Week 13 Questionnaire

How Far Along? 13 weeks 1 day

Symptoms: Not much going yaay!

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Negligible

Sleep: Crying screaming teething little person makes sleep hard

Food Cravings: pretzels, pineapple sodas, apples and Clementine

Best Moment This Week: feeling you kick 

Movement: Felt flutters on 12/27/2011

Labor Signs: NONE NONE NONE!!!!!!!!!! We want term, no baby until week 38

Gender: Still not sure, I’m leaning towards girl though

Belly Button In Or Out? Innie

What I Miss: being able to breath!!

What I Am Looking Forward To: Gender ultrasound in February

Milestones: made it to thirteen weeks, I’m happy, each week is a miracle

Weekly Wisdom: Wear comfortable clothes!

The Hunger Games

If you have not read this trilogy PLEASE pick it up for your Nook, Kindle, E-Reader, tablet, or in regular book form.

I've finished the first two books in two days only because I have a family, otherwise I would have read all three in a day, they are that good!

Sex and the Single Teen

Deep breathe, woosah!

A great mommy blog I follow The Young Mommy Life posted an interesting article on allowing sleep overs of teenage boyfriends and girlfriends. Blank stare. The overall gist of the article was that parents should keep the lines of communication open with their teenagers about sex. I wholeheartedly concur. But my level of expectation for Stuffing and Pumpkin are high, very high. My rule on sex is extremely simple, when you or the person you're having sex with can afford to keep you in the lifestyle you are accustomed to, then by all means go for it, you have my blessing. If you or he cannot provide for your upkeep well don't expect me to bail you out, get a job.

Is this harsh? Some may say yes but you can't get the full perks of being an adult but have your hand out like a child it doesn't work that way. I'm not financing a life so you can be reckless. I'm giving my children opportunities to information, education and access to a better future, to not have to make the same choices their father and I had to make because we didn't have any other choice. Sex will not be taboo in our home, we will discuss and debate and give correct information. However as my child, you will follow my rules or you can carve out your own existence. I do not pander to whiny smart asses. You were cut out of me not the other way other around. I'm not afraid of being a parent and parenting my child. If they choose to deviate from they way they have been raised. Then that is on them, I do not accept responsibility for any one's actions but my own especially when I've given the critical thinking tools to make smart decisions.

Ugh things parents are willing to allow TRULY disturb me. Stop being afraid to parent.

 http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2011/12/26/exp-am-sleepovers-schalet.cnn

Video link

Wordless Wednesday

Merry Christmas!

From our family to yours, I hope you had a superb day full of laughter and love.

Much To Do Before Two

Salma and Rainbow have given us a great and fun project to carry out in 2012 and we're happy to join them!

The rules are simple:

Make a list of things you would like to do with your little one before his/her next birthday

Strike it off as you go
Link it to the respective post
Share it every month with Rainbow's blog

I'm excited to be a part of this neat bucket list for baby :)

Stuffing's Much to DO before 2 List

1. Read 100 books
2. Start Letter of the Week program
3. Go to snow day with mummy
4. Visit the Atlanta Aquarium
5. Bake cookies with mummy
6. Visit the Sandbox 6 times
7. Participate in at least 2 more natural pageants
8. Make a present for new brother or sister
9. Start pre-ballet class
10. Go to the beach
11. Go Easter egg hunting with mummy
12. Paint at least once a week
13. Visit a farm/petting zoo
14. Take swimming lessons with mummy
15. Start Toddler Cirque classes
16. Play soccer in the park with daddy

Mummy Says/Daddy Says

Surgery: adenoidectomy

Mummy Says/Daddy Says

Stuffing has had recurrent ear infections for most of winter 2011. From November 2010 through April we had a total of 5 plus various sinus infections. We’ve had two ear infections since October and we’re on our second sinus infection in less than a month. I’ve been pushing for an ENT consult for months now and her pediatricians have put me off each time. Today at her 18 month well check up/shot catch up appointment, she went in with a low grade fever and surprise surprise she has another sinus infection and we have to get a stronger antibiotic and reschedule her immunizations. I do not under ANY circumstance take Stuffing to appointments where shots are given so DH had the pediatrician call me and let me know we need to reschedule and so I could ask my million mummy questions and add them to my excel spreadsheet of information overload.
He calls me from the car with the new scripts name and which pharmacy I can pick it up from and I ask about the ENT consult, “Oh, oops, I forgot.”

Mummy says, “I really think the adenoid needs to come out and tubes inserted. We need to set up the consult.”

Daddy says, “Come out? You mean surgery?”

Mummy says, “Yes, under anesthesia, it takes about 20-30 minutes.”

Daddy says, “No, not at all, when she’s older maybe. Candi , no.”

Week 12 Questionnaire

How Far Along? 12 weeks 1 day

Symptoms: Exhaustion but I can live with that

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Negligible

Sleep: Not great but not horrendous either. I go to sleep earlier and wake up earlier which throws me off

Food Cravings: Caramel Mocha fraps from McDonald’s and ice cream

Best Moment This Week: wrapping your big sister’s Christmas presents

Movement: Possible flutter but it could have been gas pains, undecided for now

Labor Signs: NONE NONE NONE!!!!!!!!!! We want term, no baby until week 38

Gender: Still not sure, I’m leaning towards girl though

Belly Button In Or Out? Innie

What I Miss: Wine

What I Am Looking Forward To: Gender ultrasound in February

Milestones: made it to twelve weeks, I’m happy, each week is a miracle

Weekly Wisdom: drink LOTS of water and rest. Also no walking around Oglethorpe Mall for hours on end without any liquids, can we say uterine cramps? No Bueno

Wordless Wednesday

Week 11 Questionnaire

How Far Along? 11 weeks 1 day

Symptoms: Not bad at all, some light-headedness after waiting too long to eat

Total Weight Gain/Loss: None

Sleep: Doing pretty well, waking up in the middle of the night and having trouble going back to sleep

Food Cravings: turkey cotto salami sandwiches, cream soda, and pineapple soda

Best Moment This Week: Picking a girl’s name

Movement: None

Labor Signs: NONE NONE NONE!!!!!!!!!!

Gender: Thinking pink

Belly Button In Or Out? Innie

What I Miss: Not much right this minute

What I Am Looking Forward To: Breastfeeding

Milestones: You’re now the size of a fig

Weekly Wisdom: Don’t smell overripe bananas, that cloying smell is nausea inducing.

Groupon

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Skatefest 2011

LivingSocial: Two Tickets to Skatefest from January 1 to 8

Spawn has a new trick

DH taught Stuffing how to slide off of the couch and today she decided to apply what she learned in getting off of our bed o_o

She smiled the whole way down, she was extremely proud of herself. I had a heart attack. I'm glad she is progressing in her locomotive skill set, doesn't mean I like it.

Week 10 Questionnaire

How Far Along? 10 weeks 1 day

Symptoms: Symptoms are not horrendous this week YAHOO

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I lost maybe 1 ½ - 2 pounds according to Dr. G

Sleep: Insomnia and restlessness are starting to kick in. Plus Stuffing is teething but I manage to get rest

Food Cravings: Apples, vanilla ice cream and peppermint tea

Best Moment This Week: Ultrasound on Monday, you look like a little kidney bean. I could make out little feet buds springing up

Movement: None.

Labor Signs: NONE NONE NONE!!!!!!!!!! We want term, no baby until after week 38

Gender: Still not sure, I’m leaning towards girl though

Belly Button In Or Out? Innie

What I Miss: Not much right this minute, after the ultrasound I’ll pretty dismiss anything that it takes to get you here safe and full term

What I Am Looking Forward To: Shopping!! Mummy is bad right sweetness? I’m totally using this as an excuse for more clothes.

Milestones: You look like and actual alien form instead of a blob

Weekly Wisdom: Take vitamins, unless they make you vomit.

Thoughts for Tuesday

I forgot just how much you could love someone who looks like a little kidney bean. I fight every day to stay positive and believe that Pumpkin will not only be a sticky bean but also be full term. Seeing her on the monitor yesterday with the leg buds sticking up even know makes me want to tear up. It’s hard to put into words but it’s a great feeling seeing my little person resting comfortably with the heartbeat galloping strongly. I was scared and I went in prepared for the worst but praying for the best.

Positive thinking is going to have to become a way of life for me. Living in fear constantly that something is going to go wrong is hindering me truly enjoying this time and this pregnancy as much as I enjoyed Stuffing’s. But my little Pumpkin is showing faith in me so I will have faith in her. However, we have to have a serious talk when she gets her about this morning/all day sickness business. I did not sign up for that! She will need to give me extra kisses and snuggle time during my maternity leave.

Nana's Cookie Bars

I found this product in my local TJ Maxx, there is no:

dairy (score!)
soy (double score!!)
refined sugars
gluten
eggs
GMOs
cholesterol
corn

The website has the full list of products and I would love to find the cookies for Stuffing so she can have her first chocolate chip cookie.

And Baby Makes Four...

How Far Along? 9 weeks 1 day

Symptoms: Symptoms have subsided for this week so far, but nausea and some exhaustion

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I lost maybe ½ of a pound

Sleep: I get a good rest in from about 8:30 – 2-3 when Stuffing wakes up for her MOTN feeding. She has molars coming in so she’s drinking like a sailor

Food Cravings: Cereal preferably honey nut cheerios or frosted flakes

Best Moment This Week: Nausea going AWAY even if only for two days, I’ll take what I can get

Movement: None.

Labor Signs: NONE NONE NONE!!!!!!!!!! We want term, no baby until after week 38

Gender: In the beginning I was 100% convinced Pumpkin is a girl, now not so sure. This pregnancy has started out differently.

Belly Button In Or Out? Innie

What I Miss: Wine and egg nog with rum next holiday season for sure!

What I Am Looking Forward To: Next OB appointment on December 5 th hopefully Pumpkin will look like an alien baby instead of a black hole in grey matter.

Milestones: No nausea since Monday

Weekly Wisdom: Sleep and rest as often as