More pictures!
05/27/2008 08:26 p.m.
Baby's first bath

Someone special made this soft/snuggly just for me!

This one says it all...

Moirghan LOVES the outdoors!
Naptime...
Someone is spoiling me...

SuperBaby and her sidekick..
He hasn't quite gotten the hang of this yet...

I am currently Blessed

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Finally... pictures
05/14/2008 04:32 a.m.
I hope this works...

Moirghan Ashleigh, 1 day old







Moirghan, taking a nap before we go home

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Post-pregnancy woes
05/10/2008 07:23 p.m.
ok.. well first the positive things... Moirghan is now 2 1/2 weeks old and has now regained her birth weight (YAY!), and I've already lost one size from pre-pregnancy, and once my tummy tones up, probably 2, or 3 sizes.. WOOHOO!... BUT..


I had a hard enough time getting tops and bras that fit before and during pregnancy, trying to find them now is completely pathetic... not a joke, because there is nothing funny about it, at all!

I know there are some who are thinking, "man, I wish I had that kind of problem", but really, you don't. Maybe I'll just give up on venturing into public until I'm getting ready to go back to work and she's weaning... I mean, if I don't go out then there isn't need for a proper brazierre. I really hate this phase/stage right now!

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Still behind...
05/01/2008 03:48 p.m.
Well I'm still behind on my classwork.. I may have to file for an incomplete, but I hope not.

Thanks to a hard-headed 10 yr old, my "running" schedule has been reduced. My 10 yr old jumped from a treehouse to a trampoline Friday night. He was in an aircast and on crutches from Saturday until yesterday, now he's in a walking cast.

The Orthopedist said their is nothing broken but (I hope I remember this right), he has a non-displacement injury of the growth plate in his ankle, so he's in a cast for 3 weeks to protect the growth plate... no more baseball practice or games, just boy scouts now.

Still have some running to do for the oldest boy, and Moirghan goes back to the Dr. tomorrow, but *knock on wood* so far today she's mostly eating and sleeping (yesterday she fussed for 2 hours straight), so hopefully I'll get some of my classwork done/caught up.

Well time to get back on that... TTFN

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Finally!
04/29/2008 06:20 p.m.
Moirghan Ashleigh decided to make her appearance on 4/21 at 10 am. She weighed 9 lbs, 1 oz, and was 22 inches long (don't say ouch until you heare the REST of the story!)

I have some pics but between trying to get caught up in my classwork (for my Master's, it's the last week of class and I'm still a week and a half behind), running the boys to their activities, and lacking the patience for trying to upload the photo's, well it hasn't gotten done yet.

At the rate I'm going now, snail mail is faster than I!

Well more later, gotta get some stuff done for class while she's still napping.
I am currently Odd

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8 weeks to go?
02/27/2008 02:36 p.m.
I go back to the Dr. tomorrow morning for another ultrasound. Most everyone is saying I won't make it another 8 weeks (8 weeks is when the Dr. is going to induce me, not the actualy "due date").

My husband continues to insist it's going to be the first week of April. I told him he better have at least $400 and a day care lined up! When I explained to him that daycare for a newborn would cost around $200 a week he changed it to... "The baby will get here when she's ready!"

My hope/goal is to make it 7 more weeks before delivery, even if it means going out on maternity leave a bit early. Since the "standard" is 6 weeks post-delivery for a natural birth with no complications, that will get me through the end of the school year. I get really jealous when one of my co-workers tells me about maternity leave in Europe (he's from Finland).. the mother can take up to 6 months off!

My oldest son continues to say the baby's going to weigh 13 lbs. 5 oz!... I could just choke him!

Right now, I'm back into the I can't eat a darn thing mode. I get hungry, and I know I need to eat, but the thought of food, any kind of food, is revolting to me. I can't stand the thought of eating in the morning, and I can't eat after about 6 pm, even with the heartburn medication I end up miserable from it and can't sleep all night. This has been going on for about 4 or 5 days again. Hopefully it'll end soon. I hate that I can't stand to eat, I know it's not good for the baby, but I'm absolutely miserable afterwards. I don't have the energy and stamina to prepare the kind of things I should be eating (could have something to do with the fact that I can't stand to eat right now), and I'm not getting much help from anyone at home. Husband is putting in 12-16 hour days again, and even if I trusted and could get the boys to cook every night, what they like to eat wouldn't do much to help me out.

I'm also stressing out because my oldest son is failing classes still/again. I found out today that work I asked him about and that he said he had turned in has not been turned in. He's also not feeling well, but he refuses to take any of the OTC meds I have. He starts coughing up phlegm from his lungs, and now suddenly he has Pnuemonia. He feels dizzy and it's brain cancer... OMG I'm going to lose my sanity! He has Dr. appts. on Friday, but sheesh, by the time we get to the PDoc, I may kick him out of the room and tell the Pdoc to "fix" me first!

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I'm a what?
01/29/2008 03:00 a.m.

You Are a a Margarita Woman

You live most of your life in "Margaritaville", and everyone who knows you knows it. You can party with the best of them - and you're really up for anything! You're the type who's most likely to do body shots or enter a bikini contest. You prefer to date a man as lively as you are... he has to keep up!

Post Christmas Activities
12/29/2007 03:01 a.m.
Less than a week left of the Christmas Break, and then it's back to the classroom; and things have been crazy!

My financial aid for school came in! YeeHaw, I'm back on track for getting my Master's... I'll be doing all of the work online, which works out GREAT for me, being nearly 6 months pregnant, I don't have to worry about waddling into classes, and sitting uncomfortably, or having my water break during class (I'm due in April, so that's a possibility)... I can do it all at home, any time of the day or night.

I have been so pleased with the way this University has been handling things; they have been WONDERFUL! Even if my loans hadn't come in, they give you until the 30th day of class to pay your tuition, and the tution is SO much less than when I was going to my alma mater... and one call to the financial aid office confirmed my financial aid, and I had money transferred to my bookstore account, ordered my books, and they'll be here tomorrow! HOT DANG!!!

Then I've had some kind of upper respiratory/sinus crap thing going on, and it's gotten much worse the last day or two. I can't sleep at night. I can breathe, and I can't breathe when I get up in the morning either... A hot shower breaks it up some, but.... and I'm so limited with what I can take; benadryl and tylenol aren't doing the trick. I'm starting to get chills, sore throat, aches and run a low grade fever to go along with the nasty crap coming out of my sinuses. So now I've broke out the Vick's vapor rub, the vaporizor, etc., etc.... hopefully it'll be cleared up before I go see my OB next week.

The day after Christmas my grandfather passed away. he was diagnosed with esophageal cancer over the summer. He wasn't a candidate for chemo, because his kidneys had been damaged by diabetes, and he chose not to have radiation therapy... he lasted several months longer than they thought he would. I can't even put into words how I feel about this... I'm glad he isn' suffering any more, and I know he was ready, my grandmother passed away about 4 years ago, two of his sister's have died from cancer in the last two years too... it just SO SUCKS, because this is now 10 family members that my boys and I have lost in the last 4 years.


I am currently Depressed

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Oh to rest my weary eyes
09/27/2007 03:33 p.m.
I just can't get enough sleep! Ok, granted, I'm already having to get up in the middle of the night to pee, at least once.

I've been a light sleeper since my first son was born, so the fact that my body is ready for rest earlier than my husband's is makes things a little tough too. I go to bed, and start my relaxation/meditation/sleep CD's, and usually hit a peaceful slumber before they end, I often don't even hear the cd change, but then my husband decides it's time to go to bed, and his bedtime ritual's wake me. Then I have difficulty getting right back to sleep I don't know what to do. It's not like we have a big house, and one or the other of us can go sleep in another room. He often ends up working late, and needs time to unwind at the end of the day. There are times I'll be in bed before he even gets home. Then of course, the dogs hear him drive up, and run to the door to wait for him (Thank GOD, they don't usually bark, just have to hear their collars jingle), or I hear his keys at the door. I just don't know what to do.

I have to get up at 5 am to start getting my oldest son up. He has a lot of sleeping difficulties again (he's depressed again, but is refusing to take the anti-depressants the Dr. gave him because they make him feel 'sick'), so it usually takes 2 - 3 trips to his room to get him up. Then I have to be up and moving no later than 6:30, if I've already got a lunch made and know what I'm going to wear.

Then it's off to work, running errands after work, etc. I usually get home around 5:30. By this time I'm worn out and feel to crappy to cook, so everyone has to fend for themselves. Start chasing the boys to bed around 9 pm, and if I'm lucky, I can get myself to bed by 10:30. I'm doing good to get 5 - 6 hours of sleep during the week, and I'm just exhausted!

Weekends aren't much better, with baseball, and music lessons, and church, but at least I can usually get 8 hours in bed (might not be sleeping the whole time) and can often grab a nap midday as well.

Oh, to be able to sleep, right here, right now!
I am currently Exhausted

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Oh Boy....
09/20/2007 10:36 p.m.
or is it a girl? Don't know yet.

I went to my Dr. again. She confirmed the pregnancy (duh... I've already had two home pregnancy tests), however, I am NOT 7 weeks pregnant, I am 8-10 weeks pregnant!

Since my Dr. no longer practices Obstestrics, she has referred me to another Dr. I have an appt. with him on Monday, and will have an ultrasound then.

There are a few concerns... being 8-10 weeks pregnant, instead of 7... I was on some medications that may not be safe for pregnancy, I wasn't taking them daily, but none the less... I was also still actively taking weight loss supplements for a part of that time, AND, not knowing I was pregnant, I was drinking alcohol occassionally.... and I'm almost 40...

I'm not going to fret and worry, I'm fairly confident in the referral of my Dr. I have heard very good things about this OB/GYN ....I am sure that everything is going to be just fine, but will be relieved to have a ultrasound, etc. and have this Drs. analysis and recommendations.
I am currently Blessed

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