*Sniff* Tomorrow Liam turns one. He never was much of a baby since he was trying to roll over from day one, but I'm more than a little sad that my little guy is growing up. He is also following in the footsteps of his mommy and is getting sick in time for his birthday.
The doctor prescribed me some zofran for the nausea and it seems to be helping a little. I don't feel quite as poorly as before, and I can tell when it starts to wear off. However, the trip to Seattle seemed to do a lot. It's nice to go to climate that I'm not struggling to breathe. It only rained once in the morning but was sunny when we went to Gasworks park later that afternoon. I introduce Justin to Ivar's where we gorged ourselves on seafood and found out Liam loves fried clams and their New England clam chowder. It was a fun trip despite the brevity. I wish I was there right now....
I have to finish up the arrangements for Liam's dol tomorrow.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Jon and Kate plus 8......and a lot of tranquilizers
I occasionally watch TLC's Jon and Kate plus 8 in the background when I'm doing stuff if there is nothing else on. This show embodies most of my parenting nightmares: multiple children, lots of children, and becoming the most controlling freak mother like Kate.
So, at this point in my pregnancy, I would really just like to find a dark room and die. I have bad morning sickness. This is not the nausea all day, feel like lying down morning sickness that people usually think is "bad". This is sprint for the bathroom every two minutes and can't keep anything down, thinking of hospitalization bad morning sickness. Unfortunately, I also have to take care of Liam. He's been mostly good lately, but I feel bad when I have to close him in a room while I take off for the bathroom because he doesn't understand why he's being abandoned, albeit temporarily. Justin assures me that I was just this bad with Liam. I remember being sick...I just don't remember the marathon vomiting (TMI alert). My mom tells me that Mother Nature plays plenty of tricks on our memories; otherwise, we'd never have more than one kid.
I'm currently nine weeks, but I really should be further along. The doctor pushed back my due date (April 2nd) based on the ultrasound-I'm very dubious. Liam's EDD was pushed back two weeks and then I delivered 15 days "early". I'm surprised that I'm not fat already because I thought you were supposed to show earlier with subsequent pregnancies, particularly if they are close together. Last time I was out of my pants at 10 weeks, but this time, my jeans are still falling down (a usual problem with my pants). Maybe it's because I was 25 lbs heavier when I got pregnant with Liam and don't have the extra flab this time around. But I bought some maternity pants anyway, and I just need to get my shirts back from my sister and Erika and I might actually have enough clothes this time around!
I realize that we haven't posted any pictures of Liam on the interweb since May. It's because currently the pictures are being held hostage on the computer with a dead power supply and we can't get them uploaded. Plus the camera has been alternately dead and resurrected since June. They will eventually show up. Maybe when Liam hits college.
So, at this point in my pregnancy, I would really just like to find a dark room and die. I have bad morning sickness. This is not the nausea all day, feel like lying down morning sickness that people usually think is "bad". This is sprint for the bathroom every two minutes and can't keep anything down, thinking of hospitalization bad morning sickness. Unfortunately, I also have to take care of Liam. He's been mostly good lately, but I feel bad when I have to close him in a room while I take off for the bathroom because he doesn't understand why he's being abandoned, albeit temporarily. Justin assures me that I was just this bad with Liam. I remember being sick...I just don't remember the marathon vomiting (TMI alert). My mom tells me that Mother Nature plays plenty of tricks on our memories; otherwise, we'd never have more than one kid.
I'm currently nine weeks, but I really should be further along. The doctor pushed back my due date (April 2nd) based on the ultrasound-I'm very dubious. Liam's EDD was pushed back two weeks and then I delivered 15 days "early". I'm surprised that I'm not fat already because I thought you were supposed to show earlier with subsequent pregnancies, particularly if they are close together. Last time I was out of my pants at 10 weeks, but this time, my jeans are still falling down (a usual problem with my pants). Maybe it's because I was 25 lbs heavier when I got pregnant with Liam and don't have the extra flab this time around. But I bought some maternity pants anyway, and I just need to get my shirts back from my sister and Erika and I might actually have enough clothes this time around!
I realize that we haven't posted any pictures of Liam on the interweb since May. It's because currently the pictures are being held hostage on the computer with a dead power supply and we can't get them uploaded. Plus the camera has been alternately dead and resurrected since June. They will eventually show up. Maybe when Liam hits college.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Stuff
Liam is getting better about toddling around. He now stands at any chance and will try to take a couple of steps before he falls over and crawls the rest of the way. He usually can walk between furniture without falling over too much. I think my "peaceful" days are over.
I finally decided to read the Stephanie Meyer series, the Twilight Saga to see what all the hoopla was about. I must say it was the most romantic........literary piece of garbage I ever read. I'm not heavily into Danielle Steele, bodice ripping good time type of books in the first place, but this seemed excessively self-indulgent. The first book I will admit had some redeeming qualities because it had a plot, but after that, the books quickly digressed into long dialogs that went something like this:
"I love you more."
"No, I love you more."
"No, I love YOU more."
The last book was probably the worst of all because it took 700 pages to get to the climax and then they talk their way out of trouble. At least in Harry Potter where the important part was not the battle, there was a satisfying fight to end the series. The series could have easily been condensed into two, maybe three books with no plot lost. I also found the main character Bella to be a grade A, first class ninny. I know that she was supposed to fragile and doll like, but it came across as just plain annoying. I was so OD'ed on romance by the time I was done, I cheered when they killed Marion on the BBC version of Robin Hood (spoilers!). Also from a prose stand point, Meyer needs to work not using more than one pronoun when there are two subject in a sentence. I also often had to count back on the number quotations to figure out who the heck was speaking. Not only does this show terrible composition, but a lack in different voices. I blame, despite the denials, the upcoming movie on this tripe for the postponement of the next Harry Potter. Grrrrr.
In other news. I'm pregnant. More to come on that later.
I finally decided to read the Stephanie Meyer series, the Twilight Saga to see what all the hoopla was about. I must say it was the most romantic........literary piece of garbage I ever read. I'm not heavily into Danielle Steele, bodice ripping good time type of books in the first place, but this seemed excessively self-indulgent. The first book I will admit had some redeeming qualities because it had a plot, but after that, the books quickly digressed into long dialogs that went something like this:
"I love you more."
"No, I love you more."
"No, I love YOU more."
The last book was probably the worst of all because it took 700 pages to get to the climax and then they talk their way out of trouble. At least in Harry Potter where the important part was not the battle, there was a satisfying fight to end the series. The series could have easily been condensed into two, maybe three books with no plot lost. I also found the main character Bella to be a grade A, first class ninny. I know that she was supposed to fragile and doll like, but it came across as just plain annoying. I was so OD'ed on romance by the time I was done, I cheered when they killed Marion on the BBC version of Robin Hood (spoilers!). Also from a prose stand point, Meyer needs to work not using more than one pronoun when there are two subject in a sentence. I also often had to count back on the number quotations to figure out who the heck was speaking. Not only does this show terrible composition, but a lack in different voices. I blame, despite the denials, the upcoming movie on this tripe for the postponement of the next Harry Potter. Grrrrr.
In other news. I'm pregnant. More to come on that later.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Not quite Eliza Doolittle
I think that I have to face one the ugly facts of motherhood: the shorter hair.
If you don't know this, or haven't been paying any attention, my hair is currently falling below my hip. I'm lucky and cursed to have hair that grows REALLY fast, so I usually find it easier to keep it long because it was costing too much to keep it trimmed. Also, every time I've gotten cut above my shoulders, it's been a disaster. However as it it, I can be sitting down and Liam reaches up from standing on the floor and pulls. Hard.
So I'm taking suggestions for my new haircut. I'm not looking for anything super short (sorry Gwyn, no pixies), or hard to manage. I have thicker, slick hair that layers okay. I still reserve the right to veto any and all suggestions, but at this point, Justin's hair razors are looking really tempting.
If you don't know this, or haven't been paying any attention, my hair is currently falling below my hip. I'm lucky and cursed to have hair that grows REALLY fast, so I usually find it easier to keep it long because it was costing too much to keep it trimmed. Also, every time I've gotten cut above my shoulders, it's been a disaster. However as it it, I can be sitting down and Liam reaches up from standing on the floor and pulls. Hard.
So I'm taking suggestions for my new haircut. I'm not looking for anything super short (sorry Gwyn, no pixies), or hard to manage. I have thicker, slick hair that layers okay. I still reserve the right to veto any and all suggestions, but at this point, Justin's hair razors are looking really tempting.
Monday, August 11, 2008
ABC
I have nothing better to blog about, or at least nothing that won't sent me into long rants about people who need to grow up, I decided to do one of those "fill in the blank" posts:
A- Attached or Single: Attached
B - Best Friends: Risa
C - Cake or Pie: Cake, unless it's boston cream pie, which is still technically a cake
D - Day of choice: Friday
E - Essential Item: Right now, a microwave
F - Favorite Color: Red, red, and more red
G - Gummy Bears or Worms: Bears are fun to bite off the heads. Worms are more difficult to tell which end it which. But I usually comment to Justin about the hermaphroditic qualities of worms to gross him out so they're fun too.
H - Hometown: I am hometown-less.
I - Indulgence(s): Showers, sleeping more than two hours at a time, not having a toddler constantly clinging to my knee
J - January or July: January
K - Kids: One boy, Liam. Am currently working on what Justin refers to as "Bug II"
L - Life is incomplete without: the internet.
M - Marriage Date: May 29th, 2004. I think. Is that right, Justin?
N - Number of Siblings: Two brothers, one sister, all married
O - Oranges or Apples: Oranges if they are clementines, Apples if they are galas or fujis
P - Phobias or Fears: Heights, spiders, starving to death, and occasionally agoraphobia
Q - Quotes: "I have never let my schooling get in the way of my education"-Mark Twain or "A true friend stabs you in the front"-Oscar Wilde
R - Reason to smile: Liam is turning one in 26 days.
S - Season: Do you mean what season is it right now, in which case it is summer, and a bloody hot one. Or do you mean my favourite one, which is winter when I'm in the middle of summer, and spring when it's winter. I'm usually content with autumn.
T - Tag Three Friends/Family: Who ever the heck wants to do this.
U - Unknown fact about me: All my fingers except my thumbs are double jointed.
V - Very favorite store: Probably costco. Meaning if I had a ton of money, that's probably where I would spend it because that's where we spend the most money anyway. I also love Ikea, Macy's, and Bombay Company when there used to be one around here.
W - Worst habit: Teeth grinding.
X - X-ray or Ultrasound: Ummmmm, I've had unpleasant experiences with both. But ultrasounds are usually for happier reasons, so ultrasounds.
Y - Your favorite food: Bulgogi
Z - Zodiac: Aries. Fits, doesn't it?
A- Attached or Single: Attached
B - Best Friends: Risa
C - Cake or Pie: Cake, unless it's boston cream pie, which is still technically a cake
D - Day of choice: Friday
E - Essential Item: Right now, a microwave
F - Favorite Color: Red, red, and more red
G - Gummy Bears or Worms: Bears are fun to bite off the heads. Worms are more difficult to tell which end it which. But I usually comment to Justin about the hermaphroditic qualities of worms to gross him out so they're fun too.
H - Hometown: I am hometown-less.
I - Indulgence(s): Showers, sleeping more than two hours at a time, not having a toddler constantly clinging to my knee
J - January or July: January
K - Kids: One boy, Liam. Am currently working on what Justin refers to as "Bug II"
L - Life is incomplete without: the internet.
M - Marriage Date: May 29th, 2004. I think. Is that right, Justin?
N - Number of Siblings: Two brothers, one sister, all married
O - Oranges or Apples: Oranges if they are clementines, Apples if they are galas or fujis
P - Phobias or Fears: Heights, spiders, starving to death, and occasionally agoraphobia
Q - Quotes: "I have never let my schooling get in the way of my education"-Mark Twain or "A true friend stabs you in the front"-Oscar Wilde
R - Reason to smile: Liam is turning one in 26 days.
S - Season: Do you mean what season is it right now, in which case it is summer, and a bloody hot one. Or do you mean my favourite one, which is winter when I'm in the middle of summer, and spring when it's winter. I'm usually content with autumn.
T - Tag Three Friends/Family: Who ever the heck wants to do this.
U - Unknown fact about me: All my fingers except my thumbs are double jointed.
V - Very favorite store: Probably costco. Meaning if I had a ton of money, that's probably where I would spend it because that's where we spend the most money anyway. I also love Ikea, Macy's, and Bombay Company when there used to be one around here.
W - Worst habit: Teeth grinding.
X - X-ray or Ultrasound: Ummmmm, I've had unpleasant experiences with both. But ultrasounds are usually for happier reasons, so ultrasounds.
Y - Your favorite food: Bulgogi
Z - Zodiac: Aries. Fits, doesn't it?
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Liam's first steps
Today Liam took his first real steps. He was hanging on to my knee when Justin tried to entice him over with his pacifier. So Liam let go of me, waddled over with four steps and fell into Justin. He looked very pleased with himself.
Friday, August 1, 2008
Best blog ever
I can't remember how I found this blog, but it is the funniest thing I've seen for a while. We all have heard the horror stories of child birth gone wrong, the 72 hour labours, the incompetent doctors, nurses, or hospital staff. This blog however, is a labour and delivery nurse discussing all the kooks, crazies, and incompetent patients. Some of it is a little crass, but mostly harmless.
http://itsababynotbrainsurgery.blogspot.com/
http://itsababynotbrainsurgery.blogspot.com/
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