Under Construction

I have wanted to change my background using Simply Fabulous blogger templates, but I needed FireFox. Well I am at my mom's hanging out, because this new mom is getting stir crazy! My sisters computer has this browser. so I thought I would take advantage of it and download a template! There is so much I am trying to learn on my own that I see on other blogs. I love all I see and feel my blog is so boring! Now that I have to spend my days inside, because this mommy has problems with taking my newborn to public places, I will have to look into sprucing this page up! So bear with me while the changes are being done. I will have my blog list back up first... I did add those I new by heart. I wish I had a photographic memory, but with a mom of 2 and my momnesia taking its toll these days I have the biggest mush brain! Hope this place is snazzy enough when I am done. So blogging may be slow while I am in the midst of re-glamorizing my page! Hope you are having a fabulous weekend. I now am since I was able to break the cuckoo's nest!

Thursday 13 and then some!!

Before I get my feet wet with the Thursday 13 here is a bit of an update!

My doctor's office called today to tell me that a lot of his patients have had their babies so my c-section time has been moved to 7:30 am. I am so happy that it is so much earlier! I don't have to sit and think about the unknown! I now get to just get up and go!! So I hope to have the stats and a pic of Emma sometime tomorrow, since I am now in the know of how to blog through text messaging!! THANKS JAIME! So stop by tomorrow night! If I don't get a chance than Saturday is a definite!

Now to the Thursday 13! Since, my baby girl turns 8 on August 11th and I don't know how much I am going to be able to post when I get home I am dedicating this installment to my first princess!!

This Thursday 13 is a countdown to what makes my princess so unique and the best daughter ever!! There were so many I wrote down so even though I have 13 there are so many more out there!!

1. No matter what she will wake up in the morning with a bright smile on her gorgeous face!
2. The way she will come up to you out of the blue and ask for a kiss and hug!
3. That she could be wearing a dress/skirt and some boots and still keep up with the boys when playing football/kickball.
4. How she always wants to compromise so that everyone is happy!
5. She will want to say a prayer out of nowhere!
6. That when she wants to learn something new she gives 110%!
7. When she hears big words she tries to use them whether she uses them right or wrong!
8. How she loves having mommy/daughter nights and cuddle with a movie and and popcorn.
9. That she knows that playing with boys is sometimes easier than putting up with girls and their drama (yes there is drama in the 2nd grade)!
10. How she can take a thought so simple and make it into something so much bigger!
11. That she has her own sense of style and doesn't care what others think about it!
12. That when you look into those beautiful green eyes you can see a lot of future aspirations and dreams just waiting to be fulfilled!!
13. That she already loves her baby sister so much that she already wants her sister to have so much more!!

Today is my last day as a mom of one! I have had a great 8 years of hanging out with my sassy princess! I am going to miss these times, but am so looking forward to seeing her with her little sister! I have been so emotional these last couple of days just thinking about it! This is my last post before Emma will be here, so stay tuned and have a wonderful weekend!!

WHAT A DAY!!!

Today has been a day where I wish I could rewind and restart!!! It has been a lot of ups and downs! I will give you the rundown of recent events.

The story starts at about midnight the start of today. At this time I finally fell into a deep sleep which has been a normal bed time this pregnancy. At 1:30 am I woke up to take Angela to the bathroom. Before I could go back to sleep I waited to feel Emma move (one of my many anxieties this pregnancy). Well it took longer than I wanted, but once she started moving I was wide awake! I thought reading my book would make my eyes heavy, but nope and I almost finished the book. I look at the clock and it is 5am and I have to be up at 7:30am for my doctors appt. That is a grand total of about 4 hours of sleep.

So being completely exhausted I went to my appointment. The nurse checks my urine and blood pressure like normal. Well for the first time in my entire life my blood pressure was slightly high. Being sleep deprived and hormonal I start tearing up while waiting for my doctor to come in. He came and in and actually checked my cervix for the first time. I was not dilated but was starting to thin. He checked for her position and guess what this little booger did? She turned to the head up position. Yes that means she is breech. We talked about the options with were if she doesn't move...
1. Wait till I go into labor and hope she has turned
2. Have them flip her manually (already said no to this!)
3. Schedule a c-section for a week prior or 3 days prior to my due date.

Well I am kind of hoping for number 3 because my doc told me today that he will not be here the week of my due date. Well after all that they redo my blood pressure and it is normal once again! I am thinking it is sleep deprivation that caused it to spike a little. They did some more monitoring and checked her heartbeat and fluids. She passed with flying colors! Leaving the doctors office I was finally relieved and SO TIRED and just wanted to go home and sleep.

That of course did not happened. I get home talk to Eric about the events that happened and waited for my sis to call because she was going take Angela for awhile while I slept. Well at 11:42 am the day just got more eventful with a nice, good, old Cali earthquake! Yep... It has been years but today was the day that the earthquake decided to grace us with its presence. I first jolted, which I think scared me the most and these usually don't phase me. Well this was my first being a mom and springing into action, staying calm, all about keeping my baby safe moment. She of course was upstairs. I yelled for her and the poor thing is screaming asking what is happening. Poor Eric was in the shower getting ready for work. Angela got downstairs and we stood in the front door doorway. I gotta say it was the first time I ever watched the outdoors actually shake. My poor baby was shaking so bad that all I could do was calm her down. We went to my moms because with the lines of communication on hiatus I knew she would be worried about us. Plus with the mornings event she was already on edge.

To calm Angela down I told her all about my experiences with earthquakes. She seemed to relax a bit when I told her that I had been through quite a few and some being a lot bigger. Then as I am telling her these stories I came upon some interesting comparisons. We were both 7 when we went through our first earthquake. Our moms took us to our grandparents to hang out so we weren't all alone. Well I am hoping today finally calms down a bit and I am able to relax a little. To find out more about the earthquake head to my friend Tena's page... she has a link posted.

If you live in southern Cali and felt the earthquake... I hope you are all okay physically and mentally. For the rest I hope your day has been a lot less dramatic!!!

Rollercoasters aren't always fun!

I love roller coasters, but only ones that last about 3 minutes and you find at an amusement park. Last night I tossed and turned with nausea and woke up to a back pain. I also was not very hungry, which is new with this pregnancy. (Low) I went to see Mama Mia with Tena. The movie was very cute! I love Colin Firth and his British accent... Plus I gotta say he wasn't half bad as a singer! We then went to lunch. (high) I was hungry when we got there... had 2 biscuits and when the food was placed in front of me I was just not hungry. The poor waitress thought something was wrong with what I ordered. I came home and started to chat with my other August preggo's when I had to rush myself to the bathroom. Isn't morning sickness supposed to be over by now? (low) I guess I just had to pray to the porcelain god to make myself feel better. Two hours later I ate my left overs and did fine (high). I then see that Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is on HBO and turn to the channel... All I got was a blank, black screen... Cable don't fail me now!!! I had to unplug the dang thing and wait for it to reboot. Thank goodness it worked, because I was not in the mood to call Time Warner!

This is day 2 without Angela and I am hoping she is having a lot of fun! I haven't heard from them yet, so I hope I get the call sometime later... or I will be the nervous mommy calling them later.

I had these grand cleaning plans today, but of course my pregnancy issues come at me full force. So, of course my house is still messy. I gotta say I am loosing hope in finding the cleaning fairy... I think I need to put up a wanted poster with a reward. I just wish I could mow on through this house and get it in tip top shape.

I do have to admit that I am breaking a promise I made to myself. I swore I was not going to clean Angela's room anymore. I even put my foot down. Well, since she is away I was going to get in there and clean it and surprise her with a clean room. My rationale is that I am at the point where I don't want to have to spend all day hoovering over her to get it done. I also want a spotless house before Emma gets home. This would just make me less stressed when I get home with a brand new baby. Next week my mom is coming over to help me organize... maybe she will help me clean a little.

Well hope your weekends are going great... so far I can't complain! I do end by saying farewell to my alone time with girlfriends... Thanks Tena!! For the next year my going out time will be at a minimum!! Good night all XOXOXO!