tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210676112024-03-07T05:02:23.651-04:00My family of 5Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger338125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067611.post-59691092515439371842008-01-26T09:39:00.001-04:002008-03-02T13:09:36.818-04:00I'm moving my site.<br /><br />it's now <a href="http://emmakirstensjournal.wordpress.com/">here</a><br /><br />Still have some posts password protected.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067611.post-38334255773051623252008-01-25T08:29:00.000-04:002008-01-25T08:42:00.942-04:00I can't believe it's been a week since my last post. E had his party last Saturday, he had a good turnout, about 12 out of 20 from his class showed. I would have taken pictures, only to find out that my camera was dead when we got there. So that sucked, but anyway, we had fun it was at a bowling alley, Ava had fun trying to bowl too.<br /><br />We finally got our mortgage signed and will be getting the first draw for our new home today! I can't believe it. The exterior is almost all finished, I'll post another picture once they get the step all done on the front. The siding is on all of the house except the front part above the step. I think they'll finish that today.<br /><br />Ava is now in a big bed. She was jumping out of the playpen/crib that she was sleeping in while at the inlaws. So we had to make the transition. She did really good last night for the first night. Even with all the chaos happening. Hubby and I woke up with Nolan around 2am and heard a dripping sound, so we were like what the hell, so turned on the light, there's a leak right behind our headboard from the ceiling. I went upstairs and the washer (one of those frontloader ones)was full of water and leaking all over the floor and enough that it was now ready to drip on us! I can't get over their shitty luck, just in August the whole house was flooded, now this! And for the last 2 weeks the water has been going off and on, the pressure is gone then there is no water. (we live on well water here) So I told hubby if this happens to us, he gets' 2 tries to fix it, if he can't I call a plumber. They have been attempting to fix this numerous times and obviously it didn't work!<br /><br />I have been walking on the treadmill at SIL's house every evening, I go about 2 miles, I feel like I'm going to drop dead each time I start but I'll push myself to go that distance. Jeez it was nothing last year to do it, now this time I am struggling. I weighed myself today and I'm down to 129.5. So the weight loss is still going just a lot slower now.<br /><br />Been busy watching American Idol and just started getting interested in criminal minds and csi: ny. I've got lots to watch while this writers strike is on, because they are all new to me, I have never had any interest in them before. Big brother starts soon, I'll have to check to see when it airs, I can't wait!<br /><br />Anyway, this has been a long ramble about basically nothing. I'll post again sometime soon. :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067611.post-80244822711774517472008-01-18T15:08:00.000-04:002008-01-18T15:19:38.570-04:00Well you probably guessed by now that I am not one that talks about how I feel. I don't know why, I have such a hard time expressing things I guess. I never even wrote much about losing the twins, I do think about what could have been, and I think of the baby I have now, that I would have had, if they had of been born. Even if you knew me, I'm not one that talks about how I feel. I keep things pretty much to myself. A few had asked how I was feeling emotionally since I had my tubes done, and to be honest, i don't regret it. I thought I would, but really I don't. I know that my family is complete, 5 children is a lot to take care of, and it'll only get more crazy, and expensive as they get older. Then I look at how fortunate I am, there are so many that struggle to even have one child and here I am with 5! I thought about my last 2 pregnancies and the complications that had occurred, Ava with her cord wrapped around her neck twice, with her initial apgar of 4, what could have happened is awful, then Nolan with his thin cord and that band across the placenta, to chance things again isn't something I would want to do. I have perfectly healthy children and am grateful for this.<br /><br />Anyway, that was a long blurb to answer a question. On another topic, E's bday party is tomorrow, he turned 8 yrs old yesterday. I'll post pics tomorrow after the party :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067611.post-11488762167035755972008-01-16T07:59:00.000-04:002008-01-16T08:13:25.419-04:00Well, I'm officially sterile. I had the tubal done on Monday. I got there around 12pm, they did the pre-op junk then I waited till 1:30pm for the Dr. to come get me. There he did the explaining and told me my pregnancy test was neg. *no surprise* lol. Then the OR nurse came out to talk to me to see if my jewelry was gone, that's when I realized she was my BIL girlfriends mom, too funny she was in with me for my gallbladder surgery too. Hubby had gone to change the baby at this point, since I had him with me so I could nurse him as long up to the surgery as I could. Anyway, they anesthetist came to talk to me, and he realized he works with me on my surgical floor. He started hugging me, grabbed the baby when hubby came back with him, it was hilarious, it was like a zoo out in the waiting area. He was all like you sure you aren't having more, I'm like NO!@ Anyway, then I went in. He started my IV joked around about how it takes him 4 tries then he lets the nurses try, I laughed so hard, because that's my cop-out when I can't get an IV started. So there I was all strapped down, and he started the drugs, and bam last thing I remember is the lights.<br /><br />I woke in recovery room, no pain, no problem. Just my legs and back hurt a bit, so the nurse there, which I also knew was chatting away, said I could have tylenol#3's if I wanted, so I accepted. She had also said, he gave me extra fentanyl in surgery since I'm allergic to naprosyn. So about 1/2 hr passed and the pain got worse and my bp was now 150/92 so she figured I was having more pain and asked if I wanted more meds. I said I'll take what you have, so she gave me 10mg of morphine. I felt fine, no probs. So then about 1/2 hr later she took me to the day surgery area, I was ready to go home. All the while I never sat up though.....<br /><br />So down in day surgery I sat up, that's when the nausea hit, OMG. I threw up/dry heaved for an hr straight. The nurse was just after taking out my IV, and called the anesthetist and he told her to restart it to give me Zofran IV push see if that worked, of course it didn't, still 1/2 hr of vomiting later, then he gave me 50mg of Gravol. After that I fell asleep. FINALLY the nausea wore off long enough for me to get home!<br /><br />I feel fine, just a little sore, but whatever, it's not bad. I'm safe and that's about all that matters. :)<br /><br /><br />Oh Denise had asked about the house the size, bedrooms etc.<br /><br />The house is 1700 square feet, with the basement completed it is 2544completed square feet.<br />There are 6 bedrooms, 3 upstairs and we are putting the other 3 older children in the basement, like I said it's all finished. There's 4 bathrooms, 2 full and 2 half. The siding is going on today, I'll have to update the pictures when it's finished.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067611.post-70516734497662206602008-01-14T07:45:00.000-04:002008-12-14T09:27:11.283-04:00New Pics<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAfdtQRwsZAOdlMwcu3iZ_9hWDqOYuGsCMaQzfK2dvf9eIUHIY86HhRLiMxh6HumXHr6Xvf7nEiPDkxo8QWv_Ps9_WVW1FqZQS_GCiYY3PDOcAYqtghcO3VNsPiZqOnWDLG3rh/s1600-h/housewith4oo1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155298391246356018" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAfdtQRwsZAOdlMwcu3iZ_9hWDqOYuGsCMaQzfK2dvf9eIUHIY86HhRLiMxh6HumXHr6Xvf7nEiPDkxo8QWv_Ps9_WVW1FqZQS_GCiYY3PDOcAYqtghcO3VNsPiZqOnWDLG3rh/s320/housewith4oo1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div>Well the house is officially "roof tight". Here's the newest picture. I'm starting to get super excited. There is still a covered porch to go on below the part that comes out in the front. We are picking out the cupboards and fridge this morning.</div><br /><div><br /> </div><br /><div></div><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijh1-OWKhGj1jS6wboswyEKDv96_x0laT3-dWRxNTqD3JPnF0G_n97GoPmse9FiROOjRT486_4RH_7xA-iCDmNPJbo1txQEgOzXj_GCkMwzEBxAr-3GDeXBEMSZ6_SdMCOCs67/s1600-h/laughingat6wks1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155298794973281858" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijh1-OWKhGj1jS6wboswyEKDv96_x0laT3-dWRxNTqD3JPnF0G_n97GoPmse9FiROOjRT486_4RH_7xA-iCDmNPJbo1txQEgOzXj_GCkMwzEBxAr-3GDeXBEMSZ6_SdMCOCs67/s320/laughingat6wks1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div>This second picture is of Nolan at like 5am, doing his favorite thing, keeping me awake :) Poor guy has a heat rash but still is cute! </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067611.post-22796549086887172222008-01-11T08:42:00.000-04:002008-01-11T08:47:38.777-04:00Apparently it's that time again, National Delurking week!<br /><br />So if you are a reader and haven't commented, come on and leave me a message. I'm always looking to read new blogs. So don't be shy :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067611.post-10397194920319268262008-01-09T08:26:00.000-04:002008-01-09T08:32:54.800-04:00The house is really going fast, well so it seems from the outside, the roof is on and even shingles on one side, I'm sure they'll finish it today. Just wish the rest was this fast...<br /><br />Well my appointment for my tubal was changed, now I'm getting it done on Monday. I go tomorrow for the girly fun part and then Monday. At least hubby is off for the procedure, there's one good thing, he'll be able to watch the kids. I was trying to get Nolan used to using a bottle becaue I won't be available right when he wants boob on Mon, yah right, the boy wants absolutely nothing to do with a bottle. Has no idea what it is, spits it out. I finally got him to take it a tiny bit, he drank about 1/2 ounce and power barfed all of it out. I'm getting images of this child going to school on the boob!<br /><br />Anyway, not much else is going on, I have nothing much to blog about these days. It's pretty chaotic here getting kids ready for school, feeding, diapers for 2, and so on. Hope all are well.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067611.post-70529958073704553052008-01-07T08:15:00.000-04:002008-01-07T08:27:11.988-04:00I am 100% addicted to my children's Wii. Yah, I admit it, I play with it more than they do, awful I know. We actually went out and bought the Twilight Princess game for it yesterday, and are now hooked. Seriously, will I ever grow up, I'll be 30 in the summer and I feel like I did when I was 10 getting a nintendo for Christmas. Ha!<br /><br />For Monday weigh in, I am now at 133.5. Woo hoo, fat gut is getting smaller, I can fit a bit better into my jeans. I am determined, partly because I'm too damn poor to buy bigger clothes when I have perfectly fine ones in my dresser.<br /><br />Potty training for Ava is just not going anywhere, the child knows when she's gotta go, but I take her in and she just stares at it and maybe sits on the potty a few times, more like gets on, gets off, closes lid, repeats it all over again. Anyone else having success?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067611.post-49370804126764324872008-01-06T13:08:00.000-04:002008-12-14T09:27:11.871-04:00<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOe0X8Yzk7_6HwC5BIdXd7vi6V_U2vbKXRa8Wu1KkMxfEYFz9fwgyPVHjLJTvxdO_IW6kNNzNSnyIyryPUhfQmrPLGSQc7FZtVZldbWMTYnhuGDX6nQmPosYgxDUfUT0ZvwG-e/s1600-h/front1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152413225490431506" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOe0X8Yzk7_6HwC5BIdXd7vi6V_U2vbKXRa8Wu1KkMxfEYFz9fwgyPVHjLJTvxdO_IW6kNNzNSnyIyryPUhfQmrPLGSQc7FZtVZldbWMTYnhuGDX6nQmPosYgxDUfUT0ZvwG-e/s320/front1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Here's a better pic of the house this was when they delivered the roof thingy's.</div></div><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_jSrQuoK1z5H9zJgpU_RmlcUZXjcHqqKgAoueQl70IhiWmXWe9B4qasTvBflk5TTiC5VA7Hso6sh-vGdvTWYmeCBPxS4bfa-TZv__Zn50nUOFC5AMG7N9dDncWDDl8wWy0Oi4/s1600-h/back1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152414698664214050" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_jSrQuoK1z5H9zJgpU_RmlcUZXjcHqqKgAoueQl70IhiWmXWe9B4qasTvBflk5TTiC5VA7Hso6sh-vGdvTWYmeCBPxS4bfa-TZv__Zn50nUOFC5AMG7N9dDncWDDl8wWy0Oi4/s320/back1.jpg" border="0" /></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067611.post-67495114458306304342008-01-04T08:41:00.000-04:002008-12-14T09:27:12.154-04:00<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha9TQmTDL7GCc3rzfGCJGlAYNFA2Z6j41ImF0kF-3gMjy6fr9KHfHQTeiOZtGqOyANxgbOnpJ3PHEHQTB5AXvxeb4x5S8KSOufRBs9gIYafHskiEe0xwlBd6ON7TyF0XVmff7X/s1600-h/my+house2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151602052197105138" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha9TQmTDL7GCc3rzfGCJGlAYNFA2Z6j41ImF0kF-3gMjy6fr9KHfHQTeiOZtGqOyANxgbOnpJ3PHEHQTB5AXvxeb4x5S8KSOufRBs9gIYafHskiEe0xwlBd6ON7TyF0XVmff7X/s320/my+house2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div><br /><p>Here's my new house so far, we went over last night to take a picture, I can't be bothered to bug the guys when they are building it, so you can get the idea here. They will be putting up the roof today YAY!</p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSyzp_YCw2GqaYqrIiKKbUzuPOyLzCjmJ-8e7ZBAt0wU-4zsh6p_N8-twHGy8-TYFXUy6JMRu0ZTSopVaV86EpoI35jc9FHPDVj3wCicgCB6XiWusSJ8Rqyz22S_bysaPPFPWf/s1600-h/avanoey4wk.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151603340687293954" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSyzp_YCw2GqaYqrIiKKbUzuPOyLzCjmJ-8e7ZBAt0wU-4zsh6p_N8-twHGy8-TYFXUy6JMRu0ZTSopVaV86EpoI35jc9FHPDVj3wCicgCB6XiWusSJ8Rqyz22S_bysaPPFPWf/s320/avanoey4wk.jpg" border="0" /></a>And my big girl with her baby brother :)</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067611.post-77924444427339468292008-01-03T11:02:00.001-04:002008-01-03T11:05:44.281-04:00Nolan slept from 10pm until 4am. It was wonderful! We had one horrible night followed by a great one. I sure hope he keeps up this trend. He's also started to smile. He gave me 3 big ones this morning already. He's too cute. I hope I can catch it on camera soon.<br /><br />My Gyn/ob Dr. office called me this am with my official appointment for my tubal. It's on Jan 17. Funny, 8 yrs ago I gave birth on the 17th and now 8 yrs later I'm finalizing my options of ever having more children. Oh well it's just something we can't do anymore, with the new house, and the new mortgage to follow! Which I must say is going up quite nicely, I will take pics later and post some. For now, must go grocery shopping.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067611.post-27047939551481179362008-01-02T09:49:00.001-04:002008-01-02T10:19:26.610-04:00A meme to do with 2007, haven't done one in a long time so here goes.<br /><br />1) Where did you begin 2007?At a party in a fire hall, with my hubby and a few close friends, we arrived home at around 2am to all the kiddies :)<br /><br />2) What was your status on New years day? I was still on maternity leave, soon to go back on the 9th. Married and mother of 4 children.<br /><br />3) Were you in school (anytime this year)?Does picking up children and attending christmas concerts and parent teacher count??<br /><br />4) How did you earn your money?Work, Work WORK~<br /><br />5) Did you have to go to the hospital?Hell yes, I spent more time there then at home, I am a nurse :)<br /><br />6) Did you have any encounters with the police?Nope.<br /><br />7) Where did you go on holidays?No where, stayed home, or at work.<br /><br />8) What did you purchase that was over $1,000?I don't think anything, we started the house, but haven't done the inital draw yet.<br /><br />9) Did you know anybody who got married?Yep, one of hubby's friends did, it was August 4th, one of the WORST thunderstorms was that night, that I have ever seen.<br /><br />10) Did you know anybody who passed away?Besides numerous patients that I had cared for, my hubby's grandmother finally lost her battle to cancer on August 20th.<br /><br />11) Did you move anywhere?Yes, to my MIL's. We sold our minihome and are now living here.<br /><br />12) What concerts/shows did you go to? I remeber going to the movies a few times, but no concerts or anything fancy.<br /><br />13) Are you registered to vote?Yes.<br /><br />14) Who did you want to win Big Brother?I can't remember, I didn't really care for anyone, certainly not the daughter and father that did. Hey did you know it starts up again in Feb. this yr instead of July.<br /><br />15) Where do you live now?at my MIL's house.<br /><br />16) Describe your birthday. My 29th, I can't remember, I'm sure I didn't do anything spectacular. Most likely got lobster.<br /><br />17) What's one thing you thought you'd never do but did in 2007? Started a new house, and had my 5th child.<br /><br />18) What has been your favorite moment?The day I had Nolan. Although I had a lot of great moments throughout the year, that one stands out the most.<br /><br />19) What's something you learned about yourself?I'm a better nurse than I thought.<br /><br />20) Any new additions to your family? Yes, on December 1 :) Also, my cousin had a baby in May.<br /><br />21.) What was your best month? Iguess August, we had a lot of fun that month.<br /><br />22.) Any surgeries, and if so, on what?Nope, not a thing.<br /><br />23) Who has been your best drinking buddy?I had one drink with my hubby, so that'd be him.<br /><br />24) Made new friends?Yes!!! A bunch of my new co-workers we really hit it off. :)<br /><br />25) New best friend?no<br /><br />26) Favorite Night out?The only one that stands out was that wedding we went to, I had fun, but scared shitless of the weather.<br /><br />27) Did you find love?Of course, a new little man that I couldn't love more :)<br /><br />28) What was your proudest moment?Announcing the birth of my 2nd son :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067611.post-29485884304799783122008-01-02T09:49:00.000-04:002008-01-02T09:55:21.510-04:00We had the worst night ever!<br /><br />Nolan started fussing around 6pm, after the family was over for supper. I fed him and he ate a big, would start pulling off and crying, this went on for about an hr. No hard screaming just that. Then 7pm hit and he would stop crying. Oh it was awful, I know he was in pain because he'd stiffen up like a board and cry and cry, you get the drift. He did that pretty much non-stop until about 11pm. Thank god he finally settled. I guess it was something I ate, although the only thing different was Chinese food on new yrs eve.<br /><br />Then I got up with around 3 for his usual feed, that went fine, then he woke again around 6am. I fed him, he's still stuffy but anyway, after he ate, he laid in bed with hubby and I then power puked all over me! Ugh, i changed him, got him dressed, then took him out to the living room with me. We cuddled, and I thought he was fine, looked to nurse again, I fed him a bit then BAM, barfed on me again, all over my boob this time!<br /><br />After that, I changed him, and me and swaddled him up and put him in his swing. There he slept for another 2 hrs. And is fine now. I hope we don't have a repeat of this again tonight. I'll never forget when he turned a month old that's for sure!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067611.post-78663303762203185842007-12-31T11:41:00.001-04:002008-12-14T09:27:12.535-04:00<div>The last day of 2007! I can't believe we are heading into 2008~<br /><br />New Year's Resolution for me:<br /><br />TO LOSE MY FAT ASS! yah, it's really getting to me now, must do something about it.<br />I am only 5 feet tall, so for my height I should weigh in around 100=115 something like that, certainly not the 138lbs that I am at right now. So there's my goal, I want to get down to 110lb that I was prior to this pregnancy, that was a good weight for me, my clothes fit good, and I had more energy. It's surprising how difficult I find it to do things, and I know I just had a baby and all and that's tiring in itself but attribute half to the excess weight that I am not used to living day to day with. Anyway, that's my goal.<br /><br />How am I going to do this? Fuck if I know.... Last time I walked 2 miles everyday with Ava in one of those snuggli pouch things, this time, it's winter, we get storms pretty much every 3 days, snow everywhere, needless to say, no walking outdoors for me. Treadmill, my SIL has one, I could go there to use it, which I may do, not everyday but I will go up there, But it's just not the same, I get bored, at least walking outdoors, I am going somewhere. Also I did that southbeach diet, well not to perfection, but did limit carbs to an extent, so I can't really do that too strictly while breastfeeding, but I can cut out the sweets, the umm, 4 squares daily that I have been consuming since all that Christmas junk has been staring me in the face, taunting me to EAT IT! haha, so we'll see. I'll maybe put up a ticker to stare me down while I'm doing this, and have weekly progress, I may even go as far as taking pictures, better yet, I should, then I can see the change and how big I am now.<br /><br />On to another topic, New Year's Eve, I haven't really any big plans for tonight, since I can't drink, and have a housefull of little ones. We are probably going to have a big last pigout of chinese food, yum, my favorite before I deprive myself of what I love so much, chocolate, and deep fried foods. And another reason no plans, a big snowstorm has hit again, 30cm today with ice pellets, just what I want to see. :(<br /><br /><br /><div align="left">Anyway, enough babbling, I'll post again Next year :) </div><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkuuXDY5l4oRRjrIo9JkgAhI17v58VYYijv8gbmY6FLyNpVvJNxLp2gbpr-wZBaNMu2kOEfxZn5vsHlS-h5ip1r-NrbiW4ivUDBHvjsjgNaKL7g8_KRkchD7LLfm1DPS-jyXbT/s1600-h/nolan+4weeks.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150171707828452834" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkuuXDY5l4oRRjrIo9JkgAhI17v58VYYijv8gbmY6FLyNpVvJNxLp2gbpr-wZBaNMu2kOEfxZn5vsHlS-h5ip1r-NrbiW4ivUDBHvjsjgNaKL7g8_KRkchD7LLfm1DPS-jyXbT/s320/nolan+4weeks.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div align="left"> </div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067611.post-69172825572938042422007-12-27T10:17:00.000-04:002007-12-27T10:26:23.767-04:00Well did we have a busy Christmas!<br /><br />The kids had so much fun, they got a Wii and have been playing it off and on since then, they got a karaoke type of game and it's hilarious, hubby and I were playing it last night and couldn't stop laughing at each other at how silly we sounded! Anyway, it's good for entertainment that's for sure.<br /><br />The older kids had a great time opening things, Emma loved all of her things *she's the 6 yr old* she kept saying, ooooo I love this, it's what I've always wanted, she really appreciated everything. Ethan he liked his things too *the 7 yr old*. He got some Xbox games and had fun playing them too. Rebekah *the 11 yr old* was so damn hard to buy for! She didn't seem too interested in anything, but she says she likes all of her things. Ava was hilarious, she just kept walking around digging into the wrapping paper and just trying to eat chocolates. Nolan, well hello he's 3 weeks old. So that's our christmas, I video taped everything, I really didn't get many pictures, but when I replace the batteries I'll post some, if there's anything decent to put up. It was chaotic trying to video tape and snap pictures of 4 of them going at once and trying to pay attention at the same time, hey I guess that's what tripods are for eh?? LOL.<br /><br />Anyway, a Nolan update, he's doing great, growing so much, he's up to 9 1/2 pounds already. It's amazing how fast they grow, he's got a wonderful cold, they he got from his sister, and now he's got a cold in his eye. Poor guy, he's getting attacked by the germs already. He's sleeping a little better, wakes at 2 am for a feed then again at 6am and will go to bed for the night at 9pm. So I'm usually gone to sleep by 9:20pm! haha, gotta get sleep while I can!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067611.post-1678719866815482952007-12-19T08:15:00.000-04:002008-12-14T09:27:13.259-04:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRt9mBEOIUVQyW24xeqQ6DbWCql-38HEeecRPIlIjXJi528saMqU1W7_gyf2OEyeShYm9Iyh1tn7TsEyIhY8liZ9JHPtbKoImSsHzJ86q9_hqvO-k7YThUD-VmYpWhVRpa6FF-/s1600-h/nolan2weeks.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145659831799102930" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRt9mBEOIUVQyW24xeqQ6DbWCql-38HEeecRPIlIjXJi528saMqU1W7_gyf2OEyeShYm9Iyh1tn7TsEyIhY8liZ9JHPtbKoImSsHzJ86q9_hqvO-k7YThUD-VmYpWhVRpa6FF-/s320/nolan2weeks.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div>Wow, hard to believe that Christmas will be here in less than a week, even harder to believe Nolan is 18 days old already. Crap time goes so fast. </div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div>There's been a few new things going on, such as my house is starting to get built. Yay, we got the lumber yesterday, and the flooring is on the basement. Our mini-home is completely paid off and no longer ours, so there's another thing, the keys were turned over to the new owners. Strange, it's not ours anymore but hell we're getting a new house! </div><br /><div>Nolan has a cold, already, from my germy kids, well Ava mainly she's the one full of a cold and in his face all the time. Oh well, I have to get some saline drops and maybe that'll help him. He's growing all the time and I see a difference everyday. He can hold his head up for awhile at a time, so I think he'll be doing that shortly on his own. His bum is a mess of course from the explosions that occur ummm about 20 times a day! My son was just like him, I guess I'll need to get a prescription cream for him, damn, he screams bloody murder every time I change him! Poor fella. </div><br /><div>My Christmas shopping is almost done, I have to get stuff for Nolan now and just a few other things for the other kids, not bad considering we just started last week really. lol.<br /><br /></div><div>I'll finish this post with some newer pictures of my little man. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7wLmFgVvcmAJbb0aYPTOd3zwnHzmwRZIx49-nb4kx3vUuLsSjxNL1xM1vK05nt-jK0pAi2wsbhyphenhyphenUEQPg44FuIE4MnFlH3C8XQAXJie6GFtte97au-VK-67ZQN4cHDanrfyGUd/s1600-h/2weeks.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145658745172377010" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7wLmFgVvcmAJbb0aYPTOd3zwnHzmwRZIx49-nb4kx3vUuLsSjxNL1xM1vK05nt-jK0pAi2wsbhyphenhyphenUEQPg44FuIE4MnFlH3C8XQAXJie6GFtte97au-VK-67ZQN4cHDanrfyGUd/s320/2weeks.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>This is the fat face squished look! lol</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaJWt5TC9QFIPxxwwpTsED42HFgqOB0X0fTfAXHosk08ykxvZPLFD1Hpj1svveZA8VJHLxf_g-vXIbqUJMebWuPhbNwPw7vGG134y0Pugh4wlZHlDOzfod_YU_qdhIAbkt90wQ/s1600-h/2weeksold.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145659406597340610" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaJWt5TC9QFIPxxwwpTsED42HFgqOB0X0fTfAXHosk08ykxvZPLFD1Hpj1svveZA8VJHLxf_g-vXIbqUJMebWuPhbNwPw7vGG134y0Pugh4wlZHlDOzfod_YU_qdhIAbkt90wQ/s320/2weeksold.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>Haha, this one is funny too!</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067611.post-28319286053129831132007-12-13T08:01:00.000-04:002007-12-13T08:10:14.114-04:00I've been feeling a little better the last couple of days, I think this is just going to be the blues this time and not escalate to anything more. I haven't even thought of crying, the rational me is starting to kick in. I realize taking care of the 5 I have, is more important than mourning what I'll never have again. So that's it. It was a special time for me and my babies, that I'll always cherish, but gone. I think I'm over it.<br /><br />Last night was my children's christmas concert, my last one for my oldest, my goodness how fast time goes. The other ones were too cute. I didn't take pictures, I only videotaped it. So nothing to post.<br /><br />Noley is doing well, he's feeding wonderfully, he's already up to 9lbs. Ava is doing well with him, she loves him so much, I'll have to post more pictures of him, he's changing his looks so much. Not much else going on here, we may get a tree this week, I'm not sure. Anyway, hope all are doing well.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067611.post-62256264367799877822007-12-10T13:53:00.000-04:002007-12-10T14:04:11.173-04:00Many have asked how I'm feeling, well to be honest, not that great. Well physically I feel wonderful, it's as though I never just gave birth 9 days ago, no pain, nothing, even (tmi, that wonderful flow is gone). But seems I have been afflicted with the good ol' baby blues. After I had my son I ended up with them 8 yrs ago almost, must be a boy thing, because I have it again. I ended up with postpartum depression after him, but nothing too serious. I guess one of the things that gets me down is that we are through, no more children, I am finding it so hard to let go of the fact that we'll never have another one, I'll never be pregnant again, I know it's crazy, 5 kids hello, that's enough, but it's still sad. To talk to my hubby, shit he can't understand why I cry and get upset. Men! I think that the closer my appointment gets for my tubal the more upset I get, but this is what has to be done, we can't have anymore. :(<br /><br />Other than that little babble, everyone is adjusting well to the baby. Ava still thinks he's her toy, she calls him Noley, it's pretty cute. Speaking of Noley, the little one doesn't know how enjoyable it is to sleep at night! He's up about 3-4 times a night, ugh, little turkey. Anyway, that's it for now, don't have much else to post about, trying to get in the mood for Christmas, but I'm just not into it this year. I hope this mood lets up and I start enjoying things more. :(<br /><br />Oh the house, the basement is getting poured tomorrow so that's promising. Can't wait to see some of it going up, maybe that will get me in a better mood.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067611.post-59787248753998041552007-12-09T09:03:00.000-04:002008-12-14T09:27:13.627-04:00Pictures<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQc2-Out-dBr_uE2I3XFAUMxZ6vWyysWU18oiz4_J2OtBmO-amwBx-G7ipN2OL_DghfS9WSAM-Al0VuXowckiGfCPr2_pJIYYvlrm-Ejfs-GeJwg4Ng21kTOAn9UXRLDu0cnkz/s1600-h/snoozing12hrsold.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141960960352488914" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQc2-Out-dBr_uE2I3XFAUMxZ6vWyysWU18oiz4_J2OtBmO-amwBx-G7ipN2OL_DghfS9WSAM-Al0VuXowckiGfCPr2_pJIYYvlrm-Ejfs-GeJwg4Ng21kTOAn9UXRLDu0cnkz/s320/snoozing12hrsold.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0jHtXMclZrx-eRNDWu6VcvJ3pzaQ-X5zFjDk5XCnrwdqVeoYhkMuk1ph2YbEOC7OVeiK6QDYcuHmOZ3GT364A8Kk_DoQ1MAiYqSrleUqfHqIkcapGQfYz83fVX_SJ3upE6r_W/s1600-h/1weeknolan.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141960032639552962" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0jHtXMclZrx-eRNDWu6VcvJ3pzaQ-X5zFjDk5XCnrwdqVeoYhkMuk1ph2YbEOC7OVeiK6QDYcuHmOZ3GT364A8Kk_DoQ1MAiYqSrleUqfHqIkcapGQfYz83fVX_SJ3upE6r_W/s320/1weeknolan.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Finally hubby got my internet connected, so now meet Nolan. :)</div><br />The first is him at 12 hrs old. They grow so fast!<br /><div></div></div>This picture is at 1 week old already!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067611.post-15958638885207114392007-12-07T11:41:00.001-04:002007-12-07T12:17:23.162-04:00Our Family is CompleteNolan Christopher was born Dec. 1 at 5:44pm weighing in at 7lbs 8oz, 20.5 inches long.<br /><br />My birth story is as follows:<br /><br />Last Saturday we woke up and took my final belly pic and arrived at the hospital at around 8:15am for my induction. The nurse hooked me up to the monitor and did a quick tracing of the baby. My OB called around 8:30am and said he'd be in around 9am to start the induction. At that time he checked me and said I was about 1-2cm dilated and 60% effaced and decided he'd use the gel this time and if it didn't work he'd break my water *6hrs later* and start pitocin. So at 9 he inserted the gel. I had to stay flat, and on the monitor for an hr. after that we went walking. I had maybe one or 2 contractions the whole time while we walked around the hospital. Nothing was happening at all. At around 12 noon we went back to my room and got hooked up the monitor and basically just waited till my OB came back to decide on his next plan of action.<br /><br />At 2:45pm he came in and checked me, I was only 2cm, he decided then that he was going to break my water and start the pit. So after he broke my water the contractions started, they were about 10 minutes apart, but bearable. The nurse then started my IV, which I HATE, but anyway, it was done, then the pitocin was started at about 3:30pm. The contractions hit at about 2-3minutes apart immediately. I breathed through them and was pretty damn uncomfortable until I asked for my epidural at about 4pm. The nurse checked me at that time and said I was 3cm, she told me she'd call my OB and tell him that I wanted one. So he said that was fine, and he'd call the anesthesiologist and call if she couldn't make it there right away. No calls meant she'd be there soon. While I was waiting I had a shot of fentanyl to take the edge off, which really didn't do much for my pains.<br /><br />So at 4:36pm the anesthetist showed up, my nurse decided to check me first and I was at 4cm, and thinning more, at 4:38pm I had my epidural, within 5 minutes, sweet relief. It worked this time. It was amazing. :)<br /><br />So got my catheter and layed on my side. The baby was doing fine, heartrate would dip the odd time but still looked good. Ahhh it was great, time to relax, since I had a crappy sleep the night before anticipating the days events.<br /><br />Around 5:20pm I started getting some awful pressure feeling. So the nurse checked me and said I was at 6cm and fully effaced, of course I never mentioned that it was storming here, beautiful snowstorm. The nurse called my OB to let him know he should come in soon. He lives fairly close but things were moving fast. Maybe about 5 minutes later I had more of that pressure, she checked me, I was at 7cm. 10 minutes passed and I was fully dilated. It was about 5:40 at that time, only 3 hrs short since he broke my water. The other nurse was checking out the window to see if he was coming in since they knew he was coming, they had no time to do an overhead page for any Dr. to deliver him, so my OB nurse delivered him herself at 5:44pm. I didn't push at all, pretty much the same as when I had Ava. He was perfect, cried immediately. My OB showed up about 5 minutes after he was born. He was there to at least deliver the placenta. lol. I had no tears and needed no stitches. I would say this was my best delivery and our family is finally completed. I was given him to start nursing about 20 minutes after he was born and he latched on perfectly and has been doing great since. I love this little guy so much :)<br /><br />Since I've had him, things have been going ok, we are in the inlaws and it's getting 'better' if that's a term to use. They really haven't been around much so that's good.<br /><br />The kids they love him to death. The oldest oddly is the hardest one to deal with since he's been born, I think she's the most jealous. Ava she loves him and wants to hold him ALLL The time, it's cute, she yells gimmie him, gimmie him! She's not doing too bad though, surprisingly enough. The other 2 kids just come around once and awhile. They are doing great with him.<br /><br />Hubby still hasn't gotten me the internet to use so I'm using my SIL's pc right now. I'll post some pics when I get it set up at home.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067611.post-41197806389660522302007-11-27T08:55:00.000-04:002007-11-27T09:06:35.052-04:00So maybe I was wrong about the last post. We didn't end up moving my computer yet, or the the only tv left in this place with our satellite receiver. A and I are sitting here on the floor watching the 13inch tv, Curious George, Bo on the GO. all the good shows. I have come over here because well basically I'm loosing my f*&**king mind at the inlaws. Omg, it's awful, not like I originally wanted to move quickly, but it would have been nice to have A a little more adjusted to the place before a new baby comes. Let me describe the situation some;<br /><br />We are living in their basement, it's nice, it's all done over (of course after the flooding the whole house is redone). We have our living room setup there, our kitchen table, a fridge, no stove. There is a bathroom, but the fan for the shower thing hasn't been installed so I haven't showered there yet. YUCK! The type of person I am, is one that trys to stay out of other people's business. The kids have their beds upstairs and are to sleep up there only, I want them down with me so I can watch them, and discipline and whatnot. I am not there for them to babysit, whatever. So to get that through the 6&7 yr old's heads, it's pretty tough.<br /><br />Anyway, this morning, I have to take them upstairs to feed them, because I have no dishes, sink whatever, it sucks ass, because A is running through the house, talking and happy. They are upstairs, and I say to the kids is SHHHH SHHHH SHHHH< i feel like a fucking parrot, repeating myself all the time, it's horrible. It may be the excess hormones from a 9 month pregnant woman, who knows, but I'm not dealing well with this. AND. IT"S. ONLY. BEEN. 2 . DAYS! Have I mentioned the only thing done with my new house is the ground is dug, that's it, they ran into trouble and hit rock, but they resolved it yesterday. The footer hasn't been poured nothing is done, I'm freaking bad. Anyway, that's my rant about that.<br /><br />So back to this morning, I had a meltdown, cryed my face off, took A over here and we got in the tubby (as A calls it) hehe, so now I'm just going to sit around here in my empty home so I don't invade over there and wish that I could make my new home magically appear. This is just awful. I have to make the kids supper tonight and I don't feel right going upstairs to her kitchen to make food for them. (*this is my MIL, not my parents!!, I wouldn't care if it were mine) NOT to mention that all my MIL and FIL do is fight, constantly, OOOOOHHH Shoot me, really though, this has to get better, because I don't know if I'll be able to stand it. Oh and hubby is at work till 7:30 tonight, for 13 hrs so I would just make him do it if he were home, since it's his family, but nope he's not here. So that's my babble, I am upset, practically crying right now, still full of a headcold, and did i mention upset.....Unknownnoreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067611.post-67874421329061222262007-11-26T11:36:00.000-04:002007-11-26T11:42:40.989-04:00Last Post for Awhile....That's it, we're pretty much moved in to my in-laws. I am taking apart the computer and moving it over later today. So, there's no internet connection as of yet, so I'm not sure when they'll get something hooked up. Hopefully not long, because it's my only connection to the outside world!<br /><br />Last night was our first night at the in-laws. The crib is apart, so A had to sleep for the first time in a big bed. She did ok, but is still freaked out about all of our furniture there and just wants to "go home". I feel bad for her but what else can we do. Even little E started to get upset. They were excited at first to be sleeping over, but the realization hit her when I said, we're never going back to our old house, the next time we move is in our new house. She's good about it, knows we have to do this to get our new home, but still it's sad to all of us. The kids were all raised here, little baby Nolan/Rylan, still haven't decided won't even have a chance to be here.<br /><br />Oh we'll make the best of it and it's not for long, then it's everyone has their own room and all new, so that's exciting.<br /><br />Well this has been a serious ramble for now, I'll post when I can, hopefully hubby will try and set something up for me quick, so I don't go through serious withdrawals!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067611.post-34614179250151496402007-11-24T15:01:00.000-04:002008-12-14T09:27:14.076-04:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAG918aUnJyWdfgv3Jf_DJlJh7T74b-3itUqgDb_GxQxS9Mugc5n8eZPLqSzYmN-kZAL21Js8uktu8cjlGgd9vzYds2rqtB7WjxW03R-4m3v8Zx4VAOX3z4P2fEXlRGl9jcghN/s1600-h/39wkbaby5.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136484998367151890" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAG918aUnJyWdfgv3Jf_DJlJh7T74b-3itUqgDb_GxQxS9Mugc5n8eZPLqSzYmN-kZAL21Js8uktu8cjlGgd9vzYds2rqtB7WjxW03R-4m3v8Zx4VAOX3z4P2fEXlRGl9jcghN/s320/39wkbaby5.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF2m7olcCMf8teyreiTSFOJvoQ-JK_N4T8zcfpN7Udt35A55qeWYR-SiKUxJtLNS5cI1ERVGEiNmA6F1d-m9OU_dwgjn28iddP-qLMPzqoOX3IX8fmSnLh4CoL6k2rNqB5cLJy/s1600-h/39wk5habby.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136484324057286402" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF2m7olcCMf8teyreiTSFOJvoQ-JK_N4T8zcfpN7Udt35A55qeWYR-SiKUxJtLNS5cI1ERVGEiNmA6F1d-m9OU_dwgjn28iddP-qLMPzqoOX3IX8fmSnLh4CoL6k2rNqB5cLJy/s320/39wk5habby.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div>39 weeks, yep, pretty big!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067611.post-4703066542828081952007-11-23T13:27:00.000-04:002007-11-23T13:29:39.162-04:00Well I didn't manage to post every day this month, but hell it was more than I've posted in a long time. Tomorrow may be the last post for a looooong time, we are moving tomorrow or Sunday, so after that I'm not sure when I'll be able to make a post. Anyway, must get back to packing, BLAH~Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067611.post-29002838264838119032007-11-21T19:02:00.000-04:002007-11-21T19:05:56.440-04:00I had my 2nd last OB appt today. Went fine, baby still head down, got to see his big hands on the u/s. Heartrate 125, he was resting so it was lower. B/p fine and I am measuring at 34 weeks, smaller than last week, he didn't check me but said the 28th is my last visit and he'll have a definate date for induction after that. So until then I wait. Hoping for something.<br /><br />The baby and I have the worst head colds on earth. I think I have the flu, I was all achy and sore yesterday and had chills along with not being able to breathe through my nose! BLAH! A woke up through the night 3x sobbing with her cold/flu. Poor girl, she was excellant today as I had to wait to see my Dr. and file for maternity leave. Not much else to say, going to go to bed soon.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2