April 26, 2011
Down for the Count
My doctor gave me one more time to consider being induced before he left this week for Pennsylvania. I declined knowing full well that the odds were against me being able to wait until he got back to have this baby. Not a betting person, but I am fairly certain she will be here before the weekend since he won't be back until Sunday evening.I have had to miss 2 out of town field trips with L'il C not knowing when she will be here. Sad about that. I don't like being in control of my life/schedule. My friends make fun of me because I carry my planner around. They call it my Bible. I just plan ahead and truly am lost without it. This week I have had to say "pending on this baby" about EVERYTHING!!!
Any takers on betting when she will be here? :D
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April 12, 2011
What do you keep from your past?!
As I was heading back from lunch, I was listening to "On Air with Ryan Seacrest". I only caught the last bit of the segment but they were talking about the box or boxes of stuff we keep of things from our ex(s). The woman was making a point about how you should throw it out...including pics. And Ryan was making a point that that was part of your past and who you were. If you aren't with them anymore and were committed to the new person, what would it hurt. She asked if he would like finding old pics of a girlfriends exes. He said prolly not. It made me laugh because I have a couple of these boxes. One is just about everything sentimental thing I had from my ex husband. I kept it for my daughter's sake. The other is a couple of things here and there from elementary boyfriends to all the way to Brad, including pics. The box isn't nearly as extensive and is only the highlights.
I don't go through it but I think things like that help your kids get a bigger glimpse of your life before them. I know I like seeing pics of my mom's old college boyfriends and reading some of the letters she kept.
Brad doesn't mind at all and I don't have a problem coming across pics of him and his ex girlfriends. I liked most of the girls he went out with and he didn't marry them. He married me! :D And yes I do have a box with OUR stuff which outranks the other two, but I was talking primarily of boxes for exes.
What are your thoughts? Do you have stuff you have kept? If so, what?
link | posted by Sweet Yet Sassy at 12:18 PM
Naked
Laundry is a never ending job. Luckily for me I enjoy it more than dishes. :) Last night L'il C gets out of the shower and puts her pajamas on, comes into the living room and informs me she has no clean panties. Well stinkity stink stink! I let her know that they are almost dry in the dryer. I tell her to go blow dry her hair and that they should be finished when she was.
You would have thought I told her to run into the street naked. And to her I am sure she thought I did. If someone doesn't have a shirt, underwear, and shorts they are naked. Brad is naked if he doesn't have a shirt on.
She panicked. Luckily she had overlooked a clean dry pair in the laundry room and the fears subsided. The night was able to go on as scheduled. :)
link | posted by Sweet Yet Sassy at 7:47 AM
April 07, 2011
We Are Wanted for Robberies in Arkansas!!
I recently noticed that my driver's side headlight was out. Brad made sure to purchase a replacement yesterday. However, he didn't get home from work until 6:00 and he had to shower and get ready for church by 7:00 and didn't have time to change it. I have been driving for a week with it out so what is one more day.... Except this time one more day equalled being pulled over by a police officer on our way home from church.
We were about 2 miles from home and Brad said, "Well that police officer just pulled out of that parking lot. I bet they are coming after me." I replied with, "Yeah right. You are going 35 in a 40." He said, "True but our headlight is out."
Shoot!! Sure enough she pulled us over. Came up to our window and asked both of us for our driver's licenses. She asked if we knew our headlight was out. We told her we did and that he had purchased it that day. I tried to offer her the receipt for proof but she didn't care to see it.
She said, "Well I am all out of warnings. What do you suggest I do?"
Hmmmmm. "What are our options??"
"Well how about this," she said "how about I go run your driver's licenses to make sure they are valid and when I come back, we will just say I never stopped you."
LOVE THAT!!!!
So Brad starts teasing L'il C in the backseat and asked her why she didn't give the police officer her DL. She said that she had left hers at home. It was pretty funny.
Relieved we weren't getting a ticket we began bantering back and forth cracking up laughing.
When the officer came back she leaned in and said, "So...I see you 2 are wanted for a couple of robberies over in Arkansas!" I laughed at her. She too started laughing and said she wasn't very good at acting and for us to have a good night.
Love not getting a ticket. Love even more that she was nice and tried to be funny.
link | posted by Sweet Yet Sassy at 8:30 AM
April 06, 2011
Test Post
This is a test post to write about how awesome my sister is! She is the best sister I could ever ask for!
Let's talk about how great she is because she is willing to help me fix my paragraph breaks.
She is such a great sister!
link | posted by Sweet Yet Sassy at 8:47 AM
The Birthing Videos Part 2
Brad has yet to get a free moment to watch the birthing videos. I watched both from start to finish. However, L'il C was more than excited to watch them. So she did. The first one cracked me up because it was straight old school right out of the late 80's early 90's. It kinda freaked me out with Lamar Burton narrating (dude from PBS Reading Rainbow). That video was the more kid friendly video with as few details as possible and the side shot of the birth.The second video was super long with details about every part of labor, more for informational purposes for new moms and dads. So I hit scene selection to watch the 5 minute portion of the birthing process. This video was definitely more graphic with a full frontal shot of the baby coming out. Woo hoo.
I asked L'il C what she thought and if she had any questions. She had one question but I can't remember now what it was...something about the umbilical cord being cut. That was pretty much it. However, later when one of our friends came over and asked her about it she replied with, "It was DISGUSTING!" lol
Yesterday I asked her why she didn't share that with me and waited to tell Amber she said she had thought she had said so to me. I was laughing and told her that she didn't have to stand at the foot of the bed to watch if she didn't want to. She informed me that she was bringing her blindfold in case she didn't want to see and that she wasn't standing at the end because she "didn't want acid shooting out" on her. :D Cracking up laughing!
"Uhm...L'il C, that is not acid. That is blood, water, and amniotic fluid. Acid would eat through everyone's skin."
"Oh. Well then I don't want that other stuff shooting out on me then."
Love it.
link | posted by Sweet Yet Sassy at 8:00 AM
April 05, 2011
Happy 25th Birthday Hot Husband
We all had a good weekend. Took L'il C to see the movie HOP. We really enjoyed it. It is hard to find good clean kid's movies. Most of the time PG movies push their limits with the crude humor.Saturday L'il C had a dance competition. We got there at 9:30 and didn't leave until 1:30. All that time to be there and wait for a 2.5 minute dance. She did very well though. I enjoy watching her talent. She is somewhat inhibited perfoming in public (except on her terms) so she always gets very nervous when she has to sing, dance, or be the star of a play. But she always rocks the house.
Sunday after church I cooked lunch for Brad for his 25th birthday, which was yesterday. He LOVES Mexican food and that is my least favorite. I told him I wouldn't cook anymore until after I was pregnant because I just can't deal with the smell or the taste. But...since it was his birthday I pushed through. Truthfully, what I made wasn't bad at all and I actually enjoyed it. We had a few friends over and spent a great deal of time outside enjoying the beautiful weather.
After most everyone left, one of the families that was there invited us to go down to the riverwalk so the kids could play in the arcade and then everyone could eat Marble Slab ice cream outside. I loved the cheesecake icecream with fresh strawberries blended in. It was a most relaxing day.
All Brad wanted to do for his actual birthday yesterday was watch the championship basketball game between Butler and UConn. He generally routes for the underdog so it was all for Butler. Both teams played pretty sorry but UConn ended up winning.
27 more days until Baby A is supposed to arrive. I am more than beyond ready for her to be here. Her nursery is adorable and completely finished. I don't have anything else to do. Now I am bored waiting for her. Plus my stomach is maxed out with baby and I am way passed the point of any position being comfortable for any length of time.
I am looking forward to this Saturday. It was the only day in the last month that was available for maternity pics between mine and my busy photographer's schedules. I don't have anything spectacularly stunning to wear so I hope they turn out okay. ;) If she uploads them I will try to post them to the blog.
Until next time......
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