One month down...

...less than 3 more to go before Ronnie comes home! (And I can't wait.) As much as I love it here at my mom's house I'd much rather have my own place again. Let's just say it's been a really long month. It hasn't all been bad though....

Last month my mom and I signed up for a year membership at The San Diego Zoo. Since Camron is under 3 he'll get in free the whole time. I'm so glad we did it. It's so nice to be able to go to the zoo and not feel like we have to see everything in one day. The first day we just walked around for about an hour and left when it got too hot. The second time we went it was 5 minutes after the zoo opened and it was great! We saw so many animals....with NO CROWDS! I can't wait til the weather cools off and school is back in session.


My pregnancy is going pretty well. Especially now that I've started taking Zoloft. Yes, apparently I have some sort of extreme pregnancy enduced hormonal imbalance. From day one of this pregnancy it's been completely different from the one with Camron. I've been crazy to live with! I was having crazy outbursts, mood swings going from one extreme to the other, crying non stop without reason, no motivation to do anyting, insomnia and snapping at just about everyone. It was ridiculous. I finially realized that I should get help when I woke up one morning with hives all over my hands, arms and legs. The only time I've ever broken out in hives was when I've been super stressed. (When my sister was born, when I started kindergarten, when my brother was born and when I started junior high.) I've been on it for about 2+ weeks so far and I'm starting to feel much more normal... well, as normal as I can feel while still being pregnant.

As for Camron he's STILL teething off and on AND he's already started the terrible two's! It's just a good thing that I started the Zoloft. lol. He's been tough to deal with. He's been throwing the worst fits. I mean the kind where he's screaming on the top of his lungs, throwing himself on the ground and throwing things. The only thing that I've learned to do it ignore it. If you give him any sort of attention, positve or negative, he just screams louder. His tantrums usually only last a few minutes at the most thank goodness. I hope the meltdowns slow down by the time he's 2. I don't know what I'm going to do if he's still like this when the new baby comes.

Speaking of the new baby again, I have an appointment coming up on the 19th for my big ultrasound! That's when they'll be able to tell me if I'm having a boy or a girl. Everyone thinks I'll be having a girl. I'm hoping it's a girl, but I have a feeling it'll be another boy.

This Summer we've been trying to do a lot of swimming. So far we've only managed to get up to the pool a few times, but from the very beginning Camron has LOVED it! I'm sure if we keep it up he'll be swimming by the time he's 2. He's not afraid of the water at all.

Yesterday we went with Lizz, Frank and Caleigh to the YMCA and we had so much fun! Camron just walked straight in to the kiddie pool. It was only a foot and a half deep so it came up to just above his tummy. He had the best time just walking around and around. After about 2 laps around he didn't want to hold my hand any more... he fell under water 3 times, but each time I picked him up he wanted right back down. It didn't phase him at all. I'm surprised he brushed it off so easily, buy I'm so proud of him. :) I think we'll be back there real soon to go swimming again.

13 Weeks and other news

I'm officially starting my second trimester today and I'm feeling great!! No more morning sickness, no stomach cramps... nothing. The only way I actually know I'm pregnant is the fact that my face has broken out in pimples, my hair is growing like crazy and I haven't had a period since March. Not bad. I hope my whole second trimester is like this. =)

Well, Ronnie made it to Pensacola (spelling?) on Friday afternoon. It only took him about 3 days! And that's with a stop in El Paso, TX and then a stop at a hotel near the Texas border. So now the official wait begins... His first day of school was today and I'm already counting down the days til he gets to come back home. I love being here with family, but I really can't wait to get our own place again.

Speaking of our own place... The dream of owning our own house right next door to my mom was crushed last week. We came home from my sister's house on Thursday to the old neighbors standing outside the house with what we're guessing were real estate agents. My guess is that these people saw their ad in the newspaper where they had it listed for $5000 and jumped on it. I'm sure they saw it and figured they could make a ton of money off of this deal... Oh well. I guess it wasn't meant to be.

June is creeping up....

Seriously, where did May go? How is it already the 24th???

I woke up this morning with a sense of urgency that I needed to get my butt in gear... A million things ran through my mind about packing, giving our 30 day notice, shutting off our cable/phone/internet, changing our address AGAIN, etc. It made me want to go back to sleep and not be woken up until this is all over with. I had to get up though. My bladder was killing me. LOL. (Thanks a lot pregnancy!) So here I am... I'm at a loss on where to even begin with all this! When we moved in to this house it was because WE wanted to move, not because someone else was making us. We kinda did things according to our own time line. Now things are much different. We really only have the next 30+ days to do all of this....

I guess I should also give an update on what's going on. I think I've been so preoccupied with my new pregnancy that I forgot to talk about our plans... If you've been keeping up with this blog you know that Ronnie got orders to be stationed at Edwards AFB and that he was supposed to be up there and starting work on the 15th of July. Well, of course plans have slightly changed... as they usually do. As it stands right now Ronnie wants us to be moved out of here by July 1st. He wants to put all of our stuff in storage except what we'll be needing for everyday life. He's planning on going to school in FL to become certified as an... well I don't know exactly.. lol... the name escapes me at the moment. While he's off doing that, Camron and I will be staying with my mom and step-dad in their guestroom. Ronnie's school will be about 4 months long give or take. So by the time he gets done with that I'll be in my third trimester! I told him that I really didn't want to switch doctors and worry about moving that far in to my pregnancy. He agreed. So I'll be giving birth down here just like I did with Cam and Ronnie will be living in the barracks for a few months. It's going to be saving us a ton of money and Ronnie will have plenty of money to drive down here on the weekends to see Camron and I. When it gets close to my due date he'll look in to taking leave so he can be here for the birth. Once the new baby arrives we'll be all set to move up north! I'm sure things won't go this smoothly, but I can dream...

Camron just woke up so I better go make breakfast.

Why am I awake???

Ugh, I've been up since 5 this morning... It's too hot in here to sleep. Our a/c went out last week and we're still waiting to hear back from our landlord about it. Of course during one of the hottest weekends of the year so far our a/c would stop working.

So the appointment went well yesterday... I guess. I'll explain more in a minute. Anyway, I'm going to the midwife clinic this time and I absolutely love it there so far! The front desk people were so nice and very friendly to me. My midwife, Nancy, is really nice and easy to talk to. She seemed to really want to get to know me and my situation. She asked about Ronnie and I, about Camron, about my previous birth experience and even about how I plan to feed the new baby. They're VERY pro-breastfeeding there! She mentioned that some of the midwives were even certified lactation consultants. Very exciting.

Okay, fast forward to my ultrasound.... since it's so early in the pregnancy I had to have an internal one. (Not as bad as I thought it would be.) As Nancy is searching around my uterus for the little bean I see nothing on the screen. I'm no expert, but I kinda know what I'm looking for. So I was fully expecting bad news... What REALLY started to worry me was the fact that she said, "So you've had no cramping or bleeding?" I told her no, not one drop of blood and no cramps. She's searching... searching.... searching... ah-ha! We see a very faint, teeny, tiny little flicker. That's what she called it. I thought it looked like a faint little blob or blurry line on the screen. She measured this blob and got a rough estimated due date of January 14th. Not bad. Only off by 2 days. She wants to see me again in 3 weeks though for another ultrasound to see if we can see more at that time. By then I should be almost 9 weeks. I'm praying that we can see more the next time and that everything is ok....

1st Doctor's Appointment!

I woke up today with my morning sickness back in full force. And here I thought I had gotten lucky when it had mysteriously disappeared last week. =( So yeah, my first doctor's appointment is today. I'm kinda excited about it! I'm really hoping that they'll be able to hear the heartbeat on the monitor. I think that's what made it real for me when I was pregnant with Camron... hearing that heartbeat! I remember that the first time I heard it I started crying. I'm sure I will this time around too. Stupid pregnancy hormones!

I'm kind of nervous about this appointment too. I'm not seeing the same people I did with Camron. (The military likes to bump you around to different places...) So this time I'll be seen on base by a midwife. I guess I'm ok with that, but I'm still nervous about not knowing any of these people...

Anyway, I better go get in the shower before Camron wakes up. He's really crabby in the mornings... and right now I just don't think I can deal with him crying while I shower. Best to shower and get ready first - then deal with a cranky toddler.

Wish me luck that everything goes smoothly today!

Another Book I'm Reading

At the same time I bought The Breastfeeding Book I also bought The Best Birth: Your Guide to the Safest, Healthiest, Most Satisfying Labor & Delivery by Sarah McMoyler.

I haven't had the chance to read through the whole thing yet, but I'm slowly working on it. So far, I'm getting the vibe that I'm not sure this book is really what I was looking for, but there's a lot of good info in it based on the first 5 chapters I've read. The author spends a lot of time talking about the different options available for pain relief. She mentions that you're not a failure if you get the epidural and she talks a lot about dads getting really involved in the labor and delivery process. She also mentions how to cope with the pain. I'll give a full review when I'm done reading it, but so far this sounds like a good book for anyone planning on having a good hospital birth experience.

Right now I'm only 5 and a half weeks along and there's a LOT of time before I really have to think about labor, but I decided that I really want to be more involved in what happens during my pregnancy and during labor and delivery. I'm going to be doing a LOT of reading in the next 9 months.... With Camron I really thought I was well prepared for it, but looking back there's a lot that I didn't know back then. Knowledge is power and I plan to be armed with a whole lot of power before this baby comes in to the world!

It's Been Confirmed!

I went to Balboa today to get a pregnancy test done and it turned out positive... I could have told them that, but of course they have to see for themselves to make it "official". Once they gave me the positive result they handed me my prenatals, my lovely purple pregnancy book, a HUGE packet that I need to fill out and a date for my first official doctor's appointment. Monday is the big day. Not sure what's gonna happen on this visit, but I'm assuming lots of blood drawn and more papers to fill out.

Yippee.

I'M HUNGRY!

Holy moly, I've never been so hungry in my whole life! I don't even remember being THIS hungry when I was pregnant with Camron. I'm taking it as a good sign that the teeny little bean in my belly is growing at a good pace. I think I should really go out and buy some fruits and veggies for me to snack on throughout the day though. The last thing I need is to be gaining 20 pounds in the first trimester!!

Let's see, so far today I've had:
Toast and Chocolate Milk
Bowl of Left-over Beef Stroganoff
Spaghetti-Os w/Franks
Sourdough Jack & Curly Fries from Jack in the Box(I was craving sourdough bread today!!)
....and now I'm probably gonna go raid the cupboards once more because I'm STARVING!

I have a feeling that this baby is going to be nothing like Camron. So far this pregnancy is the complete opposite! With Camron I was 3 weeks late before I got a positive test. With Baby #2 I tested a day before my missed period and that second line showed up right away. With Camron I wasn't nauseous in the beginning. Obviously with this one I was nauseous WAY before my missed period. With Camron I had cravings in the beginning, but I don't remember being super hungry ALL THE TIME! With this one I feel like I haven't eaten all day an hour or two after I ate a meal. Maybe all of this means that I won't have problems with this baby. Maybe my pregnancy and labor will go fast and smooth with this one.... Here's hoping. So far, so good! =)

BIG FAT POSITIVE!!!

Holy Crap! Do you see the double lines??? That's a positive pregnancy test right there! I know it's hard to see because the lighting in my bathroom sucks and it was taken with my cheapy cell phone. Just trust me that there's 2 lines there.... OMG I'm pregnant. Again. No wonder I've been so sick to my stomach for 4 STRAIGHT DAYS. And lucky me... I get about another 15 weeks of this. That's only if I'm REALLY lucky though. Some people go through an entire pregnancy and never lose the morning sickness. I should be thankful for the morning sickness... it means I'm pregnant and this is what I've wanted!!! Maybe not THIS soon, but Ronnie and I are really happy about it. I was really beginning to worry that I couldn't get pregnant again. I've been off of birth control since June/July of last year... So this has been a complete surprise to us. A wonderful, happy surprise!

It's still REALLY early though. I'm only about 5 weeks and I don't want to tell the whole world until I'm out of the scary "possible miscarriage" stage. 12 weeks seems to be the perfect time. Can I really wait another 6 - 7 weeks to tell the rest of my friends and family? Probably not. Too many people know already. Especially after posting this blog. LOL. I figured that I HAD to post some sort of news after talking about how sick I've been the past several days. I didn't want any one to worry about me....

How exciting.... I'm pregnant again. =)
So much for losing the weight this year. =(