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sorry it's been hell - glad you didn't send her my way! :) I think there is something wrong with this site today. I had typed something in another post and it had issues loading and didn't post it either -and some others had problems too. woo hoo-Gymboree! We got the crib from my friend but I have NO idea where I'm going to set it up. I think I'm going to switch my dd to the spare bedroom since it's bigger - and then have them both share for a while. When they get a bit bigger, I'll be used to the smaller space as a guest room/office and then can slowly ... make it a kids room. :) We really should have bought a 4 bedroom but I loved the area and it's close to my sister - and I was in a hurry to get going on a house since I was 5 mo pregnant at the time. Got to run to my dr appt - see how fat I've gotten. :) I think I've gained 30 pounds according to MY scale. I don't want to see theirs!!! Oh, with those glucose drinks, try drinking it with a straw if you can't get the jelly beans.

hey there - my dr appt went well - I think I'm up to 162. Yikes! My glucose test came back fine but I'm anemic and need to eat more red meat. I won't take iron pills - they make me sick and constipated. I'd rather eat meat..They also said my little guy is breech. I know it's early, but it still freaks me out cuz I do NOT want a c-section at all. Not with a toddler around!!

A c-section would be awful. That is my only fear when it comes to labor. I had the same anemia problem when I was pregnant with Madalyn. The only red meat I can stomach are cheeseburgers and meatloaf. I don't like steak at all. My MIL is driving me crazy. I am so glad that Jimmy has tomorrow off. Then sunday at about noon we drop her off at the airport. she just irritates the c___p out of me. She baby talks to Madalyn, tries to force her to play with her, she smokes and smells horrible, she snores like some sort of huge animal, you could write your name on her face because her make-up is so thick, and her perfume smells like hell, and all she wants to eat is fast food c___p, I guess that is why she weighs over 250 pounds. What the #$%* was I thinking asking her to come. I can't believe I asked for this! I must be brain damaged. A few months ago we asked her to come in august Jimmy goes back to work, I so hope she can't come when the time comes around. Tomorrow night Jimmy wants to take me out and I don't want to go because it means that I have to leave my baby with that woman. I have to go, but I am going to stall and get as close to her bedtime as I possibly can so she isn't up with her for very long. I may have to complain about ligament pain or something, but I will try whatever I can. I know I must sound like a royal b___h and that I think I am better than her, but I just can't help it. I also know that my hubby loves his mother, but I don't and it is very hard for me to get past all of our differences. I just want her to go home. I am glad to be going to my mom's after we drop her off because I know my mom is a bit jelous that she is getting so much time with Madalyn and I want Maddy to stop calling for, "cama Debbie". Oh did I mention that she hovers over my shoulder anytime I steal a few minutes with my child. I can't stand it. And this was really weird, I was trying to post for you and she was reading over my shoulder, and wouldn't leave. I had to close out the site and shut down the computer with her right there. I brought my laptop up to bed with me because I really thought she wanted to logon and see what we were talking about. I made the mistake of telling her my screen name. Now since I have told you so much, I am afraid that she would read it and say something to Jimmy... that's all I need. Anyway, I hope you are getting a good laugh from all of this. I

Sorry ... I hit enter on accident. I was just saying that I'll talk to you later and I will see you on the 21st. Good night.

poor poor mandy. :) What a week! Hey, I love my MIL but I can understand your position. My MIL is a total worrywart - seriously - and would drive me crazy after too long. Even visiting her I have to bite my tongue sometimes so I don't say something snappy. she means well for sure, but she worries about every single thing my kid eats, touches, wears....is afraid she's freezing, too sick to go outside or whatever. :) She really is great though - it's amazing that my dh doesn't worry about a thing, he's just the opposite. I was going to suggest going to dinner late so your dd would be in bed but you already had it figured out. Well - less than 24 hours to go! As for food - I don't normally like steaks, but I LOVE the Keg. I want to go there and get a fat juicy steak, well cooked of course, with a gigantic potato and their yummy tomato/onion salad. MMMM!!! I just went to olive garden and pigged out with my dad. :) Yeah, a C-Section is my worst nightmare. I don't like being cut at all - and am freaked out enough by needles. Getting the epidural was quite a big feat for me - but I never looked at the needle or let anyone show me what the procedure was like or I would have freaked out big time. My friend is going in - well, probably hooked up to her IV - right now!! yay! Tomorrow she is 2 weeks late. I was hoping she'd get in earlier but they had some emergencies and C-sections to do - now I have to go in this evening and HOPE she isn't up all night in labor. She wants me there to take pictures of the baby when/after he's born. I think it's kind of cool to be there for another birth. I was with my sister on her last one and nearly pa__sed out but this time it should be different since I know what it's like now to have a baby - not as scary. Well, I'm going to try to get a nap with Rachel so I'm not totally wiped out tonight. good luck in your last hours. :) haha.....

She goes home tomorrow morning, thank god!! We drop her at the airport at 11:30 in the morning and then we are off to my mom's. Her presence irritates me. Anyway, I hope you have enjoyed my misery, I have more to share when I see you on friday.

Good news, my MIL is officially back in Texas where she belongs. I am going to spend tomorrow stripping this house of her remnants. My entire upstairs smells of her awful perfume. We dropped her off at the airport this morning and went to my mother's. Jimmy and I went to lunch and to a movie, it was great to get out without having to worry about what my MIL was doing with my kid. Anyway, Maddy decorated Easter eggs with my nephew (only 2 months older than her ), and they baked cookies. When we got back to my mother's I gave Maddy and Teran a bath and took some pictures. It was so cute. Teran was washing Maddy's back with a washcloth, and Maddy was dumping water over his head. I wish I lived up north so I could spend more time with my nephew, he is such a sweet little guy and he and Maddy look like they could be twins. Every time we take them out together people ask. Well, I am off to bed, it's late. Talk to you later.

What a relief it must be to have your house back!!!! :) My friend had her baby Sat. morning finally! She went in on Friday to be induced and then it wasn't till 2:30 that they called to tell me it would only be an hour or two before he was born. Well, right after they called they took her off the pitocin because the baby was stressed - and it slowed everything down. She ended up going back on it at 6am and not pushing til 8:45! He was born at 11:22.... I didn't leave the hospital until 1pm. I was there for 9 hours doing NOTHING!!! ugh...then I had to be at a friends for dinner and we had to leave my house by 4pm. No time for a nap!!! :) He was really cute though and they will love the pictures I took for them. I'm stil recovering from the lack of sleep - and Tim getting up at 4am didn't help me any. I couldn't really sleep after he left. :(

Yes, finally I have my house back. Now all I have to do is get rid of the stink of my MIL perfume in Maddy's bathroom. The stuff smells awful and has somehow permiated the walls! I have asthma and I even went so far as to fumagate the room with Lysol... not good for me that's for sure. I'm thinking I may have to repaint...kidding. Anyway, I have never been present at a birth, besides my own of course. I would love to be, but not for nine hours, what did you do the whole time? How did things turn out for her? Did she have a hard time pushing? Did she tear? I am just now starting to worry about my impending labor and vividly remembering the pain post partum. Off to bed, talk to you later.

oh the pushing - she pushed for 2.5 hours and then they had to get the vacuum and do an epesiotomy. She was pretty miserable after about 20 hours of labor. I hear that she says next time she won't be so quick to turn down an epidural. :) haha...I was also there for my sisters last child too - quite a quick labor - only 4 hours! It's pretty cool to see - since you can't watch your own very well - nor do I really want to. :) I don't want to remember all the screaming and stuff. Yeah, I'm starting to get a bit nervous about this next round - it reminded me of what's to come. I hated the recovery period and worrying about going to the bathroom and how bad it would hurt. My friend freaked me out about the first poop. :) I was terrified it was going to hurt so bad - but it wasn't, not really. I didn't tear too bad though. I was just about to go to bed too -after I posted something on that stupid selfish man - getting no s_x - topic on the third tri. Jerk. I had a lot of nasty words for him but decided to keep my mouth shut. I just can't believe he's for real. ugh..I'm off to bed now, hopefully I can sleep without Tim here!

20 hours of labor, wow. I was in labor with Maddy for 11.5 and that was enough. I tore with her and was terrified of the first poop too. My mom told me how awful it was, but it didn't bother me at all. My OB told me to take stool softners for the first two weeks or so, so that's what I did. I don't know if I needed them, but I didn't want to find out. I had two 2nd degree tears and was pretty miserable for the first 6 weeks post partum. I really hope I don't tear this time. I want to have as little discomfort "down there" as possible. I am determined to b___st feed this time and I know I will need all my energy and attention going to that. Anyway, I thought I was going to sleep earlier, but when you bring the computer to bed with you, you get sucked in to the internet and can't get out!!! I am really going to sleep now... right after I pee for the 5th time in the past hour. lol Good night, see you friday.

I was only in labor - that I could feel for about 4 hours or something. Can't remember exactly how long it was since it came so fast. I think they broke my water at 1:30 or something and I had her at 6:30. I don't want to tear again either but well, it happens. I think you'll be fine with the bfing - don't give up or listen to anyone who tells you too. It's hard - especially with the latching and all that. I just hope it doesn't hurt as bad this time and that I don't bleed and get all torn up. Well, I survived 2 days all alone - and Rachel has been really good! It helps to keep busy that's for sure! Tomorrow I work till 3 so that will fill some time and when I get home Rachel and I can have play time - and then Thursday I have NOTHING going on during the day...which makes my nights feel longer...but Friday we are going SHOPPING. ;) We'll get home from that, take a nap, eat dinner and then Tim will be home shortly after. Yay!!

Friday should be fun. We can go to Nordstrom Rack and the girls can play in the new play area, it is great, Maddy loves it. I think I told you too that there is a Gymboree outlet there that just opened about two weeks ago. We could go to Red Robin for lunch this time if you want, there is one right there. Is 10am good again for you? I was thinking that time would be right to accomodate naptime as well.

I don't know why I just don't call you on the phone? I guess this is just kind of more fun.

haha -- I know what you mean about the phone thing. :) But, I can type messages during commercial breaks. By the time Rachel goes to bed and I have a moment to myself it's 8 and I have to watch some tube. 10 works just fine - I figured I'd try to get out of here by 9am. I love Red Robin too - and I need to eat my meat!! :)

I'll call ahead and have a dead cow waiting for you. lol. Off to bed. I'll catch you tomorrow.