Saturday, December 31, 2005
First I must say I love wireless internet. I'm able to lay in bed and mess around online, simply love it!
Wow, it's new years eve already. I can't believe it, I mean where the hell did 2005 and go? I've been sitting in bed trying to think of the highlights of my year and its tough going back recalling all events. This is what comes to the top of my head:
1. Kai learned to: crawl, walk, say some words and turned one
2. I got a big promotion at work the ultimately got me out of the controlling dept I was in
3. I got pregnant again
4. T and I were able to get our finances and debt finally under control
5. Van was born
6. We successfully refinanced and have been able to start on home improvement
You see what I mean, there has to be more then six things but everytime I think of it that's all I come up with. There are, of course, insignificant little things but I'm talking bigger things. Things that shine more then the others. I don't know, maybe there are only six important things that matter. If that's the case I can live with my six items.
I finally uploaded some photos. I haven't really taken as many photos of Van as I would have liked. Mainly because he's sleeping all the time and all those pictures would be redundant. The only variation would be different blankets, maybe. So here's a photo of little Van at 5-days old:
And how can I show off my newest little man without showing off first little man? So here he is:
It'll be so interesting seeing Van's features take shape and seeing how like and unlike he and Kai will look.
Anyone have exciting plans for New Years? Not me. I'm staying in, gonna watch some movies, play some games (when the boys are down for the night). I'll have to take a cat nap today so I can function once the sun sets. I received Trivial Pursuit Pop Culture 2 for Xmas and I can't wait to break it in. I'm a Trivial Pursuit junkie. I'm not good but I sure do love those games. I think I have about 6 different editions. I'm no good at the original but the Pop Culture editions and the last 20 years editions are more my speed (ok, not saying i'm good at those either but I have a higher correct answer ratio at them).
I dug my pre-preggo True Religions out of my clothes bin. I tried them on. I can't believe I tried them on! I think I was all about breaking my self-esteem that day. I was able to zip and button them but they were not fitting to well. They weren't super skin tight but tight enough that it wasn't to cute. My stomach is now so gross and loose and it was just not a great sight. I threw a baggy sweater over the entire debacle and called it a day. I have a ton of weight to drop and once that's completed I have some firming up to do. I've already talked to Tela and have decided I would like to have a tummy tuck (and necessary contouring) at age 35. Seeing as I have a few years to go I want to do what I can on my own before going under the knife. From my understanding a tummy tuck works best if you can reduce the fat cells and weight on your own and not rely on the tummy tuck to do that for you. Who knows maybe, and this is a big maybe, I can do it all on my own and get my body back to where it should be. Maybe it's wishful thinking but ideally I would like my pre-Chicago body back. Chicago is where it all went down hill, probably in my last year to two years of living in that city. I blame it all on the hibernation factor you have going on there. If you've lived there you know what i mean.
Wow, I got partially distracted on MySpace, mid-entry. How rude! Okay, on to another subject. I found a couple of nannies that will come to your house and babysit. I need to call or email them for more details. Should I be nervous allowing a stranger into my house? I mean how bad could it be, considering I barely new my current sitter and had trusted her with my son's life. T said if we go the nanny route we are putting in nanny cam's and I added installing a lock to our bedroom. I have to many things in my room that I would be paranoid about. Also, if we hire someone I want her to start working while I'm still at leave so I can be at home with her and watch how she handles my kids. So much to think about. I do feel like we would totally be fucking D over but a parent's gots to do what a paren't gots to do.
New Years resolutions. Never do them. Never right them down, never share them with others. But really saying Never do them may not be totally true. I think most people, including myself will subconciously make resolutions/goals for themselves for the new year. I've given up on the usual stuff like lose 15-pounds. I figure if I keep these things to myself then it isn't really set in stone. Yeah, I sound like i'm giving up already...you know what i don't want to even talk about it anymore cause I can't figure out how to rationlize my thought into words.
Well, have a great New years! Hope you all had a wonderful 2005 and best wishes to your health and happiness in 2006!
|
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
So, for obvious reasons I haven't had a lot of time to blog. But right now the littelist guy is down for a nap and the big-little guy is settling into a nap with a little help from his grandma. That leaves me with a little bit of time.
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and are gearing up for New Year. Kai got into Christmas this year. Last year he was only 5-months old so he didn't really get it but this year with a little bit of instruction on unwrapping gifts Kai was on a roll. He got some great gifts and like most kids, clothes came second to toys. While he loves his toys T and I are much grateful for the clothes. Lot's of warm clothes for my little guy this year. I had a couple of relatives buy him some outfits that will have to sit tucked away for a year or two because they are way to big. Anyone else have friends or family that do that? You know, you have a one year old and they buy you a 3T outfit, I don't get it. By the time Kai will fit into it I will most likely have forgotten about it. I say 6-months to big max. T and I got some nice items as well. I finally got a wonderful leather jewelry box so now I can take my jewelry out of all the random boxes I have scattered around and in my dresser. Having a child around the holidays really makes me understand the joy of christmas, the holiday is definetly for the kids and it makes me happy to see Kai so happy and excited.
Mom and I braved Target the day after Christmas. It was crowded but not insane. I expected insane and was pleasantly surprised. I bought some discounted christmas items and some ornament storage containers. Speaking of which I will start packing today and hopefully be able to get my tree out of the house tonight or tomorrow. I want to go back to Target and buy a few more holiday items as the discounts get even deeper!
The weather has gotten chilier and I really need to start using my space heater. I just want to make sure the Van is warm when napping in his bassinet. It will be so nice when we get the HVAC work started on the house. We'll be super toasty in the cold and cool as cucumbers in the heat! This afternoon I took Van to the doctor for his circumsion. He was unable to get it done in the hospital and luckily the doctor alos performs them in the office. I just hope it wasn't to painful for him but now he's all good and he'll never have to do it again!
I don't know if it's a bit premature to pull out my pre-preggo jeans from the garage. I have one pair of True Religion's(TR) and Seven's that are a size bigger then my normal fave pairs and the one size bigger TR fit me fine. I'm tempted to get out my fave pair and see how they fit. I think before I do I may need to commit to no more junk food going into my mouth. I've been going nuts with chocolate dipped pretzels/licorice and peppermint bark, ice cream and random candy. I slashed the soda out of my diet and in its place I have been sucking down glasses of San Pellegrino. Mmmm....I love me some S. Pellegrino! That's a good thing even if it means no more sugary goodness.
Okay, kids are still asleep so I better get a move on on some of my checklist items and hopefully squeeze in an hour nap.
|
Saturday, December 24, 2005
All is good on the homefront. Thank god my mom is here helping with corraling Kai so I can mostly focus on Van. Of course Kai is still getting a lot of attention but I think he wants me to focus more on him. I noticed that as soon as I'm finished feeding Van and putting him down Kai will immediately come over to me and want to lay on me, sit by me or have me carry him around for absolutely no reason. I don't mind, he's so super cuddly. It doesn't help that Kai is still miserable as a result of multiple molars making their way in right now. T is doing his best giving Kai lots of undivided attention and today they will be going to the park.
I can't believe it's already Christmas eve! Time sure does go by really fast. I'm really excited to see how Kai reacts to Christmas morning. We've hidden most of our Christmas presents, when they were under the tree Kai got a bit to excited and wanted to open them, NOW! So we hid them. There are a few out but they are tucked away so he can barely touch them. I need to remember to charge my camera battery today so I'll have lots of ammo for xmas morning.
My dad is debating whether or not he wants to come up and visit after the new year. There are some decent airfares from HI beginning the second week of January. I did my research and now leaving it up to my mom to do the rest of the leg work. I would like him to visit since he's only been here once, i think, since I moved to CA. I just get so stressed when I have more then one person staying at my house. It's to crowded and I feel like I really have to entertain. On a little separate note, I had a real crappy conversation with my dad yesterday that totally rubbed me the wrong way. In fact, it pissed T and my mom off and I think my mom is going to end up chewing my dad out today. He basically told me, what the hell kind of name is Van Brody (last name)? That's such a shitty name! How fucking rude! It's not his kid, its my kid. If he wants to talk about shitty names, let's talk about my middle name! Some people like it I hate it. Kapiolani, blach! If they wanted a Hawaiian name why that one? Kapiolani, was a queen of Hawaii, its the name of a park, a beach, a main blvd, a hospital c'mon now.....something a little less visible would have been nice. I just can't believe my dad was railing on me about the name. He started going on and on about how I should have given Van a Hawaiian name like Kai and he said some other things that were really nasty that I don't really want to repeat here but it really pissed me off. And for the record Kai doesn't have a Hawaiian name because we made a concious effort to give him a Hawaiian name cause we're from HI and i'm Hawaiian. We named him Kai just because we liked the name and the meaning and thought it was a name that was pretty unique and not completely oversaturating the baby naming market. I hope that when my mom chew's my dad out he doens't want to talk to me again, because I really don't want to talk to him. Oddly though my mom is made about my dad's comments but she tells me to ignore what he says. How can I ignore his fucked up comments? It's my child's name that he's criticizing. My choice. The name I gave my child. I had no input from him. If he had something he would have liked me to consider maybe he should have spoken up and why can't he just respect the fact that i'm an adult and can name my kid anything I want and that I didn't want another Hawaiian name. I can go on forever but I should stop before I get all worked up for the dumbest reason.
|
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
GUESS WHAT???? C'MON GUESS! I had the baby and i'm back at home. I was suppose to get induced at 5.30am on Dec. 20th, but that didn't quite happen. This is what happened:
12/19/05 930pm picked mom up at LAX
10-10.30pm-ish Back home from LAX
1130pm climbed into bed for some reading and sleeping
12/20/05 1230am started feeling some cramping
1am noticed cramping is coming in regular intervals, wake T up for moral support
115am notice cramping/contractions are coming evern 5 minutes
2am contractions worsen and decide to go to hospital
230am arrive at hospital, get vitals checked, i am indeed in labor, start IV and settle in to bed
3am+ labored for a few hours, asked for staydal (sp?) and when possible an epidural and
1024am Van is born!
Van weighed in at 7lbs 7oz and 20.5 inches long. When I was fully dialated and my doctor was called in she started laughing because I ended up going to the hospital on my own, 3-hrs before my scheduled induction. Labor was a cinch with the drugs. After going au natural with Kai there was no doubt in my mind that an epidural was the way to go. Van and I are doing great, we were ready for discharge within 24-hours of delivery. Van is a cutie pie. His face looks pretty similar to Kai's but unlike Kai, Van has dark brown hair and I know his grayish eye color will change. I forgot just how small newborns are. Now that we're home I'll be taking and posting a few pics in the next few days.
In case you're wondering, Kai did get a chance to check out his new little brother. He was stunned to see a new baby. I quickly grabbed Kai when I got home and T brought Van in. Kai checked him out and immediately started to pet his little body. Within minutes Kai was removing Van's blanket and trying to get him out of his car seat. We need to keep an eye on Kai though to make sure that he knows he needs to be gentle with Van. It'll be an interesting next few weeks to see how my big-little guy bonds with his little brother.
|
Sunday, December 18, 2005
I've reached the point of paranoia. Every pain, cramp, pinch, strain anything in my stomach, back or side I think I may be going into labor. And of course it would be these last couple of days that Kai has three molars coming in at once and wants to constantly be carried. Tomorrow is my last day to make sure all my ducks are in a row. By the way I really, really, really hate that expression and hear it at work all the time and am totally and completely embaressed that it has entered my blogosphere. I must make an effort to banish it from my vocabulary! Okay so what I need to do tomorrow is 1. Go to my doctor appt for that ripening or whatever the hell its called, 2. put the infant car seat in my car, 3. finish packing my hospital bag (since I completely over did it last time I have learned the error of my way and am going totally streamlined, 4. hunt for my 4 oz. bottles, sterilizer and breast pump in my garage and 5. make sure all my bills are paid and filed away. Two other things I'm doing but don't need to go on my list are give my sitter her xmas gift when I pick up Kai and pick my mom up from the airport. I decided to make Kai's last day at the sitter be tomorrow and have surprised her and given her the rest of the month off and potentially half of January. I'm much to kind!
I can't tell if Kai has a cold or is just miserable from his teething symptoms. He normally has the same teething symptoms: runny nose, runny poop, fever and crankiness but because he has three molars coming in all the symptoms are totally intensified and he is just feeling miserable. His fever feels much hotter, but nothing to be rushing to the doctor over, the runny nose is outta control (but no coughing) and the crankines! Oh god, the crankiness. It's outta control. And one new thing is he is ultra clingy. I love that part because he just holds you back with all of his might and it is just the cutest most warmest feeling. This morning he was just in bad shape. Totally in a daze, crying, and dried snot all over his face (cheeks, chin, eyelids) it was funny but kind of sad. I gave him a warm sponge bath to clean him up, he took another nap and I cuddled with him for an hour or two and he was probably 90 percent of his normal self.
Yesterday we grabbed some lunch at Joan's on Third and picked up a dozen cupcakes (8 coconut, 2 chocolate and peanut butter and 2 chocolate and marshmellow). The cupcakes weren't for us we were taking them to a holiday party at a friends house. Lunch was fantastic and we had enough self-restraint to not sneak one cupcake for ourselves. After a restful afternoon at home we gathered up our desserts, secret santa gifts and real xmas gift and headed out. It was a small holiday get together with a ton of really good food. Amanda had salad, rolls, potato salad, turkey and ham for dinner and we had such an assortment of appetizers, nuts, cheese and meat platter with crackers, spinach dip and bread and artichoke dip and bread. I filled up on salami and crackers and that artichoke dip was fabulous, i'll need to hunt down that recipe. Everyone was having champagne before dinner, except me, and Kai took a swig outta someones glass when no one was looking. I think the bubbly went up his nose because he literally had to shake it off when we swiped the glass from his hands. During dinner some people indulged in chocolate martini's and then peppermint (schnapps) hot chocolate after dinner. We did a gift exchange, which was suppose to be that game where you can steal someone's present or take a new one from the pile. Except nobody wanted to steal anyone's present. I got a box filled with giant boxes of candy and movie tickets and T got Belgian hot chocolate, mugs and cinnamon sticks. We were very happy with our gifts. At about 9.30 pm we called it a night. The little guy was getting really sleepy and we didn't want to miss our window of opportunity for getting him down for the night.
Today didn't really get started until noon, which was when Kai finally felt like his old self. I called Ron and asked if we could swing by to drop off some xmas gifts and I wanted to give tem a couple of bags of Lion coffee. We stayed a lot longer then we anticipated but had a good time, as always. I have seen Ron in two weeks so I had a lot of catching up to do. I love going to their place, it's so relaxing and homey. We chatted for a bit and then looked at some photos from the holiday party and his parent's recent trip to Mexico. The town they went to, Guatalajuanta I think, looked so beautiful and Europeanesque. After that we headed to the market to stock up on food so we don't have to worry about running out for odds and ends as soon as the new baby arrives and so my mom had some food for the day or two T and I are at the hospital. I've just made a big bowl of my homemade chili for dinner and made sure to have enough to last a couple of days.
T and I have not decided on a name yet. We have one name that we both agree on for a first name but we feel almost cheated about it only because we have nothing else to decide between. I'm sure that's a good thing but we like options. Middle name, we have to names to decide from. I'm sure we'll decide on a name before we check out of the hospital. Oh yikes, the hospital......less then 48 hours to go.
|
Friday, December 16, 2005
Okay, I'm all for animals. Hell, I have two dogs. But why oh why do they need to STOP the news to show live footage of a dog on the freeway???? The dog was not in danger, CHP stopped all traffic on the freeway so they could get the dog to safely exit. The dog is now safely off the freeway and the helicopter reporter is just following the dog with a CHP officer following him to make sure he doesn't run into traffic or anything. My news is disrupted by a freakin' dog pursuit!!!!!!!!!!!Ugh! Guess that means I'm going to change the station.
|
Thursday, December 15, 2005
I've been a cleaning maniac. I've been vaccuming daily. Doing laundry, daily. Straightening, dusting, organizing; daily. I figure I have the time on my hands, I have a hard time just relaxing so I might as well do something productive. I don't really want to leave the house so keeping my place in tip top shape is what i'm going to do. We bought our christmas tree yesterday and today I put it up and decorated it. We needed to prop it up on our coffee table to raise it up off the ground to kind of Kai proof it. I had to nip off the top of the tree to fit the star atop it but you would never guess I did so. I didn't realize how many ornaments we actually owned. I decorated the tree but probably only used fifty percent of the ornaments. Now it feels a bit more like xmas. The smell of pine and all the little decorations up throughout the house.
I went to Target this morning, and actually got there before the store opened at 8am. I looked around the lot, as there were a lot of cars and noticed that in almost each car was a woman in the drivers seat just sitting there either reading, talking on the phone, gathering trash in their car, or like me cleaning out their purse. And right at 8am you could see an employee opening the doors and one by one we filed in. I wanted to pick up some newborn baby items like diapers, new newborn bottle nipples, bottle caps for pumping, cold medicine, milk and some other random items. Anyway, half way during the shopping excursion I grabbed my purse out of the shopping cart and the strap broke off. I'm sad cause I really loved that purse. I bought it a while ago and really loved it but it is my fault. It was a nice black, leather hobo bag wit metal loops at the edge of the straps. But I used to load the purse up with so much stuff that it was really weighed down. I noticed the strap pulling but didn't think it would really brake, and I was wrong. Today I emptied out the purse and layed it down to sleep in an Omaha Steaks cooler. No, I didn't bury my purse I just stuffed it in the cooler with some other trash and threw it away!
I have dry, coarse, dishpan hands. I feel slimey from cleaning. I need to shower. And I need to take my opportunity to shower now so I don't have to hear the little guy banging at the door yelling Mama and hurrying me along.
|
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
I thought I was having my final doctor appointment today, before the inducing anyway. But my doctor scheduled me to come in one more time before my hospital reservation. Without providing to much information, my stuff isn't quite ready for popping out the little guy or the little guy doesn't quite understand he should be preparing for his trip. So next week Monday if my stuff is in the same condition my doctor will be giving me some meds for my stuff to start making it ready. I don't know if that makes sense but using real words might be a little to much. Anyway the meds for my stuff should prepare my stuff for the inducing the next morning.
I love that at 2pm everyday 90210 is on the SOAP Network! Yeah! Today Donna is hospitalized for OD'ing on painkillers. She should know better then that! David's music career is beginning to take off, even if the record label is paying off the radio stations to play his songs, he's reaching superstar status and doesn't believe Brandon's uncovering. What a plug, around this time (1998) Brian Austin Green was actually launch his own real life muscial career, I actually saw him on Soul Train and that was a wreck I was almost to embaressed to actually watch. Also on today's episode Jessica Alba plays a pregnant 16-year old who has her baby and leaves it at the doorstep of the Wyatt Clinic where Kelly and Donna's dad work. Oh the drama! Oh yeah, and now, Valerie is claiming that she can't be intimate with David because of what happened to her (if you missed it she was raped by Noah, Donna's boyfriend, after Noah's brother slipped her roofies). Aye, yie, yie. God I loved this show even if it did get dumb and most original cast members left the show before te series finale.
I'm thinking of getting a haircut before weeks end. Have you seen te new issue of Lucky with Anne Hathaway on the cover? Well that's what I want to do to my hair. Long, chunky layered bangs and long layers throughout the hair. My layers have all but grown out and my choppy bangs are grown out as well so now my hair is just long, layered and side parted. Boring! I need a change and it would be nice to do it sooner then later.
We were told to put the doggies, well, Oscar, on a diet. I think he lost his necessary weight, he looks visibly thinner without looking like a scrawny little dog. Daisy probably lost a little bit of weight too. She's probably hovering around the 9-10lb range instead of her 11-12lb range. I know that's not much of a difference but her weighing that extra 1-2lbs puts her in the same kenneling weight class as Oscar, who was nearly 30lbs, and that's just ludicris.
I have officially finised my xmas shopping and all prezzies that needed to be mailed out of state have been successfully mailed. I have a few items that I am waiting for but that's no big deal. I even got my secret santa grab bag gifts for this weekends holiday party. This is the first time ever that my xmas shopping is done a week ahead of time and I don't have to run around buying last minute things. Woo Hoo!
Now that my electrical is upgraded I want to buy a big separate freezer to store in my garage. My freezer is always packed but I would like to have a deep freeze freezer in my garage so I can buy in bulk and cut down on my actual shopping trips. With two babies and two parents working full time, going to the market less frequently will be heavenly! I'll need to keep a lookout on my consumer reports to see if they have any write-ups on freezers.
|
Sunday, December 11, 2005
Yesterday We were up and outta the house pretty early for a Saturday. First item of business, swining by the bank to deposit a stock check and then I had to swing by Target to pick up a few items, and like always I forgot stuff. Oh well, nothing super crucial. We got home in time for an early lunch and boy did Kai chow down! He loves his spiced turkey lasagne. He actually loves anything with a bit of a tang especially if its of the mexican variety. Anyway, after we stuffed the boy we got the tv set up on Sprout so he could watch cartoons while we waited for the notary to show up so we could sign some paperwork.
Last night was also our company holiday party. I've gone every year but skipped out on it this year, for obvious reasons. I've been feeling so worn out and tired that I really don't think I could have handled going to a party.
Today we spent the morning and early afternoon at the Rose Bowl flea market. I was on a mission and found a few items I liked but decided to hold off until after the holidays. T found a sweater he really liked but it was bit snug for him. After all the walking and being in the sun for a little bit we were all beat. Kai fell asleep in the car but when we got home and tried to to put him down he woke right up. T snuck off in the bedroom to sleep while I stayed up to entertain the little guy. However just before T woke up I caught myself falling asleep on the couch while Kai was watching Barney. Bad Mom! I truly couldn't help it I was just so tired. I had only ever done that once before and it wasn't as a big a deal because Kai was still pretty itty bitty and could only roll front to back and that was about it. This time was a bit more sketchy so every little noise I heard I jerked awake to make sure Kai was okay. Which he was he was either bagging on the tv cabinet or the noise was coming from the tv. Oh well we pulled through ok.
Sometime next week (hopefully Monday, the day before I go in for inducing) we'll be able to buy our new car. After much research we have decided on the 3rd row SUV we will buy. I'm excited, the space we'll have. Although my X5 was nice and roomy we will benefit tenfold with a 3rd row. I'll post the purchase after we buy it. Just a teaser for now.
|
Friday, December 9, 2005
Although I'm scheduled to be induced in 11-days I know the reality of it is that I could pop at any moment. That said I finally buckled down to get my baby stuff in order. Packed my hospital bag less toiletries and T's stuff. Put together the cozy papasan swing today. Bassinett is in my room and just needs to be set up and dressed. Ordered my new diaper bag, which is the same thing as Kai's but in a bright bold color. Tomorrow I plan on washing all of Kai's 0-3 months clothes and storing them in my room where the little guy will be living for a few months. Lastly I'll need to make a Target run for some newborn diapers and new nipples for my bottles (assuming I can find all the little 4oz bottles.) We were debating if we should just buy new bottles but i'll inspect the condition of the ones we have post sterilization. Just to be safe i'll make a list of things I need to do or have before the baby to make sure i'm all squared away.
|
Thursday, December 8, 2005
The electrical work is finally complete and tomorrow is the final inspection. We had an inspection on Tuesday and there were a few items we had to get completed before the inspector would sign off. Some of the items were bull shit, like the kitchen and bathroom required flourescent lighting (thank god for compact flourescent bulbs and now they make them for chandeliers!), two extra outlets on either side of the sink, smoke detectors in each bedroom and the hallway. Whatever! We did it and I just want the inspector to sign off and be done.
Tomorrow we'll also be signing off oun our re-fi docs which is good. We're pulling out some equity to do more improvements and by the time we're done with everything we'll probably be in this house for like a year or two more and then we'll sell and buy a bigger place.
I can't believe in less then 2-weeks we're going to be a four member household. T and I still haven't thought of a name. We really can't think of anything that we really love. We have one name that is the top pick and a couple of ethnic-ish names that like but can't really imagine them as first names for our child. I'll need to do some research on names and then run those that I like through Social Security. Im kind of neurotic about that. I've run every name I liked through the social security page cause I don't want anythin realy popular. Both T and I grew up being the only ones in our class with our names and I want my kids to grow up with names like that as well. I mean, I didn't meet another Amber until I was 17-18 years old which I thought was awesome!
I'm thinking of seeing the Chronicals of Narnia tomorrow. I'm not familiar with the books at all but it seems like someting I may enjoy. Anyone know what the story is about?
|
Monday, December 5, 2005
Today is my first day of not working? It's not as restful as I would like it to be because today is the last day of electrical work at my house. Once the work is completed and I can straighten up a bit then I can relax. I really want to lounge around in my PJs, put up xmas decorations, wrap gifts and write out my xmas cards this week.
It's only 3pm and I already feel like today has been to hectic. Woke up watched some tv with Kai. Packed him up for the sitters then headed to Pasadena for some alone time breakfast and then a doctors appointment. My doctor referred me to an ultraound specialist because some of my pictures from last Thursday weren't as clear and readable as they would have liked them to be. I prayed to god it was not going to be one of those 3D/4D ultrasounds. I really was a little freaked about seeing an unborn baby's face that clearly. Since my doctor didn't specify I figured it was goin to be a regular ultrasound. I got to the doctor's office waited somewhat patiently, as patient as one could when I noticed that this was a high risk office. Great! Okay my turn for the ultrasound. I get in the room, get prepped by the nurse and in comes the dr. He immediately gets down to business. Before I know it we're looking at a 3D photo of the new little guy's face! It was cool, and nowere near as weird as I thought it was going to be. What was really cool was we were able to look at this amazing close up view of the umbilical cord and then listen to the blood flow through the chord. I did get a few pics and by the looks of them new little guy looks just like Kai. We'll see if he comes out with red hair and blue eyes too.
After the doctor I picked up T from work and brought him home for lunch. We had a few items we needed the electricians to double check before wrapping up for the day. Once I dropped him back off at work I decided to kill sometime at the Galleria. I really wasn't in te mood for shopping so I just strolled around until my swollen little feat couldn't take it anymore. All I ended up with was one small xmas gift for T and that's about it. I should have used my better judgement and gone to a movie. I'm home now. I really want to relax but its tough when I have two electricians in my home. So I've resorted to hiding out in my bedroom, with my laptop and watcing Crash. Thank god for wireless internet!
|
Sunday, December 4, 2005
So this was my last week of work. Here's a breif recap. Monday, work as usual. Can't remember what aunty D and mom did, probably shopped. Tuesday, doctor appointment and T and I stayed home as I wasn't feeling to well. I did manage to sit outdoors while he cleaned the garage and I directed (hehehe). Wednesday, back to work. Lot's of emial to catch up on and projects to begin wrapping up before leaving. Thursdsay worked out of our Burbank office since I had most of my meetings out that way. Lovely, new building too. Friday, meetings and a department farewell lunch for me in honor of my maternity leave. I choose to eat at Villa Sorriso! Now some of the background nonsense. My sitter told me the on Tuesday she had to go with a friend to her doctors and was planning on taking Kai. Ah, No! I told her since my mom was here she would watch Kai but of course I made it sound more like My mom is sad that she's leaving Kai, again, and wants to spend her last day with him, which works out perfectly since you don't have to worry about taking Kai to the doctors. She bought it. Wednesday, electrical upgrade begins at my house. Midday Wednesday at work, I get a call from the sitter telling me about a family emergency and how she'll have to leave town that eve and won't be able to watch Kai on Thurs and Fri. Panic ensues, I can't stay home my last two days of work, frantically arranging back up child care through our company program with ChildrenFirst. Thursday, ultrasound in the morning (before going to Burbank) and then T takes the day off to watch Kai. That night the day care calls me and tells me they can take Kai on Friday. Friday morning go to work late since I can't drop Kai off at daycare any earlier then 8.30. Daycare is a hit within the first few minutes, Kai is in love! Pick him up after work and he is in a great mood and got sent home with a bunch of goodies: daycare daily report of activities, fingerpainting he worked on and a handful of photos documenting his first day. T and I decide we need to hurry and get Kai potty trained and into a more stimulating environment!
Saturday, my dream has been realized. We had our garage sale! I was so excited I could hardly stand it. We sold almost everything we had for sale that we had to end the garage sale an hour earlier then planned. We met and slightly exceeded what we wanted to make at the sale. All that's left are some clothes (which was expected), some fabric and a few items like a coffee pot, sandwich maker and two shitty Ikea end tables. Not to shabby! We chilled for a couple of hours and with Kai getting crankier and refusing to nap we hopped into the car and picked up some fast food. Within five minutes the little guy was out. We drove back home put him down for a nap (which was lengthy) and ate our greasy lunch while watching Fight Club. Later that night we went to the market, cause god knows we needed food! I bought a couple of magazines and while T got kai mellowed out for bed I curled up with a big comforter and read my magazines.
For a nice change of pace T woke up wit Kai this morning and I slept in. That meant sleeping till 8am on a weekend. Amazing, I tell ya. By the time I woke up Kai was fed and in a good mood. I was not motivated to cook. When the kitchen is a mess I can't deal with cooking I find it gross, and just so you know, this electrical upgrade has made a pig sty of my home. I refuse to thoroughly clean until all electrical work is complete which should be tomorrow. Anyway, we dressed and went out to eat. We decided to eat at Norms, why? Cause I love their buttery pancakes. Kai ate like a champ! He had a ton of hashbrowns, some eggs and pancakes. He was in heaven. After breakfast, we drove down to 3rd Street by the Beverly Center to do a bit of xmas shopping. We scored great parking in front of Joan's on Third and had 15-minutes to spare before the store we wanted to go to opened. We got ourselves collected and strolled up and down the blvd. First stop was the Paul Frank store on 3rd and Crescent Heights. We picked up a few items for Kai, for xmas of course. We then cruised down and popped into PlushPod. The sun was shining brightly today and it was nice and warm in the sunlight. I was prepared for much cooler weather but I didn't feel so lame when I saw others in scarves as well. Finally Zipper was open. We knew exactly what we wanted to pick up. After perusing the store for a bit we grabbed the xmas gift items, found a few more things for gifts, paid and headed back to the car. While T got Kai situated I ran into Joan's on Third to grab a couple of their famous cupcakes (I opted for coconut), a milk for Kai and two Izze drinks for T and I. We headed back home. Turning onto our street we noticed that the house for sale around the corner had an opened house. We decided to chill a bit and then go check it out. They are selling at the price point we want to sell at but they are on a super-busier (i made that up) street, smaller lot and smaller house. We had to check it out. At 4pm we went to nose around the competition, but the open house was over. What kind of open house ends at 4? They must have had a poor turn out. This was only the second open house in about 3-4 months of being on the market. Note to self: DO NOT HIRE THEIR REALTOR!
We're now settled into the evening. I haven't eaten my cupcake yet and am really looking forward to it. As a matter of fact i'm thinking a little to much about it and need to eat one now!
|
Thursday, December 1, 2005
Worked out of our Burbank office for the entire day. I love that office, its so new and clean. Plus free fancy coffee drinks!
At approximately 2.30pm on Wednesday I received a call from my sitter on my work phone. Of course the first thought was Is Kai alright? and yes he was. My sitter had an emergency and the more she talked about it the more she began to cry on the phone. I just wanted to get off, finish my work and then pick up the little guy. The sitter needed today and tomorrow off for a family emergency. We were pretty stressed out last night figuring out our options. Since I only had two days left of work me staying home really wasn't an option. Poor T had to use a vacation day to stay home with Kai. I signed up for emergency child care and luckily they called me back and will be able to take Kai tomorrow. It's a bit out of my way and I'll be doing some backtracking (they are located near the WB studios) but its worth it! I know T didn't have a peaceful day with Kai today since we are in the midst of having some electrical work completed at our house. That said he needed to spend most of the day out of the house which meant lots of driving and lots of park playtime. Since my final meeting of the day was cancelled I was able to get out of work an hour later and we got a bit of xmas shopping done and picked up a heater for the baby's room (but we're going to return it in a few days since we're getting HVAC work done and will have no need for it).
I had my ultrasound this morning. The main reason for the ultrasound was to measure my placenta which has been very low up to today. The ultrasound showed that my placenta has finally pulled all the way up and we're in good shape and no need for a planned c-section. I picked up a few pictures for the ultrasound and the baby's face is very visible. Even though I have received the pic no new names have popped into my head! I thought maybe if I saw the picture it would come to me, but not yet. Now that i'll be going out on leave its all starting to sink in. I'm torn between xmas thoughts and baby thoughts. I have the essentials. Warm clothes, infant car seat, my new stroller should be arriving I'll need to dig out all my extra bottles and sterilize them. Buy some new nipples and back up bottle brushes, I want to purchase a new swing and some formula (just in case) and a stock pile of diapers and wipes for Kai and Sanford I'm counting on the hospital giving me a crap load of formual and diapers again. I know i'll be okay with this stuff but I should really make a checklist so I don't forget anything. And probably towards the end of next week i'll pack my hospital bag, just in case <*wink>. I'm excited i'll have a bit of time to relax and chill before the baby comes and i'm really going to take advantage of the peace and quiet
|