I worry sometimes that my children might think that I am a bit paranoid (if they even know what that means). I admit that I wonder if they would be right. Being the mother of 3 little children (the fourth will be here in less than 2 weeks), I worry about them often, if not always. I restrict them from doing things that other children do because I worry about their safety. I wonder if I am the over-protective mommy, or if the other mommies are not protective enough.
I recently let my children start walking to school by themselves, they have been walking home since the beginning of the year. It is less than 1/4 mile away. I warned them incessantly of the dangers of not walking together. I drilled into their noggins that safety is in numbers. I told them that if someone stopped in a car to talk to them, don't get close to the car, always stay on the sidewalk, act like you don't hear him/her, and run the rest of the way to school. From everything I know about this city, it is a safe place to live and raise children. I just never know when that could change.
A couple weeks ago, when I was walking out of work for the day, I got a phone call that I realized was from my children's school. I answered it, expecting it to be one of the computer generated messages, so I just clicked the on button and waited. I didn't hear anything, so I said hello. It was my daughter. She was telling me that her and my son were waiting for one of their friends after school. He got tired of waiting and went across the street, and then he disappeared. She wanted her aunt's phone number to call and see if he was home. Well, I worked about 1/2 hour away. I gave her the phone number and told her to have her aunt call as soon as they hung up and let me know what was going on. I got a call within a couple minutes stating that my son had walked home by himself, he was tired of waiting. So, again that evening, we went over all the rules. They have done a fine job of walking to school together, there have been a few more instances of my daughter being left behind on the way home. Thankfully, it hasn't happened in a while, and hopefully it won't happen again.
We live in a large apartment complex. There is always a car coming or leaving it seems. We have an apartment that faces a courtyard. The children are permitted to play in the courtyard with their friends. They are not permitted to play out front next to the parking lot. I just feel that it would make it way too convenient for someone to grab them and put them in their car. We watched a Dateline NBC show a few months ago about a 19 year-old BYU student that had gone home to Oregon and was helping out in an apartment complex that was grabbed in broad daylight from the parking lot where she was cleaning. This rule has caused many complaints among the two older children. They don't think it is fair that their friends can play out front, but they can't. When I catch them out front, they get to come in for the rest of the day. They don't like that either. It has happened a few times...
So, these are just a couple of the rules I have. I never wanted to be labeled an over-protective mommy, but I suppose that if this makes me one, I will live with the label. It would be nice to have a guarantee that every child would be safe in their surroundings, but it is just not something that anyone can guarantee. Children are so precious and so innocent. They seem to inherently trust anyone. I am so blessed with the children that I have and am so thankful for the opportunity to be their mommy.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Getting Ready for Baby
Well, knowing that my daughter will very likely be born within the next couple of weeks has put me into what many people refer to as the "nesting mode." I sit here and realize that there is so much that has to be done. I need to set up the Pack 'N Play which arrived yesterday. First I need to admit I have to figure out where to set it up. We live in a three bedroom apartment... each room has 2 beds in it, except for mine, which has 2 big dressers, a night stand, a queen size bed and a stand which my husband's brother made him. Needless to say, there isn't much room in any of the bedrooms. She will end up in my room, I just need to do some redecorating first.
The housework is the fun part (very sarcastically spoken). I try to convince my children that cleaning IS NOT a punishment. We all have to participate because we all contribute to how the house looks on a daily basis. The older children like to think that my youngest is the only one that messes up the house. Once they get started on chores, it goes much better. The moments leading up to that are not so much fun. I guess I haven't ever met a child that really looks forward to doing chores. Before we moved from NY, the children helped out really well. I need to propose the same reward I used to give them. They would get electronics (computer, DS) for the same amount of time that they cleaned. We would set the timer for 20 minutes, and if they cleaned that whole time, they would get to play the electronic of their choice for that long. If anyone else has a good suggestion on what has worked with their children and chore time, I am always open for ideas!
I have to admit the excitement of meeting our newest baby is really setting in. I look forward to seeing her and holding her. I have imagined what she will look like for months now. I wonder how big or little she will be, what color hair she will have, but I have to admit, I would be very surprised if she doesn't have blue eyes at birth. My older two held on to the blue eyes until they were almost 2 yrs old, my youngest will be keeping his blue eyes, like his daddy.
My children are also very excited about their baby sister arriving soon. We are not sure if she will be here next week or the following week. It depends how this rash is affecting me -- currently I itch like crazy, and if I don't itch I feel like my stomach is on fire, or both at the same time. She could be here in a matter of 5 to 6 days, if things get better, she will be here no later than two weeks from today, as long as the amniocentesis shows that her lungs are mature.
I hope that everyone has a wonderful day!
The housework is the fun part (very sarcastically spoken). I try to convince my children that cleaning IS NOT a punishment. We all have to participate because we all contribute to how the house looks on a daily basis. The older children like to think that my youngest is the only one that messes up the house. Once they get started on chores, it goes much better. The moments leading up to that are not so much fun. I guess I haven't ever met a child that really looks forward to doing chores. Before we moved from NY, the children helped out really well. I need to propose the same reward I used to give them. They would get electronics (computer, DS) for the same amount of time that they cleaned. We would set the timer for 20 minutes, and if they cleaned that whole time, they would get to play the electronic of their choice for that long. If anyone else has a good suggestion on what has worked with their children and chore time, I am always open for ideas!
I have to admit the excitement of meeting our newest baby is really setting in. I look forward to seeing her and holding her. I have imagined what she will look like for months now. I wonder how big or little she will be, what color hair she will have, but I have to admit, I would be very surprised if she doesn't have blue eyes at birth. My older two held on to the blue eyes until they were almost 2 yrs old, my youngest will be keeping his blue eyes, like his daddy.
My children are also very excited about their baby sister arriving soon. We are not sure if she will be here next week or the following week. It depends how this rash is affecting me -- currently I itch like crazy, and if I don't itch I feel like my stomach is on fire, or both at the same time. She could be here in a matter of 5 to 6 days, if things get better, she will be here no later than two weeks from today, as long as the amniocentesis shows that her lungs are mature.
I hope that everyone has a wonderful day!
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Broken Down Car
Well, I knew that things happen in threes, but I didn't want to say it out loud, so I didn't. Last week, when I got to work and it had been burglarized was when I started thinking about it, since hours before our sleepwalking neighbor had been trying to get into our apartment again. I figured that there was two down right there. I hoped that it would only be two things. Fast forward six to seven days... depending if the bad is when the car broke down or when the car shop called.
Yesterday, I got a phone call at 4:15 pm. It was my husband telling me that the car (2004 Chevy Aveo) stopped running and he was on the side of the road (I-15). My mind started running... I told him it sounded like either the alternator or the timing belt. I asked him if he lost his power steering, he said he still had it when he was getting it to the side of the road. I knew that if it was the alternator, he would have lost all power... no power steering, no power brakes (it has happened to me before). I knew those kinds of things just make a car stop wherever it is. I told him that we would be there shortly, he gave me very vague information about where he was, so I knew it would be interesting trying to find him.
We got into the van and headed down to the freeway. I told the kids to watch across the freeway to see if they could see Daddy's car. Of course, I was keeping an eye over there too. The phone rang, it was my husband. He had spoke to my dad who suggested that the fuel gauge may have gone out and he may have run out of gas, something that I had not thought of. So, once I saw him on the side of the road, about 8 miles from home, I told him I was going to buy a gas can and some gas. I think I can safely say that I have never bought a gas can, or filled one up. So, I found out that a 2 gallon gas can at Chevron costs $14.05 with tax, then I bought $6 worth of gas. I drove back to where my husband (it was easy to find since the traffic was going at a snails pace looking at the little blue car with the cop car in front of it). We dumped the gas into the car and it wouldn't start.
I then got on the phone with AAA. My plan is in NY, so they said they had to transfer me to UT. As they did the transfer a tow truck pulled up in front of the car. I told Keith that it was fast service. Then I went and told the driver that I had AAA on the phone and asked if he was AAA approved. He advised me that he was. So, he called his dispatcher and told him what was going on, and started hooking up the car. I told the guy I got transferred to what was going on and he gave me the service number to give the tow truck driver and off we went.
I followed Keith and the tow truck driver to the service station so we would know where it was at. Well, this morning I got a phone call informing me that it was not the fuel pump. It is the idler pulley that runs the timing belt broke, there is a 1% chance that it didn't damage valves. The fix would either be have them fix all of the above or get a used engine installed. When you hear those words, you know that it is not going to be a cheap, or even reasonable fix. The baby will be born within the next two weeks, so we have made the decision...we will be selling the car. I never liked the car anyway, but it is a good commuter car. I am glad that we went and picked up the van last month or we would have no vehicle.
Yesterday, after we got back from having the car towed, I made pork stir fry. It was very good. I used a frozen bag of veggies, leftover pork from the night before and rice. Everyone added soy sauce... I added it for my youngest, because he seems to think that the rice should turn black with soy sauce, and then he doesn't eat it because it doesn't taste good. I would have to agree!
After supper, we loaded the kids into the van and headed off to the indoor playground so my sister could watch her show. It is really the only one that she cares about, so we thought that we could at least make sure it is quiet for that hour. I enjoy getting to watch the children run around and play. They enjoy the time getting to do that. I am so grateful that I am their mother.
The kids have been in school for over a month now. It is hard to believe that it has been that long. They are doing well with what they are learning. My daughter still loves to read and my son still loves math. She doesn't like math and he doesn't like to read. It is funny how they can be so opposite in that way! It is hard to believe that in a couple of weeks is parent/teacher conference. I look forward to meeting with teachers, but I am not sure if I will have the baby or be in the hospital or still pregnant. My husband may get to be in charge of that this quarter.
Well, I hope that today goes well for everyone!
Yesterday, I got a phone call at 4:15 pm. It was my husband telling me that the car (2004 Chevy Aveo) stopped running and he was on the side of the road (I-15). My mind started running... I told him it sounded like either the alternator or the timing belt. I asked him if he lost his power steering, he said he still had it when he was getting it to the side of the road. I knew that if it was the alternator, he would have lost all power... no power steering, no power brakes (it has happened to me before). I knew those kinds of things just make a car stop wherever it is. I told him that we would be there shortly, he gave me very vague information about where he was, so I knew it would be interesting trying to find him.
We got into the van and headed down to the freeway. I told the kids to watch across the freeway to see if they could see Daddy's car. Of course, I was keeping an eye over there too. The phone rang, it was my husband. He had spoke to my dad who suggested that the fuel gauge may have gone out and he may have run out of gas, something that I had not thought of. So, once I saw him on the side of the road, about 8 miles from home, I told him I was going to buy a gas can and some gas. I think I can safely say that I have never bought a gas can, or filled one up. So, I found out that a 2 gallon gas can at Chevron costs $14.05 with tax, then I bought $6 worth of gas. I drove back to where my husband (it was easy to find since the traffic was going at a snails pace looking at the little blue car with the cop car in front of it). We dumped the gas into the car and it wouldn't start.
I then got on the phone with AAA. My plan is in NY, so they said they had to transfer me to UT. As they did the transfer a tow truck pulled up in front of the car. I told Keith that it was fast service. Then I went and told the driver that I had AAA on the phone and asked if he was AAA approved. He advised me that he was. So, he called his dispatcher and told him what was going on, and started hooking up the car. I told the guy I got transferred to what was going on and he gave me the service number to give the tow truck driver and off we went.
I followed Keith and the tow truck driver to the service station so we would know where it was at. Well, this morning I got a phone call informing me that it was not the fuel pump. It is the idler pulley that runs the timing belt broke, there is a 1% chance that it didn't damage valves. The fix would either be have them fix all of the above or get a used engine installed. When you hear those words, you know that it is not going to be a cheap, or even reasonable fix. The baby will be born within the next two weeks, so we have made the decision...we will be selling the car. I never liked the car anyway, but it is a good commuter car. I am glad that we went and picked up the van last month or we would have no vehicle.
Yesterday, after we got back from having the car towed, I made pork stir fry. It was very good. I used a frozen bag of veggies, leftover pork from the night before and rice. Everyone added soy sauce... I added it for my youngest, because he seems to think that the rice should turn black with soy sauce, and then he doesn't eat it because it doesn't taste good. I would have to agree!
After supper, we loaded the kids into the van and headed off to the indoor playground so my sister could watch her show. It is really the only one that she cares about, so we thought that we could at least make sure it is quiet for that hour. I enjoy getting to watch the children run around and play. They enjoy the time getting to do that. I am so grateful that I am their mother.
The kids have been in school for over a month now. It is hard to believe that it has been that long. They are doing well with what they are learning. My daughter still loves to read and my son still loves math. She doesn't like math and he doesn't like to read. It is funny how they can be so opposite in that way! It is hard to believe that in a couple of weeks is parent/teacher conference. I look forward to meeting with teachers, but I am not sure if I will have the baby or be in the hospital or still pregnant. My husband may get to be in charge of that this quarter.
Well, I hope that today goes well for everyone!
Sunday, September 25, 2011
A Fun Saturday...Smithsonian Museum Day
Yesterday was a busy day. We took advantage of the Smithsonian Museum Day by going to Ogden's Union Station Museums. There they have the Browning Museum, a train museum, and an antique car museum. It was quite interesting. My 3 year-old seemed very interested in the trains. They had model trains running on tracks that just fascinated him. He would probably still be standing there watching them if we hadn't made him leave. My daughter also seemed most interested in the trains, but not to the same extent as my son. The gold spike from Pomentary Point arrived at the train museum on Mar 8th of this year. I had no idea what it is, but my husband seemed most excited about it. I guess it was the last spike used for the continental railroad.
The antique car museum had the first registered vehicle in Utah. It didn't even have a steering wheel. It had a bar that you would move from one side to the other in order to steer the vehicle. I guess they didn't want to make it a lot different than driving a horse carriage.
My husband and older son seemed most fascinated with the Browning Museum. I have to admit, the only museums I have ever really like had dinosaur bones in them. I have never been really interested in museums and those sorts of things. I went along just to enjoy the time with my family.
After the museums, there was the Harvest Moon Festival down the street so we walked over there to see what it consisted of. They had a lot of things for children to do and it was free. They gave the children little pumpkins to draw on. The children got to "fish." They had to throw the line over a curtain and they each ended up with a lollipop on the end of the rope. They got to dig through sawdust to find little prizes. They enjoyed every moment of it.
Before we went to the museums, we went to Costco and had lunch. I bought the kids each a hot dog and my sister and I a sausage dog. I also bought 2 berry frozen yogurts and 2 chocolate dipped almond ice cream bars. It was good food. My kids ate half of their hot dogs and then started on ice cream. I have decided that I should probably just buy 2 hotdogs and cut them in half. The hotdogs are pretty big for a little child.
After spending a few hours in Ogden we headed back to our city and let the children play at an indoor playground for an hour. By that time, the children were pretty worn out and ready to come home. Upon arrival at home, I had my husband talk to the mainenance department about what kind of hose we need to hook the dryer up to the vent thing. One of the maintenance men came over, took a look, went back to his shop, grabbed the hose and hooked it up for us. I thought that was incredibly nice of him. I will always have a spot in my heart for maintenance men as that is what my dad did during his working years. I told my husband that it seems that people in that profession are generally giving people. Perhaps it is because my dad would do anything for any one and I know that.
To end the day, my sister and I went and did grocery shopping. Upon arriving at the store, we saw that they were doing flu shots there. So, before starting our shopping expedition, we both got our flu shots. My doctor had said the sooner the better for the flu shot, so the baby could start getting immunity to the flu as well. I thought I should take that advice. She won't be able to get a flu shot until she is 6 months old, and she still has 18 days left inside me, anything I can do to keep her healthy this flu season, I am willing to do. Now I just need to set up an appointment for my children to get their flu shots. They really don't look forward to that, but I always bring them for out for ice cream afterward.
I hope everyone has a wonderful Sunday today!
The antique car museum had the first registered vehicle in Utah. It didn't even have a steering wheel. It had a bar that you would move from one side to the other in order to steer the vehicle. I guess they didn't want to make it a lot different than driving a horse carriage.
My husband and older son seemed most fascinated with the Browning Museum. I have to admit, the only museums I have ever really like had dinosaur bones in them. I have never been really interested in museums and those sorts of things. I went along just to enjoy the time with my family.
After the museums, there was the Harvest Moon Festival down the street so we walked over there to see what it consisted of. They had a lot of things for children to do and it was free. They gave the children little pumpkins to draw on. The children got to "fish." They had to throw the line over a curtain and they each ended up with a lollipop on the end of the rope. They got to dig through sawdust to find little prizes. They enjoyed every moment of it.
Before we went to the museums, we went to Costco and had lunch. I bought the kids each a hot dog and my sister and I a sausage dog. I also bought 2 berry frozen yogurts and 2 chocolate dipped almond ice cream bars. It was good food. My kids ate half of their hot dogs and then started on ice cream. I have decided that I should probably just buy 2 hotdogs and cut them in half. The hotdogs are pretty big for a little child.
After spending a few hours in Ogden we headed back to our city and let the children play at an indoor playground for an hour. By that time, the children were pretty worn out and ready to come home. Upon arrival at home, I had my husband talk to the mainenance department about what kind of hose we need to hook the dryer up to the vent thing. One of the maintenance men came over, took a look, went back to his shop, grabbed the hose and hooked it up for us. I thought that was incredibly nice of him. I will always have a spot in my heart for maintenance men as that is what my dad did during his working years. I told my husband that it seems that people in that profession are generally giving people. Perhaps it is because my dad would do anything for any one and I know that.
To end the day, my sister and I went and did grocery shopping. Upon arriving at the store, we saw that they were doing flu shots there. So, before starting our shopping expedition, we both got our flu shots. My doctor had said the sooner the better for the flu shot, so the baby could start getting immunity to the flu as well. I thought I should take that advice. She won't be able to get a flu shot until she is 6 months old, and she still has 18 days left inside me, anything I can do to keep her healthy this flu season, I am willing to do. Now I just need to set up an appointment for my children to get their flu shots. They really don't look forward to that, but I always bring them for out for ice cream afterward.
I hope everyone has a wonderful Sunday today!
Saturday, September 24, 2011
What a Week...
This week has been a little crazy! My laptop was at the warranty doctor, we got it back yesterday. It is working good after finding out that the charger I was using didn't work, so it was the charger, not the computer. That is good news...
This week I worked Tuesday through Friday. It was a good, but very busy, week at work. I am thankful that I work with a great bunch of people. I am generally the first person to work, so when I walk in to the office all the lights come on. Wednesday morning, this was not the case. I walked through the back door of my office building. I could see in the distance that the front door of the building was broken. I thought perhaps it had a stress fracture and finally broke during the night. I took a deep breath and took a few more steps to check things out. I noticed that the office lights were on. I saw one of the office windows was broken. Needless to say, I turned around, and walked back out the same door I came in.
One of the co-workers pulled into the parking lot so I told her what was going on, then called 911. My co-worker and I walked to the front of the building to meet the officer when he arrived. We kept an eye on the backdoor, which can be seen from the front door, to make sure none of our co-workers tried to go in. The officer arrived about 10 minutes after I called. He saw all the broken glass and said he was calling for backup. Within a matter of minutes, there were 4 other officers at the building. We told them what we knew, which was the office lights are motion activated, and that I am generally the first one in the office, when I am there. They had us stand to the side on the front sidewalk in case someone came running out, and they went in through all the broken windows and doors. I gave them my badge to get into the office.
We watched them clear the building hallway, with guns drawn, and then progress into the office. After several minutes of them being in there, they came out and told us that one of our coworkers were in there and it was safe to go in. So, we went in, walked through the broken glass on the floor, and found another fellow worker. She explained that she could see something, but it was so dark that she didn't realize it was broken glass. She went in and started to work. She said that she was busy at work when she turned around to have officers with guns pointed at her. She explained that she worked there and didn't notice anything was wrong.
It took me a good couple of hours to recover from what I had walked into that morning. I am grateful that the person was gone by the time I got to work and no one was injured. The person took a laptop from the office, but that is all. The cameras showed that it happened around 5:15 am and the person was in and out within 1 1/2 minutes. Didn't take him too long to get something and get out. I arrived at work an hour later.
Tuesday night/Wednesday morning...about 6 hours before arriving to work, our sleepwalking friend started to try to come into the apartment again. This is the second time he has done this. It is always a little unnerving. We know the fellow now, but since he was sleepwalking, I didn't dare to let any of us open the door. You never know how someone will react. We yelled through the door a few times and then he left. He came back about 10 minutes later and finally I yelled to him which apartment to go to, and he must have listened because he didn't come back. It was a crazy few hours!
Tuesday my little sisters turned 36. It was a long day and I felt bad that I wasn't able to do anything with my sister that lives with me. I worked from 6:15-3:45, I had a doctor's appointment at 4:45, didn't leave til 6, then had to stop and buy stuff to make supper. We arrived home at 6:40, I threw supper together, and brought the kids outside to eat. She wanted to be able to watch NCIS, so we wanted to let her do that without any noise from the kids. We ate outside, then went and fed the ducks, then went on a little walk and let the kids play at the playground. We came home at 8, and I proceeded to make her birthday cupcakes. We had cupcakes at about 9 that night. I was exhausted because I had been up since 4 am, so I ate my cupcake with some ice cream and went to sleep.
On Thursday, my mom had her birthday. I called her at about 8 am her time, which made it 6 am my time. I guess it can startle a mother when her 35 1/2 week pregnant calls her that early. I assured her I was on my way to work and was only calling to say Happy Birthday. She was happy to hear that. She said that 65 feels great and I should look forward to it. We agree that we have had a lot of fun. It was interesting to see that she has a 40 year-old and a 28 year-old, and several in-between. I will have a 36 year-old and a 27 year-old at that age, with a couple in-between.
The baby is doing fine. We are thinking that she will be delivered on Oct 13, in the evening, if the amniocentesis shows that her lungs are fully functioning. My children usually come that early anyway, so I am sure she will be fine. I am excited to meet the little one.
Today we are trying to figure out what we will be doing. We may go to a museum or a fun center. Either way, I hope to end up with a Costco sausage dog and an ice cream bar. We are hoping to get our dryer hooked up as well. We need to figure out what kind of dryer vent hose we need to get, the aluminum one was too long. We shall see!
This week I worked Tuesday through Friday. It was a good, but very busy, week at work. I am thankful that I work with a great bunch of people. I am generally the first person to work, so when I walk in to the office all the lights come on. Wednesday morning, this was not the case. I walked through the back door of my office building. I could see in the distance that the front door of the building was broken. I thought perhaps it had a stress fracture and finally broke during the night. I took a deep breath and took a few more steps to check things out. I noticed that the office lights were on. I saw one of the office windows was broken. Needless to say, I turned around, and walked back out the same door I came in.
One of the co-workers pulled into the parking lot so I told her what was going on, then called 911. My co-worker and I walked to the front of the building to meet the officer when he arrived. We kept an eye on the backdoor, which can be seen from the front door, to make sure none of our co-workers tried to go in. The officer arrived about 10 minutes after I called. He saw all the broken glass and said he was calling for backup. Within a matter of minutes, there were 4 other officers at the building. We told them what we knew, which was the office lights are motion activated, and that I am generally the first one in the office, when I am there. They had us stand to the side on the front sidewalk in case someone came running out, and they went in through all the broken windows and doors. I gave them my badge to get into the office.
We watched them clear the building hallway, with guns drawn, and then progress into the office. After several minutes of them being in there, they came out and told us that one of our coworkers were in there and it was safe to go in. So, we went in, walked through the broken glass on the floor, and found another fellow worker. She explained that she could see something, but it was so dark that she didn't realize it was broken glass. She went in and started to work. She said that she was busy at work when she turned around to have officers with guns pointed at her. She explained that she worked there and didn't notice anything was wrong.
It took me a good couple of hours to recover from what I had walked into that morning. I am grateful that the person was gone by the time I got to work and no one was injured. The person took a laptop from the office, but that is all. The cameras showed that it happened around 5:15 am and the person was in and out within 1 1/2 minutes. Didn't take him too long to get something and get out. I arrived at work an hour later.
Tuesday night/Wednesday morning...about 6 hours before arriving to work, our sleepwalking friend started to try to come into the apartment again. This is the second time he has done this. It is always a little unnerving. We know the fellow now, but since he was sleepwalking, I didn't dare to let any of us open the door. You never know how someone will react. We yelled through the door a few times and then he left. He came back about 10 minutes later and finally I yelled to him which apartment to go to, and he must have listened because he didn't come back. It was a crazy few hours!
Tuesday my little sisters turned 36. It was a long day and I felt bad that I wasn't able to do anything with my sister that lives with me. I worked from 6:15-3:45, I had a doctor's appointment at 4:45, didn't leave til 6, then had to stop and buy stuff to make supper. We arrived home at 6:40, I threw supper together, and brought the kids outside to eat. She wanted to be able to watch NCIS, so we wanted to let her do that without any noise from the kids. We ate outside, then went and fed the ducks, then went on a little walk and let the kids play at the playground. We came home at 8, and I proceeded to make her birthday cupcakes. We had cupcakes at about 9 that night. I was exhausted because I had been up since 4 am, so I ate my cupcake with some ice cream and went to sleep.
On Thursday, my mom had her birthday. I called her at about 8 am her time, which made it 6 am my time. I guess it can startle a mother when her 35 1/2 week pregnant calls her that early. I assured her I was on my way to work and was only calling to say Happy Birthday. She was happy to hear that. She said that 65 feels great and I should look forward to it. We agree that we have had a lot of fun. It was interesting to see that she has a 40 year-old and a 28 year-old, and several in-between. I will have a 36 year-old and a 27 year-old at that age, with a couple in-between.
The baby is doing fine. We are thinking that she will be delivered on Oct 13, in the evening, if the amniocentesis shows that her lungs are fully functioning. My children usually come that early anyway, so I am sure she will be fine. I am excited to meet the little one.
Today we are trying to figure out what we will be doing. We may go to a museum or a fun center. Either way, I hope to end up with a Costco sausage dog and an ice cream bar. We are hoping to get our dryer hooked up as well. We need to figure out what kind of dryer vent hose we need to get, the aluminum one was too long. We shall see!
Monday, September 19, 2011
Look Mommy, Their Baby Popped Out!
On Friday night, we brought my sister out to dinner in Logan. I had seen that morning that they had opened a restaurant up there that we used to frequent in college. To say we were a little excited would not do it justice. Her birthday is tomorrow, so this would be her birthday dinner/gift.
Although the breadsticks had changed, Craigo's had the absolute best breadsticks in the country, the food was delicious, and priced very affordably. The restaurant is called the Pizza Pie Cafe, for the dinner buffet for adults, it is $8.25 and includes pasta, pizza, breadsticks, dessert pizza and salad bar. It was great food.
At a table close by, there was a young couple with a 6 month-old baby boy. When my 3 year-old saw the baby, he pointed my head in that direction and said, "Look Mommy, their baby popped out!" I couldn't help but laugh. He has sat on my stomach and pushed on my stomach, telling me he is going to pop the baby out. He is more than excited to meet his baby sister, and I imagine he is a little envious of everyone that has actually had their baby "pop out."
On a side note, my two older children walked to school today with some of their friends. This is the first time they have walked by themselves, without someone from our family. It is hard to believe that they are to that age when they can be independent enough to walk. I feel there is safety in numbers. I also feel we live in a safe place. They know all the rules and I have to trust that they will follow them. They are responsible children, as are their friends.
Although the breadsticks had changed, Craigo's had the absolute best breadsticks in the country, the food was delicious, and priced very affordably. The restaurant is called the Pizza Pie Cafe, for the dinner buffet for adults, it is $8.25 and includes pasta, pizza, breadsticks, dessert pizza and salad bar. It was great food.
At a table close by, there was a young couple with a 6 month-old baby boy. When my 3 year-old saw the baby, he pointed my head in that direction and said, "Look Mommy, their baby popped out!" I couldn't help but laugh. He has sat on my stomach and pushed on my stomach, telling me he is going to pop the baby out. He is more than excited to meet his baby sister, and I imagine he is a little envious of everyone that has actually had their baby "pop out."
On a side note, my two older children walked to school today with some of their friends. This is the first time they have walked by themselves, without someone from our family. It is hard to believe that they are to that age when they can be independent enough to walk. I feel there is safety in numbers. I also feel we live in a safe place. They know all the rules and I have to trust that they will follow them. They are responsible children, as are their friends.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Cloth Diapers and a Washer and Dryer
We have decided that we are going to give cloth diapers a go with this little one. She will be here in about 3 weeks, less than four weeks maximum. We are excited for her grand entrance into this world. After weighing the costs of everything, and a lot of research, it looks like cloth diapers are going to be the way we go. They have certainly come a long way since I babysat a couple kids when I was 10 and they were both in diapers. Cloth diapers, nonetheless, and they were made out of long, white pieces of cloth that I had to rinse in the toilet (trying not to puke my guts out).
We then decided that we should buy a washer and dryer. We got online and found the website for the local classified ads and started calling people that had washers and dryers listed for sale in the classified ads. All of the people had sold theirs. At the bottom of the page, I saw one that was listed 33 minutes before. I had my husband call, she still had them! We told her we would be there quickly. We stopped and picked up the money and rushed over. Thankfully, the dryer was electric as well. We were super happy. They look in great condition. They also had a dining room table and chairs for sale. So we bought those also. We had been using a card table for our dinner table. The first meal we ate at the new table was hamburgers with tater tots. It was good food.
We need to grab some washers for the washer connection to the water faucet. We have to get a tube to vent the dryer and then I think we will be up and running. Sure beats hauling the laundry to the laundry room as I discussed last week. Here is to hoping for many years out of our used washer and dryer!
Hope everyone has a great night!
We then decided that we should buy a washer and dryer. We got online and found the website for the local classified ads and started calling people that had washers and dryers listed for sale in the classified ads. All of the people had sold theirs. At the bottom of the page, I saw one that was listed 33 minutes before. I had my husband call, she still had them! We told her we would be there quickly. We stopped and picked up the money and rushed over. Thankfully, the dryer was electric as well. We were super happy. They look in great condition. They also had a dining room table and chairs for sale. So we bought those also. We had been using a card table for our dinner table. The first meal we ate at the new table was hamburgers with tater tots. It was good food.
We need to grab some washers for the washer connection to the water faucet. We have to get a tube to vent the dryer and then I think we will be up and running. Sure beats hauling the laundry to the laundry room as I discussed last week. Here is to hoping for many years out of our used washer and dryer!
Hope everyone has a great night!
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