Brinley and her babies...

Brinley got a doctor table thing for Christmas for all of her babies. Since Christmas all of her babies have received their shots, casts, and every other little thing that that table has on it...but since Jentry went to the doc to get blood tests taken...now all of the babies are getting blood tests. LOL. Funny kid.

Things have been so much better with Jentry!!!

Im so glad. I was starting to wonder if we would be able to live in the same house with eachother for much longer. Shes been such a good sister to Ty. I think she's figured out that he's alright. Maybe it was because I was pregnant and maybe short on my temper. But I didnt know if I was going to survive both of our mood swings. I hope it stays this way.

Here is a Brinleyism

I was in the bathroom with the door locked. Oh the horror. I always have kids banging at the door while Im in the bathroom if I lock the door. Anyway, Brinley is banging on the door and I say "Who is it?" she says, "Its your child" I said "I dont have any children!" and she says "Yes you do, remember Im the one that got a Dora Jeep for Christmas and I have bunk beds in my room" Maybe it was a had to be there moment but I thought it was funny. I think its funny how she described herself.

Homework

Jentrys homework she brought home asked "What is the best thing that happened to you last year?"

she put "I had a new brother."

:-)

The one thing I cant wait for Ty to do...

is smile.

I loooooooooove when babies smile.

All the rest of the growing up I can wait for. But I cant wait to see a real smile (none of this gassy stuff lol)

Maybe she does like him...

Last night Jentry heard the baby crying so she came in to my room and said "Mom, do you need any help, the baby sure is crying alot." I told her he was just hungry but maybe he wanted his sister to hold him. So after I fed him she held him. She told me to go to sleep and she would take care of him for the night. If only...

Today she has been extra nice to him and keeps coming in to look at him...so hopefully she is over the jealousy stage.

2 weeks ALREADY!!

Gosh it goes by so much faster when you arent pregnant!! I cant believe Ty turned TWO WEEKS yesterday!!!

Its been tough to get into a routine. Im still not in one. Spend most of the day in the bedroom with him...changing him, feeding him, holding him. Dont do much around the house. Our stuff from Christmas is still out...and I suspect it will be for awhile longer. Im thinking once Jentry goes back to school it will be time to get into a routine. Hard with the Holidays. Buuuuut I will get the hang of it. Hopefully!!

Ty had his 2 week appt on Friday. Hes only gained 2 oz since birth (but 6 since leaving the hospital) so they want me to come in on Wed. or Thursday just for a weight check. Which should be fun...getting him and Brinley ready to drive 20 minutes each way for a five minute weight check. But I guess you gotta do what you gotta do.

The minute the doc walked in for our appt he said "You have a yellow baby!" I said yep. I thought he looked less yellow then he did before...but doc wanted us to go get another billirubben test. So after he had to get his foot cut for the stupid PKU we had to go down to the hospital to get his OTHER foot pricked for a billirubben test. He didnt do so good on either tests...as in he FREAKED. He cried so hard his little body turned purple. I couldnt stand it! How can they be sooooooo mean to something sooooo little. I felt like I wanted to bite both nurses heads off. I know they need to do these tests but I couldnt stand that they were hurting my baby!!! I was so annoyed when that day was over. Felt so bad for the little guy. Anyway, doc called at 10:40 at night and said that they never called with his test results so he ended up calling them he said that his number was at a 14. Which is higher then it was before (12.9) but not critical. So if he gets any yellower then we need to bring him in again. ARG! He better not...cause I dont want to have to put him through that STUPID test again!!!

Anyway, off that rant. He is doing good otherwise. I dont think I will ever catch up on my sleep ever again...but thats ok. He doesnt like sleeping in his play pen. He will wake up about an hour after I put him in there...but if he sleeps next to mom hes good for about 5 hours in the night...sometimes. Which is fine with me. I like cuddeling with him. He loves to be held.

Jentry had a hard time liking him at first...and it was getting pretty annoying. People would say.."Do you like your brother?" and she would say "yeah....but he whines alot" Which he DOES NOT!! I think there was some serious jealousy going on there. And she liked the attention she got when she would say that she really didnt like him. I think it was also hard on her because she was sick for his first week and a half of life so I wouldnt let her go near him and she didnt get to hold him...so I think that was another reason she didnt really "like" him. But I think she is getting better about him. Hopefully.

Brinley on the other hand. LOVES her baby brother. Loves doing anything for him. And is a big help...but not tooo much of a help. She loves being a big sister!!!

Scott is also in love with him as is his mommy.

So thats his first two weeks of life...I wonder what the next two weeks hold for us.

Ty's Birthstory

This is just a copy and paste from the boards. Just wanted to save it here too

The doctor told us that we could go in on Saturday. He said the hospital would probably call but if they hadnt called by 7:30 am then to call them. I totally didnt expect them to call and thought for sure I would be calling them at 7:30. 5:56 a.m. they call and said they are ready for us. We had just been lying in bed and werent ready yet. Scott told them we would be there in 45 minutes. So we got up and took a shower and got ready to go. My sister had spent the night to be with the girls. I was getting my shoes on...well trying...it was hard...I thought to myself...I cannot wait to have this baby and be able to put my shoes on. Then I had to go to the toilet for one last puking session. That was another...I cant wait...moment. So we kissed the girls goodbye and off we went to the hospital. We left at about 7:00 whoops. But the hospital isnt very far away. We got there at about 7:15 am. We walked out of the elevator on the 5th floor and everything had changed from what I remembered it with Brinley. The hospital now has the labor and delivery and the mother/baby ward on lock down since last year when another different hospital had a lady try to steal a baby. Anyway, so I called on the phone that was right outside the door and told them I was there. They buzzed us in. It was all starting to sink in that this was the real deal now. So they brought us into our room and I got undressed and into my gown and layed down. The nurse came in and checked me. I was still a 3+ which I didnt expect to have changed anyway. So she hooked me up to the IV and then went to get the pitocin. Scott got bored. Hes easily bored if he isnt doing something so he bought Tetris on his phone and played it. I just layed there thinking about everything. She got the pit hooked up but didnt start it til about 9 am. They figured I was going to go fast. I was contracting on my own about 10-12 or so minutes apart before the pit. But they didnt hurt. Baby was doing fine... kicking like crazy. Kicking a little too much because all of the sudden they lost his h.b. She had me turning from side to side. The baby had done a complete flip from one side to the other & when she checked me again he was way way high. She could barely feel my cervix. Felt like she had her whole arm up there. Finally we got the h.b. But couldnt get my contractions to register. But I could tell I was having them. Still not too hurty. Then the doc came in and checked me. Said I was a 4 almost 5. And broke my water. Told me there was no turning back...well his exact words were... "we are commited now!" The nurse said.. there was lots of water...she said I probably lost two lbs right there. She asked if I wanted the epi. I told her no..it wasnt hurting that bad. She told me that it was probably going to go fast now that my water was broken...so I told her sure...go get the guy. AND THEN THE CONTRACTIONS STARTED. Oh my gosh, I thought I might die. I was so glad I had told her to go get him. He came in and gave me the epi. I waited & waited for it to work. I was having contrax like every 3 minutes. I went from a 5-7-10 in like 20 minutes. The 7-10 was within like 2 minutes. The epi man came in and gave me more. Finally it started working right in time to push! I pushed though I think like 4-5 contrax 3 pushes each contrx. During one of the rests between pushes I looked at Scott and said... "You are about to be a daddy of three. It freaked me out because I was about to be a mommy of three!!! I pushed a little bit more and out he came. He was born @ 12:49 p.m. 7 lbs 8 oz. 19 1/2 inches long (so were both girls). Soooo cute. He didnt even have much of a cone head. Just perfect. After they cleaned us up it was time to call the girls. Scott called them and told Jentry. He gave me the phone to tell Brinley. I went to tell her and started bawling and had to give Scott the phone. Which got Scott crying...but he is better about talking when he's crying

What I will and won't miss

About being pregnant

I won't miss waddeling like a penguin (in Jentry and Brinley's words)
I won't miss not being able to roll in bed and having to wake up everytime I want to move...then when I do move my bones popping.
I won't miss having to pee every five minutes during the day and every two hours during the night.
I won't miss the puking and the puking and the puking.
I won't miss feeling nauseated when Im not puking.
I won't miss peeing my pants all the time when I sneeze, cough, or puke.
I won't miss heartburn.
I won't miss having to share my body with another human being.

I will miss feeling this baby move
I will miss knowing that Im the only one holding it. And he depends on me for everything.
I will miss knowing that while he is in me...hes not really growing up. Once they come, they grow up way too fast.
I'll miss having an excuse to be fat, and to eat.

What I cant wait for is to see his face. To hold his tiny hands and feet. To see Scott with his first born son. I cant wait to see how the kids act towards him. Brinley getting to be a big sister. She's been waiting a long time she says. I cant wait to smell him. I cant wait to hear him. Even if hes crying. I cant wait to look at him and wonder how we made something so perfect. Even if he isnt "perfect" he will be to me. I cant wait to rock him. I just cant wait for him to be here...how much longer do I have to wait?

Will I EVER have this baby??

Im beginnning to wonder.

STILL three CM. But he stripped my membranes. So I turned on some Christmas music and Jentry roller bladed in circles and I walked back and forth between the kitchen and front room for 30 minutes. But it doesnt feel like it did anything but make me want to go to sleep. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

And I even did a little hip shaking when Rocking Around the Christmas Tree came on....you would have thought that that would do SOMETHING!

Notta.

Eight? Already???

Where has the time gone? How did Jentry turn 8 already??? I cant believe it. I look at her and she isnt even a kid anymore. She is getting more and more features of an young girl now. :( She has opinions. She has idea's. She knows so much more then I think she should and I wonder HOW?? Where is time going? Shes just growing up. I remember being sooo excited for her to be born...not knowing what I was in for...she changed our lives forever. But for the best. I look at her and think about all the things she has went through with us. She has been here pretty much our whole marriage in one form or another. She's the first. Our little guinea pig. Helping us work all the bugs out. I love her.

The last few months with her have kind of been a challenge. I dont know if it's because Im pregnant...or because this is just how it is when you have a girl that is growing up. We butt heads a lot. I expect a lot from her. Can't wait for the teenage years. They aren't far off.

Yesterday, for her birthday, we did whatever SHE wanted too. So we went and saw Santa, got a picture with him...went to Sizzler for dinner and then went to the Festival of Lights...and drove through two times. Just for her. She loved being able to pick what we did. Tonight we will have a party. Shes very excited for that...says its like having 2 birthdays. It is.

I love that girl.

Am I in labor???

Lost a lot of a mucus plug. Dull back ache. Am I in labor? I dont know. I wanna say yes, I wanna say no! ahhhhhh I guess only time will tell. Im scared.

Things I dont wanna forget...

With this new baby coming I know a lot of attention is going to be put on him...and Brinley is just going to grow up without me noticing. It happened with Jentry when Brinley came along.

Theres some cute words that she says, that she is starting to say right....and I know Im going to miss the old words. This post will probably be periodically edited when I hear a new one...or remember one she says.

Here are some that are my favorites...

Unner-nunners for underware. She started saying underware right a couple weeks ago and I told her she wasnt allowed to say it that way. She thought it was funny, so kept saying underware...now shes back to unner nunners...and Im pleased.

Much. I like how she says it instead of saying "a lot" or something like that... She will say "You are in much trouble" or "I like it much."

I like when she wakes up in the morning and tells me she had lots of dreams. Ill ask her what she dreamt about...and she will say "that I love you" I hope she keeps dreaming that.

The other day she wanted to sleep at Grandmas house but it wasnt a good time. I told her that I would be sad if she slept over...cause I would miss her. And she said "Would your heart be sad?" I said yes. And she said hers would be too.

I like when I ask her how much does she love me...and she puts her hands behind her back and says...this much. I guess thats a lot. lol

She used to say grandpa and grandma like gampa and ga maw... how she says gwampa and gwandma. I love how she puts an emphasis on the w sound.

I cant know. She says that instead of I dont know. But shes starting to say I dont know a lot more. :-(

I was holding her last night cause she fell asleep on me. Shes not going to be my baby much longer. That makes me sad.

Already posted about it on the boards...

But just wanted to keep record of it here.

Went for the weekly appt today. Weight gain this week 0.
Did an internal and was able to feel the babys head...even tho he is up way high. Thats why his heartbeat is so high. So hes head down. Im 1 cm and 20% effaced and soft cervix.

So much for my productive day...

So my list...didnt get any shorter. lol

Yesterday we woke up a little late (930), got ready, left, went out to breakfast at Village Innwith the kids. Went to Toys R Us, Costco, Walmart, Target and Sears. Got a lot of Christmas shopping done, but by the time we got home I was BEAT! My feet hurt so bad. So I folded a couple batches of laundry and we ate pizza for dinner. Jentry did end up taking the decorations down today...so I dont have to worry about them being in the Welcome Home pics. Thanks Kathleen. But theres still so much to do. It will get done...one day.

List of what I need to do this weekend...

I asked Scott if he could REALLY help me this weekend to get things done around the house. Just so I can feel as if things are getting done, even if the house is wrecked once again when the baby comes...at least I know, it WAS clean. So heres my list. It will be edited as I do things and as I think of more things to do.

Clean the WHOLE HOUSE
Get the laundry done
Throw away mismatched socks
Clean out the playroom
Clean out and off my desk
Clean computer room
Scrub walls
Scrub Floors
Get all halloween decorations put away
Move couches and vacuum under them

Maybe we will get some of this done...Im really not looking forward to it. But I need to get this house in order.

Its sooooooo embarassing having a mom!

So this is what I get when I go to the "Invention Convention" at school. Jentry wont even look at me, too embarassed!!! Its all starting......I remember the days of being embarassed of my parents too. But Im the cool mom, right? I guess not.

Just a complaining post...

I dont think I will be able to make it another five weeks!!! Not with all of my sanity anyway. It hurts to walk, it hurts to sit, it hurts to lay. Im tired. I HURT. My pubic bone is going to split in half. Im going to topple over front ways (if that makes sense) Were our bodies really designed to handle this? I dont think so. Im tired, but I cant fall asleep, then I do, then I wake up and gotta pee so bad its coming out of my eyes. I pee, then I cant fall BACK asleep. As Im laying there I have heartburn and feel like I cant breathe.

December seems soooooooooooooooo far away. Every single day seems like an eternity! And then to make it worse, the doc said he isnt even turned. Dag namit, hes supposed to be ready to COME OUT!

The house is a wreck. I cant let a baby come into this mess. Things are EVERYWHERE. Theres laundry EVERYWHERE. Im home all day, why dont I do it? Cause Im too stinking tired. I look at it and groan. Then the day goes by and the only thing Ive done is cleaned the kitchen and the living room. Thats all I do everyday. Im supposed to be getting ready for this baby...why am I not? Why dont I ever get the nesting feeling. I WANT THAT!

Scott would help but hes been so swamped with work lately he cant even get all of that done. Im so glad its 8:30, Im going to bed in 30 minutes...and Im going to sleep dag namit! (I tell myself that every night) IM TIRED!!!

Invention Convention...

Jentrys 2nd grade is doing an "Invention Convention" They have to make something thats useful. We have had almost two weeks to do it. Its due tomorrow. Scott and I have been trying to figure out what to help her make for 2 weeks!!! Finally we decided a bird house. That's useful right? So thats what Scott and Jentry are working on right now. Brinley thinks she needs to help too. She is drawing on all of the wood pieces that they arent using.

Sure is nice to have a DH. I soooooooo didnt want to have to help with this project. Id cut a finger off.

Lady at Walmart asked when I was due...

And started a whole conversation with the whole line of people. LOL She told me that her "baby" was in college. I told her Im not looking forward to that day. Thats why I keep having more...they grow up to fast. She said, "Just enjoy them when they are little...then it wont be so bad when they grow up" I dont know about that...Im already dreading Jentry "leaving the nest" I dont think Ill ever let her move out. I think its against my rules...she will just have to get married and move her family in with us. I might regret saying that. lol