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January 18th, 2009
10:28 pm - My new Etsy Shop
I just wanted to share my new Etsy Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6769034
Also see my work featured at: http://creative-bubbles.blogspot.com/2009/01/surfs-up-saturday-soon-to-be-illegal.html
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January 2nd, 2009
11:37 am - 2008 in photos
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March 30th, 2008
11:12 pm - the kids
to exhausted for a real post... but here are some pics of the babes.
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January 12th, 2008
05:11 pm
Elliots doing really well. He is already over 11 pounds and growing so quick! He's a super sweet baby.
I'm hanging in there. I had an allergic reaction to the medical tape they used on my incision (I ended up w/ a c/s after many, many hours of labor and a horrible pushing phase but thats a whole nother sad story) So my skin is raw and itchy and gross as can be. After that I was soon covered with a hidious rash that is all over about 75% of my body, not sure if its PUPPS or another allergic reaction but this time to pain meds. So at 4 days post partum my pain meds were gone after having adominal surgery. It sucks.
and for your veiwing pleasure here are some pics of the little man and the proud big sister...
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January 4th, 2008
09:49 pm
Elliot is here.
He arrived on 1/2/08 at 3:51.
Weight: 10.8lbs
length: 22"
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December 29th, 2007
12:41 pm - Labor
I don't want to jinx myself but I'm thiking i'm finally in real labor. I got up this morning at 2 w/ some intense crampng. Within about 30 mins they became intense 4 min apart contractions and a bit of bloody show. They lasted about 3 hours and then started to peter out to 8,10 and then 20 mins apart. Nick got up and left for work in Layfette at 5 and honestly that was fine with me. He'll be home at 5 unless I need him earlier. Contractions are now about 8-14 mins apart and still pretty intense. Theres no talking or walking through them. This silly baby is stil postierorishh so I'm trying to get him to move but hes having none of it. He is so incrediably active too... even through contractions.
Current Mood: thoughtful
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December 13th, 2007
08:51 pm
My pregnancy ticker says only 10 days to go. I thinkI choked a little when I read that.
I'm in nesting overdrive today. Scrubed the bathroom stop to bottom, stripped the bed, did dishes, worked on Christmas gifts.
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November 16th, 2007
06:59 pm - I wish I married an enginer
I hate being a private investigators wife sometimes. I think if Ihear "Wow! That sounds so exciting!" or "What a great job!" one more time I'm going to maim someone.
Nick was suppose to be home tonight and then tmorrow was maternity pictures and then my family'sThanksgiving. Yeah he won' t be here even though he asked for the day off. He's stuck in the middle of no where Indiana and then has to be in middle of no where KY (7 hours away) by SUnday morning, then back in Northern IN Monday morning.
So yeah my weekend is screwed. ANd to top it all off I didn't find all this out until 45 mins ago. Grrrrr.
We never know anything in advance around here it seems.Iswearifhemisses the birth of this child I'm going to do more than maim the scheduling girl in his office.
Oh yeah and my fucking space bar is a spaz and is going fucking crazy. Stupid piece of shit.
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October 20th, 2007
08:55 am - Yes I’m alive and well.
I’m 31 weeks today and doing great. Baby is kicking and rolling away. Most everything was great at my last midwives appt. I do have low blood pressure, 90/40 (It makes me super dizzy and prone to fainting) so I’ve really been hitting the Iron and chlorophyll supplements because I’m still having issues with eating. I’m not vomiting anymore I just don’t want to eat. Food is completely unappealing to me. I have only gained about 12 pounds so far. While this isn’t terribly low, by this point w/ Stelli I have gained 20+. I still feel great, not to many aches and pains, I am worried about saying this though because once I acknowledge this pregnancy hasn't been terrible since about 18 weeks I know it will take a turn down hill. But all in all baby is doing great, although he is posterior . I’m not babysitting anymore so me and Stelli have had to find things to keep us busy lately. We have signed up for library classes on Tuesday morning and music classes Monday mornings. The other days are spent at the park, zoo, playdates, or the Children’s Museum. Oh and sometimes I get a huge nesting instinct and I decide to take on some crazy house hold project. Today is Nick’s birthday but he is in Mississippi for work. I just want him to come home so I can give him some birthday love. The poor guy works all the time it seems. He drove 10 hours to Mississippi yesterday, is working 8 and then driving back 10 hours this afternoon. That is at least 28 hours of work in less that 40 hours. And then tomorrow he gets to get up bright and early and install windows at our house with his dad. The man never gets a break. I think I’m going to get a massage for him for his birthday. He has put 5,000 miles on his car in less then 2 weeks, its insane. They also made him a team leader though so that will be nice come raise time. I shouldn’t complain much because they are being really easy going about the baby and super flexible about him taking time off when he needs it. Stelli is great! She’s learning her letters and knows about 13-14 by sight and can sing her alphabet song. She is particularly obsessed w/ letters and the show “Super Why” on PBS. All she does know is pretend to read things. It’s so adorable. On the other hand she pretty much hates numbers. She can count to 15 but that’s it. She refuses to learn them by sight. Oh well she can’t stay number illiterate for life right? She knows most of her colors, most of the time (thank you M&Ms) and likes shapes a lot. She is also really in to make believe and pretend. She has an imagery friend named Gilbert. We aren’t sure what Gilbert is he’s not a person and she won’t identify if he is some type of animal. He just magically appears usually riding along on a piece of sting or yarn. He isn’t the piece of string or yarn but his on it… odd I know. I accidentally sat on him the other day and you would have thought the world came to an end. Oh and have you ever tried to find someone/something that is invisible when its lost. It’s very hard. I spent 10 mins looking for Gilbert the other day when Stelli told me he was lost. She told me I left him at the store and I told her it was her responsibility to make sure he got back in the car with us from now on. She thought that was reasonable. I feel like I have a 2 year old who is going on 14 sometimes. That’s about it. Nothing else to report.
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September 7th, 2007
August 23rd, 2007
09:34 pm
Not much is happening around here. THis weekend I will be spending a vast majority of my time attending the ALACE labor assistant training. I'm ver excited. This is the first step towards being a midwife and a step towards being a certified doula. I feel very blessed to have the opertunity to do all this.
Other than watching children I have been hard at work making baby
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August 3rd, 2007
07:05 am
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July 27th, 2007
08:04 am - Garden
Ah the garden is in full swing. I have more tomatos than I could possibly ever use. I think I'm going to ave to start canning and freezing this week. All the rain in the last 2 days is just going to make it worse... I have so many projects going on right now. New recieving blankets for the baby. Sorting out all the baby clothes to see what we have for a winter boy. The garden. Building a closet in the hallway (I 'm not building it but I have to move all the stuff and help hold stuff). Dealing with a whiny 2 year old. And planning what diapers I'm going to make for this baby....
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July 26th, 2007
July 7th, 2007
09:15 am
Funerals suck.
Funerals for someone in your own age group suck more.
Funerals where your husband sobs suck even more.
But funerals where you see a mother grieving are the absolute worst.
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June 26th, 2007
02:21 pm - Mmmm summer...
I thought I would share with you all my first ripe tomato of the year from our little organic garden.
It's called a "Broadripple Golden Currant". It is just ever so slightly tangy with a hint of sweet for an after taste. The perfect pop in your mouth, snack tomato.
Cute story about this variety of tomato. As many of my local friends know Broadripple is the trendy, artsy, college like part of town. Well a man out walking one day spotted this variety of tomato growing in a crack in the sidewalk. Well he took a few of the fruits home, dried them and used the seeds next summer. He researched and researched but found no known name for this variety and thus named it the "Broadripple Golden Currant". The seeds are now disributed worldwide.
Current Mood: amused
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June 22nd, 2007
07:27 pm
I just had a major epiphany...
My daughter's nostrils are so small her finger can't fit in them.
I always wondered why she never picked her nose.
In more relevent news. Stella is almost completely potty learned. Only night time diapers now. I'm sorta sad because she's getting to be a big girl now. On the other hand its a great break from doing diaper laundry all the time. Only a break until December but thats not to bad.
Nick's working so much. He's put over 50,000 miles on his car in less than a year. But he enjoys his job and it makes me appreciate him even more when he's home.
The "not yet baby" is doing well. It's hearts a chugging and its still making me sick, though the sickness is slowly getting better. Nick even watched a birth video with me a few days ago and there was a *really* close up crowning shot. I was for sure it would gross him out. He just said "wow" and "thats not that bad". I'm pretty proud of him. I figured we would have acted like a 7th grader.
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April 15th, 2007
09:22 pm
Announcing...
We did it!
After getting the green light to try to conceive from my doctor. (My unexplained chest pains made us unsure if we should ttc) It worked... 6 months of trying and we are going to have a baby. I'm due Christmas Eve but I don't expect to see this little one anytime before New Years. Now begins the fun part... to midwife or to UC... that is the question. My heart says UC, my husband says midwife.
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March 12th, 2007
March 9th, 2007
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