I was in the hospital one week ago. What felt like one never-ending contraction ended up being something that has gone unexplained. Hmm...

I'm feeling better. I left the hospital after 3 bags of fluid.

Today I have been throwing up nonstop and I have a cough that will not quit. I am absolutely miserable! I cannot lay down because that makes my cough worse. I cannot comfortably sit up because J starts kicking and stetching. I just feel blah. Luckily the kids are gone a little while longer so I don't have to tend to them right now.

D has gotten better. I'm thinking that he saved up all his energy those few days that we just laid in bed because he is nonstop right now! I'm surprised I can keep up with him. S has been sneezing a lot so I figure she will come down with the crud soon. H has been healthy as always. (He RARELY gets sick). M has been feeling bad, but not so bad that he is out of commission.

I've only been working half days for half of last week :) I think that I'm going to continue that for the next two weeks because I'm only working Monday and Tuesday of those weeks anyway. I look forward to having somewhat of a break. I'm going to try to go back to work full time until I deliver. After that I'll be out of the office for 3 months!!

I've got almost all of the Christmas shopping done. I'm going tomorrow to pick up a few gift cards and then I'll be done!!

Happy Holidays!

D and I ended up at the hospital last night. He has a case on pnuemonia that we caught very early on! Thank God!!! We got home last night about 12:30AM. He is on an antibiotic, cough suppressant, and breathing machine. He is doing so well with it all. We were finally able to get some sleep at 4AM. Got up at 9AM. D is now down for a nap and I'm right behind him.

S decided to attempt a cannonball into the hot tub yesterday. She banged up her leg pretty bad, so we will not be going to the dance recital this afternoon. I wasn't planning on it anyway. It is way to cold and windy here to get D out in the weather... especially in the middle of nap! It worked out get because S fell asleep about an hour ago and is still snoozing on the couch.

I hope that H is having a good camping trip... with the cold and wind. I wish I could call, but I know they don't have phone signal where they are. However, I know that they would either drive up the road to call or just go ahead and come home if things were bad. I'm betting he is going to be worn out tomorrow!

I am at home today... my day off. I was hoping to be lazy and just read, catch up on blogs, and watch TV. My mom kept the kids last night and would take them to school this morning.

D ended up with a fever so she brought him to me a little while ago. Needless to say my break is over! Before it even began! It's working well so far. He is laying on the couch beside me and watching Playhouse Disney. It's nice and quiet, which is unusual, especially when the younger two are around!

H is leaving at 5PM for an all weekend camping trips with friends. S is leaving after the Christmas parade to spend the night with one of her little friends. So, it will just be me and D here. I'm thinking that we will probably lay down early, even if it is to just watch TV.

Tomorrow S has a dance recital (right in the middle of D's naptime)! It will more than likely be a very trying day for us all. I know that she is not going to get much sleep at her sleepover tonight. D and I probably won't sleep much because of his cough and fever. H probably won't sleep well because he will be FREEZING!

Change of subject... I feel guilty because I obviously have not tracked this pregnancy like I obsessively did before. I just do not have a lot of time. M has been working out of town so much, so it's pretty much just been me and the kids since September. I guess the newness wears off and I haven't felt the need to document everything because I don't have complicated pregnancies or anything like that. They are all normal, uneventful, and thank god, no weight gain!! I kind of just hang out until it's time to deliver. However, I still feel guilty that I have not filled out my little pregnancy journal on a daily basis like I have done before. Am I horrible for that?

I do have the nursery complete and more than enough stuff to get us by for the next two years! I'm serious about that too. I have had two huge showers and have gotten more than I could have wanted. The nursery looks better than I ever thought possible... thanks Mommy!!! There's nothing left to do except paint J's dresser white. Everything has already been thoroughly cleaned, including the carpet. So we are ready to rock and roll. Oh, after I pack my back for the hospital... J's is already done.

I'm going to snuggle up with my baby now!!

H had a concert last night. It was a lot better than I had expected it to be. 3 hours later, I was ready to get out of there. We had an hour of prep/practice, and hour and a half of concert, and half an hour of clean up. By 8:30PM, I was ready to go home.

I was reminded on my way out that I needed to bring cornbread for the faculty lunch the next day. Okay, I say. I had forgotten, but that was fine. I was just going to mix the box and throw it in the oven the next morning. I would take it to the teacher’s lounge when the kids were dropped off at school.

Once home, I was hit with the inevitable… D was NOT asleep. Not even close to asleep. I was tired, I felt like I couldn’t even stand in the kitchen to made cornbread or make it to the bathroom to shower. Little did I have to worry because I ended up not having any cornbread mix at all! I’m beginning to panic. Thank God for my mom because she offered to go home and bake it for me. She then offered to take it up to the school the next day.

I finally just walked out of the room and went to get a hot bath. About 15 minutes later, D comes in the bath. He has decided that he needs ANOTHER bath. Only this time he will just wash his body. He decides that he doesn’t need body and hair for this one. So I quickly wash my hair and face and get him bathed. We put on pj’s on and go to bed. He lasted about 15 minutes before he crashed. I’m sure I was not even a minute behind him.

I woke up this morning feeling pretty good. We’ve been snacking at work all week and it’s been great. Only that means that I have to make a cheese ball and spinach dip tonight and bring it tomorrow. I’m just going to the store on my way home and picking up everything I need. I’m not relying on my suspicions that I have some of it at home.

Ninja

The kids were watching 3 Ninja's on TV while I was on the phone with my mom for less than 2 minutes.

I come back into the living to find this...

D decided to color his face with a black marker because the Ninja's put black makeup on their faces.

Hmm...

Early Morning

It's 5:45AM. I cannot belive that I am awake this early. I definitely cannot believe that I have nothing to do until I wake the kids up to get ready for school... at 7AM.

I've already gotten myself ready for work, folded laundry out of the dryer, made coffee, drank coffee, made lunches, caught up on blogs, checked my bank accounts, checked my email, and am now posting! I feel really good.

I know I was sound asleep by 10:30 last night because I didn't even hear the second episode of Will and Grace come on. I was finally able to completely sleep through the night. A special thank you to Zantac for that one. I had no heartburn whatsoever!!

I woke up at 4AM and tried to get myself back to sleep. It wasn't working so I decided to just get out of bed. I am glad that I did that so I don't have that sluggish feeling that I get when I do sleep too much or when I force myself to just lay there trying to sleep.

Change of subject...
Here is a picture of our Christmas tree. Please excuse the missing ornaments... they have either been knocked off of the tree or placed in another spot that Daniel feels is better.

Please forgive me that I did not at least try to center the picture. These days I'm lucky to remember to take pictures.

Well, I'm off to find something else to do!