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Wednesday, April 21, 2010
It's been a long time....
So yeah where to begin......
Steven and I have a wonderful little family. Alexis is such a good big sister. She almost always is willing to help out with Emmett, and practically begs to the rest of the time. She does get carried away from time to time. One of her favorite things to do is to feed Emmett when we get home from work. Her least favorite thing is of course diaper duty.
As of yesterday Emmett was 23 weeks old or 5 and half months old. He laughs and plays with you and is so excited when talk to him. Sometimes after we pick him up from Ms. Harriett's we can't get a word in edge wise because he's talking sooooo much. Which we love!!! Unofficially his first word was Dadda. 
Of course it was just him imitating the sounds we've been making and he doesn't understand it yet, but it still was so cute and it made Steven's day. So that being said his first word was Dadda. Oh and Emmett has become a Daddy's boy the last few days too! Normally he's all excited about Mommy, but noooo it's been Daddy since the weekend. I can't be too upset about that though, I knew it was going to happen eventually.
Of course it was just him imitating the sounds we've been making and he doesn't understand it yet, but it still was so cute and it made Steven's day. So that being said his first word was Dadda. Oh and Emmett has become a Daddy's boy the last few days too! Normally he's all excited about Mommy, but noooo it's been Daddy since the weekend. I can't be too upset about that though, I knew it was going to happen eventually.Emmett can roll over both ways now and he has started to get up on his hands and knees over the last week. Pretty soon he's going figure out how to move his hands and legs at the same time while he's on his knees and then we're in trouble. He's going to be a handful once he's really mobile. Actually I can't wait! He's going to be so cute. He's also getting very used to falling asleep in his crib on his own. We've been puttin
g him down while he's still awake to make sure that he's used to his bed and so that he doesn't get scared when he wakes up in the middle of the night and he's not with Mommy and Daddy.
g him down while he's still awake to make sure that he's used to his bed and so that he doesn't get scared when he wakes up in the middle of the night and he's not with Mommy and Daddy.We've started feeding him baby foods. Right now he really likes prunes, green beans, peas, pears, and sweet potatoes. He really doesn't like the peaches so much. Maybe we'll try them again in a few weeks and see if he changes his mind. Emmett is such a happy little eater, unless we've waited to long to give him another bite and then he'll let you know about it. :)
This summer we are taking Emmett on a trip to 
Florida. Not only will this be his first time on a plane, but it will be Daddy's as well. This will be interesting since I will be in charge considering I am the experienced flier. I can't wait to see how Emmett reacts to being on the beach and in the ocean! My Mom has such vivid memories of the first time they took me to the beach. The only blight on this particular family trip is that we are going to be one short. Alexis will not be able to be in Florida with because she will still be at her Dad's for their summer vacation. We'll just have to plan another vacation soon where we can all be involved.
Florida. Not only will this be his first time on a plane, but it will be Daddy's as well. This will be interesting since I will be in charge considering I am the experienced flier. I can't wait to see how Emmett reacts to being on the beach and in the ocean! My Mom has such vivid memories of the first time they took me to the beach. The only blight on this particular family trip is that we are going to be one short. Alexis will not be able to be in Florida with because she will still be at her Dad's for their summer vacation. We'll just have to plan another vacation soon where we can all be involved. Well I need to go for now. Maybe might posts won't be so far apart from now on, maybe.....
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Where to begin?
Well it's been a little over two months since the last time I posted anything on this blog so it's going to take a little to get everything caught up.
November 9th was the day our precious Emmett was born and our world was turned upside down again. How many life changing events can you have in one year? Let's count them shall we: 1) Steven and I got married on January 31, 2009, 2) Steven became Alexis's step dad, 3) Steven and I found out that we were expecting a baby, 3) we buy a house, 4) we have that little bundle of joy. Practically the only thing we didn't do in 2009 was have any job changes (which I'm grateful for). I'm not sure either one of us could have handled a new job on top of everything else.
Women go back and forth on whether or not they prefer the whole being induced thing. Now having had two babies and one was induced and one wasn't, I would take the not being induced any day. My birth experience with Emmett was completely different from that of having Alexis. I won't go into many of the details but let's say it was crazy right at the end. I went from being dilated to a 6 (which I had been for several hours with no sign I was going to progress any further) to having Emmett within 5-10 minutes. My doctor came in and said that if I hadn't progressed more within a couple of hours that they were going to have to do a C-section and boy did that get Emmett riled up. He decided that no doctor was going to take him via C-section and BAM he made his appearance. If you want the exact details feel free to ask me and I can tell you more, but some people probably don't want all the uncomfortable details.
And of course me being me, I was ready to go home by the next morning, but my hubby and I hadn't talked about it so when the doctor came by and asked I went ahead and decided to stay another day (we should have gone home). We were so stir crazy by that afternoon it isn't even funny.
Emmett was born Nov 9, 2009 at 7:57pm. He weighed 8 lbs even and was 21.5 inches long. I'll have to add more pictures later.
More to come....
Friday, November 6, 2009
New house and baby on the way
We have tried to get our house as baby ready as we could before Emmett gets here. We began moving into our house on Saturday October 17th, and as of right now we have a handful of boxes that still are not unpacked.
I'm thinking that since I'm about the be home for an extended period of time that those boxes can wait just a little while to be unpacked.
We have finished Emmett's room. We actually got his room all painted that first weekend that we were moving in, but we now have all the furniture setup along with his crib and it's bedding. I also went into full on nesting mode this week and hung up his clothes in the closet and set out diapers and wipes at the pack n play, bassinet, changing table, and then I packed my diaper bag and Steven's too. Seriously we could change this baby's diaper just about anywhere in the house at this point in time. Heck last night I finally moved a small table over next to the couch and this morning I moved the pack n play into the living room where I think I want it to be set up. I may end up moving the diaper champ into the living room until we finally move Emmett into his crib, but that won't be for a while.
Over the first week of us living int he house we got Alexis's room almost completely done. We have finished painting her walls, and changed out her fan and all the plugs and the light switch, and Steven and his Dad even put up crown molding. Now we just need to fix the light in her closet and finish her bedroom door and her room will be done (aside from her actually unpacking all of her stuff). Which grandpa has threatened to take all home with him so she can't use any of it.
This past Sunday Steven and I got a new fan in our room along with a really cool switch to dim the lights and fan. And they finished painting the one wall in the living room. I put books on the book shelf and some crystal bowls on top of the book shelves. I just have to finish going through all the little things and find places for all of it.
More to come....
I'm thinking that since I'm about the be home for an extended period of time that those boxes can wait just a little while to be unpacked.
We have finished Emmett's room. We actually got his room all painted that first weekend that we were moving in, but we now have all the furniture setup along with his crib and it's bedding. I also went into full on nesting mode this week and hung up his clothes in the closet and set out diapers and wipes at the pack n play, bassinet, changing table, and then I packed my diaper bag and Steven's too. Seriously we could change this baby's diaper just about anywhere in the house at this point in time. Heck last night I finally moved a small table over next to the couch and this morning I moved the pack n play into the living room where I think I want it to be set up. I may end up moving the diaper champ into the living room until we finally move Emmett into his crib, but that won't be for a while.
Over the first week of us living int he house we got Alexis's room almost completely done. We have finished painting her walls, and changed out her fan and all the plugs and the light switch, and Steven and his Dad even put up crown molding. Now we just need to fix the light in her closet and finish her bedroom door and her room will be done (aside from her actually unpacking all of her stuff). Which grandpa has threatened to take all home with him so she can't use any of it.
This past Sunday Steven and I got a new fan in our room along with a really cool switch to dim the lights and fan. And they finished painting the one wall in the living room. I put books on the book shelf and some crystal bowls on top of the book shelves. I just have to finish going through all the little things and find places for all of it.
More to come....
Week 39 of Pregnancy
www.americanpregnancy.org/weekbyweek/week39.htm
So here we are in the home stretch. Tuesday I was one week away from my due date and the contractions had stopped for the most part. I really haven't had very many at all this week. I however have had lots of back pain and sore, tired feet.
I saw my doctor or Tuesday and she brought up the idea of being induced. She had mentioned this idea to me several weeks ago, but I really hadn't given it much thought. I really thought I wanted to make it past my due date before even thinking about being induced. But things change. After spending all last week thinking that I was going to be having a baby before the end of the weekend, it made me really want to have Emmett here and to not have to deal with work for a while.
I like my job, for the most part, but the last month has been really difficult and frustrating. I think what with being huge pregnant that I'm just ready for a nice long break to recoup and get rested up for a new year in 2010. That's all I'll say about work....
Back to the doctor's appointment....so once again she tells me I'm only dilated to a 1 and nothing has changed. Then we start talking about the size of the baby and what she thinks I would be able to handle before having to have a C-section, and again she mentions the possibility of being induced. She said that she would rather have me induced than wait and then I can't deliver the baby because he's too big and so forth. Not to say that as of right now he's too big, but that could change as he's still growing. She said we didn't have to decide right then and that we could wait and talk and call her with a decision.
Steven and I talked and eventually we came to decision to see if we could go ahead and induce on Thursday (yesterday), but of course that didn't happen. However if Mr. Emmett doesn't make an appearance before Sunday evening we are indeed going in to be induced Monday morning.
I'm still getting phone calls and text messages and emails asking how I feel, and is everything okay, and so forth....We'll see what happens this weekend, but be expecting either phone calls or text messages on Monday letting everyone know that we have a little baby boy waiting to be seen by all.
So here we are in the home stretch. Tuesday I was one week away from my due date and the contractions had stopped for the most part. I really haven't had very many at all this week. I however have had lots of back pain and sore, tired feet.
I saw my doctor or Tuesday and she brought up the idea of being induced. She had mentioned this idea to me several weeks ago, but I really hadn't given it much thought. I really thought I wanted to make it past my due date before even thinking about being induced. But things change. After spending all last week thinking that I was going to be having a baby before the end of the weekend, it made me really want to have Emmett here and to not have to deal with work for a while.
I like my job, for the most part, but the last month has been really difficult and frustrating. I think what with being huge pregnant that I'm just ready for a nice long break to recoup and get rested up for a new year in 2010. That's all I'll say about work....
Back to the doctor's appointment....so once again she tells me I'm only dilated to a 1 and nothing has changed. Then we start talking about the size of the baby and what she thinks I would be able to handle before having to have a C-section, and again she mentions the possibility of being induced. She said that she would rather have me induced than wait and then I can't deliver the baby because he's too big and so forth. Not to say that as of right now he's too big, but that could change as he's still growing. She said we didn't have to decide right then and that we could wait and talk and call her with a decision.
Steven and I talked and eventually we came to decision to see if we could go ahead and induce on Thursday (yesterday), but of course that didn't happen. However if Mr. Emmett doesn't make an appearance before Sunday evening we are indeed going in to be induced Monday morning.
I'm still getting phone calls and text messages and emails asking how I feel, and is everything okay, and so forth....We'll see what happens this weekend, but be expecting either phone calls or text messages on Monday letting everyone know that we have a little baby boy waiting to be seen by all.
Week 38 of Pregnancy
www.americanpregnancy.org/weekbyweek/week38.htm
Week 38 was the last week of October which meant I was getting a lot of pressure from many directions to have the baby by Saturday.
My doctor's appointment was on Tuesday and she said I had gone up to 1cm, but nothing more. The next day however I started having some contractions and a few other things going on, so I thought for sure Emmett was coming. I patiently waited for the doctor to give me a call back and when she did she told me to monitor the contractions. If they ever got to be a minute in length and 5 minutes apart or if my water broke I was supposed to come in. Well as you can guess the contractions never progressed into anything more than a sporadic mess.
Both my Dad and Steven's mom Sylvia were pushing for the baby to be born before the end of the weekend. My Dad was pushing because he wanted to be able to come up to Dallas and spend some time with us and the baby before he had to go back to work on the 2nd of November. Sylvia was pushing because all she wanted for her birthday was to be able to snuggle and love on a brand new grand baby. Her birthday is October 31st. Now if I would have had Emmett on Saturday I would have been carrying on a tradition in my family of grand babies being born on their grandma's birthdays. I was born on my grandma's birthday and we had a special bond that I wouldn't trade for the world. I have several aunts and cousins that we extremely disgruntled when my grandma gave me her first wedding band on my 16th birthday. My Mom made me swear to never wear the ring at family gatherings for fear that it would start up fights. Another reason the 31st would have been cool is that I then would have had two holiday babies. Alexis's birthday is December 31st, and his would have been October 31st...New Year's Eve and Halloween.
We even went out for Mexican food Friday night to spur this baby along, but to no avail. No pleading by the grandma to be or the grandpa to be would make him budge. Apparently Emmett is quite content in his current environment and there was nothing that was going to make him join us all this past week.
You wouldn't believe the number of calls, and text messages, and talking to's Emmett and I had over the weekend about him, but the weekend ended with no baby to snuggle.... :(
Week 38 was the last week of October which meant I was getting a lot of pressure from many directions to have the baby by Saturday.
My doctor's appointment was on Tuesday and she said I had gone up to 1cm, but nothing more. The next day however I started having some contractions and a few other things going on, so I thought for sure Emmett was coming. I patiently waited for the doctor to give me a call back and when she did she told me to monitor the contractions. If they ever got to be a minute in length and 5 minutes apart or if my water broke I was supposed to come in. Well as you can guess the contractions never progressed into anything more than a sporadic mess.
Both my Dad and Steven's mom Sylvia were pushing for the baby to be born before the end of the weekend. My Dad was pushing because he wanted to be able to come up to Dallas and spend some time with us and the baby before he had to go back to work on the 2nd of November. Sylvia was pushing because all she wanted for her birthday was to be able to snuggle and love on a brand new grand baby. Her birthday is October 31st. Now if I would have had Emmett on Saturday I would have been carrying on a tradition in my family of grand babies being born on their grandma's birthdays. I was born on my grandma's birthday and we had a special bond that I wouldn't trade for the world. I have several aunts and cousins that we extremely disgruntled when my grandma gave me her first wedding band on my 16th birthday. My Mom made me swear to never wear the ring at family gatherings for fear that it would start up fights. Another reason the 31st would have been cool is that I then would have had two holiday babies. Alexis's birthday is December 31st, and his would have been October 31st...New Year's Eve and Halloween.
We even went out for Mexican food Friday night to spur this baby along, but to no avail. No pleading by the grandma to be or the grandpa to be would make him budge. Apparently Emmett is quite content in his current environment and there was nothing that was going to make him join us all this past week.
You wouldn't believe the number of calls, and text messages, and talking to's Emmett and I had over the weekend about him, but the weekend ended with no baby to snuggle.... :(
Week 37 of Pregnancy
Well I have no clue what is going on with the website that does my updates on what is going on with me and the baby.
If you would like to read up on week 37 you can go to
www.americanpregnancy.org/weekbyweek/week37.htm
I think week 37 was the first time my doctor said I was dilating even a tiny bit.
These next few posts are going to be pretty blah because so much has happened that I can't remember much.
If you would like to read up on week 37 you can go to
www.americanpregnancy.org/weekbyweek/week37.htm
I think week 37 was the first time my doctor said I was dilating even a tiny bit.
These next few posts are going to be pretty blah because so much has happened that I can't remember much.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Pregnancy Hormones and Mamma Tiger Complex
Okay so I told this story to my friend Kim and she said I have to blog about it because it is a super awesome story, and I completely agree!
Yesterday Steven and I took off of work half a day so we could go and close on our house, but unfortunately that didn't happen. Well obviously this irritated us both and our nerves were a little worn. At around 3:10 Steven tells me "I'm going to go and wait for Alexis at the bridge," and I said "oh wait and I'll go with you." Keep in mind I'm already irritated at this point in the afternoon.
We get to the bridge to wait for Alexis and we can already see some kids crossing the bridge. I noticed a group of girls at the end so I knew Alexis was with them. About that time Steven asked me if I could see Alexis and I said "No, but she's probably with the group of girls at the end," and I looked up to find them. At that exact moment we both saw these two boys go running by the group of girls and we both saw one of them trip a girl. As soon as the girl fell we both knew it was Alexis, and I became seriously enraged. Pregnancy hormones, mixed with stress, and the fact that I was already irritated about the closing did nothing to help those boys yesterday afternoon.
Before I could even think twice I jumped out of the car and ran to the end of the bridge to stop those two boys. They were running and assumed that I was just waiting for one of the other kids, but I jumped in front of them and blocked their path and immediately tore into them. I demanded to know which one of them had tripped Alexis and they both sat there and lied and said they didn't do anything, which only made me more angry. Do they think adults are stupid, or do they just think we don't watch? So I tore into them more about lying to me because I had watched them do it. Needless to say I was seeing RED!! They are lucky that I know not to put my hands on kids or else I would have throttled them both and then drug them back to their homes and laid into their parents too. However I didn't do any of that, I just yelled at them more about the fact that I watched one of them do it and not to lie to me and to keep their hands off my kids and to leave her alone, and to stay far away from her.
I finally let them go and went up to Alexis (who didn't even know I was there or what had just happened between me and those boys) and I wrapped my arms around her and walked her to the car. When we got in the car Steven asked me what I said to those boys because he could tell I was telling them off. I think it absolutely shocked Alexis that I would tear into anyone on her behalf because she was like "really, Mom you did that and you said that!" I felt like I was a mommy tiger and those boys had just tried to get my cub or something. Those boys are seriously lucky I didn't do more than yell at them. Steven and I both told Alexis that if they try to mess with her any more that she has our permission to fight back. That may not have been the best piece of advice but we don't want her to let people walk all over her either.
Another reason these boys bothered me so much was because last week another Mother waited on the bridge to talk to them about tripping the girls and messing with them. Seriously what is it going to take to get them to be respectful and to leave other kids alone? Maybe some jail time?
So for future reference don't mess with a pregnant womans kids! (Or any womans kids)
Yesterday Steven and I took off of work half a day so we could go and close on our house, but unfortunately that didn't happen. Well obviously this irritated us both and our nerves were a little worn. At around 3:10 Steven tells me "I'm going to go and wait for Alexis at the bridge," and I said "oh wait and I'll go with you." Keep in mind I'm already irritated at this point in the afternoon.
We get to the bridge to wait for Alexis and we can already see some kids crossing the bridge. I noticed a group of girls at the end so I knew Alexis was with them. About that time Steven asked me if I could see Alexis and I said "No, but she's probably with the group of girls at the end," and I looked up to find them. At that exact moment we both saw these two boys go running by the group of girls and we both saw one of them trip a girl. As soon as the girl fell we both knew it was Alexis, and I became seriously enraged. Pregnancy hormones, mixed with stress, and the fact that I was already irritated about the closing did nothing to help those boys yesterday afternoon.
Before I could even think twice I jumped out of the car and ran to the end of the bridge to stop those two boys. They were running and assumed that I was just waiting for one of the other kids, but I jumped in front of them and blocked their path and immediately tore into them. I demanded to know which one of them had tripped Alexis and they both sat there and lied and said they didn't do anything, which only made me more angry. Do they think adults are stupid, or do they just think we don't watch? So I tore into them more about lying to me because I had watched them do it. Needless to say I was seeing RED!! They are lucky that I know not to put my hands on kids or else I would have throttled them both and then drug them back to their homes and laid into their parents too. However I didn't do any of that, I just yelled at them more about the fact that I watched one of them do it and not to lie to me and to keep their hands off my kids and to leave her alone, and to stay far away from her.
I finally let them go and went up to Alexis (who didn't even know I was there or what had just happened between me and those boys) and I wrapped my arms around her and walked her to the car. When we got in the car Steven asked me what I said to those boys because he could tell I was telling them off. I think it absolutely shocked Alexis that I would tear into anyone on her behalf because she was like "really, Mom you did that and you said that!" I felt like I was a mommy tiger and those boys had just tried to get my cub or something. Those boys are seriously lucky I didn't do more than yell at them. Steven and I both told Alexis that if they try to mess with her any more that she has our permission to fight back. That may not have been the best piece of advice but we don't want her to let people walk all over her either.
Another reason these boys bothered me so much was because last week another Mother waited on the bridge to talk to them about tripping the girls and messing with them. Seriously what is it going to take to get them to be respectful and to leave other kids alone? Maybe some jail time?
So for future reference don't mess with a pregnant womans kids! (Or any womans kids)
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Home
Breathe.....breathe.....it's just a 30 year commitment.....
I can't wait for lunch time! We are leaving work at lunch to go and close on our house! And tonight we are going to start moving things over to the new place and begin painting.
Alexis and Steven already have plans to eat at a place in The Colony called "The Cereal Bar" on Saturday morning. I'm not sure if that means we are moving our beds Friday night, or if they are going to be at the new place sleeping on air mattresses. I'm not sleeping on an air mattress being this far along in the pregnancy, I would never be able to get up. (I'm like a beached whale sometimes! lol)
I can't wait for lunch time! We are leaving work at lunch to go and close on our house! And tonight we are going to start moving things over to the new place and begin painting.
Alexis and Steven already have plans to eat at a place in The Colony called "The Cereal Bar" on Saturday morning. I'm not sure if that means we are moving our beds Friday night, or if they are going to be at the new place sleeping on air mattresses. I'm not sleeping on an air mattress being this far along in the pregnancy, I would never be able to get up. (I'm like a beached whale sometimes! lol)
Monday, October 12, 2009
House Hunt Part 4
Okay, okay I know that I haven't updated about the house hunt in a while, but we have had a lot going on recently.
We are way beyond the house hunting part of this process. We actually found a house back in September that is exactly the same floor plan as the second house we put a bid on. Naturally we put a bid on this house and we are now in the final stages of buying this house. When I say final I mean final like we are closing tomorrow as far as I know.
How crazy is that???? I'm going to own a house as of tomorrow!!!!! I'm not old enough or mature enough to own a house. Plus I don't know the first thing about taking care of a house. This is the scariest most exciting thing I've done in a while (other than get married and pregnant in the same year).
If everything works out as planned we are going to close tomorrow and begin moving things to the house immediately. We've kind of decided on what color paint we are going to put in Emmett's room and possibly the living room, so we'll get the paint tomorrow. If we have the paint and everything then maybe Steven's Dad can go and get some things started if he gets off work early an this week. I love Steven's parents! They do so much for us. Steven's plan is to paint Emmett's room while Steven's Dad works on the wall in Lexie's room. There is one wall that is covered in paneling that we are going to tear out and redo. We may have to put in some sheet rock and then re-texture the wall before we can paint her room. Luckily Steven's Dad has the tools needed to do all of that. Those are the two rooms we are going to start with. After that we'll be painting our room and the two living areas.
I did see at Garden Ridge this weekend some art work that would be sooo cute in the kitchen. Right now we just need to get the bedrooms taken care of so the kids will have a place to sleep. We can work on the rest of the house as we go.
I'll update again soon (maybe). ;)
We are way beyond the house hunting part of this process. We actually found a house back in September that is exactly the same floor plan as the second house we put a bid on. Naturally we put a bid on this house and we are now in the final stages of buying this house. When I say final I mean final like we are closing tomorrow as far as I know.
How crazy is that???? I'm going to own a house as of tomorrow!!!!! I'm not old enough or mature enough to own a house. Plus I don't know the first thing about taking care of a house. This is the scariest most exciting thing I've done in a while (other than get married and pregnant in the same year).
If everything works out as planned we are going to close tomorrow and begin moving things to the house immediately. We've kind of decided on what color paint we are going to put in Emmett's room and possibly the living room, so we'll get the paint tomorrow. If we have the paint and everything then maybe Steven's Dad can go and get some things started if he gets off work early an this week. I love Steven's parents! They do so much for us. Steven's plan is to paint Emmett's room while Steven's Dad works on the wall in Lexie's room. There is one wall that is covered in paneling that we are going to tear out and redo. We may have to put in some sheet rock and then re-texture the wall before we can paint her room. Luckily Steven's Dad has the tools needed to do all of that. Those are the two rooms we are going to start with. After that we'll be painting our room and the two living areas.
I did see at Garden Ridge this weekend some art work that would be sooo cute in the kitchen. Right now we just need to get the bedrooms taken care of so the kids will have a place to sleep. We can work on the rest of the house as we go.
I'll update again soon (maybe). ;)
Week 36 of Pregnancy
http://www.americanpregnancy.org/weekbyweek/week36.htm
Okay so here we are current. Again I have to put in a link to the actually website instead of being able to just copy the info.
Things are moving at a fast pace now. Technically speaking I could have Emmett at any point now and he would most likely be perfectly okay. I kind of want him to wait just a little bit longer so we at least have the house and his room set up. I'm about the size of whale (or at least I think so) and getting up and down and rolling over are near impossible. I've also been experiencing this weird thing where my hands swell and they get really hot and then my joints start hurting. I mean they hurt so bad that it wakes me up in the middle of the night. Definitely going to ask my doctor about that on Thursday when I see her.
Speaking of my doctor that brings me to the next thing which is that I am officially in countdown mode. This week I start my weekly appointments which will continue until little Emmett makes his appearance.
Okay so here we are current. Again I have to put in a link to the actually website instead of being able to just copy the info.
Things are moving at a fast pace now. Technically speaking I could have Emmett at any point now and he would most likely be perfectly okay. I kind of want him to wait just a little bit longer so we at least have the house and his room set up. I'm about the size of whale (or at least I think so) and getting up and down and rolling over are near impossible. I've also been experiencing this weird thing where my hands swell and they get really hot and then my joints start hurting. I mean they hurt so bad that it wakes me up in the middle of the night. Definitely going to ask my doctor about that on Thursday when I see her.
Speaking of my doctor that brings me to the next thing which is that I am officially in countdown mode. This week I start my weekly appointments which will continue until little Emmett makes his appearance.
Week 35 of Pregnancy
http://www.americanpregnancy.org/weekbyweek/week35.htm
Here is the link for week 35. Still having issues.
Here is the link for week 35. Still having issues.
Week 34 of Pregnancy
http://www.americanpregnancy.org/weekbyweek/week34.htm
Sorry guys for some reason I can copy in the updates. Here is a link to week 34 of pregnancy.
Sorry guys for some reason I can copy in the updates. Here is a link to week 34 of pregnancy.
Monday, September 21, 2009
House Hunting Part 3
So again we began the hunt for homes to go look at over the weekend. We decided this time that we were going to go on Friday night the 18th, to beat people going on Saturday and Sunday. Steven had a theory that the reason we weren't getting these bids was because weren't going to look at homes until Sunday afternoon and everyone else was going on Saturday. Our finance man's theory is that people are realizing that if you don't have a bid on the table by Nov 1st you aren't going to make the November 30th cutoff for the $8000 tax credit for first time home buyers.
Well there just weren't any new ones that came on the market last week so we decided to go and look at the house that was under construction. This house is on Ballard St in the Colony. We already knew we liked the rest of the house we just wanted to see how the two kids rooms turned out. What these people did when they moved in was they tore down the wall between the two smaller rooms to create one big room. Well in this housing market no one wants a two bedroom house they want a three bedroom house, so they weren't getting any offers. Hence why they were doing the construction put the wall back up. They owners did a great job of putting the wall back up and painting and they even put new carpet in all three bedrooms. We discussed the house a little bit and decided to go ahead and put an offer on it since we did like it. We drove to the local Chick-fil-A and filled out all the paperwork (for a third time) and then we left thinking we would have good news the next day.
Our Saturday was jam packed with fun stuff to do. We went to Steven's parent's house to help paint some baseboards and finish up the deck before the baby shower next weekend. Well Steven's Dad got called out on a job for work, so we went to Home Depot to get the paint so we could go ahead and get started. We painted the baseboards in the dining room and the laundry room, and the door frame going from the kitchen into the laundry room. While we were at Home Depot we got a little excited and picked up some color sample pages so we could start getting some ideas of what we would like to change in the house on Ballard St, because we knew we had it in the bag. We showed Steven's Mom some of those colors and she loved one of them so much that she decided she wanted it in her dining room as an accent wall, so our painting job got a little bigger on Saturday. We had lunch and then Steven and his Dad went and got the paint for the dining room wall, and some paint for the laundry room walls too. Needless to say we have a beautiful accent wall in the dining room, but that meant his Mom needed new curtains to go in there. While Steven and his Mom were out looking for new curtains he got the phone call from our realtor.
She called almost in tears to let us know that apparently someone had gone and looked at the house on Ballard St Friday morning and had put in an offer and that the sellers had picked their offer. Again, why didn't their agent say something when ours called to schedule the viewing? Who knows, but seriously he should have especially if they had already submitted the offer! Why waste our time and money driving out there when the seller already has this other offer? Or at least he could have said what we would have needed to offer to beat it, so we didn't waste time putting in an offer that was going to be declined. Steven told me when he got back and I immediately go into this Robot mode that I have where I don't want to do anything other than what I'm currently doing. I don't' want to talk, I don't want to stop, I don't want to be disturbed. But when you are in a house full of people and a couple of them are completely annoying you it's hard to be in that mode.
About 30 minutes after Steven got back and gave me the bad news we got another call from our realtor saying that she had just found a house in The Colony that had the exact same floor plan as the second one we had put an offer on. How there are soo many houses out there that have Doppelgangers I don't know, but they do. She said that if we wanted to we could go out right then and look at it, so we decided to go. Dad had put lasagna in the over and it wasn't going to be ready for an hour so we were good on time. We hopped in the car and headed up to see this new house that neither of us had seen on any of the lists we had received. This house has the exact same floor plan as the one with the skylights and it bright and open and airy, so again we already know that we like the floor plan.
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/4820-Ash-Glen-Lane_The-Colony_TX_75056_1111722676
Here is a link to the properties info. The pictures don't do it justice. We might want to paint some and we'll need appliances probably, but we can handle that. Plus one of the rooms has paneling in it that we are going to have to remove and texture and paint. Otherwise it's great! The added family room is fantastic too! We've already got it planned out to have for the kids play room in one half and the computer are in the other. Well if everything goes as planned.
We did put a bid on this house Saturday night, and we have heard back from them with some concessions. So we have countered and submitted that information last night along with our earnest money. The earnest money is the good faith money that you put down to show them that you are serious about buying the house and you most likely won't flake out on them. Once we get down to closing that money will be put towards the down payment. We have finally reached the next level in the negotiations process. We are meeting with an inspector Tuesday night to see what he has found on the property and to go over all of that jazz. We have 7 days to finish up all of this stuff and back out if we want to, but I don't think we will unless the inspector finds some pretty major things. The seller is actually putting on a brand new roof this week, and he's finishing up the repairs in one of the bedrooms and replacing the carpet. Oh yeah it has new carpet through out the whole house.
For now this is where are in the house buying process. Hopefully we'll have a home to move into soon so we can get it ready for the baby.
Well there just weren't any new ones that came on the market last week so we decided to go and look at the house that was under construction. This house is on Ballard St in the Colony. We already knew we liked the rest of the house we just wanted to see how the two kids rooms turned out. What these people did when they moved in was they tore down the wall between the two smaller rooms to create one big room. Well in this housing market no one wants a two bedroom house they want a three bedroom house, so they weren't getting any offers. Hence why they were doing the construction put the wall back up. They owners did a great job of putting the wall back up and painting and they even put new carpet in all three bedrooms. We discussed the house a little bit and decided to go ahead and put an offer on it since we did like it. We drove to the local Chick-fil-A and filled out all the paperwork (for a third time) and then we left thinking we would have good news the next day.
Our Saturday was jam packed with fun stuff to do. We went to Steven's parent's house to help paint some baseboards and finish up the deck before the baby shower next weekend. Well Steven's Dad got called out on a job for work, so we went to Home Depot to get the paint so we could go ahead and get started. We painted the baseboards in the dining room and the laundry room, and the door frame going from the kitchen into the laundry room. While we were at Home Depot we got a little excited and picked up some color sample pages so we could start getting some ideas of what we would like to change in the house on Ballard St, because we knew we had it in the bag. We showed Steven's Mom some of those colors and she loved one of them so much that she decided she wanted it in her dining room as an accent wall, so our painting job got a little bigger on Saturday. We had lunch and then Steven and his Dad went and got the paint for the dining room wall, and some paint for the laundry room walls too. Needless to say we have a beautiful accent wall in the dining room, but that meant his Mom needed new curtains to go in there. While Steven and his Mom were out looking for new curtains he got the phone call from our realtor.
She called almost in tears to let us know that apparently someone had gone and looked at the house on Ballard St Friday morning and had put in an offer and that the sellers had picked their offer. Again, why didn't their agent say something when ours called to schedule the viewing? Who knows, but seriously he should have especially if they had already submitted the offer! Why waste our time and money driving out there when the seller already has this other offer? Or at least he could have said what we would have needed to offer to beat it, so we didn't waste time putting in an offer that was going to be declined. Steven told me when he got back and I immediately go into this Robot mode that I have where I don't want to do anything other than what I'm currently doing. I don't' want to talk, I don't want to stop, I don't want to be disturbed. But when you are in a house full of people and a couple of them are completely annoying you it's hard to be in that mode.
About 30 minutes after Steven got back and gave me the bad news we got another call from our realtor saying that she had just found a house in The Colony that had the exact same floor plan as the second one we had put an offer on. How there are soo many houses out there that have Doppelgangers I don't know, but they do. She said that if we wanted to we could go out right then and look at it, so we decided to go. Dad had put lasagna in the over and it wasn't going to be ready for an hour so we were good on time. We hopped in the car and headed up to see this new house that neither of us had seen on any of the lists we had received. This house has the exact same floor plan as the one with the skylights and it bright and open and airy, so again we already know that we like the floor plan.
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/4820-Ash-Glen-Lane_The-Colony_TX_75056_1111722676
Here is a link to the properties info. The pictures don't do it justice. We might want to paint some and we'll need appliances probably, but we can handle that. Plus one of the rooms has paneling in it that we are going to have to remove and texture and paint. Otherwise it's great! The added family room is fantastic too! We've already got it planned out to have for the kids play room in one half and the computer are in the other. Well if everything goes as planned.
We did put a bid on this house Saturday night, and we have heard back from them with some concessions. So we have countered and submitted that information last night along with our earnest money. The earnest money is the good faith money that you put down to show them that you are serious about buying the house and you most likely won't flake out on them. Once we get down to closing that money will be put towards the down payment. We have finally reached the next level in the negotiations process. We are meeting with an inspector Tuesday night to see what he has found on the property and to go over all of that jazz. We have 7 days to finish up all of this stuff and back out if we want to, but I don't think we will unless the inspector finds some pretty major things. The seller is actually putting on a brand new roof this week, and he's finishing up the repairs in one of the bedrooms and replacing the carpet. Oh yeah it has new carpet through out the whole house.
For now this is where are in the house buying process. Hopefully we'll have a home to move into soon so we can get it ready for the baby.
House Hunting Part 2
I think the number people looking for houses has increased dramatically. We've had too many situations where we put a bid on a house thinking that since it had been on the market for so long that we had it in the bag and it turn out that the exact same day the buyer got 3 other offers.
We began our house hunt officially the first week of September, and that was completely be accident. Our realtor has been sending us a daily email with a listing of houses within our criteria. Well on Wednesday September 2nd we saw one that we both really liked. Steven jokingly asked if I wanted to run up to The Colony to see if we might be able to find it and to just get a feel for the area, and I said sure why not. So we picked Alexis up and away we went to The Colony on a house hunt to see if either of us could remember where the house was. Lucky for us I have a pretty good memory because we found it on our first try.
Funny story about this first house.....When we pulled up we saw the little thing out front that had info on the house and I jumped out and grabbed a copy. After we all looked the flier over I noticed that the house a lock box on it and I just assumed that no one was living there. Remember I have no experience in house hunting/viewing so I had no clue what I was talking about. Having made the previous statement Steven and Alexis jump out and proceed to walk up to the house to get a better look. About the time they are rounding the house and looking at the side I notice a pair of shoes on the front porch and realize my mistake. I had just told them that I thought someone did live there when the front door opens and a man comes out asking if he can help us. Let me just say I almost died right there on the spot. I felt so dumb and intrusive. However the guy, who turned out to be the owner, just thought we were the people that were scheduled to come and that we were just really early. Steven got to talking to him and told him that we had just seen the house online and decided to drive out to see if we could find it, and the owner asked us if we wanted to look at the inside of the house. Well of course we said yes. He told us that someone had put in an offer, but that they had completely declined it and that it was still available. This is the end of the funny/happy part of the story.
We fell in love with that house, but we still wanted to look at other houses in the area that looked okay just to make sure that we weren't going into to something blind. We setup with our realtor to go look at houses on that following Sunday the 6th. Well the next day Steven's uncle Randy passed away and time kind of just went out the window. Sunday came and we did go look at houses and we came back to that house on Malone that we fell in love with after looking at many duds. Looking at a person's home while they are there is extremely uncomfortable. How do they expect to sell their home when you won't even leave for an hour or two so people can come and look at it? When the owner is there you don't feel like you can openly discuss things about the home that you do and don't like because they are there. Those homes were marked off the list immediately. But back to the first home that we really liked and that we put a bid on....The house was on Malone St in The Colony and even our realtor was blown away. When you see the pictures online you think okay it looks nice, but surely it doesn't look that nice. This house did look that nice. We left there and went to a Starbucks and filled out all the paperwork to put a bid on the Malone St house thinking that we had it in the bag because we were offering the full amount, especially since he had told us that they had declined the other offer. Well obviously that is not the case since I said that was the end of the good part. We got the call the next day from our realtor that the owner had decided to accept that other person's offer after he had told us he had declined it. We were broken hearted, but what can you do but go on and look at more houses.
So we spent the rest of the week scouring for more houses to go look at and we came up with another list to give to our realtor. And again we setup an appointment to go look at them on that next Sunday the 13th. If remember that was the weekend that it rained all weekend, so we thought for sure we were the only fools that would go house hunting in the rain, and that there is no way that anyone will be putting in any bids on homes. Wrong! The first house we looked at was the exact same floor plan as the house on Malone so we already knew that we liked the floor plan. We got there and the owners were still there, but on this particular house I understood why. They were in the process of finishing up some remodeling and they wanted to explain what was going on with it and when it was going to be finished. After they explained this they left and let us look at the rest of the house in peace. There were some things that were going to need to be updated, but it wasn't a bad house at all. We just didn't want to put an offer on it until we say the finished product of the construction they had going on. On we went to the other houses.
We came to a house on Roberts St and we really liked it. The owners had redone the kitchen area and those of you who know know this is a big deal. They had actually added two skylights and the entire home just felt light and airy and perfect. There were a few minor things that we were going to need to fix, but in the grand scheme of things it didn't matter to us. We left there and looked a couple of other homes and decided to put a bid on the house on Roberts St. While we were traveling to our realtor's home she called the buyers realtor to discuss putting in an offer on that home. He told our realtor that another person had just put in an bid and if she got ours over to him soon that he submit both offers at the same time. The way he made it sound was like that our offer was better than the other so we needed to get it in to him before he gave the other one to the seller to consider. We did what he said and sent everything over to him. Again we got bad news.....the next day when our realtor called him to check on things apparently he had had a third offer made on the home that was just slightly higher than ours. She asked him what we needed to offer to beat out the other offer because we weren't even at the top of our price range, but he never told her. When she emailed him back to find out what was going on he responded and said that it wouldn't have been fair to the other buyer if he had done that. Who here knows that you are trying to make as much money as possible when buying a home? Our realtor pretty much told that buyers realtor that he completely screwed over his client because we were willing to offer more, and that he wasn't doing his job. Talk about crazy! I personally would want a realtor that is going to bring me the best offer available. Another crazy thing is that there were so many people out looking at house and making offers in the crazy stormy weather we had that weekend.
We began our house hunt officially the first week of September, and that was completely be accident. Our realtor has been sending us a daily email with a listing of houses within our criteria. Well on Wednesday September 2nd we saw one that we both really liked. Steven jokingly asked if I wanted to run up to The Colony to see if we might be able to find it and to just get a feel for the area, and I said sure why not. So we picked Alexis up and away we went to The Colony on a house hunt to see if either of us could remember where the house was. Lucky for us I have a pretty good memory because we found it on our first try.
Funny story about this first house.....When we pulled up we saw the little thing out front that had info on the house and I jumped out and grabbed a copy. After we all looked the flier over I noticed that the house a lock box on it and I just assumed that no one was living there. Remember I have no experience in house hunting/viewing so I had no clue what I was talking about. Having made the previous statement Steven and Alexis jump out and proceed to walk up to the house to get a better look. About the time they are rounding the house and looking at the side I notice a pair of shoes on the front porch and realize my mistake. I had just told them that I thought someone did live there when the front door opens and a man comes out asking if he can help us. Let me just say I almost died right there on the spot. I felt so dumb and intrusive. However the guy, who turned out to be the owner, just thought we were the people that were scheduled to come and that we were just really early. Steven got to talking to him and told him that we had just seen the house online and decided to drive out to see if we could find it, and the owner asked us if we wanted to look at the inside of the house. Well of course we said yes. He told us that someone had put in an offer, but that they had completely declined it and that it was still available. This is the end of the funny/happy part of the story.
We fell in love with that house, but we still wanted to look at other houses in the area that looked okay just to make sure that we weren't going into to something blind. We setup with our realtor to go look at houses on that following Sunday the 6th. Well the next day Steven's uncle Randy passed away and time kind of just went out the window. Sunday came and we did go look at houses and we came back to that house on Malone that we fell in love with after looking at many duds. Looking at a person's home while they are there is extremely uncomfortable. How do they expect to sell their home when you won't even leave for an hour or two so people can come and look at it? When the owner is there you don't feel like you can openly discuss things about the home that you do and don't like because they are there. Those homes were marked off the list immediately. But back to the first home that we really liked and that we put a bid on....The house was on Malone St in The Colony and even our realtor was blown away. When you see the pictures online you think okay it looks nice, but surely it doesn't look that nice. This house did look that nice. We left there and went to a Starbucks and filled out all the paperwork to put a bid on the Malone St house thinking that we had it in the bag because we were offering the full amount, especially since he had told us that they had declined the other offer. Well obviously that is not the case since I said that was the end of the good part. We got the call the next day from our realtor that the owner had decided to accept that other person's offer after he had told us he had declined it. We were broken hearted, but what can you do but go on and look at more houses.
So we spent the rest of the week scouring for more houses to go look at and we came up with another list to give to our realtor. And again we setup an appointment to go look at them on that next Sunday the 13th. If remember that was the weekend that it rained all weekend, so we thought for sure we were the only fools that would go house hunting in the rain, and that there is no way that anyone will be putting in any bids on homes. Wrong! The first house we looked at was the exact same floor plan as the house on Malone so we already knew that we liked the floor plan. We got there and the owners were still there, but on this particular house I understood why. They were in the process of finishing up some remodeling and they wanted to explain what was going on with it and when it was going to be finished. After they explained this they left and let us look at the rest of the house in peace. There were some things that were going to need to be updated, but it wasn't a bad house at all. We just didn't want to put an offer on it until we say the finished product of the construction they had going on. On we went to the other houses.
We came to a house on Roberts St and we really liked it. The owners had redone the kitchen area and those of you who know know this is a big deal. They had actually added two skylights and the entire home just felt light and airy and perfect. There were a few minor things that we were going to need to fix, but in the grand scheme of things it didn't matter to us. We left there and looked a couple of other homes and decided to put a bid on the house on Roberts St. While we were traveling to our realtor's home she called the buyers realtor to discuss putting in an offer on that home. He told our realtor that another person had just put in an bid and if she got ours over to him soon that he submit both offers at the same time. The way he made it sound was like that our offer was better than the other so we needed to get it in to him before he gave the other one to the seller to consider. We did what he said and sent everything over to him. Again we got bad news.....the next day when our realtor called him to check on things apparently he had had a third offer made on the home that was just slightly higher than ours. She asked him what we needed to offer to beat out the other offer because we weren't even at the top of our price range, but he never told her. When she emailed him back to find out what was going on he responded and said that it wouldn't have been fair to the other buyer if he had done that. Who here knows that you are trying to make as much money as possible when buying a home? Our realtor pretty much told that buyers realtor that he completely screwed over his client because we were willing to offer more, and that he wasn't doing his job. Talk about crazy! I personally would want a realtor that is going to bring me the best offer available. Another crazy thing is that there were so many people out looking at house and making offers in the crazy stormy weather we had that weekend.
Week 33 of Pregnancy
What changes are occurring with your body?
The top of your uterus is a little over 5 inches from your belly button. Your total weight gain should be between 22 and 28 pounds.
You may wonder if you will be able to tell when your water breaks (also called rupturing of the membranes). This is the breaking of the fluid-filled sac (amniotic fluid) surrounding the baby. Only 1 in 10 women experience a dramatic gush of the amniotic fluid, and even then it usually happens at home, often in bed. Sometimes the amniotic sac breaks or leaks before labor begins. This may be just a small trickle. It is common to be uncertain about whether leaking fluid is amniotic fluid or urine. Many pregnant women leak urine in the later stages of pregnancy, so be sure to have it checked. If you think your membranes have ruptured, you should call your health care provider.
Until you see your physician or midwife, do not use tampons, have sexual intercourse, or do anything that would introduce bacteria to your vagina once your water has broken. Let your doctor know if the fluid is anything other than clear and odorless, particularly if is greenish or foul smelling, because this could be a sign of infection. Your doctor should discuss with you what to do if your membranes rupture. Most doctors want to evaluate you and your baby as soon as the membranes rupture because of the risk of developing an infection. Your doctor may decide to induce labor.*
How big is your baby?
Your baby is approximately 16 ½ inches long and weighs between 4 ½ to 5 pounds. Because growth can be so different for each baby during this time, your baby may be a little off from these measurements which in most cases is totally normal.*
What is happening with your baby?
Your baby’s skin is beginning to look less red and less wrinkled. Fat stores are continuing to be deposited under his/her skin. His/her bones are all beginning to harden except for the skull. The skull needs to remain soft and pliable for delivery.*
I can feel all almost 5lbs of this baby! Seriously when he decides to move it's like my belly is about to burst open like the scene in Aliens. Half the time it feels like he's doing the worm in my belly. Crazy thought.....in four weeks (according to my doctor) I'll be full term and can give birth any time after that!!! 4 weeks...I'm not sure we're quite ready for that. We still need to get a house.
The top of your uterus is a little over 5 inches from your belly button. Your total weight gain should be between 22 and 28 pounds.
You may wonder if you will be able to tell when your water breaks (also called rupturing of the membranes). This is the breaking of the fluid-filled sac (amniotic fluid) surrounding the baby. Only 1 in 10 women experience a dramatic gush of the amniotic fluid, and even then it usually happens at home, often in bed. Sometimes the amniotic sac breaks or leaks before labor begins. This may be just a small trickle. It is common to be uncertain about whether leaking fluid is amniotic fluid or urine. Many pregnant women leak urine in the later stages of pregnancy, so be sure to have it checked. If you think your membranes have ruptured, you should call your health care provider.
Until you see your physician or midwife, do not use tampons, have sexual intercourse, or do anything that would introduce bacteria to your vagina once your water has broken. Let your doctor know if the fluid is anything other than clear and odorless, particularly if is greenish or foul smelling, because this could be a sign of infection. Your doctor should discuss with you what to do if your membranes rupture. Most doctors want to evaluate you and your baby as soon as the membranes rupture because of the risk of developing an infection. Your doctor may decide to induce labor.*
How big is your baby?
Your baby is approximately 16 ½ inches long and weighs between 4 ½ to 5 pounds. Because growth can be so different for each baby during this time, your baby may be a little off from these measurements which in most cases is totally normal.*
What is happening with your baby?
Your baby’s skin is beginning to look less red and less wrinkled. Fat stores are continuing to be deposited under his/her skin. His/her bones are all beginning to harden except for the skull. The skull needs to remain soft and pliable for delivery.*
I can feel all almost 5lbs of this baby! Seriously when he decides to move it's like my belly is about to burst open like the scene in Aliens. Half the time it feels like he's doing the worm in my belly. Crazy thought.....in four weeks (according to my doctor) I'll be full term and can give birth any time after that!!! 4 weeks...I'm not sure we're quite ready for that. We still need to get a house.
Monday, September 14, 2009
House Hunting
A longer better blog will follow with more detail. We are officially house hunting and have put a bid on a house. We are just waiting to hear what the buyer has to say about our offer.
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/5068-Roberts-Drive_The-Colony_TX_75056_1111684504
This a link to the house we are looking at right now. We are really hoping that this one doesn't fall thru.
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/5068-Roberts-Drive_The-Colony_TX_75056_1111684504
This a link to the house we are looking at right now. We are really hoping that this one doesn't fall thru.
Randy's Passing
Randy went into the hospital on Tuesday evening September 1st. He was complaining about pain after his chemo treatment that afternoon. They admitted him and began to give him pain meds and to run tests to see what was going on. Wednesday we got a text that he had been crashed carted and that he was in CCU. The hospital staff was unable to get his hear rate and blood pressure to normal rates. His heart rate was at around 140 beats per minute and his blood pressure was extremely low. On Thursday I had a staff meeting most of the morning, so I didn't find out until later in the morning what exactly was going on. Steven's Mom had received a phone call from the hospital that Randy had taken a turn for the worse and that they were bringing in the Chaplains. That was about an hour before I got out of my meeting. Once I got the email I immediately tried to get a hold of Steven to let him know that we could leave and head up to the hospital if needed. Right after I emailed him we got another text that things were going down hill fast, so we left work immediately and went to the hospital to be with the family. Around 12:15 everyone had left Randy's room other than Nanny, Kim and myself. About that time a nurse came in a informed Nanny that if there was any family in the building that we needed to get them to the room quickly because Randy was fading fast and he didn't have much longer. His heart rate had dropped so fast in such a short amount of time they knew it was going to be very long. That's when I noticed his heart rate had dropped to 57 beats/minute. Over the next ten minutes it dropped to zero and he passed away. There aren't words to express all the emotions that go with witnessing someone die. When the monitor hit zero I said "oh God" and everyone else began crying. I'm not sure that I want to ever experience that again, it's too much emotion for me to process. I can handle the phone call after the fact, but not to be in the room when it happens.
Family Drama
Let me start off by saying that most of the time I love our family and everything is usually peachy keen. However the last few weeks are about to drive us all crazy!
I have lived out here in Dallas for almost 8 years and for the most part I haven't asked for hardly any help from my family. I have worked extremely hard to get where I am in life....good paying job, bills paid, clothes on our back, decent credit score, a plcae to live and so on. By trying to keep all these things in order I haven't been able to afford to go out and visit my family near as much as they want me to. They have openely admitted that they feel like I have cut them from my life and in a way I had to, especially when I first moved here. They live a very different lifestyle than I do, and at the time that I moved here I already had my own issues that I was struggling with. I couldn't work through my issues and still be completely active in their lives because it just wouldn't have worked. I thought that I had finally straightened things out with my family and now I think it's all gone to crap again. I feel like they think that I think I'm better than them, and that I don't need them in my life at all. Which is completely wrong! I love them and all of their little quirks. Let me take credit for my inaction by not calling more or emailing more or just plain not remembering to send birthday cards. But they don't either. Three quarters of the time they flake out on me and never do what they say they will. I was really afraid that none of them were going to come out for the baby shower that Steven's Mom is hosting at the end of this month. Seriously pregnancy hormones can't take something like that.
Now the other side of the family....Steven and I both are about to go crazy dealing with his family. There is always drama with his sister and brother-in-law, and the latest involves Dad and Steven helping move them in with Mom and Dad. Did I mention they had to do this in the rain the same afternoon after we buried Steven's Uncle? So yeah that's one thing. Then you add in all the family that has come to town to be here for Randy's passing and the memorial service and the funeral. I'll blog about Randy's passing later, but it was really hard on all of us. I have a hard time thinking about that day because I was there. Randy's sister Connie came in from Florida and has been driving everyone crazy. She has come into town and put together a laundry list of things that need to get done and put Steven's Dad to work doing them. The only thing is that his Dad has a kidney stone and has been told by his doctor not to do any physical activities that might knock it loose because he is supposed to have surgery on Oct 3 on it. And another sister that no one has seen in years has shown up and she is trying to be best friends with everyone. She keeps offering to babysit all the little kids and says that she's moving in with Nanny now and all of this stuff. She says the most inappropriate things at the most inapprpriate times and no one knows how to act around her. Everything has just been crazy for the last two weeks!
We are ready for a nice break from family interaction.
Now the other side of the family....Steven and I both are about to go crazy dealing with his family. There is always drama with his sister and brother-in-law, and the latest involves Dad and Steven helping move them in with Mom and Dad. Did I mention they had to do this in the rain the same afternoon after we buried Steven's Uncle? So yeah that's one thing. Then you add in all the family that has come to town to be here for Randy's passing and the memorial service and the funeral. I'll blog about Randy's passing later, but it was really hard on all of us. I have a hard time thinking about that day because I was there. Randy's sister Connie came in from Florida and has been driving everyone crazy. She has come into town and put together a laundry list of things that need to get done and put Steven's Dad to work doing them. The only thing is that his Dad has a kidney stone and has been told by his doctor not to do any physical activities that might knock it loose because he is supposed to have surgery on Oct 3 on it. And another sister that no one has seen in years has shown up and she is trying to be best friends with everyone. She keeps offering to babysit all the little kids and says that she's moving in with Nanny now and all of this stuff. She says the most inappropriate things at the most inapprpriate times and no one knows how to act around her. Everything has just been crazy for the last two weeks!
We are ready for a nice break from family interaction.
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