17 weeks

I never took a 16 week picture so we are going straight for 17. We did get a date of Oct 11th for the ultrasound. John has to work that night so it works out. I did go to Old Navy today and got 2 dresses and a pair of pants for $14 each. they didn't have as much as I was hoping, and I don't like buying clothes online because of sizing so I am just gonna keep looking to build up my wardrobe.

Okay so blogger is having trouble with images right now so I'll try to insert the picture later.

16 weeks

I am now 16 weeks and Anne comes today for my prenatal....have I told you how wonderful it is to have someone come to MY house for an appt??!! The only thing I have to do is clean up a bit...no traffic, no childcare, no gas money wasted, no running to appt. and not missing picking up a kid at school! Plus, I can weigh myself first thing in the AM with no clothes on and then I just tell her! Hopefully today she can find the heartbeat with no problem. I know baby is okay because I feel a little thump here and there to let me know :) I will update with a pic after she leaves.

My day yesterday...wake up to A eating cat food in the kitchen, then go into the girls' room to see that the cat has thrown up on the carpet, I forgot to clean it up right away so next time I go into the room, I step on it, gross! That's what I get for not being on top of it. J wakes up with a fever so he stays home from school, M tells me she has a headache and her ear hurts so she stays home from school. Luckily I was getting my hair done yesterday so I did get a nice 2 hour break away while Bonnie watched them for me. Nice color, great cut. Get home finally and A takes a 3 hour nap and wakes up and throws up ALL evening long. Luckily I caugt every one into a towel so cleanup was quick. J takes a nap and he pees his bed so I have to strip his sheets in between throw ups from A. M's ear is still hurting so I have to keep putting drops into it. John cooked dinner last night since I was stuck on the couch holding A so we didn't eat until almost 7:30. All the kids went to bed easily so I was happy when we could sit down, do nothing and watch the Biggest Loser :)

Here is my 15 week picture. I was just so much heavier when I started my last 2 pregnancies that this doesn't even look pregnant to me!


I tried to scan my 15 week picture of A but my scanner is flipping out on me so maybe next week will work :)

I am so behind on writing! I am now 16 weeks this week but am just now posting my 14 week picture! Not much there which is so weird since I am always showing so much more by now. I just look like I ate too much dinner! I also hate all my maternity clothes! All the ones I have from before are way too big for me since I lost so much weight since after A. I went to Kohl's and Motherhood and Target but can't find anything I like much. It doesn't get cold enough here for all the winter clothes they are selling and my boobs are too big for all the cute summer tops they have on sale! I am gonna try to get to Old Navy this week and see what they have, hopefully I'll have better luck there.

Well, I am absolutely settled that I want to know the sex. I was very unsure but am now looking forward to it. Anne comes to my house for my prenatal this Wednesday and hopefully we can set an ultrasound date then...she said 18-20 weeks so I am close to that.

John and I went to Orlando for 2 days this past week while my mom kept the kids for a day and John's mom another day. IT WAS WONDERFUL! We sat by the pool both days and just read magazines and ate every meal out! What a luxury! We have never been on a trip just the 2 of us before(not even our honeymoon) so it was long overdue. We also went to a pirate dinner show which was pretty cool that would have scared the crap out of the kids! Then we headed to Downtown Disney for coffee and he had beer. We even slept in until 9:00 then headed out to Waffle House, yummy! Afterwards we went to one of the outlets and got John several new work shirts and ties to start his new job. I feel in love with some Clarke sandals but couldn't make myself spend the money with fall right on us. Of course every family we saw made us miss the kids and wish they were with us but it was so nice to be able to reconnect with John and share conversations or just even quiet time. Very relaxing and hopefully we can do it more often than 6 years!

John started his new job Friday and so far so good. He will be in training until December and will hopefully stay there when he is done with training. He has off this next weekend so we are possibly gonna take the kids to Fort Wilderness or the condo on the beach, whichever is open. They are looking for a vacation too!

Of course......Anne (MW) just called and said that our insurance is accepting her and so they will pay 80% after $500 deduct. That should be great news except John just got a new job and starts in 2 weeks so our insurance changes. This better be worth it!

I can't get out of my funk lately again. I don't feel sick anymore, just so tired all the time, day and night even when I get 10 hours of sleep. I just want to lay on the couch all day but I have to get up and entertain 3 whittles. Even when I go to the gym and exercise I still feel like crap...when does this feeling end? Again, God making sure I don't want to feel this way ever again and I am pretty sure that's okay with me :)

wanted to add some pics

M, L, A, and J on vacation at the condo on the beach. It was such a great weekend, mine and John's 6th anniversary also.

My little mermaids and half of my husband

We spent a very hot afternoon at Weekee Watchee seeing the real mermaids underwater.

This is our king size with a platform bed the size of a crib on the side.

Whew! I never want to live through tomorrow ever again. It was the most stressful emotional day that I have had in a long time.

First off, baby is fine, kicking, heart beating perfectly growing little peanut. MIL was gonna watch A. for me and go get M. from preschool. A. ran a fever all through the night and even at 11 in the morning, she still hadn't gotten out of bed. SO I go to Tower early to fill out paperwork and start drinking a full bottle of water so my bladder would be full. They keep calling up saying that the referral I had from the MW wasn't adequate enough, they needed a script with a Dr. signature @@ Anyways, this put me waiting an extra 30 minutes WITH a full bladder while they figured it out. The woman was very sweet about it and did everything she could and I even made a point to thank her on my way out after the sono. This whole time I was so emotional and crying in the waiting room by myself trying to hold it together....I so desperately needed to see the baby and with the possibility they weren't gonna let me, I just lost it. I needed John so badly but he had to work :(

I tell the tech I definitely had a full bladder and she said I really didn't need to at 12 weeks....she took a quick look and told me to go to the bathroom. I still had no idea if the baby was okay, her face told me nothing and I was terrified to ask, I just wanted to see but I was behind the screen. So I get back on the table and for a full 5 minutes she tells me nothing. I am back to crying when finally she says she was trying to get a solid heartbeat reading but the baby wouldn't stop moving around enough to get it long enough! I just laughed I was so relieved to her that! She then turns the screen and that little guy was all over the place, kicking, stretching, flipping and with a perfectly beating heart and tiny toes and a perfect spine and a stomach! It was by far one of the most beautiful images to my eyes! We watched for awhile, she takes pictures and measures the heart rate and all is perfect. She printed out 2 pictures for me and I can't stop staring at them.

Well, M. had her yearly at 2:30 and I made A. an appt at the same time to get looked at. Turns out both girls have a double ear infection and A. has strep throat just like her brother. How the heck do all 3 of my kids have ear infections?? Anyways, now all 3 are on antibiotics at the same time, that's a first. I don't think A. has ever even been on antibiotics. Of course this comes on right when she just weaned @@ Plus walmart had me wait forever for them and then tried to charge me full price...they didn't have my insurance info, which I wrongly assumed they did. Gave it to them and the price was $100 less, big difference.

Before this I get a call from J.'s school saying he had an accident and peed his pants during nap time. She said he was crying and really upset but they got him new clothes and were still going to send him home on the bus. Poor thing was so embarrassed.

We ordered pizza take out last night from a place that was doing a spirit night so I didn't have to cook, good thing but I still went to bed with a headache and woke up with it again.

John got a new job offer today that he is going to take. Changing jobs is so stressful but it is a good move for him. Same pay but potential is a lot higher than where he is now.

Me and the girls just went outside to feed the sandhill cranes some bread....it was the mommy, daddy, and baby which made M just so happy that the whole family was together!

Well, thunderstorm is coming in quickly so I need off the computer. Today is definately a good day.