proudAPmom

Well, I guess my chances of having a little girl are just as good as having a little boy - 50/50. But my gut is telling me girl and the test I just took online said girl. I purchased two tests to tell me what I am having and I am anxiously waiting for results. One test I paid a lady on e-bay to send me a list of questions which I answered and she will send me back the results within 24 hours. I know what you thinking…scam right? I figured for the cheap price, it was worth some fun while waiting for baby to come. The other test was a bit on the expensive side, but it is supposed to be 90% accurate…which still leaves 10% chance it will be wrong, but again this was more for fun than anything. I am excited to finally get it in the mail and see if the answers match those of the lady on e-bay. The one that is coming in the mail works a bit like a pregnancy test in that I have to pee in a cup and add it to the test cup. If the color changes to pink/purple color I will have a girl, but it if it blue/green color it will be a boy.I am not sure if we are going to find out or not since my husband really would like to keep it a suprise again and in a way it does seem like it will be fun to wait and see once the baby is born. It was fun to hear them say “It’s a boy!” when our son was born, even though we both felt we were going to have a boy and only chose one name - Robert James. We never discussed girl names at all, and my husband didn’t want to because he was so sure we were going to have a boy. This time I can’t get him to talk about names at all yet. Maybe as it becomes more real to him (like when I am really showing and getting huge as the house) then he will be interested in getting things ready for the new little one. 

Well, it is Wednesday already. DH is at a manditory training at work (his day off normally) and has to pay for something (he sent me a text message to let me know he needed money). Sometimes his work can be such a pain, but we are still very thankful that he has a job.DS is having a tough day so far, he has had a few melt-downs and I’ve come very close. I felt really stressed when I decided to take a quick walk-through a store that a friend of mine told me about. Apparantly I went into the wrong store, but didn’t know until I had finished browsing and by that point I was moving pretty quickly for the car. The store I was looking for has a mix of antiques and clothes and other misc stuff. It sounded fun, this store however was all antiques. My DS was very active and didn’t want to stay in my arms. I figured it would do ok, and he did until it was time to leave when I had to pick him up to go outside (major road right there and he runs ahead of me). I picked him up and he started struggling to get away. I told him as quietly as I could to stop and tried to hold him more firmly. Instead he wiggled harder and then in in his attempt to get free smacked his head into my right temple. Oh the pain! I was really angry then and spoke a bit harsher to him and got out to the car. I removed all his toys from reach and buckled him into his car seat. I told him he was in time out until I got an appology for the bad behavior. He didn’t appologise right away and I had to work it out of him.He is becoming a bit more stubborn lately and it is trying me. Also, my DH has been working with some teens who have very foul language, he sometimes brings it home without really meaning to. So this afternoon I told my DS that he couldn’t do something to which he replied “Oh J**** C*****!”. I asked him to repeat what he had said because I didn’t think I had heard him clearly and when I heard it again I was shocked. There is only one place that he has heard that! I will have to talk to DH when he finally gets home from work this afternoon about the language in the house because our DS is just to apt to pick it up at this age. I just got him to stop saying “Oh my God” and “Stupid” so I felt really frustrated that he has a new one.  

So, I lost my voice the other day…urgh, what a hassle. Trying to deal with a toddler with no voice. My nose is like a faucet…and my throat hurts. I started to get a bit of a fever the other day, but thankfully it went down pretty quickly. My voice made it’s return today…but is still rough sounding. I finally feel a little better today though. I got a lot accomplished for how I am feeling too. I went out with my son for gymnastics this morning, then to a playground for a little bit. Before gymnastics I went to WalMart to get a key made, but they didn’t have the right one. They told me to go to K-Mart because Lowes was too expensive. I went to K-Mart but they also didn’t have the right key. After the park I went to Lowes and they made a key for me, but when I got home it was the wrong one. I had to go back later - I got my husband ready for work and then tried to nap a little. I was tired and cranky and my son just wouldn’t nap. Finally I got up and got him ready to go - we went out and got the right key. I took him out to eat at Cici’s Pizza and then we went to WalMart where I got quite a few items that we needed- a new laundry basket, new juice cups that are a bit heavier than the last ones (the others ones broke way to easily), candy and toys for easter baskets, and a few groceries.I got home, fed the doggies, cleaned the floors, washed counters, did some laundry, and picked up toys. I did little things that I had been neglecting for the past week where I haven’t been feeling all that great.Today has been really nice as far as the temperature goes - it was around 63 today. It is supposed to be warmer tomorrow, but it has been overcast all day. I would love to see some sun, but I will take the warmer weather! I took the blankets off the kitchen windows, it was nice to have more light in the kitchen and it feels so much more open. I know that we have to be careful since it could stil get cold again and then we will loose a lot of heat that way.I am really starting to show now, I am 9 weeks into the pregnancy and I get really anxious about it since I have been so sick and have to take quite a bit of tylenol this time around - I took very little when preggo with my son. I sure hope that things get better from here on out, I don’t want to have to take any more meds.  

Today I woke up early and I dozed for a bit before finally getting up to feed the dogs. My sweet little boy is still sleeping, thankfully, so that leaves me with some time to myself so I can get a few things acomplished.So far I have moved some of his toys into the great room which is currently closed for the cold weather and pulled out some toys he hasn’t played with in quite a long time. Then I put clothes in the washer, moved towels to the dryer and fed the dogs. Started my husbands coffee, put away clean dishes and then poured husbands coffee into his thermos. I ate a bowl of cereal and now I am sitting here at the computer. I feel like I am more with it today, and hopefully I will be able to keep up the momentum as I have so much to do today.I am really behind on laundry, and I haven’t really cleaned much in the past few days - I’ve just been so exhausted. I took my son to the library yesterday and almost fell asleep sitting there - I just had nothing. Finally I got him home and I kept dozing on the couch - the poor kid just wanted to play and I wasn’t much fun at all.Today I take my son to story time at the library and it looks like I will have to sign him up for the spring session (which I think is a wonderful sign that spring is finally on it’s way!) but I don’t know if that means there will be a week or two off or if it will just continue right through. After story time I will bring him home, make lunch and continue to clean where I can. Then I have an appointment at the chiropractors for an adjustment. I am excited about this - my neck has been bothering me just a bit and I look forward to the relief I get from the adjustments.After that appointment I don’t have anything else planned for the day. I will continue to clean up and catch up. My husband goes back to work tomorrow and he needs clean laundry and I need to get my act together as far as meals and making things ready for him. I haven’t really wanted to cook lately due to the morning sickness, but I am feeling a bit better and I am forcing myself to eat, which makes me want to eat more….sometimes I still feel a little ill, but most times I am plugging away at food.My biggest cravings this time around: salad with wild Maine blueberry dressing, broccoli, turkey sandwich with pickles, homemade mac n cheese with pickles, fish, veggie subs (subway), and oranges. I can’t seem to get enough oranges. I drink orange juice and eat one or two oranges a day. I also love ice cold water with a slice of lemon or lime in it. These cravings are so different from the first time  when all I could stand to eat was sweets (donuts, iced coffee, chocolate, soda) and meats. I loved burgers and chicken wings but couldn’t stand anything green during my first pregnancy. This time it is like the opposite. Interesting….