My Pet...Peeve

Pokey

If you want to see grumpy, come on over.

I spent yesterday from 4:30-8 pm having wonderful contractions. About every 7-16 minutes... lasting 1 min. +... I had "people" called to take care of children. I had dinner made for the kids. I had called my husband to come home-which he IGNORED until I called him back and ripped him an absolute new one around 7:15. I EVEN packed my bag. Then? Then? THEN? NO-THING.......... Zip, zilch, nadda, zero, squat....

Hence the grumpy....

I went to K*ohls and used my $10 Ko*hls cash.
I walked blocks and blocks in the pitch black darkness.
I walked up to UDF and got JW a soft serve frozen yogurt and walked it home to him.
Then I walked some more until something popped in my hamstring and hurt like the dickens and then I limped home and got into my pj's and went to... well I was going to say bed but since I haven't slept in my bed for over 6 weeks... I really went to couch. The couch is forming a large dent where my large rump has been.
Then I slept for a while still doing nothing.
Then I read for a while.... get the picture?

I really wanted to be eating some crappy hospital breakfast food this morning.

On a funny note, last week Sarah asked in her very monotone voice...

"When the baby stops eating off your stomach, can I be the first one to feed it a bottle?"

Um... it's my chest that it eats milk from, but yes, you can be the first one to feed it a bottle.

Magic 8 Ball...

Well....

I saw the midwife this morning... verdict?

2+cm almost 100% effaced and "very soft"
I lost 3 pounds (woohoo!)
and she "stirred things up" so to say

Today 11-10-09 was my "day" I like the numbers...
I just don't see it happening.
Also, with Sarah and Henry, I was induced at night with Cervadil... NOW, I am too far and will have to be induced on a morning with Pitocin... You know, Pitocin, the Hypnobabies equivalent of the Devil. sigh...
I can't say that I am 100% Hypnobaby convinced BUT I don't want to screw any possibility of actually having it work. I am thinking of trying to wait it out a couple more days and see what happens. Or I will change my mind back and forth every 30 seconds like I have been doing all morning...

Rock... Hard Place......

Oh, and I have a cold and sore throat.....grr...

Update on doings...

Here is an update on my exciting, non-sleeping life....

*Yesterday, I changed the  rear turn signal light bulb of our van... in the Pep boys parking lot...classy. I will tell you, I did NOT receive enough *kudos* from JW for this accomplishment. :)

* Occasional contractions... nothing to "write home about" yet...

*Today, I have spent  $110 at T*arget, $155 at C*ostco, $54 at Hobby L*obby (only on adhesive for The Card), $70 online ordering some of the pictures for The Card and have yet to make it to Krog*ers... THAT trip is going to be painfully expensive...

* "They" fired the Cinti DM at Johns work yesterday afternoon... He is now juggling TWO jobs for less than the price of one... more to come.

*I loved it when I asked him if his boss and even higher knew WE were having a baby in the next week and a half and that he WAS going to take his week of vacation at that time... no matter what...... and he said "Um,,, yeah,,, I'm not quite sure about the entire week now... I'm sure I could probably swing a couple of days... maybe" FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.

* John asked me last night if I could go to the library and check out some Baby Names books....... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA- um no I can't. This would just give him more fodder to pick another stripper or "born in the 70's name"

Off to unload the van!   See exciting!

Ten Shoulds...

1. It's obvious that I need to start with... I SHOULD be sleeping. It's 4 AM... WTF? At least I should have something other than insomnia keeping me awake... like um... I don't know... contractions???
2. I SHOULD have made my big grocery list already. We are OMH (Old Mother Hubbard) here- No cheese, no meat, no butter, no peanut butter, no apples! (gasp!)
3. I SHOULD have packed over night bags for myself and the children. WHAT am I waiting for??? Why? My kids have a ridiculous amount of clothes- I could easily pack bags for them (for where ever they are going-see#4)
4. I SHOULD narrow down where my children are going to stay during my "trip to the spa" I am pretty sure poor Betsy will get Henry but then if it's the weekend... and the girls will probably stay with my SIL and family as her kids go to the same school and can drop off and pick up... but if it's the weekend... GAH!
5. I SHOULD stop thinking about all of the people stupid enough, threatening, ballsy enough, ignorant enough  RUDE enough to say they are planning on "coming TO THE HOSPITAL to (as Anne would say- check out my collateral damage) visit . What are they thinking? IF my own children can't come to the hospital to meet their own sibling, WHY do you think I would want co-workers, almost strangers? to visit?
6. I SHOULD be sitting at our dining room table assembling my Christmas cards... well, what I have completed of them.
7. I SHOULD be deciding on a sling to buy. Any suggestions?
8. I SHOULD be deciding if I am going to bite the bullet and just get a co sleeper for our bed so Henry doesn't mush the baby. Yes, he has been visiting a lot but since I haven't slept in our bed for months (thank you cracking pelvis) he has been allowed to take my place.
9. I SHOULD clean our bathrooms after the girls go to school. How and why do bathrooms get so stinky? Don't answer that...
10. I SHOULD be more than the 1+cm dilated and 50% effaced from my appointment last Tuesday.

Tell Me Tuesday...

Tell me.....

Have you started your Christmas Shopping yet?

 As I commented to Sarah today, I had great plans to have COMPLETED my Christmas shopping before "Four's" arrival... I guess there is still time... HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA...

*JW is in WEST VIRGINIA tomorrow for work- this is my ONLY day I would not like to deliver this child... as I told him, "I'm sure many people would find the fact that you were not at the birth of your fourth child funny, I on the other hand WOULD NOT find it funny... AT ALL.

My new favorite picture

Taken while running around the yard... minutes before Trick or Treating started...

Can you see the sparkle?

There once was...

a Rock Star, a Tinkerbell and a Monkey.....

Although they were very cute, it came to light to their parents that they were ADDICTED TO CANDY!

Buy stock in toothpaste and dental care... it is our only hope.

 

37 weeks, 4 days

I can't believe I am posting these... They are taken from Henry's room. That is as clean as his mirror gets. The one is blurry because I am laughing so hard. I seriously don't think I have any pictures like these from any other pregnancy.

 

Tell Me Tuesday

Honey Crisp apples? Have you had them? Are you as addicted as I? The asshats at Kro*gers didn't have any of my Honey Crisp apples yesterday... and THEN I was forced to do the right thingI gave Sarah the LAST ONE after school yesterday. So this morning (4:26am) I go to get an apple and almost start crying because Old Mother Hubbard's crisper bin is EMPTY! What was I supposed to crunch on while reading? What was I supposed to chomp while  surfing for porn   blogging?! I thought my life was about to end. Then I ate a Jello Pudding Pop... Lord those things are delightful- if there had been another one in the freezer, I would have had two without a second thought.

Tell me...

What do you like to snack on?

My Mildred

I have a Mildred... (Anne- isn't this what you call your "friend" that really isn't a friend?)

She is an actual friend that I am assuming is acting like an ass because of jealousy? Every comment about myself or this pregnancy is bitchy and rude in a "I'm only teasing you... mean girl in High school sort of way" and I am about two moments away from punching her in her fucking head. Just in the last 3 days, I have heard the following comments:
* Oh that's good that you are off work now you can just sit around and relax...
* Here let me pull that chair back as far as it will go and see if you can fit- since you are the largest pregnant person I have met! hahaha chortle snort...

On Sat. at Ellie's soccer game, I was very crampy and having contractions...
* Oh please, you are not having contractions- how many weeks are you? Ugh- no way Those are just braxton hicks darling- trust me, I had them and they hurt!

Just now on our answering machine...
* Hi Kate, it's Mildred- just checking in on you since on Sat. your labor and birth were immanent and I was just wondering whether you had a girl or a boy and the baby's name and if you wanted me to bring you dinner... (she did this with Henry) hahaha I hope you know that I am JUST kidding... blah blah blah

F to the U!