Another year under my belt

Well yesterday was my 31st birthday. I know, I know, I'm getting old but really I don't feel like it, and most of my friends & hubby are older then me so I know I will never catch up to them lol :) I didn't do much out of the ordinary. In the morning I took Dylan to his swim lesson, then got our booster juice's, checked to see if I won the millions(NOPE), then came home and had a nice long nap while Ryan looked after Dylan. Then I got woken up from Ryan saying my friends where here and I should get up! It was my friends from work that dropped off a card and a balloon :) ( Thanks Kim & Connie) The rest of the afternoon we just chilled and slowly got ready for dinner with my parents. We ended up going to Boston Pizza because I was craving the nachos. My parents don't ever go there , and after last night I don't think they will!!! Service was good, but the kitchen service was BAD!!! Took FOREVER!! I was starving, and so was everyone else. Oh well , dinner was done got a apple crisp for dessert, and then my parents took Dylan for the nite. SWEET( thanks m&d) So what do we do??? Just go to a movie.... Lol... We went a saw "The Kings Speech" which was so good, and I can see why they won a bunch of Oscars. I highly recommend that movie. Then to end the nite childless... We watch some Saturday night live. Wait for it...., wait for it..... The best part.... We then slept in till 11:30 AM!!!!! Sweet!!! Happy Birthday to me :)

The only thing I didn't get was a birthday cake or cupcake's. I mentioned this to Ryan, and he said he would go out and buy me something, whatever I want. What I want is for him to make me some cupcakes and he won't even do that!!!! I don't know why, but oh well it was a shot in the dark to see if he'd make me some :( Maybe me posting this will light a fire :)

Here are some picture's I took. The one is of Ryan and I just before the movie started. The one of Dylan in his car seat is him fast asleep after getting him from my parents house after his sleep over. He couldn't even make it home...lol

A little craft I did...

I've been wanting to do this for over a year. So I bought two blank canvases from Jysk and painted it first with the magnet paint, over and over again. About 8 coats front and back to finally make my magnets stick. Then I did 3 coats of the chalk board paint. And VO-LAY my homemade chalk/magnet board :)

P.S. This was the best picture I could get without getting a shadow :)



On another note I've made it to 25 weeks. Things have been WAY better since my scare last week. This picture is pretty cheezy with my big smile, but Ryan was making me laugh :)

Lock DOWN!!!

First my little man has grown up so fast, and now he's moved onto a big boy bed. I was a little hesitant at first because he didn't mind his crib, wouldn't climb out ( except one night), he enjoyed his jumping time in there,& throwing everything on the floor before he settled in. But with this baby coming & a free bed and matters from my sister I thought why not put him in a big boy bed. He was so excited when we set up his bed. We kept telling him it's all his. When we put his bed spread on that he helped pick out, he then had to get all his stuffed animals, along with his blankie. Then he would lay down and pretend to go to sleep and kept saying "nite nite". I'm not going to lie I was sad, but happy at the same time. The first night went great, of course he enjoyed the freedom of getting out of his bed and knocking 2 times( he always just Knocks 2 times no matter what) then yelling "HELLO?" I would yell " get back to bed" and then you hear his little feet patter quickly back in to bed. This went on for a good half hour, but that was it!!! He was out!! I couldn't believe how easy that was. I was thinking to myself why didn't we do this sooner?? Oh well, better late then never. One good thing is he dosen't know how to open up doors yet. So I can still lay in bed a little longer while he's "trapped" in his room :)

Now the bad with him being FREE(well kind of). He gets into what ever he can in his room, when he should be in his bed going to sleep. He turns his nite light on and off- over & over again. He will then proceed to move the crib around the room( for some stupid reason the crib dosen't have locks on the wheels). Oh don't forget between all his fun he still takes time out to knock 2x and yell "HELLO!"( meaning are u going to come in here and do something about this?) we try to ignore him, but laugh at the same time. So for his last horay of the night is to re-organize his clothes!!!!!He Takes them all out( good thing only three draws) put them on the floor, mix them up and then proceed to put them all back in one draw. Little STINKER!!! So after the first night, and his nap the next day I had to think of something.....this is all that I could think of and it actually works. I wonder how long its going to last until he can figure out to take the tape off. I still LOVE him to bits :)

I'm trying.....

I'm trying to go to bed earlier
I'm trying to be a better mom
I'm trying to be a better wife
I'm trying to NOT have this baby early
I'm trying to get up earlier
I'm trying to keep up with laundry
I'm trying to get the final reno's done
I'm trying not to get sick from my hubby
I'm trying to stop thinking about pre-term labour
I'm trying not to watch much T.V.
I'm trying not to spend money on stupid things
I'm trying to be more patient with people
I'm trying not to hold grudges
I'm trying to get the baby clothes washed & ready
I'm trying to get out the garage and paint the dresser so I can put the clothes in
I'm trying to come to terms that Dylan is not taking naps anymore, maybe every other day?
I'm trying to keep up with my blog
I'm trying to read one book every month
I'm trying not to eat out as much
I'm trying to win the lottery
I'm trying to not think about the weight I gained with this baby
I'm trying to not make this post too long....
I'm done :)

Little Scare....

So I've been having braxton hicks for the past 2+ weeks, along with really REALLY painful pressure on the pubic bone. So bad I couldn't walk without pain!! Then over a week ago I had braxton hicks none stop for 3 hrs, 1 hicks every 10 mins. I was worried and drank some water, layed on my left side to help stop the hicks. They finally went away for that night, but then would come off and on for the next couple of days, along with pressure/pain. I called my dr.s office and he was away on holidays, and the secretary didn't know what to tell me, but to use my intuition. So finally on Thursday night I had enough and called labour and delivery to see if I needed to come in. They said YES. So I told Ryan that they want to see me just to make sure everything is ok, and with Dylan coming early they didn't want to take any chances with me. I went by myself and the whole time driving there I felt like a tool, and thinking of everything that I needed to do around the house for this baby if I was in labour. I was also thinking of the last time I was up here when my water broke with Dylan and I still didn't think I was going to get admitted. LOL Anyways, the nurses were great!! They listened for the heart beat which was good, felt my stomach if I was having a braxton hick, and got me water so I could pee in a cup to make sure my water didn't break. Everything came back ok. They called my dr. and he said that if things got worse, or my water breaks, or start bleeding that I needed to come back to the hospital. He also gave me some T3's for the pressure. I explained to the nurses that I'm sorry I took up there time and they assured me that its fine that I came down. They also said it's better to check me out then for me to keep putting it off and go into pre-term labour. So I guess it wasn't a waste of time for either of us.

Since this weekend I've been feeling better, but that pressure is still there that won't go away. I guess it just comes with being pregnant and I can add it to the list of things :)

What to do....

Ok so if you know me I need to be prepared for things, especially having a baby!! Even though this baby #2 is due in 3 1/2 months, I think this one is going to come early just like Dylan. As you know we found out what were having, which I'm happy with because we have everything we need for a boy, except diapers. Anyways, when we got our ultra sound the tech did it really fast, and I just have a different feeling that this could be a girl. Also when my dr. told us he told us also right away that this is not always a 100% right. I also know a girl who went thru her whole pregnancy being told she was having a boy....turned out to be a girl!!!

This is going to sound dumb too, but I've done the Chinese gender chart for my friends and I and they are all right, except for this 2nd one it says a girl. I also did the pin and needle thread on the belly and it comes back a girl. Then last night I went and saw my friends grandma who does the needle on the belly and wrist thingy. She has been right with herself, her kids & grandchildren. The wrist thingy tells you how many kids your going to have including your miscarriages, and what sex of the babies they are. The first came back as a boy (that's my miscarriage) second came back as a boy-Dylan, and the last one was a girl(this one). I'm kinda sad it only said I was going to have 3 kids, because I was thinking more :) So then she did the needle on the belly for me and its a GIRL!!! lol Trust me I know I'm looking way into this and I should just wait till the due date. But now I'm actually thinking of getting a 3d scan done so I can be at peace. Ryan is ok if we pay for it or not. But then my cheapness comes out and I don't want to pay $125 just to find out!!! I just don't want to be healing after the baby while getting the clothes all organized. I'm just going to suck it up and get ready for a boy and see what happeneds :) Just whats going on in my head :)

10 Things......

......... I love about these two

Dylan
1: He's starting to say " I love You" back to us
2: He repeats what we say, especially if were yelling
3. He's in a "Big Boy" bed
4. He'll watch the show "The Jetsons" with me :)
5. He is starting to play with his toys instead of getting into things
6. He sits still for me while I change his diaper( not for dad yet)
7. He still likes to cuddle with me, but only on his turf
8. He's still a Momma's boy
9. He likes to look at picture's and video's of himself as a baby & now
10. He's growing up, but in a sad way :(


Ryan
1. He lets me have control of the remote, except when football season is here
2. He loves me no matter what!!!
3. He lets me go out with my girlfriends without complaining
4. He's a homebody like me :)
5. He will go to a girls flick
6. He's the father of my children
7. He cares about me, even when he's working 12 hr shifts on no sleep he still lets me have naps :)
8. He is a HARD HARD work, and provides for our family
9. When I ask him to do something, he does it
10. He lets me sleep in, while he gets up with Dylan