Oh Boy, Oh Boy

We had our big ultrasound today.  I was suppose to have it yesterday, but my doctor was out of the office.  This meant that I got to have it done at the hospital which meant a full bladder.  This was very uncomfortable!  The baby hates being pushed on, so that meant I was being kicked in my bladder.  The lovely technician informed us that we will be having another boy :)  I'm not going to lie, I really wanted a girl, but we know boys :)  Jamie wasn't very happy about the news.  He keeps telling us we have enough boys for right now, he is a very thoughtful little man.  I told him that mommy and daddy will have more babies and he still has a chance of getting his sister.  He has now moved onto to the next baby!  It is starting to sink in that we will have three boys!  Our house is already crazy.  It will be interesting, that is for sure.  But, like I said, we know boys.  Everything looks good with the new little man.  His feet look massive!  I am prepared for a big boy.  It will be fun to see all the boys together and see how they interact.  Oh, I haven't forgotten about the pictures.  I can't find my camera cord!  It is really bugging me because I always put it back in the case.  I'm hoping to find it soon :)

Christmas Re-Cap....in words

I have a ton of cute pictures, but need to get them on the computer still.  So, here is our Christmas in words :)

My dad and youngest brother came here for Christmas this year.  This was the first Christmas since my grandpa passed away, so I think it was good for my dad to get away.  Plus, the boys love having him around.  The boys had a blast with grandpa and their uncle! When we were putting the presents under the tree, I got to thinking that there were a lot of presents :)  The hubby and I agree that we would rather the boys have a lot of presents under the tree that were pretty cheap compared to one or two expensive things.  The majority of what I found was under $10, heck, most were cheaper than that!  I love watching their faces as they are opening their gifts.  They don't care or know that the pack of farm animals they got was $3.  My kids do not need the newest, best, most expensive things out there.  Anyway....that is a whole other post right there!  We had a good Christmas.  We didn't have snow, which is a bit strange for Michigan, but it was cold.  My dad left on Thursday and then we had a busy weekend.  Thursday night, Oliver came down with a fever and cough, but was find in the morning.  That same night, Eric got a fever.  His fever was gone on Friday and seemed to be doing better.  We had a Christmas party that night also.  Then, in the middle of night, his fever came back.  He had a 103 temp all that night and most of Saturday.  I had to work in the morning and then hurry home and get ready for another Christmas party, this time without Eric.  His fever finally broke that afternoon.  That meant he was able to go to our last Christmas party on Sunday.  Thankfully, the rest of us have been feeling good, minus the sinus infection that I am getting over.  We have been sanitizing the house now...haha!  Now, we are trying to get the house back in order.  I am one of those people that does not believe in taking down all the Christmas stuff the day after.  People decorate earlier every year and then complain about it.  I love having all the lights and things in the house.  We are taking down the real tree this weekend.  Some of the strands of lights are going out anyway.  We will move the fake tree into the living room and leave everything up for a bit yet.  One of my other brothers and his girlfriend are coming next week and they will have presents for the boys so we want it to feel like Christmas in here yet.  I tried getting some things cleaned up today, but those silly boys were right behind me messing things up!  Oh well, maybe I should work on those pictures :)

Stuck

I promise I will do a Christmas recap soon :)

I have been feeling stuck lately.  I took Oliver to the doctor last week because he had a nice croup cough and a 102 fever....out of nowhere!  His fever was gone in the morning and he really wasn't coughing, but I took him in anyway.  I don't like to mess with his cough.  Everything sounded and looked fine.  Which is good news, but doesn't explain the darn cough.  He is up to 30 pounds though!  He has gained almost 2 pounds in the past month.  He has never gained that much weight in a single month, ever!  His fever never came back, but his cough has.  The past couple of nights have been horrible.  He coughs a little during the day, but nighttime is the worst.  He had his Pulmicort before bed and then needed the rescue medicine a couple of hours later and he still woke up coughing super hard 2 more times after that!  He has two pillow pets and we stack them up and so his head is propped up.  I just wish we had an answer as to why this keeps happening.  He can get this cough and no one else will.  Even now, he is the only one coughing.  I have a feeling that maybe his asthma isn't completely under control.  I know he doesn't have allergies because he doesn't always have a runny nose with the cough.  And, I think if it was something in the house, then he would be having a lot more problems.  I'm going to give him a breathing treatment in the morning and see how things go during the day.  I want to see how things go for a few days with having the breathing treatments throughout the day.  I want him to feel better.  Then, people don't want him around their kids because they think he is going to get them sick.  It does irritate me because I know that he isn't sick.  We already have to see a GI specialist, I don't want to add another one if I can help it.  Anyone have any suggestions?  We will see how the rest of the week goes.  If having the medicine throughout the day helps, then I will have to call the doc and get some answers.  We have an excellent doctor and I think he is getting a little frustrated with it also.  He doesn't act sick, his lungs sound fine...grrr!  Anyway, just wanted to get that out there.  Now, it is time to think about my Christmas post :)

Sleep

I really wish I could sleep.  The past month has been horrible for sleep.  I never had this problem when I was pregnant with the boys.  I just can't fall sleep.  I even take a sleeping pill and it still takes forever to fall asleep.  The hubby, yeah, he has no problem!  He lays down and a minute later he is snoring and out.  I'm not upset with him.  Good for him that he can sleep...haha!  I got so frustrated tonight, that I just came downstairs, crying like a baby!  I am mad because I can't sleep.  I am so tired though and that really bothers me.  People tell me all the time how tired I look....thanks!  I mentioned it to my doctor yesterday and she said I need someone to watch the boys, take a Unisom, and sleep for 18 hours!  Ha, I wish it was that easy.  She told me that by the time my body gets to that deep sleep it it needs, it is time to get up.  So yeah, I'm way behind.  I've been getting easily frustrated with the boys, not something I like.  I don't want to be crabby with them.  Even now, as I sitting on the couch typing this, I am so tired.  Maybe I'll try heading up to bed soon.  Sorry for the sob story :)

No More Therapy!

 

 

 

This little man is all done with therapy!  Since we found out he is having reflux problems, his eating has gotten much better!  He has been on Zantac for about a month and all he does is eat now.  I have never seen him eat this much!  I love it.  His therapist is very pleased with his progress.  He was actually begging for more meat at therapy today.  I am so thankful for both of the therapists that he had!  I know that I have said it before, but he really is a different kid.  If you know him, then you know exactly what I mean.  His speech is improving and growing every week.  He now says multiple sentences in a row and he is very understandable.  He knows so many colors, shapes, opposites, can count to 3, it really amazes me.  We still have work to do on the water front, but we are working on it.  We talk a lot about going in the pool next summer and how his baby cousin will go in and his new sibling will go in.  He gets excited, but we will see. 

 

 

 

He goes in the bathroom during Jamie's bath time.  He will stand next to the tub now and throw toys in, but doesn't want to touch it.  I'm sure he will get there.

Aren't these pictures just precious?!  I love how they turned out.  Jamie has his Christmas program at school tomorrow.  I'm so excited to see this.  I was hoping to make cut-out cookies over the weekend, but that never happened!  I want to try and get some done tonight so Jamie has something he can eat at school tomorrow.  My house has turned to shambles again :)  I need to finish with all the decorating so these darn totes can go back in the basement!  Eric has also been working on the playroom so I am slowly moving toys to that room. 

 

I am slowly working on Christmas shopping.  It just doesn't seem like that time of year already.  Buddy, our elf has returned!  The boys love looking for him in the morning.  Although sometimes he is in the same spot...oops!  The baby is kicking like crazy....right now actually.  Jamie felt it and I think it kind of freaked him out!  Eric also felt it the other night.  I have an appointment tomorrow morning and the boys are excited to hear the heart beat again.  Then, at my next appointment, we finally get to see what we are having!  I have also started selling Thirty-One!  I am excited to see where this takes me.  I love their products and they really come in handy!  So, if you want something, or want to do a show, let me know :)

Nervous

I'm getting nervous about having this baby.  I think it has been on my mind lately because my sister-in-law is about to have her first baby any day.  I remember being so scared with Jamie.  He wasn't planned and I was not prepared for anything.  He was a very good surprise, but one that scared me.  I was nervous with Oliver because of the horror of Jamie's birth and I was scared that it would happen again.  Jamie was induced, a very long labor, epidural was done wrong and wore off, he got stuck, needed forceps, and I had other issues for almost a month after he was born.  Oliver came on his own, very quick labor, hard and fast contractions, a very nice epidural and he came out just fine!  I know that I am not crazy for being nervous about delivery.  It is a very scary thing.  Sure, our bodies were built for this, but it is still such a hard thing on the body.  I worry about the baby, I worry about me, I worry about the hubby passing out :)  Now, I have two little boys to worry about and how they will handle the new baby.  I am not nervous about that though.  Jamie did very well with Oliver and understands so much more now and can't wait to be a big brother again.  Oliver loves babies now and we talk a lot about the baby and how he can help and pick out a special blanket for the baby.  The boys each have a special blanket that they were given at birth and both fell in love with them.  With Jamie, we had to buy another one so I could wash the first one!  No other blanket would do!  The same thing happened with Oliver.  So, this time, we are buying two blankets right away :)  Anyway, back to being nervous.  I get nervous about the pain.  I know, I'm a wimp!  I will totally take advantage of that epidural!  I know that I cannot handle that pain.  The pain was something I was also not prepared for with Oliver.  At least with Jamie, it was gradual.  Oliver, they started a little after 3am and were a minute apart by 3:30!  I shouldn't worry about any of this though.  I will get a precious little baby out of the deal!  Everything we go through is totally worth it.....although it doesn't seem like that while we are in the process!  Alright, enough of thinking about it!  We are going to a Christmas parade tonight and I need to prepare for that.

Frustrating

So many things are frustrating me right now.  I want to quit my job and take care of my boys and myself, but I can't.  I wish we didn't have to worry about so many different things.  Like how am I suppose to buy groceries when we don't have the money?  I know that things will get better and they do, but something always happens and the good times end.  I have to have faith, but it is hard sometimes.  The thing that is really frustrating me right now, is how people can be so cruel and not even care.  Right now, I don't care if the person who was cruel to me reads this.  You see, your sister is not suppose to call you stupid or an idiot when you tell her you are pregnant.  She is not suppose to say that you can't handle the ones you have now so why would you have more?  She is not suppose to talk about you behind your back and call you a selfish bitch for getting pregnant because you were suppose to know she was trying.....which, I had no clue.  If you don't tell people that, how are they suppose to magically know?  Now, this sister is pregnant and due the month after me.  If she wouldn't have said those cruel things to me or talked about me, then I would think it was happy news.  But you see, to me, the timing seems odd.  Maybe it is just me, who knows.  She never actually told me she was pregnant either.  She whispered it in Jamie's ear and he didn't seem to care.  He has not said a single word about it since that night.  Maybe if she would have apologized for what she said, things would be different.  She now seems to think that we have so much in common because we are both pregnant....I can't do it!  She keeps things from me (but at the same time expects me to know everything).  I am trying my hardest with my boys.  They drive me nuts sometimes, but what kid doesn't!?  Sometimes I need my time away, doesn't mean that I can't handle my boys.  We have a lot going on with them, different medical issues, things just keep popping up.  It gets hard and she doesn't understand that.....at all!  I'm not trying to be the bad person now, writing about it all, but I just can't take it anymore.  Has anyone else had these kind of issues, or is this just my luck?!