NOTHING...

and that is all I have to say about EVERYTHING...

If I only knew better, I would be saying the same thing...
:) Monique

hormones have kicked in...

Okay.. twice in the last week or so.. I have just broken down and cried.. once from rambling on so fast that I made my own head spin and once from just feeling yucky..
I am tired of feeling yucky... I eat what I can, not getting sick as much as the first time, but still so queasy & tired.. I am whining now too..
UGH... why is having a baby so hard for me..
also, I didn't get much sleep, Fuzzy has a BIG snoring problem.. BIG.. I gave up and moved to the couch.. the tree looked really pretty at 2 am... also, I didn't leave enough time in between our showers, so I got colder water than I like. NOT FUN...

on a good note... I am trying to have some of these every day.. it's hard.. my negative nature really comes right back to me when I am not feeling good.
Christmas is coming and I am almost ready.. baby girl is all done, dh has a few things, I need something for my family exchange, but I am working on that tomorow..
Also, hoping for nice weather so we can enjoy the Polar Express Ride too..
cards go out today, including the ones for Australia (woo hoo) and the house is slowly shaping up.. he has promised to help me with the cleaning this weekend.. I just have to hit the grocery store for some stuff for christmas eve and general groceries..

I am off to finish cleaning my kitchen, having company today and it must be done..

if I knew better, I would take Fuzzy up on his offer to have someone come and clean the house every two weeks.. hmmm.. thinking about it more and more somedays..

let them eat...

Chicken soup..
AHHH.. the healing power of chicken soup.. my new best friend..I definitely prefer the type from a variety of chinese resturants.. might be the egg noodles or the rice noodles, either way.. LOVE IT...

Okay.. so the house is slowly catching up to the Christmas thing.. Fuzzy doesn't know it yet, but he will be hanging up some picture frames, photos, etc this week.. I told him to charge the drill.. :)
Since we got the basement finished I have wanted to clean up and do more, just been tough, but I am starting to have moments where I can get things accomplished.. YEAH... I am going to out curtain shopping either today or tomorrow.. (side note, this was HORRID last year.. spent a ton of money and returned most of what I bought)... but I need some green for the kitchen to bring out the new couches.. which I LOVE..

Christmas cards.. as much as I want to.. I don't have time, patience or energy to make them all.. I bought some really pretty cards and plan to write them out while I wait for my uncle to have eye surgery on Thursday.. photos will be ready for them by Friday.. :) it's great when things works out..

still itching too.. OUCH.. I can take some Benadryl which I plan to do later today.. Nap time is always good..

I am also starting to organize my scrapping stuff.. I still don't see me motivated to work with it, but organizing and cleaning it out a bit should help.. Maybe in the year..

okay.. I am off to clean the kitchen and maybe sprinkle up some holiday color and cheer..
Enjoy your day..
:) Monique

so, it's nothing...

So I went to the dermatologist today for a mysterious rash that has been showing up all over MOST of me.. if morning sickness doesn't get me, this rash will.. Well, good news is that it is NOTHING...just some type of flare up, winter eczema if you will. FUN - FUN-FUN. I have some stuff to use which should help, but it could take a week or so before I feel better.. could be sooner, could be later, to quote the dr.

I went to the OB last week.. that was way more fun.. I have offically lost 19 lbs.. which is great for me, eating has been a challenge. but the magic of this appt. was that we heard a very faint and very brief heartbeat.. Fuzzy was with me and beamed for the rest of the day... totally worth EVERYTHING for that 4 seconds of heaven. Next month the baby will be bigger and we will hear more.. yeah.. so in all of my complaining, it's worth it.. the little peanut growing inside me will make up for it.. just like my little girl has...

Christmas is coming.. slow buy sure.. I am just about done my shopping.. Little things left mostly.. which isn't too bad.. we need to get some games for Miranda's Leapster.. so, we might do that this weekend.. DH and I are going to a Baby Expo -- supposedly getting a great door prize and learning more about baby stuff.. I know, not a thilling date, but baby sitting is a premium since we have to go out during the day and not at night..
I do need some for Fuzzy, something good that will knock his socks off.. I tried to get him the surprise gift of surround sound, but he found out and says to wait.. no worries here since I don't really want it to begin with.
we'll see..

what else, I should be cleaning.. I really need to do so.. I want to make the bathroom all pretty and then the kitchen.. .. so, I am off...

more another time, less whining too.. I promise..
:) Monique

a good day

Okay, perhaps it is good karma floating my way.. I did a favor for a friend today and I actually felt good for most of the day.. I am really tired now,

Between the time I picked up peanut and we had dinner I managed to unload and load the diswasher, clean out the fridge & freezer, cleaned off the coutners, the stove & the table.. recycled the paper and plastics & got DH to take out the trash.. and Miranda & I snuggled up in the rocking chair to read some christmas books.. then I actually MADE dinner too.. which as been a big struggle.. after dinner, we watched tv and strung popcorn for the tree.. Miranda actually strung some up herself.. so cute.. we got some photos AND some video... exciting night her..

I am tired now.. very tired.. trying to get this quick load of laundry in the dryer and I am going to bed.. starting to feel the queesies coming on.. not a good sign..

but yes, it was a good day.. I had fun, caught up with a great friend and even did some overdue housework.. good day.. very good day..


if I only knew better, I would not have eaten the popcorn while I strung it.. might not be feeling so queesy... oh well...
:) Monique

been a long time

Okay.. so I am officially a bad blogger.. things have been rough around here.. we have discovered that there are more than a few foods that the baby does not approve of... Also, eating early is good thing.. Oh.. and take out is a great thing..

seriously, we have been taking out WAY too much this week.. but with all the work being done in the basement and me being sick.. just isn't happening.. trying to make sure what choices we make are still good and healthy ones.. I am looking into making dinner earlier in the day and then reheating stuff.. not a great way to do it, but by 4 pm I just can't handle it..

whoever said morning sickness is full of it.. it's more like all day sicknes..now I realize that this is the complaint of every pregnant woman, or if not, many.. but I am very queasy and very tired and heck, as my friends put it.. I am growing a baby, I am allowed to feel this way.

Popsicles and cold things are still this mommy's best friend.. THANK GOODNESS Dunkin' Donuts sells the Tropicana coolatta all year.. loving them lately. Also,those crazy little cheese and cracker things..or better yet, the pretzels kind... loving those right now.. strawberries are also high on the list.. pineapple too.. atleast this little one likes fruit & veggies..

Okay, so because I am only queasy this time and not sick-sick, we are really thinking that it might be a boy...okay, so we are really hoping for a boy. I promise you this, boy or girl, this is my last baby.. I never ever ever want to be pregnant again.. I love babies -- they are great, this part, sorta stinks.. How my mom did it 7 times is completely beyond my thought processing.. okay, so in our quest to know the sex, which is scientifically impossible at this point (only 10 or 11 weeks, the full verdict isn't in on that yet) we did the Chinese calendar thingie.. if my estimates are right, we are looking at a boy.. and guess what, statistically, we have a 50/50% chance of being right.. Whew, so glad I went and researched this.. hehehehe

okay.. I should be upstairs forcing my daughter to eat something NON-bread related for breakfast.. she finally settled on yogurt once the hunger pangs settled.. and I need to find something for me.. which I know won't be orange juice, since the baby added that earlier this week to the list growing list of things I am no longer allowed to have.

If I only knew better, I would still have gotten pregnant and wanted this beautiful baby growing inside me.. thanks for listening...

:) Monique