Yet another reason....

...I don't let many people watch my kid.

"I clean the ears of kids that come over. If they are under 5 and dirty ears they will get the scrub."
"Am I weird because I clean the fingernails of the kids I nanny?! It makes me twitchy to see dirt under their nails."

 Sorry, but unless I ask you to, don't go diggin' around in my kid's ears... the nail thing doesn't bother me near as much, especially if they were diggin' around in the dirt like my kid does regularly... but still... who does this?!? Wash their face and hands, sure... but otherwise, good grief... the rest is the parent's job.

Oh, I wish!

While my weight has been on my mind, which was only exaggerated by my doctor's comments - I almost wish they would have said this:

"Well, we considered reinforcing the floors to prepare for your visit, but then decided that maybe that was overkill."

 This is a quote from a virtual friend's doctor. If she didn't live so close to Santa, I might consider switching doctors just for the humor aspect.

Why I live in Texas

 

Ok, well... I was born and raised here, so that has a bit to do with it. But, c'mon... can you beat this winter weather?? Thank you January!

I'll most likely be inside most of tomorrow trying to iron out the final details of Kaylee's new room decor, but I intend to be outside with her the rest of the week. This will be awesome because there's a lot of work to do in the backyard. She can play... I can weed. And hopefully Tuesday after Brian gets home from work, I can convince him to move all of the bricks and pavers to the backyard so I can start creating the border. Don't worry... I won't be lifting the pavers. And I'll have him spread the bricks out along the path so I don't have to go far with them. And since it's only getting to 60 on Tuesday night, that means I can do the brick work Wednesday morning and take a nap with Kaylee that afternoon. SCORE!

In other news, today we had our maternity/family pictures taken. I know they will turn out better than Kaylee's maternity pictures. No one can seriously do any worse. But, I also trust Lissette. Here's hoping I'll have something to post in a few weeks. Kaylee doesn't do very good with a camera in her face anymore. And with her being outside, she didn't want to sit still, so who knows what we'll get with the pictures of her in them.

Well, that didn't help...

Appointment number 2 where they got on to me about my weight. Sigh. I actually tried eating better the last few weeks and still managed to gain a bunch.

Things my doctor told me today:
"You've gained more than enough weight... you need to get it under control."

Great. I only 8 weeks left. Easy peasy......... /end sarcasm

"It only took 4 hours for you to go from 2cm to 10? Hmmm. I hope you make it to the hospital this time!"

Place of birth: Toll Road 45 (or Loop 1 depending how far we get before we have to pull over for me to pop out another kid).

HA!

Because I felt this appointment wouldn't go any better than the last, I scheduled a haircut and dye job. We have maternity pix Saturday. Hopefully, I can at least show people these. Last time, our photographer was an idiot. It's May and 100 degrees outside, but lets take pix at 2pm anyway... /facepalm.

This time, it's January and should only be 60. But, this time, I'm thinking of wearing a black top to hide any potential messes since I seem to sweat like a stuffed pig regardless of the temp outside. My attitude is just wonderful right now.... LOL

Anyway, hair appointment. Right. My hair is now more blonde than brunette. And to make that even more confusing, I only got partial highlights. I can only imagine what a full set of highlights looks like. Yikes! Not sure about the haircut yet. I'm about to go straighten it and see if that helps.

Wake Up Call

OhEmGee.

Ever see a picture of yourself and think, "That can't possibly be me??" Yea. Well, it happened to me yesterday. The yoga class I've been going to took a picture and then posted it on Facebook. Thank goodness my face isn't showing and that they can't tag me! It's awful. The doctor was right. I need to lay off the junk, which I have been for the most part since she told me that. I don't think I gained my "trademark" 9 lbs this month. I'll find out next week.

Last night, I actually had a dream where I stepped on the scale and it read 320. THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY POUNDS. On my frame. No way. I'm already struggling to hold up the 170. It really sucks when your "normal" weight is supposed to between 114-145. But, at the end of the dream, I somehow had managed to lose 200 lbs to reach my goal weight. My stomach was flat again and I didn't feel like a whale. Weird.

While I'm terrified of having two kids, I am ready to start really exercising again. I need my twice (or more) a week Zumba class. I need a once a week yoga. I need to figure out how to like walking/running. I need my body back. I can see how people get addicted to exercise. I feel the addiction inside of me, but I'm not allowed anything strenuous.

C'mon end of March! Or... honestly, anything after March 10th. I have plans that day. :)~

Pregnancy, Motherhood, Doulas and Birthplans...

Needless to say, it's been a bit busy around here for a while. We are finally in a lull of activity. Not a whole lot going on and I'm honestly enjoying being able to relax a little bit. The weird thing is my body seemed to recognize when I became less busy because it has shifted into "I will make you miserable so you have to sit and rest" mode.

I have 66+- days left of my (hopefully) last pregnancy. I'm not good at being pregnant and I'm looking forward to moving on to being "just" a mom and not having to worry about how to be pregnant and take care of children at the same time. I am having some awful round ligament pains which is making walking difficult. I think it's worse since I fell when pregnant with Kaylee and injured myself, then fell again during this pregnancy and reinjured myself. The baby is also sitting pretty low. I've sorted to a maternity belt, which isn't the prettiest thing under clothing.

The other night we had our first doula meeting. Karli came over and talked with us about what her role was and got a sense of what we wanted from her and my LDR. Brian seems to feel a bit more at ease with the idea. I'm thankful that he understands that I'm the one going through the physical pain of labor and delivery, so if this is something I think that will help, then lets go for it. I'm excited because I think Karli will be able to help guide him and give him suggestions of how to help me. It's hard to think when you are stressed out, so she can be an extra thinker in the room.

During the meeting she gave me a book to borrow. It's all about pregnancy and birthplans, etc. I had a simple birthplan for Kaylee, but the doctor didn't want to hear about it, so I wasn't sure what to do with this pregnancy. Do doctors even look at them? Are they really discussed? Or was my last OB just a royal B? I'm hoping for the latter.

Last night, I went through some of the sample plans and started making some notes on things I may or may not want. The plans they had were pretty detailed. Right down to visitors, which is great. I think I want to do it like last time. No visitors until the 2nd day IF I'm feeling ok. If not, well.. the baby isn't going anywhere and people can just come to our home.

Last time we did this, I got a lot of flack. Mostly from my side of the family. A bit from his. I'm sadden by this. While I understand the excitement of a new baby coming into the world, I also understand the process of bringing that baby into the world. I'm sad that people said I ruined their moment. The gall of me.... ruining THEIR moment of ME giving birth. It almost makes me laugh now. So, here I go again... being selfish while giving birth. No visitors until we call/text.

66+- days. Yikes. I need to start cooking and getting things in the freezer!

Monday's To Do List - revisted

I haven't gotten to all of the days yet, but I figured I would do them one at a time so I can easily refer to them.

Here's the original list:

Monday
Global - floors (dust/steam mop), vacuum baseboards, vacuum carpets, dust shutters/furniture, vacuum sofa
Dishes
Laundry (if needed)
Walk 20 minutes
Gym 30 minutes

Here's the revised one:
Make bed(check)
Get Kaylee up and dressed(check)
Get Kaylee milk and something to eat(check)
Get dressed, have some tea/water/coffee to get me going(check)
Playtime - together(check)
Playtime - by her lonesome(check)
While she's playing by herself, dust mop floors(check - Saturday)
Naptime - around 11am(check)
During naptime, steam mop floors(check - Saturday), dust furniture/shutters
Lunchtime
Playtime - together
Playtime - by her lonesome
While she's following me around trying to figure out the vacuum cleaner... vacuum carpets and wherever the baseboards may need(check)
After vacuuming, get stroller, walk with Kaylee for 20 minutes. Let her walk when she wants. If we make it to a park, let her play for a bit...

By this time, it should be about 4:00pm. This is where I reward myself with Jeopardy because I'm apparently old now. Kaylee will play in the living room, sometimes using me as a jungle gym. :)~ After my break... it's time to start dinner. After dinner, do dishes. After I'm cleared for real exercise and if it works with the new baby's schedule, I need to hit the gym for a few minutes of weights.

I'll try this out Monday and see how well I do. I plan to have some friends over for lunch and then later a playdate, so I might not get everything done. However... I have no vehicle today, so I might vacuum and dust mop the floors today.

ETA:
So far so good... I have a few more things to do, then we have to go get Kaylee's haircut. And then naptime should begin so I can start getting lunch ready. Woot! Lists make me more productive, apparently. Playdate was canceled. I'm bummed about that, but am still going to try and go out anyway. It's only 11:30a and I'm almost done with everything! It did help that I did a lot of stuff this weekend though...