Happy Valentine's Day

On Valentine's Day I always give my Children a little gift from Mommy and Daddy because I tell them "It's I LOVE You Day" I am excited for my Monkey Boy and Little Worm to wake up and see their little gifts. Who wouldn't want to start the day opening a gift?

Monkey Boy got a Mario Shirt that he was begging me for about 3 weeks ago from Target and I did not buy it for him on that day,and Lil Worm got a Mr Potato Head!

Baby girl got a Valentine's day outfit on Clearance for 7 dollars from Babies R Us, I figured that was a great price for a 1 day Outfit!!

Enjoy your I Love You Day with your Family Everyone!

Port Wine stain Birthmark

Being a Mom is so difficult sometimes. You love your Children more than they will ever know and you have to take care of them every second of the day. They drain you mentally ,physically and emotionally.

My Daughter was born with a Large birthmark on her face. This type of Birthmark is called a Port wine Stain. From what I am learning about this type of Birthmark is that it developed in the 1st trimester of my pregnancy and there is nothing I did to cause it. It can come with complications such as Glaucoma or Serge Weber Syndrome. Glaucoma can lead to blindness and Serge Weber Syndrome causes seizures. So far with our Daughter it is just a Port Wine Stain Birthmark. I pray quite often that it will continue to be "just a birthmark"

We have already been to a pediatric optometrist,a neurologist and a pediatric dermatologist. We have been told to get a MRI scan done to rule out the serge Weber syndrome. They will have to put my baby under anaesthetic to do this. We are being referred to another pediatric eye Dr. because the Neurologist we saw recommended a Better one.

The Pediatric dermatologist has informed us that we can go ahead and do Laser Surgery to reduce the redness of her Birthmark. It will never fully disappear,but it will diminish drastically with a series of these procedures.

What am I feeling?

Overwhelmed ,Sadness, Confusion over everything..........Angry and Hurt that my precious Baby has to go through all of this, Concerned in my head about weather or not we are making the best possible decision for her and the rest of her life.

I will continue to Pray for answers and peace in my heart.... as I know that God gave ME this Gorgeous Little Girl whom I Love so very much.

38 weeks :)

Last night at around 4pm I was not feeling well. My feet and hands were swollen and My Lips and eyes felt like they were burning. My in laws brought over a blood Pressure Monitor and I have been checking it at home whenever I have not been feeling well. My blood pressure was 150 over 90. and my Pulse was 110. Maybe am more sensitive to my symptoms because I had my Little Worm at 36 weeks, and ANY Symptoms freak me out,but I decided to call my Dr. I went in to the Hospital to get monitored and have peace of mind. They said everything was fine and I will be going back to my Ob on Thur Morning. My Ob. Is leaving for a Vacation on Oct 9 . I am not happy about him going on vacation:( I am not sure when he is coming back or when he is planing on scheduling my repeat C-section. Hopefully on Thur Morning I will have some answers.

Well even though I was on my way to the hospital we still have 2 small children at home and a night time to-do list. My husband took over:) He took both Children to Monkey Boy's soccer practice. Entertaining Little Worm for over a hour outside all wile Monkey Boy practiced. Then he went one step further an took them both to get Pizza for Dinner. This was the 1st time he took both of them out to eat by himself. When I can home from the hospital both boys were in bed. He told me to remind him Never to take both of them to a Pizza Buffet by himself ever again. He said the kids behaved,but that a buffet style restaurant was way more then he could handle. First of all the High chairs that they have at the restaurant have wheels on them and when my Husband got up to grab some pizza Little Worm decided to pull himself to other tables nearby. Then he got up to try to get himself a drink and Little worm grabbed A cup off the table and spilled red H-C all over himself and the floor. My Husband was exhausted and said that the kids ate great,but he is not even sure if he finished a slice of pizza. I loved hearing this story and laughed so hard that he got a little glimpse of my life:)

28 Weeks & Contractions

Well I have been in a Better mood lately. Thank you to everyone for your Understanding and Well Wishes. I had my Husband take a picture of me 3 Days ago. Wow I look Huge even in black...LOL... I went out to Dinner with My Cousin in law. We went to the Olive Garden. Yum yum Yum!







On Tuesday Morning I woke up and the shorts that I wore to bed were pretty Damp.(warning this will contain alot of information) I thought maybe my water was leaking. I put on a Pantyliner and went about my day. I took my Older son to Summer Camp and Lil Worm and I went to Target and Babies R Us to run errands. About a Hour and a half after I first put on that Pantyliner I went to the Bathroom. The Liner was completely wet. I started to get concerned, but continued with my errands (after all I am a Busy Mom) and then picked up Monkey Boy from Summer Camp. I headed home and made everyone Lunch. On the way Home in the car I started to feel contractions. I put Lil Worm in his Crib for a nap and decided to text my Husband at Work. I told him I felt like I was leaking Something and I was starting to have Contractions. I told him I felt like I should probably call the DR. However I did not want to make a mountain out of a molehill so I wanted his opinion. He told me to call. I called and they told me to go the the emergency room. I was very nervous and the Contractions were getting much worse. The Nurse was great and she tested me with the paper to see if my water was leaking. I cannot remember the name of the paper ,but if you are leaking amniotic Fluid the paper will turn blue. The paper remained the normal color,however when she ran the paper on my Pantyliner it did turn Blue. I am 28 weeks with my 3rd Baby and my 2ND Baby was born at 36 weeks. I went into early Labor with him and they could not stop it. His Lungs were not developed and it was very scary at Even 36 weeks. I do not want to go into Labor at 28 weeks. They sent me down to have a Ultrasound to see how much Fluid the Baby Had. The Baby had plenty of Fluid,but everyone was wondering what was I leaking and why was I still having strong contractions about every 3to 4 min. My Dr came to the Hospital and did a internal exam to see if I had a small tear or something. I did not. Thank Goodness!! It turns out that I have a Bacteria Infection witch can cause the uterine wall to contract. I just got over a Bladder Infection and that left everything venerable to get other infections. In the Hospital they gave me Procardia to stop the Contractions witch made my Heart race and feel like it was coming out of my chest. I stayed overnight to be Monitored and went home with a prescription antibiotic . I was told to stop teaching Dance. I asked him If I could pick up my 1 year old and walk up and down stairs. He told me yes I can,but I need to go home and be extremely Lazy Just the Bare Minimum to get buy. So have any of you experienced something like this ? Did you Deliver Early? Did the infection come back after the antibiotics? Would love to read some similar situations.

Depression During Pregnancy

I had postpartum depression with my first son. It was a awful experience that still saddens me to this day. I wish I could have enjoyed those first few weeks of my sons life,but instead felt a sensation of uncontrollable anxiety and sadness. I soon went on medication and stayed on it for over a year. I was nervous about getting Depression again when pregnant with my second son. I was well prepared to watch and look at myself often to try to catch 1st signs of it creeping into my life. I knew that I would want to get on medication right away, because the lows of the depression are so low that I never want to experience that again. I never had postpartum depression with my second Son. It never happened. Maybe it is because I breastfeed him exclusively till he was 6 Months old? (they say it produces good hormones in your brain) I never had to take medication or have the sadness enter my life. I am currently 26 weeks pregnant with Baby #3. The Ultrasound said that this Baby is a Little Girl and I have always wanted a Little Girl so I am excited about that. However I have been battling some depression during Pregnancy this time around. It makes me nervous that it could turn into something else. I feel like I should be over the moon Happy right now ,but I am not. I have lost interest in many things. I Normally love to scrapbook and I have no desire to do that. I normally Love Blogging ,but have no desire to Blog about my life. I also take lots of pictures of my children ,and I have not had the desire to break out the camera. This poor Baby only has like 1 Belly Picture. I have no desire to try to get together with my friends and plan something to do. I am kinda just living. I am exhausted most of the day ,but when bedtime rolls around I am wide awake. I am hoping that this passes. I have never dealt with Depression During Pregnancy before. I am taking care of myself and just trying to get through this one day at a time. I will talk to someone if it gets worse. Right now I am hoping that all the Hormones in my body will level out and I will feel better in a week or so and that this is just a bad Funk. I almost do not even want to blog about this....maybe part of me is a little embarrassed letting people know about my life, but this is is what is going on with me in my life right now .

Motherhood Saturday Night Style

So It's Saturday Night and my Husband went out with some Friends. I put the Baby in his crib to go to bed. He was Fussing alot so I decided to bring him back downstairs. To my Surprise his Diaper came sliding off of him from under his Pajamas. (Yes it was Cloth ) It was covered in poop. (Yuck) He stepped in it and it was all over his leg. So off to Bath #2 for the night we went. When I got done with the Bath and Bedtime routine for the 2nd time I came downstairs to Monkey Boy Covered head to toe in Popsicle juice. He told me that his Push Up must of had a hole in it. So I had to change his Pajamas(I hope I can get the red stain out) . That my Friends is Motherhood Saturday Night Style.

Excuses Excuses

Well Friends ...I would love to have a good excuse for where I have been ,but I really don't. My Summer has been so busy with the kids and this pregnancy that at the end of the day I have not found that much time to Blog. I am still reading Posts in the Morning, but have not found the peacefulness in this house of 2 Boys to Blog. We have been so busy almost every day doing outside activities. These Boys of mine are exhausting to keep up with. LOL I just recently went to my Ob. Because I was having a lot of pressure down there and was afraid that I might be having early signs of Labor. Good new is that it is not Early Labor. The Bad news is that it's a Bladder Infection. I have never had one being Pregnant before and boy does it hurt. The Ob put me on a antibiotic and I am starting to feel better.

I have also been busy shopping for this Baby Girl to Be . I will be posting a few of the cute things I have found for her soon:)

Today I am off to buy Fathers Day gifts and run errands. Happy Friday to all!!!

Why do you Blog?

I was first introduced to the world of Blogging through a friend of a friend. She had a Mommy blog. I thought she was crazy. Why would someone want to share their daily life with the world? Then something weird happened I started to read her blog every time she posted. Then I started to read other Mommy blogs out there and they became a escape from the everyday Mommy life. I thought to myself this would be a great way to document my everyday life so my children could read it when they get older. I also like the connections and friendships I have found through my readers . Then I thought about what to name my blog. This is a tuff one. When I started my blog at the end of July last year I had just started cloth diapering Lil Worm. I kinda was obsessed with cloth diapers and new prints so that is how I came up with my title. Wile I still love Cloth Diapers, that is just one small thing in my life. I often wonder if this title scares people away from reading my blog? I blog about so much more than just Cloth Diapers. So Ladies my question to you is Why did you start your blog? Was is hard for you come up with a name for your Blog??

I'm Not Leaving All My Bloggy Friends:)

I just wanted to update all my Bloggy friends that I am not leaving the blog world. I know it seams like I have abandoned my blog. I just have been very busy with a upcoming project that is taking all my extra time and energy. I will explain this as soon as I can. It's Big news and very good news:) Just has me very busy. I do hope to get back into the Bloggy World very soon ,and I hope you will all understand and still want to be my Bloggy Buddies.

I Promise I Have A Good Excuse!

Wow I have Been Gone for about a week. So Busy! I Promise I have a real good reason that I have been gone and will be sharing it with everyone real soon:) My Lil Worm is recovering from his Cold. It has been going on forever. No Fever Just Runny Nose and a Cough. This has him not sleeping through the night,thus I am not sleeping very well. I have been working my normal 20 hours a week. I also have been very busy with volunteering for Monkey Boys Preschool. Sometimes I wish I could say No,but I always offer to help with things. I am also busy Planing my Lil Worms 1st Birthday Party. That is Pretty Much what I have been up too! I am still here ! I hope to be able to have more time to do some more blogging real soon. How I love Blogging, and just wish I could make more time for it in my day:)

I amaze myself

I am often amazed at how well I can function when I get a total of 4 or 5 hours of interrupted sleep. Lil Worm has been sleeping through the night for like 2 months now. Meaning that I put him to bed around 7:30 and he sleeps til 6:30 or 7 . Yaaaa . Felt so good to be a normal sleeping human being again since his birth:) Now he is fighting a cold. Friday Night he was up at 8pm,12pm,3am,4am , and now we are awake for the day at 6am. Wow Its going to be one of those days where I need a lot of coffee. I start work today at 9:30 am need to leave by 8:30 am. Probably when he is ready for his 1st nap of the day. I teach dance to little girls age 3 -10 today. I hope I will get a nap in when I get home. Before I had kids there was now way I could even function with out 7 hours of strait sleep. Wow... it's funny how after you have kids your life changes in so many ways and how you can function with like 4 hours of total sleep.

*****************************Baby Proofing

As most of you know we recently moved in to a new house. Our old house was baby proofed for our 1st son Monkey boy. We had gates where we needed them. Padding on the Fireplace. Door knob covers on the doors. etc. Now in this new house and with Lil worm crawling we need to baby proof this one. What a huge pain this is not to mention the expense. I am in now need of a extra large walk through baby gate for wide spaces. I also need new padding to somehow cover up the staircase that Lil Worm has fell into the side off twice. Its amazing what danger these little babies can get into. I have some friends who say they never needed to baby proof their house. I do not get this! My two boys get into everything. Did you Baby Proof your house ?

Ask The Mommy's

Normally Tuesday is my Whole house deep cleaning day. I like many Mommy's clean all day long,but on Tuesday I attack my house. Monkey boy goes to school on M,W,F Mornings. I am a Dance Teacher and teach 20 classes a week. On Tuesday I teach 2 classes when Daddy gets home from work. On Wed I teach 9 Classes ( I start at 1:30 and finish at 8:45) On Thursday I teach 3 classes after Daddy gets home. On Saturday I teach 6-8 classes. So I am a stay at home -working mom. Just wondering if you attach your house 1 day a week, or do you have a schedule? Like floors on Monday,Sheets on Tuesday etc. I like to do the deep Cleaning On Tuesday,because on Monday...lets be honest I am too lazy. Then after working on Wed I am too tired. I also like to enjoy my Fridays and do not want to deep clean on Friday. I feel like the weeks fly by and as soon as I clean my bathrooms its time to do it all over again. Tell me what works for you ?

Frustration !!!

Let the new year begin. Ugg ! Do you ever get so aggravated and frustrated with your Husband over over petty things? Whenever I come home from a store my husband immediately starts panicking at the sight of how many grocery bags I have. Weather it be a grocery shopping trip, or a run to Babies R Us for things we need he cannot stand to see so many bags. He immediately starts looking through the bags to see what I purchased. He starts seeing dollar signs. Even If what I purchased was cost efficient. I myself cannot stand the fact that they put 3 things in a bag. This is just one of those things that frustrates my marriage. We have been together since we were 16 years old. We have been married for 6 years. I am now 32. You think I would be use to this. I guess I have to learn how to live with this since he will not change. Tell me what does your significant other do that drives you crazy?

Is Sleeping Through The Night a Fable?

My Lil worm is not a good sleeper. Monkey boy was not a good sleeper. How I longed for a baby that would sleep. I prayed for it. I wished for it. I read every book on it,and I didn't get it. As most of you know we just moved into our house right before Thanksgiving , and then Lil Worm had the Flu. I figured that his lack of sleeping was because of the transition to the house and the Flu. Well the house is no longer new, and the Flu is over. Lil worm just turned 9 mo. Last night he was up 3 times. I didn't have to feed him,but I did have to rock and snuggle with him. I Treasure our snuggling time,but I would love for it to happen at noon and not 2 am. The 2 nights prior he did sleep through the night, but why can't this happen for like 7 Nights in a row? It's such a tease to have a 9 mo old sleep for 2 nights and on the 3 be up 3 times. I can't stand when people ask you the dreaded question"Is he a good sleeper?" "Does he sleep through the night?" I always respond "He Sleeps when he wants to sleep" uggg. One again I am just convinced that Sleeping through the night is A Fable . A story that sleep deprived Mommy's made-up long ago to cope with their lack of sleep.

Christmas Came Early For Me!

Maybe it's because I wear the same clothes every day, or maybe because he's tired of seeing me in the same style "Mommy Clothes" everyday. My Husband surprised me with a 200 dollar gift card to Carson Perie Scott. He told me he bought me a gift card style because he did not want me to feel guilty when spending that much money on myself. He knew that if he already spent the money I would use it, but if he told me to go spend 200 dollars I would not. I know 200 cannot get that much at Carson Perie Scott, but when I only purchase Target clothes a lot of times they do not last. I for sure am going to "try" to find a pair of real nice jeans, then at least 1 dressy outfit for the Holidays. I told him I need to go shopping by myself so I can really focus on getting the best deals. I am excited to go shopping . Sometimes out of the blue my Husband surprises me! This was definitely a big surprise.

In 5 days

In 5 days we will be in our new house. We did a lot of moving and packing little things getting ready or the big move on Sunday. We are trying to get rid of things that we do not use. It is amazing how much extra stuff you have 5 years and 2 kids later in the same house. I am trying to not get frustrated with the lack of organization a house half packed can be. We have a very busy week ahead of ourselves besides working and Monkey boys Preschool. I need to try to recover from this cold that the children have decided to give to me. I cannot wait to be in our new house and unpack and get organized. I love to organize and am looking forward to unpacking and finding new homes for all our stuff. Since I'm fighting this cold my Husband had been pretty much all the packing. I hope I can get some boxes done today. Little by little it will all be done, and we will be enjoying this new chapter of our lives.

It's Monday Already?

I cannot believe how fast the weekend flew bye. I think its hard for me to even have a weekend because I work for 8 hours every Saturday Morning. Do not get me wrong. I love my job and like working. We are so busy preparing to move. Trying to pack and still keep my children's lives as normal as possible. Doing Laundry, School Drop -Off, Pickup, Work, Dinners, ect. My days are very packed. I cannot wait till we are in the new house. It will take some time to settle in, but will all be worth it. Today I packed up everything I needed for Lil worm to run errands when Monkey boy is in preschool. When I got to Preschool my Friend informed me that she forgot she was suppose to be parent helper today. This is a little problem because she has a 2 year old who I needed to watch so she could stay at school. I could not do all my errands in the Morning with 1 child. I now need to do them in the after noon after Preschool pick up. Sometimes in life your day does not go as planed. This now makes everything like laundry and packing pushed back to a later time. I do not mind watching her Little daughter she is so sweet. I Love how Dainty this little girl plays. Watching her is fun. It is just a little annoying when your day does not go as planed. If you are a person who plans things ahead of time you know exactly how I feel. Thank you for all the kind comments when I was having a awful day, Hope your Monday is a good one.