Today I am 36 weeks and 4 days pregnant, and I feel HUGE! I went to a consignment sale today with 3 of my good friends and got some really good finds! However, it was in basically a warehouse building, and there was no air conditioning!!! I literally felt like I was melting! After our little shopping excursion, Emma and I came back to Sandy's house for lunch and to just hang out.
I go back to the doctor tomorrow morning. I really hope I've made more progress because it will mean we're even closer to our little Addison joining us! I know I can last as long as she takes, but I hope she comes sooner rather than later! I am growing (literally) more uncomfortable each day and walking around is a real challenge sometimes...today is one of those days! Almost none of my clothes fit me anymore...2 dresses, maybe 4 shirts, and 3 pairs of capris. That's about it. I think it's about time Addison's born! One thing I'm very grateful for is that I have not been swollen! Even in the heat of the summer, I've been very blessed!
Well I guess that's all for now! I'll be sure to write sometime tomorrow with an update from the doctor!
Monday, July 27, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
Preparing for Woozle #2 (Vol. 001)
First of all, I suppose I should explain how I came up with the word woozle and what a woozle is. I believe I heard the word woozle used on Winnie the Pooh. It's like some sort of monster or something. Well one day I was babysitting 3 children under the age of 4 and they were all acting like MONSTERS! I was pretty much at my limit and looking for a word to describe to someone how the day had gone. What did I come up with? "They're all acting like such...WOOZLES!!!" So now that's the word I use when referring to children, rugrats, munchkins, whatever it is you like to call them.
So about 3 weeks ago, I wrote out a very detailed itemized list of all the things I felt I needed to have accomplished before Little Woozle Addison is born. It's really helped me not feel so overwhelmed with all I had to do. Even on days when I can only mark off one thing it still feels good. Yes, there have been days when I couldn't cross anything off my list, but I think that's ok.
Yesterday I got to cross of two things, one thing I really hate doing and one BIG thing.
I hate putting away the clean laundry. I have no problem washing and drying laundry, but I have a real problem with folding and putting it away once it's clean. I have no idea why; it makes no sense to me. I just don't like it, but I finally bit the bullet and got it done!
I also got the girls' bedroom (it seems so weird to call it that!) completely clean & organized. I separated baby toys from big kid toys, cleaned off the changing table and Addison's crib since I'd let them become catch-all's in my laziness, picked up all the dirty clothes and put away the clean ones, and vacuumed the floor. I doesn't seem like that big a deal, but when you're 36 weeks pregnant it really is!
I'll end this for now since I myself find it very boring and I can tell that I'm rambling. I will try to upload some pictures of the girls' room. We'll see how it goes, I'm still trying to figure all of this out & it seems to be sort of confusing since I have to do it all from my blackberry because we don't have a computer right now.
So about 3 weeks ago, I wrote out a very detailed itemized list of all the things I felt I needed to have accomplished before Little Woozle Addison is born. It's really helped me not feel so overwhelmed with all I had to do. Even on days when I can only mark off one thing it still feels good. Yes, there have been days when I couldn't cross anything off my list, but I think that's ok.
Yesterday I got to cross of two things, one thing I really hate doing and one BIG thing.
I hate putting away the clean laundry. I have no problem washing and drying laundry, but I have a real problem with folding and putting it away once it's clean. I have no idea why; it makes no sense to me. I just don't like it, but I finally bit the bullet and got it done!
I also got the girls' bedroom (it seems so weird to call it that!) completely clean & organized. I separated baby toys from big kid toys, cleaned off the changing table and Addison's crib since I'd let them become catch-all's in my laziness, picked up all the dirty clothes and put away the clean ones, and vacuumed the floor. I doesn't seem like that big a deal, but when you're 36 weeks pregnant it really is!
I'll end this for now since I myself find it very boring and I can tell that I'm rambling. I will try to upload some pictures of the girls' room. We'll see how it goes, I'm still trying to figure all of this out & it seems to be sort of confusing since I have to do it all from my blackberry because we don't have a computer right now.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Potty Training Try-out
I decided to start trying to potty train Emma today. She is 17 months old now and we have less than a month left before her little sister Addison will be born. I really just wanted to try it out to see how big her interest is and decide if I want to continue or wait until she's a bit older.
So far today has not been a success. She did not go at all for the first hour & a half that she was awake this morning even tho I had her try every 15-20 minutes. Then she decided to go in her diaper within 3 minutes of having it back on. So I thought maybe I'll try her training panties, but she wet those, too. For nap time of course she got a diaper. She just woke up & had lunch so back to the grinding stone we go. Hopefully this afternoon will be more successful!
So far today has not been a success. She did not go at all for the first hour & a half that she was awake this morning even tho I had her try every 15-20 minutes. Then she decided to go in her diaper within 3 minutes of having it back on. So I thought maybe I'll try her training panties, but she wet those, too. For nap time of course she got a diaper. She just woke up & had lunch so back to the grinding stone we go. Hopefully this afternoon will be more successful!
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