I got a wonderfully exciting call from Fetal Medicine, the ultrasound clinic today. I had called my doctor about some scheduling issues withe ultrasound versus my regular OB checkup, and he sent in a new referral. They can now get me in at 18 weeks, instead of waiting until I'm 20! Hurray! So our big ultrasound is scheduled for next Friday morning, the 22nd. Here's hoping this one's not camera shy....
I told Oren at bedtime today. We are not having him go to school that day, he would be very sad to miss seeing the baby. And Mark will be going to the office is fine with it. I even pointed it out on the calendar. What does he do? Starts bawling like crazy that he has to wait all the way unti then, and couldn't we do it sooner, and he doesn't want to wait that long.... Meds were very worn off, and it had been a long and tiring afternoon. Too funny though. I shut the door and didn't hear another peep!
I am exhausted so I am glad I snuck a nap. Picked up Nathan from the bus at 2:30. Ran over to the school to pick up Oren and Amanda's daughter, who I watch after school until her daddy gets off work. We ran over to the park and played there until 4, when we had to go to piano lessons. The kids played while I taught until about 6. Enrichment was tonight at 6, which meant Burger King macaroni and cheese with apples and milk for dinner, and a lovely grilled chicken salad for me. They ate that during our first class and headed to the nursery. Boy, was I glad I had gone for the healthy options, because they had a doctor doing a class on women's health issues, and what was he talking about when I got there? Eating well and nutrition, and diabetes. Hee hee!
Then there was a class on depression that turned into idea sharing on how to get your kids to stay in their room at night and various other topics. Somebody's bright refreshment idea was cookies and brownies, so after a quick sugar check I indulged in a very small pumpkin spice with mini chocolate chips thing, which tasted really good. Everybody was loading their plates and were so impressed by my self control. It's amazing what the thought of a 10 lb baby will do for you.... :-) We didn't leave until after 9, since my kids disappeared and I had to walk the church tracking them down. That was a bit scary- for once they were playing quietly in a room with the door shut instead of making a racket so I could hear them. That church never seemed so big!
And now, because it's nearly 11, I will go take my meds like a good girl, eat a cheesestick so I don't go unconcious during the night, and get myself to bed!
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
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No idea what to title this.
Actually, no idea what to post at all!
Happy Mother's Day yesterday to all of you. Wouldn't it be nice if husbands were legally required to present you with flowers, goodies, and gift certificates for massages or tiny boxes with earings in them? Wouldn't it be awesome if children automatically behaved all day, did not hit or poke or punch or race and knock each other over or scream at the top of their lungs that they want food now? And wouldn't it be sweet if husbands took over all cleaning and cooking duties for the day?
Pity it doesn't work that way.... But I did recieve a very nice book at church. All the church art compiled into one book that will be nice for primary lessons or FHE. And a 10 minute nap while everyone was outside taking the training wheels off a bike we traded a crib for yesterday.
A chapel downtown was playing a game called "bigger and better" on Saturday. You start with a penny and trade it for something. Then you trade up for something better, and it goes on for 3 hours. Everybody meets at the end to vote who basically got the neatest stuff for a penny. A gentleman came by our street and Mark was spraying weeds, introduced what they were doing and asked if we had anything we would trade for a kids bike. Amanda bought me a new crib at the thrift store so I wouldn't have to worry about painting ours white to match the dresser we'll be using, so I have an extra crib. We kept the bike and they took the crib away. I would have had them haul off the 100 yr old piano in the garage, because it is gorgeous other than needing new insides (about $1500 which is why we just bought a different piano) but the thing literally weighs a ton and his truck had a camper cover on it, so it was too big.
At least Nathan has a bike big enough for him now! Oren got the "new one" and Nathan inherited Oren's. Which is a better one anyway, because the tires are solid rubber.
I think that's about it. I should be getting a call by Friday from the ultrasound people with the June schedule, and get my big ultrasound scheduled. I hope!
Actually, no idea what to post at all!
Happy Mother's Day yesterday to all of you. Wouldn't it be nice if husbands were legally required to present you with flowers, goodies, and gift certificates for massages or tiny boxes with earings in them? Wouldn't it be awesome if children automatically behaved all day, did not hit or poke or punch or race and knock each other over or scream at the top of their lungs that they want food now? And wouldn't it be sweet if husbands took over all cleaning and cooking duties for the day?
Pity it doesn't work that way.... But I did recieve a very nice book at church. All the church art compiled into one book that will be nice for primary lessons or FHE. And a 10 minute nap while everyone was outside taking the training wheels off a bike we traded a crib for yesterday.
A chapel downtown was playing a game called "bigger and better" on Saturday. You start with a penny and trade it for something. Then you trade up for something better, and it goes on for 3 hours. Everybody meets at the end to vote who basically got the neatest stuff for a penny. A gentleman came by our street and Mark was spraying weeds, introduced what they were doing and asked if we had anything we would trade for a kids bike. Amanda bought me a new crib at the thrift store so I wouldn't have to worry about painting ours white to match the dresser we'll be using, so I have an extra crib. We kept the bike and they took the crib away. I would have had them haul off the 100 yr old piano in the garage, because it is gorgeous other than needing new insides (about $1500 which is why we just bought a different piano) but the thing literally weighs a ton and his truck had a camper cover on it, so it was too big.
At least Nathan has a bike big enough for him now! Oren got the "new one" and Nathan inherited Oren's. Which is a better one anyway, because the tires are solid rubber.
I think that's about it. I should be getting a call by Friday from the ultrasound people with the June schedule, and get my big ultrasound scheduled. I hope!
Thursday, May 7, 2009
messed up morning plans
I have found that with our particular children, one should always be open to last minute things coming up. For instance, our trip to the hospital this morning!
I got the boys up and dressed, and Oren ended up being very late since his brothers were dragging their feet today. Ran him to school and then headed to town for Nathan's therapy. When we got there I went to hand Nathan a tissue to blow his nose, he's been stuffy/runny nose for a week or so now with what I think is allergies. What is that on your face? Oh great.
Lots of tiny, pimply looking bumps. The same ones he had last time he had a stuffy nose from allergies. The same ones that signaled the arrival of impetigo, a nicely contagious infection usually found in the nose/mouth area. So we turned around and went back to base, the therapist laughing at us good naturedly, because I was cracking up myself. They weren't there when he woke up! And they were worse by the time we got home.
I dropped William off with Mark and ran over to the Urgent Care Clinic, because pediatrics was completely out of same-day appointments. All these poor people there with aches and pains, dizzy, hurting.... and here was Nathan bouncing off the chairs and climbing all over everything. As they were getting us triaged/ checked in, the lady at the desk ran in and told me peds just called and they had a cancelation for 20 minutes from then. I grabbed that up! May as well leave the beds for people who really need them, you know?
We saw the doctor whose children I teach piano to, and he agreed with me that it was the start of an impetigo infection. I love being right. He also prescribed some zirtec for Nathan and William to maybe help with their allergies. We'll see. So after at least an hour in the pharmacy we left with an antibiotic ointment he'll use until it clears up, and some allergy meds. It shouldn't take long to clear, we caught it at the very beginning. Last time, I didn't know what it was and let it go until it was crusting and oozing, all gross..... Oops!
All in all, it was a long morning in the hospital, but at least we caught it literally right at the beginning. I love how they just all of a sudden appeared! And although it means I probably won't make it to the grocery store, it's important to be flexible in our house for sure!
I got the boys up and dressed, and Oren ended up being very late since his brothers were dragging their feet today. Ran him to school and then headed to town for Nathan's therapy. When we got there I went to hand Nathan a tissue to blow his nose, he's been stuffy/runny nose for a week or so now with what I think is allergies. What is that on your face? Oh great.
Lots of tiny, pimply looking bumps. The same ones he had last time he had a stuffy nose from allergies. The same ones that signaled the arrival of impetigo, a nicely contagious infection usually found in the nose/mouth area. So we turned around and went back to base, the therapist laughing at us good naturedly, because I was cracking up myself. They weren't there when he woke up! And they were worse by the time we got home.
I dropped William off with Mark and ran over to the Urgent Care Clinic, because pediatrics was completely out of same-day appointments. All these poor people there with aches and pains, dizzy, hurting.... and here was Nathan bouncing off the chairs and climbing all over everything. As they were getting us triaged/ checked in, the lady at the desk ran in and told me peds just called and they had a cancelation for 20 minutes from then. I grabbed that up! May as well leave the beds for people who really need them, you know?
We saw the doctor whose children I teach piano to, and he agreed with me that it was the start of an impetigo infection. I love being right. He also prescribed some zirtec for Nathan and William to maybe help with their allergies. We'll see. So after at least an hour in the pharmacy we left with an antibiotic ointment he'll use until it clears up, and some allergy meds. It shouldn't take long to clear, we caught it at the very beginning. Last time, I didn't know what it was and let it go until it was crusting and oozing, all gross..... Oops!
All in all, it was a long morning in the hospital, but at least we caught it literally right at the beginning. I love how they just all of a sudden appeared! And although it means I probably won't make it to the grocery store, it's important to be flexible in our house for sure!
Monday, May 4, 2009
must have.....
Fajitas!
In keeping with Steph's food craving post, I must add one of my own. I was chatting with her this morning while looking at the Today show and caught them cooking up the most amazing fajita thingy. Steak, done medium rare, cilantro, avocado, and a bunch of other stuff that just looked like something I had to eat. Mark was resistant to running to the store in town, but I don't think he understood the force of the food calling me.
After picking up the kids I took advantage of the fact that Amanda's daughter lives in town and took her home for her dad, who had a commander's call (briefing) today and would be working late anyway. Then a stop at a store where I walked out with flank steak (on sale because it needed used or frozen today), tomatoes, fresh salsa, avocado, a lime, cilantro, and black beans.
I threw together a rub of salt, pepper, garlic powder, smoked paprika, and cumin, and broiled the meat with the rub and several squirts of lime juice until medium in the middle, for the kids' safety. Cooked the black beans with sazon goya, a seasoning found in the hispanic section. Smushed up the avocado with lime juice, garlic powder, and a bit of ranch dressing. Cut up a red pepper and piled everything on a carb control tortilla with plenty of cilantro. Heaven! I was full after one, but they were so good I just had to eat another!
Mark was very glad I went to all that trouble when he came home for dinner to that lovely fajita smell. Besides the fact that I haven't cooked anything fancy for a while because I have either been too tired, too busy, or nothing really sounds good. I don't know what's for dinner tomorrow, but I know I enjoyed it tonight!
In keeping with Steph's food craving post, I must add one of my own. I was chatting with her this morning while looking at the Today show and caught them cooking up the most amazing fajita thingy. Steak, done medium rare, cilantro, avocado, and a bunch of other stuff that just looked like something I had to eat. Mark was resistant to running to the store in town, but I don't think he understood the force of the food calling me.
After picking up the kids I took advantage of the fact that Amanda's daughter lives in town and took her home for her dad, who had a commander's call (briefing) today and would be working late anyway. Then a stop at a store where I walked out with flank steak (on sale because it needed used or frozen today), tomatoes, fresh salsa, avocado, a lime, cilantro, and black beans.
I threw together a rub of salt, pepper, garlic powder, smoked paprika, and cumin, and broiled the meat with the rub and several squirts of lime juice until medium in the middle, for the kids' safety. Cooked the black beans with sazon goya, a seasoning found in the hispanic section. Smushed up the avocado with lime juice, garlic powder, and a bit of ranch dressing. Cut up a red pepper and piled everything on a carb control tortilla with plenty of cilantro. Heaven! I was full after one, but they were so good I just had to eat another!
Mark was very glad I went to all that trouble when he came home for dinner to that lovely fajita smell. Besides the fact that I haven't cooked anything fancy for a while because I have either been too tired, too busy, or nothing really sounds good. I don't know what's for dinner tomorrow, but I know I enjoyed it tonight!
Sunday, May 3, 2009
We're busy, try again later....
I am so glad school is over soon! That will be at least one thing I can be done with..... for a few months at least. We just jumped in with both feet coming back from our little vacation, and finally made it all the way to Sunday.
This week:
I discovered I don't need a nap everyday anymore!
Oren's meds were increased a tad to help with mornings at school. Which I was only comfortable with because he finally crossed the 40 lb line! And he turns 7 in a month, sad....
William started pummeling Nathan instead of the other way around all the time.
Oren put groceries away by himself, without being asked, in the correct spots! He is becoming such a gentleman, and is my biggest helper. He also reads stories to his brothers, and hauls William out of the laundry room for me.
Mark turned 30 on Friday. but because he had to work that night we had his birthday date on Saturday instead.
We went to the BEST restaurant I have ever been too! Nothing needed salt at all, which is amazing. Tucano's Brazillian Grill. (Rachel, I highly recommend while you're here, it's in Boise) It's an all you can eat buffet, with a humongous salad/soup/veggie/fruit/pasta/bread/beans/rice/all-sorts-of-stuff bar in the middle of the restaurant. Pretty much everything but meat. Fried bananas, quail eggs, cheesy bread bite thingies, pasta salads, bean and corn salads, fried potatoes..... (Mark wasn't too hot on the quail eggs, I didn't try them.) Amazing drinks, non-alcoholic stuff like mango and passionfruit mixes and stuff. And then there's the meat service. The servers come around to all the table with gigantic skewers- about 2 feet long- with these different sorts of brazillian meats. You tell them what you want and how much and they put it on your meat plate. So you can sample all these things and then have more of what you like if you want. We were there for over an hour enjoying some of the best foods I have eaten in while. We will definitely be going there again.
And Rachel, you'd be so proud. We got a free ice cream there, because it's Mark's birthday! I just had to embarass him, so I told them about his birthday, and when they brought his ice cream, they also brought half the servers and a big loud drum parading through the restaurant shouting in portuguese. They announce, full volume, that they were going to sing him a song, which they did also in portuguese. Too cool! We went home happy and very full....
But we have hit Sunday with a relaxing breath, ready to start another busy week. Full of finger pokes, dirty diapers, lawn mowing, house cleaning, school runs, piano lessons, shamu-style baths, dishwashing, laundry doing, toy throwing, and maybe a little cooking on the side!
This week:
I discovered I don't need a nap everyday anymore!
Oren's meds were increased a tad to help with mornings at school. Which I was only comfortable with because he finally crossed the 40 lb line! And he turns 7 in a month, sad....
William started pummeling Nathan instead of the other way around all the time.
Oren put groceries away by himself, without being asked, in the correct spots! He is becoming such a gentleman, and is my biggest helper. He also reads stories to his brothers, and hauls William out of the laundry room for me.
Mark turned 30 on Friday. but because he had to work that night we had his birthday date on Saturday instead.
We went to the BEST restaurant I have ever been too! Nothing needed salt at all, which is amazing. Tucano's Brazillian Grill. (Rachel, I highly recommend while you're here, it's in Boise) It's an all you can eat buffet, with a humongous salad/soup/veggie/fruit/pasta/bread/beans/rice/all-sorts-of-stuff bar in the middle of the restaurant. Pretty much everything but meat. Fried bananas, quail eggs, cheesy bread bite thingies, pasta salads, bean and corn salads, fried potatoes..... (Mark wasn't too hot on the quail eggs, I didn't try them.) Amazing drinks, non-alcoholic stuff like mango and passionfruit mixes and stuff. And then there's the meat service. The servers come around to all the table with gigantic skewers- about 2 feet long- with these different sorts of brazillian meats. You tell them what you want and how much and they put it on your meat plate. So you can sample all these things and then have more of what you like if you want. We were there for over an hour enjoying some of the best foods I have eaten in while. We will definitely be going there again.
And Rachel, you'd be so proud. We got a free ice cream there, because it's Mark's birthday! I just had to embarass him, so I told them about his birthday, and when they brought his ice cream, they also brought half the servers and a big loud drum parading through the restaurant shouting in portuguese. They announce, full volume, that they were going to sing him a song, which they did also in portuguese. Too cool! We went home happy and very full....
But we have hit Sunday with a relaxing breath, ready to start another busy week. Full of finger pokes, dirty diapers, lawn mowing, house cleaning, school runs, piano lessons, shamu-style baths, dishwashing, laundry doing, toy throwing, and maybe a little cooking on the side!
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
We're Back!
I have officially never been that long at my in-laws house! Wow! By Monday morning we were all very ready to be home. As much as we enjoyed our stay, we were all a bit homesick for our house and schedule and food.
As a cumulative effect from our long vacation of late nights and different foods, including lots of fresh fruit, I managed an upset tummy on the way home yesterday and napped most of the way home so the stomach cramps wouldn't bug me so much. I didn't feel much like eating, so then all of a sudden I was feeling very yucky and knew I had to eat but nothing sounded good at all. That whole, empty stomach thing. And the emptier it got the worse I felt and by the time we stopped for dinner I could only manage a half dozen bites of my amazing Pizza Hut Tuscani chicken alfredo stuff. I did get it down for lunch today though. Hurray! It was quite a long morning though, wanting and needing to eat but not having the stomach for it. Hopefully tomorrow I'll be all better and back on track.
I did have to get up super early this morning to make it to my 8:30 appointment with the OB in Boise. I ended up in the wrong parking garage, and had to go across the street instead of being in the same building as the offices. Oops! Luckily I found a nice lady going to her car in an official looking shirt who told me where I needed to be and it wasn't that far. Really luckily, because I had to pee, since I remembered civilian OB's require the cup thingy every visit. I haven't had to do that for the last 2 pregnancies. Ugh. They let me do that before I checked in though, which was nice.
And I LOVE my new OB! He's awesome! First thing, I don't have to come in every week for a sugar check. I can just email my week's numbers to him every Monday and he'll call if I need to come in for a med adjustment between regular visits. I will also have ultrasounds every month to check growth. Fetal Medicine should call by Friday to set up my ultrasound, in about 3-4 weeks. I also get a small growth check one around mid-June. So lots of peeks at baby! He doesn't really care about the weight gain unless it gets out of control, and instead wants to focus on keeping my sugar levels stable. If those are stable the weight should take care of itself pretty well. Baby's heart sounded good, and I am measuring where I need to be. So everything looks good, and I look forward to working with my new doctor!
The only downside is that starting at 34 weeks I have to go to Boise at least once a week for Non-Stress Tests. Then it'll be twice a week as I get closer. That'll be fun! I'd better start saving for gas money now...... :-)
As a cumulative effect from our long vacation of late nights and different foods, including lots of fresh fruit, I managed an upset tummy on the way home yesterday and napped most of the way home so the stomach cramps wouldn't bug me so much. I didn't feel much like eating, so then all of a sudden I was feeling very yucky and knew I had to eat but nothing sounded good at all. That whole, empty stomach thing. And the emptier it got the worse I felt and by the time we stopped for dinner I could only manage a half dozen bites of my amazing Pizza Hut Tuscani chicken alfredo stuff. I did get it down for lunch today though. Hurray! It was quite a long morning though, wanting and needing to eat but not having the stomach for it. Hopefully tomorrow I'll be all better and back on track.
I did have to get up super early this morning to make it to my 8:30 appointment with the OB in Boise. I ended up in the wrong parking garage, and had to go across the street instead of being in the same building as the offices. Oops! Luckily I found a nice lady going to her car in an official looking shirt who told me where I needed to be and it wasn't that far. Really luckily, because I had to pee, since I remembered civilian OB's require the cup thingy every visit. I haven't had to do that for the last 2 pregnancies. Ugh. They let me do that before I checked in though, which was nice.
And I LOVE my new OB! He's awesome! First thing, I don't have to come in every week for a sugar check. I can just email my week's numbers to him every Monday and he'll call if I need to come in for a med adjustment between regular visits. I will also have ultrasounds every month to check growth. Fetal Medicine should call by Friday to set up my ultrasound, in about 3-4 weeks. I also get a small growth check one around mid-June. So lots of peeks at baby! He doesn't really care about the weight gain unless it gets out of control, and instead wants to focus on keeping my sugar levels stable. If those are stable the weight should take care of itself pretty well. Baby's heart sounded good, and I am measuring where I need to be. So everything looks good, and I look forward to working with my new doctor!
The only downside is that starting at 34 weeks I have to go to Boise at least once a week for Non-Stress Tests. Then it'll be twice a week as I get closer. That'll be fun! I'd better start saving for gas money now...... :-)
Monday, April 20, 2009
Just checking in.
We've just been chillin' here at Mom Willford's house. The boys keep disapearing down to the basement to play video games so it's been rather quiet.
Mark's sister got married on Saturday, and it was so neat to get to go see her and her new hubby get sealed in the temple. I haven't seen one since Mark and I, so it was nice to be there. We actually ended up in the room Mark and I were sealed in, which was pretty cool. He couldn't believe I remembered which room it was. It was the day I got married, how would I forget? :-)
We went for a great lunch at a pizza buffet thing, where I got yelled at for eating the pizza. Too many carbs..... but oh! It tasted good! Then there was his cousin's reception that night, so we were in Sunday clothes all day long. Ugh.
Sunday was pretty easy going. We enjoy going to his folk's ward, because that's where we went when we were married, so I know lots of the people there. They like seeing how many boys we have now and how big they are, because I had Oren while we were in this ward.
Mark went down to Utah with his sister Mindy today, who was taking her boyfriend to the airport. He's returning to Missouri to turn in his mission papers, and we didn't want her to drive back home alone late in the evening. They left early today and won't be back until about midnight, and I have missed him all day! It's one thing when I'm in Boise or something, but he's been in a whole 'nother state all day! His brother texted me that they decided to stay there in Provo with him and his wife, on Mindy's phone so it would seem like Mark and Mindy sent it. Being pregnant and very officially hormonal, I totally flipped out! I made him call me and chewed him out until he told me Kevin wrote it as a joke. Then I chewed him out for allowing that sort of joke in the first place! Poor guy felt so bad for upsetting me and apologized for the joke and assured me that they were on the way home. Apparently I start flipping out all hormonally about the second trimester, which is officially where I'm at right now. Oops... He reminded me I've done this every time, and I reminded him that every time I haven't appreciated practical jokes of any kind during this time period! Poor guy.
Mark's sister got married on Saturday, and it was so neat to get to go see her and her new hubby get sealed in the temple. I haven't seen one since Mark and I, so it was nice to be there. We actually ended up in the room Mark and I were sealed in, which was pretty cool. He couldn't believe I remembered which room it was. It was the day I got married, how would I forget? :-)
We went for a great lunch at a pizza buffet thing, where I got yelled at for eating the pizza. Too many carbs..... but oh! It tasted good! Then there was his cousin's reception that night, so we were in Sunday clothes all day long. Ugh.
Sunday was pretty easy going. We enjoy going to his folk's ward, because that's where we went when we were married, so I know lots of the people there. They like seeing how many boys we have now and how big they are, because I had Oren while we were in this ward.
Mark went down to Utah with his sister Mindy today, who was taking her boyfriend to the airport. He's returning to Missouri to turn in his mission papers, and we didn't want her to drive back home alone late in the evening. They left early today and won't be back until about midnight, and I have missed him all day! It's one thing when I'm in Boise or something, but he's been in a whole 'nother state all day! His brother texted me that they decided to stay there in Provo with him and his wife, on Mindy's phone so it would seem like Mark and Mindy sent it. Being pregnant and very officially hormonal, I totally flipped out! I made him call me and chewed him out until he told me Kevin wrote it as a joke. Then I chewed him out for allowing that sort of joke in the first place! Poor guy felt so bad for upsetting me and apologized for the joke and assured me that they were on the way home. Apparently I start flipping out all hormonally about the second trimester, which is officially where I'm at right now. Oops... He reminded me I've done this every time, and I reminded him that every time I haven't appreciated practical jokes of any kind during this time period! Poor guy.
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