1/5/12

Thursday 2:30pm I am picking up Keegan from school. I was huge and waddling so I parked in a non-existent spot. I got Keegan from his classroom and was walking to the van. He broke free of my hand and took off running towards the van. Being an unpredictable 2 yr old, I chased him not sure if he would stop before the parking lot. Then it happened. I fell into a hole. I heard my ankle pop. I tried to stand up and that was a no go. It hurt like hell. Keegan came back when he saw me in a crumpled heap. A Dad came over to see if I was okay and he helped me up. I stood on it and knew I was in trouble. I kept it together while I lifted Keegan into his seat and buckled him in. Well, then I did what any girl would do and called her Mommy. I told her what happened and being the awesome Mom that she is. She immediately came over (5 minutes for me to get home, 20 minutes for her to get to me). She came and took one look at my ankle and decided I needed to get to the dr. sigh. So, I called my OB to see where I should go. Could I just go the urgent care at 36 weeks. She called me back and said yes. So away we went. I hobbled in. You could tell looking at the front desk they thought I was in labor and they were ready to send me away. Then they heard it was my ankle. A couple x-rays later and some really painful movements. It was decided I had given myself one heck of a sprain. I laughed at the idea of crutches. It was about then that the husband that I had left a message for, finally called me back. ARGH! We stopped and got the kid's dinner and went home. I propped my foot up and felt like a real wuss. But I swear it hurt really bad and it was swollen. Super swollen, like above and beyond the cankle swollen. I promised that I would stay off my feet...I think looking back I did a pretty good job.

The difficult road to Halle

This pregnancy was not my favorite. I was not in the best shape. As a L&D nurse, I knew that I was a higher risk patient when I got pregnant due to some complications from my last pregnancy. I just wasn't expecting it to be quite like it was. I had high blood pressure. Yuck! When I say high, it was pretty high. Bring on the blood pressure medicine. I had gestational diabetes to boot. Another big yuck. I had this during my last pregnancy too. Last time, diet controlled it, this time, not so much. Bring on the diabetic meds. I was a walking pharmacy. I had low amniotic fluid at the beginning of my pregnancy. Which scared me to death. I was really worried about myself. I would look at the kids and my husband and know I should never do this again. I am young, ahem, at least in my own opinion. I love being pregnant though! I love the glow, I love feeling the baby move. I was so tired this time. I felt huge! It sure didn't end the way that I had expected. I was taken off work by my dr. I was swelling during my shifts, my blood pressure would sky rocket. I was placed on a modified bedrest. There was no way to get me onto bedrest with the 3 kids - thankfully my dr is a saint. There were weekly trips to ultrasound and to the doctor to keep me busy. I made it through - and was worth every minute...

Well big changes...

I know you have missed me! It's true. I've been a little busy since November.... it might be time to change the blog name to Misadventures of Mom of 4. She's here! Halle Therese entered the world on 1/6/12 @3:43pm 7lb 4 oz of sweetness! More to come!

Interesting Topic

I'm in a little group for Mommy's that are due in January. It's fun, it's a great place to go for friendship and support.

Today an interesting question was asked - who is the priority - your kids or your husband.

Tough question right?

I thought about it. Long and hard. While it may seem that my priority is my children, I believe that everything that I do for my kids, around my house, is all for my husband. I want him to come home to happy children, a clean house, dinner on the table. He works hard everyday to support us at home. My only job is too make sure that the home front is taken care of.

We talk a lot about life B.K. (before kids) and love to dream about our A.K. life (after kids). We tell the kids stories about our adventures before they were born. We also talk to them about the adventures that we will have when they are grown with their own families.

I/ we feel that it is so important to nurture ourselves. If we don't make ourselves a priority what we will have when the kids are gone? I won't say that we don't prioritize our children, but I do think that we put ourselves first. How can we take care of them if we don't take care of each other.

It's kinda like the O2 mask on the airplane. How you can help your kid if your are unconscious? I don't know if I am foolish in thinking that or not. I want my children to feel love in our home. I don't think that they feel neglected, they aren't.

We don't take lavish vacations just the 2 of us, we don't have date nights every week, we rarely get out by ourselves. I think that he is my center though. Without him I am off kilter which would make the whole world spin out of control.

I don't know who is right here....I may be wrong......who knows.

Gobble Gobble Day

This year Gobble Gobble day was amazing! It was perfect! Surrounded by the love of family. Dinner was amazing. Teamwork was definitely the name of the game. The kids this year were incredibly easy. There was no chasing. It was fun watching their older cousins play babysitter and help us enjoy an easy night. At one point Chris and I looked at each other and realized that this will not happen again for at least 2 years. Next year we will have another baby at the holidays.

On Friday, there was no black Friday shopping for this Mom. I was busy at home. Making our 2nd Thanksgiving dinner. This one is a little smaller. It's just our immediate family + Chris's cousin. It was also lovely.

Saturday, we (Chris and I) drove to Norman for the OU game - BOOMER! IT was FREEZING! Granted we weren't really dressed for the freezing cold, rain, and blustering winds. I only lasted until half-time and my back was killing me and I couldn't feel my toes. Lucky for me, Chris was a sport and took me home.

Hopefully today at some point we will get the Christmas decorations up. I hope. We will see. I've spent the day with the kids "helping" them clean up the upstairs.

I pray it stays that way until Tuesday morning.

T-minus 6 days

WOW! Can you believe that Gobble Gobble day is almost here?

I can't! I still have so much to do!

I still have to write my lists, go to the store, clean the house!


ACK! I also have 2 baby presents that needed to be in the mail 4 days ago. NOt quite I am still sewing.

Then I told the hubs that I would make gifts for the wonderful ladies that he works with. I bought the stuff, haven't started yet. Another bigger ACK!

This is all stuff that needs to be done by Wednesday. At least the shopping and the baby's gifts HAVE to be in the mail.

When do you put up your Christmas decorations? Chris thinks I am crazy every year, I make him hang the lights on the day after Thanksgiving. Then they come down before the 27th of December. Yet another insane move on my part. Naomi's bday is the 27th and I want her to know in our house there is a distinction between the 2.

I have some pretty firm rules about her birthday. Until she is old enough to understand, please don't combine gifts. She doesn't understand right now that the gift is USUALLY better if they are combined, but I have a sneaky suspicion that soon she will :)

Okay, less typing more doing! ACK!

Now why did I revisit that....

I'm sure you were wondering, I was kinda wondering myself why I put myself through the agony of reliving the worst Christmas ever.


Because I'm scared. I'm scared that something will happen and I won't be home this Christmas.


Chris is a wonderful husband and fantastic Dad. But no one does Christmas like Mommy. Will he remember the milk and cookies? To take a few bites and leave the rest and leave half the milk?

Will he remember to fill the stockings?

What about the new pj's on Christmas Eve?



Then I remember, I will no matter what still have my voice and Lord knows I know how to use it.


I think that we will be just fine.


:)