The midwife says...

...that the baby is indeed head down. And she thinks the baby is a boy, based upon the heart rate (a method which she claims is about 75% accurate). So, we'll see! And, no, I have no clue when this kid will come, though I doubt much too early based upon my previous pregnancies.

And I've been told to lay off the salt and sweets, due to my GD scare and the fact that I'm having major swelling. So, I guess that means the pan of brownies I made last night was a terrible idea (but oh so good)!

More poop and other stuff!

So, Reid has done his business on the potty now TWO full days and has been clean all day today, too. Actually, this is the 3rd day without any accidents whatsoever. However, he has woken up wet the last two mornings, which is strange because he has been dry at night for months! He has taken a sudden interest in drinking a ton of milk in the evening. I think we need to curtail that! I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am, though, that he is potty training. The thought of three in diapers was just down right depressing!!!

Jeremy has been gone the last couple of days and he took the laptop with him, hence the lack of updates on here. I still had our desktop computer, but that is upstairs with my crafting things and the office stuff. Every time I came up I got distracted by projects of all kinds. But, hey, my paperwork is done for the month and I knocked a load of stuff off my crafting list. I'm really quite organized for Christmas now. I know that with a newborn in tow I won't get much done this fall, so I need to get as much of it done now as possible!

I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow. I'm 35 weeks 2 days right now. I'm not convinced the baby has turned head down yet, so I'm anxious to have them check. It totally fascinates me that the midwives can prod my stomach a few times and tell me which way the baby is lying. 37 weeks is considered full term. That is only 1 1/2 weeks away!!! I need to get cracking on the nursery. Right now it is a disaster -- I have most of the newborn stuff out, but not all of it is put away. And I definitely don't have all of Ross's stuff put away yet. Plus, the infant car seat is in the middle of the floor (did I mention we STILL don't have our van back)! I'm hoping to get the room in gear over the next week, as I'd like to know that the baby stuff is ready, even if the rest of the house isn't perfect! And I keep meaning to update with a belly picture, but I honestly haven't taken one in months. Jeremy is scared of my new camera -- he doesn't know how to use it and will not voluntarily pick it up!!! Oh, and have I mentioned that we still don't have names choosen? (And, no, I will not tell you what we're considering!) I suppose that should get moved up the priority list a bit...

Poop & sleep!

So, Reid has now pooped on the potty four (yes, FOUR) nights in a row. Now, we've had some accidents earlier in the day, but each evening after dinner he has done his business. The trick? He gets a kick out of flushing it down the potty. Jeremy has to sit in the bathroom with him, too, and Reid uses his little potty (which he has, generally, not liked using). I'm not sure what I'm going to do tonight, since Jeremy is out of town for work...I hate to break our lucky streak! Things seem to be getting a bit better in the potty training department, though I should mention that he pooped in the public pool last week (not 3 minutes after I got him dressed and told him that if he needed to poop he had to do it in the potty, not the pool). We'll get there eventually!

And yesterday was a sleep nightmare! It took 3+ hours to get the two of them to sleep. Each time I'd get Ross down, Reid would wake him up. And Ross TRASHED the room -- I ended up having to fold every stinking piece of clothing in the room. My nerves (and patience) were completely shot by this, so I headed off to the commissary by myself after dinner (and purposely took my time so that I got home after bedtime). Apparently Jeremy had just as much fun putting the kids to bed. I had to make him a margarita when I got home. Today Reid is napping in my bedroom while Ross is in his big bed. Once again, Reid woke Ross up TWICE before I removed him from the room. I'm not sure what to do about that, though my first instinct (that I'm not following) is to muzzle him before I lie him down.

Pool updates!

Here are a few long awaited pictures of the pool area. As you can see, we've got the flower beds finished outside the pool area (though, one of my plants already bit the dust, so I need to replace it). The fence is missing the post caps, too, and obviously a gate. Today Jeremy is working on putting stone down around the pool and putting the edge blocks across the edge of the fence to keep the stone out of the yard (which will eventually get sodded). We also got the posts put in for Jeremy's hammock, which he is impatiently waiting to use. I have decided to hold off on putting any plants in around the pool for now. I'm just too big to deal with it right now and it will be fine this way until later this fall or next spring. See, I can occasionally let go of my perfectionistic tendencies.
Did I mention that Ross REALLY wanted to help daddy? He is fascinated with the wheel barrow.
The three kids playing around this morning.
And I think Reid just looks too funny in these goggles. Hannah found them in her closet and gave them to him.

It is done!

It isn't perfect, but it is done! I did end up having to hand stitch the straps on. After a little testing I discovered I had 2 more layers than I could stitch up...live and learn, I guess! Always do a test swatch for stitches before starting a project!

A pregnancy confession...

I ate more than half a box of chocolate glazed donut holes this morning. Oh, and several handfuls of malted milk balls. And taco bell for lunch. The baby was really really having a craving for junk food.

Now, let's just see what I can accomplish today while I'm on my sugar buzz.

(By the way, I'm normally a pretty healthy eater, so I figure a bad day here and there won't kill me, right? Oh, the sad sad ways I justify things...)

The *&%$*@#$&* needle doesn't work!

That's all.