Welcome to another update

I am updating early this week exciting isn’t it! So let’s get to it!

This weekend was really nice Tait, Lehna, and I ventured out in the snow on Saturday and was able to get the rest of the things that I would need for baby Maya’s appearance. We went to Toy R Us to get the mighty tight and a couple of new monitors for Maya’s room and we also picked up a few pacifiers for Maya.

As we were walking back to the front to check out Tait and I stopped to look at the Quo blocks that Lego makes. Kris and Christina got these blocks for Lehna for Christmas and let me tell you every night we are playing with the blocks. We like to make the towers really big and then have Lehna knock them down! She gets really excited about it when we break them out. She tries to help us put them together but usually gives up after a few blocks and starts knocking down the three she just put down. So she will watch us put them together. We were going to pick up some more b/c we just enjoy playing them but we decided not to get them since we figured that they were more for us then for Lehna. So we got Lehna a new baby doll instead.

This of course was a hard task since most of the babies that they make now are so freaking ugly. She of course didn’t care what the baby looked like she was just excited to see them so she was saying over and over “baby baby baby” she’s so baby crazy. So we let her pick a baby out and we went to the mall.

I purchased Tait this golf game that he said he wanted well apparently he didn’t want it so he took it back to the store. His game player wouldn’t read it but even then he just didn’t like it he said “it’s just not what I expected it to be” was his exact words. So he exchanged it for another game. After that we ate out and then we went home. It was a pretty productive day for the most part. I got home and got allll the laundry done which was a nice feeling and wrote down my shopping list for Sunday.

Sunday came around and we went grocery shopping. I enjoy shopping but I like it better when I have a list then I don’t end up with like 12 boxes of noodles but no main dishes or something like that. So planning out the menu for the week was helpful b/c now I don’t even have to “think” about what we are having b/c I already know. Of course trying to come up with the menu was a little rough I mean I just can’t think of things to fix when I have to just think of stuff. So I referred back to a recipe book that my Aunt Joyce made for all of us and that really helped b/c I was able to get ideas for it and create a menu with things we mostly had the stuff for. I mean there were a few things that I had to get but it will be nice to use up some of the items in my cabinets that I just don’t know what to do with. That’s another problem I have is I will read a recipe and be like “yeah that sounds great” and go out and get all the things I need and we will either not eat in the day I have it planned OR I will decide to do something else for dinner then all the things that I purchased go to waste b/c I don’t end up using the ingredients b/c I decide not to use the recipe. So this book is like a recipe book of dishes that I actually have the items like “normal” meals. I usually will look for recipes when it’s like a big dinner and I want to make something “new” that of course NEVER turns out. I know that’s what I struggle with. I guess I just didn’t pay close enough attention when my mom would cook for us every night b/c I just simply can’t think of things to fix or know how to fix them. That’s why this book is so helpful b/c it’s like recipes that like my grandma and mom use like on a daily basis!

On the family front Lehna is doing better with the hitting battle. She still hits when she’s mad but we have really put our foot down and made her stand in time out once a warning has been issued. We have also changed her time out a little bit. We make her go stand and face the wall for 2 minutes and then we release her after she apologizes of course. I talked to the daycare on Friday of last week asking if she had been hitting there and they said no that she doesn’t hit at all at daycare so I was glad to hear that. I also asked about how often she was put in time out b/c lately Lehna hasn’t been responding to time out instead she plays with the wall and sings and stuff when we sit her down and that’s not quite the reaction that I would like from her. I want her to at least cry or something but she just wasn’t doing that. So they said that making her stand by herself really had a good affect on her so that’s why we changed her time out. Of course this weekend she cried the first time but now she doesn’t care when you put her in time out… she doesn’t like it and will kind of pout at first but then after she gets standing there for a few seconds she usually just starts playing with wall and staring at the ceiling. I mean the only thing I can think to do is just keep doing it and eventually it will sink in.

Maya has been kicking the crap out of me lately. Last night I lay down on the floor with Lehna while she slept in her bed to wait for her to go to sleep and Maya kept kicking me over and over. I told Tait that I can’t lay in there any more. I was so uncomfortable. I don’t like feeling like I can’t do things but I think I have to draw the line. Tait didn’t want me to go in there but I like to be able to help too. I mean I’m pregnant not on my death bed! I have to tell you I have a feeling that this baby is going to make an early appearance. I don’t know just how early but I think some what early… of course that will probably mean she’ll come LATE b/c that’s how it works.

Tanna is due in just two weeks I wish that she would have hers already b/c then it would mean that I’m like only a month away! She’s getting exciting I think I think she’s about where I am and just ready for it to be over with. I know that this is going to be my last baby so I am trying to enjoy the process as much as possible but it’s kind of hard when I know that it’s so much better once they are here! I don’t know it’s a strange situation.

I have the go ahead to call all my clients and start letting them know that I won’t be here for 6 weeks and get the girl who is currently the front office girl trained and put into my position. I know she is nervous but I think she’ll do fine. I know I will enjoy the time being off of work for 6 weeks and it will of course be hard to come back but I really like the daycare so I won’t have the same kind of anxiety that I had with Lehna since I trust Penny with Maya. I think that that makes it much easier for new moms when they trust their daycare.

Well I am adding some pictures to my blog this time so I hope you enjoy them. This is from last week. I apologize I know that I have had my digital camera for about 2 years now and I still suck so I apologize for the pictures for not being good. I have to use the camera more but it’s so frustrating for me to us b/c the delay is so freaking long compared to film that I’m still not used to it. I know I know you’d think two years would be enough but it’s not I know I’m just fullll of excuses. So enjoy the pictures anyway!

My Snow Baby!

"I Want UP Daddy!"

Lehna running around to go down the slide again!

"Mama it was COLD outside!"

The Lonnnnng awaited Update!

I had an update all prepared and I had pictures to go on there as well and I didn’t get it posted so NOW it’s out of date! So I’m starting all over… but enough of the whining let me get to the update!

Jackie came over to our house two weekends ago and helped me get baby Maya’s room ready! It’s FINALLY ready to go and all set up! Jackie was quite the bargain hunter and stumbled across the John Lennon’s baby crib set a 12 piece set for $88 bucks! I was VERY excited! The set included: a crib skirt, bumper, mobile, two shadow boxes, carpet, a shelf, with 2 book ends, quilt, valances, a diaper bag, and lamp. It’s very cool the colors are yellows, blues, greens, and whites. Which the room was already painted white and yellow so it worked really nicely. It looks like the room was painted that way on purpose. It also kind of gives us a “buffer’ just in case baby Maya ends up being a little boy instead! So thank you Jackie for the crib set and thank you for the help in the room. We also were able to go through all the baby clothes and get the clothes hung up and put away in the drawers and let me tell you I have sooooo much pink already for this kid she doesn’t need anything as far as clothes. We have clothes out the wazoooooo! I had forgotten just home much Lehna actually owned! So now that the room is ready I do feel better about it. I was really getting nervous b/c I was afraid that the baby wouldn’t have a place to sleep.

I went on my regular scheduled two-week appointment last week and the doctor said that I was measuring two weeks ahead of schedule. They determine this by holding a tape measure across your tummy from the top of your uterus to the base of well just the bottom. Well then he noticed how much weight I was gaining and said that I gained another 3 lbs. in two weeks. He said that since my blood work came back normal as far as gestational diabetes and my blood pressure was in a good spot that he wants to do another ultrasound to check her size. He said that he’s not too concerned with it he went into this sepal about what the difference is which is basically a two inch difference which he said that you have to use this “normal” sizing for all different size women which makes it harder to judge. But he wasn’t too concerned b/c he did after all schedule the ultrasound for three weeks. Which will be like Feb 26th but he said he wasn’t going to be here the week of the 19th which would be my 2 week normal appointment. Which leads me to believe he’s not toooooo nervous about it b/c if he was then you would think he would do it earlier. Which is kind of exciting if I just gained two weeks without having to actually “earn” them, but it could also mean that she’s just a BIG baby… which you know that has be a bit concerned… I mean Lehna was a small baby and I thought that was pretty well gross the aftermath stuff so we’ll just have to see just how BIG this baby is b/c it may mean worse AFTERMATH which that’s the part that SUCKS about having kids.

Also in the past couple of weeks Tait and I was able to go to Peru to visit Tait’s parents. I was able to play bingo on both Friday and Saturday night which was fun. Of course I didn’t win anything but I was able to come close on two different games both times my number was up in the monitor and then someone else yelled bingo before me! So that kind of sucked but at least I kept it interesting for our table.

This past weekend it was nice Tait and I relaxed and played with Lehna it was so wonderful. We didn’t have to go anywhere nor did we have to do anything, which made it SOOOOO fabulous! I was also able to get the hospital bags ready for the baby and for myself. I don’t have a bag packed for Lehna yet but I’m kind of waiting just a little longer only b/c I need her to be able to wear the clothes that I am going to put away from her. But I am trying to stay up on the laundry and that type of thing to make sure the if baby DOES decide to come early I will at least be a little prepared. Besides if I have to pack Lehna’s bag then that’s fine I mean it won’t take more then 10 minutes to put a bag for her together.

In more recent news Indiana was hit with some pretty hard snow for the past 24 hours it has been snowing, drifting, sleeting, and has created blizzard like conditions. Work was cancelled for me and unfortunately for me I didn’t get the message from my supervisor until I had left two messages on my bosses cell phone stating that I wasn’t going to go in b/c of the weather. Which Lehna and I got to play all day around the house, which was fun. Tait did have to go into work and was sent home shortly after lunch. I called him several times during the day to see how the roads were in town. He kept telling me they were getting worse and worse and was cursing the governor/central office b/c he hadn’t closed all the STATE offices yet. So even though we were under a snow emergency he was able to leave at least half the day. It’s still snowing outside and it’s not supposed to stop for another 10 hours. Which they announced in our county that they were going to pull the country workers off the road at dusk and not bring them back on until the morning. So I talked to my boss just to let him know that I will have to play it by ear as far as getting to work tomorrow. So hopefully the wind will stop blowing when the snow stops b/c then the roads won’t drift shut that’s what I’m most worried about since I take mainly county roads to get anywhere! So we’ll see what happens.

Tait and I took Lehna out this afternoon to play in the snow and I did take pictures unfortunately I can’t get them off the camera right at this second but I will get those off… but I do have some pictures for you to enjoy.

The first pictures are of Maya’s new room. I wanted everyone to see all the hard work that we did on her room.




This is the first night in her bed. She slept so well the first night she didn’t move at all in her bed. Now she’s alllll over her bed when she sleeps she hasn’t fallen out of the bed yet but I’m waiting for the cry from that!



This is a picture of Lehna and on Sunday afternoon I came home from Lafayette to discover my daughter passed out on the living room floor. Tait said she ran herself totally out. She was lying in the mist of all the toys and literally fell over and went to sleep. She slept for a good 2 hours on this nap so it was nice to have some “peace” for a little bit. I did move her back to her bed and she didn’t even budge so she was incredibly tired.



This is another picture of Lehna creating a "mess" for me in the kitchen... she pulled out ALLLLLL the pots in the kitchen and put them all over the floor for me to enjoy... wasn't that nice of her!



Well that’s all the pictures I have for right now. I hope you enjoyed the pictures and I hope to update again really soon! Thanks for reading about us!