More Horror-mones!

I was having a nap with Little Mister, and when he woke up, he got up and ran out of our room to find daddy. I hadn't moved yet, but was getting up. I heard Daddy ask him, "Is mommy trying to steal some more sleep?" Meaning he was ready to go to bed and wanted me out of the room.

My Inner Snark came out of hiding again and said, "Next time you're pregnant, I'll let you sleep as much as you want."

The Joys of Horror-mones

So, I've been having a lot of bad pregnancy symptoms of late. Like, really bad lower back pain, headaches, sciatica, heartburn, etc. The husband, for whatever reason, gets them all with me. Which is sort of good because he knows what I'm going through, but it's really NOT good because he whines more than I do.

Ahem.

Today he said something about how sharing pain isn't nice.

My response?

"Well, at least I know if you ever break my heart, yours will be hurting worse afterward."

He didn't think that was funny.

Friday Fave Five!!

1. The kids and I went to Thanksgiving Point yesterday with DisGrace and her kids and our niece ... who is home (temporarily) from her mission. (long story short: she has been sick since she got into the MTC and developed such bad ear infections, it's caused hearing loss.) We ran into a former neighbor from when I was growing up; her sister was my best friend. Fun to see her and her kids and some other relatives. Little Mister was so excited to see all the animals, and the cousins took turns taking him various places. I got a nice break, and a little too much sun!

2. I found a refurbished washer from an appliance repair shop. The husband and his brother are going to pick it up today. Here's hoping it works well, but it does come with a warranty.

3. The insulin has brought my blood sugars under control ... I even had a bite of dessert with dinner last night and everything was fine. Wooooo! Still hoping I'll be fine after the baby comes. We'll see.

4. I just love my family. Kids are so great. Thumper is really wiggly and was sticking her butt straight out last night. At least I'm pretty sure it was her butt. It prevented me from leaning over at all, but it was cute. Little Mister is just a happy kid. Adore him. Kiddo is learning that giving me attitude isn't good and she's been much more helpful and pleasant this week, and we've all gotten along better. Here's hoping it continues when she goes back to school next week. The husband has mellowed a lot while off work as well. And I haven't missed work once, though I am looking forward to all of us getting back to our routines next week.

5. Crock pots. Threw a roast in the crock pot before we went to Turkey Point yesterday and we got to have dinner on time. It's been a hectic week in some ways, so it was good to have a nice dinner last night. We're supposed to go to the aquarium today, so I have to figure out what we'll be doing. Have a turkey thawed and ready to go, but I can't leave it while I'm gone, and the husband will probably be sleeping at some point ... so ... yeah. Maybe it's for tomorrow.

I'd better get some breakfast. Hope you all have a fantabulous weekend!

Medical and other stuff

Sooooooo ... we had planned to go see that dragon movie (I can't get the name straight) today. Before we left, our washer died. Kaput. We decided to see the movie anyway and deal with the washer tomorrow because we don't get to do stuff like this very often. We got there and the show time was sold out, but the 3D one an hour later still had tickets. Bought the tickets, went to target for baby wipes and diapers (if I have no washer, we can't use cloth!), and went back to the theater. We all liked it, but it gave Kiddo a migraine. great.

Got home, grabbed my paperwork, and went to the hospickle for my followup.

Met with the perinatologist and diabetes educator. It was a different RN than last time and I really liked her. She listened to my concerns and explanations about my sugars, and asked for more input, and I asked her if I could only see her in the future, explaining I didn't love the other one and felt she didn't want to listen to me. She looked really surprised by that, but said she understood. The only problem is this one usually only works on Monday and Friday, and the perinatologist is only in on Tuesday, so the diabetes folks go to the maternal fetal medicine wing of the hospickle on Tuesdays and meet with patients there instead of the clinic -- so they will only schedule pregnant women on Tuesday. Rather than cart the toddler in to 2 different appointments every week, I guess I'll deal. She'll be there in 2 weeks, but next week I have to see the other one again.

The perinatologist wants me to have another echo for MY heart function to make sure everything is okay, and seemed really surprised that my OB didn't have me follow with them last time. She's really wanting to play it "safe" medically, which is fine, since she was okay with me not taking oral medications ... though I'm still hoping baby girl gets to pick her own birthday! Their estimate of her weight is 3 pounds 6 ounces, which we all know could be completely wrong. haha.

At any rate, we've all decided insulin is necessary at this point, and I'm really fine with that. It's just once a day, and I gave myself my first dose right at the end of my 2-1/2 hour appointment (GRAH!) today. It didn't hurt at all, compared to jabbing my finger 7 times a day. Which I still have to do at least for this coming week to make sure the insulin is helping when I'm more resistant, which doesn't seem to be when people typically are. Most people are in the morning until lunch, I tend to be more through the evening and first thing in the morning.

So that's that. Yay.

Happy Easter!!

Little Mister opened his Easter basket the day I bought it (as I mentioned the other day). He's been playing with the balls constantly ever since. The husband ate the candy in it, so I stuck a couple of Reese's eggs in it with a few jelly beans and whopper eggs. He was freaking out this morning, so the husband bribed him with the peanut butter egg. He gobbled up both of them and went back to find more. lol. He doesn't love the other candy, which is fine with me.

Kiddo's basket had a rented Princess and the Frog in it (they're watching it now) with a couple of little toys and a hand sewing kit she requested, plus some of the same candy we put in LM's basket. She squealed. It was cute.

I had some contractions last night, so I didn't get our traditional Easter morning breakfast started ... made her do it when she got up this morning, and she was all too happy to do so. I can't even eat the sweet rolls, so it worked out. I wasn't tempted to eat the marshmallows. haha.

I did make some bacon and eggs, and made open-faced egg mcmuffins with garlic butter. *drool* they turned out well. While I was cooking, I asked Kiddo to tell us the real story of Easter, and she did a really good job with it.

I'd better go rest some more. A few more contractions. It's been a stressful weekend so far ... hoping the rest of spring break and hubby's vacation mellow out a bit.

Hope you all have a fabulous Easter Sunday!

Friday Fave Five!!!

1. The husband got to see the baby move the other day. We were talking and I pointed at my belly, saying she was pushing there. He looked at it and saw her next few kicks. She hasn't let him (or anyone else for that matter) feel her move yet, so that was pretty exciting. :)

2. A boy in Kiddo's class asked her to "go out" last week. Her answer? "I'll have to check my schedule." Then she came home and told me I'm her schedule. haha.

3. Little Mister went to the store with me Wednesday and picked out his Easter basket. It had a full sized basketball and a full sized soccer ball, and almost no candy. He didn't even notice the candy. We did open the basket that day and got the balls out. He's been having a blast with them ever since. (yes, I know, Easter isn't until Sunday. He doesn't care. haha.)

4. JapanBoy and his family made it safely to my parents' house. I'm terribly upset we won't be seeing them for a while yet, but at least they're in the same country now!

5. Naps, food, and showers all help me be in a better mood. If I can't have chocolate, I'll take what I can get.

Medical update: After my wretched appointment Tuesday, I cut my carbs a lot Wednesday. Not such a great idea; even though my numbers were all normal, I was spilling ketones yesterday morning (bad for me AND baby). Yesterday, I decided to take my 7 meals/snacks and spread my carbs out to 8 equal meals and snacks (equal in number of carbs, not food), and only had 2 slightly high numbers. My ketones were just fine this morning. sweeeeeeeeet.

It occurred to me

That if this baby follows in her brother's footsteps, she'll be here in 8 weeks. *freaking out*

I was napping with Little Mister in the recliner today and had this dream that she was trying to get out of my belly through the side. We could see her face all smashed up and I could tell she was crying. Horrendous dream.

Woke up, and she was SHOVING in that same spot.

Little Mister wasn't squishing her though; he was on the other side.

She's been shoving there all day. Don't know what her deal is, but it's making me nervous.