April's Almost Here!

Wow less than 3 weeks to go before baby arrives! I am so excited then realized I have less than 3 weeks to prepare to leave work for 10 weeks! AHHHHHH OMG how did this happen?! Time suddenly picked up and is zoooooooming by!  So many big plans for the next few weeks too. Julie is owner of The Horseradish and having an Grand Opening on Saturday. I am so excited for her! Its going to be amazing! Also Easter is this weekend, packed full with egg hunt on Saturday and church on Sunday followed by brunch. I hope you all are ready for the Easter Bunny! Birthdays Galore this month and a new baby boy. I am so excited!

Positive Note!

Ok yesterday apparently was rough for me and I wanted to just write and say today is MUCH BETTER! I did decide to have a ritual burning of my hated maternity pants that won't stay up after the baby is born! Ahhhhh it will feel so good! Since this is my last baby... for all my girlfriends who are expecting, I will have lots of maternity clothes that won't be burned and are pretty cute, so let me know if you are interested. Also we will have LOTS of baby boy things, since this little guy will be the end of the road and I am not storing any more boxes of baby stuff in my attic! :) So excited for all the storage space to come in the future! I am sure I will need the space for all that boy stuff! Thanks for everyone's support over the past few months. 3 weeks to go! Wooo Hoo!

Things I Hate Today!

As I was walking to work this morning I started a list of things that I hated about today......

1. Monday
2. Maternity Pants that don't stay up
3. Gigantic Mud Puddles
4. Pants that get wet from the mud puddles
5. Wind-driven rain
6. Having to go to work 36 weeks pregnant


I don't hate all these things all the time, but today really really annoyed me!

Nesting???

Yesterday, I had a "burst" of energy. Surprisingly since we went to Tillamook the day before and didn't get home until after 9:30pm due to dark and rainy roads. We had a wonderful time with Wades' brother and family. Sunday I went to work and when I came home, I did the dishes, laundry, dusted the whole living room (it has needed it for several months!) washed windows...... etc. I am so proud of myself as I really have had no interest in cleaning in months except when having guests and our house is a mess of toys and clothes! I folded 3 or 4 loads of laundry and actually put it all away too! Amazing. I also made a list of things to do so in case we have the unexpected happen early, Wade has a list of items to do! So far nothing is packed to go to the hospital, the car seat has to be washed and installed... There are several things to do.....So this makes me wonder is this the serious "nesting" stage? When I had Garrett, I had no kids to clean up after and stuff was done all the time so nesting wasn't that easy to pinpoint. Hmmmmm I am at almost 36 weeks this week. Wonder if baby really will come a little earlier than expected or not. I guess we will just have to wait and see....

8PM March 21st, my stomach turned.....

At 8pm March 21st, my stomach turned, the Healthcare Reform Bill was passed. Since then my stomach has rolled over and over. I am dreading what this is going to do to my family and our health. Thank goodness I will be having our last baby on April 19th. Even if we were planning more, I think my mind would have changed due to the healthcare changes.
I will continue to pray for my children and hope they don't develope an incurable disease like their father. I will continue to pray that Wade remains a "healthy" Type 1 Diabetic. I am very happy for those who were unable to get insurance, will be able to. Both Wade and I have gone down that road. Currently we have great insurance in which I get from my employer, however, we pay through the nose for it. Now the Healthcare Savings Accounts will be reduced, we already spend much more than $2500 out of pocket for prescriptions and deductibles and other healthcare needs each year. I have some hope that maybe this plan will be amended over the years and our children will continue to have excellent and timely healthcare.
I pray all my friends and family are able to remain in their jobs and continue to be healthy. I pray cancer does not strike my family again.

Settling Down.....

So on Monday I was a complete wreck. Today is Thursday and though I am still incredibly busy every day and cannot relax I have calmed down a bit about having a baby 6 weeks early. Not having as many contractions and actually going on the tour of the hospital helps. Also knowing we will be at a very very good hospital if anything were to go wrong with the baby or if its born early, I know he will be in good hands. I still ache anytime I get up to walk or do really anything, but so it goes.....
Thanks for the encouragement. I have wonderful family and friends. I would like to note for my friends with first babies, maybe doing that pregnancy journal you read about online or in all those pregnancy books. It would be so nice to know how I was doing at this point last time. I have some vague recollections, but recalling back, I remember it was soooooo much easier and less painful. I am sure its also to do with getting a lot less sleep this time and chasing after a toddler that isn't making it any easier. However, I do encourage doing the journal..... I really wished I had now.

Going Overboard and changing the scheme of this blog...

Ok so I haven't written anything in some time. I am now 8 months pregnant with our second boy and for the time being not focusing on my political aspirations. I am now just trying to deal with the idea of being a parent to 2 children!

I have 6 more weeks to go and I am FREAKING OUT!
I am to the point of almost crying. My first baby was a c-section and I never dialated or really had any kind of natural labor. This baby currently must be HUGE! Everyone cannot believe I am due in another 6 weeks! I have a planned c-section for 4/19/2010 and now my body is changing rapidly. I don't remember this feeling! What to do, what to do.......? So I decided to dust off the old blog and put my fears down on paper. I really wish they made some online calculator like you have for your taxes that tells you when your baby will come...... I am so anal at times I have no patience for the real world! I suppose that is why I work in insurance.....


Anyhoo. If anyone is out there and recalls feeling like this and wants to write a comment, please do so! I think my husband thinks I am going crazy!
Many more posts to come in the near future I am predicting!