A lot of pictures of Kira =)

Good morning everyone! I had a great night. Well a bit rough start, but overall a great night. Kira was awake until about 1:40am, which was the rough start, but she soon fell asleep and my big girl slept from 1:40, woke up briefly at 7 to nurse but then was out by 7:10 and ultimately woke up around 9:30, which means that *I* got some rest! Yay :D *flails around* hehe =)

Been a busy couple of days. Yesterday was Walker and Brin’s last day of school, and they both are headed to the next grade level. It seems to be absolutely flying. A lot of Brin’s kindergarten was me being pregnant, and I am going to miss the people I met at her school, as next year she’ll be going the full day and I won’t need to be there at noon to get her. Which is also exciting for me, because that means that I’ll have Kira to myself until about 3pm every day, and that I am excited about. I feel odd being without her, I know that’s probably the fact that she is new and I am her mother, but I feel just so much better when she is in my arms or in my line of sight.

Walker and Charlie headed to the lake for the end of the year lake party for Walker’s class, and that was fun for them, I am glad that Charlie went because Walker does not know how to swim (Yeah, I know), and I was scared to send him to the lake knowing that he can’t swim. (Well, he knows the basics he just doesn’t trust himself yet, I am hoping this summer though :D).

While they were there, and Brin was in school my landlord came by to fix our hot water heater. It had gotten bad, to the point that we had a milk jug under the leak getting the water, and had to shut off the hot water at night because the jug would be overflowing in less than an hour. Thankfully we don’t pay for water else that would have totally put us back. Anyways, he came by with another guy to fix it, and then left the other guy here.. Who kept on calling me hon, darlin, babe, sweetheart, etc.. while flattering, a bit creepy, as it was just Kira and I at home.

I then made a dress for one of my dolls that I sold, and headed to the post office soon as Charlie and the kids got home. I walked in the post office and started to package them up and reached for my wallet and could not find it. Insert panic here! Ran home and it wasn’t at home, either, but Kira was pitching a fit, so I grabbed Charlie’s wallet, and packed Kira up and headed to the post office. At the post office she started to freak out again, but I pulled her out to find that she incredibly hot, so I reached in the diaper bag to snag something to cool her down, and lo and behold I found my wallet (yay).

Oh, and one final thing is that I’ve got my webcam working again, mostly to show Kira off to my family who do not live in California, but I snapped a picture of myself, too –

(I have lost 40lbs from my pre-pregnancy weight! Woo hoo!!)

*rolls eyes*

So, I was getting something off the shelf and they all fell down. Bah.

Hi everyone!

So, what a week it’s been!.. It’s nice having Kira home, she is a very easy baby to take care of *knock on wood* she hardly ever cries and if she does it’s only to tell us she is hungry. She is just now starting to stay awake more and look around. Her stump fell off yesterday so .. yay I can start dressing her in more fun clothes. She nurses like a champ, and sleeps pretty well. We are co-sleeping, I didn’t want too, but she dislikes her crib, I hope soon to switch her to her crib.

I am doing okay! Working on little sleep, but still doing okay.

Walker is adjusting well to the baby, and keeps on asking if he may hold her, but until her collarbone heals I am wary of it. Brin on the other hand is having a hard time adjusting to the baby. The first few days we were home she was pitching fits, tantrums, anything really to get attention. I finally asked her why she was so angry and she replied “I am not the baby anymore”. Charlie and I both had a long talk with her, and she seems to be better. Thankfully she was only mad at me really, and not the baby. Of course there are times that both Walker and Brin fight, and I am trying to let them get away with things, not a lot mind you, but also not trying to call them out on things every few minutes.

Let’s see, that’s really a nutshell update on us.. heh =) Earlier this week I made both Brin and I change purses (I had to switch purses to a diaper bag, and there wasn’t enough pockets for my change, and other sundry things), Brin’s went fine, it was my first time attaching snaps to something, however mine I heard the baby cry and I was trying to rush and ended up putting on a snap backwards! Which those things don’t come off, so I screwed up on mine, it’s still functional and everything, but the pretty fabric I picked for the outer fabric is now the liner. Oh well!

Will update more as I have the time!

Of course you do!! .. I was going through pictures and came across this one of Walker, and noticed something remarkably similar… Can you see what I see?

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Yep, no denying that is my son, with my smile! :P

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Is the day.. Tomorrow I get to meet the being that’s growing inside of me. It’s hard to explain what I am feeling, nervous, happy, scared, excited, worried, overjoyed.. I finally get to meet this little person that is apart of me, that has been growing inside of me, that has been the source of joy, and worry that I helped to create. I am… well.. ready. I just hope that everything goes well, and that Walker and Brin adjust well. I had a few more things to say, but alas I have been distracted. Anyways! My next post, hopefully will be pictures of Kira and a note saying we’re doing just fine! Until then..

I’m still pregnant! BAH! hehe .. Oh well I am beginning to think she’s just going to stay in there! We had the Ultrasound on Thursday, and she’s apparently about 8 lbs now,, and again “Wow she has a big head” NOT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO HEAR WHEN THINKING OF HOW THAT BIG HEAD IS GOING TO MAKE HER ENTRANCE INTO THE WORLD! … But she is looking very good, and very healthy, and my fluid is cocooning her, which the technician said was good. I’m getting contractions and feeling movement in areas that well feel ‘weird’.. but my child is being stubborn, wonder where she got that from .. :P hehe .. Let’s see, other than having a cold, I am doing well! My blood pressure not so much, it’s still off the charts, but not to where he told me to come in, so again, playing things by ear.

I woke up this morning to dishes being done, and put away, and the house picked up, and that was a very nice surprise =) I made Brin a dress, and finished two pacifier holders (tethers really), but not much to do now. I did however clean Brin’s room earlier this week (Threw away an humongous bag of trash, too), and straightened up the house.

Random thoughts, I really would like to get an iguana again, and we’ve been researching poison arrow/dart frogs, which I really want to do, but of course that’s too over my head at the moment heh =) I also am REALLY excited about some spoilers to shows I watch (that are not being cancelled), like House, Cougar Town, Castle, and BONES (Like OMG YAY excited about that one :D), am still upset about some of my series being cancelled, but alas that is what happens in TV I suppose, it’s odd though I really don’t watch TV anymore, I do watch Hulu though, however that may be changing soon as my ISP has put a cap on how much gig it’s allowing it’s users to use per month, which is 150 gig. We’d go for the bigger package, but it’s not offered here yet (I am not sure if I complained about this before or not :P). So that is limiting what I do online, which is odd, because I’ve never really limited what I do online, but with four of us, (And all 5 of the computers working at the moment (Yay)), I don’t want to overkill. Tangent thought I hope the Hospital provides free internet.

Well, I think that’s my update for today, am going to make these – Yeasted Cinnamon Rolls for breakfast tomorrow, however I am not entirely sure what 1¼ Large Eggs … means…

Today, I am 37 weeks pregnant. I think. I am not entirely sure, has my OB keeps changing my Due Date. Yesterday he mentioned May 20th. But I am not sure anymore. So let’s go with June 1st, and that I am 37 weeks pregnant, and boy howdy I am feeling it. I didn’t make it this far along with either Walker or Brin, so I am now in uncharted territory. Yesterday I had my OB appointment (And on a side note, I am now very frustrated with NetworkedBlogs on Facebook), and my blood pressure was 150/101 which is higher than it has ever been, but after resting for a bit it went down to 120/80, and then last night at home it spiked up again, but today during the Non Stress Test it was 120/60. It’s just driving me bonkers. I am so ready for her to be born. Tomorrow we have hopefully our last Ultrasound, which will tell us how big she is, and maybe will help to add to this entire “Let’s try to get this show on the road”. I am getting strong contractions, but nothing consistent, because of my blood pressure I am now on Bed Rest, that I really can’t get out of, bah.

In other news I’ve been sewing a fair bit, more than I have ever before. I’ve been making bags (One for just a regular tote bag, and then I made a messenger type bag for the laptop), and dresses for both Brin and Kira, skirts, diaper covers, outfits, random stuff… and stuffed animals, and so on and so forth. I have used all of my fabric in the previous post, which is good =) Somewhat, now I am almost out of fun fabric heh =) I made Tote Bags for Walker and Brin’s teachers for Teacher Appreciation Week, which I think perhaps I was the only one in the school to participate in, but bah :D They are doing a great job teaching the kids.. It’s so odd to know what to call Walker and Brin, my previous kids? My other kids? the children that I am not pregnant with? heh. I am going to ramble a fair bit now, but I am really tired of strangers touching my belly, too.

Well okay that’s all that is on my mind at the moment =) I will know more tomorrow after the Ultrasound, who knows maybe I’ll go into labor tonight …

The baby shower went well! Not that many people showed up, but eh that wasn’t the point =) The ones that did we had fun, the only thing that sucked was that there was no shade, so three hours in the California sun, and I am burned, badly. So is my daughter, my son on the other hand, is doing just fine =) We got a lot of the bedding and bathing things we needed, now just need some more little things for breast feeding. Sounds funky needing things for breast feeding, the most natural thing in the world, but so far, I just have a pump, and no creams or lotions or anything to help.. However!! I am sure I can pick some things up cheap. The odd thing about my baby shower is that my daughter’s teacher found an invitation in her classroom and decided to invite herself. It was sweet, but odd.

Pregnancy is going well! Hard to believe it’s almost over :D But this week alone I have two doctor’s appointments, and then I have to set up weekly non-stress tests. I mentioned to someone that I really cannot wait until she is born because then I’ll be able to relax some, we keep running around that it’s a bit nuts.

My shipment of Fabric from Fabric.com should arrive today, I am pretty excited .. Why you ask? Let me tell you :P I got a few yards of very very cute fabric –

I stumbled upon this store, and they always seem to have a sale. They don’t have everything in stock that I wanted, mostly things from The Quilted Fish, and some things from Riley Blake, but they do have a lot of awesome fabric. Plus if you order more than 35$ your shipping is free. Which free shipping, rocks!!

Oh, just got a call from the school, apparently Walker is throwing up.. Will write more later I suppose!

Hi everyone! It’s about time I update this yeah? heh =) I’ve gone through one design change, and no posts, well.. I am trying to remedy that now. Let me know what you think!

So I got bored last night and drew one of my Neopets.. Viades

I know I need to work on a few things but for not drawing in a while, and using my mouse, it looks pretty good imho hehe =)

In other news, I am working on a Pullip story, it’s mostly a horror/fantasy/romance story, but we’ll see how it plays out and if I am able to photograph it..

Hope everyone is doing well!! =)

Well, I think so at least.. This is Richard and Rawnie =)

Continue reading ‘Richard and Rawnie..’

But I really get a kick out of seeing the new photo uploads on Flickr – http://www.flickr.com/photos/ – Sometimes, you get a glimpse of a total strangers life. You have to wonder why did they pick this picture, why did they take it.. Yesterday, I ran across a premature baby, born weighing only one lb.. and the photos were this little babies struggle the past 4 months and now he weighs 5 lbs and they are almost ready to take him home, such joy you share with strangers.. I suppose it’s odd.. There are some great pictures though, and I can sit here for hours and just press refresh. I did then search for my kids names, I found a few little girls that are named Brin, and Walker of course was hard to find, but I found some named Walker =)

Anyways, Hi.. :D How are you?.. I am doing well, it’s a beautiful day outside, And I think I may go out and enjoy the sun, course with my skin I can’t stay out for long but alas, one can dream. I’ve been trying to do more things away from the computer, right now Walker is sick, so that’s somewhat halting my trying to do things away from the computer heh =) Poor little guy. Why is it that children have a distinct ‘sick’ smell when they get ill? I am not sure if it’s with every child, but with my kids when they are sick, you can smell it.

Next week is my birthday, a week from today actually. I’ll be 27, I can’t believe how time flies, My little sister’s birthday is 3 days after mine, she will be 7. I am not sure if I’ve ever shown a picture of my half sister, Brooke. She’s very blonde, very thin, and very tall, with big blue eyes and she wears glasses. She looks a lot like my stepmom. Course, I don’t have a picture of Hope either heh =) And now, I am rambling. But oh well, I do that.. =) But other than that nothing much is going on, Oh I updated Facebook, by update, I mean, I logged on. Apologies to everyone who has me on their facebook, or myspace.. I rarely, If ever, update it. I don’t quite know why that is, but heh, I do.

I’ve been slowly weening myself off of my bipolar medication, and I’ve been trying to get closer to my friends the ones that have stuck around that is. I know I’ve been very anti-social, but thank you all so much for standing by and being patient with me.. I appreciate every one of you. Well, I am done rambling I think =) So Hi.. I hope you all are well!