This has been quite a day!!!

Well, this morning was okay. Nothing out of the norm. We ate lunch and packed a bag with coloring books and such to entertain the kids during my Dr's appt. Once at the office, Nick wanted nothing to do with the bag of stuff. I let each kid have one piece of candy out of the bowl. Within about 15min time I found out from Makenzie that Nick had actually stolen 3 more. So, while I was filling out paperwork, my 2yr old was running around like a mad man. I had to leave the lobby and chase him down the hall two times, and a third time out the front door of the building. I had already informed the kids that they would be rewarded for good behavior by going out for ice cream afterwards, but he apparently didn't care or understand. I finally got the paperwork done and went back to the room. I was able to keep Nick confined by having Makenzie sit in front of the door so that he couldn't open it. This of course worked till I was half naked and on the table. Then she let him run down the hall. Luckily the exam wasn't started and I had on a knee length dress. I chased him, gave him a firm talk, and told Mo very firmly not to move from the front of the door. Well, this all went fine and dandy till the doctor was actually examine me. Then Makenzie says "I don't want to sit here anymore so he can run if he wants to". The doctor caught him before he got out of the room and politely asked Makenzie to PLEASE sit by the door. Well, about 90 seconds later Makenzie did the exact same thing. I was furious!!!! This time the doctor was like "well, he's stuck back here and all the other patients are gone, so I'll just let the nurses catch him." Well, they did. They took the kids to their back room where they have a TV and let them watch a cartoon, and then also traced hands and stuff like that. Of course I was fuming, and was dead set against the ice cream by the time the appointment was over. But that was all changed when I left the room and went to find them. The nurse brings them out and says "thank you Makenzie and Nick for being so well behaved for me! Now you get to go have your ice cream treat." I was thinking "Gee thanks. I was going to give them the lecture of their life on the way home."

Then we were sent to the lab. I thought it was going to be a major disaster as well, but knew that if no one else was waiting then we would have the TV all to ourselves. Well, we were the only ones, so that was great. Of course until I was in the chair to get my blood drawn. I left the door open to the lobby so I could keep an eye on them, but of course Makenzie wasn't going to sit against the door leading to the hallway. Luckily the person taking my blood was AWESOME! After one escape attempt he called for the kids to come in the room, and then forced them to shut the door. He then described like 10 different character stickers he has and told them that if they keep the door shut then they can have stickers, but if anyone leaves the room then they don't get stickers. Well, it worked. They were perfect little angels. They sat so still. It helped alot that once they were calm he gave them each a job. Nick held empty vials, and Makenzie held the alcohol swabs till he needed them. She helped feel for my vein as well, and then held the tubes after they were filled. Once done, she got 3 Hannah Montana stickers, and Nick got 3 Spiderman ones. They were so happy that they didn't want to leave!!! I had to argue with them to get them to leave the lab!

Then we found a Chic-fil-a that had a play area. They got some ice cream, and I got a salad and lemonade. Which by the way, was the freshest food I have had at a fast food place. It was good!! Well, they played for awhile and then while I was gathering up stuff to leave...Nick took off. I couldn't find him in the restaurant, and then looked out the window. There he was about 20ft down the sidewalk (next to the building) and heading into the parking lot. I very quickly set stuff down and run out there. Of course once he sees me he starts running. I was able to catch him before he was in any real danger, but boy did he get the talking of a lifetime. After taking Mo potty and getting them back in the car I was so stressed out!!!! I couldn't believe how bad the afternoon had gone. I was so glad to see Nick asleep when we got home.

I put Nick in his bed, put on a cartoon for Makenzie and laid down for a nap / de-stress. Well, that lasted about 15min. Then Makenzie came in my room screaming and crying. There was a wasp in the house...This is a long blog already, so use your imagination here...the drama lasted a couple hours until we finally got the thing killed around dinner time.

For dinner I actually felt like I was going to be able to cook without feeling sick. So I made some eggs, pancakes, and homemade berry syrup. Well, the kids refused to eat a single bite. I put too much cornstarch in the syrup and it tasted gross....Rest of the evening was a little milder, but still not great...Just before bedtime I realized that I forgot to put the cornstarch away. Apparently Nick knocked it over. It was a big mess, but I figured I would just vacuum it up. Well, let me just say....Don't vacuum corn starch!!! I is so tiny that it comes back out of the vacuum vents and fills the house with dust. Once I realized that I was so done with this day that I didn't even care. I immediately started on bedtime, am relaxing for a bit and going to bed. I will tackle the kitchen floor and cornstarch mess tomorrow after swimming lessons.

And yes, if you are wondering...Dr's appt went fine. Didn't even attempt to hear heartbeat, but I'm not worried about it cause I've never had a Dr try this early except for ultrasound. Doc says that the ultrasound was so good a couple weeks ago that he isn't concerned at all and thinks I'll carry this pregnancy fine. He was shocked though at my induced labor times with the other two. He says it doesn't make sense because there is plenty of room in my pelvic area for the baby to come down and break my water naturally. He is hoping this one will happen naturally but says that with my past it may not. He hopes that the induction time will at least be greatly reduced.

the things kids say....

Makenzie is so full of it! She says she has to take her baby to the Y because she has tried everything she can think of and her baby still won't stop crying.

Tonight I made a huge double decker egg sandwich w/cheese. Ate about half then thought about how I was eating the raw gooey yolk (normally my favorite part) and then completely lost my appetite. I felt like throwing up the entire thing. Ended up making some cinnamon sugar toast to get the taste out of my mouth and throwing the sandwich away. What a waste!

new stuff

We are planning on this being our last child. Originally we wanted four, but after all my body has gone through with a miscarriage and full term pregnancies we have changed our mind. I am only 2 1/2 months along and already having hip and pelvic pain. Our plan is to save up money and have Phil snipped so we are sure we won't be getting pregnant again.

That being said...Is it bad that I want to have fun and get cutsie stuff for this child? We have to get a new carseat and stroller anyways, so why not have fun with it? We've contemplated finding out the sex and buying the really girly or boyish stuff and just keep it to ourselves till the baby is born. It would be such a hard secret to keep though!! Who knows, maybe we'll just pocket the money and run to the store and get it before leaving the hospital. hmmm....stuff to think about...

Wednesday

Yesterday was an eventful day to say the least! Started out with us going over to Raeann's in the morning. We spent about 3 hours there. The kids all had a blast except for William hitting. He's in that stage really bad. After that we went home and saw Phil for a few minutes before he went to work. After he left I was letting the kids watch a cartoon before taking a nap. About 15min later Makenzie came in and told me Nick was sound asleep. I went into the pool room and he had fallen asleep with his knees on the floor and his head laying on his rocking chair. He was apparently very exausted!
After I put Nick to bed I decided I needed a nap myself since I had been up in the middle of the night with Nick the night before. Makenzie was really into what she was watching on tv so I informed her of what I was doing and she said it was fine and that she would just watch tv. I laid in bed a bit before falling asleep and she never moved, so I thought things would be okay. Well about an hour after I fell asleep I got woke up by Makenzie saying "Mom! I can't turn on the bathtub because I have paint all over my hands!" This is NOT how I imagined being woken up. She had paint tracked through my bathroom. I got her in the bath then went to check out the rest of the mess. She had just painted on a notebook, but she got it all over her small table and on the carpet. This was NOT washable paint, and she is a repeat offender on this particular offense.

Nice day, well mostly.

A friend gave me her left over nausea pills. Took one today and it was wonderful! I was actually up this morning and cleaning the kitchen. Haven't done that in awhile! Course everyone needed my attention so I didn't get it finished, but at least it is started...Phil and the kids were talking non stop this morning. I love talking to them, but when all I ever hear is talking it gets frustrating.

After Phil went to work I decided to take the kids to Sno-Castle for a cheap treat. Well, they are still closed for the season. We ended up at McDonald's. What I thought would be a cheap $3 treat ended up being $12 for food and icecream. Amazing how quickly that multiplied! After that we went to the park. Both kids were throwing a fit the entire drive there cause they wanted to go to a different park. That changed once we got there. Immediately Makenzie spotted two little girls from church. The older sister was SO excited to see Makenzie. They played together the entire time, and even hugged goodbye. It was very cute!

Took the LONG way home because once again Makenzie wouldn't stop talking and Nick was horribly tired. Eventually they both went to sleep. They are still sound asleep in their rooms, and so now that I'm done writing this...I'm gonna enjoy the quiet and take a nap myself!

Joke

Well, we had the ultrasound yesterday. There is one baby and we are 7wks along. My due date is November 18th.

Well...We thought it would be funny to do a late April Fool's Day joke on Heidi & Alex. We told them that they saw a few babies but couldn't get an exact count and so we have to go back next week for another ultrasound. I was doing so good playing it up till I talked to Alex on the phone today. That was SO hard!! I can't play it up any more. Phil wanted me to play it up for about a week, but I'm not that cruel. I'm gonna go ahead and publically anounce it tonight so they will know the truth. Can't wait to see what they say though!!

sick

trying to remind myself that feeling sick is actually a good thing because it means that my horomone levels are high....Wish I could get something accomplished though. Eating without feeling like I'm gonna throw it all back up would be nice too. This morning Makenzie had to make bagels for her & Nick cause I couldn't smell them without almost throwing up. Good thing she's responsible enough to handle that!!