Jenn rambles on

Never fear, the placenta has moved to it’s proper location and eveything seems hunky-dorey in that area. Phew, I know you were all as worried as I was.

Ok, bye.

Just kidding…

Yes, it is still a girl in there. I figured as much but I feel more confident now that it’s ok to paint that horrible yellow room a nicer girly color.

We told C she was going to have a sister and she said, “No. Boy.” Uh, sorry hun, we don’t get to decide this one. She reasoned that her cousins were girls and she wanted a boy. Nice try, talk to God about that one.

Anyway, just wanted to let you all know so you could quit worrying about placenta placement and have a good sleep tonight.

PS: we have NO idea what to name this little girl. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Feels like yeterday that I posted about my ultrasound and the fact that it was some what inconclusive. Well, that was like 14 weeks ago! where does the time go?

Usually, round these parts, you only get one look at the baby unless there is some reason to look again and apparently I had a slightly low lying placenta at that time of which they wanted to make sure has risen to it’s proper spot. Good, I’m all for making sure my placenta is in the right spot.

Ahem.

Hopefully we’ll get a better look at who’s in there. I’m still pretty sure that since the Dr guessed girl last time that it probably is but I can’t seem to shake the feeling that it might be a boy. Either way, I’ll be happy as long as everything is ok.

I’ll check back later if my computer is still working and let y’all know what we saw. I’m sure you’re dying to hear about the position of my placenta

well, not OLD in the sense that they are old…because they aren’t. If they are, then so am I. I’ve known these girls since the 10th grade though and for those of you who are counting, that’s about 16 years. Two of them live away and happen to be home for summer vacation at the same time. Cool.

On Tuesday we gathered all our children together, and again, for those of you counting, that’s 10 kids between 5 couples with two more kids on the way currently. Wow, who knew we would reproduce like that? It’s funny when I think about it. Trying to remember back when we were in high school and imagining what it would be like to be grown up. I don’t think any of us knew what it REALLY is like to be grown up. It’s much harder, but also much more rewarding when you have children. I also don’t know if we imagined that we would keep in touch this well either. I’m not as close to all of them as I used to be but I love that they still include me and that we do all keep updated with eachother. Facebook makes that a little easier these days. I like that our kids are friends and remember each other even though we only hang out twice a year. It’s fun.

Last night we went out WITHOUT our children! To a place that doesn’t sell chicken nuggets, hot dogs, or grilled cheese sandwiches. Imagine that! We ate delicious food that did not include french fries and talked about old times and, of course, talked about our children alot. Mike and I had a great time. We don’t get out too often without C and once in awhile it’s kinda nice. I’m gonna assume that it won’t happen again for a while with a new baby coming so I’m glad we decided to go.

Seven’s daughter babysat for us for the first time and she did a great job. I hope C was good to her! C told me this morning that she wet her pants…great. But Seven’s daughter has younger brothers and has probably dealt with such issues before. The sweet babysitter even did the few dishes that were in my sink. Bonus points for sure If we ever go out again, we’ll call her.

Anyway, I hope we get to see the two “far-away” friends before they head back home but if not, it was really great to spend time with them and see how big their kids have gotten.

And now I feel old.

Oh my sweet mercy our computer is slow. It needs a new memory stick thing but needing it and actually buying said memory are two very different things. The slowness of it all makes me not want to even use the computer. Which is ok I guess.

Anywho, I’ve managed to dig out some baby clothes, wash them, and put them away. Woohoo! That seems to have satisfied my nesting urge a little bit. Although I really want the room to be organized and cleaned…because, well, it’s dirty. But I can’t really clean fully until Mike gets the twin bed out of there and a couple of other large items that are just sort of being stored in the guest room/play room/ baby’s room. C’s room is about to gain alot of toys just for lack of a better place to put them until we have a recroom in the basement. And God bless my well intended husband but I don’t think that is going to happen in the next 7 weeks or so.

Since I’m jumping all over the place I would like to report that the extreme tiredness and sleeping disease that I spoke of in my last post were short lived. thank heavens. Oh, I’m still tired but I don’t feel the COMPULSION so sleep constantly. And that is good. Just thought you would want to know that.

Rather excited about ultrasound #2 coming up on Tuesday. I still suppose the Dr was probably right the fist time and this is likely a girl and that’s ok but there is this exciting little notion in my head that maybe it’s a boy. A BOY! Imagine that. So far, my parents have 2 grand-daughters and Mike’s parents have 3 grand-daughters. Imagine the excitement a boy would bring to the daddies and grand-daddies!

It’s probably a girl

Oh I hope C will take a nap. I still hear commotion in there but no singing. That’s a good sign. She was up WAY too late last night and didn’t really sleep in too much.

My sis called in the afternoon to see if we wanted to go to the Exhibition. If you don’t know what that is then just picture a million teenagers, a carnival, some horse shows, a sheep rodeo, and some barns filled with animals. In other words, your classic country fair.

Now, we aren’t generally Exhibitionists (teehee) but we thought C might enjoy the animals and watching kids fall of sheep in the rodeo. So once Mike got home we were off the the Valley Ex.

It was ok. I’m pretty sure the 16 bucks we spent on admission was WAY too much but C enjoyed some of the things there. And it’s not like we could stay very long because of bed time and all…and C needed to get to bed at a decent hour too. That “decent” hour ended up being 9:30pm. Too late.

Oh well, if you can’t enjoy a wednesday evening hick parade then what is summer really all about?

well, I suppose should go rest my eyes for a bit. Just a bit…

yes, that’s right, just 7.5 weeks till this baby is due. I can’t wait either. I’m really excited to meet the little one and I won’t lie, I’m really excited to not be pregnant. This one has been tougher than the last as some of you may remember. And apparently it’s getting worse again. I had a VERY rough time between week 7 and week 14 and then things levelled out a bit…at least I felt sort of normal and only sometimes horrible. But with the onset of week 32, things seem to be going down hill again. The last few days have been tough. The extreme tiredness and sleeping disease has kicked back in. I seriously want to sleep. ALL. THE. TIME. Which, of course, is rather inconvenient and impossible when you have an almost 3 year old to look after and a husband who insists on going to work every day like a good man should.

So, even though the last three days have seemed to last forever, I’m hoping that it’s just a stage where the baby is growing or something and it won’t last for the next 7.5 weeks because that will be rough. Sigh.

Anyway, right after the whole bloggy carnival give away thingy my computer died. It must have been exhausted from all the comments and site views and it gave up. We got it “fixed” but the memory card thing won’t go back in so it is super slow. Which is practically as annoying as not having a computer at all.

Well, I better try and be productive before nap time comes around again. A shower is likely a good start. I’m supposed to take c to a birthday party this afternoon. Wish me luck with all of these very difficult tasks.

Well, not all of you, but one of you did.

Yes, I realize that 9:17am is a random time to end a contest but I never did say when it would end and this is a convenient time for me. So, after 172 very un-rude comments I will head on over to random.org or what-have-you and select the new owner and care taker of some of my Stampin Up/card making supplies. I know you will give them a good home. And if you don’t, I’ll never know so I’ll have to trust you on that one.

Hey and thanks for playing. It was fun to hear from all of you even if you did only want my stuff. Seriously, I’m ok with that…sniff, sniff…

Haha, ok, I’m off to select the winner and will be back shortly.

Ok, I’m back….and the winner is!

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

58

Timestamp: 2008-08-02 12:23:58 UTC

Commenter #58 is Mindi! Congratualtions Mindi, I’ll be emailing you post haste with the good news.

Note to the rest of ya, if Mindi doesn’t respond in 48 hours, I’ll pick a new random winner.

CONTEST NOW CLOSED

Hey remember last year when I gave something away? Yeah, me either.

No actually, I remember because I was high on the number of comments I got…but the high was short lived because really they all just wanted to win something. But I’m cool with that.

Last year I really wanted to participate but it took me awhile to decide what to actually give away. This year it’s a no brainer for me. I’d like to give away some of my Stampin supplies. You see, I can’t actually remember the last time I made a card, therefore, there is no need to have the stuff…especially when baby number 2 is on the way. When will I possibly have time to make cards? Besides, I’m over it, it was fun while it lasted.

Here is a pic of of the loot I’m giving away FREE to a lucky, randomly selected winner.

There’s a Stampin Up stamp set called “whale wishes”. There is an unopened package of “Earth Elements” card stock also from Stampin Up. A small box of letter stamps from Image Tree, a package of scrapbooking sticker thingys, and a stamp kit that my hubby picked up for me that has never been opened and I don’t really know how to use it but I’m sure you do if you are into such things. I’m certain it is fantastic.

Anyway, if you want to win, leave me a comment, try not to be rude or I will randomly un-pick you if you are randomly picked because I have the right to do that, it’s my blog. This is open to the US and Canada.

Did I forget anything? I don’t know, I think I covered all the bases. Thanks for visiting and thanks to Bloggy Giveaways for the fun!

One of Mike’s co-workers got C a pink shirt with the company logo on it. It’s an xs and prolly won’t fit her properly until she’s about 6 but she LOVES it anyway.

I told her she could wear it to bed tonight as a night gown. She was thrilled. After a bath I put it on her and made a big fuss about how great she looked in it.

She looks down at herself and says in the most dreamy Cinderella voice, “I’m wearing the gown of my dreams.”

Too stinkin’ cute

I’m aware July is not quite over yet but I’m also aware that it almost is. Um, where did it go? What a busy month. Every since our VBS started on the 7th I feel like I haven’t stopped. Probably because, well, I haven’t. That Friday afternoon after a busy but good vbs I boarded a plane for Ontario, left my family for the first time, and visited with various aunts and uncles and cousins.

My Aunt Grace is terminal with brain cancer but what an inspiring visit. She was happy and bright and not in any pain. This was amazing to me since her prognosis is only a few weeks. I will have a great last memory of her. Her faith is so strong and she knows where she is going and who she will meet when she gets there. Her faith lies in the Lord. I will see her there someday.

I worried alot before I left. I always worry alot. I try not to and it’s an effort to hand over my silly nervousness to God but I really tried to trust Him. And you know what? He came through. As always. I was strangely calm on both plane rides, I didn’t worry about germs too much (but don’t worry, I did have my hand gel with me at all times), and I didn’t worry how C was doing without me. So, small miracles do happen

C was fine. She missed me but not in the freakout, crying kinda way that she would have about 8 months ago. She had a great time with her Daddy who kept her really busy. They did all kinds of fun things together, even crafts! I was glad. The phone calls home each night consisted of her telling me a story about what they did that day and then a “bye, mommy” and quickly handing the phone back to Mike so she could continue playing. It was easier than having her crying on the phone, that’s for sure!

Anyway, when I got home from that trip, C came down with a little cold. Nothing big but enough give me a sore throat as well. That’s ok, we are fine now. But colds and all I had to start organizing for this past weekend. Most of you who read prolly saw the pictures already but for those of you who didn’t, we went to my parents cottage about 3.5 hours away. It’s the community my grampy grew up in and it was his birthday party on Saturday. It was a very fun family reunion kind of time. Staying at the cottage is always adventurous. It was C’s first time and she LOVED it! Fishing and boating are her two new favorite things.

So here we are back home and getting re-settled into regular life and regular bedtimes and regular discipline.

I won’t lie, I’m tired. But all the craziness has been fun. I can rest in the winter, right? Oh yeah, new baby coming, prolly not much rest with it

Yup, I’m boarding a plane and heading to Ontario tomorrow.  I won’t lie, I’ve been having panic attacks since yesterday so if you think of it, pray for me. Thank you.

Flying scares me, germs on airplanes scare me, leaving my baby scares me, getting sick while I’m there scares me…

See? I have all kinds of crazy. Anyone want some of my crazy?