My Random Thoughts

A brief description of what runs through my brain, my journey to bring this third child into the world and whatever else may pop into my brain...





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  • Saturday, July 30, 2005

    Where have I been?

    I have not been able to post in a while, so I figured I should for now. First off, thanks for all the well wishes and thoughts and prayers from you all. It really helps me through the days.

    I am sick now, which I knew I would be. I can't believe that I was wishing to be sick just so I could feel pregnant....I have not had to go to the hospital yet which is a record for me! Yay me!! I can only eat a few bites of anything and just sip on drinks, but I keeping MOST of it down, with very little vomiting (sorry, TMI) so I guess you could say I am staying hydrated. I will say I am weaker than I have been in a long time. I guess it is the anemia settling in, something we'll take care of when I go see the doctor. I can't seem to pull myself out of the bed and if I do I quickly shuffle my feet to the couch...and sleep. So, as of now, things are okay. I have yet to make my doctor appointment, simply because I want to wait until we get back from vacation. (We leave for vacation next Friday) So I guess I will see the doctor around mid August, or late August. Yikes....I hate doctors.

    Well, I am going to make my way back to the couch now. My husband is already probably getting tired of me laying around, but here's me for the next few months!

    Everyone take care and I'm lurking on PW when I can!

    Sunday, July 17, 2005

    An update

    I guess I should give an update, since I have been so self absorbed the last few days....I feel fine. I am having a bit of cramping, but not really cramping, I guess you could say it's more stretching than cramping...I'm really tired, and I am starving all the time....I eat about every 3 hours, and when I wake up in the mornings, I am shaking I am so hungry. Very different from my last two pregnancies. According to my calculations, and don't put money on this, I am 5 weeks along. I am putting off going to the doctor, simply because I know I am fine, I want to enjoy it for a month without appointments, etc. And we are going on vacation soon, and I really want to wait till I get back to schedule it. And the best news ever!!!! I AM NOT SICK YET!!!! Not that that news doesn't scare me just a little, but I am knocking on wood as I type this. With both of my previous pregnancies, I was sick by week 5....and I'm not now! I will say I get a bit nauseaus feeling on occasion, especially when I am hungry, but I am keeping that at bay. I am so freaking bloated, my pants are tight by the end of every day, so I go for the sweats at night just to be comfie. I know they say you stretch much faster the more pregnancies you have gone through and I totally see it. Yes, even after 5 weeks. But I am still ecstatic about it all, and Daniel is still excited too! he usually gets bored by now, he says 9 months is too long to wait to see it. he feels "left out" during this phase. I'd glady let him carry a baby.....and deliver! Thank you again for all the well wishes and the congrats, it really means the world to us! And to my girls at PW TTCOAY, I am sticking around, don't worry, I just can't leave you yet. You all mean so much to me.

    Thursday, July 14, 2005

    We did it!!


    I have no idea how to even put this, other than just saying it....

    I am pregnant.

    I am still in shock, I am speechless.

    I'll write more when I have a brain.

    Wednesday, July 13, 2005

    I got this from a friend of mine....heheheheee.....


    An elephant asks a camel: "Why are your breasts on your back?" Well" says the camel, "I think thats a strange question from somebody whose dick is on his face"

    Where is she?

    Okay, it's the day for AF to show her face and she is not here....don't play with me...I'm not in the mood for games. Fertility Friend says I can test tomorrow, but do I really want to get my hopes up that much between now and then? I'll admit it, two weeks ago, I said to heck with trying and getting excited...but now, knowing that I could test if I wanted to do so...I'm a little hopeful. Okay, I lied....I am REALLY hoping that this is it for me. I have no symptoms of AF showing up. The last few days I have eaten like a cow, but I think that is simply because we were on a little vacation. But then last night at bedtime, I started getting this pulling in my stomach, mostly on the sides of it. It was not cramps, I know that...but what the heck was it? And do I even want to get my hopes up, only to be possible let down and mope around for the next few days? Oh, and Daniel says that I am pregnant...I wish he would wuit doing that. he says my mood is not at all like I am ready to start, and I'm eating a "butt load" in his exact words.

    I survived the trip to Roanoke just fine. We were not at her house much since we ran most of the time, so there wasn't time to feel the awkwardness of it all. All in all, it was a good trip and the church services were excellent. I am so glad we were able to go this year.

    I don't have much to report on, oh, I did get to see a really close friend of mine while we were in Roanoke, she is pregnant due in about 4 weeks. It was so good to see her.And Gracie is at dance class right now with her grandma (my mom). I had some things to do, so I figured I would use her since she keeps saying she would love to see her go to dance. It's probably the last time she ever makes a comment like that again....ha ha.

    Well, I hope everyone is well. I'm thinking of you all!

    Friday, July 08, 2005


    For those of you wondering where my boy is, here's Chandler. He is just not fond of having pictures taken. But he's here, and Happy!!!! Posted by Picasa

    It rains!!!!

    It finally rained here last night...the first rain we have had in what seems like forever. Leftovers from Cindy, but we'll take what we can get at this point. It gives me a break from carrying water to the garden, that's for sure! Of course it had to hit while my mom and I were in town. I have always wondered why you see people pull over on the side of the road when it rains hard...are they just old, dumb, what? Until last night....I had to pull over....TWICE. Go ahead and laugh. But I literally could not tell where the road was, all I saw was my windshield with rain being thrown around. It was a very sick feeling, I will say. So I promise never to make fun of people again who pull over in the rain. I will say in my defense that it was just starting to get dark and the entire world around me seemed to be that nasty color of gray, you know that gray when you can't even see clouds, it's just a wall of downpouring rain all around you and there is no end in sight. That kind of rain...

    I am trying to get packed up to go to my mother in laws house on Sunday. I have to work tomorrow, so I won't have much of a chance to do it then. I'm not really looking forward to going, I have a lot of anger and bitterness towards the woman, that maybe I shouldn't have, but I can't seem to get over it. It's one where I take up for my husband no matter what, and she is one who runs over him at any given chance. It breaks my heart to see him get so excited to go visit her and within minutes of us being with her, she deflates his bubble. It's like a beaten dog, they ALWAYS go back to their owner. His mom is German ( and I like German people, I have many friends that are German) but she is the strict, tight lipped, stern jawline type that will cut your throat as quickly as she can say her daily devotions. She holds back nothing...EVER. She had a rough life, or so she says, I just think she was raised with a strict hand. Her Mom died when she was young, only to be left with her father, "Opa" to me, and two older brothers. She met Daniels dad in the army while he was stationed in Germany and she moved to the states at 18 to marry him. From what she tells me, it was rough. Daniels Dad on the other hand was a very kind, gentle man who would do anything for you. And he dearly loved his grandchildren, even Chandler, which is something I don't think my MIL does. (in her defense, if she does, she has a horrible way of showing it. She has told me that she is very uncomfortable with his disability and she does not know how to love him....funny, I thought love was just something that was there automatically.) But, in September 2002 when I was 7 months pregnant with Grace we got the terrible phone call that Daniels dad had died while vacationing at the Outer Banks. He had drowned. It was devastating, and at one certain point during the phone call I couldn't help holding my ever stretching belly wondering if this was the kind of stress that caused a miscarriage. We went to Roanoke the next morning and stayed there for a week to take care of the funeral, family and getting his mom back on her very numb feet. It was the roughest week of our adult lives. I had lost family members, I had lost friends, but all at a younger age and since I was an adult this was the first loss that made such an impact on my life. Daniel never really mourned his father. He still has not. I know that one day, could be soon or could be much later on, that I will have to drop my life and take care of my husband when it finally hits him. Daniel has changed so much since that event that I don't think I will ever see the "old" Daniel. He has aged so much since then, in looks and actions. But since then, his mom has changed also. I know it is going to happen when anyone loses a spouse, but she has become very self involved. She makes little attempt to be with her family, she works constantly, and is very into money. I know that sounds weird but I saw a side of her come out when he died that I did not know was really there. She likes money (who doesn't, right?) But when the life insurance claim(S) came rolling in, both my husband and his brother became very aware of what they were dealing with. I am not saying she is a millionare by any means, but she has the means to live very comfortably for the rest of her days and probably for both of her sons days also. Daniel and I have always been "paycheck to paycheck" kind of people. We work hard for our money and we use it when it needs to be used and not any other time. His brother has an easy desk job and makes 4 times what we make and his wife has the privelage to work if she wants to or just keep the kid in daycare and spend her days shopping. I like that kind of life...at least I dream about it and I think I like the dreams. But when we go to Roanoke, and we drive the same vehicle for years and years and years...and we have the same clothes until they fall apart, or we outgrow them, we get looked at funny. Not saying we are the Beverly Hillbillies, but we just don't throw stuff away probably as quick as some other people do. I can't afford to get haircuts once a week or tanning booths or nail treatments, when I do that is a luxury, believe me. But his mom always seems to think that we could do better in another town, like HERS or something...I will tell you, I grew up in Roanoke, and it has grown up too much while we were in Germany. I like the small town life, I love the farm that we live on, I love the privacy of being able to walk outside in the middle of the night in my nightgown and looking at the stars and not worrying about cars going up and down the road at all hours. So I don't ever see myself living in Roanoke again. I will probably eat my words one day, but as for now, I see myself here, where my children are rooted. Oh, God....I've rambled..... So when I say I am kind of dreading going to Roanoke, there isn't just one simple thing that bugs me about it, but there are tons of things. Geez, I could go on and on....

    On the TTC front, I am on CD 22...waiting to see if I can join Heather, Chasity and Jenn... I am not sure if I will continue to try next month since we are going on vacation, this month is so messed up as it is....hopefully I am pregnant now and I won't have to worry about "not trying".
    We'll see.

    I hope everyone has a good weekend and I will try to update over the next few days, if I can get to a computer. Take care everyone!!

    Thursday, July 07, 2005


    2 years 8 months....my baby is growing up so fast.  Posted by Picasa

    Another shot of the GREEN shoes...blech... Posted by Picasa

    Shoe Queen...I used to be the shoe queen, until Gracie came along. these are some she just had to have.....I know that line all too well... Posted by Picasa

    Tuesday, July 05, 2005

    I hope everyone had a good Fourth of July. Ours was pretty good. It was relaxing, and I ate until I almost popped, so that was a day in itself. The day didn't start off too good...I woke up to my deep freezer completely thawed and a HUGE puddle of water in the floor around it. I'll make it short and sweet for you, Sunday night, I was craving some ice cream...of course Daniel had eaten the last of it and put the empty container back in the freezer...so I got a bit pissed, slammed the door, which I guess it didn't like and somehow, someway, it bounced back open and I didn't know about it. (The freezer is in the laundry room, so we didn't see it before we went to bed)....so I woke up to lots of spoiled food, a huge mess to clean up and a good cry at the start of the day. Oh well, it happened, I can't change it, so I got over it.


    So we're back to the work week, Daniel is working overtime today, but we get a long weekend coming up, too! We're going to Roanoke to stay with his Mom and to go to our church conference and Power Rally. It is an amazing experience. It is two nights of services that will knock your socks off. It's well worth the drive. And his Mom can watch the kids for us! Yay!

    Not much else to report here, I am in the two week wait....not really holding my breath, I will be happy if I am pregnant, if not, oh well....Everyone take care!

    Friday, July 01, 2005

    My rambling...

    I got an email from my best friend today saying that maybe I should take the summer off from TTC.....I honestly have been thinking about it. When Gracie hid my BBThermometer, I couldn't help thinking maybe this is what I need, maybe I am in need of a break. I go on vacation the second week of August and I don't know if I want to drag my notbook and thermometer with me or not. What fun would that be to have to wake up at 6:10 am every morning? So many people get pregnant when they stop trying, or so I hear....but what does it mean to "stop trying"? I mean, we'll still be having sex primarily to get pregnant, right? And yeah so they say just have fun with sex, um.....well, nevermind. So I may take her advice and see what happens with it. I mean the summer only has what like two months left, well, until school starts and then I may start my temping back up when school starts back up. But you know, also, every time I got to the bathroom and see CM, how the heck do you not jump his bones "trying to get pregnant"? I'm a worrier by nature so it may not work at all, but we'll see. But also, I really want a summer baby, (yes, I am being picky here). But really, if I was to get pregnant now, I'd be due in what, like April-ish? But if I was to wait till school starts, if for some reason I was to get pregnant right away, I could have the hot summer baby...what d'ya think? I know, wishful thinkin, huh.

    As far as anything else in life, it is pretty dull around here. I'm trying to catch up on house work but I find myself sitting and eating an awful lot, too. It's so hot outdoors and the humidity is so stinkin high, I don't even want to go out. Sadly, I have not been in the pool once this year. I'm pathetic.

    On a good note....ATTENTION EVERYONE***** I have quit biting my nails!!! I know, it's a nasty habit, and one that I have done all my life. I'm not just a nail biter, but a nub biter I should say. I quit biting them two and a half weeks ago and I still have nails!! I have not caved once! Yay for me!!*****

    Oh, and an update on the kid...my little girl is starting to talk. You may recall that she was a bit delayed in the speech area and we tossed around the idea of therapy, but we opted not to just yet and it paid off. She is talking...on her own terms but it is coming along slowly but surely. There are days that she talks alot and others that she doesn't say one word...go figure. But she didn't start in small words, she has started in sentences....like for instance the other day I came in from work and crashed on the floor to cool off for a minute and she comes over to me, pulls my hair from my face and says "Mommy, you kay? Mommy was wrong?" If I had not been in the floor already I would have fallen out. Why do our kids worry us so much? Do they get jelly beans during the night for worrying us or something? She is saying a lot more than that too, she told me one day "Mommy, I see a bug...mommy, yook, dead bug!" Hooray for Gracie! Any one have any ear plugs now?....