A long week & highlights

So this week has been trying. I have felt horrible. Every time I swallow it feels like I have golfballs in my throat. C has been very stressed out and very tired from working all day and then working on the downstairs all evening. The money stresses me out. And to top it all off, AM hasn't been the biggest angel.
However, I have enjoyed being pretty busy and some little highlights make me smile.
AM has let me put the cutest little piggies in her hair twice this week!
I think I figured out what I'm going to wear to an upcoming wedding...and luckily the black maternity pants I got fit great, don't make me look like a huge whale, and were on clearance for $7.99!
I love dressing AM, and can't wait for the weather to turn so she can start wearing her adorable dresses and capris...and sandals!
The downstairs is getting so close, it's almost done getting painted, the tile guy is working away, and C can start the trim this weekend.
I read a great article this afternoon...here are some quotes from it:
"No disappointment is forever"
"To sit and whine about disappointment takes time away from hope"
"Often one can learn that there is more than one way to acheive what we think we need from life"

Have a great Friday tomorrow, and a wonderful weekend!

Big Give & house update

I LOVE Oprah's Big Give. Such a good show! I cry and smile through the whole thing. Love it!
Our weekend was nice, Easter was nice. AM is getting better, she only has a runny nose and little cough left.
We have some busy days, weeks, months ahead of us...a baby shower and a wedding shower this weekend. One of my baby showers, then a wedding, another baby shower, and another of my baby showers in April. The birth of our nephew and niece twins, and in 2 months our baby's arrival. And all this while C tries to finish our downstairs! Then AM's room, then the baby's room! C painted the bathroom this weekend and we got our paint for the bedroom, so he'll start painting that this week. The tile guy comes Wed to start some tile work. Just need to pick carpet and C will be working on the trim after painting. The bathroom will need finishing touches...like a toilet and countertop :) heehee
And once we move downstairs, luckily we have the paint picked to do AM's room and all her stuff to move her in! Not too worried about the baby's room right away because he won't notice if it's not painted right when he gets home :)

Last night

So my issue last night with remodeling was my stressed out husband and the fact that the primer downstairs stunk so bad that AM and I spent an hour hanging out at my parents (which was fine when my dad was there but when he left and it was just us, I got bored). Then we came home and it was still too bad so C let it air out and we went out to dinner. Which ended up being nice, going out to dinner all together. This afternoon he has a little more primer to put on so AM and I are going to Target to get the rest of a wedding shower present that we forgot about. That will at least be more interesting than sitting around, since that's what we did all day today. AM is still sick, the cough is horrible but she seems in a good enough mood. In the spirit of Mandy's potty training issue, AM also is doing good in this area! Not super consistent, but today she did come to me and point to her diaper and I asked if she needed it changed, she said no, bah bah, and I said you need to go potty? She says yes and in we go and she pees in the potty! Amazing how it works, huh? And how exciting it is, kind of un-understandable for those who have not experienced this phenomenon :) Oh, and I figured out what she means by bah bah...it's bum bum :) Obviously that's what I call her cute little butt! And she has taken it to mean where she potties...? Whatever works.

Ughhhh

I cannot wait until remodeling is done!

Pushed to the limits

I'm sick. AM is super sick. What do you do to discipline a child that laughs at you when you try? She will pinch, grab, and it hurts. When you give a time out or get mad at her, she literally laughs at you. Is my mad face not mad enough? Do I look like I'm smiling when I'm actually super pissed? What is the deal? She's not old enough to have the attitude of a teenager...whom I'm afraid has many years ahead of laughing at me.

Soon

So, the drywall guys are gone! They have packed up and our basement is now a little bit further along...okay, a lotta bit further along! It was nice spending time with C this weekend instead of him working downstairs the whole time. I know AM misses her dada when he's always working, so it was wonderful. Of course now we have to get busy again so we can finish and move in!
Yesterday we went out to lunch and then got my birthday present. Better late than never! C was going to have me pick out a diamond cross necklace because I wanted one. However, we have been wanting to upgrade our digital camera and since that was money we were already going to spend, I thought it was stupid spending money on a necklace we didn't need, so we just got the camera since I use it most anyway. I LOVE IT! And trust me, once our basement is complete, my desk setup, and our computer on and internet back in business...I will be putting up oh so many cute pics of AM, and soon to be here baby TC! I cannot wait :)
Happy St Patrick's Day! Remember the good old days when we used to get drunk on this day? Green Beer or Guiness, Pioneer Square, Shamrocks on our cheeks, green beads....Ahhh what fun. Now I am sitting here, 7 months pregnant, with a sore throat, 2 stinky dogs, and an adorable daughter who is still half sick. But you know what...I couldn't handle a day in Pioneer Square if you paid me! Haha! Oh well, life is good. I'll just drink an extra guiness next year :)

Optomistic

After meeting with our financial planner I am somewhat optomistic about our future in retirement. I say somewhat because we must put away more money, money that frankly we don't have right now to put away. However I will work again someday and have a 401k once again. But for the fact that both C and I started thinking about this and contributing when we were first working around 22, that is a lot better than many older people can say. Since many of them didn't think about it as young, like it wasn't a necessity...which in truth in the old days it wasn't as necessary as it is now-with all the unknowns about social security and just the future of us all. So as much as I stress about money, which for some reason C is always the optomistic one on that siuation (I'm not sure why we differ so much in this area), I think we will be okay.
As for AM, she is still sleeping, and I've heard her cough some, which makes me nervous...but I hope she will go uphill today rather than down. She is taking her medicine and sleeping a lot. The cough is scaring me though! Anyway, tomorrow we are supposed to go be in the Nordstrom fashion show, which will be her big debut :) She has the cutest outfit she will be wearing in it and I was super excited to take pictures of her on the catwalk! But if she's not feeling well, we'll have to skip it. Keep your fingers crossed!

How do you spell Relief?

For C: it's Hire a Drywall guy to tape and mud our basement
For AM: it's a cuddle from mama, tylenol, antibiotics, and a nap for her pink eye and fever
For me: it's sun and ice cream :) heehee And the day when these loudass drywall guys are out of my basement so I can stop stressing about my sick baby sleeping.

Update on TC from dr: all is good, I'm measuring perfect and his head is down. Aapointments are now every two weeks and I can schedule my csection in about a month (so a month before). Now if only C and I could make a final decision on his room decor....sailboats or construction trucks?

On my mind

So, one thing that really gets me fired up lately is this US military deal that has gone to Air Bus. Are you kidding me? With how bad our economy is right now, how little our dollar is worth compared to the Euro, why in the world would OUR government give money to another country and their workers for work that should be done here by people that live here, work here, spend money here, and have some kind of political, emotional, and patriotic tie to our own country.... It just freaking irritates me so bad I cannot even watch or hear stories about it all anymore. And then to top it off, this morning on the news they say the war is costing us $12 billion a month. And we've been in this war for 7 years. I cannot wait until November! Hopefully things will change.
My next thought is after reading MB's blog, I must say I have days where I dream of being somewhere other than home, at some dream job, or spa, but in all reality...I would rather be exactly where I am. I LOVE being with my daughter. I could not imagine anyone else having her and seeing the things I see everyday. I love watching her learn and grow and actually helping her do these things. And I know at this age she'll never remember being home with me, but I have to believe it's a good thing for her to be with me too. The safety, knowing that nobody can hurt her, the love she gets, the comfort, everything. I never had a career I loved and I'm not saying if I had that things would or wouldn't be different. But I am, we are, very lucky that I can stay home. Financially, no, it's not fun. I do miss having money like before, but I don't care. It's worth it to me. A career or job can come and go at anytime, but this is the only chance in my whole life that I can be with my kids at this age. I can work later. Right now, I am going to get my baby girl out of bed and snuggle with her.

BahBah

Not sure why this is what she says as she pats her diaper...maybe bathroom? It sounds different than when she is holding her babydoll's bottle and says baba. But whatever she wants to call it...she went yesterday on the potty 4 TIMES! I was in shock. Cory was so excited. What a big girl!
Today...she doesn't really want to sit on the potty...but I didn't expect it to happen at all yet, so one day of the potty is exciting for me! Rome wasn't built in a day right? I doubt an 18 month old was potty trained in a day either. And taking Mandy's advice, I am in no hurry. We'll do it on AM's timeline, that's fine with me.
Not working has been nice, I am of course only on my real 2nd day of nonwork. I'm sure I'll get bored some days, it will be nice for the sun to come out for good! And I'm sure when Thurs comes and I don't get my paycheck, well I won't be planning my Friday trip to Target!