Thanks to Casey Im playing along...:)
ABC TAG
A - Attached or Single ? Attached
B - Best Friend ? Hubby, Mom, and a few great girlfriends!!!!!
C - Career? Recruiter- for now
D - Day of Choice ? Saturdays- I feel like it’s a free day- to do whatever and be productive
E - Essential Item ? Hair Rubber Bands, Anti Wrinkle Cream and my Chapstick
F - Favorite Color ? Blue
G - Gummy Bears of Worms ? Bears
H - Home Town ? Shingle Springs, CA
I - Favorite Indulgence ? Anthropologie Clothing, and Authentic Italian Food
J - January or July ? JULY!!!
K - Kids? 3- Noelle, Elijiah, and the one on the way…
L - Life Isn't Complete Without? Family, friends
M - Married ? Yes
N - Number of Siblings ? Oldest of 5
O - Oranges or Apples ? Apples
P - Phobia or Fears ? Anything that would/could happen to my children
Q - Favorite Quote ? Gosh Im not sure…
R - Reason to Smile ? Not having a headache, hanging with my boys…
S - Superman or Wonder Woman ? Wonder Woman- I channel her often
T - Tag 5 People: Anyone who is interested :)
U - Unknown Facts about Me ? How about something interesting instead? I have always wanted to be on the Amazing Race reality show.
V - Favorite Vegetable ? mmm I do like most veggies- except eggplant
W - Worst Habit ? Eating way too many sweets/ chewing my gum like a truck stop girl
X - X-Rays ? Many
Y- Your Favorite Food ? Too many to mention- Love Thai, Mexican, Italian, Ice Cream…
Z - Zodiac Sign ? Sagittarius
Monday, March 17, 2008
Weekend Warriors
It started off with a bang...or not. Doctors appointment on Friday - the baby isnt cooperating!!!!!!! How could I have been 3 cm with Elijiah and this kid at 1cm and not budging! Jonathan says he loves me so he doesnt want to come out. HAHA! I mean really. I like the doctor I saw and he tried to do some magic to get me going, can I say painful! Anyway didnt help my migraine any, and I didnt go to work at all Friday. I stayed laying down as I couldnt take my meds and by Saturday morning I was feeling better.
Not having Elijiah over the 5 days we took him to breakfast saturday morning. It was great for me to see him. That afternoon Jonathan and I had a great time. We did some errands, picked up some more stuff for the baby, and saw a movie. 10,000BC. We actually liked it alot! Then we treated ourselves to dinner out as who knows the next weekend we will be sans kids. Sunday we opted out of church and again hung out and enjoyed the peace and quiet. What a great weekend!
Not having Elijiah over the 5 days we took him to breakfast saturday morning. It was great for me to see him. That afternoon Jonathan and I had a great time. We did some errands, picked up some more stuff for the baby, and saw a movie. 10,000BC. We actually liked it alot! Then we treated ourselves to dinner out as who knows the next weekend we will be sans kids. Sunday we opted out of church and again hung out and enjoyed the peace and quiet. What a great weekend!
Friday, March 7, 2008
To doctors everywhere...
Never EVER tell someone in the beginning of a pregnancy that induction is an option and will be no problem...then at the end of that said pregnancy say the opposite.
With both my kids I was induced a week early. I could plan, schedule, feel in control of the situation...all went well, short labor, epidural, fast recovery.
I cannot fathom the idea of going to my due date- let alone OVER DUE. I do not want to be at work and start going into labor having to worry about Elijiah in daycare, driving myself home or having to be around co-workers in pain waiting for Jonathan to pick me up. Nor does the idea of being in labor in the wee hours of a morning and having to arrange to drop Elijiah off in the middle of the night and driving another 45 minutes to the hospital with the chance that it would be false labor, or too far into the labor to get an epidural. Natural Childbirth is NOT for me. So needless to say after todays doctors appointment Im annoyed. Just schedule it for heavens sake...let me plan, be happy and have this baby during a decent hour. (And note to self- Im getting another OB if we ever do this again.)
With both my kids I was induced a week early. I could plan, schedule, feel in control of the situation...all went well, short labor, epidural, fast recovery.
I cannot fathom the idea of going to my due date- let alone OVER DUE. I do not want to be at work and start going into labor having to worry about Elijiah in daycare, driving myself home or having to be around co-workers in pain waiting for Jonathan to pick me up. Nor does the idea of being in labor in the wee hours of a morning and having to arrange to drop Elijiah off in the middle of the night and driving another 45 minutes to the hospital with the chance that it would be false labor, or too far into the labor to get an epidural. Natural Childbirth is NOT for me. So needless to say after todays doctors appointment Im annoyed. Just schedule it for heavens sake...let me plan, be happy and have this baby during a decent hour. (And note to self- Im getting another OB if we ever do this again.)
Thursday, March 6, 2008
My Disney Character
At work we are to either pick our favorite Disney Character, or which character best describes our personality. This information will go next to our names on our "name plates" for our offices-- Here are the results of the quiz I took for help....
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| You scored as Ariel Your alter ego is Ariel, the little mermaid! You are a dreamer, and you often want what you can't have. You can be rebellious and sometimes disobey your parents to get what you want.
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My life
Ive put off posting anything for a few days because in large part I dont know how much information to share. This blog is for me, to ramble about life, etc....but I know that many of our friends and family log on to read it as well. I also know that this has become my place to share not only good things but some of the challenges I deal with from time to time.
This week has been no exception of good and bad. My friend Sarah made a comment that is true...I have a life full of drama. Whether I want it or not. It seems like that has always been the case. Since I was a teenager I put myself in situations that were unusual, or that gave me a variety of friends and experiences which lent itself to some odd - and ongoing "drama". From being a gym rat from the time I was 4, to dancing, to modeling, to my situation with Noel, Khory, etc. All these decisions have had their consequences and generally for better or worse, still affect my life today. My extended family is no exception. My parents divorce also is a source of complication that carries over to my life and how I deal. So when someone says I have a complicated life, or drama filled life, I cant disagree with them entirely.
This week was a rollercoaster of dealing with a situation that I have come to realize that even though I know I am right, want to fight so hard for, believe my way would be better- I had to let go for Elijiahs sake. There are two people in Elijiahs life that give tremendous lip service to what they think is a better way, but all they do proves that they care not for Elijiah, but for their own selves. I want to go on record to Elijiah - that I have tried. Tried for the last several years to make things change, to have Khory see reason, to have him understand. But our past makes it impossible for this to work. So instead of dragging Elijiah through a painful custody battle(understatement at best), having his parents end up hating eachother(which we are close to at the moment) because it will be more ugly than I care to admit to myself, and more destructive to all parties, I have thrown up the white flag, even though my whole heart and soul believes it is wrong. I have no ability to negotiate in the future, and leave all of this on my faith that Heavenly Father will help me and Elijiah as time goes on. I love Elijiah more than life itself and I cannot make him suffer anything more because of his dad. The one positive thing that I am seeing is that while Khory is verbally abusive, and that abuse once made me hurt and caused damamge beyond what I thought possible, the things he said to me this week bounced off more easily. I consider that progress.
Jonathan has been my rock. Unbelievable considering all we have dealt with this past year. He has his own challenges and stress- work and school give him a lot to deal with, but add my life, well what can I say. He's pretty remarkable.
This week has been no exception of good and bad. My friend Sarah made a comment that is true...I have a life full of drama. Whether I want it or not. It seems like that has always been the case. Since I was a teenager I put myself in situations that were unusual, or that gave me a variety of friends and experiences which lent itself to some odd - and ongoing "drama". From being a gym rat from the time I was 4, to dancing, to modeling, to my situation with Noel, Khory, etc. All these decisions have had their consequences and generally for better or worse, still affect my life today. My extended family is no exception. My parents divorce also is a source of complication that carries over to my life and how I deal. So when someone says I have a complicated life, or drama filled life, I cant disagree with them entirely.
This week was a rollercoaster of dealing with a situation that I have come to realize that even though I know I am right, want to fight so hard for, believe my way would be better- I had to let go for Elijiahs sake. There are two people in Elijiahs life that give tremendous lip service to what they think is a better way, but all they do proves that they care not for Elijiah, but for their own selves. I want to go on record to Elijiah - that I have tried. Tried for the last several years to make things change, to have Khory see reason, to have him understand. But our past makes it impossible for this to work. So instead of dragging Elijiah through a painful custody battle(understatement at best), having his parents end up hating eachother(which we are close to at the moment) because it will be more ugly than I care to admit to myself, and more destructive to all parties, I have thrown up the white flag, even though my whole heart and soul believes it is wrong. I have no ability to negotiate in the future, and leave all of this on my faith that Heavenly Father will help me and Elijiah as time goes on. I love Elijiah more than life itself and I cannot make him suffer anything more because of his dad. The one positive thing that I am seeing is that while Khory is verbally abusive, and that abuse once made me hurt and caused damamge beyond what I thought possible, the things he said to me this week bounced off more easily. I consider that progress.
Jonathan has been my rock. Unbelievable considering all we have dealt with this past year. He has his own challenges and stress- work and school give him a lot to deal with, but add my life, well what can I say. He's pretty remarkable.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Baby Shower
Today was an interesting day...in the morning Jonathan and I attended Allisons funeral, which was incredibly sad. I dont know what else to say...
My cousin and mother hosted a baby shower for me this afternoon and I am once again overwhelmed by my family and friends outpouring of love and support. We received lots of wonderful gifts and to everyone we thank you!
My cousin and mother hosted a baby shower for me this afternoon and I am once again overwhelmed by my family and friends outpouring of love and support. We received lots of wonderful gifts and to everyone we thank you!
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