Three weeks and counting

We had a great weekend. I've gotten into a habit of dropping Shelby off at dance on Fridays and then taking Syd to McD's to eat and play while we wait. This week Sean met me there and stayed with Syd while I went out to eat with some girl friends. We had a great time and it was fun to eat and talk without kids. We all have kids, so it's a big deal for us to have a "girls night out." Saturday Syd went to dance class and then I started attacking some things on my to do list. We've rearranged the bedroom for the bassenett and washed baby blankets and sheets. Now at least he's got a place to sleep. :)
Sunday was a fun day at my parents house for mom's b-day. We stayed out there late and everyone was tired by the time we got home. Yesterday was a day off too and I was planning on getting some more things done - until the screaming started. Sydney's stomach started cramping and she was screaming at the top of her lungs. (Don't blame her a bit.) I got her to the bathroom in time for her to explode out the back end. I got her cleaned up and in a pull up and thought everything was calm. I took something down stairs and she started screaming again. I didn't make it up the stairs in time, but she had a pull up on and that helped. Cleaned up again, I went downstairs to make her a drink with probotics in it. She was fine and started drinking like a champ. I didn't mix it with much water hoping to get most of it in her quickly. (According to Shelby it tastes nasty.) Almost done with the drink, gave me a funny look and proceeded to throw up all over me. :) The good thing was that she took a 3 hour nap yesterday. She kept down gatorade and crackers and even toast last night. This morning she begged for water, so I gave her some bottled water and teddy bear crackers. It all came up. Today so far so good, but it's slow going. She's really hungry, but I won't give her much at a time. Hopefully she's on the mend and will get over this soon. I hate to have my girl sick.
As for my doctor's appointment yesterday all went well. I'm on the every week schedule now. The dr. did some general measurements and says that Sebastian is about 6lbs 12 oz right now. Amazing what ultrasound machines can do these days. That was looking at his head circumfrence, belly and femur. I'm not sure how they come up with it, but it will be interesting to see how big he actually is. Right now the guess is that he'll be in the upper 8lbs to low 9lbs range at delivery. We'll see. Next week I'll find out what time my c-section is scheduled for. I hope it's not the 7am slot. That has me at the hospital at 5:45am. Not that I won't have most of the day to sleep after that, but I'd like to see Shelby off to school.

Back to work

We all had a wonderful break and were not happy to get back to work. However, both girls had a good week back at school. Sydney learned about the letter M and Shelby worked on spelling words with the short i sound. I started back with a full week that included cafeteria duty before school each morning and after school sectionals that went until 4:45 most days. I also had a couple of last minute projects fall on my lap and had to get those taken care of. This week should be easier for me - we have half days on Thursday and Friday for final exams and I had everyone show up for my concert, so I don't have to give an exam. Plus we have next Monday off. Three day weekends are such an exciting thing!

I'm in count down mode for Sebastian to get here. We're looking at Feb 9 for the delivery day. That's only 4 weeks away. I'm not sure if it's having him or the fact that I won't have to go to work for 6 weeks that excites me the most. :) I like having time to pick up around my house and do laundry one load at a time (not in a marathon session on Sunday afternoon).

The finished room

This isn't the best shot, but it's what I've got. We've got the nursery painted and the border up. The crib is in the corner and the guest bed is pulled out for our company, but you get the general idea of the room. It looks really good and the girls love it. We wouldn't let them in the room while we were working, but once it was clean they were able to see it. We weren't sure what Sydney would think, since it was her room but she thought it was really cool.

What we've been doing

Over this break we have been getting the nursery ready for Sebastian's arrival in February. Here are a few pictures of the process. We had to remove the wallpaper border at the top of the wall (what a pain) before we could prime the walls. Then we painted the top half a light green and the bottom half light blue. We plan on putting up a wall paper border to separate the two colors today. It looks really good and goes well with the turtle bay bedding that we picked out a few months ago. Even though the line has been discontinued, I was able to get three rolls of the wall paper border, so if there is any left over I'm going to get creative with it. :)

B.C.

Before Children, we made sure Rusty got into the holiday spirit. Now, we just let the old dog sleep. However, Sean came across this photo earlier in the week and I thought I would share. It was probably taken around the time of Shelby's first Christmas. That would make the year 2002. Obviously we got his good side. :)

Black Friday

I've always been a great fan of sleep, so the thought of getting up at 5am to go shopping doesn't excite me. However, since my children arrived I've gotten up and gone shopping. I've gotten some great deals, but most importantly I've gone shopping without the kids. :) My main stores are Kohl's, Micheals and Joann's but every now and then I'll wander into another store. Last year it was JCPenney since that was the only store that had jeans that fit Shelby. The year I found out I was pregnant with Sydney I got Sean a new coffee maker with a timer - he's still using it. Once upon a time I went to Toys R Us - never again. That place is just insane! This year my "extra" store was Target.
I wasn't sure about getting at 4, but Sydney helped me out there. She woke up at 3 and I couldn't get back to sleep. Combine hunger and heartburn and you're destined to be up. So I took it as a sign and went shopping. I was at Kohl's at 4:10am and finished there by 5am. I got Shelby a new coat for a fraction of the original cost and it should fit her next year too. I picked up several other gifts for the girls and then got in line. Target was my next stop and it didn't open until 6. When I got to the store, the line outside was down the sidewalk and past two other stores. I had just driven through McDonald's for breakfast, so I sat in the car to eat and wait. I let everyone else get in the store and then I made me way. Those people are crazy too. You should never allow people jacked up on that much coffee to push carts around. No fear - no one hit me, but it was nuts. I got everything I was looking for - including a christmas gift for Sean and I in the electronics department - and was out the door in 45 minutes. My most important purchase from that store was another gallon of milk. We go through that stuff like crazy at our house! After a trip to Michaels I was on my way home. I've still got a few things to pick up, but the majority of my shopping is done. I've got to wait until noon to use my 50% off coupon to pick up another gift from Michaels and I think I'll slip over to Joanns and check out their stamps.

November is almost OVER!

Wow! My last post was after Halloween, now it's only 36 hours until Thanksgiving.
Tomorrow is an exciting day in our house - the bunk beds arrive! I spent most of today cleaning out Shelby's room and closet and moving Sydney's stuff in there. It's the last night before the big move. First think in the morning, we'll be taking Shelby's bed apart and putting it in the other room. Once the beds are put together, the room will officially belong to "the girls".
Hopefully we'll be in a position to paint on Friday or Saturday. (We'll see.)
I had great day on Monday. I had the opportunity to observe an elementary music classroom for the day. It was very exciting and really makes me want to move to elementary. I had my 28 week doctor appointment in the afternoon and everything seemed fine. I love that we do a sonogram every appointment. Sebastian looked like he was playing with his toes. :) I did my glucose tolerance test and today they called me with the results. I didn't pass, so I get to go back at 8:30 in the morning and do the 3 hour test. That's take blood, drink more of the orange stuff, sit an hour and have blood taken, sit another hour and have blood taken, sit another hour and have blood taken. Finally I get to go home. Oh and I can't eat anything after midnight.
I think my test results got thrown off because I ate two granola bars before my appointment on Monday. I was hungry and didn't think anything about it - grrrrrrrr!
You can imagine how cranky I'm going to be by 11:30 when I leave and still haven't had anything to eat. At least I can have water - which I'll be taking with me - and I've got a new book to read.
My iron count was also low, but that's typical at this point for me. The nice thing is that I've only got 11 more weeks before he arrives. The bad thing is that I've only got 11 more weeks before he arrives and we've got lots to do to be ready. (As if we're ever really ready!)