Working mommy again

I have gone back to work. I love my job! I used to work at Bath and Body Works when I got pregnant with my first child. I loved it when I worked there a long time ago and was very happy to accept the new postion. I truely believe in fate. I have faith that my iPhone messed up that day so I could go to the Apple store and see that BBW and go and run into someone I used to work with and get a better paying job with more hours.

Since starting work my lil man has had to learn how to take a bottle. Which wasnt an easy task for poor daddy. It took him a week to finally give in and take it. He was going 10-11 hours between nursing's because he refused to take the bottle while I was gone to work all day. I felt so bad, but I knew that he would eventually take the bottle from daddy. I was so relieved that he did it! Now on my day's off I make sure that he does get a bottle at least once a day so that he can stick with it for anyone that is babysitting him. This Friday my bestie is driving 30 mins away to come and help me out. She truely is a great and wonderful friend. Poor girl last time she got lost trying to get my oldest from preschool, then set off my alarm and couldnt get it to shut off! I was on the phone with her and the alarm company trying to get it to shut off. Finally got it to shut off and whew! She was awesome, I didnt have time to do a sink full of dishes that day so when I came home she had not only done them but cleaned up dinner AND the cake she made with the kids! She is a great and wonderful friend. When we are doing better and I have some time this summer Im going down there to see her and ride a horse at her in-laws house!

Last night at work was a good night that I did everything that I was suppose to do and tried very hard to make my 2 segments but alas I missed them both :( the first one by $24 and the second by $49. My conversion wasnt all that great either. They want us to be at like 72% or higher which not that unattainable it just not that easy either. I did however help the other girl make her segment with a $150 sale. Glad for her, just wish I could have made mine too :(

Since lil man is NOT going to let me finish this tonight I will have to try to blog more later... so with that NITE!

Today is Easter 2010! WOW I cant believe it. Gabriel is almost 4 1/2 months and Noah is 4 1/2! I wont get to say that again! The Easter Bunny came this year and visited both my baby angels. Not a whole bunch but boy at church they sure got a lot of eggs! Next year me and Mike will have to split up and go with each of the boys because Gabriel will be in the 0-3 group and Noah will be in the 4-6 group! I wish Noah was going to K next year but since he has an October birthday he doesnt start until he is almost 6! But I was the same way since my birthday was in the middle of Sept. My niece Rachel and Sophia will be the same way because of where their birthdays fall. Rachel's is just 3 days before mine and Sophia's is 4 days after Gabriel's.

My sister threw a Welcome Home Darrell Jr party yesterday in Atlanta. Im so gratefull that he is home safe and sound from his year long depolyment. He married in Decemeber, bought and closed on a house the same month, got his wife preggers, then left for a year! He was able to make it home for the birth of his first and only child Luke. Sarah was having some issues and they were able to get a Red Cross message to his command to let him come home 2 weeks early for his R&R. He got home Sunday morning about 8ish and she went into labor that night and Mr Luke was #17 great-grandchild to be born into our clan of a family!

Darrell's sister Leann who was also pregnant at the same time as Sarah and myself had a repeat c-section with baby Hadleigh which made #18 just about a week and a hlaf before my planned c-section. Leann is engaged to be married later this year! I really really hope I can make it to her's or my cousin Philip's wedding later this year. I just want to go home a visit everyone so badly. It made me very sad to talk to everyone on the phone the day of the party and they kept saying "wish you were here" I miss them all so much, but I also love my life here in TX!

Im going to have to go back to work here soon in the next few weeks because my FMLA is almost up for my 90 days that I extended past my maternity leave. Gabriel seems to be improving with his new medication. He's not a fan of getting a bit of a taste of mommy (I mix some BM in the medication to hide the taste) then having to wait 30mins before I can feed him. I also need to get a boogy on my school work. With all the relatives we have had visiting and all the running around and the baby its been hard to sit down and work on school work. But Ive GOT to finish so Mike can go back to school so he isnt a LVN forever. If I can finish and get a good job making as much as him then we'll be set for him to go back to school because the GI bill will also give him money for housing, books, tutition, etc. Im going to start to set aside at least 2 hours a day if not more to work on school. Ive got to stick to my guns and get my degree. I will have it!

Well I better go to bed now, lil man might or might not let me sleep till 7:30am! Here's hoping!

The last 4 months.

Well Ive been a major slacker on my blog that I started when I was preggers with Mr. Gabriel. But when you have a new baby and a 4yr old life can be kinda chaos! Well I went on leave early due to leg, back and hip issues and have had to extend my leave because of my sweet angels GERD.

GERD - Gastroesophageal reflux disease. Very painful acid reflux. My oldest had reflux but not near as bad as Gabriel. He has his good days and bad days. Most days he is a "happy" spitter, the days he isnt makes for long days for mommy with screaming and spit up. :( My poor little man is having a bad day today which makes for mommy a little on the cranky side as well.

I had to get up at 3am to relieve my tatas because he was sleeping so well he slept through a feeding. But then he woke up at 4am to eat so I feed him and he passed out but I did not. I finally got back to sleep about 5:30 this morning about the time Mike had to get up and ready for work today. THEN the puppy was coughing and woke the baby up at 6:30.. oy.. I then had to get up and get dressed because today is the day we were suppose to get the puppy, Molly, fixed and her shots. She has had a cough and runny nose for a few weeks but I took her into the vet a few weeks ago and they said it was allergies. WELL the vet today say its much worse than that, she is going to be on antibotics for the next 2 weeks, twice a day. The vet also said that there is a possiablity that we could lose her to this, if she doesnt get better and soon. We would be so heart broken to lose her only after having her a short time.

My 4yr old, Noah, has been in Ice Skating for the last 4 weeks. He has 4 more weeks until he starts Hockey. Im so proud of him because he did so well the last class and passed his test with flying colors! Im a very proud momma!

Im about to reenter the work force since Ive been out of it for the last 6 months. I dont make near as much as my sweet hubby but its enough to make our lives comfy. Im writting this blog from the comfort of my couch with the baby asleep finally on my lap. Poor guy hasnt gotten a good nap all day because of his tummy issues. I finally got him asleep eariler but then a fighter jet from Carswell flew over the house and woke him up.

My dad came for a visit about a month and a half ago. I hadnt seen him since Noah was 6 months old. It was a great visit far to short for my liking. He is doing well and starting a new job soon. His current girlfriend, Becky, I havent met or really talked to but once on the phone seems to make him happy. Im very glad that she does that because after his last wife (yes I disliked that woman, she made my life misrable) he deserves to be happy. Im hoping with me going back to work that we can start saving for us to go and visit him and go to Atlanta to visit with family that my hubby hasnt meet ever! We've been married almost 7 years and he hasnt meet my grandparents or any of my cousins. All 30 of them! 13 first and 17 second! Well I think Im gonna wrap this up for now and try to be better about blogging. I really enjoy it but finding the time to do it is hard these days. Hope you all have a great weekend!

Man Ive been slacking!

Well I havent blogged in some time, but I have good reason! I had my baby boy Gabriel Peter on 11/24 at 7:32a 9lbs 2oz 20in! He arrived via planned c-section with my wonderful Dr Glenn at the helm, I did so much better this time than I did last time. With my first one I had to do 16 hours of induced labor before they decided to do a section. It was so nice to just go in and have him without all the guessing! He is 2 weeks old today and doing very well, nursing was a bit of challange at first but he got the hang of it in about a day. We went home on Thanksgiving day a little bit before 11am. We got home and got Memaw, Poppa Terry and big Brother and headed over to my in-laws house for Thanksgiving dinner with the family. We all had a great time over there. About 6ish my mother wanted to go home and I was way tired so the 4 of us headed home and Mike and Noah stayed over there for awhile longer.

My mom stayed till 12/3 when she went home with Terry so they could get my step-brother the next day so he could come over for the weekend. They were sad to go, but hopefully we'll see them again soon. We miss them so much already. Noah got very attached to his Memaw while she was here.

Mike had to start back to work the Friday after we got home... poor guy didn't want to go back to work right away. I'm not looking forward to going back to work at all, Im going to start back on my school work here this week. I have to get done so I can finally get myself a real job and not some stinky old job that any monkey could do. Im just tired of having minium wage jobs and would like to be done with school and say I did it. I graduated and have a diploma. I do however enjoy being a stay at home mom but still would like to get something that says I did that, I went back and got my degree. It would set an example for my children that it can be done. I do which I had finished before children and marriage but wouldnt change it for anything. Well better get some dinner on the table or it will be late before we eat!

Wow what a day!

ahh.... Finally home after a long long day. It started at 5am when I woke up and couldnt go back to sleep this morning at all. So at about 7:30 I decided I might as well get up and get a shower before I had to get the muchkin up and ready for pre-school today. So I got him ready then out the door I went have been going and going all day. After dropping him off at school, I went to the grocery store, I spent way to much time there because I had to rush home and throw my cold stuff in the fridge and freezer in the bags still and run back out the door. My Dr's appt went well, I was 5 mins late however, but she was running behind today which was good for me since I was late! I've gained 33lbs so far and shouldnt gain much more since I only have 10 days left! WOO HOO I'm measuring 38 wks and Im 37.5 wks so not to far off. My guess is 8.5lbs when he comes and about 19-20 inches. He will be 12 days sooner than Noah, he was 40+5 days and was 9lbs 8oz and 21 inches.

After my appointment I went to Target and met my sis in law and 2 of her kids for lunch and shopping. Got some things I needed for the baby and for the house. Then I had about 30 minutes before I had to get Noah from pre-school, so I went down the way a bit (walking distance) to a nail place to get my eye brows down. I feel human again after getting them done! I've put it off way to long to get them done. THEN I get him from school, get the oiled changed, go get my scripts from Kroger and drop off my maternity papers. Noah decided he wanted McDonalds for dinner so I caved and got a Angus Burger! YUMM! Now it is time to relax for the rest of the evening, because I'm pooped!

It must be nice to be a cat to just lay around all day and be lazy....

Happy Veterns Day!

To all those who have served and are currently serving in our Armed Forces I thank you for your selfless service and sacrifice. To all those who have lost their lives in the pursuit of our daily freedoms, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. To my dearest husband, I love you and thank you for serving and now is a disabled vet for medical reasons. To my cousin that is over there right now fighting for our pursuit of happiness on his third tour, I thank you. To all my friends I have made that are serving as soldiers or as their spouses I salute you. To be an American Soldier is a very high honor and should be respected, if you haven't already Thank one today for your freedom. If is wasn't for them, our country wouldn't be the wonderful thing it is today. Today is a day to be truely thankful.

Ouchies today

Well the baby seems to have found my siactic nerve and likes to press on it! Lil stinker gets me on one side so I get pain down my butt and leg then a little while later he hits the other side! I'm getting ready for his arrival 2 weeks from today. We are so excited to welcome our newest family memeber. He will make #19 great-grandbaby for my Nana and Grandaddy. #2 Grandchild for both of my parents, seeing how neither one of my sisters have kiddos that aren't four footed and furry! #10 Grandchild for my in-laws. I'm one of 13 grandbabies for my grand-parents and my mom is the oldest of 5, 3 brothers and 1 sister. Let me tell you, from some of the stories I've heard from my mom and Nana about those boys! WOW I'm in for it! Throwing bricks at each other heads, climbing on the counters to get to the baby asprins 3 differenet times and having their stomaches pumped.... I could go on and on but then I would be up all night typing!

My dearest hubby got a new game last week and today. Dragon Age and the new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Lets just say unless he is at work, I dont get much TV time in the livingroom! LOL But that is ok, he does work 12 hour shifts at the hosptial and its ruff for him. So he can play for now, untill the baby comes and he has to put the remotes down for a bit and help!

My shower was this past Sunday at our church. The picture is of me holding a bottle of Barefoot Merlot that Judy was so sweet to get. They were so cute! The bottles had baby foot prints on them, as well as on the corks and tin tops. I saved the tops and corks for his baby book and keepsake box (which I still need!). This was the only bottle left that was unopened so we are going to save it until I'm allowed to drink again! I got so many cute cloths and wonderful gifts from everyone that came and a few others that were unable to make it. My Nana send the baby a homemade blanket and my cousin & parents send me a giftcard to Babies R Us to go towards my Sit-N-Stand I need very much. With the other giftcards I received I have the cost of it almost covered!

After my appointment on Friday, I plan to go and spend my giftcards at Target and Babies R Us while muchkin is in pre-school and hubby is at work. I only have 2 more Dr's appointments till it will be time for my planned c-section on the 24th at 7:30am! Im not a morning person and haveing to be there at 6am isn't the most appealing time for me! The lil man will stay with Memaw and Pappa Terry till later that morning and visit since I won't be out of recovery for awhile. Plus he is like his momma NOT a morning person and does not like to be woke up. The rest of the family that is in town will more than likely all make apperances some time that day. The Dr said that as long as there is no complications we can go home on Thursday which will be Thanksgiving. My mother in law is having a big family dinner that day, but we will not be attending this year for obivous reasons. I told them all if they want to come over a few at a time and visit that evening that they are more than welcome to. My mother will be here and she is going to help cook a small meal for just her, her hubby, and the 4 of us. Maybe just a Turkey breast, some stuffing, some veggies, and of course, Cherry Pie for me!!! Wouldn't be Thanksgiving without my Cherry Pie, I hate Pumpkin pie!

Well Im getting tired and must put myself to bed. Going into the home streatch now of counting down the days till baby Gabriel comes and makes our family from 3 to 4!