwed! Not only do we NOT have the money for a lawyer, but we wont have anymore money as of the 1st coming in, and could lose EVERYTHING! I am praying so hard right now they just give us the money as promised, but I will take the second option of extending us as well if its offered I just cant handle the thought of them doing nothing....
Anyways, I guess I will let you know...I just had to get that out....please pray for us if you pray, or do whatever you do....I just HAVE to hear good news tomorrow....

June

Well we got moved into the house finally! It has been wonderful so far, and we have gotten a lot done here. Riley's room is all finished, we painted a pretty pink color, got her new bunk beds, bought her a new dresser and painted it white, and also painted her hope chest white as well. She has all new furniture now and it looks perfect! She is pretty happy in there, so I am good with it :o)

We also got the paint for the babies room. We got a really pretty green color but we have not painted it yet. We got the crib set up and it is really pretty, I am really glad we bought it. The bedding I bought goes really well with the crib as well. I will start working in there pretty soon, I just want to make sure I dont over do it.

We still have quite a few things to unpack, mostly our clothing and stuff, but we dont have enough closet space so we need to wait till we get a couple dressers. I have been looking for them, but it seems like up here they aare few and far between, not only that but since my tabs are expired on my truck I cant pick anything up, so we have to rely on a friend to do it, and while we pay him gas I still feel bad for having him run all our errands..

Thats a huge thorn in my side right now as well.....the guy who sld me the car had his secretary call me 2 weeks ago wanting to know why I hadnt made a payment. I told her I wanted to know why they had not sent in the paper work for me to get it licensed...Anyways, to make a long story short it was a back and forth between us and I told her I would make a payment when they sent in the paperwork so I could license and actually drive my friggin car, she promised to do it, but its been 2 weeks and I have not heard a word about it. I am not only going crazy because I cant drive my own car, but I am also worried that they may not do it and try to come take my car, or just try to scam me out of the money and the truck. I guess we will see what happens, I should just put my truck in the garage so they cant get to it, just incase.

The other worry on my mind is the fact that Andy is officially out of the NAVY in 2 weeks. He did get the Involuntary Separation which sucks, but I am really hoping it will turn out better than him being in the NAVY. I just wish he would get on it! He has barely talked to them about it and always has an excuse why he doesnt. He only gets 2 more paychecks and thats it!! We dont get enough money as it is with me not working, we cant even pay our bills right now, already a couple of things are behind and I totaly dont want to mess up our credit score we just fixed because he is being lazy about talking to them. Not only does he need to figure out what kind of job he will be getting, but he needs to figure out the money and the medical issue. We are supposed to get that 20 or 30k and have not heard a friggin word about it and we need it!! We cant even pay our mortgage payment right now. Our medical is another story! I just got the medical switched so I can see a dr. but who knows if I will even get in to the dr. before he is officially out in two weeks, and I dont know how its going to work. We have to have valid military id's to get to the hospital which our id's will expire in 2 weeks...they say they will give us medical for 4 months after he is sepersted which is good but it sucks since that will give me medical till 3 weeks before I am due. Who knows what we will due if I get charged for the delivery, that will be a huge bill. Andy is supposed to find out more today but so far he is sitting on his butt still, I have already pestered him about it this morning and he said he would get on it but like I said, he is sitting here. It is really driving me crazy right now! I am 17 weeks right now and have not seen a dr. since 10 weeks! I am assuming everything is fine, I heard the heartbeat for the first time with my dopplar the beginning of last week, it was really cool. I was super happy since I had had a bit of spotting after we moved in here and I was worried, but all is well now as far as I know.

Anyways.....keep your fingers crossed for me that everything will work out for us, we are really going to be hurting here soon if things dont change, and if Andy doesnt get his butt in gear and get this shit done. I am trying not to be a bitch or to pushy with him, but as we speak he is still on his ass playing a friggin computer game. He has not tried to call anyone or even made a move to do anything! Gah! I could kill him sometimes!