This is an email I just got from my brother-in-law Regan.
"Natalie and I have been at the hospital since 11 last night. they made us walk around the hospital for an hour before admitting her. She was given the epidural around 2am and has just now fallen asleep. she is EXHAUSTED. I slept for about 3 hours. They put her on a drug that starts with a p (I'm sure you all know what it is) and then broke her water about 20 minutes ago. Pray that she can get some sleep for an hour or two before the baby comes. I'll let you know more later."
Going into labor is for the birds! (God, please do not strike random labor down on me for saying that.)
However, let me tell you, I hope this baby waits until next Tuesday. It really doesn't fit into my schedule to have a baby this week. I have a manicure and pedicure scheduled for Friday. Thade's birthday at Skate Town on Sunday. Dinner with Leslie on Wednesday.
Plus, I'd much rather go in at 7, have a baby 6-7 hours later and have a nice hospital dinner. There will plenty of time for sleepless nights after our little angel arrives.
Good luck Natalie, I feel for you girl! We can't wait to meet baby Haven!
Monday, April 14, 2008
Thursday, April 10, 2008
God Bless Texas
If you have not ever gotten your kids out of bed at 3am to hide in the bathroom because the tornado sirens were going off, I highly recommend it. The best part is trying for another 2 hours to get the baby back to sleep. Then, you wake up 1 hour late for work and get to iron clothes for your 5th graders dance competition at school, (I NEVER iron my clothes) only to find out 30 minutes later as you try to drop him off, the schools are closed because of power outages. Then we argue for another 30 minutes because he doesn't want to come to work with me and would rather sit at home by himself and fry his brain on Youtube.
So, here we sit at my office while he fries his brain on youtube.
At least we don't have earthquakes in Texas.
I turned off the filter that only allows registered users to comment. I'm sure this is the reason that only Biddy leaves me comments, and it's not because no one but her is reading my blog!
Sooo, if you need a stronger hint, leave me comments!
So, here we sit at my office while he fries his brain on youtube.
At least we don't have earthquakes in Texas.
I turned off the filter that only allows registered users to comment. I'm sure this is the reason that only Biddy leaves me comments, and it's not because no one but her is reading my blog!
Sooo, if you need a stronger hint, leave me comments!
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
YAY for puppies
Did I ever tell you how much Reed LOVES animals? Particularly cats and dogs. Here is Reed at my Mimi's with her dog Jack. Yes, that would be a Jack Russell Terrier named Jack. Original, right?
Adalae Reese update
Adalae Reese should make her official appearance April 22. This date is more than a week before my due date so I don't expect her to come before we plan to induce. I have the best Dr. I know many of you out there will say, "let nature take it's course, she'll come when she's ready, blah, blah, blah". Well, if I let nature take it's course, I would surely have 11 children by now. Let's just say I'm not that "natural woman". I want the labor drugs. I want the processed baby food. I want the disposable diapers that take 100 years to disintegrate in the land fills. I want the good ole Butt paste or Desitin diaper rash cream. And, I want to know what day my baby will be born so I can adjust my work and schedule accordingly.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Is Sex a Dirty Word?
Look at what my brain child toddler learned to do on Mommy's laptop:
Cool trick huh? Especially when it's 5:30, you are on the phone with a client, cooking dinner and have a crying 13 month old trying to climb your swollen 9 month pregnant leg.
I had lunch with Thade recently. I really think Thade likes for me to eat lunch with him just so he can have his own little social hour. When I get there, he already has 1 friend sitting at the "parent's eat lunch with their kids table". Within 5 minutes, he had 3 friends sitting with him and was trying to invite more! It really is sad how fat kids are these days. And I can see why. I would guess that more than 85% of the kids in that lunch room were eating ice cream. This, added to the fried chicken and chocolate milk on the menu must equal more than the amount of calories these kids should eat in a meal. I have to admit, I'm not one of those moms that makes her kids lunch everyday (or ever for that), but I do not let him have the "extras". If he wants something else, he can take a pre-approved snack from home. Not that is would matter much if I did make his lunch. One of the 3 boys sitting with us had his lunch that his mommy makes everyday. It consisted of a sandwich, chips, apple and Gatorade. Sound nutritious? Guess what he actually ate for lunch? The chips and 2 snickers ice cream bars from the lunch line. Thade ate his sandwich for him. Like his mother, he could eat a turkey sandwich for every meal of the day.
Now, I want to take a quick poll. How many of your husbands will change a poopy diaper? Fortunately, I have a husband that, for the most part, changes his fair share of diapers. However, yesterday at church Reed had a dirty diaper and it was Rustin's turn. He was too embarrassed to be caught in a public men's restroom changing a poopy diaper. Now, he apparently will change a pee diaper anytime of the day in a public restroom but according to Rustin, "It's unexpected to find a man in a public restroom changing a poopy diaper." Considering I only hang out in the men's restroom on special occasions, I'm not sure of the protocol. Is this true or did I get conned into changing a poopy diaper when it wasn't my turn?
We attended a seminar at church yesterday entitled, "Sex, it's not a dirty word." It was targeted at parents, kids, etc. Thade attended the last session with us at 1pm. Thankfully, they sat the kids separately from us as I think Thade and Rustin were about tied on the scale of awkardness. Anytime we mentioned the word sex around Thade, his response was "Ewwww." Apparently, sex IS a dirty word still to my almost 11 year old (THANK GOD).
Anyhow, here is her website. She is really great and has written some books. One item you will find is a coloring book for the younger kids about inappropriate touching, etc.
Cool trick huh? Especially when it's 5:30, you are on the phone with a client, cooking dinner and have a crying 13 month old trying to climb your swollen 9 month pregnant leg.
I had lunch with Thade recently. I really think Thade likes for me to eat lunch with him just so he can have his own little social hour. When I get there, he already has 1 friend sitting at the "parent's eat lunch with their kids table". Within 5 minutes, he had 3 friends sitting with him and was trying to invite more! It really is sad how fat kids are these days. And I can see why. I would guess that more than 85% of the kids in that lunch room were eating ice cream. This, added to the fried chicken and chocolate milk on the menu must equal more than the amount of calories these kids should eat in a meal. I have to admit, I'm not one of those moms that makes her kids lunch everyday (or ever for that), but I do not let him have the "extras". If he wants something else, he can take a pre-approved snack from home. Not that is would matter much if I did make his lunch. One of the 3 boys sitting with us had his lunch that his mommy makes everyday. It consisted of a sandwich, chips, apple and Gatorade. Sound nutritious? Guess what he actually ate for lunch? The chips and 2 snickers ice cream bars from the lunch line. Thade ate his sandwich for him. Like his mother, he could eat a turkey sandwich for every meal of the day.
Now, I want to take a quick poll. How many of your husbands will change a poopy diaper? Fortunately, I have a husband that, for the most part, changes his fair share of diapers. However, yesterday at church Reed had a dirty diaper and it was Rustin's turn. He was too embarrassed to be caught in a public men's restroom changing a poopy diaper. Now, he apparently will change a pee diaper anytime of the day in a public restroom but according to Rustin, "It's unexpected to find a man in a public restroom changing a poopy diaper." Considering I only hang out in the men's restroom on special occasions, I'm not sure of the protocol. Is this true or did I get conned into changing a poopy diaper when it wasn't my turn?
We attended a seminar at church yesterday entitled, "Sex, it's not a dirty word." It was targeted at parents, kids, etc. Thade attended the last session with us at 1pm. Thankfully, they sat the kids separately from us as I think Thade and Rustin were about tied on the scale of awkardness. Anytime we mentioned the word sex around Thade, his response was "Ewwww." Apparently, sex IS a dirty word still to my almost 11 year old (THANK GOD).
Anyhow, here is her website. She is really great and has written some books. One item you will find is a coloring book for the younger kids about inappropriate touching, etc.
Monday, March 24, 2008
I love you more than cake
I love you more than cake is something my nephew Grayson used to say around 2-3 years of age. I'm hoping that Reed copies him.
5 weeks and counting until baby Adalae is due to make her appearance! Why do I have absolutely zero ambition to eat healthy at this point? You would think every time the Dr. makes me step on the hell scale that I would say, I should go get a salad for lunch today. But instead, I tend to crave anything that has lots and lots of carbs. Especially cereal, cake and candy. Just like this morning. I'm feeling good about myself because I brought a whole wheat English muffin and egg from home to make my own better version of the oh so yummy McDonald's Egg McMuffin. So as I'm waiting for my muffin to toast I notice there is some butter in the fridge at work. Yummy, so I slap some butter on my toasted muffin. Oh wait, is that cheese I see? Ooooh, and a pre-cooked sausage patty? Oh yes it was and oh yes, I did eat someone elses sausage patty and cheese from the fridge.
I also grabbed a few pieces of the kid's Easter candy (ok, 8 to be exact) on my wait out to "share with my co-workers". I've been at work 28 minutes and have managed to eat my muffin and 6 of those candy pieces. I should really have a salad today at lunch.
We spent Easter weekend in Abilene. We got to hang out with Memaw, Mimi, Nana, the Aunts, cousins, and a dozen or so kids under the age of 5. I know my Mimi loves to entertain but I seriously don't know how she does it.
Saturday night we saw Semi-Pro. It was mildly entertaining, as expected. I'd give it one thumb up. Rustin and I were the only people in the theatre besides a group of 4 teenagers in the top row. We should have suspected the movie would be less than par when we walked in and saw the empty seats. But I would have been happy watching anything (with the exception of the wiggles) alone with my husband since we never do that.
Sunday, we went to church at University Church of Christ. We thought we would try something new and the church is practically on ACU's campus so I assumed it would be full of young-uns and a fun service. I do believe Rustin and I were the youngest people there. Reed wasn't feeling it at all so 5 minutes into the service, I had to take him out. Boy was I relieved to get downstairs and see this:
If you can't see from the excellent quality of my camera phone, this is a nursery door sign. A little old woman pointed me in the direction and said, there is a nursery if you'd like! So I walk in and this is the "nursery":
What was I expecting?? Oh, I don't know, a sweet little old lady that would take my baby and say, "Go enjoy the sermon. Your baby is going to have SO much fun with me and all the other little kids!". But then I remembered, Rustin and I were the only attendees without an AARP card, so why would there by an actual nursery with workers?
Oh, and if you can't tell from the picture, the room was approximately 15x15. Reed had very smelly lasagna poop all morning and of course filled his diaper as soon as we came in the nursery. I'm sure you've guessed there is no diaper genie in said nursery, so we got to sit in that room with that diaper for an hour. Fun stuff.
Oh yeah, Reed LOVES the water. If there is a toilet near, beware. In fact, Sunday morning he cruised into Mimi's bathroom and splashed around in her toilet just after my 5 year old cousin used it and didn't flush.
Reed also likes to spit his milk. He thinks it's so funny.
Thade starts golf lessons today. I hope he has fun. It's something I really want him to learn but it's hard to keep a 10 year old's attention for that long. Just the reason we've never played baseball. Oh wait, baseball can't keep MY attention either.
5 weeks and counting until baby Adalae is due to make her appearance! Why do I have absolutely zero ambition to eat healthy at this point? You would think every time the Dr. makes me step on the hell scale that I would say, I should go get a salad for lunch today. But instead, I tend to crave anything that has lots and lots of carbs. Especially cereal, cake and candy. Just like this morning. I'm feeling good about myself because I brought a whole wheat English muffin and egg from home to make my own better version of the oh so yummy McDonald's Egg McMuffin. So as I'm waiting for my muffin to toast I notice there is some butter in the fridge at work. Yummy, so I slap some butter on my toasted muffin. Oh wait, is that cheese I see? Ooooh, and a pre-cooked sausage patty? Oh yes it was and oh yes, I did eat someone elses sausage patty and cheese from the fridge.
I also grabbed a few pieces of the kid's Easter candy (ok, 8 to be exact) on my wait out to "share with my co-workers". I've been at work 28 minutes and have managed to eat my muffin and 6 of those candy pieces. I should really have a salad today at lunch.
We spent Easter weekend in Abilene. We got to hang out with Memaw, Mimi, Nana, the Aunts, cousins, and a dozen or so kids under the age of 5. I know my Mimi loves to entertain but I seriously don't know how she does it.
Saturday night we saw Semi-Pro. It was mildly entertaining, as expected. I'd give it one thumb up. Rustin and I were the only people in the theatre besides a group of 4 teenagers in the top row. We should have suspected the movie would be less than par when we walked in and saw the empty seats. But I would have been happy watching anything (with the exception of the wiggles) alone with my husband since we never do that.
Sunday, we went to church at University Church of Christ. We thought we would try something new and the church is practically on ACU's campus so I assumed it would be full of young-uns and a fun service. I do believe Rustin and I were the youngest people there. Reed wasn't feeling it at all so 5 minutes into the service, I had to take him out. Boy was I relieved to get downstairs and see this:
If you can't see from the excellent quality of my camera phone, this is a nursery door sign. A little old woman pointed me in the direction and said, there is a nursery if you'd like! So I walk in and this is the "nursery":
What was I expecting?? Oh, I don't know, a sweet little old lady that would take my baby and say, "Go enjoy the sermon. Your baby is going to have SO much fun with me and all the other little kids!". But then I remembered, Rustin and I were the only attendees without an AARP card, so why would there by an actual nursery with workers?
Oh, and if you can't tell from the picture, the room was approximately 15x15. Reed had very smelly lasagna poop all morning and of course filled his diaper as soon as we came in the nursery. I'm sure you've guessed there is no diaper genie in said nursery, so we got to sit in that room with that diaper for an hour. Fun stuff.
Oh yeah, Reed LOVES the water. If there is a toilet near, beware. In fact, Sunday morning he cruised into Mimi's bathroom and splashed around in her toilet just after my 5 year old cousin used it and didn't flush.
Reed also likes to spit his milk. He thinks it's so funny.
Thade starts golf lessons today. I hope he has fun. It's something I really want him to learn but it's hard to keep a 10 year old's attention for that long. Just the reason we've never played baseball. Oh wait, baseball can't keep MY attention either.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Hillary and Hubby
Rustin just emailed me this pic from his Iphone. I wonder if he told her he's voting for McCain.
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