So, four months and no update. Again, I've been busy... but it's bloggin' time!
Darren updates:
He walks/, jabbers, sometimes says a word and I know he understands me. He just acts like he doesn't. He has 9-12 teeth, four on top and bottom in the front and I know for sure one molar, but he was cutting three others. It's kind of a pain getting in there to see his teeth. He loves brushing, it's a game and he gets really upset when it's over. We don't do it as often as we should, but I'm the only one who does it. We'll try to remedy that. The last week he's gotten on a different sleep schedule; which at this point in being pregnant is a nightmare. He goes to sleep at 8 or 9pm and wakes up at 6am. I know that's a good sleep schedule, but considering I'm the only one taking care of him; it's kind of a pain in the arse(Mostly because I can't sleep until around 4am... bah.). He loves watching Despicable me, Lion King, The Lorax(new one), How to train a Dragon and a couple others he'll tolerate when I'm sick of the above.
He still eats pretty much anything and everything, he loves hot dogs, clementines, bananas, fried eggs, PB&J sandwiches, mashed potatoes with sour cream, chicken nuggets, mac 'n cheese and dipping things(he dips the carrot in the ranch, licks it off and dips again... double dipper...). He drinks exclusively out of a sippy cup or out of one of my water bottles of there isn't too much liquid in it. He could be drinking out of a normal cup, but every time I give him a chance he fills his mouth with liquid and then lets it dribble out of his mouth. He does it because daddy thinks it's funny... mmm hmmm.
Also, he has an issue when I enforce the rules. He doesn't listen when I say no. I gotta step it up as an enforcer now... bah.
He's in an awkward clothing phase at the moment, he's too tall for 12 month pants but too skinny for 18 month(they sag around his butt and you can see like half of his diaper... I'll be damned if I have one of those douchie kids...); although I dress him in the latter anyways. Same with 12 and 18 month shirts. Onsies: I've strictly moved him up into 18 month and they are a little long and baggy, but he's comfy. Footie pajamas I had a surprise, I got him an 18 month size at Walmart. The orange jack o lantern ones to be specific and he's too tall. So it's 24 month footie PJ's or I have to start getting him two piece sets... Where did my tiny baby go?
Tony updates:
He reenlisted for another three years with 12 month stability here. Or something along those lines, basically we're here for at least another year. After that year he can see if there are spots in Colorado or somewhere else. Since they are planning another deployment while we are here it'll be over a year before we find out if we can go somewhere else. But that's ok. I've gotten kinda used to it out here. Although Tony would like more opportunities to visit home. I pretty sure that's all I can say about deployment and stuff. Ummmm, oh! He's in Arkansas for two weeks on field training and he'll be back Monday. Also we'll be taking the maximum allowed amount of leave days for Christmas and around that time frame.
Ok, time for preggo updates:
I'm due on the 26th of October and I feel freaking huge. Pretty sure I'm not much bigger with this one than I was with Darren. But I still feel like it. Haven't been as sick this time, the major part of my throwing up ended in the second trimester. Although I still have bad days. Today being one of them. We didn't find out what this one was, but I'm suspecting another boy. Darren fights with it too much to be a girl. Although it if comes out a girl I'd be pleasantly surprised.(Especially since I would love an Owl theme for this one and most Owl things are girl oriented.)
I'm kinda more hormone prone this time around. Not sure if it's just been the stress or if I'm destined to become one of those constantly preggo raging ladies. The only times I preggo rage are when Tony and Darren gang up on me. Tony will be ignoring something I asked him to do forever ago and when I get around to doing it myself, Darren decides he needs to be picked up or something and goes into mega whining/screaming mode. Which, to be honest combined with Tony's lack of paying attention to when I need him to step it up and help with the parenting gets me to the point that I want to yell at one or both of them. I don't like yelling, I don't even like raising my voice. So when I have to do it because someone is too focused on MW3 I get kinda angry. Which at that point he'll sometimes come get Darren and put the barrier up so he can't get into the kitchen.... but that produces more screaming baby and he ignores it and goes back to his game. I don't get loud angry though, I get deadly quiet angry. Let's just say he ends up doing whatever I asked him to in the first place, it hasn't happened more than a few times. But it didn't happen at all last pregnancy. So it's kinda retarded this time around.
I have also had several moments where I've started crying for no reason. No idea why. Just more hormones I guess.
Anyways, that's all for now. I'll try to keep it updated a bit more towards Halloween. We'll see.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
16 Weeks
In case you're out of the loop, I'm pregnant again. This one is due in October and as long as it comes after the 23rd I am a-ok. We aren't finding out the sex of this one either, so prepare for another surprise! I haven't seen the doctor yet... which is bad I know. But I've been dealing with other problems.
Darren is walking now. Well he's been really walking for about two-ish months. He's more into sprinting now, especially when he has something in his hand and I'm trying to get it from him. He's eating more of the toddler food, oatmeal, ravioli and cubed fruit/veggies. I'm pretty sure he wasn't getting all his nutrients for a bit there because he didn't want to eat baby food and only ate what I was eating(also he lost a couple pounds, but when daddy doesn't feed him...). Which for my first trimester I wasn't eating a lot, even now I don't eat a lot but he's got other food he likes. So it's ok. He loves going outside, which is easier now that I've cleaned a bunch of stuff out of the back room and he can now play on the back porch. He follows me around the house which becomes a pain if I'm in the bathroom for any reason. And if he can't get to me then all hell breaks loose, even if daddy is home. He's gotten a lot more cuddly, which I attribute to the sequel. He also does a lot of things now to put pressure on my stomach, he'll purposely try to stand or crawl over me. I smell sibling rivalry.
Sometimes I like to think Tony is used to being a dad... but then other times... He mostly comes home and plays Modern Warfare 3. He gets mad at the game and will snip at me or yell at the baby. *sigh* if it really gets to be a problem I will hide the game. Anyways, I will update after I have an official docs appointment.
Darren is walking now. Well he's been really walking for about two-ish months. He's more into sprinting now, especially when he has something in his hand and I'm trying to get it from him. He's eating more of the toddler food, oatmeal, ravioli and cubed fruit/veggies. I'm pretty sure he wasn't getting all his nutrients for a bit there because he didn't want to eat baby food and only ate what I was eating(also he lost a couple pounds, but when daddy doesn't feed him...). Which for my first trimester I wasn't eating a lot, even now I don't eat a lot but he's got other food he likes. So it's ok. He loves going outside, which is easier now that I've cleaned a bunch of stuff out of the back room and he can now play on the back porch. He follows me around the house which becomes a pain if I'm in the bathroom for any reason. And if he can't get to me then all hell breaks loose, even if daddy is home. He's gotten a lot more cuddly, which I attribute to the sequel. He also does a lot of things now to put pressure on my stomach, he'll purposely try to stand or crawl over me. I smell sibling rivalry.
Sometimes I like to think Tony is used to being a dad... but then other times... He mostly comes home and plays Modern Warfare 3. He gets mad at the game and will snip at me or yell at the baby. *sigh* if it really gets to be a problem I will hide the game. Anyways, I will update after I have an official docs appointment.
Friday, February 24, 2012
Before February Ends.
My last post was before Tony came home, and to those that don't know he came home safely. Of course the day he came home will always be memorable... and not because it was a good day. I will touch on that in my other blog though.
Darren has been attached to his dad since the day he got back. All of a sudden he's got a new buddy and mommy is boring once again. Except when he's really hurt. Then mommy needs to kiss it better. I'm awesome like that. Although Tony gets frustrated with the baby, when he's standing in front of the TV and banging on the screen and screaming at whoever is on screen. Or when he's sneaking up the stairs because we've forgotten to put the gate up... even when we put the gate up he's figured out how to climb it like a fence. Anyways, even when the baby annoys him he still loves the mini monster, and that's all that matters.
Speaking of the stairs, when I lived back with my in laws he would go to the stairs and try to climb. Right before I left Jeremy was home from school and was playing with him for a bit, when he put Darren down to go up and make himself a sandwich he kept calling out to the baby. Who would then start screaming at him from the bottom. Now when I say scream, I don't mean he was crying for attention. He does this weird monster scream when he's excited. Something Grandpa taught him. So Jeremy had jokingly called down and told Darren to come up the stairs, which a couple minutes later I came out of my room where I was packing stuff because Jeremy called me. I walked out to see Darren, at almost 7 months on the bottom stair. Jer was so excited and all I could think was "Great, I can just imagine him at the apartment." But I think we left in the next couple days because he didn't have another chance to really do it.... actually wait, he did it a couple times. But he couldn't really get his leg up the next step. So he would go on the first stair and scream at whomever had just walked up, Tony's dad, or Mom, Jeremy. It didn't matter.
So when I got back here he had no interest in our stairs, he liked playing with the Christmas tree and his toys. And when Daddy got back it was all about playing with him and getting his attention and trying to play with the X-box remote. Something else Grandpa taught him. Darren and I had only been back a week when we had to go home with Tony. If there is some reason you don't know the reason we had to go home, read my other blog. There will be a post up about it soon. Anyway, the first night we were home Darren climbed up the stairs at my in laws. All of them. With little to no help from anyone. Except for the balance thing he had it down. Freaking ridiculous. So we got back here and it took about a week but then he gained an interest in our stairs. And within the last week or so he will either try to climb over the gate or he will act uninterested in the stairs and wait for Tony and I to forget to put the thing up and the next thing we know he's upstairs in the bathroom, pushing things into the tub.
He's also starting to stand on his own. He's been standing up using my leg or the tv stand or the mini fridge, and then he'll let got for a few seconds. His balance is pretty much perfect, except for the little wobbles he gets sometimes. He's even taken a step by himself. But he won't do it very often and when he notices that I or his dad are watching he'll sit down and act like nothing has happened. He's a bum. But hopefully, with the impending play-dates with Otis and Whitney's boys(Otis is in Tony's unit.) he will pick it up fast. Eli and Noah will leave him in their dust if he doesn't.
Darren's first Valentines day was fun, we went out to dinner and he got french fries. I meant to take a picture, but when we got home he went straight to bed. He was a tired and crusty booger.
Anyways, this is where I'll leave off. More posts soon to come, and joy shall be had by all.
Love everyone!
Darren has been attached to his dad since the day he got back. All of a sudden he's got a new buddy and mommy is boring once again. Except when he's really hurt. Then mommy needs to kiss it better. I'm awesome like that. Although Tony gets frustrated with the baby, when he's standing in front of the TV and banging on the screen and screaming at whoever is on screen. Or when he's sneaking up the stairs because we've forgotten to put the gate up... even when we put the gate up he's figured out how to climb it like a fence. Anyways, even when the baby annoys him he still loves the mini monster, and that's all that matters.
Speaking of the stairs, when I lived back with my in laws he would go to the stairs and try to climb. Right before I left Jeremy was home from school and was playing with him for a bit, when he put Darren down to go up and make himself a sandwich he kept calling out to the baby. Who would then start screaming at him from the bottom. Now when I say scream, I don't mean he was crying for attention. He does this weird monster scream when he's excited. Something Grandpa taught him. So Jeremy had jokingly called down and told Darren to come up the stairs, which a couple minutes later I came out of my room where I was packing stuff because Jeremy called me. I walked out to see Darren, at almost 7 months on the bottom stair. Jer was so excited and all I could think was "Great, I can just imagine him at the apartment." But I think we left in the next couple days because he didn't have another chance to really do it.... actually wait, he did it a couple times. But he couldn't really get his leg up the next step. So he would go on the first stair and scream at whomever had just walked up, Tony's dad, or Mom, Jeremy. It didn't matter.
So when I got back here he had no interest in our stairs, he liked playing with the Christmas tree and his toys. And when Daddy got back it was all about playing with him and getting his attention and trying to play with the X-box remote. Something else Grandpa taught him. Darren and I had only been back a week when we had to go home with Tony. If there is some reason you don't know the reason we had to go home, read my other blog. There will be a post up about it soon. Anyway, the first night we were home Darren climbed up the stairs at my in laws. All of them. With little to no help from anyone. Except for the balance thing he had it down. Freaking ridiculous. So we got back here and it took about a week but then he gained an interest in our stairs. And within the last week or so he will either try to climb over the gate or he will act uninterested in the stairs and wait for Tony and I to forget to put the thing up and the next thing we know he's upstairs in the bathroom, pushing things into the tub.
He's also starting to stand on his own. He's been standing up using my leg or the tv stand or the mini fridge, and then he'll let got for a few seconds. His balance is pretty much perfect, except for the little wobbles he gets sometimes. He's even taken a step by himself. But he won't do it very often and when he notices that I or his dad are watching he'll sit down and act like nothing has happened. He's a bum. But hopefully, with the impending play-dates with Otis and Whitney's boys(Otis is in Tony's unit.) he will pick it up fast. Eli and Noah will leave him in their dust if he doesn't.
Darren's first Valentines day was fun, we went out to dinner and he got french fries. I meant to take a picture, but when we got home he went straight to bed. He was a tired and crusty booger.
Anyways, this is where I'll leave off. More posts soon to come, and joy shall be had by all.
Love everyone!
Monday, December 26, 2011
Christmas!
Hey! I'm getting back on track, I posted last month :)
We went back to Missouri last month and let me tell you, the onset of cabin fever strikes quick and with little warning. But in the two weeks that we were there Darren perfected his crawling, now he can use his knees and not just scoot around on his stomach... although his daddy will be very proud of his army crawl.
He now gets into everything, especially if I'm doing something it's automatically the most interesting thing in the room and he has to invite himself to play with it. Since we got back to Utah he has gotten reattached to Grandma and Grandpa Peterson. But there are times he only wants the mama and that's ok too. If you were playing with him and you put him on the floor he still expects attention, if you go up the stairs he will crawl after you to the bottom step, get up so he's standing but just can't quite lift that little leg onto the first step and yell up after you.
At the apartment he's discovered the joy of his fuzzy pajamas and sliding around on the linoleum... in front of the front door. I have already hit him in the face twice when I've taken the garbage out. He loves going behind any of the doors and playing with the springy door stop, let's see how much of that Daddy puts up with :)
So, it's Darren's first Christmas... Part 1-Utah. He got a car set, a stuffed horse and some snacks from Grandma and Grandpa, some more cars from Great, Great Grandma Levin, a sleeping bag in a dinosaur pillow from Great Grandma Snow, $10 from Great Grandpa Peterson, a Tigger pillow pet from Aunt Sarah, $10 from Grandma and Great Grandma/Grandpa Tracy and a stuffed Simba from Uncle Kennedy. He has a couple more presents in Missouri to open with Daddy.
Really he wasn't feeling the ripping of the paper, we'll see how that is in another couple weeks. Oh! Anthony comes home on the 8th or 9th of January. We're excited... well I'm excited. I just hope Boogie doesn't weird out too much with Daddy around. Anyways, that's enough for this update. I hope you all had a Merry Christmas! Love you!
We went back to Missouri last month and let me tell you, the onset of cabin fever strikes quick and with little warning. But in the two weeks that we were there Darren perfected his crawling, now he can use his knees and not just scoot around on his stomach... although his daddy will be very proud of his army crawl.
He now gets into everything, especially if I'm doing something it's automatically the most interesting thing in the room and he has to invite himself to play with it. Since we got back to Utah he has gotten reattached to Grandma and Grandpa Peterson. But there are times he only wants the mama and that's ok too. If you were playing with him and you put him on the floor he still expects attention, if you go up the stairs he will crawl after you to the bottom step, get up so he's standing but just can't quite lift that little leg onto the first step and yell up after you.
At the apartment he's discovered the joy of his fuzzy pajamas and sliding around on the linoleum... in front of the front door. I have already hit him in the face twice when I've taken the garbage out. He loves going behind any of the doors and playing with the springy door stop, let's see how much of that Daddy puts up with :)
So, it's Darren's first Christmas... Part 1-Utah. He got a car set, a stuffed horse and some snacks from Grandma and Grandpa, some more cars from Great, Great Grandma Levin, a sleeping bag in a dinosaur pillow from Great Grandma Snow, $10 from Great Grandpa Peterson, a Tigger pillow pet from Aunt Sarah, $10 from Grandma and Great Grandma/Grandpa Tracy and a stuffed Simba from Uncle Kennedy. He has a couple more presents in Missouri to open with Daddy.
Really he wasn't feeling the ripping of the paper, we'll see how that is in another couple weeks. Oh! Anthony comes home on the 8th or 9th of January. We're excited... well I'm excited. I just hope Boogie doesn't weird out too much with Daddy around. Anyways, that's enough for this update. I hope you all had a Merry Christmas! Love you!
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
7 Months...
So, it's November.... and I haven't posted anything since April. I apologize! I seem to have an issue balancing parenting and other aspects of life, it's one or the other it seems.... But that's ok! Because I will be moving back to Missouri and have all the time in the world to learn how to balance it.
A little recap, Darren was born on the 5th of June and he was 7lbs 5oz 19in. I was in labor from about 5 in the morning until 4:28pm, I had an epidural(awesome!), he came out nose up... I forget the word they used but only pushed for 45 minutes and only ripped enough for 4 stitches. Tony was home for the birth and even got an extension for his leave. I ended up getting mastitis about a week after he was born and I dried up around 2 months. He loves his rice cereal with apple juice as the base, he likes Apples, Pears, Sweet Potatoes, Carrots and Squash. He tolerates Peas, Green Beans and Bananas and everything he can get his hands on goes directly into his mouth for a taste test. Including, but not limited to: Dog noses, straws, glow sticks, the feeding spoon, boogers and hair.
He's my little monster/booger bundle of squeals and I love him. More updates to come.
A little recap, Darren was born on the 5th of June and he was 7lbs 5oz 19in. I was in labor from about 5 in the morning until 4:28pm, I had an epidural(awesome!), he came out nose up... I forget the word they used but only pushed for 45 minutes and only ripped enough for 4 stitches. Tony was home for the birth and even got an extension for his leave. I ended up getting mastitis about a week after he was born and I dried up around 2 months. He loves his rice cereal with apple juice as the base, he likes Apples, Pears, Sweet Potatoes, Carrots and Squash. He tolerates Peas, Green Beans and Bananas and everything he can get his hands on goes directly into his mouth for a taste test. Including, but not limited to: Dog noses, straws, glow sticks, the feeding spoon, boogers and hair.
He's my little monster/booger bundle of squeals and I love him. More updates to come.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Why you be kickin'?!
40 days left and I think I'm going into that "uncomfortable" phase. This morning baby decided that my ribs sounded like a nice place to chill out. I thought it was heartburn until it didn't move up my chest. Holy crap Baby moves around so much now pretty much everyone has felt it... ok, everyone at my house has felt it at least once lol. Two weeks ago MIL, Jeremy and I watched my tummy move around for like five minutes. You can't really tell hand from foot or anything like that but it's interesting watching my stomach jump around. Three weeks ago I got the kid all yakked up on pepsi and it would not stop moving, then he got the hiccups for half an hour. Cam and Kennedy were there to feel that lol.
Once in a while I'll get a baby laying upside down on my left side, with feet in the ribs. That's new within the past month and a half or so, and I think it's on purpose now because when baby lays like that I usually end up rubbing it's back. I think it likes it.
I have now experienced Braxton Hicks several times within the past couple weeks, yesterday being the worst cause I'd get a couple then my stomach would be hard FOREVER then when it'd settle down I'd get some more contractions... All day yesterday and then I was just tired. So it was a stay in bed day, even though I wish I'd been able to go outside cause it looked nice. I'm hoping baby will let me do things today, cause it's Danee's birthday and she's getting her license back and I haven't really been able to hang out with her because of conflicting schedules and her boyfriend is a little girl...
Anyways! I'm continuing the post later because today was my second to last Bi-Weekly checkup. After the 4th of May I'll be seeing Dr. Berry every week until I deliver. He says that if the pains I've been getting get worse or if my BH get more frequent or whatever then I have to go to the hospital... oi. But that's ok, he also says that babies after 34 weeks are ok to deliver, mine's just a little doughy in the middle so I have to tell it to bake a little longer lol. He would rather deliver after 37 weeks. Of course I don't want an early delivery anyways, Tony needs to be here. I'm just praying that there aren't any delays when he's scheduled to leave for home (Delays have been known to take up to two weeks....) on the 24th of May. Bah!
Alright, that's enough for this update. I know I promised pictures, but I'm lazy and aside from the ultrasound pictures all the pictures I was going to put on here are on facebook so all ya'll can go look on there.
Love you readers!
Once in a while I'll get a baby laying upside down on my left side, with feet in the ribs. That's new within the past month and a half or so, and I think it's on purpose now because when baby lays like that I usually end up rubbing it's back. I think it likes it.
I have now experienced Braxton Hicks several times within the past couple weeks, yesterday being the worst cause I'd get a couple then my stomach would be hard FOREVER then when it'd settle down I'd get some more contractions... All day yesterday and then I was just tired. So it was a stay in bed day, even though I wish I'd been able to go outside cause it looked nice. I'm hoping baby will let me do things today, cause it's Danee's birthday and she's getting her license back and I haven't really been able to hang out with her because of conflicting schedules and her boyfriend is a little girl...
Anyways! I'm continuing the post later because today was my second to last Bi-Weekly checkup. After the 4th of May I'll be seeing Dr. Berry every week until I deliver. He says that if the pains I've been getting get worse or if my BH get more frequent or whatever then I have to go to the hospital... oi. But that's ok, he also says that babies after 34 weeks are ok to deliver, mine's just a little doughy in the middle so I have to tell it to bake a little longer lol. He would rather deliver after 37 weeks. Of course I don't want an early delivery anyways, Tony needs to be here. I'm just praying that there aren't any delays when he's scheduled to leave for home (Delays have been known to take up to two weeks....) on the 24th of May. Bah!
Alright, that's enough for this update. I know I promised pictures, but I'm lazy and aside from the ultrasound pictures all the pictures I was going to put on here are on facebook so all ya'll can go look on there.
Love you readers!
Monday, February 28, 2011
Third Trimester!
Ok, little update on stuff. I'm finally officially in my third trimester! 27 weeks today! Woot! Aaaaaand, I'm still sick every other... if not, every day. So I spend my days laying in bed either sleeping or playing DS.(My love for Pokemon has recently resurfaced as it often does when a new game is about to be released.) I really need to start scheduling things with my doc... I don't even have an OB here yet, OI! Next week I'll get on that and I'll make my little hermit Jessie go with me to doctor appointments lol.
But yeah, other than that not a lot is new. I'll post pictures of what hubby did for me on my birthday and valentines, he's a sap... and knows just how to make me boob... ass, I love him though and miss him. Although I'm not in pieces this time around I'm happy to say. But, as for hubby this month has been pretty hard. This is our second valentines/my birthday that he hasn't been here, so he was pretty depressed that week. But he did make me cry so I think that made it kind of ok lol. It was good crying, so don't worry.
Baby update: The baby likes moving. Nuff' said. I haven't really had a problem with it getting up into my ribs (I'm waiting...) but, he likes chillin' in my lower abdomen and stretches it funny and it hurts sometimes. Also the lightening crotch never ceases. Oh! random TMI for anyone who reads this, I started lactating. On my birthday. That's right. I've only had like actual full out leakage once though, out of my right boob cause I was playing Pokemon lol. But yeah, baby kicks/punches a lot more now and if it isn't kicking/punching it's swimming and pushing on random stuff. I do worry though, sometimes I think baby has like seizures? Or something? Or has random spaz outs... Because sometimes when kicking or whatever it'll be like rapid fire in one spot... it's weird.
Anyways, that's all I can think of at the moment. The next update will be pictures! I promise!
But yeah, other than that not a lot is new. I'll post pictures of what hubby did for me on my birthday and valentines, he's a sap... and knows just how to make me boob... ass, I love him though and miss him. Although I'm not in pieces this time around I'm happy to say. But, as for hubby this month has been pretty hard. This is our second valentines/my birthday that he hasn't been here, so he was pretty depressed that week. But he did make me cry so I think that made it kind of ok lol. It was good crying, so don't worry.
Baby update: The baby likes moving. Nuff' said. I haven't really had a problem with it getting up into my ribs (I'm waiting...) but, he likes chillin' in my lower abdomen and stretches it funny and it hurts sometimes. Also the lightening crotch never ceases. Oh! random TMI for anyone who reads this, I started lactating. On my birthday. That's right. I've only had like actual full out leakage once though, out of my right boob cause I was playing Pokemon lol. But yeah, baby kicks/punches a lot more now and if it isn't kicking/punching it's swimming and pushing on random stuff. I do worry though, sometimes I think baby has like seizures? Or something? Or has random spaz outs... Because sometimes when kicking or whatever it'll be like rapid fire in one spot... it's weird.
Anyways, that's all I can think of at the moment. The next update will be pictures! I promise!
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