Last Preggo Standing..

I am on leave and I am loving it, Shane's job is going wonderful and Isabelle just started her last week at daycare. I have completely organized the bedroom so that Abby will fit right in when she gets here, and spent the last week getting things as organized as possible for her arrival. I've got the bottles sterilized (even though I plan on exclusively breast feeding for the first 6 months at least), I've got the diaper bag packed for the hospital, my bag packed, my daughters overnight bag packed, I've got Isabelle's room organized to fit more toys in, I have to say, I'm quite impressed with the progress I have made in the past week. Now all I have left is just daily chores and waiting for Abby's arrival.

My mother has decided to put together a last minute shower for Abby. I was not all for it at first I figured we could just have a meet and greet for her when she gets here but its something to distract me from the long days and something to look forward to. I also get to enjoy the company of all my aunts and cousins which will be fun for a night out.
So overall, How am I feeling?I'm almost 37 weeks.
I feel like I am on a bad reality show this week. I know I shouldn't complain, and I am completely blessed and excited for Abby's arrival but I think I just won my own little reality series. I shall call it "Last preggo standing." We all started out this journey together, with different due dates but close enough together that its any ones game. Then all of a sudden, EVERY PREGNANT WOMEN I KNOW, who was due the same time as me decided to give birth. This past week three people who were due the same date as me or in that area, decided that they had enough of being pregnant and gave birth to beautiful healthy children. I am overjoyed for them but at the same time, I realize I am the only person left without my baby in my arms. I guess its gods way of saying,enjoy your time with Isabelle, rest, take some time to yourself. But jeesh, the waiting is killing me. And don't you think that if I am the last contestant then at some point soon, considering I've already won, the last preggo standing should have her baby?? OK so maybe I am overreacting, but its something to think about.

The housewife

So, for the last two years almost, I have been playing the working mom. I was either in school or I was at work. I did everything in a certain routine and realized that there was no way my house was going to be perfect. I realized that the weekend was my most valuable family time, so at maximum my house got 2 hours of cleaning time on the weekend and scattered minutes during the week. I was comfortable with this but also afraid to have my stay at home mommy friends over because unless they came on a sunday, my house would look like a wreck.
For the past three days I have been a stay at home mom. Isabelle has been at daycare all days except today so that I could start to prepare things for abigail, and I have realized, there is so much in this apartment. I accomplished finishing the living room and kitchen to my organized standards, and Isabelles room is half done, the other half needs to be organized for Abigail and her, my master bedroom is impossible. I shouldn't say impossible there is just a lot of baby steps. Shane has so much clothing he needs to go through for Goodwill and I have so many little things that I need to go through and pretty soon I can get rid of some of my maternity stuff since I most definetely will not be needing it again any time soon.

So today I got up ready to tackle the master bedroom and instead, I played with Isabelle, recleaned all the spots I did previously, Isabelle then messed up what I had cleaned by smothering the areas with toys, I then cleaned up again, she spilled juice all over my white carpet and I cleaned that up and by the time naptime came, mommy needed one too. I had been doing such a good job at being the housewife, and then somehow by the end of the day today I felt more like a desperate housewife, all I want is a fairy godmother to take care of my cleaning... and while she's at it she could take care of my swollen feet, knees, ankles and hands. Gotta love pregnancy!

Don't take this as in Im giving up, it most certainly doesn't mean that, its just a setback.. tomorrow I will attempt to tackle the master again. And I'm thinking I'm going to be the one to decide which ones of Shanes clothes go to Goodwill.

The eviction notice

One of the girls from my birth board posted this for Abigail today. It is definetely one of the most exciting parts of our birth board for the expectant mother because it really tells us that we are almost there!
DEAR ABIGAIL

I am issuing 30 day notice for EVICTION. Tenant will have 30 days in which she can either gather her belongings and promptly vacate the premises, or wait until the final day. After which, she will be physically removed from the property.

She's being evicted due to breech of contract and destruction of property. Expansions only to the FRONT of the house, within reasonable limits, were discussed. Not only have these limits been exceeded, but additions to the back of the house were also made!

Remodeling and gutting of the home was never approved, nor was changing the initial layout and base structure. And due to property damage, there are now leaks in both the upper AND lower levels of the home. On top of which, the landlord has received numerous complaints about nightly disturbances.

After 30 days from this day that she doesn’t comply with the notice will result in immediate and forceful removal at my discretion.


I will put up a proper blog post but I love the eviction notice.

42 days.

We have 42 days left before Abigails arrival. Needless to say, myself and Shane are beyond excited at this point and I have officially reached the longest month of my life.

I am done work, or I would like to think I am done work now, since I have a doctors appointment in the morning and my doctor did tell me last time that he would be putting me off work at 34 weeks. Isabelle's birthday is fast approaching as well and I am trying to come up with a theme for her party? I'm thinking princess and princes? Something easy but yet special for her. Especially considering this is the last time it will be just her around for her birthdays and more then likely with two girls we will be doing joint celebrations at some points during her life.

Isabelle has been going through a very odd phase, she is very attached to four people in her life. Myself, Daddy, her gram and her poppy. She has been refusing going to daycare which is not like my little socialite and she has been whining as mommy leaves the room. Of course she would start to go through this phase just as the pregnancy comes to the end. Just when I thought I had her routine down perfect. I guess we're going to have to do some re-evaluating here.

She is more and more like a little girl everyday though, she loves spending time with her Daddy and voices her opinion on everything. There are many "no's" going around our household and particularly from her. She loves to sing now and dance. Everyday she has a new dance move and it honestly lights up my world. She is so cute, I can't believe how lucky we are to have her. And I can't believe how lucky we are that we are going to be having another one to watch grow and help mold into a little person.

Shane has been wonderful throughout the past few weeks, completely understanding to my mental state, meaning crazy pregnant woman, and completely compassionate towards our daughters attachment issues. I just hope we can get her back into some sort of routine before Abby's grand entrance.

I guess thats all I have for tonight. If theres any mommas out there who are learning how to do it with two young children I would love some input on preparing your toddler for a new baby.

Jan 2010

It is officially 2010. Happy New Year my dear friends. I hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday season. I've been thinking quite a bit in the past 24 hours, doing a quick recap for myself on the past year. There has been so many things that have happened. Some mistakes, but no regrets. Some advances and some set backs. But everything that has happened has been a learning experience for me and my family. I was thinking about some resolutions and here they are for me.

Personal Resolutions:

I hope to wake up everyday with motivation to take care of myself, my family and my friends. With two girls I know there will be trying times but I hope that I can establish a routine and enjoy moments with each of the girls instead of being frustrated or overwhelmed.

Family Resolutions

Myself and Shane are setting out on a budget. We would like to have some money saved up by next Christmas so that we can put it towards our wedding or a family vacation sometime in the future.

We also would like to invest some time each week to take Isabelle somewhere. Whether it is to the pool to go swimming, or just to the park. Both of us as parents would like to have a few moments of each week to dedicate to our girls individually.

I also have more goals that I would like to lay out but until I get them organized I don't really want to say them.

I have a month to prepare for Abby's arrival. This means a month to get the bedroom ready and a month to get all the clothes organized, a month to get rid of the things that we don't necessarily need and a month to prepare myself mentally for being a mother of two. I don't think you can really get prepared until she's here but I am a lot more laid back this pregnancy about Abby's arrival. Last time I was so nervous about handling another life I didn't get to enjoy much. This time I've been so laid back I feel like time has slipped through my fingers.

We got some family pictures done tonight at my parents house. Just a little something to remind us of the beginning of 2010. I wonder what the pics are going to look like towards the end of this year.

Anyways thats all for today. I'm sorry for the random order. As you can tell I am not an organized thinker, I just sort of throw things down as I'm thinking them.