It’s midnight and I’m tired so it’ll have to wait till tomorrow to get
finished!!!
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I had a headache when I went to my doctor’s appointment yesterday, which I mentioned to the nurse as she was taking my BP b/c I knew it would be up – and sure enough it was. I don’t know which causes which, but anytime I have a headache my BP is up. I hadn’t been feeling wonderful all day as it was and before my doctor’s appointment I had to rush home to meet the guy to look at our heater – which of course was working fine while he was there and then this morning it didn’t want to come on again when I tried to get the house warm while we were getting dressed. Great – gotta make another phone call. I think we’re about to have another cold snap and we can’t be without heat. My parents of course said we could stay with them if it got too cold & wasn’t fixed, but maybe this time they’ll be able to figure out the problem.
So…as I was saying, I hadn’t really been feeling great all day as it was and then was rushing home from work and then rushing back out to my doctor’s office and knew my BP was high. I thought the good news of “thinking” the heater was fixed along with the good news that we’re finally making progress (I’m now dilated to 1cm and 50% effaced) would make me happy & calm, but maybe it was just too much for one day for me at 37 weeks. I don’t know, but the headache just continued to get worse as the day went on. So I picked up Emma and headed home – told Michael he had dinner duties and tried to lay down for a while hoping it would get better.
It didn’t.
It never did.
It just continued to get worse as the night went on.
I put Emma to bed and laid down with her a while before going to bed early myself – I had ice on my head most of the evening, but it didn’t really help much either. I was nauseous all night. I didn’t sleep most of the night. Kept getting up thinking I was going to be sick and then the movement would cause more pain to my head. I took a Tylenol at some point during the night, but of course that doesn’t really do much, but it’s all I can take. It rained all night and stormed – the electricity went off once – and I was up for all that.
This morning I slept in a little and Emma woke up early and came in to snuggle with me. I finally got up, but it was slow going. I sipped on a coke for the nausea and finally felt like I wouldn’t have to call in sick. I may regret that and be leaving work early today if I don’t really improve this morning.
I wish I could thoroughly describe how my headaches feel. Honestly, childbirth is the only pain that I can think of that comes close. It’s a sharp, throbbing pain over my left eye that cuts way back into my head – it’s like someone is driving a hot poker into my head ripping my skull open. And if I happen to sneeze or cough – then it’s Katy Bar the Door b/c the pain is just intensified at least ten-fold!! It’s been that way for over a decade now – I was scared for years I had something going on – like a clot or something crazy like that right there, but I’ve had CT scans and they always come back normal. It’s just where my migraines reside I guess. Does anyone else who has migraines have such a concentrated pain like that??? I was lucky during my pregnancy with Emma b/c I did not have one headache – which is odd b/c my BP was up a lot when I was pregnant with her. This time around everything has just gone perfect, but I’ve had a few bad migraines still. 
Well, I am going to see how today goes and if by lunch time I’m still feeling puny I may take a half day and go home to bed…
I am still exciting about finally making progress baby-wise, though!! It’s only 1cm and could be this way for a month, but at least something is happening!!
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According to BabyCenter.com all is okay to venture out now!!
No, no, no – I am not going to rush him!! He’s my baby boy and he’ll get here when he’s good and ready – I’m not going to be a pushy mama!! Maybe I’ll try to the guilt route, though! LOL Gotta save up all the painful stories from this gestation period to put onto him when he isn’t acting right!! Ha ha! Of course I would never do that either. My parents have never tried to guilt me for anything – or any of my siblings – and I would never be so terrible as to do that to my children either. So baby boy, you just take your time until you’re good and ready to say hello to us!
I think we finally have his room ready – I need to take some pictures. I have a few more prints that need to get hung up (this weekend hopefully) and the valance over the window needs to be hung – otherwise it’s all finished. It’s very simple, but very cute I think.
And I think we have decided on a name. It’s funny b/c it’s a name I recommended way back when and of course, Michael didn’t like it (why do men think the idea has to be theirs to be any good?), so I moved on from that name. Weeks and weeks later after not coming up with anything else that suited us both BAM! up pops this name again only from Michael. He now likes it and it’s his favorite – I on the other hand had moved on like I told you, so now I’m having to warm up to it again. What’s the name you ask…
Aaron Michael Kubeczka
Now keep in mind, it’s not settled 100%, written in stone, go out and get it embroidered onto everything - it’s the front runner. It’s Michael’s favorite name now and I am working back to liking it as much as I did when I first suggested it and he ran all over it!!! Don’t get me wrong – I do like the name (otherwise would I have suggested it?) – I like that it isn’t very common. I only knew one Aaron growing up – he was my best friend’s little brother actually – I know there are a few celebrities with the name, too:
- Aaron Allston, game designer and author of Star Wars books
- Aaron Burr, American politician and adventurer
- Aaron Carter, musician
- Aaron Davis, Canadian musician(pianist), former leader of the Aaron Davis Band and member of the Holly Cole Trio
- Aaron Eckhart, from “The Core” and other movies
- Aaron Neville, from the Neville Brothers, solo artist, also known for singing duets with Linda Ronstadt
- Aaron Sorkin, creator of “The West Wing”
- Aaron Tippin, country musician
- Aaron Rodgers – NFL Quarterback
(okay, so I don’t know who ALL those people are, though…)
Aaron was the brother of Moses – the name means “Mountain of Strength” – it is derived from the Hebrew name Aharon which is most likely of Egyptian origin (cool that its origin is Egyptian like me).
So – Emma & Aaron? They sound good together, too. And it’s cute to hear Emma say “Aaron”!
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It’s February – it’s a new month – time for a new desktop calendar, too (sorry I’m late)! This is the one I’m using and you’re welcome to download one for your own use (sans my baby girl’s picture, of course). Just click on the links below to download the size you need. Please leave some love via a comment if you download one!
If you think it looks familiar it should – it’s the set I also used for my blogger header this month.
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Yay! My baby girl is home! She spent the weekend at her Teta & Geddo’s house. It was weird waking up without her here bc she usually crawls into bed with us in the mornings. My parents came over Friday and picked her up. That night we went out to dinner with friends and Saturday morning I woke up thinking, “man Emma is sleeping late.” I had to remind myself she wasn’t here! I did the same thing this morning when I woke up for church. When I remembered she wasn’t here I realized I could snuggle back up under the covers a while bc I only had myself to get ready for church!
Saturday we had a lazy day in the house, but then had a nice date night and went out for fondue at The Melting Pot. It was so yummy! We haven’t been since I was pregnant with Emma. It was nice to have a date night/weekend before the baby comes bc I know after he gets here it’ll be a while before we get to again.
Tomorrow is my daddy’s birthday so today we all went over to my parents’ house for lunch and birthday cake – and to pick up Emma. The cake didn’t make it till lunch though bc Emma wanted a piece early and of course her Geddo obliged!! LOL
Now that Emma is home it’s noisy and back to normal aroudnd here!! I like it! I missed her bunches even though she asked stay with my parents again tonight!!
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When Emma toots (yes, little girls toot) she would let us know by saying, “I tooted.” When she first started saying we thought it was funny & cute so we laughed…mistake! That, of course, made her want to tell us every time it happened and now I wish she wouldn’t announce her flatulence with every occurrence!! So, now when she says it I tell her, “That’s a secret so don’t tell anyone. Just say excuse me if someone hears it instead.” Well, this morning the babysitter called me to tell me that she overheard Emma toot this morning and say to the other little girl with her, “I tooted – but it’s a secret!!!” Hey, at least I know she is listening!
(cute onesie from the shower on Saturday)
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Jamie did an excellent job Saturday throwing a baby shower for us!! It was so much fun and everything looked so beautiful!!
(I should’ve put my shoes back on for this shot!!)
Everyone was impressed with her creativity – she had yummy food…with hand-dipped, chocolate covered strawberries & fruit skewers that were delicious…
Awesome decorations she made herself (I think she was told that she should go into business!!) The pom-poms are still up by the way – Emma had fun eating dinner under them!! LOL
Hand-dipped, candy coated pretzels as party favors – these were yummy, too and a super cute idea for the favors!
And of course a yummy cake from our favorite bakery – Lindy’s! Michael polished the last of this off last night by the way!!
I am so thankful Jamie- it all turned out so wonderful! And also thank you to everyone that came out to celebrate our little boy! He is lucky to have to many wonderful people that love him already! He got so many cute, cute clothes – I am going to have to suit him up in each to take pictures while they are still nice and clean before the spit-up and blow outs occur!! Ha ha!
This is a link to the rest of the pics from the shower and all the cute things everyone brought!
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And they cannot come soon enough either. I am seriously swelling now, though at my now-weekly appointment this past Wednesday my doctor told me everything was fine and just to keep my feet up when I can. It’s not only my feet, though – it’s my calves, my hands, my face…everything. I think even my nose has swollen. Ugh! Honestly, though I cannot really complain too much b/c with Emma all this started around month five or six…so, to not have to deal with it too much until this last month is a blessing.
Wednesday was my first weekly visit to the doctor – from here on out it’s every week. I haven’t started dilating & he hasn’t dropped any, but she said that doesn’t really predict anything about timing of labor. I could go the full four weeks or I could go into labor tomorrow. Nice – and I still don’t have my bags packed. That’s a task I must complete this weekend. I need to get the rest of the room finished, too. I have the valance for the window, but need to get a curtain rod to hang it and I bought a 2nd comforter for the crib that I am going to use as a wall hanging. Mother is putting some loops on it now for me so I can hang it on the wall. I don’t think we’re going to get the room painted liked we had wanted – time just crept up on us, so I think the things we got to hang on the wall will have to do for now.
(This is the 2nd comforter we bought to hang)
I’m feeling more nauseous these last couple of weeks, too and my headaches are back. Poor Michael – all I do in the evenings is whine!! He’s holding up pretty well, though – last night he rubbed my feet and legs for me b/c they were so swollen and aching. I had every pillow in the living room piled high with my feet propped up on them trying to get the swelling to go down some. I did get some relief.
I am very anxious for him to get here – but am also getting to that point where I’m a little anxious about delivery. I know what to expect now and hope it won’t be as bad the second time around, but it’s also still a bit scary. I mean, you know something painful is coming and you can’t do anything about it – even with drugs it’s still not fun!! It was expected with Emma – I mean, it was my first time so of course I should be a little scared. I didn’t think I would be this time. And it isn’t bad – don’t get me wrong, I’m not having nightmares about it or anything, but it’s just that unknown factor of how everything is going to go and the anticipation of the unavoidable pain that comes along with delivery. I think any woman who says they aren’t scared at all is either lying or already on the drugs when she says it! LOL
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So, I tried out a new Japanese restaurant for lunch today – Fudoku. The restaurant has actually been here a while, but it had a different name & honestly wasn’t wonderful. Now it’s under new ownership/management and it was yummy!!!
I went by my self so I sat at the bar, which is always fun! The sushi chef behind the bar and the hostess both commented about me being pregnant and asked how far along I was. When I told them I was due in 5 weeks they started commenting about how big I was – and actually asked me if I was having twins!!!! I pouted and said I was going to leave b/c they were making me feel bad.
(So, here’s me at 35 weeks)
(See Sable behind me trying to sneak into my closet!?!?)
Then the hostess asked what I was having and said that her mother always said that when women are pregnant with little girls the baby sucks all the prettiness away from the mother; that when it’s a boy though the mother is radiant and beautiful! She said she could tell I was having a boy. Okay – little redemption there! They said they always guess when pregnant women come in and they are usually right.
Finally the talk turned away from my belleh to food – Mmmm, sushi!! The chef asked me what I liked, “Cooked, of course,” he said. So, I told him my favorites and he made me a special roll with all the yummy cooked stuff I liked. He told me to come back after the baby was born and he’d made me another special roll with all my uncooked favorites – the tuna looked so yummy and the sweet shrimp! 5 more weeks and I can have all I want!! YUM-O!
So, he made me a Hanna Roll! And it was soooo good!
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These are three of the books that I read last year – I need some suggestions about a good book to read.
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It’s been a busy weekend…but a fun one, too – and it was nice b/c it lasted 4 days for me!! Friday was a lazy day – but the only one! Saturday we took Emma to see the Chipmunks Squeakquel. She loved it!!! That evening we had game night at the Mahan’s so Emma and all the kids got to spend the evening together playing at the Hayden’s house while the adults were playing! Game night was also a cover for a small surprise couple’s baby shower! We got a couple cute outfits for the baby and they had the neatest train cake – there were 9 individual train car cakes!!!
And before the actual game night began we got to spend some time playing “Guess the poo!” – thankfully it was really just chocolate!! LOL
The entire evening was a blast and all the kids had a great time, too. Sunday after church Emma & I headed over to my parents’ house. My dad’s brother and his wife from Cairo are in town for about a week so we wanted to spend time visiting with them. They haven’t seen Emma since she was a baby! She had fun showing Uncle Samir how to play her games!
Monday I was off, too – no, our office didn’t close for MLK day, but Emma and I had a dentist appointment and since my dentist is 30 minutes away I usually just take the day off so I don’t have to rush back to my side of town. You don’t change dentists when you find one you love if you don’t have to!! It is close to my parents’ house, too so we usually just spend the day with them. This was supposed to be Emma’s first dentist appointment, too. I really thought it was going to go well b/c she had been talking about letting the dentist count her teeth and mommy’s teeth. She marched in all confident – baby & blankie in tow for courage – I asked her if she wanted to sit in my lap or let me help her into the chair. No! She climbed up all on her own – my brave little girl. I took one picture and about a second later the tears started flowing. She was done – wasn’t having anymore!!!! We tried a couple more angles to get her to comply, but nothing worked – my dad had arrived by then so she just went home with him while I stayed and had my own cleaning. I scheduled my next appointment for 6 months down the road and had them make another for her, too – we’ll see if she is ready then!
When I was done I headed to my parents’ house again and the girls (my mother, my aunt, Emma & me) spent the day shopping – then after a late lunch Emma and I headed back home. She crashed for a while before her daddy came home from work. Then the two of them had a date night as I headed out with the girls for dinner/dessert! We (6 of us) went to dinner at Genghis Grill. When we finished eating someone had the glorious idea to head over to Cheesecake Factory for dessert! Yum-O!!! Brilliant idea – I think the credit belonged to Laci!!! We had such a great time – we didn’t make it home till after 9:00 (hey, school night and all!!) and all laughed so hard all night! I think we’re all ready to do it again next week – at least once more before the baby is born anyway! Though after would be good, too b/c then I would be able to share in the cocktails as well! Only five more weeks! Can’t come soon enough either – last night after we all got home I laid on the couch to put my feet up for the rest of the night – my ankles were pretty swollen. Today they aren’t quite as bad, but still puffy – as are my face & hands, too. My face looks very round today. At least the week is going to go quickly b/c it’s going to be a very busy week, plus tomorrow I’ll be going back to the doctor and we have a lunch and happy hour for a coworker that’s leaving the company. So sad to see him go. I’ll once again be ready for the next weekend when it gets here after everything I’m anticipating for this week!
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I have been reading The Pioneer Woman for quite some time now…as I am sure many of you do as well. I mean, she’s awesome. She’s a (in her own words) “Desperate Housewife, who lives in the country & channels Lucile Ball & Ethel Merman!” Her website is fantastic, which is evident from the awards she’s won, too. She has a main page with daily writings, happenings on their ranch, a cooking section, photography section, home & garden section and a section about homeschooling her four children. I don’t know how she has time for everything she does! She’s also the creator of Tasty Kitchen. She was on the Bonnie Hunt Show and has recently been on tour (including a trip here to Houston – which I’m bummed I missed) for her new book, which is what I originally started this post about!
When her cookbook first came out I knew I wanted a copy – but it was also when I was buying Christmas presents and I try very hard not to buy anything for myself during that time (don’t want to get off track on the gift buying for others). So, I bought a copy anyway – not for me, though. I bought one for my mother for Christmas b/c she is also a fan of P-Dub’s. I introduced her to the site and now she reads it more than me I think!! The book arrived well before Christmas so I had a long time to sit with it before I had to wrap it up for mother – I was able to really review it for her!! LOL And it’s a GREAT cookbook. It has stories in it, great pictures (PW is an amazing photographer) and all the recipes are delicious. I’ve made quite a few of her recipes over the years I’ve been reading and made my own variations of many as well.
So, when Christmas time arrived I new I would have to part with the book – Mother was ecstatic to get it, too. She had made a comment about it when it first came out and I told daddy to do everything he could to make sure she didn’t order it b/c I already had a copy of it sitting at my house waiting to be given to her!! Then after Christmas I had three packages dropped off on my doorstep early one morning while I was still sleeping (I took a good long staycation during the holidays). I later got a call from Elaine letting me know that she had been out my way early for work and had dropped off presents for us – Elaine knows me so well for in the box for me was my own copy of The Pioneer Woman’s Cookbook!! And she didn’t even know that I had bought a copy for my mother! I sat down with my own copy that night like it was a novel! Ha ha!
Thanks again Elaine!!
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Well, it is definitely getting close! I’ve started having contractions (Braxton Hicks)over the past couple of weeks – nothing too severe and not too frequent. I had them with Emma, but they are a lot stronger this time, which my doctor also said would happen with each pregnancy – so the more kiddos you have the more of these you’ll experience.
Today has definitely been the most frequent, though. I’ve been having about two an hour all day today. They were worse the first half of the day, though and have been a lot better this afternoon. As long as I’m having less than 4-6 per hour, though I’m in good shape. Doesn’t make for a comfortable work day, though that’s for sure!! My back has been killing me all day and I’ve been in meetings all afternoon. At some point I just have to stand for a bit b/c of the pain in my back. Wish I could work from a recliner – man wouldn’t that be nice? I wouldn’t mind sleeping in one either to be honest…trying to find a comfortable position at night is a fruitless effort. I know my days to get the opportunity to sleep through the night are numbered, too so I would really love to find a comfortable position to get a full nights sleep for the next three weeks. I’m just so thankful I’m not suffering too much swelling this time around like I did with Emma (hope I didn’t just jinx myself there).
My mother made the baby a beautiful afghan and matching cap that we’ll use to bring him home from the hospital – we still need to find a coming-home outfit, too. She’s made him quite a few things actually – a quilt, three hats total, an afghan, a new diaper bag and a baby sling – which turned out fantastic. I’ll have to take some pictures of it on with one of Emma’s baby dolls!! She was going to make me a nursing cover, too but a friend told me about a great give-away that was going on here, so I decided to order one instead. It’s all finally coming together – slowly and at the very end like the procrastinator I am! LOL
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