So it has come to my attention that someone in my household is sharing my blog with someone i don't want it shared with. My bad for being so trusting. I will now have to go to being a private blog. I know this will drastically reduce my readers, but if you care to still read, e-mail me or leave your e-mail in the comment section and I'll put you on as a reader. For those of you who don't comment, yet read the blog, just let me know you still want to, and I'll take care of it. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, but it needs to be. I will change it by 8:00am tomorrow.
Take care and hope to still see you in the blog world...
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Tell Me Again About The Night I Was Born
it was october 31st 1999
the back ache began sometime in the morning
i was due two weeks earlier, so i thought that was the culprit of the pain.
jordan was dorothy from wizard of oz and still needed earrings to complete the costume,
so the 4 of us headed to alderwood mall, i had to rest at a kiosk, while john took her into clairs.
i did gain 60 pounds mind you, so i figured i was tired and uncomfortable, with good reason.
we lived in an apartment in edmonds at the time, and i never put much thought into how many trick or treaters we would have, i was rapidly running out of candy and sent john to safeway for lots more.
i had pinned the baby's costume on to my overalls upside down, because that's how the baby was facing. { a cute little pumpkin costume, complete with a hat shaped like a stem} all the while john was saying, "i think you're in labor," i pushed his worries aside, because it was halloween and i had false labor a week ago! and there was no way i was going to be embarrassed like that again!
well john came home from the store { while he was gone i ate, couldn't believe how hungry i suddenly was!}
he came home, asked how my pain was and i told him i was feeling 'better' i wasn't feeling that bad anyhow- remember- just a slight back ache. finally i decided that laying down for a few might help.
i called the hospital {because it was halloween and evening time, hence the dr. office being closed} the on call doctor told me i could take an ibuprofen, oh and by the way, how far apart are your pains? 'oh i don't know, maybe 10 min. apart or so...'
a little while later i thought maybe a hot shower would help more than laying down, and might help keep my mind off everyone telling me i was in labor. while i was in the shower, john decided to take alex and jordan to their mom's house so she could take them trick or treating, meanwhile i hung out in the hot shower ignoring the phone ringing off the hook.
how many people did john tell this story of me being in labor to? oh well. i wouldn't look stupid when it wasn't true. he would.
after sometime in the shower i emerged to find him waiting for me in the living room. what was he up to?
'let's go' he tells me
'let's go where?'
'the hospital'
'you know, if it will make you feel better, i'll go, but you'll see, i'm right- you are wrong'
he tells me that he has been through this twice before, and that it's not a good sign that i'm bleeding. {TMI- sorry}
so we head off to the hospital, no bags that i remember- just us. because i wasn't having a baby today!
we enter through the emergency and find a few people in line waiting for a nurse to come back to the counter.
i'm holding by belly because it is so large that there really is no other place for my hands to be.
people turn to look at who has come in the door.
they see me.
i remember someone saying "is she in labor?"
john says yes
i laugh at him, just like i did all the way to the hospital, denying anything having to do with labor.
{boy was i getting mad at him}
the woman takes his side and leaves the lobby to find a nurse for us...
all the while, others in line are saying that i can go ahead of them. this really can't get anymore embarrassing. or can it?
a nurse comes hurrying in- with a wheel chair!!! and if you know me, i am way too stubborn to sit in a wheel chair when i am completely capable of walking! so thank you very much but i'll pass on the sympathy.
i bid the fellow emergency room waiters good bye, all the while thinking 'i sure as heck hope they aren't still here when i have to leave out these doors with this baby still in me.'
so i insist on walking and the nurse pushes the wheel chair aside and reminds me that it's kind of a long walk.
and i reassure her that i will be just fine thank you very much.
we wait for the elevator, and i worry that i might still be bleeding, so i ask john to walk behind me in case.
he puts up with my insanity and does as i ask.
we get to the room and i have to pee...again! how many times can one person pee i ask to no one inparticular.
the nurses get me into bed to check me.
now remember that i am 19, i know how babies get here, i just have no idea what the process is like or what anything means.
"WOW! your dilated to 8 1/2!!!! is this not your first child?"
"what? yes it's my first child! and what does this 8 1/2 thing mean?"
oh! you only go to 10?!?!
well that means i'm in labor! and i'm not ready!
i know my sweet husband wanted to say those lovely words of "i told you so" but once again he was smarter than i give him credit and he kept his mouth shut.
still not in as much pain as i thought i would be, like i had seen on TV, i resisted any pain meds.
they insisted, i gave in, labor stopped.
baby's heart rate dropped
i was in danger
a c-section was needed
my baby was born at exactly 4:00am on november 1st
this little boy and i have a very special connection, we didn't meet for HOURS
he was rushed off to the I.C.U and i was knocked out from all the drugs
when i finally got to meet him, i was worried i wouldn't know which baby was mine...
would they all be laying in plastic beds side by side with no way to know whom belonged to whom?
as i was led into the icu, i instantly knew who my son was, the sweet nurse had him sitting up in her hands, waiting to meet his mom. all the tubes and i.v's and monitors connected to him made it hard to hold him comfortably, but we were determined to be together, he looked up at me and i knew he was my son.
5 long days later we got to bring our baby home
i sat and held him, he slept with me, i didn't want to share him...
and to this day, i don't share him.
we share a bond, and i can't believe we have shared it for 9 years,
i love this boy...
and so i share our story
our story about the night he was born
the back ache began sometime in the morning
i was due two weeks earlier, so i thought that was the culprit of the pain.
jordan was dorothy from wizard of oz and still needed earrings to complete the costume,
so the 4 of us headed to alderwood mall, i had to rest at a kiosk, while john took her into clairs.
i did gain 60 pounds mind you, so i figured i was tired and uncomfortable, with good reason.
we lived in an apartment in edmonds at the time, and i never put much thought into how many trick or treaters we would have, i was rapidly running out of candy and sent john to safeway for lots more.
i had pinned the baby's costume on to my overalls upside down, because that's how the baby was facing. { a cute little pumpkin costume, complete with a hat shaped like a stem} all the while john was saying, "i think you're in labor," i pushed his worries aside, because it was halloween and i had false labor a week ago! and there was no way i was going to be embarrassed like that again!
well john came home from the store { while he was gone i ate, couldn't believe how hungry i suddenly was!}
he came home, asked how my pain was and i told him i was feeling 'better' i wasn't feeling that bad anyhow- remember- just a slight back ache. finally i decided that laying down for a few might help.
i called the hospital {because it was halloween and evening time, hence the dr. office being closed} the on call doctor told me i could take an ibuprofen, oh and by the way, how far apart are your pains? 'oh i don't know, maybe 10 min. apart or so...'
a little while later i thought maybe a hot shower would help more than laying down, and might help keep my mind off everyone telling me i was in labor. while i was in the shower, john decided to take alex and jordan to their mom's house so she could take them trick or treating, meanwhile i hung out in the hot shower ignoring the phone ringing off the hook.
how many people did john tell this story of me being in labor to? oh well. i wouldn't look stupid when it wasn't true. he would.
after sometime in the shower i emerged to find him waiting for me in the living room. what was he up to?
'let's go' he tells me
'let's go where?'
'the hospital'
'you know, if it will make you feel better, i'll go, but you'll see, i'm right- you are wrong'
he tells me that he has been through this twice before, and that it's not a good sign that i'm bleeding. {TMI- sorry}
so we head off to the hospital, no bags that i remember- just us. because i wasn't having a baby today!
we enter through the emergency and find a few people in line waiting for a nurse to come back to the counter.
i'm holding by belly because it is so large that there really is no other place for my hands to be.
people turn to look at who has come in the door.
they see me.
i remember someone saying "is she in labor?"
john says yes
i laugh at him, just like i did all the way to the hospital, denying anything having to do with labor.
{boy was i getting mad at him}
the woman takes his side and leaves the lobby to find a nurse for us...
all the while, others in line are saying that i can go ahead of them. this really can't get anymore embarrassing. or can it?
a nurse comes hurrying in- with a wheel chair!!! and if you know me, i am way too stubborn to sit in a wheel chair when i am completely capable of walking! so thank you very much but i'll pass on the sympathy.
i bid the fellow emergency room waiters good bye, all the while thinking 'i sure as heck hope they aren't still here when i have to leave out these doors with this baby still in me.'
so i insist on walking and the nurse pushes the wheel chair aside and reminds me that it's kind of a long walk.
and i reassure her that i will be just fine thank you very much.
we wait for the elevator, and i worry that i might still be bleeding, so i ask john to walk behind me in case.
he puts up with my insanity and does as i ask.
we get to the room and i have to pee...again! how many times can one person pee i ask to no one inparticular.
the nurses get me into bed to check me.
now remember that i am 19, i know how babies get here, i just have no idea what the process is like or what anything means.
"WOW! your dilated to 8 1/2!!!! is this not your first child?"
"what? yes it's my first child! and what does this 8 1/2 thing mean?"
oh! you only go to 10?!?!
well that means i'm in labor! and i'm not ready!
i know my sweet husband wanted to say those lovely words of "i told you so" but once again he was smarter than i give him credit and he kept his mouth shut.
still not in as much pain as i thought i would be, like i had seen on TV, i resisted any pain meds.
they insisted, i gave in, labor stopped.
baby's heart rate dropped
i was in danger
a c-section was needed
my baby was born at exactly 4:00am on november 1st
this little boy and i have a very special connection, we didn't meet for HOURS
he was rushed off to the I.C.U and i was knocked out from all the drugs
when i finally got to meet him, i was worried i wouldn't know which baby was mine...
would they all be laying in plastic beds side by side with no way to know whom belonged to whom?
as i was led into the icu, i instantly knew who my son was, the sweet nurse had him sitting up in her hands, waiting to meet his mom. all the tubes and i.v's and monitors connected to him made it hard to hold him comfortably, but we were determined to be together, he looked up at me and i knew he was my son.
5 long days later we got to bring our baby home
i sat and held him, he slept with me, i didn't want to share him...
and to this day, i don't share him.
we share a bond, and i can't believe we have shared it for 9 years,
i love this boy...
and so i share our story
our story about the night he was born
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Just a few things
I just wanted to let all you bargain shoppers out there know that Albertsons is having a cool deal!
Buy 10 two liters of A&W, Sunkist or Sprite and get a $10 mail in rebate. It's cool because the soda is 10/10 anyhow so it's free! No coupon needed!
So now your wondering what your going to do with 10 two liters of soda....
Tell me you never have to bring soda for a school party, or supply it for a dinner at your house.
Or you could do what I'm going to do, and drop some off at Hopelink Food Bank.
Happy Shopping
One more thing-
Thanks Audrey for putting our name on the prayer list at the temple,
Thanks Kelly for keeping us in your prayers,
And thanks Paige and my sis Joni for taking Shilo on last minutes notice for my Stat Ultrasound in the a.m.
I am now confidant after much time on the phone with health professionals today that all will be fine, and that maybe bed rest will be my worst case scenario.
I'll try to keep you posted...
"May the force be with us, and let this baby keep on cookin' "
Buy 10 two liters of A&W, Sunkist or Sprite and get a $10 mail in rebate. It's cool because the soda is 10/10 anyhow so it's free! No coupon needed!
So now your wondering what your going to do with 10 two liters of soda....
Tell me you never have to bring soda for a school party, or supply it for a dinner at your house.
Or you could do what I'm going to do, and drop some off at Hopelink Food Bank.
Happy Shopping
One more thing-
Thanks Audrey for putting our name on the prayer list at the temple,
Thanks Kelly for keeping us in your prayers,
And thanks Paige and my sis Joni for taking Shilo on last minutes notice for my Stat Ultrasound in the a.m.
I am now confidant after much time on the phone with health professionals today that all will be fine, and that maybe bed rest will be my worst case scenario.
I'll try to keep you posted...
"May the force be with us, and let this baby keep on cookin' "
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Hippo Birdy To You!
Shilo's 5 Today!
5 things you might not know about my shilo
- she goes by 'scooper doo, missy mae, honey bunches of oats'
- she has her own song john wrote her called ' shilo is a whiny butt face'
- she is in LOVE with all things tiger and lion
- she would choose to never wear pants again- only dresses and skirts
- she could live on candy if it was legal in this house
5 things everyone knows about my shilo
- she is a daddy's girl
- she loves to listen to books for hours
- she wants to do it 'herself!'
- she hates socks and tights with feet
- she ties anything she can find- laces on knobs, strings on legs, ropes on bars
i love this little big girl!
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
a hawaii recap
so a few of my girlfriends are off to hawaii, and as i was talking to two of them yesterday i was thinking 'i never posted the rest of my trip' and these days my blog posts ARE my journal entries so i'm going to recap.
some favorite places & food:
{and right by you hotel!}
you will also get a chance to see all the crazys, people with their parrots, and men painted from head to toe, holding their position so you think they are a statue... oh- and the steel drums! my favorite part!!!!
here is our conve
rtible being finger printed after the trunk was popped open and our snorkel stuff, john's shorts and wallet were stolen. but don't you worry they were caught by an off duty police officer, told off by me, and sent to jail with this being their 94th prior!!!!
some favorite places & food:
north shore
matsimotos for shave ice-
{ be sure to get the ice cream on the bottom it is so good!}
for the sunsets... best pictures you'll take your whole trip!
international market
{and right by you hotel!}
you will also get a chance to see all the crazys, people with their parrots, and men painted from head to toe, holding their position so you think they are a statue... oh- and the steel drums! my favorite part!!!!
puka do
g is there too!
so have one for me,
because there just isn't anything else like it!
senor frogs has the best mexican food ever! we ate there in the bahamas and in hawaii! you get plenty to share, and watching all the brave people sing and dance is quite funny too! might i suggest the 'build your own fajita platter' best with diet coke & a lime!
- there of course is TONS to do, but i would pick maybe two sights and lay on the beach the rest of the time! waikiki fills up fast so you might want to drive a few min. down the road to
a more secluded beach {but leave NOTHING of value in you car!} or you might want to just get to the beach early,bring a cooler and lay there all day! don't forget your sun screen, you'll need it and a bunch of cold water!
here is our conve
rtible being finger printed after the trunk was popped open and our snorkel stuff, john's shorts and wallet were stolen. but don't you worry they were caught by an off duty police officer, told off by me, and sent to jail with this being their 94th prior!!!!and just for kicks i'll tell you- but i was in a 2 piece {which i probably shouldn't be seen in}, and walked right up to those two 40 somethings and asked them what their mother would think of them doing this to innocent tourists on a nice vacation? the police officers laughed at me, john told me i was 'such a mother' and the two men sat on the grass in hand cuffs looking down. and to top it all off i looked them in the eye and told them i would be pressing charges. one of them swore, and the other said 'it wasn't me'. funny how my husbands wallet was in his car...:)
and after all that, you would think it would ruin our time in hawaii, but we both just laughed it off. good thing i only let john carry $2 with him at all times!Wednesday, September 3, 2008
first day back at it
i am not one of those brave moms who can't wait for my kids to go back to school
i must admit- i cry when the bus drives away, and my child looks so uncertain
i cry that i will miss something i wish i hadn't
add pregnancy hormones to that and it's a double whammy!
so here are my kids in order of 'flying the coop' time
alex is in 9th grade! and signed up to play the bag pipes! how cool is that!
chastin is in 3rd grade! and looking forward to after school art class & selling cookie dough for that stretch limo ride again this year!
jordan is a 8th grader! and anxiously awaiting cross country to start!
i must admit- i cry when the bus drives away, and my child looks so uncertain
i cry that i will miss something i wish i hadn't
add pregnancy hormones to that and it's a double whammy!
so here are my kids in order of 'flying the coop' time
alex is in 9th grade! and signed up to play the bag pipes! how cool is that!
chastin is in 3rd grade! and looking forward to after school art class & selling cookie dough for that stretch limo ride again this year!
jordan is a 8th grader! and anxiously awaiting cross country to start!Tuesday, September 2, 2008
cinnamon roll surprise
so tonight i decided that i wanted to be a 'good' mom, and make cinnamon rolls {from a can- not homemade, i'm not trying to be THAT good of a mom...}
so after the kids were sound a sleep in their beds
the hubby and i went to the grocery store
well for those who don't know, i practically live in my p.j's once dinner is done,
so i didn't want to change to run to the store.
i figured it was after 10pm, i wouldn't see anyone who cares that i'm in my comfy jammies.
wouldn't you only know i ran into my friend / neighbor who wasn't surprised to see me in my p.j's
as we were leaving, we ran into another friend! who knew! 2 friends in my p.j's!!! uggh...
well hubby and i laughed that i just don't care.
we get out of the car, grab the cinnamon rolls and chocolate milk, john gets to the door with the keys and all of a sudden i see a squirt! and i'm WET! what the heck? i'm yelling at him.
he turns around- clueless- and says "what?"
i'm laughing and yelling move your FOOT!!!
what is it?
i've been squirted with the guts of a giant slug!!!
how totally gross!!!
i'm starting to gag
he's opening the door, saying "go shower! go shower!"
i feel much better now that i am no longer covered in slug guts!
i thought i'd post so i would remember that even though it was gross and not on purpose- john and i still have so much fun together! and i think the laugh was just what we needed.
even if it was at my cute p.j's expense....:)
so after the kids were sound a sleep in their beds
the hubby and i went to the grocery store
well for those who don't know, i practically live in my p.j's once dinner is done,
so i didn't want to change to run to the store.
i figured it was after 10pm, i wouldn't see anyone who cares that i'm in my comfy jammies.
wouldn't you only know i ran into my friend / neighbor who wasn't surprised to see me in my p.j's
as we were leaving, we ran into another friend! who knew! 2 friends in my p.j's!!! uggh...
well hubby and i laughed that i just don't care.
we get out of the car, grab the cinnamon rolls and chocolate milk, john gets to the door with the keys and all of a sudden i see a squirt! and i'm WET! what the heck? i'm yelling at him.
he turns around- clueless- and says "what?"
i'm laughing and yelling move your FOOT!!!
what is it?
i've been squirted with the guts of a giant slug!!!
how totally gross!!!
i'm starting to gag
he's opening the door, saying "go shower! go shower!"
i feel much better now that i am no longer covered in slug guts!
i thought i'd post so i would remember that even though it was gross and not on purpose- john and i still have so much fun together! and i think the laugh was just what we needed.
even if it was at my cute p.j's expense....:)
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