Tomorrow. Seriously? How on earth did we get to 24 weeks in this pregnancy already? Nothing new or exciting to report really on that front. Still just chugging along. Talking to Lily about the new baby and how she can help and she has a pretty good list of things she can do with the new baby. It's fun to ask her because you really don't realize how much a 2 year old can retain until you test it out. Her list of things to do include:
Feed her a bottle
Change her diaper
Cover her up with a blankie
Bring her toys
Rock her to sleep
Give her hugs and kisses
Those are the ones Lily will list off for you. I think she's pretty excited to have this new little person to help with. We are really lucky right now in that she LOVES to help with everything and I really don't see having a baby sister any different. Oh I'm not stupid, I'm sure there will be issues, but for the most part I'm sure we'll do just fine with the help of Miss Lily. She's got this thing all figured out.
Monday, August 16, 2010
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
I guess we are a judgy nation....
and I should just get used to it?
I pride myself on my ability to almost always see both sides of anything regardless of my personal feelings on something. I really LOVE that quality about myself. It's certainly not something I can say often, but I rock at not being too judgy about things. My mom calls it diplomatic. And that I am. I could think of a trillion examples of what I'm talking about but really all you have to do is turn on the news or read an article and you'll have one group of people completely bashing another for their choices that in the end really have no affect on them whatsoever. I mean unless something is going to affect you or someone you love first hand why can't we all just get along.
Of course I do realize not everyone is wired this way. I grew up with pretty much no political views and definitely with the attitude of "Hey, it may not be for me, but whatever works for you." I dig it. I think it helps to spend less time worrying about things other people do and just freakin' worry about yourselves for once. Of course these days I DO have my own political views and views on things. But in general I think we should all just worry about ourselves and quit being so judgy about stuff.
And yes I realize I'm sorta contradicting myself with this post since it's all about how we should quit judging others. I guess it just really irks me that I get judged for things I do (as a parent, wife, daughter etc) and I wouldn't do that to someone else. People need to filter there thoughts a bit and think about other peoples feelings and try to understand where people are coming from or why they are making the argument they are.
Life is not black and white people. And what fun would it be if it were?
I pride myself on my ability to almost always see both sides of anything regardless of my personal feelings on something. I really LOVE that quality about myself. It's certainly not something I can say often, but I rock at not being too judgy about things. My mom calls it diplomatic. And that I am. I could think of a trillion examples of what I'm talking about but really all you have to do is turn on the news or read an article and you'll have one group of people completely bashing another for their choices that in the end really have no affect on them whatsoever. I mean unless something is going to affect you or someone you love first hand why can't we all just get along.
Of course I do realize not everyone is wired this way. I grew up with pretty much no political views and definitely with the attitude of "Hey, it may not be for me, but whatever works for you." I dig it. I think it helps to spend less time worrying about things other people do and just freakin' worry about yourselves for once. Of course these days I DO have my own political views and views on things. But in general I think we should all just worry about ourselves and quit being so judgy about stuff.
And yes I realize I'm sorta contradicting myself with this post since it's all about how we should quit judging others. I guess it just really irks me that I get judged for things I do (as a parent, wife, daughter etc) and I wouldn't do that to someone else. People need to filter there thoughts a bit and think about other peoples feelings and try to understand where people are coming from or why they are making the argument they are.
Life is not black and white people. And what fun would it be if it were?
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
7 Quick Takes....Tuesday Edition
1. I am 22 weeks pregnant today and I STILL managed to throw up this morning. I'm so over it.
2. It's too Damn hot. Thankfully it's suppose to cool down this weekend at least humidity wise. That should be nice as this weekend is our county fair and I'm hoping we can get over there and have some fun with the girl. She's at the perfect age for that stuff now and I know she'll love all the animals, food and fun stuff they have there! Hoping we can hit up the demo derby too but we'll have to see how it's going to work out this year.
3. I've been debating ending this blog for a while now. Part of me wants to cause I don't feel like I really write much with substance or meaning and part of me wants to keep it since I have so much recorded here of Miss Lily's life and our life with her. I don't want to forget that stuff. Hopefully my inspiration will come back and I'll find more things to write about soon.
4. I used to consider myself a worrier. I thought I worried about everything, and maybe I used to. But lately I've been thinking about it and I don't think I worry near as much as I should. I rarely worry. I don't worry about Lily. I NEVER worry about what COULD happen to people. I don't really worry about Money or relationships or anything. Is that weird. Maybe I'm worrying about how much I worry. Whatever. Now the word Word worry sounds funny doesn't it?
5. Who gives a giant rip about Brett Favre. I'm sick of him and his drama.
6. They are keeping me busy at work. It's nice. The days go by faster and it also means that I will have a job for a while anyway. Now that I've been laid off I'm uber paranoid about it now.
7. I bruised my hand and wrist up this weekend. This is odd for a couple reasons. I was trying to pound something back together and used my hand (which I've done before, many times and never bruised) And I NEVER bruise. I mean sometimes I do things and I think, oh yeah that's going to leave a mark. But it never does. Now the palm of my right hand is all bruised and it HURTS BAD and my wrist is all bruised up too though that bruise doesn't hurt. I didn't learn a lesson though cause I'll likely do it again.
2. It's too Damn hot. Thankfully it's suppose to cool down this weekend at least humidity wise. That should be nice as this weekend is our county fair and I'm hoping we can get over there and have some fun with the girl. She's at the perfect age for that stuff now and I know she'll love all the animals, food and fun stuff they have there! Hoping we can hit up the demo derby too but we'll have to see how it's going to work out this year.
3. I've been debating ending this blog for a while now. Part of me wants to cause I don't feel like I really write much with substance or meaning and part of me wants to keep it since I have so much recorded here of Miss Lily's life and our life with her. I don't want to forget that stuff. Hopefully my inspiration will come back and I'll find more things to write about soon.
4. I used to consider myself a worrier. I thought I worried about everything, and maybe I used to. But lately I've been thinking about it and I don't think I worry near as much as I should. I rarely worry. I don't worry about Lily. I NEVER worry about what COULD happen to people. I don't really worry about Money or relationships or anything. Is that weird. Maybe I'm worrying about how much I worry. Whatever. Now the word Word worry sounds funny doesn't it?
5. Who gives a giant rip about Brett Favre. I'm sick of him and his drama.
6. They are keeping me busy at work. It's nice. The days go by faster and it also means that I will have a job for a while anyway. Now that I've been laid off I'm uber paranoid about it now.
7. I bruised my hand and wrist up this weekend. This is odd for a couple reasons. I was trying to pound something back together and used my hand (which I've done before, many times and never bruised) And I NEVER bruise. I mean sometimes I do things and I think, oh yeah that's going to leave a mark. But it never does. Now the palm of my right hand is all bruised and it HURTS BAD and my wrist is all bruised up too though that bruise doesn't hurt. I didn't learn a lesson though cause I'll likely do it again.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
I would almost call it nesting....
So inspired by this post by Kristan. I decided to make some of these for not only Lily but for Claire too. And if you ask me (besides Lily's being a little crooked) they make the perfect addition to their room!
I'd post directions on how to make them but I think Kristan did that quite well so if you are curious head over to her blog to check it out. I of course didn't do the frames to save some money, so I just skipped that part.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
10 fingers, 10 toes.....
So we had our Ultrasound on Friday! I'm sure most of you have heard already that we are having another GIRL! I'm excited, Adam is excited and Lily is pretty indifferent at this point. I did manage to get her to call the baby by her name, and she knows where Claire lives. So it's pretty adorable.
I was waiting to post until I actually remembered to take some pictures of their room, I made some letters to spell their names inspired by some friends that have done it. They turned out great and i can't wait to share them with the world. However I have to remember to actually take the photo first.
Anyway, back to the Ultrasound. We had to go to a specialist because of Lily's heart condition. And thankfully all looked great. Everything measured SPOT ON. and Nothing was off or anything. The Dr. said the heart looked great but we should still do the Echo (which is scheduled for Thursday) to just make sure all is well. So of course I'll update after that appointment.
For now we are just enjoying the fact that we are going to have 2 beautiful little girls! What more could we ask for!
I was waiting to post until I actually remembered to take some pictures of their room, I made some letters to spell their names inspired by some friends that have done it. They turned out great and i can't wait to share them with the world. However I have to remember to actually take the photo first.
Anyway, back to the Ultrasound. We had to go to a specialist because of Lily's heart condition. And thankfully all looked great. Everything measured SPOT ON. and Nothing was off or anything. The Dr. said the heart looked great but we should still do the Echo (which is scheduled for Thursday) to just make sure all is well. So of course I'll update after that appointment.
For now we are just enjoying the fact that we are going to have 2 beautiful little girls! What more could we ask for!
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
And the countdown begins....
That would be the countdown until the day we find out if the baby is a boy or a girl. July 16th is THE day! I can't wait. I can honestly say I am not at all sure how we managed to NOT find out with Lily because I am already dying of curiosity. LOL I have so many things I want to do.
If we have a girl:
Go through Lily's clothes and pick out season appropriate clothes (since they will be opposite seasons)
Make room in the girls dresser and closet for new baby's clothes.
Start pulling out baby supplies and checking for things we need.
If we have a boy:
Go through Lily's clothes and pull out neutrals and probably get rid of the rest (except for a few favs)
Start getting boy clothes
Start pulling out baby supplies and checking for things we need.
I also need to make a final decision on if we want to get a bassinet or not. I'm not sure why I'm so torn. Part of me thinks a bassinet is the way to go cause it's smaller than our Pack and play and it will fit in our bedroom better, but then part of me doesn't want to spend the money on one since we have a perfectly good pack and play with a newborn section in it that would work. Of course we have a crib but I think for the first few nights at home at least we will keep baby in our room so that Lily can get used to having a baby around and hearing a baby cry before we shove it into her room with her. Cause we're thoughtful like that. I'm not super concerned about it though since Lily is a pretty hard sleeper and I think once she gets used to it it wouldn't be a big deal and she won't even twitch when baby cries. But I guess you never know til the time comes.
Anyways, my point is, I'm antsy. I wanna do stuff and I can't do much (or at least it's pointless until we know gender) to go through stuff.
Then there's the question of, if it's another girl, do I re-decorate the girls room? Which could be really fun. Re-paint and stuff or just leave it? It's cute the way it is so I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
If we have a girl:
Go through Lily's clothes and pick out season appropriate clothes (since they will be opposite seasons)
Make room in the girls dresser and closet for new baby's clothes.
Start pulling out baby supplies and checking for things we need.
If we have a boy:
Go through Lily's clothes and pull out neutrals and probably get rid of the rest (except for a few favs)
Start getting boy clothes
Start pulling out baby supplies and checking for things we need.
I also need to make a final decision on if we want to get a bassinet or not. I'm not sure why I'm so torn. Part of me thinks a bassinet is the way to go cause it's smaller than our Pack and play and it will fit in our bedroom better, but then part of me doesn't want to spend the money on one since we have a perfectly good pack and play with a newborn section in it that would work. Of course we have a crib but I think for the first few nights at home at least we will keep baby in our room so that Lily can get used to having a baby around and hearing a baby cry before we shove it into her room with her. Cause we're thoughtful like that. I'm not super concerned about it though since Lily is a pretty hard sleeper and I think once she gets used to it it wouldn't be a big deal and she won't even twitch when baby cries. But I guess you never know til the time comes.
Anyways, my point is, I'm antsy. I wanna do stuff and I can't do much (or at least it's pointless until we know gender) to go through stuff.
Then there's the question of, if it's another girl, do I re-decorate the girls room? Which could be really fun. Re-paint and stuff or just leave it? It's cute the way it is so I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
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