I'll try to be a better blogger!

My sweet angel, Samantha is 7 months old, and so much fun! She has one tooth and the second one is coming in. I can pretty much do things around the house now with her in tow, well in the mama roo while I'm on the computer, and in her swing in our bedroom when mom is jammin' while organizing my craft stuff! She dances to the music, it's so much fun! If only there was a wedding we could dance with her at??? My baby is finding her moves.

She's not crawling yet or anything like that, but she lifts up her butt like she's trying to do a back bend from the floor position. Each day she grows up a little more, and something else that is mundane for us is exciting to her and that makes me excited too!

I can't imagine life without her, she is my pride and joy! She was worth the wait! And I can honestly say I can't wait to get otter pop out of storage at IVF Michigan and try for him, no don't know it's a him, but my wonderful hubby said he thought it was a boy. We hope and pray that the process will go good and we get a second baby. I think might try it after Samantha turns one, though don't want to be pregnant again through the summer, that sucked! If only it would happen on it's own, but don't think we are that lucky!

Well I should add a lovely picture of my beautiful daughter!




Here Samantha is wearing my christening gown from almost 38 years ago! She had so much fun in it, and looks beautiful!

I'm So Ready To Meet Baby Bennett

I am so ready to meet this baby I am carrying. Thought it was going to happen yesterday, thought my water might have broken sometime between 2:30am and 3:30am, so I got up checked the pregnancy books, I don't know what is going on, this is a first for me. I woke up Chad and he decided it was better to go to the hospital and get it checked out rather than stay home. I was on the fence about it, since I didn't want to be embarrassed if it hadn't broke. Well it hadn't broke, and I was sent home. I have been having contractions off and on, never really any closer than an hour apart. But on the ride to the hospital they were like 12 minutes apart, and when they hooked me up to the monitor I could see that what I felt was really a contraction. My cervix is thinning, but is still closed. Baby's head is where it's suppose to be. The exam was brutal, man did that hurt and all day long. Chad is happy to be a boy!

I have so much pressure and discomfort that I am not enjoying this anymore. I am ready to meet this baby. Tuesday marks 38 weeks, and one week from my scheduled c-section. It's scheduled for August 3rd at 5pm. Will I make it to then? No one knows. I asked the doctor at the hospital on her opinion on whether I'll make it to the 3rd, and she said if not your baby will just have a different birthday. I am not picky on the birthday, I picked the 3rd mainly because it was the first day they gave me, plus I like then number 3, and it was a Tuesday. This baby was conceived on a Tuesday.

Now we are back to waiting! And hoping for not another embarrassing trip to the hospital to just get sent home. Those beds in maternity triage are the most uncomfortable beds, I hurt just from laying on that for 3 hours.

When oh when will Baby Bennett come, when oh when will that be?

A day of Rest!

Hi all, we have been very busy working around the house this week. Chad was done with school on Monday and I've worked him every day. We did get the sheds cleaned out and most of the things that resided in baby's room that go into the sheds are now there. The room isn't empty by no means, we still have stuff to shuffle about the house. Sure we'll find homes for it all, I hope. But after so much work I am not feeling that great today, and since Chad is working at the gallery all day I am resting, and feeling better for it. I hate that I've become a girlie girl, I can't lift heavy things, I can't work for long periods of time, I can't reach things really high or down low. So Chad has been pretty wonderful for the most part at helping me out. And trying to make me feel better about not being able to do things like I used to. I don't like asking for help, it's very hard for me.

We have a very packed June, two open houses this weekend, then our baby showers the next two Saturdays and we need to throw in there Father's day and Chad's birthday. And I can't say I look forward to all the busyness. I hope the weather cooperates for our showers. And I hope people show up. Oh well can't control either of them.

Ramblings from a Pregnant Woman

Happy June 1st! I am 30 weeks pregnant, and only 10 to go, well for me 9 since we will be having a pre-scheduled c-section in the 39th week. Unless some of the people in my life are right and baby will be born earlier, most are thinking it will be a July baby instead of August. Your guess is as good as mine.

Having a crazy day, or should I say weird. Chad forgot to set the alarm, yet I woke up at 5:34am and was able to get us up and going. Well sort of, I noticed that my right foot was swollen and the left wasn't. And it appeared to be the right leg was swollen too, and the left wasn't and I had this weird tenderness on the right side above the hip. This is new! Seemed to take me longer to get things done this morning. For awhile I couldn't remember what I did from the time Chad left for work till 7:30am, when I was getting a bowl of corn flakes and dumped it all over the kitchen floor, oh what fun, I had to clean it up before trying for another bowl. Wishing Teddy was here then, he'd clean it up for me, that is my parent's dog. Then I laid down with my right foot and leg elevated on pillows, figured when I broke my foot a few years back I had to elevate it to reduce swelling, well I fell asleep, but when I woke up the swelling was gone, both feet were the same size. Yippy!

After that I showered, got the pool filter going, checked the chemicals, started laundry, and some came on the computer. So since the nap I seem to have better control and haven't dumped anything.

We had a productive weekend, I was busy working on getting stuff from the baby's future room done and out of there, along with getting the pool opened, from Friday on, then Monday came and I hit the wall, I felt like crap, slept in till noon, then was up till 3pm, took a nap till 6:30pm, and then stayed up till 9:30pm and went to bed for the night. I had energy for three days. We have a better idea of what is in the room that needs a new home, and pretty much an idea of where that home will be, once we clean/re-arrange the sheds. I have to wait a week to have Chad, this is his last week of school and a weekend of grading. Then we can work hard of getting the stuff moved to sheds, and he can start working on the baby's room. Ripping up the carpet, painting the walls, laying new carpet, and then we'll have our baby showers, so the room will soon fill back up I'm sure. He has his dresser to re-finish and that's going into the baby's room.

I have the urge to get going on this room. I never got my pole barn to move the stuff out too, so it has to go into sheds or be gone. Granted we already hauled away one car load of donations. And working on a second one. Plus the amount of trash that is going out to the road each week, is amazing. And we are having fun getting rid of stuff. Both of us are, we are liking this less is more attitude.

For now I am working on rolling yarn so it fits neatly into an under the bed storage container, and house work, mainly laundry today. So we'll see what gets done and what doesn't and go from there. I would like to spend sometime in that room today, only time will tell, and how I feel.

Thanks for listening!

To Hot Hot Hot for Me

I am not liking this hot weather. Granted being pregnant seems to make me tolerate it less than normal. I am however beginning to fill my pool, then comes the huge process of opening it, balancing the water, getting it clean and then being able to swim in it. I think this year it will be well worth it.

The air conditioning in both Chad's car and mine aren't working, so it sucks to go anywhere. At least we have the window air conditioner in the house, we did that when my parents were down a couple of weekends ago to help us out. My floor is beautiful, it looks better than I even imagined. We put laminate floor in the living room and hallway. My mom weeded flower beds, mowed the lawn, whatever she could to help when not needed on helping put the floor in. Got my shed leveled to that weekend. And my brother came out and we went bowling, I had to sit out, but still enjoyed watching my family bowl.

Last evening I met up with friends I used to work with Ashley and Sarah for dinner, and to show off my baby bump. Wasn't showing that much on our last dinner out. It was just so much fun catching up. I miss them. We are going to try and get together more now that school is out.

My wonderful hubby is at his parents helping them out with computer issues and then he's going to meet up with his brothers for dinner at Jason's house. So I won't see him much today, I am missing him, but I can share him a little bit now and again. Probably until baby comes then I think I'll really need him. Starting a family is a little bit scary now. Soon we'll have this little bitty baby to take care of. Granted it's what we wanted for so very long, but we have nothing ready for baby. I have bottles, diapers, and clothes for the beginning. That's it so far. It's room is still a storage room. We go the laminate floor out of there and installed. And with the shed leveled, and Chad sealed some holes Monday night, we might be able to start moving more of the stuff from Baby's room to the shed, along with poison for the mice. These are my indoor christmas decorations we are talking about. Camping stuff too. Then comes going through who knows how many vhs tapes we have stored in there. I am sure we have dvds for some of them, and then we need to figure out what ones we'd really want to have on dvd and find them, and what ones we can live without. And do we hold onto some of them. Plus Chad has a disney vhs collection, what to do with those. Plus there is craft stuff in there. Only 6 more days of school for Chad and then he's off for the summer so I am sure we'll work on baby's room, and getting the camaro up for sale.

So much to do and it's just so hot outside. But I need to go out and stuff off the hose and let my well pump rest a bit. Then stand in the kitchen where the air unit is and cool down. I can't get over how hot I get. I don't want to cook my kid.

Baby Fine, I need to slow down a bit!

Yesterday we went to the doctors, and met one of the partners, which could be the one to deliver our baby, she was so nice, I really liked her. I was kind of in a goofy mood, not sure why, maybe it was just getting out of the house. My wonderful husband was able to meet me there, even he thought I was really goofy acting. We have fun, I asked about bug spray, in my mind I shouldn't use anything with DEET in it, and I was right. I explained that I slowed down this week and feeling better, no cramping until the day before when I was doing the hokey pokey in my kitchen while cleaning it. The doctor laughed and asked what goes on at our house. I dance while I clean, and I was in pain after wards, no more dancing while I clean, and not suppose to weed my flower beds if it too causes pain. Which it does, I think it's because I just sit on my butt in one spot and try to reach as many weeds as possible before I try to get up and move. My husband apparently was worried about me that if I kept going the way I was I'd end up on bed rest. Which the two days of it after the embryo transfer about killed me. He admitted this to me once I said I think I need to slow down.

I am home, I feel like it's my job to take care of the house, and yard and whatever else needs to be done. I just can't do it anymore. And I it is killing me, I so want to take care of the yard. The house work I can still do most of it, finding with each week certain things are getting really hard to do, like pulling clothes out of the washer that are in the back, but I still get them. I have to ask my husband to put coffee cups away from the dishwasher, I can't reach the top shelf anymore. So how to I stop feeling bad for not doing something at all times of the day? I think I have come up with a plan to not work so hard, or do to much in any given day by spreading it out, I just like having all the cleaning done in one day, and the laundry done in one day. Things are changing, and I guess it will be good practice since I am sure once this precious little one is born I won't be able to do it all in one day.

So for the baby, I will be good! Not like when I broke my foot a couple of summers ago, didn't really let that stop me nor slow me down. But now another life depends on it. Which is moving around so much. I can see my belly move from the outside, which is just weird. I've only gained 5.3 pounds since January, and they gave me only 11 pounds to gain for the pregnancy. So I am doing good there, granted I am so much bigger now, and hard to believe it's only 5.3 pounds that did it. Baby's heart rate was 154. All is well. Just no more hokey pokey! Though I am coming up to the start of my third trimester, so I guess slowing down isn't so bad. I can create more things for baby. Life goes on!

Baby flipping!

Started Friday evening, I felt the baby start moving, like really moving, and it wasn't stopping. We've seen he/she move on the ultrasounds, so we know he/she is an active baby. Now I can feel it. It feels like he/she is constantly flipping in there. Kind of like when you drive down a hill and your tummy flips, and you go weeeeeeee! Well baby is going weeeeeeeee! I don't have to be relaxed and laying down to feel it anymore. It happens throughout the day. Makes me smile every time! I can't feel it on the outside yet, so haven't grabbed Chad's hand to feel baby move, I am sure it will be soon.

Baby kicking

I felt the baby kicking last night around 1:35am, ok one might wonder why I was awake, bathroom run. I laid back in bed and felt the first kick, and thought no way, do it again, and sure enough the baby did it again. Awesome!

I was so tempted to wake up my husband, but knew that wouldn't be so good, especially since when I put my hand on my belly I couldn't feel the kicks with it. So that might be a bummer for him. So I let him sleep. I thought about getting up and blogging about it, or send out a mass email. Instead I stayed in bed enjoying the moment, and fell back asleep.

Once the alarm went off, and my husband had removed his ear plugs, I snore, I told him the exciting news.

Maybe the baby was letting me know it appreciates all my sewing, I made the last of my receiving blankets last night that I had cut out, I have 18 total. Or maybe not.

Happy, Happy, Mama! Growing a baby!

Making Baby Things

Well it's Sunday morning, with my first cup of coffee I pick up where I left off on a bootie I started crocheting last night. While watching a movie with my husband, with a really bad headache I finished one white bootie and started the second one. I don't know why but if I sit down in my chair, I go right to crocheting. I've taught myself, and have screw ups to show for it. I have gotten better, not only do I crochet booties, there are baby socks, sweaters, hats, bonnets, and blankets. I also crochet dishcloths and scrubbies. They aren't as fun as the baby stuff.

I am also sewing stuff for my upcoming arrival. I have made burp cloths, and I have cut out the receiving blankets, so much cute material and so many blankets to sew the edges on now. And since we don't know what we are having, all will work with boy or girl. I also have a bib pattern to try, and I bought a pattern to sew those adorable summer hats. I also have my Grandma Fales old flannel night gowns to sew something for baby, she pasted away in 2007. She couldn't wait for me or my brother to have kids. She has seen all her other grandkids' kids, but ours, we took to long finding the mr. and mrs. right for us.

I also have cross stitch bib patterns to do. I have till August to meet this baby, so I guess I'll have plenty of homemade by mommy stuff for him or her.

My mom has made a night gown for baby, so she has a pattern for clothes, so if I run out of things to do from now until then I can borrow the pattern from her and start sewing clothes too!

I am not one who just takes it easy, I have these projects to make sure I don't over due it on a daily basis. Granted I am not sitting all day doing them. But with the warm weather I want to go outside and do yard work. I worked for so long and hard to get pregnant I don't want to screw it up.

Homemade baby things, it's a great thing to do!