Amazing Weekend

R and I got a romantic night away from the kids in northern MI from Saturday to Sunday. It was wonderful and we had such a great time. We actually went up north for a wedding, my friend A, my teaching partner from FL. She is actually from MI and has since moved from FL to MD. It was an outdoor wedding right near the water and the weather couldn't have turned out better. It was rainy and nasty down by where we lived but as we drove north the sky became blue and gorgeous.

We dropped the kiddos off at my parent's house which was half way and it was my first night away from Baby M. I was not worried or sad in the least, I was ready for a night away! R has been on interviews and at conferences a couple times so he's gotten to enjoy some baby free nights. I booked a very, very cheap room because I know we don't have any money. I just couldn't miss this wedding though, my friend would have been devastated. Our room turned out being much lower than what I had originally booked it for so we ended up getting a brand new, totally remodeled room for only $44. It was awesome!

We attended the wedding and reception and were in bed by 11:30pm. The next morning we slept in until 9 am!!!!!!!!!!!! R and I got up and went running along the water and through down town, came back and showered and then went for coffee. We wandered around down town after reading and paper and drinking our coffee outside and then got lunch on our way out of town. It was utter and complete heaven. We SO needed that 24 hours for us and to enjoy ourselves. It's actually probably going to be considered our early anniversary gift.

R got a second phone interview for the same place that he interviewed for on Friday morning, let's hope this is it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We Made It!!!!!!



R and I had the most wonderful time in Mary.land. The wedding was so gorgeous and it was so nice to hang out with friends and explore a new city. If you ever get the chance to visit Balti.more, go, it's a very cool city. Now we're back and reality has set in........

I had my dr. appt. yesterday and I'm slightly annoyed because the dr's keep saying they'll get me in for an ultrasound. First it was 32 weeks, then 36, and yesterday he said 38 weeks. He's almost positive he's head down but I'm skeptical due to what happened to me with Little man. So the end verdict yesterday was that he was head down, heartbeat was in the right place, and if he wasn't 100% my 38th week visit they would give me an ultrasound. I'm just getting the feeling that they don't want me to VBAC and this is their way of prolonging the inevitable C-section, but I know I'm also being paranoid because of what happened last time. My BP was good yesterday and I did my Group B Strep test. I'm now on weekly visits so I go back again next Monday. He also said that he would give me a vaginal check if I was having contractions. I've been having irregular period like cramps off and on which to my recollection are the start of contractions, but I feel like I've forgotten everything from my last pregnancy with Little man (except for the breech ordeal) so I need to read up on everything.

Little man got sick while we were gone. I think he finally got what R and I had but it took a really long time for him to come down with it. I thought we were in the clear because he hadn't gotten sick before we left. I was almost over the cold by the time we left so I thought if he were going to get it that he would have had it before then. He has been coughing and blowing yuckies out of his nose. His temp did go up while we were gone so my mom had to give him Tylen.ol and one day he pretty much layed around all day, but other than that I think he's getting better. I just hope I don't get sick again.

Well I have a lot to do today. My mom had the house completely sparkling clean when we got home and it was the nicest feeling in the world! Now since we've hauled in all our crap it's cluttered and messy again so I'm going to work today on trying to get things put away, laundry done, and stuff cleaned.

Terrible Mommy of the Year Award and Efficiency Screw Up


So Friday morning started off rough and the unravelings went on to earn me "Terrible Mommy of the Year Award." Little man and I started off the morning at Pan.era Bre.ad for breakfast because I wanted to get an early start. We had to hit up Ko.hls, Sa.m's Clu.b, and Wal.mart. After eating breakfast we hit up Ko.hls to find a "picture outfit" for baby boy to have his hospital pics taken in and then also a "coming home" outfit. We used the potty before leaving Pan.era but shortly after arriving at Ko.hls Little man said he needed to poop. We headed to the bathroom and he sat for literally one second and said he didn't have to go. I know that it's hard for him to use "big" pottys so I held him and told him to try just a little longer. He wanted to get off and despite me knowing I should have "made" him stay on I let him get off and kinda got agitated that he didn't go. We head back to looking at baby clothes and toys and he was looking at something a few feet away. Literally two minutes later he tells me he pooped his pants. Now I have nothing with me, he's potty trained, hasn't had an accident in FOREVER. I got majorly flustered.

I reacted poorly because I was frustrated that he didn't go the first time we were in there. We went and picked out a pack of underwear and went and paid. I took him to the bathroom and proceeded to change him. Poop was EVERYWHERE. I actually had to stick my hand in the toilet to get all the poop off from it because I didn't want it to drop all over the floor. (Don't worry I washed my hands with tons of soap several times) I yelled though and then felt terrible. I called R crying so that he could talk to Little man and tell him it was an accident and it was okay. Then I apologized to Little man telling him that I was very sorry and that having accidents were okay, but that we need to try to use the potty all the time. I still feel terrible and hope that I didn't scare him for life!!!!

Fast forwarding to Saturday morning the phone rings at 8:30am and it's Citi.group. I don't answer because I'm ticked that they would be calling so early on a Saturday morning and don't think anything of it again. We were gone all day and returned home about 5pm, in which the phone rings shortly after we get home, Citi.group again. I answer it this time and it's a rude guy from collections telling me I didn't pay my credit card bill last month. WTF, yes I did. So I proceed to check my online banking and I did make July's payment, in fact it was early!!!!! So he keeps arguing with me and then tells me that I need to call a different number to clear up this matter. I was so ticked off.

The second person I talked to explained to me that I made the payment one day too early and it went towards June instead of July. I firmly but politely asked him to please change it because I did make the payment, albeit one day early, and he could see my good intentions. He started telling me he could not do that and that I needed to pay $123 to clear this matter up so I told him that if he couldn't help me to transfer me to his manager. He transferred me to his manager which happened to be very friendly and helpful and cleared everything up, but damn that's what I get for trying to be efficient and pay my bills early. Needless to say I will never pay my bills TOO early because they slap late charges on you and up your finance rate, lesson learned the hard way!

We leave for Maryland on Wednesday afternoon and I feel like I have 10 million things to do! I've been sick and feeling like crap so I haven't really felt up to all the cleaning and laundry that's been sitting every so patiently, waiting for me to attend to it. R was amazing and so helpful this weekend but I still have so much to do. This week was a week that I could actually get tutor hours so that cuts down on my free time to get things done because I've been strapped to my computer in the evening. Luckily, I only have two hours tonight and then I'm done for this week. My mom comes tomorrow so having her here should free up some time to clean and get packed. So pray that baby boy doesn't come while we are away and I'll update when we return next Sunday!

Ugg

So apparently what happens when my husband goes away on a business trip with a group of people along with many plane rides with circulated air is that he comes home sick, and proceeds to get me sick. My throat is on fire right now, well the right side of my throat at least. I feel like crap and I couldn't sleep last night. I went to bed at 9pm thinking that I would catch some extra hours of sleep and I was still tossing and turning at 12am and of course was up at like 6am and couldn't sleep again.

My sleep schedule needs altered anyway because I have been taking naps when Little man naps everyday and then I'm wired until 11 or later at night. By 1pm I've been so dead tired but I think I need to fight through it and keep myself busy so that I actually feel like going to be at 9pm or somewhere around there. When I was working I was in bed no later than 10pm every night because I was getting up so early. That schedule would benefit me now because then I could have more time in the morning and at nap time to get tasks done. I don't remember feeling this tired in the third trimester when I was pregnant with Little man but then again I was working full time and have a bad memory anyway, so who knows?

We found out yesterday that Mary.land is going to cost a whole lot more than we expected. R has been telling me forever that he was going to use his credit card points to get us a free rental car, only to find out yesterday that it's not going to work. Apparently he didn't read the fine print very carefully or fully check out the process. So we now have to pay over $200 for our rental car, gas, our hotel for the nights leading up to the wedding, and then our $250 night at the hotel the night of the wedding, and that doesn't include food or parking the car at the hotels. I'm wishing we would have flown right now because then there would be no parking costs, gas, or rental car, though I don't think I'm allowed to fly at this point in pregnancy anyway. I also have to pay to get my hair done and other little incidentals such as shoes, etc....

Lastly, I'm waiting for my grade for my final master's class. My TA and prof look over my website and then e-mail me some suggestions along with my grade. If my grade is not a 4.0 then I have until Monday to revise and incorporate their suggestions in order to raise my grade to a 4.0. I e-mailed them on Sunday to let them know I was ready for them to check it over and I'm hoping to hear back from them today. Last week I was busy improving my site, adding extra portions, and revising my content. It would be nice if I got a 4.0 but I'm sure that I'll have some revisions to make it better.

What We've Been Up To

I feels like forever since I've blogged and so much has gone on since the last post. I'm going to attempt to catch you up on our busy lives.

• My cousin's wedding was last weekend and it went very well. R and I had MUCH MORE responsibility than we realized and were pretty much the wedding/reception managers so we were dead by the end. I thought we were just going to be passing out programs and bubbles but as it turns out we were coordinating when everyone went down the aisle, pinning corsages and boutonnieres on the important people, paying the DJ and cake lady, dropping off my cousin's dress and taking a bunch of other things to the reception site, saying 10 million times, "please sign the guest book, the table to your left if for cards and presents, drinks are inside, appetizers are outside." and the list goes on and on!!!!!!!!!!! It sure was an experience, but we had fun. I think R and I could start a business after our experience :o)
• On Sunday we figured out that Little man gets carsick. About 2 months ago we had fed him dinner in the car on the way to my parents house and as soon as we got here after driving about an hour he threw up all over. I wasn't sure if he was coming down with something or if it was in fact car sickness. On our way home Sunday we stopped for lunch and continued driving for about an hour to go to a birthday party. About 5 minutes from our destination he threw up all over himself and his car seat. He definitely won't be eating and then riding in the car for an extended period of time again. We also now have a vomit bag next to him, "just in case."
• The birthday party was okay. It was my best friend K's daughter's first birthday. First birthdays are always hard because the kid has no idea what's going on and it's more for the adults anyway. We stayed for food and cake and then headed home after a long fun filled weekend.
• We attended our first of two refresher childbirth classes and we were actually practicing the lamaze breathing "hee, hee, hee, who" That part was a bit much. I wanted to attend the class because it includes a lot of information about the hospital and what they have to offer and we get a tour next week so I figured it would be worth our time. We did practice a lot of different relaxation techniques and things we could use to relax so that part was interesting. R and I need to seriously get refresh our memory with the Brad.ley method so we can incorporate that this time. A refresher course for that was just impossible because it's too lengthy and far away.
• R left for Pittsburgh on Tuesday morning. I drove him to a coworker's house at 5:30am so he could ride to the airport with her. My mom came home with us from the wedding weekend so she could watch Little man while we went to the refresher course and then we came back to my parent's house because I didn't want to be alone all week since R is gone and I have to get my dress for the wedding I'm in altered. We have a woman that is really cheap and does a really good job. Rather than finding some unknown person around me and paying an arm and a leg, this worked out since we were going to be here.
• I finished my last class yesterday. I do have a few revisions to make and I have to tie up some loose ends, but for the most part I am DONE with my master's degree!!!!!!!!!!!! It feels very nice!
• My mom is beginning to get on my nerves. It's weird because usually that doesn't happen but today she's been very opinionated and preachy. She's always complaining about the price of gas and the nearest bigger city (by bigger I mean it has a Wal.mart and Tar.get) is about 30 minutes away. Since we were in town I decided that we better hit all the places that we both needed to go because it would be a waste to drive up there anytime soon with gas prices at $4.25 a gallon. It was getting late (near Little man's nap time) and she needed to get a baby gift for her niece so I said "let's just stop at J.C. Penn.ey's since we are in town." She argued that Little man had gone too many places already but I knew he was going to have to go to the bathroom and we had ate lunch not long before so I wanted to stop to kill a little time and use the bathroom. She argued with me but went anyway. Then she picked out several outfits, couldn't decide what to buy, and put them all back, walking out with nothing. For someone who is always complaining about the price of gas and not wasting it, I was pissed that she didn't just pick out a couple cute ones and call it good. Everything was on sale and there were a million cute outfits, but she couldn't decide.

Well I'm sure there is much more that I forgot to write about but I'm sure I've bored you to death with our recent events so I'll write more another time.

Appointment, Our Week, and Anniversary

I had my 32 week OB appt. today and now I will be going every two weeks! Everything went good, I had gained 2 pounds, my BP was 112/68, and the heartbeat was great. It was the first time that I was called back the minute I sat down in the waiting room and the dr. was actually waiting for the nurse to get done with my weight and BP so he could check me. I was in and out in 15 minutes!!!! My next appt was scheduled for July 23rd with the nurse practitioner, but I called to change it because I didn't realize until I got home that it wasn't with a dr. I went to the NP one time and refuse to see her again because she was a bi*ch! She wasn't nice and was rude to Little man, just a terrible bed side manner. I'm waiting for them to call back so I can get a new appt. with one of the dr's. I also don't want to see her because I have to get copies of my prenatals for our trip to Mary.land and I have questions for the dr. about our trip. I'll be almost 36 weeks so I think I want to just have some dr. advice before we go.

The week has flown by, tomorrow we have another weekend trip to embark upon. My cousin is getting married 3 hours away and R and I are host and hostess for the wedding. We have the rehearsal and dinner tomorrow night, wedding on Friday night, and then a beach party on Saturday. I feel like I haven't gotten a chance to recover from last weekend and it's already time to go away again. I have so much to do and it's been a busy week. Tonight is the first night this week we haven't had something going on so I'm trying to finish the laundry, getting the packing list finalized, start packing, and finish up some assignments for my last class. I'm really looking forward to tonight because R is going to be gone to a baseball game until late so I can concentrate on everything without having to worry about dinner and spending time with him.

Today is our anniversary but we celebrated by going out to dinner last week so we're just exchanging cards today. I didn't mind that he got asked to go to the baseball game today because I have so much to do that I needed an evening on my own to just get everything done. I still have Little man but I hope to have him in bed by 8pm so I can finish my school work and move on to packing and getting ready to leave tomorrow afternoon. I'd better go be productive!

Not So Fast

So my good friend K, just called, she was one of my old roommates that was supposed to be going to the wedding tomorrow. I blogged about how the four of us college roommates were finally going to be together again, and I spoke too soon. She cancelled and is not going because her daughter is sick. She's not so sick that they couldn't attend, but a little too sick to take along to the hotel and leave with her mom. I'm so disappointed, why can't anything ever work out? So I have no idea if the four of us will ever be in the same place at the same time ever again. My other friend D, is getting married in August, but K already said that they aren't going because the wedding is in Maryland and her and her husband don't want to travel that far with or without the baby (though she'll be one by then). I really hate getting so excited for something and then getting let down. I should know better than to get excited for anything because it's so much worse when things don't go as planned. I am usually the type that expects the worst so I can be excited when things do work out or things do go well. In addition, R and I got a hotel room only because K and her husband got one too, so now we have this room that we don't really need now because they aren't even going to be there now. I thought it would be fun to get one only if we knew someone else who was staying there because we could ride together and hang out before and afterward. I am looking forward to having a night away with my hubby but now it just doesn't seem as warranted because we really could have driven to and from, it's not that far. Also, I'm spending the $100 I got for my birthday on this room. There is so much more that I would rather buy but I thought it would be worth it when it was going to be another couple. Does that make sense or is that just weird? Oh well, I'm sure we will still have fun.

Where Do the Weeks Go?

I cannot believe that it's Thursday already! I thought the weeks went by fast when I was working because I was always so busy, but they definitely go by at lightening speed now that I am staying at home. The weather has been up and down this week, we've had two nice days (well if you can call the 40's nice, I do!) and then two days that were cloudy with snow and rain. Today is one of those not so nice days. We've been outside everyday despite the weather it's just a matter of finding a little window that isn't too bad. Next week is supposed to be nicer with some temps in the 50's, which would be GREAT!

So I've managed to keep the house clean most of the week. I'm finally getting a routine down so that things don't get completely messy every day. I've come to realize that sweeping the kitchen floor needs to happen 2-3 times per day in addition to pulling out the cleaner to just wipe down the counters/bathrooms/whatever helps immensely! I feel so much better when the house isn't cluttered and messy all the time. I've always considered myself an organized person, however, I'm not as good at what I thought.

I'm looking forward to the weekend because it will be the first time in I can't remember how many years my three college roommates and I will be together. One is getting married and then the rest of us are finally going to be together at the wedding/reception. I haven't seen my very best friend since my wedding (gosh has it been THAT long????) I can't believe that I haven't seen my best friend in almost three years. Time just flies and I just somehow manage to lose track of time. She lives in Maryland and since we've been moving and completely busy with a child and everything else, a trip to MD just hasn't worked out. Her family lives here in MI but whenever she comes home it's at holiday times and we're both so busy with all of our family obligations. Her wedding is in August so I will get to see her a couple times this year! I talk to her a couple times per week so we're definitely close and keep in touch, however, it will be so nice to see her.

Well Little man is calling me so I'd better wrap this up.