Friday, December 18, 2009
A Little Embarassing, But Funny
Well, needless to say when you're pregnant, you pee A LOT!! I swear I probably get up, (depending on how much water or other liquids I've had that evening) anywhere from 3-6 times per night. Anyway, most of the time when I get up, I get to the bathroom with no lights on, I close the door, and I sit down in the dark and I do what I'm there to do. So I'm sitting there after I've already peed, but I'm sitting there anyway with my head partially looking down, when all of a sudden I feel a presence right in front of me. I don't know about you, but I can feel people's presence, even if I can't see them, I sense them. Mind you, it's so dark in our room and the bathroom that I can't even see ANY kind of light coming in (even though the door has been opened at this time.) So instinctively, I guess, I put my hands up by my face, but with my palms facing out, as if to push something away, I suppose. When all of a sudden, I feel in my hands a small hairy butt, and all at the same time, I say, "oh my god!" and Alan yells, "oh Jesus!!!" really super loud, and he springs up and out of the bathroom door. He was just about to sit on the toilet, and me, and when I yell and push his butt, he freaks out too, because he doesn't even know I'm in the bathroom. We both immediately start laughing hysterically and can't stop for minutes. It's just so funny. He says, "I didn't even hear you get up." Evidentally not. Thank goodness he wasn't about to fart as he was about to sit on the pot. Geesh. Too funny. We both about had heart attacks that night!!!
Kids . . . . . .
Well, the other day I asked the kids what they wanted for Christmas and wanted lists made, for me and for my mom. So I start writing things down that they are saying (even though they were to make lists of their own, and they did, later). So, I guess OD is looking over my shoulder as I'm writing down Darian's list, and one of the things I wrote was 'xs undies.' So OD in all of his naivete says, 'what does xs mean?' I said, 'it means extra small, as in undies.' He then says to me, 'then what are you, an extra big?' From the mouths of babes right? Geez, I know I must be huge if my 10 year old son is calling me extra big!!!
Oh well, I'm pregnant and my body is going through alot of changes and yes, I'm gaining weight. My doctor says my weight gain has been right on. Thing is, I was gaining weight BEFORE I got pregnant, so . . . . . . anyway, right now I have absolutely no energy to do anything, much less exercise. I just can't help it, no matter how much sleep I get, it doesn't help.
I read in an article somewhere, that a pregnant woman's body at rest, is working at the equivalent of someone who is climbing a mountain. Now I don't know if that's South Mountain, or Mount Everest, but regardless, my body is working over-time and dammit, if I'm tired, I'm tired.
Exercise can wait 'til later.
Oh well, I'm pregnant and my body is going through alot of changes and yes, I'm gaining weight. My doctor says my weight gain has been right on. Thing is, I was gaining weight BEFORE I got pregnant, so . . . . . . anyway, right now I have absolutely no energy to do anything, much less exercise. I just can't help it, no matter how much sleep I get, it doesn't help.
I read in an article somewhere, that a pregnant woman's body at rest, is working at the equivalent of someone who is climbing a mountain. Now I don't know if that's South Mountain, or Mount Everest, but regardless, my body is working over-time and dammit, if I'm tired, I'm tired.
Exercise can wait 'til later.
Week In And Week Out
Well, every Thursday, just to let all of you know, I will be a week closer to having my little baby girl. Yay!!! So as of this past Thursday, I am 19 weeks. Here's a little ticker I had made.
HALLOWEEN!!!
Joshie is my Gumby
MJ Gloves I made
My cute kiddos
MJ and Josh
Alan and OD gutting the pumpkin
Sergio, OD, Seb & Tori (the 2 vampires)
Josh and McKinley
The two Batmen
My cute kiddos
MJ and Josh
Alan and OD gutting the pumpkin
Sergio, OD, Seb & Tori (the 2 vampires)
Josh and McKinley
The two Batmen
Our Little Pnut
Well, approximately two weeks after we did the amnio, the genetics counselor called me, again. Ugh, I really don't like talking to this guy, nothing personal, I just wish he wasn't even in the picture, know what I'm saying? He asked me if I had time to talk to him, I said yes. I was nervous, because of the way he was talking to me, he was almost whispering and didn't sound very upbeat or happy at all. It didn't sound like I was in for a positive talk.
So he proceeds to tell me that they got my results back and that everything looked NORMAL!!!! Oh my Dear Lord, thank you!!!! But I already knew it, I knew it, I knew it, I knew God was great, and I knew He was going to give us a healthy baby girl. I knew from the very beginning, even though, I will admit, when I got the news of the screening, I got scared, I wept, I asked why? But, I guess that would be a normal reaction. I think anyone would have felt the same. But after talking with God, I felt, I knew, everything would be okay. So the counselor says at the end of the conversation, "have fun with the rest of your pregnancy." I sure will. I'll relish everything about it.
So he proceeds to tell me that they got my results back and that everything looked NORMAL!!!! Oh my Dear Lord, thank you!!!! But I already knew it, I knew it, I knew it, I knew God was great, and I knew He was going to give us a healthy baby girl. I knew from the very beginning, even though, I will admit, when I got the news of the screening, I got scared, I wept, I asked why? But, I guess that would be a normal reaction. I think anyone would have felt the same. But after talking with God, I felt, I knew, everything would be okay. So the counselor says at the end of the conversation, "have fun with the rest of your pregnancy." I sure will. I'll relish everything about it.
God's Grace and Mercy Are Enough!!!
Highs and Lows
I forgot to write about something the day that we found out we were having a girl. Well after we left the doctor's office, Alan and I went to lunch and I took him back to work. He ended up picking up the kids for me and when he dropped them off he said, "I need to talk to you." The way he looked and sounded, didn't sound good and to be completely honest, just about scared me. I thought something had happened at the school, like he had caught Darian kissing and making out with her boyfriend, or seen Joshie doing something with his friends, I had no idea, but these thoughts, and others were racing through my head.
So he takes me into his office and he says to me, "Vermeer (the parent company) has said they would loan vssw (Alan's company) the $1.5 mil dollars we've been needing, but they said, the only way they'd do that, is if I resign." They wanted Alan out of his own company!!! What?? I couldn't understand how they could do that. He had gone to the parent company for some financial help and to help them re-distribute some of their machinery, and this was their solution for him and for his company--for him to resign? It just didn't make any sense, and I told Alan, I thought there was something else behind their reason for not wanting him there anymore. He was in shock and was on the verge of tears, I could tell. I didn't know what to say. It was like a death in the family, you know you should say something, but don't know quite what to say. I mean, what do you say to a man who's built up a company for 20 years, brought in all his own people to be the best the company can be, and then this? I couldn't see how Vermeer couldn't see that Arizona and Nevada have been the hardest hit in this recession and those are our two main offices. How could they want him to give all this up that he's worked so hard for?
The people that own the parent company of Vermeer are a strange breed. They work, work, work, and put lots, if not all the money they make back into the company, and they think everyone else should do the same. We aren't them, and we don't do it as much as they did, but Alan did put $1.5 mil back into his company to help sustain it for a long time. But the times we did take money out of the company, we were doing great, we were doing like, $10 mil. So taking some of the profits we earned and putting it into the house we were building wasn't such a strange thing to do at the time. But Vermeer looks at it as being irresponsible. Irresponsible? I don't think so. Alan has a Controller who oversees all the money, and he would have told Alan if it was the wrong thing to do, that's just Kyle, he is amazing at what he does. But then the economy took a nosedive and here we are. I mean, who was to know that it would have been like this? No one. And Vermeer has said to Alan, he should have known better. They aren't freakin' fortune tellers and neither are we.
So, we'll see what Vermeer ends up doing with Alan's company. I think they're up to something. Something they didn't want Alan to be a part of. Alan keeps thinking, he shouldn't have done this or that, but I tell him, he can't beat himself up about it, how was he supposed to know the very people that should have helped him, are the ones who stabbed him in the back?
So my post of all of this had to do with the high in the morning that we both had, knowing we were having a little baby girl, then at two in the afternoon, Alan's whole world had collapsed on top of his head. I felt so bad for him. I have to just keep reminding him that there's a reason for this, even though we may not know it or be able to see why, there's a reason. God has a plan for us, and it's a plan that's much better than the one we could envision for ourselves. God doesn't waste pain, I truly believe that.
So he takes me into his office and he says to me, "Vermeer (the parent company) has said they would loan vssw (Alan's company) the $1.5 mil dollars we've been needing, but they said, the only way they'd do that, is if I resign." They wanted Alan out of his own company!!! What?? I couldn't understand how they could do that. He had gone to the parent company for some financial help and to help them re-distribute some of their machinery, and this was their solution for him and for his company--for him to resign? It just didn't make any sense, and I told Alan, I thought there was something else behind their reason for not wanting him there anymore. He was in shock and was on the verge of tears, I could tell. I didn't know what to say. It was like a death in the family, you know you should say something, but don't know quite what to say. I mean, what do you say to a man who's built up a company for 20 years, brought in all his own people to be the best the company can be, and then this? I couldn't see how Vermeer couldn't see that Arizona and Nevada have been the hardest hit in this recession and those are our two main offices. How could they want him to give all this up that he's worked so hard for?
The people that own the parent company of Vermeer are a strange breed. They work, work, work, and put lots, if not all the money they make back into the company, and they think everyone else should do the same. We aren't them, and we don't do it as much as they did, but Alan did put $1.5 mil back into his company to help sustain it for a long time. But the times we did take money out of the company, we were doing great, we were doing like, $10 mil. So taking some of the profits we earned and putting it into the house we were building wasn't such a strange thing to do at the time. But Vermeer looks at it as being irresponsible. Irresponsible? I don't think so. Alan has a Controller who oversees all the money, and he would have told Alan if it was the wrong thing to do, that's just Kyle, he is amazing at what he does. But then the economy took a nosedive and here we are. I mean, who was to know that it would have been like this? No one. And Vermeer has said to Alan, he should have known better. They aren't freakin' fortune tellers and neither are we.
So, we'll see what Vermeer ends up doing with Alan's company. I think they're up to something. Something they didn't want Alan to be a part of. Alan keeps thinking, he shouldn't have done this or that, but I tell him, he can't beat himself up about it, how was he supposed to know the very people that should have helped him, are the ones who stabbed him in the back?
So my post of all of this had to do with the high in the morning that we both had, knowing we were having a little baby girl, then at two in the afternoon, Alan's whole world had collapsed on top of his head. I felt so bad for him. I have to just keep reminding him that there's a reason for this, even though we may not know it or be able to see why, there's a reason. God has a plan for us, and it's a plan that's much better than the one we could envision for ourselves. God doesn't waste pain, I truly believe that.
Where Do Babies Come From Mom??
Well, there has been a few discussions lately about where babies come from and how they are conceived. So OD asks one day, "where me and Alan 'did it' when we 'had' this baby," (meaning where did we conceive her. He said, "was it in Vegas when you went last time?" I said, "no, it was here at home." Joshie lets out a huge, "ugh!! I didn't need to hear that." I said, "well, you guys asked." And I started laughing. Kids are so funny when they hear about their parents having sex. I guess I didn't like the thought of my parents having sex either, but it's a fact of life, and if it didn't happen, they wouldn't even be here to be questioning us in the first place.
So everyone had left the room, and I told OD where he was conceived, he thought it was cool. He wasn't so grossed out, I don't know why. Maybe because it was about him, and and maybe because his dad isn't around. Who knows?
So everyone had left the room, and I told OD where he was conceived, he thought it was cool. He wasn't so grossed out, I don't know why. Maybe because it was about him, and and maybe because his dad isn't around. Who knows?
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