Yikes!

This baby is due in 9 weeks and I'm starting to panic! He has nowhere to sleep when he comes home unless we set up the actual crib in our room! I don't really think we have the space to put the full sized crib in there, but I guess if we have to we will make do. But I don't like that idea! Also, while we have lots of clothes that are 3 months and up, we have almost no boy clothes that are teeny tiny! Not even plain white onesies! I am sure this is just my hormones talking that are freaking out here, but when I keep finding myself lacking important things and not having any money to buy them it throws me into a bit of a frenzy. At this point with Madison I had everything! A nicely coordinated (not to mention painted, eek!) Winnie the Pooh nursery, a bassinet (I have sheets for one, lol), a changing table, and plenty of clothes. And everything for the most part was brand new. I feel like this kid is so getting the shaft. He gets hand me down everything... no changing table (Madison's didn't survive after all the use!), a stroller that has taken almost 3 years of abuse and shows it, and as I mentioned already, almost no newborn clothes. Unless, of course, I want to dress him in pink, hehe. Don't get me wrong... I'm not feeling sorry for myself. I'm feeling sorry for him! LOL! On a happier note... Madison has been using her potty very very well the past few days! As a matter of fact, today she hasn't peed anywhere BUT on the toilet so far! She is so proud of herself... almost as proud as I am! She's such a big girl! K

30 weeks!

and 3 days! Hehe... think I am counting? I'm still measuring right on target and my weight gain was right at 2 lbs in 2 weeks, which is perfect! You are supposed to gain a pound a week in your 2nd and 3rd trimesters, so I am good. At this rate, I will be just under what I weighed when I went into the hospital to have Madison. This appointment was in the afternoon (I usually go in the morning) and I had drank a 12 oz mug of coffee a couple of hours before, which I usually don't take the time to do when I have a morning appointment. Well, I guess it was really getting Jonah! LOL! His heart rate was 161 this time... 2 weeks ago it was only 140! Hey, the doctors say it is okay, though, it just got him jumping! Now I have a doctor gripe though. Hehe... are you tired of my griping yet? My trusty GP, Dr. Crosby, has always checked before she prescribes me something to see if it is part of my insurance's formulary. I really appreciate this! If it isn't, she asks me if it is okay, or if I want something that won't be so pricey. Non-formulary, brand name medications are $40 with my insurance. I wish all doctors would be so considerate. Madison's doctor and my OB (at least the one I saw today, who had to write me a prescription for an unfortunate ill that has befallen me... nothing serious! ) do not show this same courtesy. So you are shocked to be handed your prescription and told that it is going to cost $40, when you were expecting it to be not near as much. I actually told them today that I would have to come back. AKA... I will be looking for over the counter relief that hopefully will not cost nearly as much. Hehe. Seriously... $40 for something I will be taking once?!?! Seems a little ridiculous to me! I also have a call into Madison's doctor to switch her allergy medicine to the OTC Claritin from Zyrtec. Again... I wasn't warned and when I picked up her first month of Zyrtec found that it cost me $40 for a 30 day supply. I know I'm not exactly poor, but I am on a tight budget and I cannot swing an extra $40 a month if Claritin will work as well. Now... if only they would call me back sometime in the next, I don't know, year or so. Ugh. I love her doctor, but it is impossible to get a call back from them! Okay, I'm done griping now. Back to your regularly programmed happy pregnant lady! <------ This could pretty much apply to everyday right now, hehe. Nice to know, huh?

They look great!

Her teeth that is! Madison visited the dentist for the first time today, with only a few tears. None of those tears actually fell from her eyes, though. She is cutting molars on the top and Dr. Lemna said that her gums were really red up there, so I am sure that is what caused the tears as he was brushing up there when they happened. So he said her teeth looked great! Wahoo! Score one for Mommy, who was afraid she wasn't brushing very well. Madison does like to fight me during toothbrushing time. She was given the go ahead to move up to "big kid" toothpaste with flouride, so she is excited about that. We will probably get her some tonight. She says she will save her "baby" toothpaste for Jonah. I'm so proud of her! I wish I had taken the camera so I could show you a pic of her sitting in the big dentist chair. Okay... I have some gripes! I am glad to be back in Muncie overall, but there are definite things I miss about Anderson. At the very top of my list (probably in positions 1-10, it is such a huge gripe!) would be the library. Compared to the Anderson library, the Muncie library is crap. Total, absolute crap. They have a little comment box at the front of the MH branch and I want to put a slip of paper in there telling them to go to the Anderson library storytimes and just copy it. Seriously. The selection is better, the employees are better, the facilities are better overall... oh, and I don't have to go to the desk and get a stupid key if I have to use the bathroom. What is that all about? There are, like, 4 stalls in the bathroom and you have to get a key? How ridiculous! Let me say it again... Muncie library sucks. I am seriously considering paying the fee for non-residents in Anderson to keep my card. I miss all the great ladies in the kids department over in Anderson. Madison and I went there last week and it was so great to see Miss Toni! We have GOT to start going over there for storytimes again. The storytimes here are crap. The one for Madison's age group (18-36 months) is so babyish. Totally boring. So I took her to the preschool one (3-5 years) and while better than the toddler one... still crap. LOL. Have I made my point yet? I think the teachers have a lot to do with the storytimes being crap. I have nothing personally against the ladies in Muncie, they just do crap storytimes. I really think they should go observe Anderson for awhile. Seriously. Okay, I know I said gripes, but that one kind of dragged on a bit, so I will not be any more negative for this post. Big smiles!

In case you noticed...

... That my archives were suddenly much longer! I just added all of my relevant posts from my old Yahoo 360 blog over here. I have more to write, and plan to do so shortly. Right now, though, I have to get Madison to take a nap as she is thoroughly exhausted and will not go to sleep on her own.

Well...

So much for the idea that cloth training pants are better than 'sposies! I've been really pushing the potty training harder the last couple of weeks, despite her doctor telling me to wait until she was 3. I just decided that I didn't want to be going through it with a newborn if at all possible, so I wanted to at least get a good start going before the baby was born. I don't know that I really expect her to be 100% dry by then, but heck, I'll take 75% dry! So she has been wearing the cloth training pants and she just pees (or poops, ew) in them and lets me know as she dances around that she is all wet. She hadn't gone on the potty a single time in the past 2 weeks even with my sitting her on there every 2 hours as suggested. So I wanted to get her some Pull-Ups to wear when we go out (she had been switching to diapers for outings) and she chose Disney Princess over Dora, as she always does these days. So I thought the Cool Alert ones made more sense than the Learning Designs. Seriously... wouldn't she have to be staring at her Pull-Up to even notice with the Learning Designs? I don't know. Anyway... when it came time to put one on, she was absolutely horrified when I told her that if she peed in her Pull-Up it would get cold. She wouldn't even put one on after I told her that. It wasn't until Daddy got home and he was able to convince her to give them a try. Turns out she actually does know when she has to go! She is really really scared of it getting cold, so she will tell me that she needs to take it off before she goes. And she has even pottied in the big potty now! I'm so proud of her! I think we may have finally found some good motivation... now if only it will stay long enough for her to get potty trained all the way! K

yawn

I am pooped! Yesterday I went on a 2.5 mile walk (pushing Madison in a stroller... into the wind!)... which was great as the weather was so nice, but I haven't walked more than a mile in quite some time, so that was quite a shock to my system! I think I am still feeling the exhaustion from it! Ugh! That's okay, though, I plan to get my butt back into shape before this baby comes so that was a good first step. I'm so stinking scatterbrained it isn't even funny. Talk about pregnancy brain drain! Which, by the way, has been proven true. Curtis thinks Jonah must be a genius by now! Haha. So... I don't really feel like writing a whole lot, but here are some pictures to look at! Daddy built Madison a really awesome cardboard house out of moving boxes! It even has a closet! Madison sitting on her big girl bed. I know her sheets don't match each other, or anything else for that matter! We just can't afford cool sheets for her right now.... so she gets to have these. We got a base coat on Jonah's walls, at least. Madison got to help out! She's a natural with the paint roller... what can I say? Daddy is teaching Madison how to climb the tree in our backyard! I admit, I have no idea what they are looking at here... I just thought it was a cute booty shot of Madison and Curtis! Hehe!

oh yeah...

I really really want a hotsling so if anyone knows anyone who has one and wants to get rid of it, let me know! I am so poor... but I must have one! I figure I have less than 3 months to find one I can afford and figure out how to use it, lol! I'm not even picky about the print (although the one pictured below is pretty cool!)

Today's appointment

Everything looks great! Dr. Pete let Madison pull her chair over to the table thingy and help out with the heartbeat monitor. It was very cute and I could tell she was very proud of herself. She got to squirt the stuff on my belly, turn the monitor on and off, and even help him hold onto the little microphone thing. I measure perfect for my 28.5 weeks too, so I can still look for a firecracker baby! K

Easter pictures

If you didn't notice, I added a slide show of my Easter pictures at the top of the page! Keep in mind that we only moved in a couple of weeks ago and we are still working on getting things out of boxes and arranged the way we want them... so it's messy! And Madison had just gotten out of bed in the first few photos so she still has that crazed sleepy look about her. Hehe. Otherwise... just enjoy! K

Easter Princess

Just a quickie to show you my Easter princess! She wanted princess stuff with a wand in her Easter basket, and we were lucky enough to find one with everything she wanted! She loves the princess ballerina costume... and of course the wand! K

Oh the rollercoaster that is breathing!

For Madison anyway. The poor thing got all better, then by last Saturday night she couldn't breathe again! She went to see the good ol' doc Monday and he prescribed more breathing treatments (which we had already started back up anyway), a new medicine for her nebulizer that she will be on for 3 months (through the end of June), more prednisone, and Zyrtec (also for 3 months). Yeesh! She does seem to be improving finally. Hopefully this all clears up! The poor girl knew that she had the playgroup Easter Egg hunt this week and was so worried she would have to miss it. She woke up Monday, noticeably ill, trying to convince me she was just fine and could go look for eggs. I told her it was okay if she didn't feel good today (Monday), since the egg hunt was tomorrow (Tuesday). Luckily, she did feel well enough to go and she had a blast! As we were leaving she even told me as I was putting her in her carseat, "I had so much fun, Mommy." Aww. I just love that girl! She loved getting to decorate her very own bag to put her eggs in. As she was gluing Easter pictures on it, she told me that she was making it special for Daddy. Hehe. Isn't that cute! Well, we are supposed to be getting our washer/dryer tonight so I better go finish up clearing a nice path for Curtis and John to get it to where it needs to go. Here is a photo of Madison from yesterday or you can go to My Scrappy Blog to see a layout with a couple more pics on it. K