Whiteaker Clan

Edit for last post because I am an idiot...

2011-08-05T12:46:00.001-05:00

I was looking over my last post and realized I was an idiot.

I let my photos dictated my post without putting much thought into the posssibility that I may have put the wrong pictures in the wrong folder with the wrong date...

My brother did graduate in Massage Therapy... But it was in May 2010.. Not 2011.

I am so dumb... And am ok admitting it.
Sorry if I offended anyone.

Catching up

2011-08-05T09:04:00.000-05:00

And if anyone still reads this I will be surprised. The last time I blogged was early April... like the 9th or something.
So sad.

What has been going on?

On April 14th, 2011... We lost our beloved Phoenix. On the 13th had has begun to lay around alot... almost like he had collapsed... the behavior was not normal... at all. He was kinda cool to the touch and he wouldn't eat or drink. He had already been diagnosed with a brain tumor 5 months previous, but his bloodwork was so good it seemed early stage... Vet predicted at least a year or two with him. I went ahead a made a vet appointment for the next day... then that night, he was laying on the couch with his buddy Dylan when he had a seizure. His gums went white, he was panting hard, he lost control of his bladder, and he couldn't stand on his own... the latter last a majority of the night.
I had talked to the vet on the phone and the doctor was of the mindset that it was all tumor related and that a shot of steroids and antibiotics in case of infection would make him turn around. I kept the appointment for the next morning after I drop the boys off at school.
When we dropped the boys off at school, I made sure they loved on Phoenix and told him bye... I had a sick feeling about the vet appointment.
We arrived at the vet and while in the waiting room, he completely lost control of his bladder... something was going on.. I knew it.
We saw the doc and he ran blood work just to make sure nothing was going on besides the tumor... doc agreed that Phoenix looked like he felt bad... but the doc said..."if something bad was going on, dogs usually look bad... like their coat doesn't look good... his is gorgeous... his coat, skin, mouth, eyes... they all look good"...
But then he did a reflex test.... Phoenix failed miserably....my frisbee catcher didn't have enough reflexes to catch the table.
Blood work came back and said he had to double check to make sure he grabbed the right paperwork... it was Phoenix's and he was extremely sick and in a ton of pain.
1.) He needed a blood transfusion - his body had quit producing red blood cells.
2.) He had severe pancreatitis.

The doc said....
"You have two options...
1.) He admit him immediately, give him enough morphine to basically sedate him, we give him a couple of bags of blood... we do this for 3 days continuously... then we recheck his blood again after that 3 days.... my prediction, because his disease is so severe.. we are going to see the same dog that we see now.
2.) Say your goodbyes."

All I could say is this...
Doc, I got Phoenix to be my protector and my companion, in a time when I didn't have that. He has done his job 2000 and he has done it wonderfully. I couldn't have asked for a better dog, friend or buddy. He doesn't get up from the bed unless I do. He doesn't move until I do. He is the ultimate companion. He has done right by my kids and put up with a lot.
I have to do right by him too.

and I did. I hated it. I still miss him... I am crying writing this... but he doesn't hurt anymore.

At the end of April... J and I went to JAMAICA!!! It was gorgeous! And relaxing. And beautiful and fun and very very needed.
And I got pooped on by an ocean swimming horse... nuff said.

in May... busy busy... lots of things going on... whooo.

Gavin graduated Preschool

My brother graduated with a degree in Massage Therapy...

Gavin's t-ball season ended.

J's college roommate and BFF got married and added an awesome woman and 3 beautiful kids to our little group. CONGRATS JUSTIN AND SHAUNDA AND LITTLE H, J, AND L.

Corgan celebrated his first birthday!!!! Seriously?! Corgan turned 1!!!

As you can probably guess... it was Dr. Suess.. mainly The Cat in The Hat themed.... that is his favorite show on PBS kids... he dances everytime the theme song comes on.

June....
I had to undergo a DnC and Laproscopic surgery. I had to do this because insurance would not approve a TVH (total vaginal hysterectomy) unless I had exploratory first... nice right... get cuts to explore for insurance when i was going to get out of it completely cut free... nice.
The exploratory revealed I not only had a prolapsed uterus, but I had Adenomyosis too.

July...
TVH

And G and D are now full fledged swimmers... they are no longer using floaties!!! Makes a trip to the pool so much easier.

Now... here we are
I am two weeks post op. I feel great. Corgan is 15 months old today. G and D are as tan as little Cherokees.
And what happen yesterday????

yep... we have now entered school. We have a Kindergarten student in our midst.
and he kissed two girls on his first half day.
enough said.

I promise I will try to do better. I will try.

Part II

2011-04-09T22:11:00.000-05:00

On the ball field part I

2011-04-09T22:07:00.000-05:00

Mary Louise Whiteaker

2011-03-17T09:16:00.002-05:00

COOKEVILLE -- Funeral services for Louise Whiteaker, 95, of Cookeville, will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 18, from the chapel of Whitson Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Crest Lawn Memorial Cemetery.

Family will receive friends from 5-9 p.m. Thursday and again Friday from 8 a.m. until time of services at the funeral home.

Mrs. Whiteaker passed away Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at Masters Health Care Center in Algood.

She was born Feb. 29, 1916, in Putnam County to the late Jim and Amanda Bumbalough Emery.

Mrs. Whiteaker was a homemaker and attended Northeast Church of Christ.

The family would like to express a deep appreciation to the nurses and CNAs of Masters Health Care for the wonderful care for the time that she was there.

Her family includes a son and daughter-in-law, James Harold and Beth Whiteaker; a daughter, Frances Cobble; a son and daughter-in-law, Jack and Andrea Emery; grandchildren and their spouses, James and Katy Whiteaker, Jenny and DeWayne Phillips, John and Mechelle Williams, Lisa Cobble, Amy and Tim Morris, Amanda and Jeff Hatcher, Nancy Frye, and David and Phil Emery; great-grandchildren and their spouses, Jason and Casey Whiteaker, Berek Whiteaker, Heather and Jared Phillips, Katie, Sarah and Jeremy Morris and Jonathan and Joshua Williams; and great-great-grandchildren, Dylan, Gavin and Corgan Whiteaker and Mason Morris.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. Whiteaker was preceded in death by her husband, Albert Whiteaker; and a grandson, Jerry Whiteaker; and two great-great granddaughters, Mercy and Grace Whiteaker.

Pallbearers will be Tim Morris, Jeff Hatcher, Jason and Berek Whiteaker, John Williams and Jared Phillips.

Bro. Paul Wilmoth will officiate the services.

1 year comparison

2011-03-15T06:21:00.000-05:00

all Gavin's baby is gone. :(
Dylan just looks older... and thinner... and more like a little boy :(

just some more pics

2011-03-10T09:37:00.000-06:00

these are some more pics that are not on facebook.

8 month comparison

2011-02-16T07:15:00.000-06:00

you decide who is who.

6 month comparison

2010-12-17T20:19:00.001-06:00

and yes.. it is a month late.
and yes.. I haven't blog in a while.
and yes.. I am a slacker.
I promise to do more.

enjoy the 6 month comparisons of the boys until my next post.

Love you all.

Corgan

Dylan

Gavin

4 month comparison

2010-09-23T15:35:00.000-05:00

Third wheel

2010-08-30T08:42:00.002-05:00

Here is the problem with having kids so close together.... One gets too close emotionally with the other without a return in favor.

Let me explain...
Dylan adores Gavin. He thinks Gavin is the bees knees and can do no wrong. Gavin is his superhero and he could not idolize him more.
Gavin... Well he loves Dylan' but with one year of preschool and socializing with other kids under his belt... Well, he doesn't feel as attached to Dylan as Dylan is to Gavin.
Gavin has always been more independent. Dylan has always been more dependent... Especially on Gavin's company.
D is always begging for G to come along where G is always telling D he can't come.
It's hard to watch.
What's harder? Watching it on the playground when G finds himself a little girl that quickly gets coined as his "girlfriend" and they are both ignoring a trailing Dylan.
Too bad i wasn't there to actually see it.
Yet my lovely husband caught it on video for me to witness.

Gavin-isms

2010-08-26T10:33:00.005-05:00

Mom, if a bad guy is choking me, you got to cut dem wit scissors!

D, when i was your old, i told dad "no! No! No!"

Poop was hurting my belly... And hurt come down to my leg right here and it hurted and you have to carry me to bed.

I did that this last morning.

MOM!! Hair is getting under my armpit!

When I get big like chu, i will touch that.

D, you are too little strong to choke bad guys.

D, talk to the hand!!

Mom... I am pretty cool.

Gavin... I would say you are very cool!

To my boys

2010-08-24T23:34:00.000-05:00

There are places I remember
All my life, though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them all

But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more

Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more
In my life I love you more

-The Beatles
"In My Life"

The Newest Super Soaker... and its free

2010-08-18T09:41:00.002-05:00

At least it was for me!!!

How cool right?
Just wait...

So, Cor was working up a poop and I waiting until he relaxed enough that I thought he was done with the whole process.
I got a new diaper and sat in the floor in front of his playmat where he was playing spread eagle...

Very mundane process really... wipes, check... diaper, check.

So I undid the diaper and slid the top under his butt and got the dingy and everything clean, slid the new diaper under the old and grabbed both feed to lift the butt, clean and remove old...

THAT WAS THE INTENTION.

what happened was I lifted his legs, made one swipe of the butt and WHAM...

That child let out the loudest, strongest, WETTEST fart in known history.

*Can't be that bad Casey.*

YOU WOULD BE WRONG.

He sprayed poop everywhere... on the hardwood, himself, my pants (with holes), my arms, my shirt and MY FREAKIN' FACE.

Thank God I didn't have my mouth open.
I think....

When it happened I dropped his legs and screamed like the girl I embraced myself to be in that moment and sat there in shock... just shocked....

No one heard my screams.

Except Cor and I got the first official laugh out of him.

As I sat thinking "how in the hell did that just happen"... I felt the poop start working its way through the holes in my jeans and that woke me out of my shocked state.

I jumped up to walk across the poop covered floor to grab another diaper when it actually dawned on me that 1) I was barefooted and 2) there was poop working its way all the way down my leg.

THAT is when I stripped.

Then I wiped the floor with baby wipes and started a pile of "pooped on stuff" that I was planning on just burning.

I wiped down the baby who is amazing happy... got his naked butt of the poop mat and proceed to change him officially when BOOM.

*no.. not kidding*

He peed a river.
It hit my hair.

I cleaned him off of pee once again and finally got a clean diapered, happy baby.

I, in my still naked, peed on state, picked up the poop pile, threw it in the washer...
then I picked up annoyingly happy baby, walked straight into J's office, handed him baby and got a shower with a trusty bottle of antibacterial dial hand soap.

I think J is still laughing.

3 month comparison

2010-08-17T07:03:00.001-05:00

Corgan

Gavin

Dylan

Pre - editted pics Cor 3 months, D and G half year.

2010-08-16T08:50:00.002-05:00

Summer Injury 2010 #7

2010-08-12T08:06:00.005-05:00

Injury of the Unknown

We just don't know how he did it. We are guessing... J was watching TV, Gavin and I was bathing Corgan. Gavin and I heard a scream and thought nothing of it... lets be honest, you can't tell the difference in Dylan's "i hate being in trouble and I am frustrated" scream, or "I didn't get what I want" scream, versus his "my head is being ripped off by a man eating dinosaur" scream.
He has one scream and cry... it is loud and takes his breath away....

We assumed, being Dylan and close to bedtime time, he was just in trouble. Until J walked in the bathroom and I saw the blood.

J didn't know what had happened... he just knew Dylan was going upstairs then he heard a thud and boom.. blood.

I looked later and there is a stop on the wall where the paint is cracked and the sheet rock is pushed in real good... I am assuming he fell, hit the wall and hit it hard enough to basically explode the skin where he hit... because the cut was jagged, and there was a very good size know with it.

We shaved it and cleaned it up... this one we were not sure if he would need stitches or not, so we took him to the ER anyways.... no stitches... they said unless it is a cm (a quarter of an inch) they won't stitch... that sounds wide to me...but whatever.

And yes, the ER did question J about the almost identical spot on the other side of his head.
And yes, J was worried about CPS

And yes, I think he will have a mohawk on his first day of preschool.

Dylan is curiosity... I am the cat...

2010-08-11T16:20:00.000-05:00

the "I wonder what would happen" attitude boys have is killing me.

Summer Injury #6

2010-08-05T09:23:00.002-05:00

Summer Injury #6: Pretty Bird..

D is a kid that gets distracted very very easily....
Lets not go into the medications the doctors will try to put him on when he hits school because lets be honest... he is my total ADHD kid.

He was playing and running with G and being distracted, didn't realize the window sill had jumped out right in front of him.

We had ER nurse Uncle Berek look at it and he said it looked like they would prolly just put glue on it... so no stitches, thank goodness, but ugh.. another shaved hole in his hair...

G's preschool last year

2010-07-26T07:53:00.001-05:00

When the school year was over, they gave parents a CD of pictures of their child of various things throughout the year... as this new school year was approaching, I got reminescent and decided to post this...

I refuse

2010-07-26T07:47:00.000-05:00

to play pretend with my eldest... never again... well, for now anyways...

1st instance of him making me feel like a complete and total idiot...

He had gotten out his doctor kit and started checking me up and down.. he looked in my ears "wow mom.. it's dark in there", "wow mom, it's dark in your mouth too!" "Uh oh, it's dark in your nose too!"

"OH NO DOCTOR... what do you think is the matter?"

"I need a light mom!?"
*all included with the look of 'you are totally stupid and I am stupider for being around you'.

Fast forward to this weekend.. we are all over at Ka-Ka and Pops celebrating J being old and officially sterile and G starts up explaining his superhero powers..
"I have a super long sharp tongue and it goes out like this 'pssst' and I can make wind like this and go like this and my butt does this whatever thingy.." well.. you get the picture and everyone was all intrigued and he was really putting on a show and asking questions until I asked "what is your name superhero?"

"Gavin"
*again with this same look of 'please don't tell anyone you are my mom because you are dumb'...

IPad....

2010-07-16T16:59:00.001-05:00

I am totally writing this from my new iPad right now....

I would feel like a total rockstar right now if I wasn't pumping at the same time.

trip planned

2010-07-12T13:41:00.002-05:00

We are finally planning another trip to Memphis... it will be the weekend before what would have been Mercy and Grace's 6th birthdays. Wow. Seems like just yesterday.. not 6 years ago. Me and J would normally make a trip to the cemetery, but because of the boys curious nature.. I don't think that will happen... they just wouldn't understand... granted, I hate to think of not visiting my baby girls until they could understand.
It's weird too because G and D have been talking alot about when Corgan gets older we need "twins girl babies".
Um.. no... appointment to get that fixed has been set.

We have never talked about the girls in front of the boys really... nothing for them to pick up on... and have never mentioned the fact that they have older sisters or anything like that... it is just weird... One day, we they can grasp the meaning of life and death and all of that, they will know, but not before then... until then.. they need to just stop asking because this is one thing they won't get.
and just enjoy Corgan as a little dude...
I sure do.

Just because a comparison is fun

2010-07-10T04:53:00.000-05:00

Gavin at 2 months

Corgan at 2 months

Dylan at 2 months.

Corgan is 2 months!!

2010-07-09T13:38:00.000-05:00

And in black and white...

At his appointment he was 9 lbs, 7oz and 21.75 inches long. Doc was not happy with his weight gain, so we are going back in about 4 weeks for a weight check.
He was a trooper at his shots too. Bled like a stuck pig, but once he was done with telling me how amazingly pissed off it made him... he slept for most the day... and went to bed at 5pm and didn't rise until 6am. He was a worn out little booger head.

I am having an affair.

2010-07-07T09:09:00.003-05:00

Don't judge.. just hear me out.

J knows about it. I have talked in depth with him about my feelings for a while... I have denied my feelings for months. Just now, it is officially a part of our lives.

I can't say J is happy about my small love affair but we will work through. He just can't deny that he knows I am in love, eventhough I am completely infatuated with him too... nothing can compare to how I feel for J... but for right now... he is willing to share.

It is just too beautiful not to be in love with....

My Eclipse review

2010-07-02T07:31:00.003-05:00

Ok... a few things bugged me about the movie...

1) out of order - enough said.
2) Mush - all the major points of the book were mush together and tied together to make a movie... making the movie seem a bit rushed.
3) I HATE Bryce Dallas Howard as Victoria... just saying.
4) Bella's wig. I just wanted to pluck it off her head the whole movie... damn Runaways movie.

If you can get past that... the movie is EPIC. I was unsure about it after the 1st viewing.. But once I relaxed and watched it a second time and got past those points above.. I loved it.

Now, I have always been Team Edward... but I might be changing teams...

Story by Corgan

2010-06-30T15:12:00.002-05:00

I love my Bumbo

HEY.. where did you come from.

Dang.. ya'll are comin' at me from all angles...

Seriously, someone call and take these kids away.. sheesh.

RAN-DOM!!!

2010-06-25T16:41:00.006-05:00

D goes into the bathroom... looks around... pees then he yells out...
"GAVIN... I NEED A STEP STOOL!!"
"Ok, D"
*D immediately grabs the step stool that is by the sink and runs it back to the kitchen and then sprints back to the bathroom*
"GAV... STEP STOOL.. I NEED IT."
*Gavin looks at me in total bewilderment and reluctantly grabs the step stool and takes it back to the bathroom.
"THANKS GAVIN"
*D washes his hands*
"GAVIN, I NEED A NACKIN'"

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G: "chugga chugga chew gotta get bamboo, chugga chugga chew gotta get bamboo, chugga chew chew got... wait, I did it wrong."

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The boys have found a new show on Nickelodeon that they LOVE. Team Umizoomi.
I love it. Millie, Geo and Bot have mighty math powers and they work with numbers, building with shapes and patterns all while helping out the kids of UmiCity.
I think it is a great show.

Yet... I have the stupid song stuck in my head.

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We have been jigsaw puzzle freaks in this house the past few days... that is all the boys want to do.
G is great at them... his attention span can keep him at that table for up to 2 hours at a time.
D... he is good, but would be better if his stomach didn't have a intimate connection with the kitchen table.

The other day, they were both working and Dad was helping D... D was working a 24 piece and G was working a 60 piece. D finished it and tore it up to start working it again, then G finished his and starts jumping up and down "I beat you D!!! D, hey, I beat you! haha I beat you D... hey.. D.. look!! I beat you!"
D looked, ignored.
G "haha, I beat you"
D... "so what?"
G *crickets* - poor thing just doesn't understand why that was NOT a big deal.

and I wonder why J eyed me and giggled and pointed and mouthed "thats your son you know"...

I casually responded with "he is more like me J!!! J, hey, he is more like me!! haha He is more like me J... hey.. J.. look!! He is more like me!"

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Where's the babe-eeeeee

2010-06-23T07:34:00.000-05:00

Every morning when the two old ones get out of bed, they ask for 2 people... daddy and da' babe-eeeeee

Every morning, da' babe-eeeee is waiting to see them. He is annoyingly chipper starting in the early morning and doesn't go back to sleep until he gets his full dose of older brother's playtime.

They insist he needs lots of toys to play with and insist I take their pictures with him....

Its better than coffee really..

Difficult

2010-06-14T10:03:00.003-05:00

I have never in my life had such difficulty getting pictures done of one child.

Corgan.

I have been trying for 2 weeks to get his 1 month pictures.

He is being hard headed and pictures are coming out crappy... I guess I am just going to use some randoms I have taken when updating his baby book....

Here are some of my throw aways before I have to go through and edit them to make them look halfway decent.

Oh and I got a smile pic!! But it is the blurriest pic I have ever taken in my life!!!

enjoy.

it's a... RANDOM

2010-06-13T15:19:00.002-05:00

I know how much you miss me being random.. so here is something for you!

G: I wanna play superhero chutes and ladders.
J: Ok, let's play.
G: NO. By.my.self.
J: You don't want me to play?
G: No. I wanna win. By.my.self.

*I know NO idea where he gets that competitive nature.

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So we were totally sitting in class in church and I just got finished feeding Corgan when he started filling his diaper.. at first it was fine... normal.

Then it became very abnormal... very quick.
A 30 second long fart that was so powerful that my hand on his back was being bubbled up due to the air and poop coming out the top of his diaper and gradually turning his clothes various shades of "ugh" by the second.

It took me a while to get up to change him.. I was laughing too hard.... and he smiled the whole time.

Only in church.. and only my kid.

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J: forget this push mowing the yard crap... I think we need to go get that riding lawn mower NOW.
Me: Why?
J: too hot to be spending all weekend mowing this yard!!
Me: I will be released to exercise on Friday... then I will start mowing it again like I did before delivery.. at 39 weeks pregnant! Big baby.. its not a big deal!
J: it wasn't 100 degrees!
Me: no.. just 90!
J: Well, if you think we ought to wait....

hummmm.

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D: Mommy... I want...???
Me: What baby.. what do you want?
D: I want...???
Me: What?
D: I dunno?
Me: well, let me know when you know.
D: But mommy!
Me: Yes baby?
D: I want....???
Me: what baby?
D: I want....??
Me: NOTHING.. D. YOU WANT NOTHING.!
*looked at me kinda funny for a minute...
D: Mommy?
Me: Yes baby?
D: I want...??

*This is a daily occurrence...

Fat lip

2010-06-09T10:40:00.002-05:00

see that pretty boy???

He came to me yesterday with a fat and bloody lip...

at the gentle *eyeroll* hand/fist of his big brother.

the fighting is getting old...

2 things of note...

2010-06-07T20:07:00.002-05:00

1st:

I put a site counter on this blog 3 days ago... I have had 54 visitors and not 1 comment... show the love peps.

2nd:

Corgan had his 1 month check today...

8lbs, 7oz, 20.75 inches long.
He has surpassed Gavin's 3 month sizes and D's 2 month sizes.
That hilarious... especially considering he weighted LESS than D at birth. ha

But he is perfect... just another 4 weeks and he gets the dreaded shots... lets hope it goes by real slow.

Who's who

2010-06-06T09:29:00.001-05:00

I keep getting the question... "who does Corgan most look like?"
Well.. I have been saying a mixture of all his siblings...
I can't compare Mercy and Grace with him, but the chin.. that is Grace.. the feet and green bean toes... that's Mercy...
Now... compare the other two..

GAVIN

DYLAN

CORGAN

He's my perfect mix.

Post by Corgan

2010-06-05T06:27:00.000-05:00

OK... so mom wanted to take some pictures.. No biggie... I am game.
I figure she wants a good shot.. boom

I gave her a cute one on the first shot.
Ok.. maybe she wants 'inquisitive' baby...

no? Ok... OH.. she wants my head up to mark in my baby book how strong I am...

another no?.. ummm maybe that wasn't impressive enough.. I will try to roll it on over...

Well hell... she stopped me... guess that's not it either.
uhh.. OH... 'IN YO FACE' baby..

Well craphole... I don't know what that heifer is looking for... oh well.
that's it.. I am spent..

Free Canvas Print

2010-06-04T11:14:00.002-05:00

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If you were smart enough to check my blog today,.. lucky you.

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You upload a picture, choose 8x10 print (you can upgrade to bigger prints for very little), choose NO FRAME and NO EFFECT... and boom..

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Your welcome.

I cashed in and got the following picture done...

He knows too much

2010-06-04T08:47:00.003-05:00

So, G is very curious... and inquisitive...
Always asking questions.

ALWAYS

The other day, he was outside naked (like you do) and playing with his "nuts"...

a term his father has affectionately taught him...

and was examining his testicles.... rolling them around and whatnot until I finally said "G, stop doing that.. you are going to hurt something.. or something."

that is when the questions began... should have just kept my mouth shut.

"Mom, what is this" as he is squeezing
"They are testicles son"
"What do they do?"
"They make sperm baby"
"What do sperm do?"
"They help make babies. Now, go talk to your father about it because I am not discussing this with a 4 year old."

I am dreading the day when he figures out (which I totally didn't think about at the time) that what HE has helps make babies, but mommies, who don't have ding-a-lings, carry the baby.... I am not ready for those questions...

I really need to start thinking more about my answers to his questions... then start lying.

4 weeks old yesterday

2010-06-03T10:06:00.002-05:00

Looks like Corgan is going to make his weekly anniversary a milestone day... at 2 weeks, he smiled at the boys... at 3 weeks he lost his cord... at 4 weeks...

he rolled over.

No.. I am not kidding... we were settling down for the night and was giving him some tummy time before bed to get out all the gas so he could get ungassy and worn out before night night and the little booger head decided he wanted to be on his back...

I guess between his long bow legs and those green bean toes he has, he's got the leverage, but DANG.

I was putting clothes away and J was laying there with him and said "Casey, he just rolled from his stomach to his side, nevermind.. he got to his back"

If someone comments about "making room for another".. gonna come through the computer..

Just sayin'.

Cluster F... F... Feeding.. that's what I meant.. Cluster Feeding

2010-05-29T09:03:00.000-05:00

Corgan has the time during the day where NOTHING can satisfy him except for being held... it starts at around his 4:30pm feeding

*my that is close to supper time*

continues through his 7:30pm feeding

*that is suspiciously close to G and D's bedtime*

and doesn't end until after at 9:00pm and 10:00pm feeding.

*shoo.. exhausted just reading that*

Well, on Thursday night, he had an exceptionally needy night.... the boob was worn thin... and so were my nerves. 8:30pm left until he started pulling on it and getting fussy, then 9:45pm right until pulling and screaming , 10:30 left and immediately hit the TUGGING AND YANKING LIKE IT WAS A LEASH ATTACHED TO AN UNWILLING DOG!!!

For the love of God! Its a boob and it is attached!!!

Defrosted 2oz of milk and he took it down like a hitch hiker that has been lost in the desert for days... finally was sleepy enough for me to change his diaper and swaddle him and get him to sleep.

He has been doing this for about a week now, so it is kinda expected...

Thank you Lord for KaKa and Pops since they had G and D over for the night.. I didn't have to worry about waking up at 5am with D.

G and D made it home around lunch.

*Thank God KaKa brought Burger King home with the boys.. I finally got a meal I didn't have to remind myself to eat.*

From that point, G was an angel and fell asleep upstairs for a good part of 3 hours,.. D, God love him, demanded he wasn't tired and refused to fall asleep during 'rest time'...

D spent the rest of the afternoon.. being, well.. being D.

About 4:30pm came around and just like clockwork, Corgan started up his afternoon/evening routine... thankfully I finished feeding him by the time peanut butter and jelly's were asked for.. that made it easier...

about 7:00pm hit and Corgan was starting to get riled up... D and G can feel that night night time is close, so they are going bat crap crazy...

THEN

the doorbell ring...

FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING HOLY!!

the dogs are trying to get through the window and while I am trying to ca-rile them into the bedroom, G insist that "puppys want out", so he is trying to get the front door open to let them out and D is standing on the window sill giving me a play by play that "someone is at the door mom" and the commotion is apparently making Corgan hungrier by the minute... either that, or the literal crap got scared out of him... either way, he is screaming unhappiness in my ear as I open the door and hear...

"Do you have time to talk with me about Jesus"...

As I am standing there figuring out the proper response for that question at THAT particular moment...

G and D in unison responses with: "We can wipe our own butts... see..." *as they are attempting to prove they have tidy rearends*
I quickly, and before anymore incident, ca-rile THEM inside and shut the door behind them...

I turn to this young girl in her late teens/early twenties and try to respond, as the door quickly opens again and in an instant...

G says "I just farted".. and shut the door as quickly as he opened it...

"I am so sorry.. they are boys... and as you can prolly guess... Jesus and I have close communication these days."

as you can see... I am extremely verbose

Official Newborn Pics of Corgan.. Pic heavy

2010-05-28T14:18:00.005-05:00

Please ignore my "grandmotherlike" appearance... have NO idea where the wrinkles and chins came from.
ok.. I do.. just shut it and look at the pretty baby.

Taken by Chesley Summar Photography

Week 3, with 3 kiddos

2010-05-26T08:03:00.003-05:00

Well, first... I will show you pictures. We had a friend up here, Chesley, take newborn pictures of Corgan... she has posted a sneak peak of the pics on her website... you can go HERE to view them and browse her website and see all the pictures she takes.
(he was a week old at the time)

The two big boys gave her fits.
She left here stressed... so go and give her some love.

So onto life with 3 kids...
its wonderful 90% of the time
its stressful 50% of the time
I have 3 screaming babies only about 20% of the time.
I am in need of a nap about 80% of the time.
I am in love 100% of the time.
And I am in "oh crap I need them to take a number and a 3rd arm" mode about 10% of the time....

Like when they all want food at the same time... of course, it has improved my multitasking abilities... breastfeeding while walking around pouring milk and fixing peanut butter and jelly... believe me.. it takes skill.

Kids have also learned that I can whoop a butt and still breastfeed at the same time too. haha.

Last night, for example, I had a hungry screaming baby in my arms, a screaming baby in bed because "my ding-a-ling hurts" (*that is what happens when you RUB IT RAW ALL DAY after a mosquito bites it because you run around naked all the time), and another crying because I didn't come to the raw ding-a-ling soon enough and "he was scared the strangers got me because I didn't come." And they all wanted satisfying AT THE SAME DADGUM TIME.

Painful.. in more ways than one...

But it is worth it.

Corgan is 2 weeks, G had his last day at school... and D, well, he got a milkshake

2010-05-20T08:50:00.003-05:00

Yesterday was a busy day.
G had his last day of school... a half day, with a Pizza Party.

D wanted a pizza party...

Cor turned 2 weeks old and started making noises and goofy faces and me and the boys.

D wanted to carry him...

J went out of town for the first time since Cor has been here.

D wanted Daddy to play the farm game with him...

D got to go to McDonald's and have a milkshake with momma for breakfast after dropping off G and getting Cor to sleep.

He later dropped his pants and showed Mrs. Shelley proof that he was a boy when she came to visit Cor.

I adore that kid.

1st doc appointment

2010-05-14T17:41:00.003-05:00

Corgan, who the boys have affectionately named "boo boo"....

I take blame for that.. that is what I sometimes call them.

Anyways.

So he is now, 6lbs, 9oz, 19.25 inches long. He has surpassed his birth weight... a goal the doc had put on him for 2 weeks and he is there.

Thank goodness him eating like he has is paying off, since he is totally sleeping 6 hours practically every night... he still manages to get 7 to 8 meals in.

His "tongue tied" clip is healing the way it should.
His ding-a-ling is doing great too.
His cord is still there, but very loose.

He is wonderful.

Corgan is a week old??! Dadgumit!

2010-05-12T20:11:00.002-05:00

Can't believe it has been a week... It has flown by, but Corgan is proving to be a wonderful little man. Calm and content.. that is him... sleeping great and being so nice to momma. He only fusses when he is hungry and when he needs to poop.

I have fallen totally in love once again.

Corgan's birth story.. and ok.. some pics

2010-05-09T21:37:00.004-05:00

So...
May 5th, at 5:00 we checked in at Summit Medical Center. It was a nice and easy process... I had already preregistered so it was simple. I got my room and the 1st nurse checked me out...

"stretchy 3cm"

By the time she asked all her questions and got me worked in all the monitors and we talked about previous deliveries, she got me hooked up to the Pitocin by 6:00am. She decided it would be best to put me on a very low dosage. It just made the contractions more regular, not necessarily any stronger.

at 7:00 am when the new nurse got on duty, she checked me out...

"4cm"

Great, progress. It was pretty boring at this point. They told me the doc would be in between 8:00 and 8:30 to break my water.

At 8:30 he came in a checked me and broke my water.

"3cm. 70%. -2 station."
"but the nurse just said I was 4cm?"
"She must have checked you during a contraction because you are stretchy"

Great.. moving backwards.. but HEY MY WATER IS BROKE.
I immediately updated facebook and then braced myself for the contraction that is coming up, because hey, my cushion is gone.

Very manageable at first... then they gradually started getting worse. The nurse had me on my side to labor instead of my back.. thank goodness because my back always hurts when I am pregnant.

8:40... starting to breathe and starting to get more and more uncomfortable through the hips.

8:45... PRESSURE AND MY HIPS ARE CONSTANTLY ACHING... I hit the nurse call button... I NEED THE EPIDURAL PLEASE... "J, call your mom.. go ahead and get the kids up here!" Nurse checks me...

"6cm"
"OH SHIT" *sorry.. using exactly what happened*

New nurse immediately leaves the room to get other nurses to help and to help get the epidural in here quicker...

8:50... OH GOOD LORD MY BODY IS TAKING OVER... I hit the nurse call button again and squeaked out "I NEED TO PUSH". 4 nurses come rushing in and 1 is standing in the hall yelling "GET A DOC IN HERE NOW... I DON'T CARE WHO IT IS.. GET HER DOC UP HERE AND GET A DOC IN HERE NOW!" I am trying to hold on pushing as much as I can per nurses orders and the epidural guy walks in... looks... and walks right back out.

Nurses are rushing around, getting stirrups settled, getting baby stuff settled... lathering me up with iodine... The whole time I am breathing and moaning... and on the verge of breaking the side rails of the bed.

THANKFULLY... they left the bed intact and had not disassembled it yet...

9:04... I HAVE TO PUSH!!! and WHAM!!! All I saw from my point of view, was the nurse with her hands held up to the end of the bed like she was trying to keep something from rolling off.... J said he saw the kid actually bounce on the bed.

There was no "there's the head, now let's get the shoulders out"... he came out head to feet in one whole motion and shot out like I just skipped a rock over a pond.

I was in shock I guess.... I was just sitting there with my mouth wide open in a "Holy Crap" mode.

As J was cutting the cord, the doc came in.

"Told you I labor fast"
"I believed you"
"You missed it"
"I know... I guess all I get is the rest"

And there we have it.. quick and to the point.... And I included EVERYTHING.

6 lbs, 7 oz, 19 inches of pure contentment and calmness.
I couldn't be happier.

Tomorrow is the day

2010-05-04T10:41:00.002-05:00

as of right now I have about 18 hours until I have to check in the hospital.

Scared.. yes
Excited.. yes
Worried.. yes
Happy.. yes

Me and J are so not getting any sleep and we are on pins and needles and just plain ready.

Pray that everything will go as planned and we don't have any major hiccups.

I will update here when I can... I will update facebook while in labor probably.

This Tag blanket only cost me about 99 cents

2010-05-03T14:00:00.003-05:00

So the Goodwill down here has 99 cent days on t-shirts.

I took 1 t-shirt and a bunch of scraps of other t-shirts and made a Taggie or Tag Blanket for Corgan. A big majority of the tags are from the hems and collars of the scrap t-shirts I have used to make other clothes and the other tags are from some ribbon I had around the house.

So the only thing that cost me was the backing....

Front and back pics shown... I love it and it is soooooooo easy to make.

Casey's cousin - RIP

2010-05-02T20:10:00.001-05:00

RIP
Kayla J. Seymour
Carnesville, GA
21, of Carnesville, died Thursday, April 29, 2010. Services will be Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at Compassion Baptist Church. Interment will be in Franklin Memorial Gardens-North. In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to help defray funeral expenses. Strickland Funeral Home, Lavonia, has charge of arrangements.

Kayla with her mom, Sheila

Summer Injuries 2010 #4 and #5

2010-04-29T08:39:00.002-05:00

Incident #4) CAT SCRATCH FEVER
So I was in my bedroom folding laundry and in walks D... the minute his baby feet can be seen from under the bed I hear hissing and snarling...

Powder... aka The white devil.
He is nicknamed this for 9 years now due to his random attacks on people.

D heard it too and bent down by the bed to see and before D could get all the way down...

WHACK
Powder attacked
D screamed
I kicked

He punctured D's lip... claw went in through the lip by the nose and came out the bottom of his lip... the hole was torn a little making it hard to keep closed.

I cleaned it up and put 2 sterile surgery strips on it and finally got it to stop bleeding.

We have not decided what we are going to do with the cat after this. He just may have to go to a home without little ones because he really is not a baby cat.

So injury #4 - Cat Attack

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Incident #5) LOOK OUT BELOW

Ok... so we are building the fence and through that, blocks of 2x4's and 4x4's have been cut and those scrap pieces, well, the boys have been using them for building blocks around their play set.

Today, they decided they were going to play by throwing them up into the play set... it was doing fine for a while until G decided to get up in the play set and get D to throw pieces up to him... D threw one, G flinched and turned away and BOOM, it hit G upside the back of the head.
It was a total accident and G even said it was... he got a knot on the head and some loving from me and D and I THOUGHT all was good.

Apparently, G was still holding a grudge.

They run back to the play set, G sprints up to the top, gets a block and runs out pissed and as hard as he can, throws the block down and hits D upside the head. D starts walking to me screaming... I thought he would just have a knot too...

I saw blood pour down the side of his head.

I wigged out.

Once I got the wood out of the wound and cleaned everything up, I realized I was going to have to shave part of his head to get the butterfly and sterile strips to stay... because it was opened up, he needed them.

So injury #5 - G threw a block at D.

D is really not having a great Spring.

1 day shy of 38 weeks

2010-04-26T12:42:00.002-05:00

And I have officially never been this far.

Tomorrow is 38 weeks.. I guess you have guessed that the doc appointment Friday was nothing too exciting.

For some reason, it was utterly depressing for me.

Still have not gained anymore weight and holding steady at 11 lbs...
BP was fine.
They told me to drink more water, I told them I was peeing enough at night as it is.

For the 3rd appointment in a row, they have had to zap my belly to wake Corgan up so they could get a decent heart rate strip going on him.... this time though I balled, and begged them not to wake him... it HURTS when he is awake... because he moves and it feels like he is trying to come through via my bladder.

I was already in an irritable and down mood, and the appointment, for some reason, put me over the edge.

I was having contractions, regularly, but they were very small contractions... not enough for me to even notice them.
Have made no progress and still at 2cm and he is still "floating"...

Doc said "see you next Friday and if you still haven't had him by then, we will induce on CINCO DE MAYO"...

As I shook my head in an "ok" fashion and was trying to hold back tears, he said "I am getting so excited for you!!"

I choked out a thanks and he left for me to be monitored for 10 more minutes and I balled the whole time... not in a "YAY it's almost time" sort of way, but in a "DAMMIT" sort of way.

I refused to talk on the phone after I left the doc... I texted who and what I needed to and took some grocery shopping time to myself to get things in perspective.

I am happy there is a light at the end of the tunnel (no pun intended).
I am happy that I might get to "plan" for everyone to be here and not miss anything.
I am happy he has been with me long enough to do all the growing and fattening up he needs to do.
I am happy that my 3rd baby boy is so comfy with momma.

I was/am just frustrated.
I was/am irritable.
I was/am just plan ready.
I was/am tired of being reminded everyday of his lack of appearance due to everyone asking me "how are you feeling?" "when do you think you will go into labor"... all the eeks.
I know I have a lot of people that care about me and I love that they care enough to ask questions, but I am tired of going to bed upset because people keep reminding me that I don't have yet what I can't wait for.

Maybe this Friday's appointment will be better for me.. MENTALLY. lol

36 weeks 3 days and a doc appointment

2010-04-16T11:33:00.003-05:00

Well, I went to the doc today.

Still holding steady at a total of 11 lbs gained.
BP is great.
Strep test is negative.

Mild contractions but nothing to write home about.

2cm and the baby is still "floating".

See him next Friday unless something happens before then....

First Soccer Game

2010-04-10T10:57:00.002-05:00

Doc appointment

2010-04-09T13:40:00.003-05:00

Well...
I won't say J is wrong because he still has some days left, but my doc said and I quote "see you next Friday... you will still be pregnant"

0 cm dilated.

This is a totally new concept for me. I have never been 0 cm at 35 weeks... I was floored.

My grandmother is and has from the beginning been picking April 28th as my date to deliver...
Why?
Full Moon....
I would be 38 weeks and 1 day.

So, if all goes like it seems it is, I will make it past that 36 week marker I have been talking about... thank goodness. I get to see my baby's first soccer game and I don't have to stress next week.

Ahhhh.

35 weeks 2 days

2010-04-08T08:00:00.000-05:00

so I am at 35 weeks... I will see the doctor Friday.

People around me are starting to take guesses on the impending birth of this little man...

J thinks this weekend or first of next week... (so in 1 to 6 days)...

My mom just wants it to be after Tuesday (when I hit 36 weeks)... so anytime after 5 days from now.

My friend Steph thinks it will be at 38 weeks... so 19 days from now.

I like guessing on stats.... which makes me wrong most of the time...

So I will just wait until my doc appointment on Friday and see where my cervix stands....
Enjoy this pic taken over a week ago.

Summer injuries 2010 #3

2010-04-07T11:02:00.002-05:00

And guess who it is THIS time....

yep... D, again.

incident #3: PEEING IS A DANGEROUS OCCUPATION

So last night D was so tired before bed that when he went to go to the potty, he put up both seats, began to pee, bumped the seats and began a chain reaction of the seats falling....

THANKFULLY

it just fell on his hand and bruised up his thumb immediately... he was using it and even though it was swelling and bruised, I decided just to keep an eye on it.

It is fine this morning... just bruised.. so is the nail, but he is using it fine and not fussing about it.

so
we are thankful... it could have been much worse.

Summer injuries 2010 #1 and #2

2010-04-05T21:32:00.002-05:00

If today is any indication at all of how this summer is going to go with injuries, then we are in for a crazy summer.

Incident #1) I CAN'T STOP
D was driving his Arctic Cat around and he really isn't that great a driver...
Well, actually, he is awful driving it.

He is going to be that teenager that backs into like 50 parked cars by the time he hits college.
It is not because I don't think he has ability or hand-eye coordination... the boy just doesn't pay attention...

Like today, he didn't pay attention the rope/string that has been nailed to the fence posts for like 2 weeks....

So of course he drove into it... and once the rope/string hit his FACE he never stopped the dadgum truck... he just kept driving...
*now picture my big pregnant butt hauling across the yard yelling STOP*
the rope/string is tight right across his nose, up his cheek and looped around an ear.....

So injury #1 - ROPE BURNS TO THE FACE.
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Incident #2) MAMA DID IT (part I) because we all know, there will prolly be more "mama is an idiot" moments.

So our latest game this spring, since it has been warm
and
I have been nesting
and
IT IS HOT TO A FAT CHICK SO LAY OFF.

has been while I am pressure washing the deck, or driveway, or porches, or walkways, or rocks....
whatever

the boys get naked and run until they are about 7-10 feet away and yell "get me mom", and I point the pressure washer their way and the mist soaks them....

If they get too close, I won't and I tell them to get back until they are at a respectable distance.

Well, today I was pressure washing the boys outside toys.

OH COME ON... WE ALL KNOW THE DOGS HIKE THEIR LEGS ON THEM, THEY NEED CLEANING!!!!

ANYWAYS,
I was pressure washing their picnic table and we had and were playing our game....

Well, D got gutsy and didn't listen (surprise surprise) and before I could let go of the trigger, he jumped up on the table I was cleaning....

yes, this put my beautiful little boys head and arm and side within a foot of the nozzle....

His face (yes, the same side he had rope burns on) and his arm was nothing but a series of whelps and what looked like burns.

He is fine now, I washed him down real good and we have been keeping a suave on him and on the burn on his face... you can hardly tell that he fought with the pressure washer but I have heard like 50 times how I hurt him.. he even locked me out of the house....
he holds grudges.

so injury #2 - PRESSURE WASHER ATTACKS.

RANDOMS!!!

2010-04-02T08:35:00.003-05:00

Haven't done this in a while. Feels good.

D's new thing...
"Mom... I like your boobs. Let me see 'em."
Uhhhh NO.

G's new thing...
*After I kiss him and tell him I love him....
"Awww Schucks."
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So, we signed both the kids up for pre-school next year! 2 days a week!
So come September, 2 days a week, it will be just me and a 5 month old.
OH GOOD LORD THOSE WILL BE NICE DAYS.

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Pops and J are putting up a fence around the yard. They have put in the 4x4's for one side... 39 to be exact... for one side.... 39! And that is the "short" side... it will be so much easier on me to have the boys out back playing this summer with a fence up and with a new baby here with this fence so I can change a diaper or something without worrying whether they are running into the street, but I feel bad for all the work the guys are doing.
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I bought a Topsy Turvy for Strawberries this year... I put 30 strawberry plants in it... so now I have strawberries, blueberries and raspberries growing this year... hopefully I will get SOME production out of them.

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G: Batman wears Batman underwear...
G: And Superman wears Superman underwear...
Me: Really? Cool.
G: Yeah *as he is pulling down his pants to check his underwear*... SHOOO.
me: What?
G: I am Batman.
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OH AND THE SMART MOUTH HAS HIT OUR HOUSE...
I was NOT looking forward to this day.
But G's mouth sometimes gets a little mouthy...
What has he said to us?

1) Shut up Mom!
2) Just go away and leave me alone.
3) You're an idiot
4) What a fool
5) NO I will do what I want

From one smart ass to another, it ain't gonna work... he's gonna learn QUICK to chill with the mouth.

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34 weeks

2010-03-30T07:04:00.002-05:00

At this point, the doc has told me he won't stop labor.
So we are expecting Corgan anywhere between 0 to 42 days(due date)....

That sure seems like a long range.
Since I have never hit 38 weeks, lets say between 0 to 28 days.... as an estimate.

I get the weekly "your baby is now this size and you should feel this..."... during the first 2 trimesters, it is fairly accurate for me... but right now, I doubt it.

What and *I* feeling?

Diarrhea... 5 weeks and going strong.
He is playing the bongos on my hip bones.
He is head banging on my pubic bone.
My sciatic nerve is taking a beating and my legs are tired of going numb.

I do think he will be bigger than the boys because of the way and amount I see him move...it is like I don't have any fluid in there sometimes the way I can tell what is what. I was never able to do that with G or D... totally weird.

Oh and you know how *they* say the 3rd is the most laid back because he has to be...
Well, if how they act in the womb is ANY indication of how they are outside it, this little man is wilder than D... and that is saying something...

And let's just be honest for 1 minute.... I don't think anyone can say "Casey" and "laid back" in the same sentence without smirking, so I doubt my ability to produce such a child... unless this child is 100% Ja, I have no chance. lol

I am ready for the boys to meet him and hold him. I am ready to hold and love on him. I am ready to see him... to see if he looks like G or D or a perfect mixture of both or a perfect mixture of neither.

What do we have to look forward to for the next couple of weeks until I get to the point where I will prolly drop this kiddo...

G dentist appointment
Easter
35 weeks-
Date night with a bestie
J in Palm Beach for 2 days
Doc appointment
G first soccer game
36 weeks

(as you can tell... I really don't need to go into labor during my 35-36 week stint.)

Gavin's 4 year old check-up

2010-03-25T11:54:00.003-05:00

We went to a new doc and I think we are going to stick with him... he use to work at Lebonheur in Memphis and then Peds East (our last pedi when we lived in Memphis) so we are familiar with his brand of treatment.

So... again... short and skinny
25th percentile for both height and weight.
He is usually 25th percentile in weight, but was usually at 50th percentile for height.

At 4, he is 34lbs and 39 inches tall.
Ears are good.
Eyes are good.

Doc said somethings and we discussed alot and there will prolly be some discussions about Gavin and issues from the past and now that me and J really need to discuss further, but overall.

He is healthy, he is happy, and he is smart.

And a tad bit goofy.

33 weeks and 1 day

2010-03-24T15:48:00.002-05:00

Today.
33 weeks, 1 day and a doc appointment.

Didn't gain anymore weight again.. thank you diarrhea. But they checked my urine and it doesn't seem I am too dehydrated. Apparently this might be something that won't go away until after delivery. Ugh.

So me and the doc talked some more as I informed him "I have contractions that are around 20-25 minutes apart, I feel "things" when I am having them, they last like 30 seconds and I think this kid has dropped... it makes me anxious that things are starting to happen too soon and I am worried.

He informed me that he won't stop a delivery after 34 weeks, so I just need to make it 6 more days... he is not worried... I shouldn't be... he said 34 weekers have very similar stats than that of 36-37 weekers... the latter is just heavier. He didn't chose to check my cervix even with my concerns and told me he would see me in 2 weeks unless I feel like there is a reason to come in sooner.... like if I think I am in labor. He is a very very laid back doctor and seems to very very laid back about my pregnancy... something I am not sure how I feel about. Very crazy.

Now, I am still in the mindset of 36-37 weeks is the best time for me.... or later, whatever.. so I am still going to try to monitor and hydrate contractions and lay down alot and limit the sex intake until about 35 weeks...

We will see what happens and pray that Corgan is happy and healthy whenever he decides to come...

So to me, I am 20-48 days from seeing my 3rd little man.

Onesie attempts

2010-03-22T10:15:00.001-05:00

Attempt 1)

Attempt 2)

Attempt 3)

First Soccer Practice

2010-03-20T08:19:00.000-05:00

Makes me feel old and young all at the same time.

32 weeks today.. the countdown begins... sort of.

2010-03-16T07:58:00.002-05:00

So today I hit 32 weeks.

Feeling every bit of 36.

So, now that the birthday parties for the boys are out of the way... what are we doing for the next 4-8 weeks before Corgan gets here?

Doc appointment for me.
Doc appointment for G.
G's soccer practices, and J coaching debut starts.
J has another long weekend out of town.
Baby shower for Corgan.
Dentist appointment for G.
Easter.
G's soccer games starts.
Date night with a bestie.
J goes to West Palm Beach.
then
BOOM.
I am 36 weeks... and at that point in this family, it is minute by minute thing.... thankfully J hasn't scheduled any out of town trips at this point because we are going to wait and see when Corgan comes....

Now, the week of my due date and the week after Mother's Day, J has an opportunity to go to a big week long trip which is a big deal... he needs to go... it would mean alot of contacts and leads for him... I don't necessarily want him to, because lets be honest, it will be the first time I am with all 3 boys by myself for a LOOOOOOOOOOOONG time period, which is fairly soon after Corgan will be born.... but he hasn't committed to that, but he needs to.. lets just see what Corgan will decide.

Gavin's 4th Birthday

2010-03-15T07:26:00.000-05:00

And again, there is a lack of pictures... but you get the idea.
I AM BATMAN.

Getting smarter making stuff

2010-03-12T07:52:00.004-06:00

Now that I have a couple of hats and gowns under my belt... I found my handicap... zigzag stitching....
My problem was the hems on the collar and sleeves...

I think I am getting smart...
Here is one I made out of an old BETA t-shirt of hubby's.

Lesson here... USE WHAT THE SHIRT GAVE YOU.

First attempt at making newborn clothes

2010-03-11T14:13:00.002-06:00

So I found this site Rookie Moms and discovered patterns to making newborn hats and gowns out of old t-shirts...

here are my 1st attempts.

HAT 1.. could use some work

HAT 2.. better but still a working progress

GOWN 1...

Opinions?

D 3 year pics and G 4 year pics

2010-03-10T19:57:00.001-06:00

Gavin is 4 years old

2010-03-10T08:57:00.003-06:00

At 4:00pm, 4 years ago today, your little bitty 5lb 7oz body came into our lives and we could have never imagined the joy and happiness and pride you have filled us with.

We are so proud of you little man.

Happy Birthday Gavin!!!

31 weeks today

2010-03-09T09:36:00.003-06:00

Notice it doesn't seem I have a belly button anymore.

yep... too stretched out for it to pop out.

Went to the doc yesterday and everything looks great. Didn't gain any weight but that is explained by the stomach thing I have been dealing with for almost 2 weeks now. Now I have gained 12 lbs overall, so far, for the pregnancy, so that is good.

I expressed my concern and nightmares of having this child in my bed.

*backstory... if you don't know.. I labor fast. - how fast? Active labor that starts at 5cm.. well, with Dylan, active labor was only 30 minutes with him before I was pushing him out. 5cm to 10cm and crowning within 30 minutes.
They say it all goes faster with each subsequent pregnancy... thus my nightmares.

I told him how I was afraid to labor at home because of this... he said that he was going to talk to me about that anyways.... shoo.

So the plan is this.
Keep going back every two weeks until either 34 or 35 (based on how I was feeling at my 33 week appointment) then he was going to start checking my cervix then, instead of waiting until 36 because, lets be honest, I have early babies. He said once my cervix seemed very favorable (aka 3-4 cm and soft and well.. ready) then we would set a time to put me in and give me a little pitocin.

So there is where we are... I will know more in two weeks.. until then, I will be celebrating my big boy turn 4 and starting soccer.

He does this to J everyday

2010-03-06T07:47:00.001-06:00

Poor J can't hardly go to the bathroom without D doing this to him.

It is sad really... He is such an actor.

New family member...

2010-03-05T06:07:00.003-06:00

and no, I have not gone into labor, but if my stomach gets any worse (not big, diarrhea cha cha cha)... ANYWAYS...

So here is the story..

Shortly after Christmas, my parents found out that Abigail, or Abby, their 4 year old English Bulldog has Cancer... Bladder Cancer... nothing the docs can do.. now, it was caught EARLY so Abby will still be with us for prolly 2 years... no one can predict... but the poor girl has no one to play with.

Well, she has 3 cats but it is more "if Abby 'plays' with one, the other two attack her"... so she is bored.

So, Welcome our newest Hill.
This is Lucy.
She is a pure bred, tri-color Aussie Shepherd.

And she thinks Abby hung the moon... and Abby has found such a good bud, she is allowed to sleep on Abby's nap pillow.
Can't wait to smell her puppy breath.

oh good Lord...

2010-03-03T08:17:00.002-06:00

I apologize... I have been awful about posting.
I am so sorry.

So what has been going on in the few weeks since D's birthday?

We took the 1 good weekend we have had and finally put up the boys yearly birthday present from Ka-Ka, Pops, Nana, Granddaddy, Mom and Dad.

Let's hope they don't destroy it too soon.

The boys got a haircut.
They got to pick what they wanted.
We waited about 10 minutes after G said he wanted a mohawk to make sure he was sincere... we explained to him what it was and I was informed by him that Tony Stark has this haircut under his Iron Man helmet... I doubt the validity of this, but hey.... he will think what he wants...

D took one look at G's hair and said he didn't want a haircut at all... so he just got trimmed.

And here is a belly pic... from 2 weeks ago at 28 weeks. In the two weeks, my belly button has gone from what you see to totally flat at times.. and about the size of a silver dollar... lol.

Those of you who are taller than 5'4" and have a long torso.. be thankful... and I am jealous.

So what else?
J has been sick since Friday... apparently Bronchitis.

D has been sick since Friday... but he hasn't showed any bad signs and got better really quick.

G has been sick since Friday... tested positive for both the A and B strains of the flu.

I have been lysoling and boiling and scrubbing and sleeping in a completely separate room than all the sickies.... My OB knows about the Flu problem and since I have started my "every two week" appointments, he said he would just check me out Monday to make sure everything was ok with me.... but otherwise.. I am exposed and at this point, not a damn thing he can do for me.

J's cousin had her twins early at 33 weeks due to Pre-eclampsia. Jake was 4lbs, 3oz and Max was 2lbs, 13oz. They are doing well.

I just hit my 30 week mark.... of course, that is also when I hit the "damn, 6-8 weeks from now I will have another boy in this house" point... I promptly ordered more cloth diapers and new pump accessories.... and started looking at new cars.

We decided that eventhough we can technically fit 3 car seats in the back of the CRV, it isn't safe at all. 3 row SUV here we come... we found a 3rd row Ford Explorer with a great price attached.... J wanted to keep our options open.. it sold 2 days later...
So we are still looking.

What we have coming up before Corgan's arrival?
G's birthday party
A shower the church is throwing me.
G starts his soccer season.
Spring Break for G coming and going
Hopefully getting a new car bought.
Hopefully getting our income tax check to help pay off said car.. (we totally got the tax credit for buying and we are totally stoked.
Hopefully get bottles and monitors and a swing bought for Corgan.

then hopefully Corgan will come into this world healthy and happy as we will be to welcome him.

I will try to be better about updating.. but I can't promise anything.

SUPERMAN!!!

2010-02-12T08:26:00.003-06:00

Sorry.. I have a total of pictures of D's 3rd birthday... because as a mom, I suck.
Enjoy what I have.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DYLAN

2010-02-07T05:46:00.000-06:00

Dylan turns 3 years old today.

I can't believe my widdle bitty buddy is 3.

Asking for honest opinions...

2010-01-25T10:39:00.003-06:00

Do I look bloated? Seriously, I think I ate too big a breakfast... you can be critical... I can take it.

haha...
Ok... lame joke.. I kid.

Seriously though, that pic was taken a few weeks ago at 22 weeks gestation.

I am 25 weeks as of tomorrow.

I know, I get big quick... lay off. lol

Sorry about the lack of posts lately... I have felt a little bit overwhelmed with D's 3rd birthday coming up and all. I am about 2 weeks late on getting his invites out, but made great strides in getting everything done this weekend...
then
I will concentrate on G's 4th birthday and rush those invites out too.
then
G's soccer season starts
and
I will be in the 30's weeks and get overwhelmed with "omg this kid is coming" mode and we will see where posts go from there.

Also, sorry about the lack of Photo Monster's Mondays... the newness has worn off of the camera for the boys and they really haven't been taking tons of pics. I will post them as I gather enough.

And our Dyson is in for service, so I am always feeling like this house is a mess.

And we are having some small issues with G and him somewhat acting out.. we think it is due to all the baby talk, so we are chilling with that around him for a bit.

OH... and we have picked out a name.

Corgan Albert Whiteaker

Corgan for Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins. We wanted to stick with our musical names theme.
Albert... J's middle name

It was between Corgan and Zevon and I decided, eventhough I liked Zevon more, Corgan would prolly be easier for him growing up.

Love you all.. Miss you all... I will try to write more often.

Photo Monsters 3

2010-01-11T21:20:00.000-06:00

22 weeks today

2010-01-05T08:13:00.002-06:00

I get weekly updates in my email telling me what is going on inside with #3.. this is the one from today...
At 11 inches (the length of a spaghetti squash) and almost 1 pound, your baby is starting to look like a miniature newborn. His lips, eyelids, and eyebrows are becoming more distinct, and he's even developing tiny tooth buds beneath his gums. His eyes have formed, but his irises (the colored part of the eye) still lack pigment. If you could see inside your womb, you'd be able to spot the fine hair (lanugo) that covers his body and the deep wrinkles on his skin, which he'll sport until he adds a padding of fat to fill them in. Inside his belly, his pancreas essential for the production of some important hormones — is developing steadily.

Oh Lord the memories this brings back.
I was only 23 weeks along when the twins were born.... they were only 11 inches and just over 1 lb a piece. And yes, they looked like miniature newborns... just as beautiful and just as remarkable as a 7 lb baby.... just so much more fragile.

It is amazing the difference a few weeks make when we are at this point in a pregnancy... like right now, at 22 weeks... I don't think the baby would be born alive, but if it did, it would definitely be quite a struggle for it... I know for a fact at 23 weeks, they are but more than likely wouldn't even survive with heroic measures... then just a week later at 24 weeks, babies have such a bigger chance... amazing what a difference 2 weeks can make.

Pray for all those who have been sucked into this crappy two week phase didn't come out the other side.

Photo Monsters Monday 2

2010-01-04T09:50:00.002-06:00

won't be posted today... I will try later... Blogger is having a hissy fit.

Holy Crap... I think I might get sick

2009-12-31T07:08:00.000-06:00

Listen, with the new year coming like, tomorrow, I have been feeling quite... reminiscent. So I decided to do my "lets get the boys half year pics from Sept and compare them with the half year pics from last year".

Now... We can see everyday in Gavin what a big boy he is getting to be.. but D has always been my baby... like Peter Pan and never to grow up... I have been preparing myself that once the baby gets here that he is going to seem so big and I have been trying to prepare my mind for that.

I didn't expect this...

Photo Monsters Monday 1

2009-12-28T08:29:00.005-06:00

I am starting a new series on Mondays...

PHOTO MONSTERS MONDAY

Theme: Pictures the little monsters (aka kids) take with their hammydown camera throughout the week prior...

I will pick out the top 10 of the 50 the memory card will hold. I can't promise anything on content, but I am sure some will be interesting... excuse it ahead of time for the nose picking and crotch grabbing.

Here is your first installment.

Update on D's potty business... and I saved us some big time money

2009-12-07T07:32:00.002-06:00

So, it is Day 5 of potty training and I am so very proud of my little man.

By day 3 he was already going to the potty with assistance or a need to tell me to rush him to the potty... he just went on his own.

He has been waking up and going to the potty first thing.

He has basically been taking control of his own potty business and he is doing great!!! I am so proud of him... and Day 4 was the first day WITHOUT A SINGLE ACCIDENT!!!

He has been waking from his naps dry and allowing the urge to wake him and make it to the potty without making a mess.

1 downfall: He has been fighting me tooth and nail to NOT wear a diaper during his naps and at night night.
I don't know when I will have the guts to try this out... maybe a week without incident...

Oh... and the money business...
So we were going to have to buy a new car to fit #3... why? G will be in a booster by 4.. that should allow for enough room in the backseat for a baby seat, right??

Well, have you ever tried to find a no-back booster for a child that is only 30 lbs at 4 years old??

Its harder than you think.

Most of the no-back boosters you see are 40lb to 100lb.

The way it is looking.. Gav will be 7 by the time he hits 40 lbs.

ANYWAY!!!

I found one that was rated for a 30lb child!!!!
$18 at Target. This is the first time I have ever seen it!!! And I totally bought it!!!

So for $18 I saved us another car!!!

Potty Training D day 1

2009-12-02T12:09:00.006-06:00

Well, I decided that I want a few months where I am not changing diapers before the baby gets here... so I have been really paying attention to D and his habits... he has been waking up from naps dry and is not too wet at night night.... So I started today to get him working on the potty...

We didn't get to start until about 9:30 and we put a diaper on for his nap at 1:00 and during that time, we only had 1 pee pee accident out of 4 chances and 0 poop accidents out of 1 chance!!!

He woke up from his nap at 4:00 and immediately peed...
and out of another 4 chances of peeing... AND going to a restaurant, NO more accidents!!!

Day #1, I think that is a pretty great potty training day!!!

For Aunt Jenny

2009-11-26T18:43:00.000-06:00

Click THIS for the link to the cat door.

I stole this whole post...

2009-11-24T06:51:00.002-06:00

I snatched this entire post from my cousin Carrie.
You can do the same from me if you want.

Learn 50 things about your friends, and let them learn 50 things about you!

1) Favorite object in your room? my snuggie
2) Have you ever been drunk? Yes
3) Do you own guns? my husband does
4) What flavor do you add to your coffee? Chocolate creamer
5) Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? nopers
6) What do you think of hot dogs? I really have to be in the mood
7) Favorite song? Silent Lucidity
8) What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Pepsi or coffee
9) Can you do push ups? not many
10) Can you drive a stick? yes.. and I miss mine
11) What's your favorite piece of jewelry? my wedding ring
12) What is your favorite pizza topping? mushrooms, ham, pineapple
13) Ever been in a car wreck? yes
14) would you rather cook or eat out? eat out
15) What's one trait that you hate about yourself? very little self-esteem
16) What's your middle name? Elizabeth
17) How many kids do you want? 4 but we are stopping at 3
18) Name 3 things you bought yesterday. milk, bread, dinner
19) Name 3 drinks you drink regularly? Pepsi, coffee, OJ
20) Do you enjoy your work? Yes
21) Current hate right now? my broken tooth
22) Do your friends love you? I sure hope so.
23) How do you celebrate St. Patricks Day? remember the day
24) Where would you like to be right now? In bed sleeping
25) Name three people who will complete this? Can't do that
26) Do you have any weird habits? grit my teeth.
27) What shirt are you wearing? Christian Brother's Masters of Engineering T-shirt
28) Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? No!
29) Can you whistle? I suck in to whistle... thats the only way I can.
30) What will you be doing in a year from now? buying Christmas for 3 boys!!
31) Would you be a pirate? no
32) What songs do you sing in the shower? I don't.
33) Favorite season? Spring
34) Favorite day of the week? Saturday.
35) What is in your pocket(s)? No pockets
36) Last person that made you laugh? Dylan
37) Best toy as a child? Glow worm
38) Worst injury you've ever had? torn ACL, PCL, MCL, and cartlidge
39) Do you love where you live? definitely
40) Do you get along with your family? yeppers
41) Who is your loudest friend? Liz
42) How many dogs do you have? 2
43) Does someone have a crush on you? Hope hubby does
44) How many cats do you own? 2
45) What are you gonna do this weekend? Parents and brother are coming in town!!!
46) Favorite ice cream? World Class Chocolate
47) What is your favorite thing from mcdonalds? Egg McMuffin
48) Where is the next place you want to travel to? Da' Beach
49) What were you doing at 12 AM this morning? sleeping
50) What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up? I don't wanna

Ok it's your turn! It really doesn't take too long if you just copy and paste...then erase my answers and add yours.

Let's Play A Game

Comment on this post and name anything in my life you'd like to see a photo of! It can be where I sleep, my favorite things, the view from my living room window...anything!

On Sunday I will make a picture post showing you all of the things in my world you are interested in seeing!

If you decide to play along please leave me a link to your blog so I can follow along!!

Ran.dom.

2009-11-23T10:07:00.002-06:00

So...

I went to Ka-Ka, Nana, Tracy, and Jenny to watch New Moon on Friday at 10am. I loved it! It rocked! Of course, I am prolly considered a Twihard, so I guess it doesn't count what I think. I do think it is better made than Twilight.. I will say that. And I think they set it up great for people to want to rush to see Eclipse... which comes out June 10th.... yes, it is already on my calendar.

D is sooo not wanting to potty train. He goes to the potty and actually does something once in a blue moon. I know he has to be ready, because he is waking from 3 hour naps dry. The boy just doesn't care about being wet or dirty... but he is HATING diaper changes... so I guess that is something in our favor.

G has cut out his naps. *sigh* Enough said, right.

The docs and nurses keep asking if I am feeling any flutters or movement at all.. NOPERS... I was starting to worry, especially since I saw in the last ultrasound how much that little man moves... then I saw the ultrasound tech type in "placenta-anterior"...
I guess little bit will spend this pregnancy kicking his nutrients rather than me.

I have started the process of going through all the baby stuff we have... You would think with as organized as I am, I would have sold things more consistently... why do I have 3 changing pad covers.. but no changing pad?? Very weird.

Half my Christmas cards have gone out.. half have not and you have NO idea how much that bugs me. But at least I am almost done with the shopping and wrapping!!

Impromptu Ultrasound

2009-11-18T15:52:00.002-06:00

I had a 15 week, 1 day impromptu ultrasound today to check on the blood clot issue I had a couple of weeks ago.

No more clot to report!!!
No more pelvic rest!!!

And we DID find out the sex.

What the ultrasound tech said to convince me??
"That looks like a big ding-a-ling to me.. doesn't it you?"

Yeppers...

Our 3rd little boy is on his way.

Now for your job...
find a name with these specifications that is cute and will fit in well with Gavin and Dylan.

1) Musical relation (i.e. GAVIN Rossdale, Bob DYLAN)
2) 5 letters long
3) ends in an 'n'
4) 2 syllables

NOW... GO!!!!

Stand by me

2009-11-16T09:28:00.003-06:00

Many of us have seen the movie... and many of us to come up with 1 scene that was memorable...

BARF-O-RAMA

Of course, it sticks with you all day when it occurs in your own kitchen at 7am.

Are you kidding me?

2009-11-13T04:33:00.003-06:00

THIS..
is crazy.

NO... not the horrible decision that these young parents had to make... even though, that, without question, SUCKED...

After the article... read the comments summited... I will wait.

NOW... just the first several got to me.
Are so many people without God in their life?
Do people really use the tragedy of an infant to justify their ideas that God doesn't exist?

Anyone who knows me, knows I am not what some call a "Bible beater"... that I am not... but this blows me away.

When the death of two of my very beautiful and cherished infants came to pass, I prayed to that same God that so many question and thanked him for allowing me the moments I had with them. I thanked him for allowing me to be their mother and even though I can never understand why they were taken so young, I am completely comfortable in stating two simple facts: 1) it is not something for me to understand, and 2) God knows when everyone's time is up and theirs were after accomplishing on earth what they were sent here to accomplish and everyone should be so lucky.

House Update finale

2009-11-12T05:47:00.014-06:00

I have gotten several request on final pics of the house.... I took pics and just uploaded.. there were 51 so I am just going to put some... not all... put I will try to do the best I can of showing you everything...
First.. the final look at the house. You can't see them, but I have 3 blueberry and 3 raspberry bushes in the front flower beds. The grass, as shot up, it was seeded with fescue and strawed and has exploded.

One last shot from the very back of the property looking at the back of the house.

When you walk in the front door, you come straight into the Gathering Room. It was originally going to be the main living room, but we have found we spend very little time here... Only when we have company and want peace and quiet to talk...

You can go a couple of places from here. You can go to the half bath located off the room... you can go left and delve directly into the Master bedroom, or you can go to one of the two entrances into the kitchen.

Lets go through the Master bedroom first... this starts a whole new maze. You walk through the Master bedroom into the Master bath, which leads you into the private office and walk in closet AND the private covered patio off the office.

Ok... lets go back out to the Gathering Room.
You can go into the kitchen on either side of those two columns you previously saw.... either way, you are still in the kitchen.

You can see that those columns you saw on the living room side, are actually double pantries on the kitchen side. The Island contains the dishwasher and sink.

Now, where to go from here?
You can go to the deck...

Or to the laundry/Mud Room.... which leads to the garage OR the deck...

Ok... we will go up the stairs...

Now, right now we are officially in the family room, but the best picture comes from the top of the stairs that lead FROM the family room to the upstairs bedrooms...

Now turn around and look in the family room... where we spend 90% of our time.

Ok.. lets turn on our heal and head down a long hallway.. first door is nursery...
not showing pic because it is basically a storage area right now.. then the 2nd door is a door in the bathroom... yes, A door.. the boys bathroom has 3 doors... 1 door to nursery, 1 door to their room and 1 door leading to the hallway... so the 3rd door down the hallway is the boys room.. which is just left of the guest room (Jenny was presently sleeping there when I was taking pics).. you will notice I didn't mention the lone door on the right side of the hallway,.. that is the door to the attic.. with a keyed deadbolt might I add.

So that is it... thats the house.
One last thing.. some of my favorite things in the house...

I am losing it.. hahaha

2009-11-08T10:28:00.005-06:00

ok.. So I haven't posted because I didn't have the pictures uploaded from my camera because I have lost my cord that attaches the camera to the computer... then today, after weeks, I realized... "maybe the I put a memory card in the camera"....

the pictures and videos were uploaded within minutes.

I am an idiot or losing it.

So what has been going on??

1) We moved in the house!!!! We are so excited and have stayed so busy with it and so absolutely happy with it!! I will take pictures now that I know they can be uploaded!

2) HALLOWEEN!!!

3) The pregnancy... well, if you know me well enough, you know things can't be just normal. Last week I started getting a lot of pain then a couple of days after the pain started, I started spotting. That of course scared the crap out of us, so I hit the ER... after an ultrasound, which by the way the baby looked very happy, it was discovered I had a subchorionic hematoma that was trying to bleed itself out. After clots and some more blood, it looks like it all has stopped. I talked to my doc and since I already had an appointment set for the 18th, we are just going to keep that and maybe add an ultrasound (which I am pretty much going to insist on) to see if the clot/hematoma is gone.

4) Oh.. and as I am trying to take the meds and rest like the doc said... a cold has seemed to have settled into my chest and sinuses. THANK GOODNESS Ka-Ka and Pops decided and helped out by taking the boys for the weekend and gave me some much needed rest.

I am so sorry

2009-10-23T06:57:00.002-05:00

It has been forever since I updated.

Forgive me.

I have been overwhelmed quite a bit... with the pregnancy, moving, closing, Halloween coming up... it has been nuts.

So here is where we are....

I am 11 weeks 2 days pregnant and I go to the doctor today for a checkup. Nothing big going on there besides me.

For the past week, we have been gradually and slowly moving stuff in the house. My parents and brother are coming up this weekend to help us getting 100% moved in. I have been over there about 90% of the day everyday getting things scrubbed and put away and just ready...
the boys are loving the new house.
the boys have also decided they are sharing a room... which is nice because we can still have a nursery AND a guest room.
the boys have decided that their room is going to be decorated Batman.
I fully expect the boys to NOT sleep for the first week we are officially moved in.

OH.. and the grass that was just seeded, is growing something CRAZY.... it is nuts to see how much grass we have. Granted, they use Fescue Grass up here instead of Bermuda grass... so if anyone knows how to care for Fescue... let me know... I only know Bermuda.

OH.. and if I get too busy and can't update... Happy Halloween... I will try to put of pics of our Buzz and Woody.

Getting Ready for Halloween

2009-10-07T08:54:00.000-05:00

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House Update Week 12

2009-10-02T10:34:00.003-05:00

I didn't update you on Week 11 because it was mostly the little stuff on the inside...

As of today, the yard is done, the landscaping is getting finished today and we are looking to close on the house in 2 weeks!!!!

Before that, we are gradually move stuff in... since we are going out of town this weekend, I won't get anything moved in this weekend, but I know Ka-Ka is off work for Fall Break coming up, so that week will be productive...

So excited... I will update with pics when I get out there.

OHHHH and we have an address and mailbox!!! so cool.

The builder just shook his head this morning when I was picking out bushes and stuff... the very front of our house is Blueberry and Raspberry bushes.. so I let him have by the garage to pick out what he thought would look good. Poor thing.. I am such a handful when it comes to "what I want"... and he is such a good sport.. he just laughs at me. lol

LOVE YOU ALL.

Typical boys

2009-09-22T07:34:00.000-05:00

Me: Gav, get over here and give me lovin'
G: Ok mama
Me: I love getting hugs from you.
G: I love you mommy
Me: I love you too baby... always will... no matter what
*I said this close to his cheek.
G: ugh.. yuck *as he wipes his cheek*
Me: Nice Gav... nice. way to ruin the moment

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*I see Dyl has taken my Pepsi off the table and has begun drinking it.. and I start walking to him and he recognizes me getting up and KNOOOOOOOWS he is in trouble.
**You don't mess with mom's Pepsi.

D: Sowy Mommy.. sowy.sowy mommy *all this time he is handing me my Pepsi back.
Me: Its ok baby, and thank you for saying your sorry, but don't do it again.
D: Sowy mommy... sowy...

*5 minutes later I spot him going back for it...
Me: DYLAN!!!
D: Sowy mommy... sowy...

He has realized that gets him out of a lot... it is just too cute.

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Me: Ok boys.. what do you want to be for Halloween?
*in unison*
D: Suwpaman
G: Batman
Me: Ok D, you want Superman, G you want Batman
G: NO!!! I want Soupaman
Me: Ok, you both want Superman
D: NO!! Batman
Me: Ok, G Superman, D Batman
G: NO!! Batman
D: Soupaman
Me: Boys, seriously, decide... How about Batman and Robin...
*in unison*
G: Gween lanern
D: Wonner woman
Me: Ok... I guess I will pick this year...
*in unison*
G: Batman
D: Fash
Me: Nevermind....

* as you can tell, The Justice League is big for them right now.*

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D: My look soupaman?
Me: Nope
D: My look Geen lanern?
Me: Nope
D: Wonna woman?
Me: Nope
D: My look Bolt?
Me: No D... no movies today
D: My need snack
Me: You just finished your snack, no.
D: Soupaman?
Me: NO!
D: My need go swimmin'
Me: it is raining baby... we can't go swimming.
D: My need snack
Me: NO DYLAN!!!
*pause for a moment

D: Mommy?
Me: yes baby
D: Mommy, my need snack.
Me: D, I am so done with this.
D: YAY!! SNACK.
Me: No, you are not getting another snack.
*now G feels the need to pipe in..
G: Mommy need be nice

**Was there a moment I was worried about them talking?
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Another Random

2009-09-21T08:30:00.003-05:00

-So tomorrow I am 7 weeks. I was worried because I was not sick or hungry or anything... well, except the fact my boobs felt like they were going to bust off my chest (totally weird.. my boobs have never hurt), but hunger hit me hard yesterday and getting sick hit me hard this morning... in fact, it woke me up... makes me feel more positive about everything... Still can't wait to get the ultrasound on Friday for my own reassurance.
You know...
Maybe that means this baby is a girl and she is going easy on me....

HAHAHA..

Please, anyone knows that any little girl born from CASEY HILL WHITEAKER is not going to be easy on anyone. Or...
Maybe she will have Ja's temperament. Wishful thinking all around.

-Ja's cousin is due the month before me and last Thursday they found out it was twins. I thought I was told they were fraternal, but I just saw the ultrasound and they totally don't look like fraternal to me. They look more Monochrionic Diamniotic identical or Dichrionic Diamniotic identical to me... but I am not a doctor. If I had to pick, it would be the Di-Di identicals because they are not in the Twin/Twin Transfusion Syndrome high risk group.

-You won't be seeing any Week 11 House updates this week... due to the monsoon that was here for 8 dadgum days, they weren't able to get much done. I will definitely have pics for you next week. All they did get done was the hardwood....

-I am going to see what pics Kaka and Pops have on their computer...

Weight

2009-09-17T11:08:00.002-05:00

I sometimes glimpse this show during the day called "The Drs." Today they are discussing obesity in Americans and how we are absolutely oblivious to our own health and weight.

They used an example by walking down the street and asking people if they knew their weights and would subsequently weigh them and see the difference.
One lady's encounter:
Dr: Ma'am, do you know your own weight
Lady: Yes, it is 115lb
Dr: Do you mind stepping on these scales to verify?
Lady: Sure (as she is stepping on them)
Dr: Ma'am, you do not weight 115, you weigh 170 lbs.

This people, is what *I* call fooling yourself in dangerous proportions. Can people really convince themselves to that extreme?

If I haven't weighed in a while I might be off by 5-10 lbs, but I guarantee you, I have guessed higher.

WAKE UP PEOPLE.

Randoms...

2009-09-15T14:46:00.002-05:00

Didn't you miss me doing these..

1) Kanye West is a douche.

MTV Shows

I don't even like Taylor Swift... and I didn't think he could have ever topped the time with Mike Myers raising money for Katrina and busted out saying "George Bush doesn't care about black people."

2) Patrick Swayze is dead. :(
I guess even the sexiest men alive have to go at some time. I will have to break out Dirty Dancing as a tribute.

3) 6 Weeks today. I don't feel it at all. My doc visit Thursday will hopefully make me feel like this is real.

4) We have a final price on the house... it is set on the contract and we are locked into a 60 day USDA 100% Rural loan at exactly 5%... We won't have to put a penny down, and NO PRIMARY MORTGAGE INSURANCE.. NO PMI, NO PMI... shoooo.. that saves us about 200.00-250.00 a month on our mortgage bill. Crunching the numbers, it looks like our actual mortgage payment is going to be less than that of what we were living on in Lakeland... nice right. LOVE IT. Occupancy permit will be here soon people!!!!

I think I am done right now.. brain is pretty mushy right now. Love you all.

If this doesn't make you want to see New Moon...

2009-09-14T09:24:00.000-05:00

Movie Trailers - Movies Blog

Nothing will... can't wait.

House Week 10

2009-09-12T08:37:00.004-05:00

Wow.
They worked and did a lot of little stuff that added up to it looking like we are close to moving in.

Cabinets are in, vanity tops are in, all the light fixtures are in (on the inside and out), flood lights are up, bookshelf is done, utility sink is in, toilets are in, half bath is almost done, fireplace is done, and we even have keys!!!!