Today's Sono

Here's his little face!


Foot with 5 toes!

Overall the Sono went really well today. Alex thought I was giving birth today but I had told her over and over before we were just going to see the baby on the TV. We spent a hour watching him and got 40 pictures. He was a stinker though and wouldn't take his hands away from his face. She was pokin and proddin him to get some movement but he was being lazy! While laying there he'd move but only his butt and legs not his hands.

Dom went to my neighbor's house which was really weird. This was the first time he'd ever been anywhere without me that wasn't a relatives house. He has only stayed at my parents house and Dave's Aunt's house without us. He just hopped right in playing with the other daycare kids. I made sure she was aware that he will try anything and everything to break out and run off. She has a very easy front door knob that pulls down and a sliding back door, perfect for him to easily escape. He was there for two hours and did great! Destroyed the toyroom she said. Sounds like Dominic alright!

Today's the 3D Sono!

I'm really psyched for today since we are having our 3D sono done. This will be my first time to have a 3D done and probably the last if this is our last kiddo! We don't know for sure if it will be the last. When Dave and I talk about it, it turns into more of a joking matter then a serious topic! All he can do is crack jokes about how the kids drive my insane as it is but it's not OUR kids, it's all the daycare kids I watch. My son is hard to manage but as long as I've got my eye on him at all times he's not too bad. If I don't he could run away or make a huge mess. I'm hoping that when we have this little guy he'll become big brother and calm down a bit. He understands "shhhhh" means we need to whisper so if I could get him to understand a few more things like watch out for the baby, don't throw, no hitting I think we'll be more set!

After the sono I'm hoping maybe we can come up with a name. I'm a bit tired of calling him little guy, bambino, brother, etc. I've got some names picked out, it's just getting Dave to agree on them. We didn't have a name for Alexzandra till she was 3 days old, the day I was getting released from the hospital! Dominic was fairly easy since Dave's grandpa just passed away we named Dominic after him. Some serious names I've thought of are

Damien
Gabriel
Rocco
Xzavier

For a middle name I think Izak because Alex's is Italia and Dominic's is Izaiah so I'd like to stick with an I. lol

I plan on blogging later today so I can post some pics of our little nameless guy and how our experience went. It's going to be a LONG day waiting for 4 o'clock to come along!

Hmmm..........

I got this picture in my email this morning.  It said, if you see this on your way to work you better turn around and go home because your bound to have a shitty day. Then this morning I took my dog out to pee and looking around at the clouds there were all sorts of clouds making weird shapes but none with the middle finger.  Well I guess I was cursed by getting this email because I'm seeming to have a really crappy day already.  The kids won't quit fighting over toys, hitting each other,  they keep taking every pillow and cushion off my couch so they can jump on them, one girl won't stop with her high pitched screams, the baby has been napping but wouldn't stop crying this morning since her mom brought her over to my house starving.  I have 3 kids leaving today at 3:00 so then I'll only have 2 more plus my 2.  The last 2 leave at 5:15.  Then I have Alex's gymnastics at 6 PM.  I'm bound to crash early tonight since the first two kids got here at 6:30 AM this morning.  Well....guess the fish sticks are about done cooking so I'll get off here.  Boy do they smell good!  I won't eat any though, I get so tired of kid foods.  (sigh)

Here's the Globe.....Minus the Equator!

This is 29 weeks taken yesterday. Lovely stretchmarks line my gut (isn't it pretty!? lol) but not from this pregnancy. These are actually all from my almost 5 yr old daughter when I was pregnant with her. I gained 50 lbs that pregnancy because I was sick with Pregnancy Hypertension and Edema. I was so bloated that I had Kankles, or elephant legs and my skin felt like it was cracking from being stretched so much. I'm so happy this pregnancy has went fairly smoothly so far with no trips to the hospital and nothing to major to worry about. Wait..... I still haven't heard if I have Gestational Diabetes yet from that 3 hour test last Wednesday! I sure hope that the fact they haven't called me yet is a good sign!

No Word On Money

Well the mom called this morning and asked (as always) if anyone here has been sick. Her little boy is ALWAYS sick so she calls me everytime to see if anyone could have got him sick but no one here has been, just allergies. She says her son has a fever, can't breathe, etc so they are taking him to the Dr. She didn't mention anything about the money. She just said that her boyfriend was staying home with him today and she should be here tomorrow with him. I feel bad for the little guy because he's always sick. With your dad smoking pot around you (his dad has came to my house high to pick him up before) and your mom being only 20 and not knowing anything about raising kids and keeping them well, your probably going to be sick quite a bit. This kid is sick at least once or twice a month and usually takes a prescription of amoxicillin about once a month. Anyone who reads this with kids knows that your child is going to grow immune to the medicine and it's not going to work! He's always got green snot coming out his nose so I chase him constantly so we don't get snot on his hands or on the toys. We'll see I guess tomorrow what he has and if she has any more remarks about the money.

What would you do??

Well this is a really great question for any daycare provider or anyone else for that matter.

I had a woman pay me yesterday for two weeks of watching her little one. She gave me a wad of cash and not wanting to count it infront of her I just took it to my kitchen and put it on the counter. She then left with her child and after she left I counted it and found it to be $10 short. I know I told her the right amount on the phone twice before she came. It was an easy amount to remember $96.69 and I had to tell her twice on the phone probably because she was writing it down. She gave me (4) $20 (1) $5 (2) $1= $87 so really she only owes $9.70. I called her last night and asked her if maybe she dropped a $10 bill because she only paid me $87 and that I'd searched all around where I put it after she gave it to me but it's definitely not here. She said she must have pulled out the wrong amount or maybe dropped it outside. I told her that I could just tack it onto her total in two weeks it was no big deal and she said that was fine. WELL today she calls me from a friends house btw asking if I found the money because she counted her leftover money and she had what she should have had, and no extra $10. I told her no I never found anything but I'd look outside but I doubt it'd be there since we had 30 mph winds. She is swearing that she gave me this extra money when I know either she's misplaced it or she's trying to scam me and see if she can get away with it.

I've had money issues with her a few times. She's young, not married and the guy she's with doesn't do much for her as far as helping out with their son or money, she's having job issues with losing bonus money. The last time was about a month ago she told me that she'd come and pay me later Friday night and she never came. Then she said she'd come out Saturday and she never came again. Then she called and asked if she could pay the amount in two weeks when she got paid her next check because she didn't have enough money so I told her that would be fine. It's not like I rely on this money so it was no big deal to let her go for a month without paying.

The whole reason I started doing daycare was because I wanted to stay home with our kids but I wanted them to have a few kids their age to play with. I didn't want them bored out of their mind and Dave thought a few extra bucks could help if we needed it. I'm not one of those money hungry sitters that charge you weekly rates and if your kid isn't here I still get paid. I charge $1.75 a hour and if I have two of your kids it's $1.50 a hour. If you're kid is sick and they aren't coming or you took time off, I don't get paid. I'm sure a lot of people will read that and say "she's getting ripped off!" but to me it's just courtesy. You can't help it if your kid gets sick or your sick and I'm not going to charge you for it.

We'll see on Monday what the outcome of this meesley $9.30 will be I guess. I'm not sure if she's going to butt heads with me on it or just pay me? Frankly I don't care it's not worth fighting over but I just wonder if there won't be a day when I watch him for 2 weeks and then she just doesn't pay and doesn't come back with him. Very possible.

Ya Junkie!

Well after having blood drawn 4 times this morning I seriously look like a crack addict. 4 holes and bruises starting to form after I just got rid of the bruise from last wednesday's blood draw. I'm hoping for good results from doing this 3 hour glucose test today. I seriously can't see myself watching my diet or worse yet having to deal with stabbing myself with a needle daily.

Yesterday I tried laying off the sugary foods and eat a bit healthier before this test. I had to start fasting as of midnight but I started at 10:30 when I went to bed. What killed me this morning was having to make breakfast for the kids. My stomach never growled but I was feeling a bit sick to my stomach I just wanted to eat so bad. I got there at 8 but didn't start drinking the highly sugary drink till 8:15. You can definitely tell a difference between the two drinks, one being not as sugary as the one I did today. I didn't have any problems just felt a little light headed at first but I'm sure it was because I was starving to death! Then the starving went away. I brought my laptop so time went pretty quick when playing games all morning. They are telling me they'll have my results by tomorrow. I don't know whether I should answer the phone or not. I'm scared to hear I have GD. Seems like the only time they call is when it's bad news so I'll probably just leave my machine on and see if they leave a message!

Updates

Can't believe I have time to actually type a post. It's a nice Tuesday afternoon and I'm daycare kidless because I had Kindergarten Roundup today. It's a bit strange in a way it just being my two kids and I just sitting around waiting till 5:45 when I take Alex to Gymnastics.

I found out on friday that I failed my Gestational Diabetes test and tomorrow morning I have to go take a 3 hour test. I never had to deal with GD with my other 2 kids so in a way it was a shock but I have noticed I've ate a lot of sugary things this time around. Probably since I'm stressed all the time the first thing I go for is something sweet. I haven't gained but 13 lbs this pregnancy so I don't think I really have it. I'm blaming my result on the fact that I drank tons of orange juice that morning not knowing it's full of sugar! I'm not too smart sometimes!

Other than having GD issues, screaming toddlers around my house, and having turbo powered Dominic driving me nuts not a lot has went on. I went to our family reunion over the weekend where I ran into my welfare cousin who I really can't stand. People on welfare get under my skin. She has 5 kids all from different dads in a wide variety of colors. lol I try to stay away from her because I'll probably say something and then end up kicking her ass because she didn't like what I had to say. Dominic had a great time on the playground equipment and then decided to scare us all to death by running after a zoo train at the bottom of the hill. My uncle and I were talking about how he's so active and hard for me to keep up with him especially being so big and pregnant. Next thing we know he's screaming "train! train!! Mamma! train!!" We look and he's halfway down the hill running straight for this train. He had a huge lead over us but we caught him right before he got to the train. It was the most interesting part of the day. The people on the train looked at us like we were dumb but they have no ideas the motives that our little guy has in his head. I can tell people pretty much what he's going to do when he sees something he likes. He's a predictable boy!

This past week I've been thinking AGAIN about our miscarriage. April 19th was confirmation day by sono that I was indeed miscarrying. I will always remember looking at that screen in shock seeing nothing but the sac when I should have seen a baby with arms and legs. I finally miscarried on the 21st, two days later. I am sad but feeling all the movement in my tummy now is really bittersweet. If it wasn't for our loss I wouldn't have this little guy on the way. On the 25th we'll have our 4D scan and I'm so excited to see what his little face looks like. I have a feeling he'll look just like the other two, at least I hope he does! I hope he still has a little weenie too so we aren't thrown for a loop!

Well it's about time to head out and Alex is fighting me to put on her gymnastics outfit because she wants to wear the other one. UGH! Kids! She just won't get McDonalds then tonight. lol

Seriously Hating My Life at the Moment

I don't totally hate my life but a lot of it I do. I'm so happy to be blessed with my kids, have a sweet husband like Dave, have a nice home, nice car. Things I'm hating about my life are no time for or help with anything, doing daycare, messy house all the time, my fat ass appearance. Things have just gotten worse and worse with me staying home. I don't enjoy it at all anymore. I leave the house maybe 2-3 times a week, I don't dress up, no makeup anymore, I'm a freakin slob. I get up at 6 am to clean the house before kids show up at 7:30 then I TRY to clean while they are here but unsupervised there's a lot of fighting, pulling hair and all that going on in the front room. I feel like I yell all the time. I'm afraid that this baby is going to be scared to death of coming out because all I do is yell all day. Today has been a bad day. I hung up on Dave because I was crying because like usual all hell is breaking loose. I've got a girl stripping out of her clothes and everything I tell her no and stay out of she does it over and over so I've stuck her in timeout twice today. I have a baby who wants to eat all the time, I have my son doing everything he's not supposed to do, I have a girl who cries at all the kids if they even touch or come near her, then the little boy that cries because of toys he wants that someone else is playing with. I have yelled all morning. Now it's naptime and all is quiet for now.

I got laid off right after going back to work 8 weeks after Dominic's birth. I had told my boss I wasn't going to be there much longer because we couldn't justify me working for the $700 we would pay to daycare. As a favor, he laid me off which was great! I LOVED being a SAHM and the kids and I had daily trips to the zoo and park. I'd meet up with friends who also stay home with their kiddos and we'd have a good ol time talking while the kids all played. I was able to do our grocery shopping during the day, take care of bills, etc without much of a problem. During this period I was getting unemployment which was about $200 a week till August when I decided to go ahead and try daycare. I so enjoyed only having my kids home with me, not 6-7 others during the day. Dominic has gotten a little better but he was at a point where if I picked up another kid or changed a diaper he'd get really mad and hug or hit me with something because he didn't like me doing things with the others. Maybe this is why he acts so bad during the day? He's always trying to do something he knows is wrong and that I've gotten onto him before but if I'm not paying direct attention to him he'll do it anyways.

I don't know what to do when this baby comes. I think this summer may be pretty daycare free because a lot of the kids won't be here but when school comes back around I know 4 will. I have to try to make due I guess till June 30th because that's when I told everyone my last day would be. 2 kids should hopefully be gone by then since their mom is a teacher but I have a feeling she may want me some during the summer too. I'm hoping Dave will tell me just to not do it anymore. Fat chance on that. He makes enough for us to live on but he always says "I can't just stay home and do nothing" I would do something, I'd be enjoying life doing things with OUR kids, actually cleaning the house, and getting things done. I would have a lot less stress on my plate which would be nice. Right now I'm so stressed. Today I was so upset I was shaking. That can't be a good sign. I cry a lot too. Just typing that word makes my eyes get blurry again with tears. I don't know really what to think anymore.

They're Worse As Teenagers

Last night at my daughter's gymnastics class I ran into a woman who used to be my dad's neighbor after my parents divorced. She started to point her finger at my sister and I and give us that don't I know you look which I said "You used to be our dad's neighbor" and she said "yeah!" She told us that she had 2 daughters in gymnastics and one was in the same class as our girls. I had to ask about her boys. She was looking for love in all the wrong places back when I was visiting my dad and I'd watch her 3 boys on the weekends while she went to the bars. I thought my sister has it rough with 2 stepsons that are a month a part (long story) and with how rowdy they are. This woman's kids were the most craziest, destructible, loud, obnoxious, mean children I'd ever had to deal with and I was only 14 years old! I told her I remember watching her boys and if I would have remembered them each time I decided to have a baby, I probably wouldn't have kids right now! lol She told me that she was naive back then and wasn't thinking when she got pregnant one after another like that with a boy each time that they would be that wild and crazy. Then she said something that I couldn't believe. "they're worse now as teenagers then they were as kids!" Then she proceeded to tell me "if your worried now, wait till they hit the teenage years." Her's are now 16, 18, and 20 yrs old. I can't even imagine how they could be worse now except for maybe getting into drugs, or drinking, or maybe the whole girlfriend subject and sex! It was a weird conversation that's for sure but I hope she isn't right. I have a long road ahead of me till we get to that stage.

Blah Blah Blah

Taking a moment to sit down on here and blab. How long this moment will be, who knows! Just depends which kid starts yelling or screaming for me. It's supposed to be naptime but you know how that goes when you have 5 taking a nap!

We had a pretty uneventful week last week. Figuring I'm on a schedule with kids all day nothing really changes except for the events at the house! I think Dominic only got out and ran away 2-3 times and it was fairly easy to catch him since we have installed door alarms that wail when you open the door without shutting them off first. He can still get away but believe me I can hear it if he does! It's a little added security for me since before I didn't know when he got out.

This weekend we tried for a trip to Wichita that turned out to be a nightmare. Dominic hadn't taken a nap and was screaming, hitting, kicking, throwing himself at all the stores we went to. I wanted to pick up some baby clothes but he wasn't going for any shopping. He kept screaming "bye bye" everywhere we went except for PetCo of course where he checked out all the animals. That was the only thing that shut him up for the day or should I say while we were in that store. Then we tried going to Sams Club and again he went nuts! Dave took him to all the food samples filling him up to shut his mouth but then he decided he needed a drink. Errgh! Started screaming about that so we decided to leave. I've never gotten so many looks in my life from people but I guess when you've got a kid turning purple from screaming, that may look a little odd. Then after getting home and getting the kids to bed I realized I hadn't done all my lovely paperwork for the food program so I finished that and Dave ran it down to their office for me. I was in such a hurry that I forgot one piece of it and had to take it down there late last night and drop it in their box with a Sorry note. The food program paperwork is such an annoying hassle but convenient too because of the way you get reimbursed for the food you serve to the kiddos.

Today has been a rather slow day. Kids have fought here and there but I've mainly just dealt with a fussy baby who wants to eat all day long every hour of the day! This child's mother can barely pump enough because she eats so often. She's only 3 months old but it's going to get worse as time goes by. Her mother works as a teacher and pumps at the school but probably not as often as she needs to because she's not getting enough for this chunky gal! As I write this I can hear her starting to whine. I've already got a bottle warming up in some warm water now for her. Guess I'd better go feed her again!