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UPS AND DOWNS
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May 15, 2008 08:45pm (EST)
So far this week has been great  . Tuesday, I had my first appointment for the pregnancy, it was just a nurse visit, filling out paperwork...getting my 4th copy of "What to Expect When You're Expecting", I took all of the kids with me, the nurse told me that she wished she would've known I was coming in earlier, because she would've just done most of it herself, and then the few questions she had left for me she would've just called me for! She said I'm one of her favorite patients, so she's knows most of it! Then after that we went over to my parents house for my dad to look at my van. So me and the kids were hanging out outside, it was pretty nice out. Well my dad had a trailer sitting in the front yard, with a truck bed sitting on it, getting ready to take it to the junk yard, I think. Well boys are boys, and they were playing on it, climbing into the truck bed from one end, walking through it, then climbing over the other side. Well, Nathan was a little short, so when he climbed over the other side, his feet couldn't reach the trailer, so he had to let go and fall a little to get to the trailer...the second time he did this, he had his head over the top of the truck bed...and hit his mouth on the end of the truck bed! There was a lovely sounding *crack* and he started crying. I looked, and he broke one of his front teeth, didn't just crack it, but completely broke it in half! It was cracked along the bottom, and all the way up each side. So yesterday I took him to a dentist, his first dental visit, he was *so* nervous, but did so good! The dentist took one look at the tooth, and said there's no way to save it, he wanted to pull it that day, but they called us back half an hour later than our appt time, so I had to get to the school to pick Matthew up, so we went back in today to do it. He started crying when we told him that they were gonna take his tooth out. I think he was scared that it was gonna hurt. So I told him that it won't hurt, that the dentist will give him plenty of medicine so that he won't feel it. They didn't want me to go back with him, but he was such a brave boy! He went back, and now he's got a toofwess grin! He did so well, I was *so* proud of him! Then this afternoon, when I took the kids to my MIL's house...Katarina WALKED! She took 3 steps all by herself!!! I started to cry! At first we were given so little hope for her, we were told basically that *if* she lived she would be a vegetable, and that "vegetable" is WALKING! WooHoo! Not that that prognosis lasted very long, after a 2nd opinion, we were told that the first doc was way off, but that is something that I will never forget, she gave my daughter NO hope, and suggested that I abort her, and look at how wonderful she is!
And I've still got the wonderful all day sickness. And the whole thing that I said last time about not throwing up yet...yeah, you can forget that! But at least with this pregnancy, once I throw up I feel better, with the others, I still felt awful after I threw up. Today I am 6 weeks, my due date is January 8th. I thought about it, and I kinda want the baby to be born in December, it's a really silly reason. Matthew's birthday is in October, Katarina's in November, if this baby is born in December, and Nathan's is in January, then there's one each month...like I said, it's silly, but that's me  !
Jill
toothless
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HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!
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May 11, 2008 03:21pm (EST)
Happy Mother's Day, everybody! My Mother's Day started last night when I got home from work. I didn't get home until about 11:50pm, Nick let the kids stay up to tell me Happy Mother's Day when I got home. Nathan had fallen asleep on the couch before I got home. But Matthew and Katarina were still up. They let me open my presents last night  . Nick told me on my way home that I could have one of the things because he couldn't figure out where to hide it. So I walked into the bedroom to look for it, and it was a body pillow he "hid" under the blanket. Then they decided to let me open up the rest of them. Oh, yeah, Nick couldn't find the tissue paper, so instead of asking me, he used napkins...he's so silly . But each of the boys picked out a movie for me, Matthew got me 27 Dresses, which I kinda wanted to see anyway. And Nathan got me...I don't remember, but it looked like a good chic movie! And Nick got me a Bluetooth for my phone! This morning I was feeling quite nauseous so I stayed in bed until it was time for me to go to work!  Actually the last few days I've felt quite "icky", I still haven't thrown up, but I just feel like it's gonna happen. I *really* hope this goes away a lot sooner this time than it did with the other pregnancies  , I hate feeling sick! (did you hear the whining there?  )
Jill
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HEAD CT
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May 07, 2008 04:02pm (EST)
Yesterday was supposed to be the not-yet-needed head CT that the neurologist insisted that we had done so that he would have something to compair the CT from January with. Well since they did find the disc of the one from July at Riley, I decided to call and cancel the appointment. The neurologist said that he didn't think there was significant increase in the size of her head, her head has always been larger in proportion to her body, and she's not "due" for another CT until July. So yesterday morning I called and cancelled the appointment. Well today someone from the Spina Bifida Clinic called to see how the CT went. I told her that I had called and cancelled it, and she sounded surprised. So I explained what had happened and that I didn't feel it was necessary especially since the original Riley disc was found. She completely understood, and transferred me to her boss (the lady that I talked to on friday who was so apologetic) so I could explain it to her. So I explained it again. She also understood, she said she would call neuro, and see what he says (honestly I don't care what he says ...quack!) and he had told her on friday after I left that he would go ahead and call us to let us know what he found compairing the two CTs. He may still want her to get one. Well on Friday he told us that the only reason he wanted us to get one is so that he would have something to comapair the one from January to, and he has the disc from Riley to compair it to, so he better not want another one. I also told Bonnie that I felt that the appointment on Friday was completely pointless, and I won't be very happy if they still have us come back in a month just for neuro to tell us that things are looking good. So she told me that when neuro calls me to check with him to see if he still wants to see us in a month. I explained to her that the appointments aren't cheap, and I'm not made out of money. So hopefully Dr. Quack won't want to see us back until August when she's due to see all the other doctors. Otherwise they'll have one MAD Momma on their hands!   hehehe, I can be such a grump!
PS Luckily Dr. Quack isn't the only neuro they have, although you don't get a choice in who you see, it's whoever volunteered (with pay, of, course) to do the clinic that day. So at least we won't have to see him all the time.
Oh, yeah, and I talked to my mom again, she said that the reason she had that reaction was because she was surprised we were having another baby, not because she was dissappointed or anything like that. I think part of it may also be concern, because she did make a point to ask me if I've been taking my folic acid, which I have been since the end of March...I think I've missed like 3 days, which for me is really good with pills I have to take *every day*!
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SPINA BIFIDA CLINIC
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May 02, 2008 06:58pm (EST)
Ugh, these things are so frustrating, and the people need to learn to get their stuff together! First of all, they keep telling me that these appointments will be every 3 months, but then they have me come in the next month or two months later. Last time we were in (2 months ago) they scheduled an appointment for a head CT so they could compare her head now to her old CTs from Riley Hospital. Well today the neurologist that came in said that they didn't have the old head CTs from Riley, I told him that they had it last time so if they don't have it, they lost it. Well he kept arguing with me over whether they had it or not. Since they lost it, he wants us to take Katarina for another CT, then come back in a month so he can look over all of them, and let us know how it's looking, to make sure she's not developing hydrocephalus. So we set up those appointments, and he knew I was very annoyed, so the lady that runs the specialty clinic came in to talk to me, she appologized up and down. Said that they didn't have it, and they apparently never recieved it. I explained to her that they had it and reviewed it the last time we were there. So she flipped through the chart, and as she's doing it she says "we always put the discs right back here, and it's not...oh, my gosh, it is in here, how in the world did they miss that." So she apologized alot again. By this time the neurologist was gone already so they couldn't have him compair the old cts with the most recent one. So they are going to try to contact him to see if he still wants us to have the additional ct, which I really don't think she needs, she just had one less than 2 months ago, and we were told she'd need those every 6 months. And I don't want to have to make *another* trip in there in a month for another clinic visit just so he can tell us that she's looking fine. I want him to review the ct's and give us a call if there's an issue. Does anyone think I'm being ridiculous about this. I really felt that the appointment today was pointless. The neurologist was the only doctor we saw, I thought the whole point in the clinic is so that we can make one stop to see *several* doctors, and he really didn't even do anything while we were there. I'm also thinking about calling back and telling the director that was apologizing that I better not get charged a single cent for that pointless visit. Thoughts, anyone? Wow, I'm crabby !
On to baby news. not that there's really any new news, but the last few days I've felt light headed for a little bit during the middle of the day. I've had a few days that I've felt a *little* nauseous, but nothing, so far (knock on wood) even close to my morning (noon, and night) sickness with the other three. So I'm hoping with the differences that maybe I won't have morning sickness, too bad.
I've also got some beef with rude people! I've told everybody pretty much, that I'm pregnant. Well of all people, my mom, when I told her she says "congratulations, I guess" WTF?! I don't think she's ever really seemed all that excited about any of my pregnancies, but still, she could show a little enthusiasm. Then a guy that I work with, when I told him he said "it's really expensive to raise kids these days" Thanks for being happy for me, I know having four kids these days isn't typical, most people are only having 2 *maybe* 3, but isn't the money my problem, not his?Can't he just be happy for me? Oh, well, anyone that's not happy for us... screw 'em! HA! Well I think that's a lovely note to end this on! Have a good weekend, everyone!
Jill
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HE GOT "ROBBED"
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Apr 29, 2008 05:00pm (EST)
Before I start. Nobody actually got robbed, it's really kinda funny.
The only time that we have really *tried* to concieve it took about 3 months. 3 months of trying *a lot* if you get what I mean. My husband loved it  . Well I mentioned that we were going to start trying again, and that I read up on "suggestions" for concieving a girl, which we did try most of the suggestions. 1 month...1 month, not constantly trying, we only spent about a week trying really, and I'M PREGNANT! My husband said that he got robbed, he should have had months of trying like we did when trying to have Katarina...men, they're so goofy. Last night after he found out he said that we should still try until we know *for sure*. I'm actually not late yet. I had a couple of days last week that I felt a little sick to my stomach, and since we had been trying that was my first guess on what it was, so I took a test a few days early. Then this morning he told me that he wanted me to take the other one just to make sure that it wasn't a false positive. I tried to explain to him that that's very rare, that if a pregnancy test is wrong, usually it says your not when you actually are. But he wouldn't listen, so I took the other one, and it's positive, too!
Saturday was our March. It was only about 50 degrees, and quite windy. Thanks to Hilary Clinton our walk got moved...and shortened, and with the weather we had, I'm kinda thankful now that it got shortened! It was a pretty good turn out even though the weather wasn't great. My mom came out and walked with us, too. Afterwards we went out to eat. THEN...my brother invited us to come out to his job (some guys house, that owns his own business) where he works on trucks...dump trucks! Actually the reason he invited us is because his boss also owns a couple "monster" trucks, so he offered to give the boys a ride in one! They loved it, they got to ride in that, sit in a semi-truck/monster truck, sit in a dune buggy, we saw a VW beetle dragster, and a couple of construction vehicles. The boys had a blast!
So we had a pretty good weekend! I'll post some pics of the kids and the trucks.
The last pic isn't all that good but I thought it'd be funny, if you look very closely you can see the plus sign!
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HILARY CLINTON
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Apr 23, 2008 04:51pm (EST)
Don't get the wrong idea, this will not be a political post, I'm not a political person at all, however, I do think this election is quite interesting with an african american (check out that political correctness going on there!), and a WOMAN running in the primary. Anyway...
The guy from the MOD that's staying at the hotel came up to the desk today and was talking to me, our walk had been scheduled to start and end at "The Cove", Coveleski Stadium, it's our local minor league baseball stadium. Anyway, I heard on the news earlier that Hilary is supposed to speak at the Cove on Saturday afternoon, our walk is Saturday morning. Well the MOD guy said that Hilary kicked us out of the Cove! The secret service needs to get in there early, so we had to move. Now our walk will start and end at the College Football Hall of Fame. So we got bumped...oh, well, it happens. At least I knew before I drove out there! Anyway he alllssoo initiated a conversation about me working there , he said something about that I was going to send my resume to him, and I said that I had, and that he responded (hey, he's a busy guy!), then he remembered. He said that he was supposed to get permission to hire this past Monday, but he didn't get it, he said that he also hasn't been back down to his main office, so that could be why. So, the fact that he initiated the conversation...makes me a lot more hopeful! .
Not a whole lot else going on. Katarina is progressing nicely with her standing/walking along furniture. She's actually stood by herself a couple of times, only for a couple of seconds, but still! Also today she said a couple more words, when I got her brush out to do her hair, she said brush a few times, then started almost singing it, it was really cute. Then I picked her up and I said "you're heavy!" to her, and she said heavy over and over. So she's making good progress!
I think that's about it...our walk is this Saturday, I'm so excited for it!
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FAMILY
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Apr 20, 2008 01:51pm (EST)
Today my husband's aunt Moose (that's what she calls herself, not sure why) was throwing a baby shower for her new daughter-in-law ("B"). Well about a week ago I had a funny feeling that when I walked into the baby shower I was going to recognize "B" as one of Matthew's biological father's friends. I'm not sure why, her name didn't sound familiar. When I walked into the shower today I saw "B" and didn't recognize her at all, I actually had forgotten about that "feeling" I had gotten. I was sitting there talking with other people today, and looked back over at "B" and saw a woman sitting next to her that looked familiar. Well come to find out, she was one of "A"s (Matthew's father) friends in high school. Apparently there was a good reason I had that feeling. Also at the shower Nick's grandma asked me if I'm pregnant...NO! (not that I know of anyway , but family doesn't know we're trying!). That actually was the 4th...yes FOURTH time in the last month that someone thought that I was pregnant WTF! I *really* don't think I look pregnant! Which everybody told me that I don't look pregnant, even grandma, she said that everybody else in the family is pregnant, so she just figured I probably was, too, since I'm always pregnant...people...they're nuts! So needless to say, the baby shower today wasn't the most enjoyable one I've ever been to. Oh, well, it was just one day, but if one more person thinks I'm pregnant when I'm not, I'm gonna flip! Oh, yeah, and every time that someone has said they thought I was pregnant I was wearing the same shirt. I don't think this shirt makes me look fat, I think it's just that the cut of it makes people think that it's a maternity shirt, it's fitted right under the bust and then flows out, which is a fairly popular shirt style right now (I think) but I think I may have to give up on it!
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HMMM...MAYBE.
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Apr 15, 2008 04:59pm (EST)
I've mentioned that I work in a hotel, and that at the moment, I'm not too happy working there. Well, last week we had a guy staying at the hotel that works at the Indiana Chapter of the MOD, and he came back this week. So today when he checked in I asked him if they had any (paying) positions open at the South Bend office. He said they will very shortly . He also had told one of the managers here how nice and friendly I am...so I'm hoping! I just have to send him my resume...so I need to make one  I've never made a (good) resume before, I'm not sure that I know exactly what I'm doing, but I'm gonna go for it!
In other news...today Katarina started walking along the couch! By the time she gets those braces, she probably won't need them!
I think that was it, wish me luck on a job that I'll actually enjoy and take pride in!
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SILLY
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Apr 10, 2008 05:58pm (EST)
Just a couple little things...first of all, what was with that pitty party at the end of my post yesterday! Wow, I'm not sure where that came from. I have noticed lately that I get angry really easily. About silly little things, and especially at work. And I think a lot of it has to do with my work, I'm not very happy there anymore, so tomorrow starts a job hunt, but shhh!!! don't tell my boss ! I've already looked through the classifieds and have several places lined up to go apply.
We had an appointment for Katarina this past Monday to measure her for her braces for her feet, they have several designs that you can choose from to be put on them. We went with Care Bears! And they said they should have the braces in within 2 weeks. Yesterday she started pulling herself up to stand! She's made a lot of progress with her gross motor skills in the last month or two!
Oh, and tonight, and tomorrow night, the boys are spending the night at my aunt's house, so we only have Katarina. I had requested off Friday night (about a month ago) but I didn't get it off, I'm so annoyed about that. Why does it have to be my problem that they're understaffed? That's one of my work issues, if you didn't guess. We didn't really have anything planned, we were probably just going to hang out at home, and watch movies, but still that time would've been nice. I do have the weekend off though, so maybe we can get some good quality family time in.
Oh, yeah, and on to why my title is what it is. I posted a couple weeks ago that we are trying to have another baby. I *really* want another girl, I'll be completely happy as long as it's healthy, but I would *love* for Katarina to have a sister. So I looked up online suggestions on ways to to concieve a girl over a boy and got some advice. It gave suggestions for positions; when is a better time to concieve a girl over a boy (have sex up until 2 days *before* you should ovulate, then by the time you ovulate, the male sperm who are weaker will have died off); and things like the woman shouldn't orgasm, because it creates a "suction", which gives the faster male sperm more of a head start. Silly little things, I know, and who knows if they're true, but we're still trying them. Sorry if this is TMI . I just thought it was kinda funny. But really, as everyone here knows, the *most* important thing is a healthy baby.
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PEOPLE...
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Apr 09, 2008 04:35pm (EST)
they're *so* stupid! (Not you guys! ) People make me mad sometimes. There's this guy that my husband works with. His girlfriend lives with him, and they're expecting. Well she just broke up with him. He apparently has a bad attitude, and that's her reason for breaking up with him. He told her that he doesn't want anything to do with her or the baby, and she better not go after him for child support! WTF! First of all, speaking as the mother of a child with a deadbeat dad, what the hell is wrong with him?! Men like that piss me off, ok, you and your woman break up, I can understand you being upset. But don't be stupid, that life inside her is a life that he created, why in the world would he not want to be a part of that baby's life?! This just hits too close to home for me, with things that happened in my life 7+ years ago (and haunt me all the time). I don't feel bad for my son at all, he has plenty of love in his life, the man that "donated" the sperm may not be around, but his *dad* is. I just don't think that the world needs any more fatherless kids.
Thanks for listening to my rant.
Jill
PS It's getting close to the time...the time that I've always said that I'll tell Matthew that Nick isn't his real father...how do I do that?! What's his reaction going to be? Will he take it out on me? Will he take it out on Nick? Will he not really care? Will he want to see his deadbeat, good-for-nothing, pathetic excuse for a father?
I'm dreading the day...but at the same time, I want to get it over with...
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