What have we been up to? - Talk to us Tuesday

Saturday, Matt and Vinnie went camping with my parents. Aubri and I went to visit. I swear I packed half of her room for a 6 hour visit. I mean, how do I know how many outfits, blankets, and diapers she'll need? It almost all fit into one diaper bag.

Chilling in the stroller

When we got home Saturday night, I fed her a bottle, rocked her ni-night and tucked her into bed. My re-enforcement stayed at the campground so it was up to me to take care of her. (It was good practice for Matt's next drill weekend.) She's actually I good sleeper for a newborn, from what I've been told. She usually sleeps four hours at a time at night. I woke up once with her in the middle of the night and then again early in the morning.

By the way, I sleep about a thousand times better now than I did when I was pregnant.  Yeah, she wakes up hungry and wet, and I look at her all the time to make sure she is okay but I still sleep better than before.  So, that "sleep now because when the baby gets here....." is a load of garbage.

Sunday was my first Mothers' Day to a real child. Matt has always made me feel special on Mothers' Day for being a momma to our pups but this year was different.

When Matt got home, I got to take a three hour nap. Yay for naps!

He also got me a gorgeous ring. It has mine, his, and Aubri's birthstone. Lucky for me and her, her birthstone is diamond.  It's perfect!

We didn't do much Sunday.  We both got a nap in and turned down a couple visitors.  It was actually a perfect day.

Yesterday, Aubri had her two week check-up at the doctor's office.  My mom came over in the morning and let me go shopping.  I got her a new pretty little dress to wear to the doctor.

 Aubri in her pretty little dress.

 We have a thumb-sucker.

Getting dressed is hard work for a little girl.

She weighed 7 pounds 6 ounces at her appointment.  Which, he said is right where she needs to be.  She lost about half a pounds after she was born, which apparently is normal.  She now weights two ounces more than when she was born.

The doctor checked her out good.  He said she is perfect and that she's a pretty baby.

Today is my brother's/Aubri's favorite uncle's birthday.  We are going over to his house tonight for a cookout. Hopefully, we can get there without taking half of her room with us this time.

Today, I'm linking up with Impulsive Addict and Shawn for Talk to Us Tuesday!

Hope you all have a great week!

I was tagged.

I was tagged by one of my most favoritest bloggers to do this wonderfully awesome Q & A type post. Thanks, Mimi!

Rules:

Post these rules.

You must post 11 random things about yourself.

Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post. 

Create 11 new questions for the people you tag to answer.
Go to their blog and tell them that you've tagged them.

No stuff in the tagging section about "you are tagged if you are reading this." Legitimately tag 11 people!!

11 Random Things about myself:

1. First of all, I'm not going to follow the rules.

2. Doing the baby's registry was one of the hardest things I've ever done.  So many decisions.  Should the highchair match the kitchen?  Will we have another kid?  Should everything be pink?  It's harder than you would think.

3.  My baby brother moved out of my parent's house this past weekend.  He's 25. 

4.  I think my dad is depressed over him leaving.

5.  My sister quit smoking about two weeks ago.  She's been a mess.  She may be bitchier than me right now. 

6.  My mom got a new sewing machine.  Buttons, Hugs and Stitches is kicking butt and taking names.

7.  I'm glad Button is staying inside my belly but I'm ready for her to be here.  

8.  I'm ready to start remembering things again.  I forgot to certify Matt's GI bill this semester.  Fail.

9.  My favorite band broke up.  The new band that most of them started sucks.  

10.  I've been hot all winter.  I run my fan in my office while everyone else runs a space heater.  I'd like to unplug them.

11. Cereal rocks my world.

Mimi's Questions:

1. What's your favorite color? Pink and teal and purple.
2. Favorite number?  Ummm.... 7.
3. If you could trade bodies with the opposite sex for one day, would you? And why? **snickers**  No way, gross.  Boys are gross.
4. Could you kill someone if you had to to save your life or someone you love?  Most likely.
5. What's your favorite movie that you are embarrassed to admit? I have a hard time watching movies.  I can't stay focused on one show that long.
6. What's worse...cooking dinner or thinking of what to cook?  Thinking of what to cook, for sure.
7. Favorite book?  I like anything by Sophie Kinsella although I haven't had time to read a book that wasn't a school book since the summer.
8. What thing makes you gag?  Mustard, sick.
9. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be?  Home to sit on the couch.  That's not too much to ask for.
10. Is your Christmas decor down?  Yes.  We do still need to move our furniture back but Matt won't let me help do it.
11. Would you go to the moon if given the opportunity?  Na, there's nothing there to do.

I'm sorry but I don't have the time, nor the patience to tag 11 people.  If you haven't done this and want to, feel free.  Use the same questions. :)

And I'm going to link up with Talk to Us Tuesday today.  Happy Tuesday!




Hope you are all having a fantastic week!

Mini-Meltdown

I worry about Button, a lot.  Everyday.

Last night I had a bad dream.  I won't go into details.  I woke up crying.  Matt asked me if something hurt.  I told him no that I had a bad dream.  That was around 5:30.  I don't think I really went back to sleep.

This morning I had a mini-meltdown.  It had been 4 weeks since I had been to my doctor.  And I wasn't supposed to go back until next Friday.  I called there and talked to the nurse.  Told her what my problem was.  Cried a little.  She said to come in.

They found a heartbeat.  Every thing's fine.  Little Button was moving around a lot according to the doctor.  I cried some more.

I told the doctor I thought I felt Button move sometimes.  He said I probably did.

I also told him about Vinnie.  Vinnie likes to lay his head on my stomach when I'm sitting on the couch.  And lay on my stomach in bed.  I told him he only weighs 7 pounds.  The doctor said that it's fine for him to lay on me and he probably knows what's going on.  I thought that was cute.

I asked the nurse if I was the biggest drama queen that they have ever had to deal with.  She said, "No, far from it."  So, I guess that's good.

The doctor says that my hormones should be easier to manage soon.  It's horrible.  If I'm not crying, I'm pissed about something or someone is annoying me.  Usually Matt.  And that's not good.  I don't want to be aggravated or annoyed all the time.

Maybe that's why I haven't been posting as much.  Cause I've been a mess.  This shit is no joke.

But, most importantly Button is fine.  My next appointment is in 3.5 weeks.  Then I have a sonogram a week after that and we should be able to find out if it is a boy or a girl. 

I'm going to try really hard not to worry.  I really am.  I'm guessing it's not good for me or Button.

I'm linking up with Implusive Addict and Shawn for Talk to us Tuesday again.  Yay!

Hope you all have a great week and a Happy Thanksgiving!

I've been keeping a secret

I don't really know how to beat around this bush and tell you my secret so I'll just come out and tell you.

I'M PREGNANT.  As in 11 weeks pregnant.  

I don't really know how it happened, I mean I know how it happened but I didn't think it would happen.  

TMI alert - I never had my period after I had a miscarriage.  I peed on a stick before we went camping at my grandpas, which would have been about the time I should have had my period.  I didn't pee a lot though.  It said I wasn't pregnant.

So I didn't think anymore about it until a month or so later when I still hadn't had a period.  So I took another test and it said I was pregnant.  Unless it was the immaculate conception, I knew the date and I was 7 weeks at the time.  (Vacation. Scamper. Just in case your wondering.) 7 weeks was a lot farther than I made it the first time.

I had blood work done.  Everything looked good except my progesterone was a little low.  But they gave me some pills to take for that.

I didn't get in to see the doctor until last Wednesday.  And actually I just saw the nurse.  She didn't really tell me a lot.  Except not to eat a lot of bologna, by the way I hate bologna, and some other random stuff. She didn't try to find a heartbeat or anything.

Anyway, I pretty much demanded to know more.  I was still pretty scared at this point and still am actually because of what happened the last time.  So she scheduled me an appointment for last Friday for a sonogram.

Matt took off work and went with me.  We saw the baby.  It was moving.  And it's heart was beating.  And it has two hands and two feet.  It's head is a little big but everyone says it's supposed to be and that it will grow into it.  But big head or not, we are thrilled and trying to stay optimistic.  The nurse thinks I'm due May 7th.

I'm sharing this on Talk to us Tuesday hosted by Impulsive Addict and Shawn. 

I go to the doctor Friday and I'm hoping he will tell us that everything should be okay.  If you pray, please say a prayer for Baby Button. 

Talk to us Tuesday - Randomnessism Edition

I've decided to link-up with Impulsive Addict and Shawn for Talk to us Tuesday again.  Why?  Because it's awesome and  I can talk about whatever I want.

*  We went camping this past weekend.  The weather was perfect.   We went to some friends of my parent's campground.  They are all animal lovers, so that was nice.  The pups got to run wild.  They had a blast.  When we got home Sunday, we all crashed.

*  I'm so over fooseball already.  Some of you may not know this about me, but I HATE football.  I don't understand it.  I think it's dumb and I think it makes people act dumb.  I've already blocked two people from my Facebook feed because that's all they ever post about.

*  On the other hand, GO CARDINALS!  We are big Cardinals fans and I honestly I'm surprised they made it this far.

*  School sucks.  I feel like I'll never get done.  Although, I only have 6 classes left. I'm seriously lacking in the motivation department this semester. 

*  My mom is going to start a new business venture.  I'm super pumped about helping her out with that.  I'll share more details soon.

*  That's about all I have.  Hope you all have a great week!  Who knows, maybe you'll hear from me again before the week is over.

Talk to us Tuesday - Runaway Vinnie

It's Tuesday again.  That means it's time for the best link-up ever, Talk to us Tuesday with Impulsive Addict and Shawn.

I say it's the best ever because there are no rules.  And let's face it, I'm not a rule follower.

This past weekend the hubby had his first drill with the National Guard.  He left Saturday morning at 5:00 am. 

At about 5:15 the pups were all whining that they wanted to go outside.  So I got up and let them out.  I sat on the deck with my head in my hands trying to stay awake while they took care of business.  Princess and Ozzy both kept looking at me.

I open to the door to go back in and Princess and Ozzy run in.  I yell for Vinnie. Nothing.  I yell some more.  Nothing.  He usually comes running.

So I went through the house, to my garage, and turned the outside light on.  I opened the door and immediately notice that the gait is open.  At this point, I'm freaking out.  He's just a little fella and it's a big world outside the fence.

I went wandering around the outside of the fence and then down the alley.  Mind you, I'm in my pajamas, with no bra on, and it's dark outside.  I'm yelling quietly (remember it's about 5:30 at this point).

I went back in the house, found my glasses, flip flops, and car keys.  Then I called Matt to tell him he left the damn gait open.  I didn't yell too much.  Vinnie being missing probably hurt him enough.

Then I get in the car and drive around the block, stopping at every third house and yelling for him.  I drove on the highway too, which is about a block away from our house.  I just knew I was going to find him hit on the road.

So, I drove around the hood for about 10 minutes.  I pulled in the back driveway and went into Matt's garage and turn some more outside lights on.  I yelled one last time and there the little shit was.  Skipping across the road, tail wagging, with a shit eating grin on his face. 

As soon as he was back in our yard, I said, "You get your little ass in that fence right now mister."

Once he was in the fence, I told him, while shaking my finger at him, "You no, no, no runaway ever again.  Mommy was real scared."  He knew I meant business. 

We went back to bed and he wanted to snuggle.  He must have got into something while on his little adventure because he reeked.  I told him he was in big trouble.

But how can I stay mad at a face like this one.....

 I have absolutely no idea why I had to screen print this to get it to upload.  

Happy Tuesday!

Talk to us Tuesday

Today I'm linking up with Impulsive Addict and Shawn for their brand new link-up, "Talk to us Tuesday".  It's the best kind of link-up.  As in, there are NO rules.  Just blog and link up. 

This past weekend we went camping at my grandpas.  It was pretty awesome.  Saturday afternoon, grandpa hooked his horses up to his wagon and took us on a wagon ride.  I may have drank more than 1 or 2 mixed drinks on said wagon ride.

Grandpa let me try to drive them and it was like they were drunk.  They were all over the road.  (I wonder if I could have got a DUI for that.)  Anyways, it didn't last long and we weren't on a road that cars go down. 

Then when we got back, my cousin had shown up and was going to ride his horse.  I thought it would be a great idea for me to go too.  So, I rode one of my uncle's horses.  His name was Cash, like Johnny Cash.  He was well behaved.

But let me tell you, my back, knee, and butt hurt like hell the next day, yesterday, and even a little today.  I don't think being a cowgirl is for me.

So, by the time we got back from riding horses, it was dark, I was drunk, and hadn't ate since breakfast.  I had a bowl of soup and then took the pups to bed with me.  That was around 9:30.

Hey, at least I didn't feel like garbage the next day.

Happy Tuesday!