The title to this post has at least two meanings to our family this week. (And yes, I know I still need to write about Gub Gub arriving.But I have to wait until I have a bit more time.) I am sitting here in bed waiting for Baby of Dreams to fall asleep. Normally I would put her in her crib and just go to bed knowing she would fall asleep eventually. Well, as of three days ago she can officially climb out her crib at will. As some of you know, the poor girl shares a room with us, and Gub Gub, because there is no other room for her to be in. She does sleep in a separated area and I can not see her from our bed, so if she gets out she could easily reach the stairs or other areas that she should not be getting into, before I can catch her. She knows she shouldn't be doing it so she is extremely quiet. I can not hear her get out. I am terrified she will get out in the middle of the night and fall down the stairs. I have talked to her about my concerns for the past three nights and luckily she has stayed put. I assume this would be a good time to transition her into a big girl bed, but we just can't until we get a new house. I wish that was incentive enough to get this house put together enough to sell it. I do know this is the end of naps as we used to know them.
The other meaning of climbing this week is with The Husband's job. With the economy the way it is, there just have not been many openings in management at The husband's work. So our well constructed plan has not real come to fruition yet. He has been working so hard to do a good job at work, but he has also been checking on other vocational possibilities. (I tried to go back to work part time last week, but there were not enough clients for me to have any yet. They will work on getting me a couple of clients and I will be working people's hours when they can't until then.) Nothing seems to be even as good as what he has. Some higher positions at his work just opened up, that he is eligible for and he got a much anticipated interview on Friday. He came home from work this morning and was able to tell me that he got one of the new positions! He is going from being a regular worker to supervising multiple supervisors and many workers. He is just one step below salaried management. He will be getting all the experience of being in management with not as much pay. Great for being able to move up in the not too distant future, but not so much for me staying home full time. This seems to be our best option right now though and I really am extremely proud of him. He will be in a very responsible position for having no managing experience in that company. Plus he should be working much more reasonable hours, just a bit more random. We are very excited and know Heavenly Father is watching out for us.
Well, Baby of Dreams is finally asleep so I think it is safe for me to fall asleep now. Luckily Gub Gub went to sleep at 9:00. She has been going to sleep at around 8:30pm for a few weeks now and for the past 3 days has been sleeping until around 4:00am before she wants to eat. Then she will wait 2-3 hours to eat again and then we will all get up around 8:00am. A pretty decent schedule for a 6 week old. She also started smiling quite a bit yesterday and is just so darn cute.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Too Long of a Break
I feel sad that this is my first post in over two months and such big things have happened. First the birth of our second beautiful little girl and second the 2nd birthday of Baby of Dreams. I am feeling sad because I am already starting to forget small details of Gub Gub' birth. Plus I am typing this on my newly aquired phone and it takes quite a bit more time than using the computer, but at least I can do it. (We still do not have the internet in our home and plan on keeping it that way for quite a while.) Well, this isn't going to give much info, but now that I know I can do this on my phone, I will do my best to go back and update. Stay tuned.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Update
Quite a few things have been going on lately that I would like to be able to look back and remember so, since this is a record of our family, I am going to write about them. Feel free to tune out or not even bother reading, you won't hurt my feelings.
So, since the Husband has graduated, he has gone back to work full time, which I am very grateful for, because I have been able to cut my work hours to about 16 a week and spend the rest of the time with Baby of Dreams and preparing for Gub Gub to be born. We have been able to work on the house, getting it ready to sell. We have painted a lot of the kitchen, we still have a lot of trim work left in there. We have completely painted the two front rooms and they look so much nicer than before. We have the upstairs left to paint, the second bedroom and little touch-ups here and there. Then we will work on all the little odds and ends that have needed to be done for a while, but always neglected. Getting the house ready to sell is going better than I expected, mostly because the Husband is completely involved with helping to get it done. This is such a huge blessing. I had kind of prepared myself to take on most of the responsibility of getting the house painted inside and letting him do the rest, but he has stepped up to the plate and I have been the one helping him get it done. We have actually had quite bit of fun working together on this whole project and both enjoyed the experience so far. I do believe that we will have had our fill of painting for a while, before this is all said and done though.
Gub Gub has had her picture taken at least 6 times in her short pre-birth life and the doctors are finally okay with her size. She is still on the small side, but has been growing steadily so there are no more worries at this time. I am 35 weeks along as of the 23rd of June and will be starting my weekly doctor visits next week. With five weeks left I am getting a bit excited, a bit nervous, but mostly overwhelmed with what we need to get done before Gub Gub arrives. Our new goal is to get the house on the market before she is born. We think we have finally finalized a name for the poor nameless child. I am sorry, but we will not be sharing it on here, so hopefully you know me on Facebook too so you will be able to find out there eventually. Gub Gub has been really active for the past few months and has been causing me quite a few uncomfortable hours and a few short nights with her poking and jabbing and twisting. Other than that I think things are going well, she is definitely head down and just keeps moving on down.
Baby of Dreams just got her stats taken and is 22 lbs and 38" tall. She is a little less than the 5th percentile for weight and a little less than the 10th percentile for height. She is extremely active and always has something to do and somewhere to go. She will be turning two about two weeks after Gub Gub is born and is showing all the signs of a two year old. She is talking more and more, much to my relief, as I have been a bit worried about her lack of speech. She is saying new words almost on a daily basis and we are really working with her to say the words that she already knows, especially when she needs something and tries to whine or grunt to get it. She has been showing her wonderful sweet side a lot lately when she gives kisses and hugs to the Husband and myself. She even gave kisses to grandma and grandpa when we visited them on Father's day. Her hair is a bit curly and so very cute, but my favorite hair do is her two high pig tails. I really need to get some more recent pictures on here. Baby of Dreams is very strong-willed and has her own ideas about how things need to be done in our home. We try to compromise a lot. We are waiting to see if she is going to be left or right handed. She will often eat and color with her left hand and seems a bit more coordinated with it, but she still uses her right hand as well. We are okay with either way and just want her to be able to be comfortable with her choice. We are very curious to see how she will react to her new baby sister. She has recently become more involved with her baby doll and wraps her up in small blankets and feeds her a bottle so tenderly. It is so fun to watch her. Baby of Dreams has been sleeping through the night wonderfully for many months now and sleeping for 11-12 hours on a regular basis. I sure hope she can continue this habit once her sister arrives. She still takes a 2-3 hour nap sometime in the afternoon and is pretty happy and content most of the time she is awake. We love having her in our lives and are so happy she is part of our family.
Another bit of news is that we got rid of our Internet about two weeks ago. It was a lifestyle change that we feel is good for us right now. (Plus extra money each month to put toward more important bills.) I will still be getting on the Internet periodically and doing my best to keep this updated with the pertinent news, but if I don't respond to you for a while, that is why.
The Husband is now completely eligible for management at his job and is actively looking for a position that he can get into as soon as possible. He has put in his availability as immediately and for anywhere in the United States. Right now our goal is to just get him in the program as soon as possible. We are really willing to go anywhere and know that Heavenly Father will take care of the important things, like where we will be living for the next year or so. We would like to stay in the Northwest area and the Husband is kind of hoping for Alaska, but we really have no idea what to expect. It will be very exciting figuring it all out, especially with a new baby coming and a home to sell.
Our last bit of news is that I will be having my 30th birthday tomorrow. We mostly celebrated it on Wednesday with cousins and a very fun round of mini golf and an unforgettable dining experience. I might go into more details later. It was a much needed relaxing and extremely satisfying time and one of my better birthdays. Although all of my birthdays with the Husband have been pretty great. He is so good at finding things that I really want to do and making me feel special.
Well I think this is long enough for the updates. I will definitely keep things posted on the job front and the baby front, just probably not in the timeliest manner.
So, since the Husband has graduated, he has gone back to work full time, which I am very grateful for, because I have been able to cut my work hours to about 16 a week and spend the rest of the time with Baby of Dreams and preparing for Gub Gub to be born. We have been able to work on the house, getting it ready to sell. We have painted a lot of the kitchen, we still have a lot of trim work left in there. We have completely painted the two front rooms and they look so much nicer than before. We have the upstairs left to paint, the second bedroom and little touch-ups here and there. Then we will work on all the little odds and ends that have needed to be done for a while, but always neglected. Getting the house ready to sell is going better than I expected, mostly because the Husband is completely involved with helping to get it done. This is such a huge blessing. I had kind of prepared myself to take on most of the responsibility of getting the house painted inside and letting him do the rest, but he has stepped up to the plate and I have been the one helping him get it done. We have actually had quite bit of fun working together on this whole project and both enjoyed the experience so far. I do believe that we will have had our fill of painting for a while, before this is all said and done though.
Gub Gub has had her picture taken at least 6 times in her short pre-birth life and the doctors are finally okay with her size. She is still on the small side, but has been growing steadily so there are no more worries at this time. I am 35 weeks along as of the 23rd of June and will be starting my weekly doctor visits next week. With five weeks left I am getting a bit excited, a bit nervous, but mostly overwhelmed with what we need to get done before Gub Gub arrives. Our new goal is to get the house on the market before she is born. We think we have finally finalized a name for the poor nameless child. I am sorry, but we will not be sharing it on here, so hopefully you know me on Facebook too so you will be able to find out there eventually. Gub Gub has been really active for the past few months and has been causing me quite a few uncomfortable hours and a few short nights with her poking and jabbing and twisting. Other than that I think things are going well, she is definitely head down and just keeps moving on down.
Baby of Dreams just got her stats taken and is 22 lbs and 38" tall. She is a little less than the 5th percentile for weight and a little less than the 10th percentile for height. She is extremely active and always has something to do and somewhere to go. She will be turning two about two weeks after Gub Gub is born and is showing all the signs of a two year old. She is talking more and more, much to my relief, as I have been a bit worried about her lack of speech. She is saying new words almost on a daily basis and we are really working with her to say the words that she already knows, especially when she needs something and tries to whine or grunt to get it. She has been showing her wonderful sweet side a lot lately when she gives kisses and hugs to the Husband and myself. She even gave kisses to grandma and grandpa when we visited them on Father's day. Her hair is a bit curly and so very cute, but my favorite hair do is her two high pig tails. I really need to get some more recent pictures on here. Baby of Dreams is very strong-willed and has her own ideas about how things need to be done in our home. We try to compromise a lot. We are waiting to see if she is going to be left or right handed. She will often eat and color with her left hand and seems a bit more coordinated with it, but she still uses her right hand as well. We are okay with either way and just want her to be able to be comfortable with her choice. We are very curious to see how she will react to her new baby sister. She has recently become more involved with her baby doll and wraps her up in small blankets and feeds her a bottle so tenderly. It is so fun to watch her. Baby of Dreams has been sleeping through the night wonderfully for many months now and sleeping for 11-12 hours on a regular basis. I sure hope she can continue this habit once her sister arrives. She still takes a 2-3 hour nap sometime in the afternoon and is pretty happy and content most of the time she is awake. We love having her in our lives and are so happy she is part of our family.
Another bit of news is that we got rid of our Internet about two weeks ago. It was a lifestyle change that we feel is good for us right now. (Plus extra money each month to put toward more important bills.) I will still be getting on the Internet periodically and doing my best to keep this updated with the pertinent news, but if I don't respond to you for a while, that is why.
The Husband is now completely eligible for management at his job and is actively looking for a position that he can get into as soon as possible. He has put in his availability as immediately and for anywhere in the United States. Right now our goal is to just get him in the program as soon as possible. We are really willing to go anywhere and know that Heavenly Father will take care of the important things, like where we will be living for the next year or so. We would like to stay in the Northwest area and the Husband is kind of hoping for Alaska, but we really have no idea what to expect. It will be very exciting figuring it all out, especially with a new baby coming and a home to sell.
Our last bit of news is that I will be having my 30th birthday tomorrow. We mostly celebrated it on Wednesday with cousins and a very fun round of mini golf and an unforgettable dining experience. I might go into more details later. It was a much needed relaxing and extremely satisfying time and one of my better birthdays. Although all of my birthdays with the Husband have been pretty great. He is so good at finding things that I really want to do and making me feel special.
Well I think this is long enough for the updates. I will definitely keep things posted on the job front and the baby front, just probably not in the timeliest manner.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Graduation
I was reminded today that I haven't written about the Husband graduating yet. Since it is a milestone I really need to get to it. So on May 11th the Husband graduated with his Associates Degree from the local technical college. I am so proud of him. His parents were extremely happy because this is their first child, not including daughter-in-laws, that has gone to college, let alone graduated. It was so great that the Husbands grandparents could be there also, along with a few close friends. I bawled through most of the beginning just realizing that this hurdle was finally past and we can hopefully move on and up from here, plus I am pregnant and bawl at most everything these days. Baby of Dreams did wonderful all throughout the graduation. Our family took up a whole row, so she just hopped from one family member to the next, sitting nicely with each one and coming back to me when she needed a snack. I was able to get the Husband walking across the stage, on film, from where I was sitting. I was going to download a couple of pictures, but I have misplaced our video camera. Or rather, it is not where I left it, so I need to question the Husband about it when he wakes up.
So on to bigger and better things. The Husband is officially back to work full time and I am cutting my hours down to about 17 a week. I have really been looking forward to this for the entire 4 months the Husband has been in school. The Husband is now eligible to get into the management program at work, we just have to figure out how to go about it and where to apply. He found out today that the program doesn't really start in this area for another 5 to 6 months, so we will most definitely be looking for something out of this area. We just need to get things going quicker than that. The plan is for me not to have to go back to work after Gub Gub is born and that can't happen unless the Husband is in management. Good luck to us! I know that Heavenly Father will look after us. We have such righteous goals with all of this. I just hope it isn't supposed to be one of those frustrating growth experiences that we will look back on and realize was the best thing for us. I so hope it will be a miraculous 'you did good and get to be blessed right now' experience. All we can do is keep praying and trying to do our part. It really is great to be so much closer to our goal of the Husband having a good job and me being able to stay home with our children.
Our next goal that goes along with everything is selling the family house by the temple. If anyone is intesrested in a two bedroom, one bath, charming home in a great location, let us know. We are going to be working really hard to get it ready to put on the market soon.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
I Am Officially a Momma!
Well, it is definitely official. I am a Momma! Baby of Dreams has been calling both the Husband and I ,Daddy, for her entire life. Although I just realized this a few weeks ago. I previously thought that she just didn't call me anything. This last weekend we spent with the Husband's parents and Baby of Dreams actually started calling me Momma and has been doing it all week now. It seems to finally have stuck. It is such a simple yet miraculous thing for your baby to call you by your parental name. I love it and can't get enough of it.
On the not so cheery side, Baby of Dreams had her first " we had to rush to the Dr." accident on Monday. She was at my office with me and we had just finished my weekly meeting, (which my boss is so good about letting my take Baby of Dreams to). She had eaten lunch, played around and was sitting nicely on a chair, when all of a sudden she was on the floor screaming. I picked her up and saw that she had a 1/2" long gash in her forehead that was open about an 1/8th of an inch. After I held her, she stopped screaming and I had mostly stopped crying, I called the Husband, told him the issue and asked his opinion on going to an urgent care center. He suggested that I go, so I headed over there. I had a wonderful co-worker with me at the time to remind me to stay calm and fetched me a wet paper towel for Baby of Dreams' bleeding head. I luckily got a hold of Baby's pediatrician on the way and they said I could bring her right over instead of taking her to the emergency room or urgent care. They strapped her to a papoose board, which I believe she hated worse than the accident, and super-glued her gash back together again. Luckily she did not need stitches, but the Dr. said she will have a scar, because the cut is going up and down instead of side to side. The Husband was also there with us, having left class and met us over there. I was so thankful that he just did this on his own without even asking me if I wanted him there. It was much more manageable for me having him there with us. Baby of Dreams got the 3rd Dum Dum in her life and was pretty content after everything. She has been just as reckless since then and fallen many times this week, just no more blood thank goodness. She is extremely fearless and a bit careless in her actions. I have a feeling this is just the first of many emergency Dr. visits to come. I am hoping and praying that Gub Gub will not follow in these footsteps of her big sister.
On a better note, the Husband graduates with his Associates Degree in about 2 weeks and we are both so very excited for that day. He will probably end up with 3 A's and 1 B, which is pretty amazing for someone who thought he would fail at least 2 of those classes. He has done an amazing job with school this semester and I am so proud of him. I have been able to earn most of the money we have needed by working about 28 hours a week. I haven't really enjoyed it, and I hate being away from Baby of Dreams and the Husband that much, but I have survived and this will hopefully make it possible for the Husband to move on and me to be a full-time stay at home mom, after Gub Gub is born. At the very least, I only have 2 more weeks of 28 hours a week then I can move it down to around 17 hours a week. It may not seem like much of a relief, but I can assure you it is. We just keep praying that things will work out and the Husband will be able to move forward in his career.
On the not so cheery side, Baby of Dreams had her first " we had to rush to the Dr." accident on Monday. She was at my office with me and we had just finished my weekly meeting, (which my boss is so good about letting my take Baby of Dreams to). She had eaten lunch, played around and was sitting nicely on a chair, when all of a sudden she was on the floor screaming. I picked her up and saw that she had a 1/2" long gash in her forehead that was open about an 1/8th of an inch. After I held her, she stopped screaming and I had mostly stopped crying, I called the Husband, told him the issue and asked his opinion on going to an urgent care center. He suggested that I go, so I headed over there. I had a wonderful co-worker with me at the time to remind me to stay calm and fetched me a wet paper towel for Baby of Dreams' bleeding head. I luckily got a hold of Baby's pediatrician on the way and they said I could bring her right over instead of taking her to the emergency room or urgent care. They strapped her to a papoose board, which I believe she hated worse than the accident, and super-glued her gash back together again. Luckily she did not need stitches, but the Dr. said she will have a scar, because the cut is going up and down instead of side to side. The Husband was also there with us, having left class and met us over there. I was so thankful that he just did this on his own without even asking me if I wanted him there. It was much more manageable for me having him there with us. Baby of Dreams got the 3rd Dum Dum in her life and was pretty content after everything. She has been just as reckless since then and fallen many times this week, just no more blood thank goodness. She is extremely fearless and a bit careless in her actions. I have a feeling this is just the first of many emergency Dr. visits to come. I am hoping and praying that Gub Gub will not follow in these footsteps of her big sister.
On a better note, the Husband graduates with his Associates Degree in about 2 weeks and we are both so very excited for that day. He will probably end up with 3 A's and 1 B, which is pretty amazing for someone who thought he would fail at least 2 of those classes. He has done an amazing job with school this semester and I am so proud of him. I have been able to earn most of the money we have needed by working about 28 hours a week. I haven't really enjoyed it, and I hate being away from Baby of Dreams and the Husband that much, but I have survived and this will hopefully make it possible for the Husband to move on and me to be a full-time stay at home mom, after Gub Gub is born. At the very least, I only have 2 more weeks of 28 hours a week then I can move it down to around 17 hours a week. It may not seem like much of a relief, but I can assure you it is. We just keep praying that things will work out and the Husband will be able to move forward in his career.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Gub Gub is Definately a .....
Okay, it is now official and for sure (as sure as you can be about this sort of thing) that Gub Gub is a girl child. I had my Dr. visit last week with a different Dr. in my clinic and she decided that I did not need another ultrasound and unscheduled it for me. I was pretty upset so I left a message for my regular Dr. to see if he still wanted me to do it. He got back into the states yesterday and his nurse called and rescheduled me for the ultrasound today. I made sure to tell the nurse of my frustration that the lady Dr. had second guessed my male Dr. It makes me sad because there are four Dr.s in the office and I now only feel comfortable seeing two of them. What happens if one of the icky Dr.s are on call when I go into labor? I guess I will cross that bridge when we get a bit closer to July. Well the ultrasound lady said that Gub Gub is small, but is growing well. She also remarked on Gub Gub's small head. Personally I think that is a great quality in an infant, so much nicer for the mama. We really are excited, not only do we already have the stuff for a girl, but we are hoping she and Baby of Dreams will be able to grow up as close friends. We still are struggling to come up with a name though. Baby of Dreams' name just kind of came naturally and poor Gub Gubs' is not. I guess we will figure it out eventually.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Gub Gub is......
Well ,we went to the doctor yesterday to have our ultrasound, to figure out the sex of the baby. We were at 19 weeks so the ultrasound lady was not positive, but said that Gub Gub looked like a girl. She said that all the other things she checked were perfect, except Gub Gub is about 5 days smaller than she should be. Baby of Dreams was, and is, on the small side, so it could be that the Husband and I just make small babies. The doctor wants me to have another ultrasound when I come back in at week 23, so that he can start tracking Gub Gub's growth. If she continues growing at the proper curve, just under it, then we just have small babies and everything is okay. If she is not growing at the proper curve, then the doctor will figure out what to do from there. I am assuming they will double check the sex too. I am getting used to the idea that Gub Gub is a girl. As some of you know I had a gut feeling that Gub Gub was a boy. It took me most of the day yesterday to change my thinking. It will be easier having another girl, I think. We already have all the stuff. Our biggest problem now is we already have our first boy name completely picked out, so a boy would have been great, we thought we had a girls first name decided on, but are second guessing it and now looking at all of our options again. We aren't decided on a middle name either. Baby of Dreams was easy to name, but we just don't know about Gub Gub. I guess we still have about 5 months and I am thinking we will need it.
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