Finished!!!

Well, here they are!! I finished the curtains, and I'm VERY proud of myself!! I made curtains for Bryant's poker room while he was deployed, but they were AWFUL. I repeat AWFUL!!! I don't even think I put a hem in them. Just a straight stitch on each side that wasn't even straight. A-W-F-U-L!!!
So needless to say, I am super proud of these curtains. I love how they turned out. The pink at the bottom, I wish I would have done it a little lighter than I did, but I still really like how they look. The only thing left in her room is buying the quilt and sheets for the spare bed, and we'll be DONE!


I'm off to my next project now.... a baby sling! Wish me luck!

xoxoxo
k.

Nerves Nerves and more Nerves

I had my Neurology appointment in Boise yesterday. I'm pretty positive the doctor is a quack. No, I'm serious. I mean, common, he had a zillion certifications, and is allowed to do hypnosis. My face goes numb, and what does he want to do about it? "Talk, and get into my head." Are you kidding me? Would you like to know what else he said to me? I walked into his "office" (direct replica of old movies where it's a dark, musty-ish office with over sized wooden desks, bookshelves, and old medical books cluttering the place..... just trying to set the mood here...) and he looks at me and says,
"Wow, you kind of have a fat belly going on."
It's one of those times where you're not quite sure what to say, and not 100% sure if you've heard the person correctly. But no, I definitely heard him right. So what's the only thing I can come up with?
"Yeah, but only for 3 1/2 more weeks." ............... I know, right?? Where'd my wittiness go when I needed it?
So he continues on with,
"Well, you better lose that, it's not healthy."
Was it dry humor or is he just a jerk? I'm possibly leaning towards the latter.

Anyhow, he thinks my numbness is a derivative of my migraines. And since I get them so frequent and so fierce, with meds not exactly helping, he really is wanting to do an MRI of my brain. The numbness is coming from the right part of my brain, and he wants to rule anything else out before we go on. I go back in 6 weeks for him to know if I've had any more "attacks" as he calls it, and then will schedual an MRI then. It's not safe to have an MRI while pregnant, and Sydney will be here in 3 1/2 weeks, and then I'll have a good 2 1/2 weeks of downtime after the C-section. So 6 more weeks it is. Fine with me, this guy is nuts.

So, onto my crazy nerves. While we were in Boise I started having a few contractions. The take your breath away, slap you in the face kind. After we got home, they picked up, and I was feeling pretty miserable. I ended up with contractions all night, and after I finally went to bed, had a few over night. I'm doing okay today, just absolutely exhausted from them.
But it's really gotten me thinking. About having her of course. We might have her room ready, have the hospital bag ready, the house ready.... everything on the exterior of our lives is ready. But am I?? I'm going to have TWO kids. Oh. My. Gosh. A mom of two. Where did this come from? It was just YESTERDAY that I pee'd on a stick. (TMI? sorry...) Just YESTERDAY that we wrote on a Onsie for Austin saying that he was a "Big Brother." A ONSIE. He was still wearing those!
I'm really beginning to freak.

Do we have what we need? What are we forgetting? Are we going to have enough cloth diapers? What is Austin going to think? Is he going to be mad at me? Is he going to like having a little sister? What about her name? Will she like it? Do I like it? What if we see her and her name doesn't fit? What then? Is she going to be healthy? What if she's not? What if she comes early? Am I prepared for that? Physically? Mentally? Wow.

Yes, I am freaking. Bryant is calm. When did this happen? I am suppose to be the calm one!

Thanks for taking front seat to my pity party, it was fun, huh?

One last thing.... About blogging. At the bottom of each blog, there's a comment section.... I love comments... so COMMENT! :) OR ELSE. [kidding]
However, I really do like to read comments on here, you have to go to the actual site of the blog to comment, I don't believe you can do it off of the e mails that some of you get of my blog. But it's nice knowing people read this, and that I'm not just talking to myself. :)

xoxoxo
k.

It's back.... 10 for Tuesday :)

Helping Daddy wash his jeep

I thought this was kinda cute :)

Our little rockstar :)

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I told you I was going to start regular blogging again. 10 for Tuesday's is just a way to get a few of my random thoughts, opinions, anything for the day out.

1. I took Austin to the doctor today. He's been having issues with allergies, so I finally got him in and got him some allergy medication to start taking. Hopefully it will help clear him up. I asked the doctor if allergies were genetic, and he said, "Oh yes, very highly genetic on the mother's side." Which goes to explain a lot, since I've had allergies since I can remember. Hopefully it won't get bad enough with Austin like me to have to get testing done, resulting in weekly shots. Guess only time will tell!

2. Sydney's hospital bag is ready, except for her "take-home" outfit. I have my favorite 3 picked out, and Bryant likes them, but wants to look through her clothes to see if there's something he likes better. Once it's picked out, her bag will be completely ready. I got a nursing gown yesterday at the BX, and am starting to kind of think about what I want in my hospital bag. I can't believe we only have 3 1/2 weeks until D-Day! (.... or C-Day....)

3. Austin colored today. With a sticky note and a pen. And his face. And hands. And arms. He says they are tattoos.

4. Bryant washed our vehicles yesterday. Then we took the top off the Jeep and rode down to the BX. Austin loved it. Daddy's Jeep is his favorite ride, I think. He got to ride in it again today to the doctors, and was incredibly upset when we arrived back home and had to get out. He tried to buckle his carseat belts back up so he could stay in there.

5. I've finally got my digital SLR off of "Auto" mode. I'm starting to learn the other settings, finally. Let me tell you, I've got A LOT to learn. Thank God for free information on the internet as well as my camera instruction book. I think I need the "Nikon d60 for Dummies" book more than ever now! Hopefully I'll get it ordered soon. Probably not, but hopefully. :)

6. We found the cloth diapers that we're using on target.com! I was so happy. Target always has fairly quick shipping, so I was okay with that! They come in packs of two, and I finally have a yellow one! They're called bumGenius One Sized. We are pretty excited about them. So we're ordering one two pack per pay day! I think we have 7 so far. Only 7 more to go! UGGH! :)

7. I think my Swiffering days are over. It's really a PIA to swiffer the ENTIRE downstairs after sweeping it. Plus, it was leaving streaks all over the floor, and I noticed wee little foot prints all over the floor when I'd use the swiffer. I went and got a Libman Wondermop, and am back to my mop and bucket days. Pinesol is always my best friend, and am glad that I can use it on these floors. It doesn't seem to affect the pergo, so I'm going to keep on doing it! .......just don't tell housing!

8. Austin's starting to laugh at his cartoons now. He's understanding them some, and it's been so cute to watch him. He's watching Max and Ruby right now, and they're playing something kind of like Freeze Tag. He's thinking it's incredibly hilarious watching them be so silly.

9. I'm beginning to get a little anxious for the C-Section. The one I had with Austin didn't go all too well. I'm hoping it was just because it was an emergency c-section, therefore it was really rushed. I had a lot of effects afterwards that I now know I wasn't suppose to have. I'm just really praying that this one goes a lot more smooth so I can enjoy our new munchkin more than I felt I was able to with Austin.

10. Our neighbors ran into their garage door. Now they can't open it, nor can they park inside, considering they cannot open it. Which I'm sure they are not liking because they always parked inside. They very seldom used their front door, always their door through their garage. I, on the other hand, as well as Bryant think it's pretty funny that they ran into the garage door. It's not cheap.... and for another matter, KARMA IS A *****!! They're the ones that stole our recycle bin a couple months ago after theirs blew away in a wind storm. So there. :)

xoxoxo

k.

Carnival Fun........ and...... puke???

Crazy Days was this weekend in Mountain Home. They usually have a "fair" like atmosphere set up downtown in the streets with food vendors, and booths, flea market type sales, ect. It was lame this year. Not much was out, we didn't even stop for it. We did however, take Austin to the carnival that comes with it each year. He loved it. Absolutely L-O-V-E-D it. Last year, he was a little to small to really get it, and enjoy it. This year, he was asking for more. And cried all the way to the car when we ran out of tickets. (15 bucks for 10 tickets.... seriously?!) I was a little bit bummed though, with being pregnant, they wouldn't let me do any rides with him. He was too small still to go on some of them by himself, so had to be with an adult. I wasn't allowed. I should have told them that they were discriminating. Geeze. :)
Here's a few pictures from the Carnival. It was a BEAUTIFUL, HOT day, and I'm definitely thankful that we remembered to lather on the sunscreen before we left.... or we'd ALL be fried.
Always have to get the corn dog when you go to these things! He ate about half of it before he was done though. He wanted more rides.

Austin loved this one. It actually went REALLY fast.... I had a hard time getting any good pictures out of this one. Bryant said that the first time they went on it, Austin was making all sorts of horsey noises.... laughing, neighing, ect. He was thrilled with this one.

In the middle of blowing me kisses.

The Ferris Wheel. He asked and asked and asked to go on this one. It ate up over half his tickets because Bry had to go on it with him, but it was worth it. He had a blast on it. Bryant said he was so excited when they went up high. This was one that he wanted to go on again and again.

Austin and his buddy Noah making a break for the Ferris Wheel. Our friends Amanda and Nick met us at the Carnival so the boys could ride together. They always had to be in seperate cars, motorcycles or whatever. They never would sit together. Silly boys.

Austin was really into the rides :) He was racing right here, and making VROOOOOOM-ing noises.

The Firetruck was a hit with him! He drove that thing like it was nobody's business!!

The Motorcycles. Up and down, up and down.... of course, he loved these too. :)

This was one happy kid. I do believe this was the first ride of the day, and he was MORE than happy!

Bry and I were waiting in line for the ticket booth to open, so this is what all the kids were doing.... after I took this I had to run over and get him down, he was wanting to climb INSIDE the bumper cars..... yipes!

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Fast Forward a few hours. We did a couple things in town, came home, threw the filthy kid in the bath and then nap time it was. We went about the rest of our day like normal, and had a wonderful dinner of BBQed tri-tip steaks, grilled asparagus, pineapple and pasta salad. It was ever so delish, and had popcicles for dessert. Austin went to bed tired and incredibly happy. But woke up at 1am whimpering slightly. I thought he was just hot, since he INSISTS on sleeping with not one, not two, but THREE blankets every night. So I got up, like I had a few nights before to take some blankies off him and cool him down some. But what I found when I got in there was NOT what I signed up for.

Puke.

Everywhere. I'm not kidding. It was awful. On his "comfort" blankie, sheets, pillow, all over the side of his face, under his chin, in his ear, down his back. It was A-W-F-U-L!!! Now me, I'm not so good with the whole upchuck thing. So I had to go get Bryant up to take care of the bedding. I grabbed Austin and high-tailed it to the bathtub in our bedroom. Bryant followed me in to rinse his pillow case in the sink. All I was doing was merely taking Austin's clothes off to put him in the bathtub and it sent me to the toilet over and over again dry heaving. Like I said, I'm not good with puking.

I bet you ALL wanted to know that. That's why I told you. You're welcome.

We don't have extra sheets for Austin's bed, so everything went into the wash, including his beloved blankie. Thank GOD nothing got on Panda (his bear that he sleeps with, who's name is really Sweeny by trade, but Austin decided against that.) because I really think it was our only saving grace to get him back to sleep. We got another pillow out of the closet, and thankfully had a spare Cars Pillowcase, and he burrowed in with us for the night. No more incidents the rest of the night, and says he feels fine today, although hasn't eaten anything but cereal this morning, and a bite of banana and piece of cheese the rest of the day. So I guess we'll see!! Wish us luck for tonight.... I'm not sure I can deal with it again tonight too!! YIPES!

Anyhow, I think that's all the excitement for one weekend. Now that I'm finally remembering to keep up on the blog, I'm hoping to be able to get back into the actual regular life blogging. Sometimes it's about me too. :) Not JUST this cute little kid that's sitting next to me. :) Ok... and sometimes Bry too...............

xoxoxoxo

k.

Forgotten Pictures

So I was loading pictures from my small camera onto the computer, and these popped up on there.... forgot I'd even taken these, so thought I'd share. There are a few cute ones (Imagine that, huh?) on here..... enjoy!

Austin having fun on Brayden's trampoline. Sarah got it at a yard sale in the officers housing for 25 bucks! HOW in the world can you beat that?!

Brayden wasn't too sure.... Austin got the hang of it in a flash!

Mexico Mom's night. This is Amy.... she hosted the night for us. (This friendly night where I walked to Amys, and then couldn't get my SWOLLEN, PREGNANT feet back into my shoes for the walk home..... uggh) Anyhow.... Amy does NOT drink beer, but decided to try a Coronita. Which is just a small, light Corona. She did well with the lime, but I got her "bitter beer face" for all to see. She was shocked that it "tastes like BEER!!!!!" It was a good laugh, and a great night.

Austin at Brayden's birthday party.... he was digging out all the goods of his party bag.

All the kids decided it would be great fun to sit on all the balloons and pop them. I have NEVER seen balloons that you can literally JUMP up and down on them and they STILL won't pop. We had to sneak up behind the kids and pinch the balloons to get them to pop.

Here's the cute lil birthday boy, Brayden. He turned ONE!

I guess Bryant felt left out by all the kids getting turns at poor scary looking Elmo. He needed a picture too. :)

Austin taking his turn with the pinata

He LOVED the ball pit. He wouldn't get out of it. But NO we do NOT want one for our house. He can go play at Brayden's if he is craving it! :)

Bobbing for Apples.... he didn't do half bad!

Hope you enjoyed the 'late' pictures!

xoxoxo

k.