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September 25, 2007

Somebody pinch me!

Nope thats not drywall mud in his hands and he isn't sanding, it is ceiling paint- FINALLY!!
We had hoped he would be painting this weekend but clean up took forever. He cleaned the floors and vacuumed all the walls. He started priming late Sunday and did ceiling paint last night. We are still under a pretty tight deadline with carpet coming on Friday and it totally stresses me out but not Andy. I go into the week and want it planned out, what are his goals each night? is he willing to miss soccer? did he ask anyone to help him? He hates my questions, we have definitely entered the bickering stage which was inevitable. I'm such a perfectionist and its killing me that I can't help. So he assures me it will be done by Friday and he insists that he WILL play soccer on Wednesday night so I'm washing my hands of it and doing my best to let him handle it. (was that convincing? Cause I'm still trying to convince myself!)

Pregnancy is quickly going down hill. I haven't blogged in a while because I mostly just feel negative about stuff. I can't believe two weeks ago I was down stairs mudding for 2-3 hours almost every other night, I could never do that now. I am so exhausted. It usually gets like this at the end for me, I feel like someone is sucking the life out of me in a very real way. My face starts to look sucken in and all I can think about is "I want my body back!" (hope you can handle the brutal honesty) Things at the Dr and high risk are alright. I was switched to heprin shots which are now twice a day and not once like the lovenox. I am terrible at this, I kept forgetting to take a shot during the day so kept using my lovenox shots which were left over and really just now made the switch. It hurts worse with heprin and is tearing up my legs which I forgot about. I was telling my sister something about drawing it out of the bottle and she was like, they aren't prefilled- that's kind of fun, like you're a Dr or something. LOL- um, no it isn't!
I also found out last week that my OB who has done both my previous sections, will be out of town the week I wanted to have this baby. I heard it from the receptionist since at the time my Dr was out of town for a family emergency. I haven't really decided how I feel about this, and may have to wait till I meet the other Dr she will recommend to do the surgery. I was bummed of course, she's excellent and I am comfortable with her in the operating room. We usually have the sections in the 38th week, I believe the high risk thinks if they are a good size then they are better out than in while I'm on blood thinner. But with Julia going into the NICU last time for lung issues I am insisting on going till the 39th week. I'm a little afraid my Dr is going to offer to do it before she leaves, which will be in the 38th week- ahhhh so tempting. :)
I'll find out more next Monday.
Well, my goals for the day are to dust and pick up a bit- impressive huh! How pitiful! We're still planning on an all day trip to IKEA on Thursday (without kids) and I'm beginning to wonder how I'll make it. Maybe they have those scooter things. Just Kidding! I'll just be "testing" lots of chairs and couches out and I'll be stocked up on Zone bars and nuts and other good snacks. I can't miss it, this is the fun part of the renovation that I've been waiting for!

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September 11, 2007

We hit a wall

We ended up taking the weekend off from working on the basement to enjoy the company of great friends. I sure am blessed in my life with wonderful, very considerate friends.

Me- 34 weeks JoyLynne- 25 weeks

JoyLynne got a few girls together and we had a gals night out and it was tons of fun. It was kind of funny though, we both got tired at the same time and it was easy to call it a night. Nice that we are both pregnant and no one had to be the party pooper.
I've been struggling with nausea lately so Sunday was difficult for me but all in all it was a fabulous weekend.

We worked last night in the basement and I think its pretty safe to say that we are BURNT OUT! I went down there at 7 while Andy did bedtime and I was done by 9 and usually I am motivated and can push through for at least another hour. It stunk. This was going to be our big work week to finish up for painting, I was even turning down some freelance to be down there. Then we got hooked up with a cousin of a friend who does mudding and dry wall and we decided to bring in help. It made so much more sense for me to take the freelance and pay someone else to sand and mud my ceiling- DUH! It actually took us a bit to come to that conclusion- brain fry!! I'm a little anxious about bringing someone else in just because its sort of my baby and I wanted the satisfaction of finishing it. He's working two afternoons this week and I'm going to have him start by finishing the ceiling which feels sort of mean cause its the worst place to work but we are paying him. :)
So I just went down to take pictures before he started working.

I know it looks close to being done, but each seam you see needs a third pass and sanding and there are interior corners that don't have corner bead up yet.
It looks so close to being done but there are easily several more hours of work before priming. So close though!!

Just a reminder (mostly for myself) of where we started!

A lot has been done in 4 weeks. Once I outfit it with furniture, the before and afters will be so FUN!!

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September 4, 2007

my stoic girl

Lizzie had her 4 yr old wellness visit today and handled everything like a pro. She told us yesterday she didn't want to go and get a shot so I was getting quite nervous. We made a day of it and ate a special lunch at Chick-fil-A since there's one near our pediatrician and that seemed to change her spirits a bit. Julia reminded us all morning that she would be watching Lizzie get her shot and that was the ONLY reason she was along for the ride. I think (for my kids at least) its better to include the fact that they are getting a shot at the Dr, it would be worse to have it be unsuspecting. However, she got 3 and I was wondering how she would handle that but she did fine. If Julia was up on the exam table with her when the Dr or nurse came in she asked to get down immediately and said to me about Dr. Slack "she not touch me, okay mommy?". Lizzie is so inconsistent when it comes to getting hurt, she whines and cries and tells me about the littlest boo boos but when a nurse goes to prick her finger she matter of factly declares, "I don't usually cry." I made it a point to praise the fact that she sat still and obeyed the nurse and didn't say how great it was that she didn't cry because I want it to be ok for her to cry in the future if she chooses. She kept asking me, "didn't I do great mommy?" and I would say, "yes, you did everything they asked and really obeyed well." She was such a trooper. And they both got popsicles at the end. We were the envy of the kids we passed and I told Andy tonight, she earned those for sure with a finger prick and 3 immunizations!

Side note: as we were leaving there was a dad at the desk checking out with his teenage son and he commented on how beautiful the girls were and then asked, "so are we having a boy now?" "Nope." His response, "Man your husband must be mad." WHAT! Ok, short of clawing his eyes out I retorted, "why should he be mad, he did it!" How annoying.
I'm getting quite feisty and grumpy in these later weeks, a little lack of self control on my part. The other day I was at walmart with Lizzie and we were checking out and I was so thirsty and was having braxton hicks (not enough to be any big deal, but enough to feel like I'd be doing better sitting) and we were waiting on something. These two college girls were in front of us and it looked like their stuff was all rung up but they and the cashier were just standing there. So before I could stop myself I asked, "Just out of curiosity what are we waiting on?"- they were getting a price check on something. And I think I sighed!! LOL. I know I shouldn't laugh, so bad. It was like it was happening before I ccould stop it. Well, I think I intimidated them enough cause they left without whatever item they were getting checked.

Potty training is going well, Andy and I are really good at asking Julia every five minutes and taking her everytime we go- so I'd say we're pretty well trained now. UGH! Its pretty exhausting. She has surprised me by being dry after every nap since we started so thats good. I just feel like we lost her initiating by all our constant asking. I'm hoping one will fade out eventually and the other will fade back in.

The basement is coming along. We worked all weekend, super good time! We are totally pressing through the grunt work at this point and it is exhausting. Last night I had to quit early because I had a stitch in my side I couldn't get rid of and Andy made me come upstairs saying we couldn't have the baby yet cause I hadn't agreed to his name! We are taking tonight off, we needed it. But he did get some proof that I was down there working this weekend.

We are still seaming. I am on second coats for all wall seams and almost done taping the ceiling.

You know the scene from Cast Away with Tom Hanks where he's just built his fire on the island and he's dancing around it saying, "look what I have created, I have made fire!!". Well, sometimes I go downstairs and am filled with such pride at what we are accomplishing and I want to yell, "look what we have made, we have made playroom!" It is very exciting, and yet other times I go down and see all the seams that need to be sanded and it can be a bit discouraging but bit by bit we are finishing it. We have a painting goal of two weeks, it was this weekend but I told Andy we were pushing too hard.

Then it'll be shopping time, the thing that motivates me to press on!

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