Pregnancy Tag

This one is fun!

1- Where were you when you first found out you were pregnant? In my bathroom at my house.
2- Who was with you? Todd. Well he wasn’t in the bathroom with me but you get what I mean.
3- How did you find out that you were pregnant? By peeing on a test. (It was free!)
4-What was your first reaction to finding out you were pregnant? Very excited but also very surprised. I got pregnant quickly!
5- What main symptoms sold it for you? My period wasn’t coming around when it was expected.
6- Who was the first person you told? Todd already knew then when I was at about 6 weeks we told my family and the kids then a week or two later we told Todd’s family.
7-Did you plan to get pregnant? Yes.
8-Was everybody happy for you? Of course!
9- Did you want to find out the sex? Yes .
10-What was the sex? Girl.
11-Did anyone throw you a baby shower? Yes.
12-If yes, who? My co-workers who were totally awesome and got me great things.
13- Did you get any outfits at the baby shower that you just knew you weren't going to put on your baby? Yeah, for some reason someone gave us some preemie outfits. Someone else who was very generous gave us some things that smelled like cigarette smoke and I couldn’t get it out of most things.
14- How much weight did you gain? 33lbs.
15- Did you lose all of the weight that you gained? Yes plus some but the plus amount was because I had hyperthyroidism for a while.
16- Did you get a lot of stretch marks? I did get quite a bit but not too bad compared to others.
17- What did you crave the most? Fruit, salad and lots of water.
18- Did you crave anything crazy? I can’t think of anything crazy.
19-Who or what got on your nerves the most? Not much really, I did rather well. I guess you would have to ask Todd if I got annoyed a lot.
20-Did you ever resent your husband for "putting you in this situation"? No way! He wasn’t the only one involved anyway. ; )
21- Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? Not during pregnancy but during labor.
22-Where were you when you went into labor? In my bed asleep. I was groaning and it woke up Todd he asked me if I was ok but for some reason I just answered that I was uncomfortable when really I was having some contraction pain. Then I realized what was going on.
23-Did your water break? Yup, and off to the hospital we went. After I decided to get in the shower.
24- What were you feeling when you knew your baby was almost here? Calmness.
25- Did you go early or late? 1 day late, so not too bad.
26- Who was in the room with you when you gave birth? The Doctor, and it seemed like a ton of nurses, and Todd.
27-Was it video taped? Some things were taped but not the birth part.
28- Did you have any drugs for the pain? Epidural!
29-Did you go natural or have a c-section? Natural. I almost had to do the c-section though. I did rip quite a bit too and lost a lot of blood!
30- What was your first reaction after giving birth? I was excited to see her for the first time! They took her away and then I started feeling ill (from the bleeding) they had to stop the bleeding and then I was busy being worried.
31- How big was the baby? 8 pounds 6 ounces.
32- Did your Husband cry? Not that I know of but he did thank me and gave me sweet kisses.
33- What did you name the baby? Elena Soraya
34-Was it difficult coming up with his/her name? A little because I wanted a name that would be easy both in English and in Spanish without it getting screwed up. I then thought of my sister’s middle name which I always liked and that is what we went with. But for some reason people are unable to say it right in English and it drives me crazy! Look people the E makes the “eh” sound so therefore the second E sounds like the first E “eh-leh-nah” come on! For the middle name I had a list and I had Todd pick from it that was what was keeping us at the hospital when it was time to check out.
35- How long were you in labor? 20 hours total from when my water broke. I was dying of thirst! Those ice chips don’t help!!
36- How much time did you get with your baby before they whisked him/her away? A few seconds but they had to take her away to do all the tests and the doc had to hurry and stop my bleeding and sew me up!
37- Did the baby(s) have any complications? No... and I'm so glad.
38- How old is your baby today? She will be 2 years old soon! Still a baby to me…
39- When is the next one(s) coming? June!
40-If you could, would you do it all over again? Yes, and I actually am!

Ultrasound?

Last night I had my 20 week check up, I am at 19cm so I am growing along nicely and I have gained 5lbs. Blood pressure is great as usual (hopefully it stays that way throughout). The doc talked to us about getting an ultrasound and he said if we wanted to wait a couple more weeks then we can so that we can use their brand new 3D ultrasound machine. How cool is that!? They have a new building set up near the hospital and part of it will be dedicated to children and mothers only. I thought that was just great! So we decided we will wait for the 3D ultrasound machine to be available so we can check it out. I am really excited about it! The only thing is having to wait longer...

Half Way!

It is hard to believe that I am at the half way mark already, yes, 20 weeks! It seems that it is going by so quickly. We don't have an appointment for an ultrasound yet but hopefully we can make one when I go in for my next visit this Thursday. Everyone keeps asking me when we will find out what we are having and I am starting to think they are more impatient than we are. I try not to think about it because if I do then it will really seem like a long wait. So far things are going well, I still have that "crotch pain" but it isn't as bad. I have been going to a chiropractor and he has really helped a lot!

Here are some pics of me!
Sorry I don't look so great....I don't know why I didn't smile!

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Croup

Elena had a major case of Croup that started on Friday, during the morning would could tell she had a little bit going on and she has had it before but it just goes away during the day. This time it got worse during the day. Our sitter called to tell me that it was getting bad so I went and picked her up and made an appointment for her. When I picked her up she was excited to see me and she said "momma!" her voice was so hoarse and I felt so bad! She was still pretty content thought so that was good at least. I took her to the doc and he told us it was for sure Croup and he prescribed some anti-inflammatory stuff so that she that if it started to get worse she wouldn't have to go to the ER. He tells me that they are tablets and that I will need to crush them and put them in her food because they taste nasty. Well I took her to Wal-mart to meet up with Todd because he was already going to fill up a presciption for Christopher who had to go to an Oral Surgeon that day because one of his Crown's busted and he needed it out immediately. I then went back to work.

Todd was keeping me updated on how Elena was doing and he said he was having a hard time giving her the medicine because she could taste it. She seemed to be doing ok but was pretty wheezy, then when I got home she still sounded terrible and we were just hoping that the medicine was working and that she would be fine. During the night we had the humidifier going so that it would help her out a little more and Saturday morning she was pretty much the same with the wheezing and the terrible barking cough, she was still very playful and content. Saturday night however was not so great....as soon as she fell asleep she started coughing and coughing. I told Todd that if she got worse I would take her into the bathroom and start the shower with hot water so she could get more humidity there. It was about 2:30am or so when she started up again and got worse. I picked her up and asked her if she wanted to go into the bathroom and she says "yeah" like she really knows what I am talking about. I took her in and turned the closet light on and I started the shower. She just stood there waiting patiently for me as I did what I had to do. Then I sat on the toilet and put her on my lap and sat there waiting for the steam to start. Elena just sat there and occasionaly would turn her head around and look up at me and smile as if she were thanking me for helping her out in the middle of the night. It was cute!

We were probably in there for about an hour when I decided that it was probably enought to help her out. She slept the whole night through after that. Sunday morning we could hear her breathing and it was really wheezy and when she woke up we tried to give her the meds in some yogurt but she could taste it and wasn't having any more. Todd was concerned that it would just get worse so we took her to the Urgent Care to see if they could give us something else because we knew that the tablets were not going to work out. We got the the Urgent Care and we had to wait forever! I was so sleepy I could hardly stay awake and there is Elena running around as if nothing were wrong. We had to wait even longer for the freakin' doc to come in! Finally he comes in checks her out and prescribes the liquid stuff. He thought it was pretty dumb of the other doc to prescribe tablets and I thought it was weird too but I just assumed that maybe they didn't make it in liquid form. Anyway, we finally left and filled the new stuff and gave it to her when we got home. She started doing better and slept somewhat well that night. Monday I stayed home with her and Tuesday as well (I got sick too). After we got the new stuff she has been waking up during the night and her head is so sweaty, her hair is totally wet! I don't know if that is a side effect or if it has to do with her being sick. Right now she is hating the meds because not only does she take the anti-inflammatory but she has been on preventative antibiotics for the last month to keep her from getting ear infections.

Today she woke up pretty happy but now she has a nasty cough and it is really phlegmy, yuck! She also has a runny nose and we think she might also have a sore throat because she doesn't want to eat very much. Will it ever end!?

A Song We Should All Follow

If I had no more time
No more time left to be here
Would you cherish what we had?
Was it everything that you were looking for?
If I couldn't feel your touch
And no longer were you with me
I'd be wishing you were here
To be everything that I'd be looking for
I don't wanna forget the present is a gift
And I don't wanna take for granted the time you may have here with me
'Cause Lord only knows another day is not really guaranteed

So every time you hold me
Hold me like this is the last time
Every time you kiss me
Kiss me like you'll never see me again
Every time you touch me
Touch me like this is the last time
Promise that you'll love me
Love me like you'll never see me again

Oh Oh Ohhhhh

How many really know what love is?
Millions never will
Do you know until you lose it
That it's everything that we are looking for
When I wake up in the morning
You're beside me
I'm so thankful that I found
Everything that I been looking for

I don't wanna forget the present is a gift
And I don't wanna take for granted the time you may have here with me
'Cause Lord only knows another day is not really guaranteed

So everytime you hold me
Hold me like this is the last time
Every time you kiss me
Kiss me like you'll never see me again
Every time you touch me
Touch me like this is the last time
Promise that you'll love me
Love me like you'll never see me again

"Like You'll Never See Me Again" - Alicia Keys

Another Tragedy

Jon Paine a friend from Neways who I worked with for a couple of years passed away January 6th. He recently got married about 3 ½ months ago. It was just a shock to hear about it and I am still shocked. I just find it unfair that he and his wife were only able to have such a short time together but at the same time I am happy that they were able to find each other and be happy even if it was only a short time….moments even.

I would just like to share some memories of Jon and I hope that you enjoy it.

I don’t know the exact day I met Jon but I do remember it, he just seemed so quiet almost shy…..boy was I wrong! We started working together in the Archive room and at the time I was a pretty shy chick and jut kept to myself most of the time. I had worked with so many people who came and went that I was always so nervous that I would have to work with some weirdo. Jon was weird but a good weird…he was a great guy with a great sense of humor. He was always so nice and ALWAYS joking around. He was always so smiley and happy about everything. I don’t recall ever seeing him mad….annoyed sure but never mad. Not a day went by when we didn’t laugh with him or at him!

I sat right across from him at work and sometimes he would start laughing for no reason and I would ask “what is so funny?” He would say “Oh, nothing” as he is laughing his head off. “Come on Jon, you have to tell us, or else you just look crazy” “Ok, Ok.” So on he goes about what he is laughing about…. “Uh, Jon, I think you were better off letting people think you are crazy”. He would remember something random and it was one of those you had to be there type things. He did it all the time, after awhile we would laugh but at him laughing about it.

One time I had gone to lunch with him and a couple of other co-workers. Adam was driving and Jon was in the passenger seat, Charity and I were in the back. Charity and I were just chatting away when suddenly Jon makes this obnoxious loud noise that scared the crap out of us! It was like a honking/donkey sound. He and Adam were just laughing away…..we said “what was that about?” I don’t really remember his explanation but it was pretty funny though. I didn’t think it was humanly possible to make a noise like that. Another time he did that but I wasn’t the victim. We were in the Archive room and two other co-workers were having a really serious discussion and I think Jon was annoyed by it. So he whispers to me “should I do the noise?” I just looked at him and said “no, they are having a serious discussion.” He said “I know, that is why I want to do it.” I said “well do it if you want but wait until I plug my ears.” As soon as I covered my ears and looked over at Erica and Lindsay I hear a HOOOONK!! It was so loud I’m glad I covered my ears! The look on their faces was absolutely priceless! I think they jumped a few inches off their chairs too. I could not stop laughing, Jon was laughing so hard that I thought he was going to pass out. Erica and Lindsay were so confused….I think they were annoyed but it was certainly hilarious for us! That was the best!!

Another thing I remember about Jon is that he was really clumsy; oh I thought it was great! He could trip over anything, his own feet , a piece of paper, ANYTHIHG…..I like to laugh at people when they trip (as long as they don’t get hurt) it is just the funniest thing to me. So anytime he got up to go somewhere I would stop what I was doing because I just knew he would trip and he almost always did. I had some good laughs with his clumsiness!

He liked to pull pranks too….I guess you can call them that. One day we were talking about middle names and he was not going to tell us his, he said it was embarrassing (we found out later anyway). Adam was there too and he wouldn’t give his up either. Later on Adam left and Jon told us he knew his middle name but didn’t want to tell us because Adam would kill him. Well, he ended up telling us anyway and it wasn’t that bad. I can’t remember how it got to Adam that we found out but Jon had told us that Adam was furious about it so I was all freaked out. I didn’t want Adam to be mad! Later on Adam comes into the Archive room and he just looked pissed off. I admit I was a little scared. He came over to get Jon for lunch I thought to myself “If he is so pissed why is he going to lunch with Jon?” So the whole day I was thinking that Adam was pissed and I was worried that he would be mad a Jon forever. Toward the end of the day I finally asked Jon if Adam was still angry. He just looked at me and started to laugh and said “did you really think he was mad?” “Yes! He looked like he would kill the next person to anger him more!” Meanwhile Jon is laughing his head off! I was a little mad about it because I was seriously worried….I could have choked they guy!

I am not one to pull pranks on people I think it is sort of rude unless they really deserve it and well Jon definitely deserved it! One day at work I saw a little note on my desk, we can say it was sort of a love note but it was very cheesy and pretty funny. Lindsay (different Lindsay than mentioned before) had written it and put it on my desk but I can’t remember why though. All I can remember is it saying something like “I love your small dainty hands…” it was way dorky. Somehow we came up with the idea of confronting Jon about it as if he had written it. They really had to talk me into it, I just didn’t think I could pull it off without starting to laugh and plus I have no acting skills. At this time I didn’t work with Jon anymore he had a different position and worked in the other building. So off we go to pull off the prank…we get there and there are others there who share an office with Jon. I was nervous about doing it especially with so many people, there were like 6 or 7 in that room including me and Jon. The other co-conspirators went to talk to the others while I stood right by Jon at his desk and I said to him “Jon, did you write this?” He starts reading it and laughs “No, I didn’t write this.” I look at him very seriously and say “Jon, it is ok if you wrote it, I would just like know if it was you.” In a nervous are you crazy sort of tone he says “It, wasn’t me! That isn’t even my handwriting, you know my handwriting sucks!” “Oh, come on Jon you can have nice handwriting if you try really hard.” “No, I don’t! Adam, you know my handwriting always sucks even if I try really hard!” Meanwhile everyone else has secretly been told that it is a prank. So Adam says “I don’t know Jon, sometimes you can have really nice handwriting.” At this point Jon’s face is bright red but I don’t know if he is embarrassed or what. He looks up at the ceiling and covers his face with his hands at just starts laughing and says “Look, I really didn’t write this! I would never write something like this!” “Jon…..I know. Lindsay wrote it.” “Wait, what!” “Yeah Lindsay wrote it to be a dork so we just thought it would be funny to put the blame on you.” So now he starts laughing again but relieved that it was just a joke. Everyone had good laugh.

Jon was also pretty picky about spelling and grammar….mostly spelling I think. One day Melissa was E-mailing him and they were just goofing around and making fun of each other if I remember correctly. She had copied me on one of the E-mails and I noticed that she had misspelled something so I said to her “oh, you misspelled this word. Jon is going to be brat about it.” She was like “oh crap”. Sure enough he E-mails back and points it out being a brat about it. So she replies and again copies me on it. “Uh, melissa, you messed up on another word.” She says”Oh sh**!?” “Yeah now it is going to get worse.” It did. Finally, she just ended the conversation. Melissa says “what a punk!” I said “Yeah, let’s make him think that you thought he was being really rude and that he hurt your feelings.” Bright eyed she says “Ok”. I send Jon and E-mail “Jon, you know at first it was pretty funny that you were catching Melissa’s mistakes but towards the end I really think that she was hurt by it.” He replies “oh whatever, I wasn’t being rude.” “I don’t know, she seemed upset and just left the room.” “Really, well what did she say?” “She didn’t say anything; she just had a serious look on her face and left the room.” “Well, I was just joking around; I wasn’t trying to be rude.” “Well, I think she felt you were.” “Crap! Now I feel bad!” I am reading to Melissa everything we are saying and we were just having a good laugh about it. Later on he came in for something and Melissa wasn’t there and he came up to me to ask if she was ok and if she still looked hurt. I finally told him we were just joking around because he was being a brat. He was definitely relieved that it was a joke. That was a good one too!

I don't know if many people know this but Jon had a band a long time ago and he let me and some others listen to one of his songs that he had recorded. He was shy about it at first but we really wanted to hear it. I thought it was great! I am glad that he let me hear it. His favorite band? Van Halen forever man!

Jon was the pickiest person I ever met when it came around to dating. So when I saw him this this summer with a girl I knew he was in love with her. He looked so happy! I said to myself “it is about time he found someone!” Then when I heard he was getting married I was so excited for him. Elena and I went to the reception and the look on his face said it all. It was truly the happiest day of his life…..he looked like the happiest man on Earth! I was able to talk to him before I left the reception and he just couldn’t stop smiling. Elena just loved him she would blow kisses at him and give him big smiles all the works! I am glad that she got to meet him.

I will always remember Jon and I will remember how I saw him last…..as the happiest man on Earth.

Random Stuff Part II

More random pictures for your enjoyment!


Here are some sweet close-ups of the cutest girl in the world!

She loves to get on the computer and type away!

Her little "laptop".
Standing on the step stool eating her favorite snack (fish crackers) and trying to figure out what is in the little packet.
Still enjoying those fishies!
Sitting on her "throne" her car seat is so big!
Here we are playing in the snow. I had asked Todd to take pictures of us and he didn't want to go outside so he took pictures from the window.
Elena's hats were in the van and I was too lazy to get them so I grabbed Shannon's and well that is why it is so huge.
Shannon out playing in the snow and again Todd took pictures from the window.
Ellie having fun in the snow but she didn't come totally prepared so she didn't get to stay outside too long.
Elena and Ellie are pretending to be "poor" as Ellie put it.


First thing in the morning....got to play X-box live!