Birth Story and more info to come.... for now this is a major accomplishment for this exhausted new momma of 3!
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Announcing.....
Baby Elijah!
Birth Story and more info to come.... for now this is a major accomplishment for this exhausted new momma of 3!
Birth Story and more info to come.... for now this is a major accomplishment for this exhausted new momma of 3!
Thursday, June 9, 2011
37 Weeks, 3 Days & Counting!
Well, Dannon and I just returned home from my weekly OB check up. He's gotten pretty good about sitting in his stroller (munching on something yummy and looking through the pictures on my phone) while I lay with my gigantic belly exposed to be measured, poked, prodded and listened to. Its adorable how he perks up when he hears his baby brother's heartbeat, and then generally lifts up his shirt and says "Baby".
We're broke until payday tomorrow. This is one of those unfortunate side effects that happen when half of my "income" aka Child Support has ceased to exist. Dannon and I splurged on lunch today. He is not so interested though in his 49 cent bean & cheese burrito as I was in my two 59 cent hard shell tacos. I could probably eat two more. Or maybe four more... but alas there isn't enough change in my center console for more tacos and I'd be afraid of running out of gas in the drive through. Its that bad. But in all reality... it isn't that bad! Its a matter of how you choose to look at your situation. Our rent and utilities are paid, we're current on our cell phone bill, I haven't missed a car insurance payment, I'm focusing on paying off the balance left on my Chevron credit card, only 30ish days behind on the car payment and I haven't robbed my savings account.
We know what things we need to change to be more financially responsible and we are going to sit down and develop a budget/plan so we are telling our money where to go instead of wondering where it went. I am going to do some more serious meal planning and grocery shopping purposefully instead of wandering and adding misc items to the cart. I am excited to step up my couponing game as soon as I have some energy back... and I'm not out shopping nearly as frequently as I once was, I just get tired too easily while its hot out, I have Dannon to juggle and a baby due in a matter of days/weeks.
We are thinking this is the last paycheck of Bob's that we will be able to have some "blow money" out of before his wage withholding for child support and alimony *coughbullshitcough* start. Our plan is to go out to a nice dinner tomorrow night at Kobe Steakhouse, a tempanyaki place where they cook on the grill in front of you. We want to celebrate Ashlyn's last day of 2nd grade... and I have been craving a meal there for months! We're also considering investing in some basic camping equipment. The beauty of going camping is its basically a big up front cost, and then all you need to come up with is gas money, $10-20 for a campsite each night and food. There is so much around us to explore and we want to be able to take advantage of that!
(I'm just not so sure about camping in the Redwoods... thats where Bigfoot lives if you weren't aware....)
I'm hoping for a good night's sleep tonight, a productive day tomorrow, a celebration tomorrow night and then a busy weekend between Ashlyn going to a birthday party, possibly checking out Dunsmuir's Railroad Days, a bbq get together at our house with some new friends on Sunday and some other general clean up/get ready for baby things that still need to be done. And of course, must make time for napping!
We're broke until payday tomorrow. This is one of those unfortunate side effects that happen when half of my "income" aka Child Support has ceased to exist. Dannon and I splurged on lunch today. He is not so interested though in his 49 cent bean & cheese burrito as I was in my two 59 cent hard shell tacos. I could probably eat two more. Or maybe four more... but alas there isn't enough change in my center console for more tacos and I'd be afraid of running out of gas in the drive through. Its that bad. But in all reality... it isn't that bad! Its a matter of how you choose to look at your situation. Our rent and utilities are paid, we're current on our cell phone bill, I haven't missed a car insurance payment, I'm focusing on paying off the balance left on my Chevron credit card, only 30ish days behind on the car payment and I haven't robbed my savings account.
We know what things we need to change to be more financially responsible and we are going to sit down and develop a budget/plan so we are telling our money where to go instead of wondering where it went. I am going to do some more serious meal planning and grocery shopping purposefully instead of wandering and adding misc items to the cart. I am excited to step up my couponing game as soon as I have some energy back... and I'm not out shopping nearly as frequently as I once was, I just get tired too easily while its hot out, I have Dannon to juggle and a baby due in a matter of days/weeks.
We are thinking this is the last paycheck of Bob's that we will be able to have some "blow money" out of before his wage withholding for child support and alimony *coughbullshitcough* start. Our plan is to go out to a nice dinner tomorrow night at Kobe Steakhouse, a tempanyaki place where they cook on the grill in front of you. We want to celebrate Ashlyn's last day of 2nd grade... and I have been craving a meal there for months! We're also considering investing in some basic camping equipment. The beauty of going camping is its basically a big up front cost, and then all you need to come up with is gas money, $10-20 for a campsite each night and food. There is so much around us to explore and we want to be able to take advantage of that!
(I'm just not so sure about camping in the Redwoods... thats where Bigfoot lives if you weren't aware....)
I'm hoping for a good night's sleep tonight, a productive day tomorrow, a celebration tomorrow night and then a busy weekend between Ashlyn going to a birthday party, possibly checking out Dunsmuir's Railroad Days, a bbq get together at our house with some new friends on Sunday and some other general clean up/get ready for baby things that still need to be done. And of course, must make time for napping!
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Blogger Neglect!
Wow. I knew I hadn't been on here much lately and hadn't updated for awhile, but the extent of my neglect is pretty extreme! In April, after my last post, the kids and I went up to Washington for a week or so during Ashlyn's spring break. Thats when the blogger absenteeism originated, but my lack of attention and posts since then is completely unexcused :)
.... besides being pregnant. And having a 2 year old. And a home to take care of. And....
I'm still pregnant, and still have that 2 year old, and the house, and all the rest of those "things" that require daily attention. But today I'm posting :)
We have roughly 3 weeks until the little guy is due, and barring him waiting until July 1st to make his grand entrance we do have a name picked out that we are keeping under wraps for now. IF he is born on the 1st we have decided to somehow work part of Bob's mother's name into his name. She passed away in January, but was so happy when we told her about the baby on New Years Eve... she said that the baby (sex still unknown at that point) would be born on her birthday, how the birthstone for July is Ruby and if it was a girl she would have plenty of ruby jewelry to pass on. Her maiden name was Patsy Henry (i'm not sure of her middle name).
Anyway, we are getting anxious for this baby. Bob is more and more excited each day, ready to hold his son and I am getting more and more uncomfortable... sleep is a challenge and between my complaints of his snoring and his sinus & allergy issues, Bob has been sleeping on the couch pretty regularly. I've had a few wake up in the middle of the night in pain moments, wondering if labor was starting, but so far so good. My biggest fear is my water breaking in the middle of the night and having to call on someone we don't know very well and ask them to come watch the kids while we head to the hospital. My mom will get here on June 21st... my fingers are crossed that baby will wait until then to come.
In other non-baby news, Ashlyn will finish 2nd grade this week! Its amazing how quickly the time passes. Dannon has been embracing his musical genes and plays his guitar multiple times a day... best $7.00 I've spent in a long time when I found a guitar hero guitar at the Salvation Army a few weeks ago. He and Bob have some pretty hilarious jam sessions in the evenings. Its apparent to me that Dannon will be musical like his father. Thats one trait that I'm ok with him inheriting! At this point, we have skyped with said father 3 times, all last month I believe. It goes fairly well during the skype session, but then, like everything else, seems to be put on the back burner for awhile. My take on it is I will do everything I can to make Dannon available to him for something like that, but he needs to make the effort. I have mixed feelings about him making that effort. Part of me wants him to want to be as involved as possible despite the physical location differences, and the other part of me is relieved when he is out of sight, out of mind, and not in communication with us. Above all, I need to remember to want what is best for Dannon. He is an amazing little boy and its hard to imagine loving another son as much as I love him.
Thats all the updating for now, I need to make the most of this energy while I have it! We're pretty well prepared for baby, but I'm still trying to keep on top of the house chores. Can't have a horrible mess if we have to call in helpers at a moments notice :)
.... besides being pregnant. And having a 2 year old. And a home to take care of. And....
I'm still pregnant, and still have that 2 year old, and the house, and all the rest of those "things" that require daily attention. But today I'm posting :)
We have roughly 3 weeks until the little guy is due, and barring him waiting until July 1st to make his grand entrance we do have a name picked out that we are keeping under wraps for now. IF he is born on the 1st we have decided to somehow work part of Bob's mother's name into his name. She passed away in January, but was so happy when we told her about the baby on New Years Eve... she said that the baby (sex still unknown at that point) would be born on her birthday, how the birthstone for July is Ruby and if it was a girl she would have plenty of ruby jewelry to pass on. Her maiden name was Patsy Henry (i'm not sure of her middle name).
Anyway, we are getting anxious for this baby. Bob is more and more excited each day, ready to hold his son and I am getting more and more uncomfortable... sleep is a challenge and between my complaints of his snoring and his sinus & allergy issues, Bob has been sleeping on the couch pretty regularly. I've had a few wake up in the middle of the night in pain moments, wondering if labor was starting, but so far so good. My biggest fear is my water breaking in the middle of the night and having to call on someone we don't know very well and ask them to come watch the kids while we head to the hospital. My mom will get here on June 21st... my fingers are crossed that baby will wait until then to come.
In other non-baby news, Ashlyn will finish 2nd grade this week! Its amazing how quickly the time passes. Dannon has been embracing his musical genes and plays his guitar multiple times a day... best $7.00 I've spent in a long time when I found a guitar hero guitar at the Salvation Army a few weeks ago. He and Bob have some pretty hilarious jam sessions in the evenings. Its apparent to me that Dannon will be musical like his father. Thats one trait that I'm ok with him inheriting! At this point, we have skyped with said father 3 times, all last month I believe. It goes fairly well during the skype session, but then, like everything else, seems to be put on the back burner for awhile. My take on it is I will do everything I can to make Dannon available to him for something like that, but he needs to make the effort. I have mixed feelings about him making that effort. Part of me wants him to want to be as involved as possible despite the physical location differences, and the other part of me is relieved when he is out of sight, out of mind, and not in communication with us. Above all, I need to remember to want what is best for Dannon. He is an amazing little boy and its hard to imagine loving another son as much as I love him.
Thats all the updating for now, I need to make the most of this energy while I have it! We're pretty well prepared for baby, but I'm still trying to keep on top of the house chores. Can't have a horrible mess if we have to call in helpers at a moments notice :)
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