Friday, November 27, 2009

Colds + Work

Well I finally got a job :) That's right. I now have a little 2 year old girl I watch every tuesday and thursday from 8-10hours a day. Her name is Grace, and she is so much fun to have around! She can talk, which just blows my mind, can't wait till Joy can talk. Her Dad drops her off around 7:30am and we get some one on one time to play, perfect time to play with the toys Joy isn't allowed yet (like Play Doh). Joy wakes up around 9:30-10am, which is right when Grace likes her morning snack. So I am able to sit them both down and feed them both and myself :) We then change diapers, get Joy dressed and head out for a walk. I do the walking... trying to have two kids walk beside the stroller isn't the easiest! (and way to many people speed around here). So I put them in the double stroller and this pregnant lady gets her work out! After the walk we return home and spend anywhere from an hour to two playing in the toy room. Then we head upstairs and I make lunch, or put them down for naps... depending. Grace naps for 1-3hours. and Joy only naps for 2 hours. I have to put Grace down first otherwise Joy seems to think she's missing out. Then once they are both settled in and I've cleaned up a bit in the kitchen I sneak into our room (Grace sleeps in playpen at foot of bed) and Tipsy and I slip into bed for our nap. Either right after I put Grace down or just before she gets up I get to spend some one on one time with Joy, I think she needs it. I have only watched Grace 2times so far, but they have both been wonderful! The first day Joy really wasn't sure about sharing toys, but day two was better.

Now about colds. Joy seems to have one. We believe she's had one for a while, due to her bad sleeping a few weeks back. But today after her nap (which I had to wake her up from) I noticed when breathing her nose did the 'squeak'of being a bit plugged up. I too have been fighting something off. Please pray we don't get sicker but that this is the tale end of it, we just got Grace, we don't want to be sick!

Saturday, November 14, 2009

The season for Lists.

I'm a list person. That's right. I have lists for EVERYTHING! Don't believe me? HA! I can't remember anything unless I write it down. I have never had the best memory, then throw in having a baby and now this pregnancy, and I almost have to have lists to tell me where I put my lists! Cleaning the house? I have lists. I write a list almost everyday, not that I always complete the lists, but I write them. When I worked I would write lists as to what to do throughout the day. Even if I didn't have any customers I had a full day of work listed out hour by hour. That way if I didn't have any customers I always had stuff to do, and wouldn't have time to let my mind wander or waste time. And if I did have customers then I knew exactly what needed to be done between them. I love lists, I really do. I lose them, rewrite them, but I always have a list.

Grocery shopping I make a list of what we need, then I rewrite it so that I can walk through the store in the same order I always do and pick everything up in order. No back tracking, no getting confused. Straight forward. List.

Cleaning I make a list, sometimes I even make a list of how long each of these things will take and put them together so my day is down to the minute planned out. (hard with a toddler, but still partly duable). I also have boxes next to them to check them off when done, then scratch them out when completely done... see I will have "clean bedroom", and later "vaccuum upstairs". Therefore after I clean the bedroom I will check off the box, then only after I've vaccuumed will I cross it off the list completely. Some people may think, "why not just get to work, you're wasting time making a list". Not for me! I need the list to keep focused and motivated. If I don't have it, I forget what needs to be done, or I just peeter out.

Christmas time, the most wonderful time of the year, also for us list makers it means many many more lists. Lists for parties ~ people to invite, food to buy, food to prepare, house to clean, drinks to serve, etc. Lists for gifts ~ for us, for you, for them etc. Lists for decorating ~ time organizing as I call it. Lists for schedule ~ events, dinners, parties, get togethers, fun in the snow time, etc etc. honestly I LOVE Christmas, not just for the fun and fellowship but for the lists. Almost everyone you see shopping will have a list. I know I will. Heck I already have lists everywhere!

I hope you find as much Joy out of lists as I do!

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Been a while

Hello Blog! it's been a while! I'm pregnant!! Yup that's the exciting new news in our house. Okay so it's not such new news now as I am already 17weeks along. How did we find out you might ask? maybe you wouldn't ask but I'm going to tell you anyway. I had had a 'light' visit with Auntie Flo, so again was dissapointed (8months trying), but took note of how light the visit really was. Around the "O" time after that I started to feel sick.... and not just any sick, it felt like morning sickness. If you have ever had morning sickness then you know how it's different than anything else out there. I convinced myself I couldn't be pregnant, however whenever the nausea really kicked in I'd find myself saying "it feels like morning sickness but it can't be" after about a week of my husband hearing me say this, he was tired of it. So we went and bought a test. Came home, ... , then left the test on the bathroom counter and headed to the livingroom. I thought I saw the test changing to a possitive before I'd even put it down, but I know to wait for the indicator window to work otherwise it's false. Orlund stayed with the test. Cracking jokes and teasing me, I couldn't take it, when he finally said the two minutes were up I ran to the bathroom. "well we are obviously pregnant!" he said "it changed right away" I proceeded to jump up and down and yell with excitement... Joy cried... not because she wont be the only child anymore (she doesn't get that yet) but that mom was yelling! after we comforted her we figured it must not have been Auntie Flo who visited. We figured we were due April 5th. (I always wanted an april baby). After I went to the doctor, he suggested a dating ultrasound due to the spotting. So I got to go see a peanut on the screen that had a little spot thumping away (heartbeat). The technician said I was due 5days later than thought, so April 10th is our due date. The day before my 26th birthday!! I've had very bad morning sickness and have dropped around 15lbs. I do have a small baby bump, and today we get to finally hear the heartbeat for the first time!!!! SO EXCITED. which is my cue to get off the computer and get Joy and I dressed so we can catch the bus to take us to the apt.Thanks for listening!