November 18th, 2008 by Natalia
I’ve been having pretty regular contractions for a while now. They come and they go. Last night they started up around 8pm and went all night long and have continued all day today. They are uncomfortable, but not really what I would consider painful. Pain is a relative term.. Anyways… to see if I could keep them going or get them going stronger I loaded Jax up as I have done almost everyday for the past few weeks and we went to town. Today, we hit Wal-Mart to walk around and to get diapers. Let me just tell you a FEW of the comments I received:
- I passed a little girl in a basket not much older than Jax who said to me… “Why are you hiding a ball in your shirt?” I laughed. Her mama explained to her it was a baby and not a ball. She then said, “well why is it round then? Babies aren’t round.”
- Random manager approaches me and tells me that I’m “flushed and sweaty and should probably be at the hospital and not out shopping.” She said she didn’t want me to have the baby in the store.
Everyone that I made eye contact with asked when my baby was due. When I told them last Saturday they all had advice on how to get her to come out faster:
- One lady said to do some deep knee bends.
- Another told me to go home and have a beer.
- A very old lady told me it was time for castor oil.
- Another indicated that she was afraid my hips weren’t wide enough…
- One insisted there was NO way it was only one baby.
On the way to the register, I refused to look at anyone or smile at anyone… because I’m contracting, my back hurts and I’m so ready to have this baby so I can not be so pathetic looking anymore. I miss the days where people don’t speak to you in the store unless they run you over with their cart.
I get home to where I think I’m safe. I got Jax to sleep and then I put up the junk that I spent way too much money on. As soon as I sit down to a glass of Ginger Ale and the freaking door bell rings…. Two very nice ladies are going door to door handing out pamphlets about “The Truth.” I open the door and she doesn’t even talk about what she knocked on my door for… The first thing she said was “OH, MY I hope you are going to have that baby soon. This let to a 5 minute conversation about being huge and talking about dialation and yet more things I should do to speed up the process. At the end she says they will pray for me and reaches out and lays her hands on my belly and begins praying that this baby will come out today… I don’t like it when random strangers want to touch me…. much less when they do it without asking…
It’s been an exhausting day. I think I’ll relax and hopefully have the baby soon….
November 14th, 2008 by Natalia
So the full moon has come and gone and still no miss Kylie. I’m still ridiculously large and very much pregnant. Tomorrow is my due date.. It’s kinda dishearting to have been having contractions for weeks and now D-day is arriving and still no precious little bundle of joy to hold.
I’m sure it’s for the better though because Jax seems to be coming down with something. He’s had a fever today and is tugging at his ears. He’s shivery and cranky as heck until the advil kicks in then he’s his normal, tearing up the house, self. He hasn’t been eating much for the last few days and his sleep at night has been lacking. He always seems to scream right as soon as I’ve gotten back into bed after my hourly meeting with the potty- right when I’ve made my nest and gotten comfortable. That’s when he squeals wanting juice or Sponge Bob to be turned on. GRRRR…. Anyways… I think he’s getting his first ear infection. 2 years without one is pretty amazing… must be all that boob he ingested early in life. His fever has been low enough that his pediatrician told me to keep him comfy with tylenol and advil and watch him over the weekend and bring him in Monday if he’s not better. So I guess that’s what we’ll do.
Ok… enough griping….. I must go pamper him and his sissy(who has all of the sudden developed all kinds of ailments when she found out Jax isn’t feeling well.) She’s funny!
November 11th, 2008 by Natalia
A lot of people say that there is an influx of babies born on or around the full moon. A lot of hospitals increase their staff around the full moon….
Interesting Article - Water Tends to Break More Around Full Moon
Well, the full moon is approaching and I’m counting on it or gravity or whatever - to persuade Kylie to COME OUT! Two more days until the moon is full. Come on moon, work your magic! PLEEEEEEEEAAAAASSE! I can not possibly retain anymore water or I’m quite sure random body parts will soon begin to explode. Here are some FULL moon pics to get us all on the same page. Come on people - think FULL MOON! Chant it with me- FULL MOON! FULL MOON! FULL MOON!
Well, I’m off to an appointment at the birthing center… Wish me luck! Hopefully, she has some good news for me! Keep thinking about the full moon!
November 10th, 2008 by Natalia
Oh, the joys of pregnancy… The heartburn. The nausea. The weight gain. The “I can’t bend that way.” And now… I officially have the beautiful pregnancy induced Kankles… I’d take a picture but I can’t. Sorry… I can’t even get my flip flops on anymore… My feet look like a bunch of marshmallows shoved together in the shape of an elephants foot.. This child NEEDS to make her entrance into this world soon… I DONT want to have to serve her an eviction notice…. but dang… I don’t think my body can take much more before it explodes.
September 24th, 2008 by Natalia
Finally, I was able to locate the back up and restore my site. I’m so happy! How about an update since it’s been a while since I was able to post?
Yes, I’m still pregnant. I’m huge as a matter of fact. Here are the latest pictures taken today at 32.5 weeks.
I’m starting to get anxious. I’m tired of being big and tired, but my house isn’t ready for Kylie yet. So I have to get my butt in gear and get the rest of the nursery put together, the clothes washed, and get my bags packed… Times a tickin a way! ( I think that the nesting thing is about to kick in…. These things not being done, are starting to drive me nuts) If anybody wants to help me, let me know.. I’m taking volunteer apps as we speak!
Jackson has now figured out that he can in fact get out of his bed without help. So that is exactly what he does when we put him in bed… he pops right back up… over and over and over… Too bad duct tape is illegal….. that’s all I’m going to say!
Ashton is doing good in school. She starts basketball practice tomorrow. That should be fun!
That’s all I can think of… Like I mentioned earlier… I have lots to do… and sitting here won’t get it done!
September 11th, 2008 by Natalia
We got Jackson this trike for his bday.
It is made by a German company. It’s a neat trike and all.. but the instructions SUCK. The trike came in about 100 gazillion pieces. It came with ONE page of instructions, if you can call it that. It was just an exploded diagram with pictures. No words.. At least not any of them I could read. There seemed to be some German on the back, but what good does that do me?. There was no order to it.. Luckily, I’m pretty smart so it took me about an hour of glaring at the stupid paper and cursing at the trike to get it put together. I’m sure these type of instructions are not uncommon, but couldn’t they include some numbers or letters or something to tell me to put the underside together before putting the outside on? So that I didn’t have to take it apart and put it back together again. Just a thought!
It was all worth it.. Jackson’s face lit up and he loves to ride the trike. Now, hopefully, Kevin’s face will light up the same, when he comes home tonight and doesn’t have to assemble it!
September 11th, 2008 by Natalia
I got a new laptop and discovered a new program- PhotoBooth. Apparently, my old computer had it, but I didn’t know it. Ashton and I had a little too much fun with it.
Normal Me
And then the fun begins..
September 3rd, 2008 by Natalia
I’m now 29 weeks pregnant, in case you were wondering. Time is flying by. Here are some pictures for those of you who aren’t privileged to see me in all my “heffalumpness” in person. Ashton took them for me yesterday.
I am huge already.
And just for the sake of comparison… I found this picture of me in the same clothes… about a week before Jax was born. I was 38 weeks. I am almost as big already. YIKES!!!
August 25th, 2008 by Natalia
I can’t believe it. Ashton started the 3rd grade today! *Tear* They just built a new school a little less than a mile from our house. So this year she can walk to school. This morning we walked. I thought I was going to die. My butt cheeks tried to go AWOL on me. I was going forward and they just weren’t going to do it. Have you ever seen some one fighting with their own ass? Well, that was me this morning… I’m massaging them while walking down the street. Pounding on them.. telling them that if they don’t take me home right now… I would never feed them anymore of that yummy coconut cake. (We all know that when you eat that stuff… that’s where it goes.) I must have looked like some pot-bellied, butt rubbing, pervert, pushing a stroller, while talking to her bum. Hopefully, anyone in the hundreds of cars that passed by, assumed I was talking to Jackson and not my butt. I don’t remember that walk being so hard in the past… We’ve done it a million times… I guess being 7 months pregnant.. and not walking much lately because of the extreme heat is taking a toll on me. By the time Jax and I returned home I was sweating profusely. I mean drenched.. You’d think I had just run a marathon… But nope… Just a slow walk home and a struggle with my fanny. I’m picking her up in the car this afternoon… I’m not making that journey, again, in the 100 degree heat. I’m going to have a preventative chat with my backside this evening in preparation for tomorrow’s walk!
August 18th, 2008 by Natalia
Here is the crib bedding we got today… It’s quite sassy and pink. I know Kev, will just love it!!!!!!!
