32 weeks!

32 weeks! And yes, that is a sticker on my belly...Hagen gave it to me for dressing myself.

Feeling great...she rolls all day long...just rolls and rolls like a crocodile! She also has the hiccups alot which they say means she will have hair! Yeah for bows in her hair!

UPDATE: Casey, you are so right...it WAS heartburn! I had it terrible with Hagen and he came out with a cute little mullet. Damn...haven't had as much this time. I just want some hair on top to put a small little bow in...that's all I need. BUT I can always use something to make a little bow just stick...I need to get those little bows that you put something on and it sticks to their head...any ideas ladies?!?

Tata,
Carrie

Hagen and his latest milestone

Last night Hagen went to bed like usual. I was sitting on the couch with Ryan and we were talking about how our lives are about to get pretty hectic…but excited about that! It was about 9:30 so Hagen had been down for an hour and a half already…

All of the sudden we hear what sounds like a toilet being flushed upstairs. Hagen has never gotten out of bed by himself…we don’t think he knows he can. GLAD that he thinks that and not sure how that happened.

I got up and went to our room to check the monitor and he was not in bed! I ran out to the living room…Ryan was already perched to run up the stairs and I said, “He’s not in bed Ryan!” We both ran up the stairs and went into his room.

There is our sweet baby boy standing there in the middle of the room with his PJ’s down at his ankles and his diaper undone on one side and down at his ankles also. We asked him if he was OK and he said, “I started going poo poo and so I got up and went poo poo in the potty…there is a little in my diaper so I didn’t know what to do.”

The thing is he has been scared lately of dark, going into rooms by himself, so not only did he go potty by himself he used the glow from bacon (you know, the glow in the dark piggy) and went to the restroom by himself, turned on the light, went, AND flushed!

We cleaned him up good (need to work on wiping) got him a new diaper on and tucked our big boy back in. We told him we were so proud of him and he said he was proud too. When we first went in he thought he would be in trouble for getting out of bed…but we told him that he can get out of bed to go potty if he needs too.

Sweet boy…

Ryan and I sat on the couch downstairs and just smiled…he’s growing up…weird we were just talking about changes and good changes and then Hagen goes and does that. It’s one of those milestones you don’t think about but is such a good one!

Proud Mama,
Carrie

Lake of the Ozarks trip and random stuff

The Guilt…the GUILT I feel for not updating my blog in a long time is eating me up! I am putting everything off…the family photo website, my blog, decorating the nursery, etc. I’m just being so lazy! But, happy lazy! I’m going to be 32 weeks on Sunday and she is one active little roly poly…she rolls around all day long and I love it. Knowing it will more than likely be our last baby I am soaking it all up and enjoying it!

We went to the Lake of the Ozarks last week and had a great time! The boys fished in the new fishing boat and Mom and I cleaned out the lake house. I was in total nesting mode and so I told Mom to take advantage of me! I took everything out of the kitchen cabinets, the laundry room cabinets and the bathrooms and reorganized/trashed/moved things around to be able to find things. The kitchen cabinets were a wreck. Great stuff, but nothing in a place and just shoved into whatever cabinet had room. So it wasn’t throwing a lot of it away but more putting like things together, etc.

Hagen is starting soccer at school today. He said that some of his friends play soccer at school…someone comes to get them and take them to have fun and he doesn’t get to go. I felt bad…BUT luckily they were starting up the fall season so he started today! I can’t wait to hear how it goes. With the fast shoes he picked out it should be good!

This may sound like I’m complaining…I don’t mean for it to be. With this being the second pregnancy I feel like I’m not as “doted” on as I was with Hagen’s. Ryan would talk to my belly, put lotion on it, we were just so excited. He got me a heart monitor for Valentine’s day when I was pregnant with him so whenever I wanted to hear his little heart I could. This time? Not so much. Now, life is busier than it was with the first pregnancy so that has a lot to do with it.

I’m ready for her to be here so Ryan and I can spend more quality time together. I feel like I wake up, get Hagen and I ready for the day and off to school/work, go get him, cook dinner, clean up after dinner, pack lunches, do nite nite ritual and then take my nightly snack and blood sugar machine to bed to watch TV until I can test and eat my snack and then go to sleep. I’m just exhausted. Good thing is I know this is not forever or the “norm”…It’s just the norm right now…

I will say that Ryan totally lost his man card the other night. He was upset because Little People Big World didn’t tape, then was upset that I watched and deleted Jersey Shore, and then came in to say I was lucky because Swamp People was on. After he said that he realized how ridiculous his statement was and left the room…I on the other hand got my very round body out of bed to taunt him more and laugh at what a weenie he is! Thank you Swamp People from the bottom of my cold heart for making my Ryan’s night more bearable…

I do have 2 little Hagen stories to share:

1. Hagen wants to have a baby in his belly really bad. The other night he wanted his stuffed penguin in his jammies like me. He is really into picking out his own PJ’s right now so often the tops and bottoms don’t match. Well the shirt was too short and wouldn’t hold the penguin so down his pants it went…lets just say his penguin was sitting low on his belly. AND he slept with his penguin in his “belly” almost all night.

2. Hagen’s usual time to go “big potty” is right after dinner. One night he ate a great dinner and then had to go! He did and then he asked Ryan for some candy. We are trying to wean him off of getting candy after every dump…he normally doesn’t ask for it all the time. Ryan said not tonight buddy and Hagen thanked him for not giving him any candy because he was really full.

Tata!
Carrie

Mojito Recipe

So good...keep losing the recipe...want it on the blog to remember it!!

Mojito Recipe

Make a simple syrup by putting 1 cup water and 1 cup of sugar in a pan over heat...stir until all sugar is dissolved. I didn't have to boil it and you don't WANT to boil it...just heat enough to dissolve sugar. I add it to a 2 cup measuring cup to pour easily.

To make the drink:
1. in a shaker juice 1/2 a lime
2. 1 shot glass of Simple Syrup
3. 1 shot glass of Rum
4. about 4 mint leaves torn up a couple of times to let the mint go
5. 2 ice cubes

Shake the shaker like your Mama taught you...shake it hard girl...make it so you feel places on your body shake that you never knew existed.

Pour into a cup, add a bit of club soda (probably about a 1/4 cup) and add some ice.

Your welcome,
Carrie

8 questions

So the lovely and wonderful Sass tagged me in “8 Questions”…Here you go!
1. What is your most recent pet peeves?
answer: Hi, have we met? Because EVERYTHING is my pet peeve right now. One off the top of my head is people driving around (mostly in Minivans) with little kids that I KNOW should be in car seats bouncing around! It KILLS me!


2. Favorite guilty pleasure?
answer: Reality TV, Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream, going out to dinner, and shopping for cute clothes at little boutiques!

3. Have you ever faked an O?
answer: Oh please….hasn’t everyone?!


4. If you could be famous for something, what talent would you choose?
answer: I would love to have a special crafty talent! I am not crafty or creative and would love to! Decorating, making unique things, anything like that! OR maybe being able to find ugly pieces of furniture and slapping some paint on them and making them beautiful!

5. Would you rather be invisible or be able to fly?
answer: Fly…I would just fly home from work, Fly away to escape, Fly to the grocery store…how fun!


6. What are the top 3 things every relationship needs?
answer: Feeling of being secure and loved, Sense of humor, Teamwork mentality

7. Who do you think is the most annoying “Big” Blogger?
answer: I like all the ones I have come across!


8. Do you love me?
answer: With every being of my soul Sass…you are funny, beautiful, and fun to be around! Glad I “met” you!!!


Ummm...not sure if you noticed ladies but up at the top of this post...I hyperlinked to Sass's page. Yep...I finally figured it out! It was hard...I'm worn out...I need a beer...but will wait till November.

I feel so smart right now! (shut up Casey...it's baby steps...)

Tata,
Carrie

I swear I'm alive...just lazy...

Why do I have that same feeling of “I haven’t been to church in forever” when I don’t update my blog! I have no excuses except for just being LAZY. Honestly lazy lazy lazy! So here is another round of randomness:

1. Belly shot…here you go ladies…29 weeks and getting big!

2. I've been so lazy lately that our house actually resembled an episode of Hoarders this weekend. It was nasty...Ryan and I would talk about it and then shrug our shoulders and just left it. We picked it up on Sunday night and all is right in the world, but it was kinda nice to just not do anything about it all weekend.

3. I got Hagen a glow in the dark pig that changes colors and is on a charger thing. I put it on his nightstand and sweet baby sleeps with his face pressed against his bed rail so he can see it when he wakes up. It is a neat one...got it at Pottery Barn Kids...when he gets to the point of having to go potty in the night he can just grab the pig off the charger and take it with him to the potty so he can see. Cross your fingers that it continues to work. The past 2 nights he has not woken up crying.

4. I actually got up with Hagen yesterday morning because Ryan had a Fantasy Football draft the night before. Hagen slept till 8:30 which is great! But at 12:15 I told Ryan I had to lay down for a minute...I woke up 2 hours later just in time for Hagen to go down. I felt like a winner... I'm having this weird thing going on...when I stand up I get out of breath SO easily...it's like she is sitting on a blood vessel or something and I get worn out. I have to sit down and catch my breath...

5. Pia's knee is doing so well! There was a moment that she could have to have another surgery to break up scar tissue, but she has been in intense therapy for 2 weeks going every day to see if she can avoid it. We'll see!!!

6. I went to a baby shower on Saturday. It is for a high school friend that is pregnant with boy/girl twins...Georgia and Rhyder. We are due 2 days apart...she is about 4 foot 10 inches. I feel like a wimp complaining about being out of breath. She looks adorable and I can't wait to see her little body when she is really pregnant! She is 29 weeks and they weigh 3.1 ounces and 3.4 ounces already...

7. We are going to the lake house this weekend...on the Lake of the Ozarks. We decided against going to Destin this year to enjoy Grandpa's lake house instead. Remember, he passed away in January...my parents bought his lake house to keep in the family. I can honestly say that I have NEVER been this unorganized before a trip EVER. I am a list maker...haven't even started a list. I have to get bed rails, a blowup pool, a night light (May take Bacon...that's his pigs name), and then of course some of my special diet food in case the Piggly Wiggly size grocery store doesn't have the things I want/need...

8. Even though the instant oatmeal that is Lower Sugar Maple Brown sugar has the right amount of carbs/protein it jacked me up on my blood sugar! I'm supposed to be below 120 and it was 155...crap...it was SO good and out of my usual egg/toast routine...boo...

9. Poor Ryan is now being bossed around now. "Ryan, can you be a doll and get me this?" "Ryan can you get me the remote?" Miss Bossy britches has arrived...I can't help it. Remember I am creating the most precious human being right now and cant be bothered with little things.

10. On the bossing him around thing...I did laundry yesterday and I fold it and put it in the basket and then take it to the closet to put away. Well yesterday I had 2 loads folded in one basket and it was kinda heavy. I asked Ryan (my pack mule) to take it to the closet for me. He did and then BOLTED out. I said, "well while you were here you could have helped hang your stuff." He said he bolted because something was in his eye...my ass...but it was kinda funny. You should have seen him put the basket down and dart out the door...

11. One last tidbit...Hagen got 2 stickers for being a good boy. At the time he was wearing his underware and that's it. Where did he decide to put the stickers??? yep...pasties...Ryan was so proud.

That's all I got for now ladies. Sorry so boring...

Carrie

French Fry Nighmares...not all related

Someone brought in French Fries to the office…it smells so good…so good I may just have to go punch them in the ear…gah! I don’t think I have smelled ONE French fry since I have been here for 3 years…why now? Why when I have a cup of raw carrots to gag down…by the way, 1 cup of raw carrots is hard! It is much easier to down a big can of V8…

So I have a dilemma that I need help with. But first a cute story of Hagen James…

The other night was not one of his shining moments. He was being naughty so he actually went to bed with no book, no story, and NO song…it was really bad. It makes for a sad night for Ryan and I and of course Hagen. But the next morning he gets it and says first thing that he is going to be a good listener so he can get a book.

On the way to school he was reading me a book in the back but said he didn’t know the words. I told him that maybe when he learns to read he can read a night night story to Hazel. He said, “Unless I’m mad at her and then she won’t get a book.”

Nice…I felt like a big winner. I explained to him that I was not mad at him but upset for how he was behaving and we cannot do that before bed.

Ok, so now onto my dilemma…

Hagen has become a scardy cat…I’m talking it is the middle of the day and won’t go into the kitchen from our living room (which is wide open) to get a drink by himself scared. (by the way, I keep a cup of water on the kitchen table so that he can have a drink whenever he wants)

We have recently put a stool under the light switch in the bathroom so that he can turn on the light by himself to go potty. BUT he is scared of the hallway. SO, we put a hallway nightlight thing that has a flashlight that sits on it that he can grab…nope, not good enough.

We are talking shakes like a leaf scared ladies. What do I do?

Another part of this scared stuff is waking up in the middle of the night from bad dreams…mostly involving scary doggies…isn’t that sad… AND I remember when that started. I am an idiot and showed him a sonogram of Hazel when she looked like “a little puppy”…well my friends…there you have it.

I know someone out there has dealt with night terrors with their little ones or being scared to leave the room etc….what do I do?

Stupid carrots are staring at me…I’m going to have nightmares about stupid dumb boring carrots…

Carrie