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Gabby!

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:29:42 GMT

Well, I WAS going to post on Wednesday announcing 2 more weeks until Gabby...but I got busy & forgot! (Mommy mind as a customer put it at work!)

SO --- now a week and a half until Gabby!! The countdown is on...she's dropping in soon to meet everyone! I'll get pics out by email soon...and hopefully up on the blog soonish...depends if I get internet at the hospital for my stay or not! I'm hoping to be home from the hospital that Friday and hopefully sitting in the bed or on the couch then putting pics up & enjoying our sweet angel baby!

Keep checking back for updates & pics of sweet baby Gabriella Jane! (curles, a dimple, light or dark hair....we can't wait to meet her and see!)

YEAH!

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:29:49 GMT

My adorable little brother in law joined Xanga! What fun!

This works best for me since I can write my thoughts...and those that know me can check up on me or get emails (or see pics) without me emailing each one!

Gabriella Jane is doing fine, yes! Although she seems to be tap dancing or playing soccer in there a lot...she's VERY active! Ed says some nights I talk to her all night long..."OH gabby, stop it" and moan like I do during the day when she kicks me in a bad spot!

Gabby is anxiously awaited for, the first girl since Ed's mom on his side, and the first girl grandbaby on my side so everyone is excited (we have a step granddaughter but not quite the same!)

Ed & aidan are in DGO this week visiting Nona for an early aidan's b-day & Christmas celebration. I have to work all weekends this month for holiday shopping...and I only get Christmas day off so too hard to arrange a big enough block of time for us all to go together! Especially since I'm using up my vaca time for recuperation after Gabby's surgery & arrival! I'll get 2 weeks to enjoy her & then back to work....

AND THEN...she'll be home alone with Aidan & Ed, so keep your thoughts with her! The baby doll they've been practicing with isn't faring so well! I've come home & found her lying in the hallway, or ed forgets & sits on her on the couch, or aidan flings her about! Aidan is actually doing better since meeting his new cousing Spencer (2 months old now & 16 LBS)...he's getting more the idea & watching him lots when Ed takes him up there to play with Gavin.

Here's some more great photos for Uncle Nicky!

Aidan patting Gabby (he'll occasionally kiss her too, he's VERY kissy lately!)

Halloween: What IS this on my HEAD!???

Penguin shopping, it showed off his cute wings in the mall best!

Don't let the wild things out of the pen - looked like he was in a glass cage in this pic!

Aidan & Lily in the big tub swimming pool! When she visited this summer...

Aidan, Gabby & I

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 03:09:56 GMT

Here is a photo of Aidan Gabby & I, sorry you can't see Gabby well (the ones ed took of my tummy look awful...we'll try again)....he's gotta learn to turn the camera sideways sometimes or he cuts off heads!

names

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:57:20 GMT

So while sorting baby clothes with my sister (picking out white & stuff that will work for girl)....

I had a freudian slip (or slip of some kind....) and said "OOH this will work for GABBY"

LOL i've been calling the baby Belle since i found out it was a girl, was just planning for the worst since that's usually what happens!

ANYWAYS....it's really growing on Ed & I, think it might be our girl name, Jamison was our boy name, not that we need that now (ultrasound image was VERY different than aidan, and they both flashed the camera like good little babies!)

Sigh...not that anyone reads this blog, but well gets my thoughts out there. My family likes it, guess i'll have to check with the inlaws & make sure mom in law doesn't hate it or anything!

Baby Clark....

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:24:34 GMT

Well all I have to say is

PINK

PINK

PINK!!!!!!!

REally I still can't believe it, still seems like I"m dreaming and I"ll wake up to find out the truth that i'm having 2 BOYS!

Oh my god I'm so excited, it'll be perfect to have one of each! SIGH...i'm happy, and so is ed because i keep #$#@%& about him getting me pregnant again, and i'm pretty %&*(@!~ all the time! Unlike Aidan where I was happy and horny.....all the time! even with the in-law crap and name-calling!

SO, guess he's right and this one is just affecting my hormones differently, so far the name we've picked is Isabelle Jane (Belle), but i'm thinking about it to make sure i'm 100% in love with it!

Thanks for checking in!!

Let Sleeping Babies Lie!

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:37:31 GMT

Well, except when you have to wake them up to go to daddy's dr appointment with him! Then you just take cute pics to PROVE that YES AD does sleep in a BIG BOY BED! We have a twin too, as soon as we get help over here to unload it and carry it in!

He was still asleep after 8 today when my alarm went off, so Ed went in and got some cute pics before turning off his radio & waking him up with the silence! He's such a cute little darling!

Teresa

Pregnant?

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:13:32 GMT

Well, I don't really feel it (besides feeling slow, tired and grumpy). Ok and a little fat, but I was that before. Sometimes i'm afraid because I thought I was BIGGER with AD the first time! I don't hardly look pregnant, just a tiny belly and we're nearly 1/2 done (I'm 18 weeks with a Bell Pepper).

OH well, i'm probably just driving myself crazy! Boss is on vaca for 2 weeks driving to Yellowstone and back with her hubby. So, of course being the stupendous employee and store manager I am, I spent an hour or two catching up with LB and family! (http://pisceshanna.wordpress.com friend of Ed's from school...)

Makes me feel lucky NOT to be a struggling single mom, least I'm a struggling married mom! I'm scared of #2 though! Aidan Dominick (AD) is SO high energy, especially when he BITES his cousin (or anyone else who'll hold still), hits, throws things (like my nice bowls we got when we got married....), and in general is a tyrant of the 2nd rate (ok, I think GAVIN his cousin is 1st rate, but then again he's grown out of biting...so we might be moving up!)

I'm not even the At Home parent anymore and I'm worn out! Pregnancy is one excuse, but man it's just life, stress, $ worries, etc! And then, what if this baby #2 (Isabelle & Jamison our current pics) has a health issue too that will raise more medical bills? AND I hear there's rumors around DGO that Ed's company may go under (the other half is currently being SOLD, what about HIS half!). SO then we'd lose the families health insurance, not to mention half our income!!! Times are tough now, ed's not able to sell things to stores since customers aren't buying....hopefully that ends after the prez election!

SO...this is just my rant today on life, babies, stress, pregnancy....and trying to make it through!

AND then Ed calls yesterday and says the horse hay will be here next week!! WHAT, sputter, choke, cough, sputter! YES, we need some before winter (which is creeping up) BUT I didn't budget for RIGHT NOW, nor did we save some money last month and this for it!! SIGH, least it's cheaper than we've found elsewhere and I think we can squeeze it by not paying the neighbors hijacked bill for the hydrant....either than or we take out a bigger personal loan which is secured with our Jetta...which I'm reluctant to do. Granted it'd prolong the pain over small monthly payments, BUT it's more debt which I don't want!

Babies

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:44:40 GMT

1 week until our Ultrasound Day! UD is very exciting, although I'm pretty sure the news won't be SUPER great, just good & healthy!

We've moved on from an "avocado" as we keep calling him, to a bell pepper!

How your baby's growing:
Head to rump, your baby is about 5 1/2 inches long (about the length of a bell pepper) and he weighs almost 7 ounces. He's busy flexing his arms and legs — movements that you'll start noticing more and more in the weeks ahead. His blood vessels are visible through his thin skin, and his ears are now in their final position, although they're still standing out from his head a bit. A protective covering of myelin is beginning to form around his nerves, a process that will continue for a year after he's born. If you're having a girl, her uterus and fallopian tubes are formed and in place. If you're having a boy, his genitals are noticeable now, but he may hide them from you during an ultrasound.

Sleeping

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:32:06 GMT

Well last night was the 3rd night....

The 1st night Aidan had a fit when we went to put him in his swing for bedtime we let him cry & scream for a bit, then Ed tried to get him to sleep in his toddler bed by laying next to him for about an hour. Aidan kept wanting to play though, so Ed gave up & put him back in swing & he finally went to sleep. BUT he woke up in hte middle of the night screaming. Ed tried to get him up & calm him, thinking he'd had a nightmare. He finally took him for a drive & he fell asleep (they got some bacon for breakfast).

Then the next night we tried moving hte swing to the guest room, thinking somethign was scaring him in his room. He screamed again but finally went to sleep....but again woke up in the middle of hte night, he wouldn't lay down with us and sleep so Ed took him for a drive....(no bacon though!).

Then last night, he again had a huge fit & fight about getting in his swing. He fought me tooth & nail, twisting, turning, pushing out of it....so I talked to him and said he had to go night night, and we went to his room to try his toddler bed again.

AND he happily laid down in it and drank his milk! I guess he's just a big boy now and wants a bed (has he been getting advice from Gavin?). I tried for half an hour to get him to sleep, then when my back hurt I tried leaving, but he cried. So Ed came in for half an hour & he was asleep by the time he left!! We put a radio on too so he didn't feel alone if he woke up. We heard him cry out once in the night, but he put himself back to sleep & stayed there all night! Even when Ed went in after I left he was still in his bed!! He was talking to himself (and in bed still) at about 6:30 so I finally went in about 6:45 and got him up and we had a banana.

SO....Aidan thinks he's a big boy now and can only sleep in a bed! WOW, wish he'd told us that...we're working on a bigger vocabulary, but guess he's outgrown sleeping in a swing!

MEN! Do they never learn?

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:24:07 GMT

Typed this in an email to my sis...but thought since Jerri is reading this regularly she'd understand my pain too! Sorry about Superman....i'll try to post comments on yours sometime, just gotta figure it out (and gotta read hanna's wow that girl has a tough life & lots to blog on!)

DAMN men....sigh. TOLD ed he was going off half cocked, he called while i was at work tues & asked neighbor to come ditch dig with tractor.

WELL he hadn't priced materials to make sure we could get them soon, hadn't called to locate, or even ASKED Me where i wanted the blasted hydrant to be! I was afraid he was gonna put it where i wanted the hay put!

SO, today while ed was at big R picking up the RIGHT hydrant (according to neighbor lady, taller so less likely to freeze further from ground...) they cut a power line out by the aspens. Yeah, weird place, but we'd have KNOWN if they'd bothered to locate!

luckily they called a friend who's gonna come patch up (just garage line) today for a beer. cheap labor & nice to help us get it fixed by their friend! still not sure what he wants for all this digging he's doing for us, told ed to ask today & write him a check to cash next wednesday, saved us a bundle on renting a little one, BUT i wasn't exactly ready this week! good digging though with the moisture lately! top is dry so no getting stuck, but softer in ground (except driveway...wow that was SLOW) they spent like 4 hrs yesterday and didn't make it all way to well!

they're gonna be more careful now by well & use bucket so they just scoop a little at time.

anyways...sigh life goes on, least it'll get fixed today! Neighbors were nice & helped me herd the driveway horses (4) into the other side of the pasture where they won't chance stumbling into the 4' deep ditch (even though it's only like 8" wide).