To all my faithful followers I have been horribly lax in keeping up with this blog! I wish that I could write every week! Sadly the stories would be so similar because my life is still revolving around my stomach. Does this sick thing ever end?? I finally got prescription medicated and as long as I take my pill every six to eight hours I can dodge the toilet. I still don't feel great, but at least it is more bearable. I do have to share a story that my husband heard and thought was "legendary." At the time it was anything but legendary, however, now I just laugh. Some day this little alien invader is going to get to read all of these stories and know how much mom loved him/her. So here is the story....
I had been on my medication for about a week. Well I come to find out that the reason the medication works so well is because it slows everything, stomach, intestines etc, related way down. Yeah...you get where I am going with this. So here I am, not throwing up, but realizing that no bodily functions are working. AWESOME!! So in an attempt to get regular, I only take the medicine once a day and eat enough prunes, bran, apricots and fruit to make anyone super uncomfortable. After 2 days of that I still had nothing to show for it so I went off of the medication altogether. Yeah, not such a good idea.
So the medication comes two boxes of 10. Well during all of this drama we were trying to get our house all ready to list so I started throwing things away. It was a Thursday and the first day I decided to go medication free. I clearly remember throwing the empty pill box away and keeping the other half full box in my cupboard. Yeah, that is how I remember! Well that is not what the nauseous pregnant lady did. I took the trash out to my black trash can and went back inside.
Friday rolls along and there I was back visiting Sir John, not able to hold water down. So back on the medication I tried to go. Went to find it in my cupboard where I so clearly remember putting it and it was nowhere in site. Bob had left for work and here I was absolutely confused as to why I couldn't find my meds. So in the midst of another bathroom trip it dawned on me. "I bet in my pregnancy brain head I threw both of the boxes away yesterday when I took out the trash". Okay, how I got to the next part I will never know. I clearly decide, "Oh, I will just go through the trash and get my meds." Now if that wasn't bad enough, remember that I had taken it outside and it had sat in the sun for a full day! What was I thinking?? Well there I went out to the trash, opened the bin, grabbed the bag took one look in the bag and all of my crackers/nausea fighters came up over our nice new landscaping rock. Seriously, what was I thinking? At that point I decided. "I think I will just refill the script". Brilliant!
So the trash goes back in the bin and I grab the hose to clean. Come to find out the hose doesn't reach that far so I am trying to use the sprayer and look the other way. Well our sprayer is old and it was stuck on mist. Let me tell you, that wasn't going to work. So I pull on the nozzle and yep, you guessed it, break it. So here I have no stream, the water won't shut off and I am still feeling awful. Wow. Good Times. I finally gave up, went inside and called the pharmacy. Why didn't I just do that first? At this point I am thoroughly convinced that the Baby takes more than half of the mommy's IQ. I feel dumber every day. After this I had to tell someone and so who better than the offending party, Bob. Once I told the story his first response after "Legendary" was "Wow you are like a junkie digging through the trash for their next fix." Dude, so true!
The real end to this story actually occurred a couple of days later when Rocky came into our living room and threw up...ROCKS. We sat there for a day trying to figure out what had convinced him to eat landscaping rock. You all are so much smarter than us so it will come really quickly..................yep, no hose needed! Pregnancy, not for the faint at heart!
I was thinking about attaching pictures, but Bob cleaned up the Rocky mess too quickly. Its a dirty job but someone has to do it.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Saturday, May 1, 2010
New Adventures
Well, it has been a bit since I have really sat down and blogged! I am still so sick with this baby and some days it takes all of my energy just to get out of bed in the morning. For the ladies out there who surpassed the all day sickness blues, thank the Lord everyday! I am just about 13 weeks along and definitely starting to show. Here is the latest pictures of Mom and Baby!
And did you see the cool widget that shows our baby countdown? Pretty cool.
Bob and I are so excited because we scheduled the "Find out what it is" ultrasound for June 7th. It is another 5 weeks away, but it will be here soon. The speculation is that we are having a girl. I tend to agree! I think only a girl could give her mother this much sickness drama!! Bob is going to play devil's advocate and side on that we are having a Boy.
His reasoning is that "you never have what you think you are having." I know he thinks it is a girl too, but is just afraid to jinx it! Rocky made it very clear where he sits on the issue!
Sorry Honey! You are outnumbered (at least for now). My parents are going to come down for the ultrasound so it should be a lot of fun and a great memory.
Well, the big news of the month is sad and exciting all at the same time. Looks like Bob and I will be moving to North Carolina this year for Bob's job! I am so excited because the move will allow me to be a stay at home mom at least for a little while. North Carolina is across the country though, so it is going to be a big move with a lot of changes. Bob and I have so much faith in the Lord and in His plan. After conceiving this miracle child, I just trust that God is in control and we are not. Personally, I would rather be in His will than out of it so North Carolina it is. The big issue is that we have to sell our house. Unfortunately, while we are not horribly upside down, our house is worth much less than we paid for it. At this point, I have laid my fleece before the Lord and asked that if we are supposed to go, He will move our house. It is still an area of doubt for me and I find myself daily having to put it in the Lord's hands.
So in preparation for listing our house we finally broke down and put landscaping rock in our backyard.
BEFORE
We have put it off for so long because it is expensive and a LOT of work. Bob ordered 20 tons of landscaping rock and had it delivered to our house. He then called in a few friend favors and had Justin, Caleb and Eric out shoveling rock. For the first day it was just Justin and Bob and boy did they move some rock.
They found this creative system where they shoved rock into buckets and then lifted them into the wheelbarrow together. They were able to move so much more rock instead of shoveling it in one shovel full at a time. I was very impressed. By the end of day 1 they had over half of the yard done. Day 2 brought more help and within 5 hours they had moved the rest of the rock and it was spread in the backyard. Is this not impressive?
AFTER
Rocky Supervised...
And Baby Longmire and Mom made lunches and dinners and handled wifely duties. Shoveling rock was most assuredly not on our to do list!
Later that day, I went to a lovely afternoon tea party with three of my dearest friends, Anna, Traci and Joan.
Joan Olsen is a mentor and a large part of the Young Lives organization. This organization reaches out to underage moms and shares Christ with them as well as offering them emotional support and physical support through diaper donations, clothing donations and other means. I was really amazed at the stories of these young mothers who made the choice to parent their little one in this world that encourages abortions. It was a wonderful afternoon and a great way to be with friends. We spent the afternoon at the Seville Golf and Country Club which is a posh club in Queen Creek. We felt really fancy for a day!
And did you see the cool widget that shows our baby countdown? Pretty cool.
Bob and I are so excited because we scheduled the "Find out what it is" ultrasound for June 7th. It is another 5 weeks away, but it will be here soon. The speculation is that we are having a girl. I tend to agree! I think only a girl could give her mother this much sickness drama!! Bob is going to play devil's advocate and side on that we are having a Boy.
His reasoning is that "you never have what you think you are having." I know he thinks it is a girl too, but is just afraid to jinx it! Rocky made it very clear where he sits on the issue!
Sorry Honey! You are outnumbered (at least for now). My parents are going to come down for the ultrasound so it should be a lot of fun and a great memory.
Well, the big news of the month is sad and exciting all at the same time. Looks like Bob and I will be moving to North Carolina this year for Bob's job! I am so excited because the move will allow me to be a stay at home mom at least for a little while. North Carolina is across the country though, so it is going to be a big move with a lot of changes. Bob and I have so much faith in the Lord and in His plan. After conceiving this miracle child, I just trust that God is in control and we are not. Personally, I would rather be in His will than out of it so North Carolina it is. The big issue is that we have to sell our house. Unfortunately, while we are not horribly upside down, our house is worth much less than we paid for it. At this point, I have laid my fleece before the Lord and asked that if we are supposed to go, He will move our house. It is still an area of doubt for me and I find myself daily having to put it in the Lord's hands.
So in preparation for listing our house we finally broke down and put landscaping rock in our backyard.
BEFORE
We have put it off for so long because it is expensive and a LOT of work. Bob ordered 20 tons of landscaping rock and had it delivered to our house. He then called in a few friend favors and had Justin, Caleb and Eric out shoveling rock. For the first day it was just Justin and Bob and boy did they move some rock.
They found this creative system where they shoved rock into buckets and then lifted them into the wheelbarrow together. They were able to move so much more rock instead of shoveling it in one shovel full at a time. I was very impressed. By the end of day 1 they had over half of the yard done. Day 2 brought more help and within 5 hours they had moved the rest of the rock and it was spread in the backyard. Is this not impressive?
AFTER
Rocky Supervised...
And Baby Longmire and Mom made lunches and dinners and handled wifely duties. Shoveling rock was most assuredly not on our to do list!
Later that day, I went to a lovely afternoon tea party with three of my dearest friends, Anna, Traci and Joan.
Joan Olsen is a mentor and a large part of the Young Lives organization. This organization reaches out to underage moms and shares Christ with them as well as offering them emotional support and physical support through diaper donations, clothing donations and other means. I was really amazed at the stories of these young mothers who made the choice to parent their little one in this world that encourages abortions. It was a wonderful afternoon and a great way to be with friends. We spent the afternoon at the Seville Golf and Country Club which is a posh club in Queen Creek. We felt really fancy for a day!
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