Adding A Middle Name

Last night while rockin out to tunes and dancing around the bathroom after bath time Schuyler decided she wanted a middle name ...

See when she was born we figured her full name was long enough and she didn't need a middle name ... and that if she got married one day she could just move her last name to her middle name ... and we couldn't come up with anything ...

Turns out we can't come up with anything for the upcoming Lincoln either ... so I don't know if he will have a middle name ...

Well back to what I started out talking about ... while Elvis was playing and Skye was WAY rockin' out she stopped and said she wanted Elvis as part of her name ...

I held back a giggle and said, "are you sure?" ...

"Oh yes mommy ... Schuyler Elvis."

She has his hip shake down ... I'll test it out when she is bad and I need to say her whole name ... we'll see how she likes it then ...

Nightly Shenanagans

Well last night around 10 we got a brand new outfit ... tonight around 10 we got a make over ... and boy was she ever proud of her make-up ... she has been eyeing my make-up bag for a long time and tonight as we headed up to bed this is what we encountered ...

Make-up Time 2/26/09

My New Outfit

So at 10 till 10 tonight my daughter came out of the bedroom and had us bursting into laughter ... she designed a new outfit and wanted us to see it ... mind you she should have been asleep for 2 hours already but it wasn't happening ...

Lets just say her outfit had a hat and gloves ... but the video will be more powerful than any words I could choose ...

My New Outfit

Belly Picture

I just haven't been good at all with the belly shots this pregnancy ... actually wasn't too good the last one either ... I think there is one other photo from Thanksgiving where you can see my belly ...

So since David shot such a cute one tonight I figured it is appropriate to post it here ... especially since today I am 33 weeks ... maybe I'll keep taking them till the end ... maybe ...

33 Weeks

Well we picked March 31st to have my C-section ... 5 weeks from today ... I am sure when the time comes it will seem like it went so fast ... right now it still feels kind of a long way off ...

I totally don't want to be pregnant anymore ... I think I blocked this part of the pregnancy out of my mind from last time ... the kicking is hurting me ... I can't turn over in bed without actually getting up and getting back into bed facing a new way ... the steering wheel rubs really hard on my belly but I can't move the seat back anymore if I want to touch the peddles ...

Basically I'm freakin huge and ready to not be anymore ...

In two more weeks I have another sono ... you know I have noticed the sono pictures I get this time just aren't as good as last time ... I wonder why that is ...

The big plus is I am enjoying the eating cause I want to totally cut it all out afterwards ... and at my last appointment I hadn't gained anything in 3 weeks which I thought was amazing ... so wooohoooo on that ...

I do wonder when this guy is going to be too big to keep kicking me ...

Split Second Pig Tails

Schuyler wanted a piece of chocolate the other day ... I wanted to see her curly hair in pig tails ... so we made a deal ... since she hates for me to do anything with her hair she said I could put in pig tails if she could have a piece of chocolate ...

I thought it was a fair deal ...

Little did we know I would be the one longing for more ...

They looked sooooooooooooo cute ... I want them in her hair all the time now ... she kept them in for what felt like a blink of an eye but was more around 15 minutes ... but as soon as she had enough they were out and she was chillin' on the couch eating chocolate ... and all I have are these photos to remember the moment ... because it has been 3 days since then and she hasn't let me touch her hair again ...

Super Saturday

I had the most fantastic day with Skye today ... David had jobs scheduled all day today so Skye and I headed out for a girls day ...

First we went to the tile store ... we had to change our order that was placed yesterday ... it took a while to get there but it gave Skye time for a quick cat name ... and we weren't in the store very long at all ...

Then it was off to the library ... I hate to admit this but it is the first time Skye and I have been to the library together ... she had gone lots of times with my mom or with David but she and I have never gone ...

She was so excited and kept hugging me and saying, "Thank you mommy ... thank you" ...

We took care of business first ... another thing I am embarrassed to admit ... I had a book that was a year over due ... I was surprised they hadn't just charged me for the book ... when I gave it to the woman and said I recently found it and thought it was about a year overdue she said well it is going to be the maximum penality then ... she said she was so sorry but it would be "blablabla" ... I said did you say 15 or 50? She laughed and said 15 ... I said I think I deserve that for having it so long ... so we paid the fine and then I got my own library card ...

First we found a book for my mom for her next book club read ... then I found the books I want to read ... I have decided to read the Laura Ingles Wilder series Little House ... I don't remember if I read them as a kid but recently Heather said she started reading them and was loving them so I thought it was a good idea ... and it was the only thing I could remember that I wanted to check out ... I figure now that I have paid that fine and have my own library card I can start reserving books on-line as I see ones I want to read ...

Then it was to the kids section ... we picked out a bunch of books for Schuyler and as I started reading "Little House in the Big Woods" (which is terrific so far) Skye watched the fish in the fish tank ... played with some puzzles ... looked through a huge stack of books ... and jumped into these huge floor pillows they have over and over again ... all the while running back over to me and giving me kisses and saying, "Thank you mommy" ...

After we had had our fill of the library and checked out our stack of new books we headed to get a smoothie ... of which we were both excited about ... as we passed Dunkin Donuts Skye asked if we could get some ... and I thought that sounded like a great idea ... we could have donuts for breakfast tomorrow ... so after smoothies it was donut time ...

We got a dozen to bring home and also got some donut holes to have right now and found a nice seat in the middle of the place ... very loudly and clearly Skye said over and over, "ummmmmm mmmmmm these are delicious ... i like these ... yummmmm chocolate cake mommy .... yummy thank you mommy" ... it elicited giggles from everyone within ear shot ... she was totally cracking me up ...

Then suddenly she yelled, "Listen mommy it is my bath song. I gotta dance." ... jumped up from her chair and started shaking her groove thing ... the song playing is on the CD that we play during bath time so she knew it and was ready to boogie ...

A little girl at the next table (maybe 5 or 6) kept saying, "She is so funny." ... then she got up and said, "We're gonna dance" and the two of them started doing twirls and shaking the booties ... it was so cute ...

After our impromptu Dance Fever we headed home ... Grandmommy came over for a little while and hung out ... we got to show her the progress on the house and read some of our new books ...

I'll tell you today was one of those days that makes me long to be a stay-at-home mom ... getting to spend the day with Skye every day would be wonderful ... and she appreciated it so much and was so loving and thankful it makes me wonder if she thinks the same thing too ...

For now I am just going to beel lucky and blessed that I get to have these experiences with her any chance I get ...

I Will Admit ...

After so many months of not feeling pregnant I now feel beyond pregnant ... and I am ready to admit I am tired of being pregnant ...

This kid has gotten so big ...

I Wuv You

So Skye has become HUGE on saying I love you ... or more like I Wuv You ... she does it constantly and it just melts my heart ... since she was born I've been big on saying it every time I've had to walk away from her ... so the fact that she does it now all the time is awesome ...

While on the phone with my mom yesterday she said, "You know what I love? I love that Schuyler says I Love You all the time."  ... It made me so happy she does it with other people as well ... and that it made my mom so happy ...

And with the I Love You comes lots and lots of kisses ...

A Commercial Rant

So there is this commercial out for Huggies Wipes right now that I absolutely hate ...

A woman has her kid in a bubble to keep him from getting dirty ... a kinda awkward man approaches her at the park asking which kid is hers ... she points to the bubble kid ... then he wipes his daughter's mouth with a Huggies wipe to clean up the dirt and she suddenly realizes there are things to clean her kid and feeds him messy food and says, "No more bubble for you." ...

First of all it is just stupid ... but I think what really bugs me is the idea that they have made this woman so stupid and it is a man who shows her she can clean up her kid ...

Now I don't want to insult men ... but really if they want to do such a stupid premise for a commercial wouldn't it make more sense if the guy had his kid in the bubble because he didn't want to have to clean up after him and because he didn't know a product did it so well ... and he sees a woman pull out the Huggies wipe and make it so easy ... that he then lets his kid roam free ...

I mean really aren't they insulting the very people who are most likely in the store purchasing their product ... don't you want the consumer who is buying your stuff to feel super smart and like they are in on a secret of what makes life with a little one easier ...

Just had to get it off my chest ... the commercial is on all the time and I get more irked every time ...

So Very Happy

I don't know if I have ever seen David this happy ... just filled with bliss ...

The kitchen cabinets are in and he can't stop smiling ... once they put the ovens in he actually hugged them ... he stood out back looking in the window like a peeping Tom ... with just a huge smile on his face ...

As we stood in the kitchen admiring everything and talking about what we were going to do in there he said he just couldn't believe how great it was turning out and that every day he grew more and more excited to meet Lincoln ...

He actually said tonight that he had a lot going for him ... I really don't know if in all the years I've known him if I have seen him like this before ... sure is nice ...

32 Weeks

I think I have started walking like a penguin ... and I am not kidding ...

I've been getting up every 2 hours to use the bathroom during the night but I don't go that much during the day so it kinda pisses me off ... but ya know it is hard to sleep anyway so whatcha gonna do ...

There were a couple of days this past week where my feet got swollen ... but I checked my blood pressure twice ... the first day it was still 110/60 ... and on the second day it was 124/74 ... so still good ... and my feet have stopped swelling up ...

Even though we aren't even the slightest bit ready to have this baby ... I mean even Skye doesn't have a bedroom right now ... I am ready to not be pregnant anymore ... I keep looking forward to that moment when I feel good after the C-section ...

Speaking of C-section on Thursday at my doctors appointment we are supposed to be picking the date to have the baby ... that is kind of exciting ... and my wish is that I go to whatever that date is ... :)

The next two weeks is important to me ... because it is these two weeks last time that I started getting worse and worse off and was put in the hospital at 34 weeks ... so I am trying really hard to be really good ... I don't always succeed but I do try ...

MacGyver In Training

Since we started the renovation we are all sleeping in our bedroom ... Skye has her bed in there (even though most nights she climbs into bed with us) ... now she is still at the age where she wants to be around us all the time ... it isn't like she has figured out her mom and dad are dorks ...

When we first started hunkering down in the master bedroom we locked the bedroom door because she didn't know how to unlock it ... it only took a week or two before she figured out how to work the lock ...

So we brought her gate and put it on our doorway ... she has never even tried to climb it or anything and it still lets her see out of the room ... last night she started pushing her potty seat up to the gate and today this is how David found her ...









 So mommy is off to Target on the way home to get one of those things that goes over the door handle and just spins if you don't squeeze it right ... although I feel like MacGyver is going to find it a challenge and figure it out while David and I sleep tonight ...

Time Projection

Well my alarm clock died on Thursday ... I hate the process of getting a new clock ... my first one I had for 20 years ... I was used to it ... it was reliable ... I didn't want to change but alas I was forced to ...

The next one I had for about 8 years ... they obviously don't make them like they did in the 80's ... but I eventually got used to it and fell in love with it as well ... so Thursday night when I headed up to bed and saw the familiar scrambled looking display I was crushed ... I mean I am almost 39 years old and I've only had 2 clocks that have woken me up ... before that it was my mom ...

So yesterday Schuyler and I headed to Target in search of a new alarm clock for mommy ... at first the only ones I could find were iPod docking stations ... and although I would very much like an iPod ... I don't have one ... and I also don't have over 100 bucks to get something to wake me up ...

She and I walked all over looking for clocks ... until I finally asked and found out they were near the iPod ones ... so back we went to check them out ...

Of course Skye fell in love with a Hello Kitty one ... and had it had all the features I needed I probably would have gotten that one ... cause it was cute ... but it didn't so we kept looking ... I really didn't want to spend more than $20 on a new clock ... and to see them all I needed to sit on the floor ...

::: go ahead and get the image of a very ungraceful very pregnant woman trying to sit on the ground out of your head :::

so after literally plopping myself down we began our search ... it needed duel alarms ... radio ... snooze ... and voila ... there was one for under 20 bucks with all of those things ... plus it was a slim design (I don't have a big night stand) and it had projection ... it would show on the ceiling ... which I don't really need but I thought it would be nice ... turns out it also has atomic capabilities ... it says when you plug it in it automatically gets the time and date and it has a back up battery if the power goes out ...

 so  woooohoooooo I found the clock I was getting ... now the trick was trying to get up off the floor in the store without causing a scene ...

::: unfortunately you once again have an image of a very ungraceful very pregnant woman trying to get up off the floor ... this one might be harder to get out of your mind :::

Well true to the boxes word as soon as David plugged it in (I was about to get on the floor again) it picked up the time ... turns out you can have the projection be red, blue or green ... I chose blue ... well in all the years I have worn glasses this is the first clock I can see the time without my glasses on ... it projects big enough on the ceiling that I could read it each of the 4 times I got up to go to the bathroom last night ... and even better the display is big enough that I can read it without glasses ... it is amazing ... the snooze worked perfectly this morning and it has a very nice buzzer ... it is all just fantastic ... I couldn't be more happy with my purchase ... I'm in love ...

So I guess all in all having to get something new ... even if you resist the idea at first ... can turn out to be a VERY good thing in the end ...

Valentine's Day With Kids

This Valentine's day was fabulous ... it becomes something totally different when you have a child old enough to feel the day is special ... Schuyler said "Happy Valentine's Day" all day today ... it was fantastic ...

We all had a bunch of cards to open this morning ... it was so nice ... and Skye went crazy for it ... she loves all the Valentine's cards ... she also got a little stuffed dog that you can record a message on and she kept talking about how cute he was ... what was cute was her ...

Her favorite part of the day were the red, white and pink M&Ms we had ... she is the biggest chocolate lover I know ... and it is hard to resist her with her hands open together saying, "More chocolate please" ...

Tonight we all watched Wall-E and Skye loved it ... as soon as it was over she asked if we could watch it again ... I had to promise her we could watch it during breakfast tomorrow ...

It has been such a great family day ... there was nothing overly special we did today but the fact that we were all together made me so happy ... and the over abundance of hugs and kisses was pretty great too ...

I even got a new camera case and a gift certificate for a very much needed pedicure ... so excited about that ...

31 Weeks

I had a sono this morning ... and there is a big baby in me ... who would have guessed that ... he is measuring 5.7 pounds which is about right for 36 weeks ... the doc was joking around and said if I wasn't already planning on a c-section he would suggest it now ...

Everything looked great he said ... he gave me a face and heart photo ...

He asked yet if we had picked the day and I told him that next Thursday my doctor said we would do that ... he told me that I could maybe even go to 39 weeks since things were progressing along well ... we'll see ... cause at this point I am pretty close to ready ... the house might not be but I am ...

I don't sleep that well anymore ... and I am not 100% sure it is because Skye joined the ranks in our room since her room is destroyed with stuff from the remodel ... I think a lot of it is just being so big and uncomfortable and the pain of getting up in the middle of the night to pee so many times ... and I am just hot all the time ... ack!!!!!

So I've got the ligament pains going on in my sides when I turn over in bed wrong or stand up to fast or sometimes I just have to move and they are there ... I'm walking slower too ... and that leaned back pregnant walk ... although I am not holding my back yet and I rarely rest my hands/arms on my belly ... but I am sure all that will be coming in time ...

Skye talks to my stomach a lot now ... and more often when she is rattling off the members of her family she includes her new brother ... lets just hope once he arrives she stays this excited ... :)

Our New Friends

 
These are Skye's new friends ... Cube Kermit ... Cube Grover and Cube Kitty Kitty ...  


Cube E Craft ... they have some adorable designs ... print them out on heavy paper ... cut them out (which isn't quick but totally relaxing and worth it) and pop them together without tape or glue ... I started with Hello Kitty on Friday night when I got home from work and she was smitten ... I made Kermit after she went to bed on Friday and he was waiting for her when she got up Saturday ... she hugged him and then hugged me and said thank you ... so Saturday night I made Grover ... again she was thrilled when she woke up this morning ... and she spent the day asking me when I was making the others I had printed out ...

Today she was so good while we were cleaning and moving stuff around in the house so I told her she could have some ice cream tonight ... so after a nice long hot bath she sat down for a bowl of ice cream with chocolate syrup and wanted to gather all her friends ... once everything and everyone was in place she wanted her picture taken ...

While she enjoyed she kept saying, "Oh thank you mommy thank you." ...

 

 

She is just so awesome ... I am sad when the weekend comes to a close because it is back to work and then I only get a couple of hours with her at the end of the day ... man I want to be her all day every day ... cause these moments are precious ... and I just love everything about her ...

Catching Up

So I've had a bunch of blog posts in my head but just haven't sat down to write ...

Skye got sick on Tuesday afternoon ... started not feeling good ... of course David was booked for jobs all day Wednesday so I stayed home from work and took her to the doctor ... she was very congested and I wanted to make sure it wasn't settling in her ears ...

Even though Skye says all the time that she, "needs to go to the doctor" she didn't want to be there and cried the whole time we were in the office ... even though her nurse was wearing a Pink Panther (one of Skye's favorites) top and the doctor brought in a pin wheel ... her ears looked fine but her tonsils are big ... so we gotta keep an eye on those ...

Of course the doctor said not to give her medicine cause she is young and we just don't do that anymore ... I could give her Tylenol if I wanted ... I was going to try and do that ... but today is Saturday and she was just getting worse every day ... I broke down and gave her Tylenol cold this morning ... there is a HUGE difference in how she feels tonight ... snot hasn't been streaming out her nose all day ... her cough has disappeared ... she isn't flush anymore and she just seems happier ... so why is it we aren't supposed to give kids medicine??? Why do they say it doesn't work??? Cause I am telling you 3 doses and she is way better than she has been ...

The unfortunate part in this is that I am now getting a headache and a runny nose ... I keep sneezing and a cough is on the horizon ... I can feel it ... so could I have avoided this if on Tuesday when she started feeling bad I started giving her Tylenol cold then??? Cause I can't take anything for my cold ... so it just sucks for me ...

Skye has also been sleeping in our room for a week now ... with all the work being done and no window downstairs (just plastic where the window is supposed to be) and tools all over the place we just figured it was easier to move her mattress into our room and we could all sleep in there ... only she doesn't want to sleep on her mattress ... she wants to sleep with us ... which works well for David and Skye but not mommy ... I was crying at 2:30 last night because I was so bone tired ... had no room in the bed ... was dying of heat ... and just plain 'ol tired of not getting any sleep ... it is hard enough to sleep with this huge pregnant belly but then add a kid to the mix who either turns the TV on herself and talks about what she is watching and won't go to sleep ... or when she is asleep is taking up my side of the bed and kicking me and producing enough heat to keeps a small village warm ... well it just makes for a tired and cranky pregnant mommy ...

We did take a family nap today ... for 3 hours ... during which we all slept which was great ... but now it is 9:30 and she is no where near ready to go to bed ... so although I got a nap it could be a while before sleepy time hits ...

And I have to admit with the construction going on I have actually gotten to the point where the mess is making me crazy ... I didn't think it would really bother me but maybe I am hitting some nesting phase or maybe it is just so overwhelming that it has made me crazy ... but I am officially crazy ... and the bummer is I don't have the motivation to do much about it ... waddling around ... back hurting ... heavy tummy ... they aren't ideal conditions for hauling junk around ... purging stuff from our home ... and cleaning the insanely dusty mess ... but something has gotta happen ... cause before I know it the construction will have moved into our room and then it will be everywhere ...

On a fun note ever since we went to Build-a-Bear to make Skye's kitty that holds her binkies she has been B free ... a week now ... and I am quite impressed with that ... I mean all the stuff going on at the house ... and the people in and out and the mess and being sick ... and she is still binky free ... she found one put it in her mouth for a second and then gave it to me and asked me to put it in her kitty ...

She also found a game on the BAB web site that she loves ... Fluffed & Fabulous... you move the mouse around and click on the things you want Bear to do to get ready for the day ... I am so impressed with how she can move the mouse to what she wants ... click it and then cheer when Bear takes a bath or brushes his teeth ... it is just so cute and so amazing to watch her ... she wants to play it all the time and I am ready at any time to turn over my laptop to her ... except now she says it is her computer and mommy can use it ...

30 Weeks

So with fingers crossed I have only 8 weeks to go ... this is the nervous time for me ... at 34 weeks with Skye is when I went into the hospital and then was on bed rest till 36 weeks when I had her ... but this time I think I've done better ... I hardly have swelled up at all ... if it does happen it is if I sit for a long time but then goes away right away ... I mean I have worn my regular shoes the whole time ... it is great ...

My shirts, I noticed today, are hardly covering my stomach ... the belly panel on my pants is very noticeable ... oh well I'm not trying to win some fashion show or anything ...

Skye is talking about Lincoln all the time now ... it is so cute ... she has no idea what she is in for ... she had trouble sharing her toys this past weekend with her cousin ... wait till someone is here all the time ... and touching her stuff ...

After our renovation is finished we will have to jump on doing the rooms ... Skye is getting a new room and she is going to get a queen size bed for a while ... the bed out of our guest room ... and Lincoln is going to use her crib (which will one day turn into a full size bed for her) ... we just need to figure out how to decorate her new room ... we are at a loss ... she isn't to the point of telling us what she wants ... everything sounds good to her ... whatever we do I am sure she will love her new room ...

994 B Days

Skye has used a B (her word for a pacifier) for 994 days straight ... every day and every night when going to bed ...

For a while we were very good at just using the Binky when sleeping ... but bit by bit it would creep into everyday life ... she loved laying on mommy's bed to watch some TV and snuggle because if she was in bed she figured she could use the B ...

But lately she has been really chewing on them ... which breaks them apart ... and makes them so dangerous ... and I know she is big enough to not "need" them anymore ...

Part of me just wanted to wait until her soon-to-be new brother didn't need them anymore because I do I keep them away from her when he is using them ... but the opportunity presented itself yesterday ...

It started with her waking up at 4 in the morning and asking to come into mommy's bed ... when she got in bed she realized her B was totally torn open which meant it just wasn't working for her and she threw it across the room ... we snuggled for a couple of hours with no Binky ... and Saturday she never asked for one while we were downstairs or when we took a nap on Saturday afternoon ...

Then there was a post on my board about wanting to stop using the binky ... someone suggested going to Build-a-Bear and putting the binkies in the stuffed animal with the hearts you kiss and make a wish on ... so I asked Skye if she wanted to do that ... and she seemed quite excited about it ...

We talked about it all day Saturday and went to the Build-a-Bear website to look at all the different options ... she thought they were all great ... then this morning we played games on the site ... they have one where you help the bear get ready for the day ... taking a shower and brushing his teeth and hair ... she got great with the mouse and moving it to the task she wanted and clicking the button ... it was fantastic ...

So this evening we headed to the mall to go to Build-a-Bear ... Grandmommy and Granddaddy came with us as well ... as soon as she spotted the store she let go of my hand and went running ... so excited ... yelling back over her shoulder to "run run ... try ... run mommy" ...

She looked at all the different choices ... and of course loved them all ... but finally settled on an adorable grey cat ...

We headed over to the stuffing machine ... she was not too crazy about the sound but did hit the peddle and liked watching her cat fill up ... then she kissed her hearts (she said she needed to have two) and put them in her kitty ... then it was the moment mommy was a bit nervous for ... I pulled the B's out of my purse ... and she lost it for a bit ... started crying and came and sat on my lap saying she wanted her B's ... "please mommy B's ... I want B's" ...

I reminded her that we came here because she decided she wanted to be a big girl and not use B's anymore ... and that we figured the best place for them was in her new friend ... she stuck one in her mouth for a second ... pulled it out ... looked at me and said, "OK mommy" ... gave me a hug ... kissed her Binky and then shoved him in the kitty ... then tried to shove the second one in as well ... it got a bit stuck so mommy had to help a bit ...

Then the girl helping us stitched up his back and gave him to Schuyler to love ... and she gave him a great big kiss and hug and said, "Thank you mommy!!!" ...

We washed him off and then "ran" to the computers ... she loves playing with the computers there ...

She helped me fill in everything on the birth certificate and she decided to name her new kitty "Cat" ...

Then she carried her kitty up to the register and thought the carrying case we got was the coolest thing ever ...

David and I kept telling her how proud we were of her ... and she thanked us every time ... so sweet ...

As soon as she got in the car to go home she asked for Cat to sit with her ... and they snuggled and fell asleep together ...

She is in love with her new friend and she can feel her B's inside him but knows she doesn't have to have them ... I am just beyond proud of her right now ... I know shoving them in there tonight was so hard for her but she did it and made us so proud in the process ...

It is so rewarding to see them growing up and so hard at the same time ... she is just such a special little girl and so easily make my heart melt ... how did I get so lucky???