Cute Toddler Moment

This trumps the Friday Fave Five. Hands down.

Little Mister and I just had the cutest conversation. He nursed but wasn't going to sleep, tried to leave but I'd locked the door, so he came back and crawled over me. My shirt hiked up over my belly and he stared at it for a minute, then started rubbing it. I asked if there was a baby in there and he said yeah, and kept rubbing it. I asked if he was going to be a good big brother and he said no. lol. He was still rubbing my tummy. I asked if he wanted to say hi, and he stuck his face down by my belly and yelled, "HI!" hehehe ... I said, "That's baby [Thumper] in there. She's your baby sister." He said, "Baby!" and kept rubbing, and then when I repeated her name, he said the first part of it. I told him she was going to come out soon and say hi to him and he'd need to keep taking good care of her. He had the biggest grin on his face! I asked him for a kiss, which he gave me, and then I asked if he wanted to kiss the baby. He kissed my belly, came back up to his normal cuddle position, and went to sleep. It was SO sweet. *love*

Friday Fave Five!

1. The husband played with Little Mister for an hour or so yesterday, just so I could sew a coming home outfit for Thumper.

2. Little Mister cooperated today so I could finish sewing some pants for him. But he didn't want to cooperate with the photo. Sadly, I positioned the pocket too high, but he likes the basketball tag on the pocket and keeps trying to pull it off.

3. Kiddo has been a big help, too. Even when she doesn't want to be.

4. Woke up this morning not feeling well thanks to the stomach virus Little Mister shared, but the husband got me some ginger ale. (sorry, no pic.) He's also promised to go to Costco for me so I don't have to, since too much walking makes me hurt in my "sciatic" area. The husband also massaged that yesterday and I was able to stretch, so it doesn't hurt so much, but we don't want it to flare up again!

5. I am starting to feel better now, and might actually get a shower sometime today.

Even Toddlers Have Those Days

A note from Little Mister

When I woke up this morning, Mommy wasn't snuggling me anymore. I started kicking the wall. And hurt my foot.

Mommy let me go wake up Ha. That was fun. But when Mommy couldn't stay awake and told Ha to give me some breakfast, she wouldn't. She ate in front of me instead. Mommy yelled and she finally gave me some toast. I gobbled it up because I was starving.

We took Ha to school and she didn't say goodbye to me. Mommy had to make her come back to the car for a hug.

We came home so Mommy could put some eyes on or something before our next ride. I found a chopstick on the floor and stuck it in my mouth, then ran away from Mommy. Mommy tried to take it but I wouldn't let her. I tripped and choked myself and cried, and Mommy cried too. I don't know why SHE was freaking out; she didn't get hurt.

[note from Mom: He is just fine, though I was worried he'd punctured something with it when I saw him go down. Scary.]

Then we had to go to a boring place where a strange man looked at mommy's tummy and drew on her tummy with blue gel and stuck a machine on it. I don't know what they were doing, but the blue gel looked like fun. So as soon as the strange man left the room, I climbed up on his chair and got the gel down. Mommy put it back. I tried again, and the chair rolled out from under me! Mommy couldn't catch me and I landed on my face. My forehead, nose, and upper lip hurt bad. I cried and cried and cried, and when the strange man came back to talk to Mommy, she could barely hear him.

When we got home, I begged Mommy for a nap, but she ate something instead. At least she gave me a popsicle.

[Note from Mommy: His nose didn't swell up or start bleeding until we got home. But it was fine after his nap.]

After naps, I pulled a chair down on myself. And then I fell over and bonked my head into a box.

Mommy says it's one of those days where you just want to go back to bed and try again tomorrow. I am starting to understand.

Uh-oh, Mommy caught me on her desk again, playing with the computer. I bEt I'm in trOUBlE nOw.

ooooops

yeah, my sugars were so bad last week (due to eating junk all week) that they increased my insulin. by almost 50%. hopefully I don't have any crashes -- my lowest ones over the week were on the border of being too low. I've actually done fairly well with the eating today, making sure I'm eating on my schedules even if I did have a cookie for a snack. lol. At least it was only ONE and I had a glass of milk with it, so there was some nutrition, right?

hoping we get back on track this week ... ultrasound next Tuesday along with starting twice-weekly nonstress tests to make sure Thumper is okay.

In the midst of all my grumbling about having to go to doctors and the hospickle so often, I realize we really do live in a wonderful time where I can get good medical care. Even if I resent it.

Busy busy week

I'm supposed to be taking it sort of easy (per the perinatologist's recommendations 3 weeks ago). Tell that to the 5th grader who has several choir and school things this week, the two doctor/medial appointments for me, and all the stuff I haven't done yet that needs to be done before the baby comes. *sigh* Hopefully things will slow down some since choir will be over for the year after Wednesday, and the husband has agreed to do the grocery shopping -- just need to make him lists! I wore myself out today so he went to the store to get breaded fish fillets for dinner (what I was craving), which we had with rice and green beans. Nothing fancy at all, but totally hit the cravings.

Thank you for all the birthday wishes! Nothing terribly exciting, just a very restful day. The husband came home from work in the morning and then left to get me a Pepsi for my migraine. He also brought me some beautiful flowers -- surprise! I love it when he brings me flowers. Kiddo watched Little Mister in the a.m. so I could nap, and while I was sleeping, she made cupcakes. Yes, I had a couple. My sugars have been so bad the whole last week. Oy. I tried to get back on target today, but LM wouldn't sleep last night and I didn't get my food packed for being out of the house all day! So ... I'll try again tomorrow.

Then LM took a very long nap, and I slept too. haha. The kids and I did go to the store and bought a new phone because the cracked one got very wet somehow, and then we all went to dinner. We didn't get out early enough to go to Olive Garden, which I've been craving off and on for most of this pregnancy, so we just picked up In-N-Out Burger burgers and fries and came home and had dinner together. (Liked the burgers, not the fries; they were very hot when we got them but got stale as soon as they were cool enough to eat. Will be trying 5 guys next.)

My back was spasming from my earlier trip to Walmart, so I didn't end up working. Bummer. haha. The only position I didn't have pain in was on my side with the top leg bent. It's better now. So the husband went to Walmart and picked up Avatar, which we watched together after the kids went to bed.

LM slept in his own bed all night that night, so that was a wonderful gift. Wish he'd done it again last night, but no. Hoping he does it tonight so I can focus and hopefully get a bunch of work done. Wheeeeeee.

And with that, I'm headed back to work.

Friday Fave Five!

1. After spending last night in bed with 5-minute-apart contractions for an hour or so that gradually stopped, today, at least, I'm glad I'm still pregnant.

2. Lunch with DisGrace yesterday. I wasn't in the best of moods, but by the end I was feeling better.

3. My birthday is tomorrow! I'll be 34.

4. Kiddo and Little Mister are getting along great. If only she'd quit giving him chocolate milk, we'd be set.

5. Fong's Asian Dining. It's a new restaurant near our house and they do sushi and Chinese food. They're pretty reasonable, too. We had dinner from there last night (because I was contracting so much), and everyone got to eat something they liked. Awesome.

A rant.

Dear Daughter,

While I appreciate your willingness to watch your brother today while I slept, I would like to remind you (again) of a problem that erupted everywhere shortly upon my waking.

Your brother can tolerate small amounts of cheese, yogurt, and ice cream, but he has NEVER been able to drink milk. Remember that whole 1-1/2 years where I didn't drink milk because it made him sick when he got it through MY milk? Or the formula we had to give him to supplement because it was making him hurl everywhere? Giving him a Carnation Instant Breakfast made with cow's milk to drink is a HUGE problem. He pukes all over me every time you've given him one, and has done so twice in three days after you have given him that when I was not aware.

Perhaps the key for you remembering this would be to have him puke on you, but I can't change his aim. *sigh*

This time, though, you do get to clean up the mess on the carpet. Good luck.

Love,

Your disgusted mommy who now needs a shower desperately