Hello all...
Sorry I've been MIA, its been a crazy Christmas week for me, and today is my first "down" day to be able to stop in and see how everyone is feeling. I have been checking in, just not posting... So catch up isn't too bad.
WLL I am so happy for you!! I can only imagine the amount of stress that has been lifted now that you know you will be given, at the very least, a chance to labor and deliver the way you want to.
Delilahbeau That sucks about your BP. Hopefully when the holiday's are over you will be able to focus more on diet and exercise to possibly get it down. I am not sure of your details, so I am only assuming that diet may help in some manor.
Chapsie Feel better soon girl! The flu sucks potatoes!!
Mayday I hope things are starting to settle down around your parts. I read the thread you posted about your MIL, and I can only imagine how stressed out you are/were. The lack of sleep is stressful enough with out adding a sick MIL to pot.
spughy How cool that you have made life long friends with others from MDC! I have always wondered how many of us ever get to meet in real life, it must be a very cool experience. I am loving your idea of how to occupy your DH, very cute!
AFM It's been sort of a nut house around here. I won't bore anyone with the details, I think we all understand. My parents just left late last night, and today is the first day I have had the chance to just sit at my computer with my beloved morning cup of coffee and just surf around the web (something I enjoy doing.). It has been rough for the last few days, it's been snowing like crazy, and the boys have been house bound, more due to DS2 not having boots. I didn't realize he grew out of his until we came back home on Thursday, which really stinks because my sister is always awesome about handing down LL Bean boots, gloves, snow pants, and the such from her two DS's. But because I didn't know I needed anything, I didn't grab anything from her.
I really need to get these two boys out of the house, it's getting really bad. DS2 is closing in on being a teenager and he's really spreading his (mouthy) wings! Yesterday, between him having a comment for everything and my parents being here I was so exhausted, mentally, that I ended crashing on the couch right after dinner. I am at a loss as to how to deal with him, since DS1 was not like this as a teen (not that he was perfect, just much different), he stomps around when he gets mad and he antagonizes his younger brother to no end! He is super incorrigible, I even read that definition to him because I said it a few times on Friday. He always say "Ohhh mom, I'm sorry!! I loooove you!!!" and tries to hug me, but seriously after the 86th time of yelling at him to "Get off your brother!" "Leave your brother alone!" "why did you drink all my water in my water bottle?" "Don't you dare slam your bedroom door!" Him trying to hug me makes my skin crawl!! I know that sounds awful, but I am just touched out by both of them. It bothers me so much that I feel that way because I was so looking forward to spending the past week and a half with them. I think between the insanity of the holidays and not being able to send them outside to play I have just felt like they're right under my feet constantly!
And than I have to deal with DP. He's just not used to having the boys right underfoot so much. Even though they are always with us for school vacations, and spent about 90% of the summer here, they could at least get out and do things, having them stuck in the house is really hard on DP. Being that he's never been around children at all until he met me, he does really well, and will speak up if Gavin really gets out of hand, but it's stressful for him. Last night while I was cooking dinner, he went and hid in our bedroom and read for about 1.5 hours. Gavin wanted to go ask him questions (that is the hardest part, is the boys constantly are asking him a plethora of questions... it's so bad, that we actually have this running joke that within 12 seconds of DP coming home from work he will be inundated with questions. And it never fails to happen.). The questioning is because DP is a computer and network scientist, and he knows a lot about computers. So the boys are always asking how this and that work, it is pure curiosity, and it is due to them knowing he has all the answers (DP helped DS2 build his laptop over the summer, and now for Christmas DS3 got a laptop as well, so it's only been compounded by them both having more questions about how all these things work..). Most of the time DP just goes with the flow, but it does become overwhelming at some point. And it also has been driving him bonkers that Gavin has been such a pain in the ass all week.
Phew!!! Sorry about the wall of text. I sort of needed to vent about my pre-teen, and hoping that someone may have some ideas (other than tossing him right out the window.... which sounds lovely sometimes!! LOL...). I am going to a few stores today and see if I can find some winter boots for him. It really is the only thing I can think of that will save our sanity.
So glad you found an OB that you connect with. Crossing fingers that it goes well for the rest of the pregnancy.
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