She's here! Well actually she's been here for awhile. Miss Munchkin arrived on August 31st with a head full of hair and a face full of chubby cheeks! All 7lbs, 13oz of her. My dr. was convinced she was going to be over 8lbs and after listening to my mom's horror stories of her second child (coming in at nearly 10lbs!!!) needless to say I was a little worried. her arrival into this world was a little scary due to her heartrate dropping suddenly and continuing to do so whenever I moved even the slightest bit. This lead to a very uncomfortable position for me for about a half hour then a painful left side until she made her arrival. Which made up for all the kicks, pains and aches. Two pushes and she was out. No pain (thanks to the epidural!) or issues. Daddy was beaming from ear to ear and I could see the look in his eyes that every daddy gets when he holds his little girl for the first time. That "Whatever you want, its yours; any boy breaks your heart its over; you already have me wrapped around that adorable little finger of yours." Of course, with a face like hers she's hard not to love!
Big Munchkin started school the week before she was born so he was going through a lot in his little life. For 5 years he was an only child and had all of mommy & daddy's attention and now this little pink bundle of screams, crys and poo is invading his life. Time to rebel....I get a call from his school principal telling me he hit a kid. Now it happened on a playground and the kid's parents complained to the principal so we don't know all the details of who started it and how it "went down". Not to defend my child but he's not a hitter. He'll give you attitude before he even lifts a finger and that takes a lot to get him to do. So we were a little mad since we didn't know what all happened. Later that same day I get another call. He hit another kid!! WTH is happening to my sweet little boy? Apparently it was time to pick up and the other boy wasn't helping so he hit him on the back to get him to help out. When we asked Munchkin about why he did it all he would say was "he wasn't cleaning up." So after a good talking to, a few letters of apology and a favorite toy taken away, we got it under control. Mind you this was the day I was going to the hospital to have Miss Munchkin. Not a good day for this mama at all. There were lots of tears, crying, shaking, wondering where I went wrong and of course some comforting chocolate consumed. BUT! Munchkin is on track and doing great. He's actually mastered everything he needs to know and more at this point in time for the year. I just hope he doesn't get too bored and start causing trouble again :-/
I am back to work again which was much easier this time than it was last time. This time I came back to a job where I work on a lake, surrounded by nice quiet woods, with great people and no one yelling at me that we don't have their size or its my fault their coupon expired two months ago and they didn't realize it. Last time I returned to a job a month before the holiday shopping season started to a building full of people who were not wanting to deal with angry holiday shoppers, a manager who was a total wench (being nice here....) and ridiculously long hours an hour away from home. Thank goodness I'm not in retail anymore! To those of you who are, good luck! I'll be thinking of you while I'm curled up on my couch on Black Friday, wrapped in a snuggly blanket and cuddling with two of the cutest kids in the world while you are dealing with all the crazies and whack jobs who are out trying to save a little bit of cash on a sweater or that amazing hot toy of the season!
Happy Halloween all! Enjoy all the sweets you collect and try not to scare the kiddies too bad ;-)
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Dear Hormones....
Dear Hormones and The Bump,
Ok. I get it. You are going crazy and this is leading me to be crazy emotional. Seriously...stop! The weird things you make me cry at (American Reunion?!?!!) the strange cravings (woke up this morning aching for a root beer float) and the psycho mood swings for no reason. I'm ready to be done with you but I know I have at least another month dealing with the ups and downs of you a'raging in my body. As for the Bump, just a few more weeks and you can escape. You aren't quite done yet and yet you seem awfully excited in there. I know you wish there was more room but sticking your feet in my liver/ribs/stomach/wherever you can reach is not going to create more space. So enough ok? I promsie you'll have all the room in the world when you come out. I would like to be able to sit back and relax and not have you practice your high kick routine. Can we just agree that after 9pm is quiet time and no backflips after 10? That would be amazing!
Love, me
As you can tell things are getting even crazier. Munchkin starts school in 3 days (AHHHHHH!!!) and the Bump is set to arrive August 30th. Granted, grandparents & Daddy are ready to enjoy the presence of the Bump, this mama just isn't ready yet. We are a little further along now...we at least have a carseat! Still no name. He seems set to use names from his family only but I would like to try and use something from my family's side. Muchkin's middle name came from DB's brother. Don't get me wrong, I love his family but come on, I'm doing all the work I should have a little more pull right? Hopefully we get somethind decided before Bump makes its presence known. Along with a few more pieces of furniture and the house a little more organized!
Munchkin has been in the habit of dragging all his toys out of his room and setting up camp in our living room. Our living room isn't huge so the parking garage, box and wagon of blocks, random small injury inducing toys and the tinker toys scattered across the floor like a war zone don't exactly help. I have threatened to rid the living room of all toys via the trash can if they aren't cleared up by tonight. We'll see how that goes....
DB has gotten back to somewhat normal hours so that helps a little but still not very helpful when I come home from work while he has the day off and he's napping while Munchkin plays. How the $(*^$ does this happen? Granted, Munchkin pretty much entertains himself and does really well but still. If you're that tired, wait til I get home and then go take a nap. Nothing pisses me off more than when I see this. And knowing that he hasn't left that spot on the couch since that morning while I come home and instantly have to start cleaning the kitchen, getting dinner started, picking up afformentioned toys and corraling the munchkin. And to top it all of, wiped out at the end of the night, sore as all get out just wanting to sleep. Guess who wants to get some lovins......and no, it't not the munchkin.......
Ok. I get it. You are going crazy and this is leading me to be crazy emotional. Seriously...stop! The weird things you make me cry at (American Reunion?!?!!) the strange cravings (woke up this morning aching for a root beer float) and the psycho mood swings for no reason. I'm ready to be done with you but I know I have at least another month dealing with the ups and downs of you a'raging in my body. As for the Bump, just a few more weeks and you can escape. You aren't quite done yet and yet you seem awfully excited in there. I know you wish there was more room but sticking your feet in my liver/ribs/stomach/wherever you can reach is not going to create more space. So enough ok? I promsie you'll have all the room in the world when you come out. I would like to be able to sit back and relax and not have you practice your high kick routine. Can we just agree that after 9pm is quiet time and no backflips after 10? That would be amazing!
Love, me
As you can tell things are getting even crazier. Munchkin starts school in 3 days (AHHHHHH!!!) and the Bump is set to arrive August 30th. Granted, grandparents & Daddy are ready to enjoy the presence of the Bump, this mama just isn't ready yet. We are a little further along now...we at least have a carseat! Still no name. He seems set to use names from his family only but I would like to try and use something from my family's side. Muchkin's middle name came from DB's brother. Don't get me wrong, I love his family but come on, I'm doing all the work I should have a little more pull right? Hopefully we get somethind decided before Bump makes its presence known. Along with a few more pieces of furniture and the house a little more organized!
Munchkin has been in the habit of dragging all his toys out of his room and setting up camp in our living room. Our living room isn't huge so the parking garage, box and wagon of blocks, random small injury inducing toys and the tinker toys scattered across the floor like a war zone don't exactly help. I have threatened to rid the living room of all toys via the trash can if they aren't cleared up by tonight. We'll see how that goes....
DB has gotten back to somewhat normal hours so that helps a little but still not very helpful when I come home from work while he has the day off and he's napping while Munchkin plays. How the $(*^$ does this happen? Granted, Munchkin pretty much entertains himself and does really well but still. If you're that tired, wait til I get home and then go take a nap. Nothing pisses me off more than when I see this. And knowing that he hasn't left that spot on the couch since that morning while I come home and instantly have to start cleaning the kitchen, getting dinner started, picking up afformentioned toys and corraling the munchkin. And to top it all of, wiped out at the end of the night, sore as all get out just wanting to sleep. Guess who wants to get some lovins......and no, it't not the munchkin.......
Saturday, July 21, 2012
What were we thinking?
I really need to keep up with this better! I can't believe its the end of July already and The Bump will be here in roughly a month. There is so much to do and so little time. Trent has been working ridiculously long hours again and even though I'm supposed to be rotating weekends off, with events at work that hasn't quite happened the way it should. Thus this leaves very little time for us as a family. And its really starting to wear on this mama.
Munchkin turned 5 in June and apparently this brings out the attitude of a 13 year old. He is refusing to listen, talks back like no other and tests us (me mostly) of his limits. With my hormones a'ragin, this doesn't mix well as you can imagine. Plus the mister is so tired by the time he gets home that he just zones out and its just me dealing with a teenager trapped in a munchkin's body. Don't get me wrong, I love this kid with all that I am but there are days when I have been tempted to trade him for a cookie and a stiff drink. I feel like I am yelling at him a lot more and there have been more spankings since timeouts have become useless with him. It stresses me out and the mister just gives me dirty looks after the hundreth time of me saying "please quit this, don't throw that, pick this up" No matter what way I go about it, I get attitude and back talk.
For example: This morning as I was once again on morning duty (mister goes in at 6:30 so its up to me to get him ready for the day which is fine when he's in a good mood. bad mood: its the end of the world and very high levels of stress and I'm pretty sure my neighbors can hear some of our "discussions" thanks to my set of lungs/mom's volume..love ya mom!)
Me: You need to get dressed so you can get ready to go to Aunt C & Uncle M's house! (in a sweet, non agressive voice....almost an hour before we need to be out the door)
Munchkin: Not right away!
Me: I don't want to have to argue with you to get you out the door this morning. It stresses Mommy out and I hate going to work all irritated.
Munchkin: I said not right now!
Me: (in a slightly irritated tone of voice) Please get dressed. Your clothes are right there and it only takes two minutes and you know this. This is the last time I'm going to tell you otherwise you are going in your jammies.
*side note: we have followed thru on this before, he was upset for a little while being out in public in his very obvious jammies but seemed to be oblivious within the first few minutes of being in the store....
Munchkin: NO! Not right now I said.
Me: ..........Please don't yell at me, I'm not yelling at you. You have been warned and when I am ready to go, you will be leaving in whatever you are wearing.
Munchkin: continues playing while I start getting things together for my day and getting things ready for him
About 20 mins pass and still no sign of changing. At this point I am very frustrated and it's really starting to show. I ask again if he's going to get dressed and I get a snotty "NO!" back. This leads me to get even angrier and a spanking follows with lots of tears, yelling and door slamming. I walk away. I try to calm down but he just keeps going and throwing a fit. And not doing what is so kindly/simply asked of him.
every.single.morning. we go through this. Is it just my hormones or am I really losing it with this kid? I have been so mad some times that I say things that I don't mean (that wonderful temper coming out in me....thanks again mom.....) In fact, this morning I'm pretty sure I threatened to go on vacation for awhile and not come back. I know I shouldn't have but this mama needs a break and soon! Especially with a new one just a few weeks away, I'm not sure how much more of this I can handle. Any input any of you mamas have out there would be great! I have been trying to get the mister to go out without the munchkin but with his time being limited with him as well, it's hard to convince him to leave him at home.
*sigh* what were we thinking with having another one?
Munchkin turned 5 in June and apparently this brings out the attitude of a 13 year old. He is refusing to listen, talks back like no other and tests us (me mostly) of his limits. With my hormones a'ragin, this doesn't mix well as you can imagine. Plus the mister is so tired by the time he gets home that he just zones out and its just me dealing with a teenager trapped in a munchkin's body. Don't get me wrong, I love this kid with all that I am but there are days when I have been tempted to trade him for a cookie and a stiff drink. I feel like I am yelling at him a lot more and there have been more spankings since timeouts have become useless with him. It stresses me out and the mister just gives me dirty looks after the hundreth time of me saying "please quit this, don't throw that, pick this up" No matter what way I go about it, I get attitude and back talk.
For example: This morning as I was once again on morning duty (mister goes in at 6:30 so its up to me to get him ready for the day which is fine when he's in a good mood. bad mood: its the end of the world and very high levels of stress and I'm pretty sure my neighbors can hear some of our "discussions" thanks to my set of lungs/mom's volume..love ya mom!)
Me: You need to get dressed so you can get ready to go to Aunt C & Uncle M's house! (in a sweet, non agressive voice....almost an hour before we need to be out the door)
Munchkin: Not right away!
Me: I don't want to have to argue with you to get you out the door this morning. It stresses Mommy out and I hate going to work all irritated.
Munchkin: I said not right now!
Me: (in a slightly irritated tone of voice) Please get dressed. Your clothes are right there and it only takes two minutes and you know this. This is the last time I'm going to tell you otherwise you are going in your jammies.
*side note: we have followed thru on this before, he was upset for a little while being out in public in his very obvious jammies but seemed to be oblivious within the first few minutes of being in the store....
Munchkin: NO! Not right now I said.
Me: ..........Please don't yell at me, I'm not yelling at you. You have been warned and when I am ready to go, you will be leaving in whatever you are wearing.
Munchkin: continues playing while I start getting things together for my day and getting things ready for him
About 20 mins pass and still no sign of changing. At this point I am very frustrated and it's really starting to show. I ask again if he's going to get dressed and I get a snotty "NO!" back. This leads me to get even angrier and a spanking follows with lots of tears, yelling and door slamming. I walk away. I try to calm down but he just keeps going and throwing a fit. And not doing what is so kindly/simply asked of him.
every.single.morning. we go through this. Is it just my hormones or am I really losing it with this kid? I have been so mad some times that I say things that I don't mean (that wonderful temper coming out in me....thanks again mom.....) In fact, this morning I'm pretty sure I threatened to go on vacation for awhile and not come back. I know I shouldn't have but this mama needs a break and soon! Especially with a new one just a few weeks away, I'm not sure how much more of this I can handle. Any input any of you mamas have out there would be great! I have been trying to get the mister to go out without the munchkin but with his time being limited with him as well, it's hard to convince him to leave him at home.
*sigh* what were we thinking with having another one?
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Away for awhile....
I have been super busy with lots going on right now. We recently discovered baby # 2 is on the way. Not a suprise really since we have been trying but a suprise as to how far along we were. Seems to be a pattern with us and babies...But getting things around and hauling baby gear out of the basement, cleaning out the spare/junk/catchall room and getting Munchkin used to the thought of a new sibling is a little tiring. Especially when each day I get asked "is the baby coming out of your belly today?" "How many days until the baby is out?" "what are we going to do with the baby?"
On top of all this...Munchkin starts kindergarten in the fall *sniff sniff* and while he is uber-excited about it, we have lots to do before he is ready. Several dr. appointments, shoes to tie, patience to be taught and to top it all of....shots.... As a mother this is the worst point of the year for me. I know they are what is best for him, he will be safe from whatever biological nightmare said vaccination is for but the look on his face when he gets stuck makes my heart sink. No matter how much I tell him this is good for him, he still looks at me like I am the worst person in the world and how could I be so mean to him. Needless to say we both go out for ice cream afterwords and maybe even a stop at Wal Mart for a new matchbox car. He could probably ask for a real one and I would consider it. Mommy guilt is the worst.....
As for the work life, things are going well. I am working on a newsletter and we are going to put recipies by famous women in. I found one by Dorothy Dix and wasn't quite sure who she was even though I recognized the name. Turns out, she was the 1930's-1940's version of Dear Abbey. While researching her, I found her "Miss Dix's Dictates for a Happy Life" It's a great read and offers some great tips. She seems like quite the interesting lady.
I've babbled on enough...coming April 10th...the bump revealed!
On top of all this...Munchkin starts kindergarten in the fall *sniff sniff* and while he is uber-excited about it, we have lots to do before he is ready. Several dr. appointments, shoes to tie, patience to be taught and to top it all of....shots.... As a mother this is the worst point of the year for me. I know they are what is best for him, he will be safe from whatever biological nightmare said vaccination is for but the look on his face when he gets stuck makes my heart sink. No matter how much I tell him this is good for him, he still looks at me like I am the worst person in the world and how could I be so mean to him. Needless to say we both go out for ice cream afterwords and maybe even a stop at Wal Mart for a new matchbox car. He could probably ask for a real one and I would consider it. Mommy guilt is the worst.....
As for the work life, things are going well. I am working on a newsletter and we are going to put recipies by famous women in. I found one by Dorothy Dix and wasn't quite sure who she was even though I recognized the name. Turns out, she was the 1930's-1940's version of Dear Abbey. While researching her, I found her "Miss Dix's Dictates for a Happy Life" It's a great read and offers some great tips. She seems like quite the interesting lady.
I've babbled on enough...coming April 10th...the bump revealed!
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Valentine's Day ....
Another VDay has come and gone and we all survived. Well, most of us did. Some of us are in a sugar induced coma from all the chocolates we've consumed. Not only ours but the ones the kids brought home from school, the babysitter, grandparents etc. Thankfully, munchkin only brought home one source of candy from the sitters and it's not enough to sugar anyone up. We still have chocolate from Christmas and if I look deep enough in the freezer I think I can pull out something from Easter.
This is the 5th VDay I've spent with the mister and I can honestly say, I'm over it. The first couple were pretty great (concerts, nights out etc.) Not this time. Flowers for me and homemade meal/chocolate covered strawberries for him. That was it. Just seemed like any other day to me. I used to argue that it was just a greeting card holiday for all those sappy couples who enjoy the cards, candy, flowers hoopla that goes into it. Personally, I don't care for the glitter encrusted pink vomituous volumes of hearts on a card. A simple card is just fine for me. Even better if its homemade. It might be the mama in me coming out but if I could get by with just a simple hug, kiss & I love you to start and finish my day, it would be perfect.
As for the stinking jewelry commercials, I've seen more than my share of diamonds, overpriced charm bracelets and open heart crap to make it through the next 5 VDays. Ladies, what makes you think that he's going to succumb to the pressure and buy you a bracelet that cost $50 then an additional $50 per charm! THAT'S CRAZY!! I love the mister, but if he did that I would have to beat him senseless until I found the receipt then return the stupid thing. Plus, I've been with said mister for 6 years and if the bracelet came before the ring, well let's just say there would be twice as much pain..
OK, back to the original train of thought....for those of you who celebrated VDay I hope it was all you hoped for and more. For those of you who celebrated Singleness Awareness Day, I hope you saved some Ben & Jerry's for the rest of us ;-)
This is the 5th VDay I've spent with the mister and I can honestly say, I'm over it. The first couple were pretty great (concerts, nights out etc.) Not this time. Flowers for me and homemade meal/chocolate covered strawberries for him. That was it. Just seemed like any other day to me. I used to argue that it was just a greeting card holiday for all those sappy couples who enjoy the cards, candy, flowers hoopla that goes into it. Personally, I don't care for the glitter encrusted pink vomituous volumes of hearts on a card. A simple card is just fine for me. Even better if its homemade. It might be the mama in me coming out but if I could get by with just a simple hug, kiss & I love you to start and finish my day, it would be perfect.
As for the stinking jewelry commercials, I've seen more than my share of diamonds, overpriced charm bracelets and open heart crap to make it through the next 5 VDays. Ladies, what makes you think that he's going to succumb to the pressure and buy you a bracelet that cost $50 then an additional $50 per charm! THAT'S CRAZY!! I love the mister, but if he did that I would have to beat him senseless until I found the receipt then return the stupid thing. Plus, I've been with said mister for 6 years and if the bracelet came before the ring, well let's just say there would be twice as much pain..
OK, back to the original train of thought....for those of you who celebrated VDay I hope it was all you hoped for and more. For those of you who celebrated Singleness Awareness Day, I hope you saved some Ben & Jerry's for the rest of us ;-)
Saturday, December 31, 2011
New Year...
i really can't believe it is almost 2012 already. this year has flown by. not much has changed really. just the normal chaos of the holidays. thankfully the last on is upon us and hopefully it goes by quickly. We already celebrated with the munchkin at noon thanks to the awesomeness that is Science Central. Now tonight we are heading over to a friends house to watch him get drunk and beligerant and be your basic jackass while his wife yells at him for being that way and let me tell you...it is about as much fun as taking a bath with a toaster. these two fight like they are about to start swinging,even if there are kids around. so as you can imagine it is going to be a great night.....
hopefully your night is not filled with screams,swears and shots. hopefully you won't read about me in the news for trying to smack the idiot out of someone...Happy New Year!
Friday, September 30, 2011
Fall is in the air
I can't tell you how excited I am that fall is here :-) Granted the rain that has been nonstop here and my urge to build an ark is growing but the leaves are starting to change and its beautiful. Note: this post was started a few weeks ago. Now the weather is a wonderful 80 degrees and the leaves are ablaze with color. It's going to be a great weekend (YAY!!) and since DB's sister is getting married tomorrow at a gorgeous state park nearby, I'm happy this weather is here. But I am ready for it to get cool in the evenings so I can curl up under a blanket, with a nice mug of tea/cocoa and a great book (several on the "to read" list this winter..quite excited!) Plus...it's the perfect weather right now to MOVE! That's right...we are moving! We are moving into his dad's house right here in town. It's bigger & better and has four bedrooms. Which means room for expansion. I'm very excited to be moving and hopefully all settled in by Christmas.
In other news, vacation was great until day 2. I got some very sad news that my
high school band director had passed. Pete touched more lives than he may ever
know. since we were 4 states away I was unable to help celebrate him and all he did. I have been thinking about all the lessons he taught me and all the great times I had inhih school thank to the ban program. I only hope the munchkin has someone as amazing as Pete in his life as he grows older. I know I wouldn`t be the person I am today without him.
since this post has been mostly chaos and scatterbrained thoughts I am going to try to be a little more organized next time!
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