Us
Well, as of yesterday, Tyler and I have known each other 13yrs. Yup, since the first day of 7th grade. He was really sweet and, under the guise of fetching donuts for breakfast, bought me the most beautiful pink roses. I don't usually like roses but these are gorgous and still closed up tight so they'll last for ever. Of course, later that day he sneezed on me and got mucus all over me and made me cry so it evened out :P
We (well Tyler and Braden) cleaned out and moved our fish tank last night/this morning and the house now smells like seaweed. There is also a much bigger mess to clean up now! Sadly, we lost two fish in the move... the ginormous Pacu and Upside-down Catfish :( I'm so sad about Pacu... he was smaller than my palm when we got him and he died bigger than a full-size dinner plate... he was so cool even if he liked eating other fish despite being a "non-aggressive". He actually tore the bottom jaw off an Oscar about the same size as him.
Baby Claire
My child hates me wearing pants... like really really hates it. All day she has been kicking at my waistbband trying to get me to move it down or take them off... I can only wear them so low, sweetheart! Its highly disturbing. She also gets mad and wakes up kicking if I drink anything too cold. My back's killing me and I would tell you how weird my belly buttons getting but Allison would kill me for talking about it again :P
Bug
Well she just asked me if I have a splinter in my butt.... I don't know either and I'm not going to risk asking.
Anyways, she is such a little goober and so freaking smart/retentive. Tyler was reading her favorite book to her the other day (Five Little Ladybugs) and got to "2 little ladybugs basking in the sun, along came a frog and then there was...." (How sad is it that I know the whole book by heart?) Tyler said basking wrong (bAsking like in bAsteing) and she interrupted him all indignant "Its basking Daddy! Basking not bAsking!!!" It was so funny.
She's actually really into reading right now. I probably read separate 12 books a day, 5+ times each. Its really hard on my voice! When its naptime, if she can't fall asleep right away, I hear her reading to Jack or hospital bear. She actually has memorized a lot of the books really well.
A few mornings ago, she decided to play phlebotomist all morning. She found a long strip of rubber wrapped it around my arm in the right place for a tourniquet. I had to make a fist and then she used a pen as a needle right on my vein (honestly, it hurt pretty bad!). She prolly kept entertained by drawing my and Daddy's and all her baby's blood for a good 3hrs. We talked about blood and veins and the body and she was really interested in it all. She is so gonna be a little doctor or something!
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Where to start....
Casey finally convinced me to start a blog (I didn't know you could make little books out of them!), but I have no clue how to start. I can prolly promise I'll write mostly about Buggy, pregnancy, and what our lil family is doing.
Pregnancy
I really really thought I'd love being pregnant... turns out its mostly creepy and miserable :( I'm rather disappointed. Nothing can prepare you for how bizarre it is to have another living thing inside of you. Sometimes its really cute and exciting when Claire's kicking me, but I gotta admit that just as often it freaks me out and gives me the willies. Tyler still hasn't been able to feel her yet. I think he would have yesterday, but she was kicking so hard that I jumped a little every time and it distracted him. Bug loves to put her hand on my belly though and say she can feel her.
She's so adorable with this whole thing. She walks around and sticks out her belly way, way far and tells me how big the baby is getting. She wants us to feel her belly and shows us right where the baby is. This week I was having really bad round ligament pain and kept complaining that my belly hurt when I moved. Bug started complainig her belly hurt too and I got really worried.... 'til I realized she was putting her hand right where I put mine... apparently, her ligaments hurt too :P. I have been informed that I don't have to do the motion for stout in My Little Teapot anymore because I'm stout enough to be a teapot already. Actually, toddlers are a great little honest people when it comes to pregnancy. I was trying on some shirts today at Walmart and she was getting squirrely so I brought her in with me... she looked at the shirt I tried on and told me that "You're belly's getting really big Crystal. That shirt makes it look big, big, big!" She then patted my belly a lot and traced a really big belly with her hand "Bloop, bloop". It was so adorable... and a bit insulting at the same time :P
I hadn't really realized that being pregnant meant so many people get to have opinions about things. I'm really struggling with my weight being pregnant... I have gained 1lb officially in 20 weeks. Its not quite as bad as it sounds since I had really bad morning sickness all first trimester and lost ~6lbs, but its definitely not a good thing. My doctor isn't really concerned yet, but I definitely get the lecture every appointment. I seriously don't know what I'm doing wrong. I eat, I eat a lot, and I try to eat good things. If I can't eat health, I at least try to eat a lot of calories. I just wish I had gained about 5 more pounds. I don't want to gain 50+, but reaching a good 20-25lbs by the time I give birth would be perfect.... and gaining them steadily would be even better! Putting on a bunch of weight at the end is even harder on your body and the baby than gaining alot steadily throughout.
And I really wish everyone would stop commenting on how tiny I am... nobody believes I'm 5monthes along already :( I hate being so small cuz I'm worried that its because I haven't gained enough and the baby isn't growing well. The doctor says she's fine right now, but it only helps so much. I'm carrying high too which doesn't help matters. I feel ginormous though! Pants are terrible, they don't fit right and cut right across my belly. Elastic is the worst cuz it cuts in. I definitely have a belly going on though... I've lost my toes unless I lean forward and my belly is definitely further out than my boobs... which is saying a lot for me!
Alright, its oh so bedtime and I've chattered on enough for one post.... hopefully I'll keep this up!
Pregnancy
I really really thought I'd love being pregnant... turns out its mostly creepy and miserable :( I'm rather disappointed. Nothing can prepare you for how bizarre it is to have another living thing inside of you. Sometimes its really cute and exciting when Claire's kicking me, but I gotta admit that just as often it freaks me out and gives me the willies. Tyler still hasn't been able to feel her yet. I think he would have yesterday, but she was kicking so hard that I jumped a little every time and it distracted him. Bug loves to put her hand on my belly though and say she can feel her.
She's so adorable with this whole thing. She walks around and sticks out her belly way, way far and tells me how big the baby is getting. She wants us to feel her belly and shows us right where the baby is. This week I was having really bad round ligament pain and kept complaining that my belly hurt when I moved. Bug started complainig her belly hurt too and I got really worried.... 'til I realized she was putting her hand right where I put mine... apparently, her ligaments hurt too :P. I have been informed that I don't have to do the motion for stout in My Little Teapot anymore because I'm stout enough to be a teapot already. Actually, toddlers are a great little honest people when it comes to pregnancy. I was trying on some shirts today at Walmart and she was getting squirrely so I brought her in with me... she looked at the shirt I tried on and told me that "You're belly's getting really big Crystal. That shirt makes it look big, big, big!" She then patted my belly a lot and traced a really big belly with her hand "Bloop, bloop". It was so adorable... and a bit insulting at the same time :P
I hadn't really realized that being pregnant meant so many people get to have opinions about things. I'm really struggling with my weight being pregnant... I have gained 1lb officially in 20 weeks. Its not quite as bad as it sounds since I had really bad morning sickness all first trimester and lost ~6lbs, but its definitely not a good thing. My doctor isn't really concerned yet, but I definitely get the lecture every appointment. I seriously don't know what I'm doing wrong. I eat, I eat a lot, and I try to eat good things. If I can't eat health, I at least try to eat a lot of calories. I just wish I had gained about 5 more pounds. I don't want to gain 50+, but reaching a good 20-25lbs by the time I give birth would be perfect.... and gaining them steadily would be even better! Putting on a bunch of weight at the end is even harder on your body and the baby than gaining alot steadily throughout.
And I really wish everyone would stop commenting on how tiny I am... nobody believes I'm 5monthes along already :( I hate being so small cuz I'm worried that its because I haven't gained enough and the baby isn't growing well. The doctor says she's fine right now, but it only helps so much. I'm carrying high too which doesn't help matters. I feel ginormous though! Pants are terrible, they don't fit right and cut right across my belly. Elastic is the worst cuz it cuts in. I definitely have a belly going on though... I've lost my toes unless I lean forward and my belly is definitely further out than my boobs... which is saying a lot for me!
Alright, its oh so bedtime and I've chattered on enough for one post.... hopefully I'll keep this up!
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