another trip to the hospital

as of two years ago i had never been in the hospital.

no injuries.

no broken bones.

then i went to the hospital to have brette,

and all of a sudden i've been visiting,

what seems like, pretty regularly.

here's the story of our latest trip to the ER:

 

around 3am i woke up with pains in my back and stomach.

i thought i had to go to the bathroom (tmi? sorry.)

but it just got worse and worse.

i literally rolled around my bathroom for an hour and a half.

then i puked.

so i finally woke up ronnie around 4:30 and told him

i was in crazy pain and i was sick.

since we didn't know if it was baby related,

we decided not to take any chances and head to the ER.

i was seriously nervous that they were going to tell me

it was just gas pains or something stupid,

but the pain was intense i felt like i had no choice.

luckily, my mom had spent the night because she had

to watch brain's girls the next day so we put

her in charge of B and headed out the door.

i got right in, no long wait in the waiting room, thank god.

they immediately diagnosed me with kidney stones.

not able to pee.

huge pain that goes from my back to my stomach.

tenderness in my back.

but the bad news is,

you just have to let stones pass.

and normally they give you some crazy good pain meds.

but since i'm pregnant they were nervous about what to give me.

so while they tried different concoctions i laid there in pain.

they did an ultersound and checked the fetal heart rate,

all which looked good.

since they couldn't get my pain under control,

they admitted me and sent me up to a room.

they hooked me up to a morphine machine and kept it

pumping until i couldn't feel much of anything anymore.

and they decided to keep me overnight.

i was finally able to pee around 3pm and

even though the pain wasn't better,

they said it was a good sign.

i met with a urologist a couple times and two different OBs.

everyone had a different opinion about what was actually wrong,

but in the end,

i stopped the morphine around 2am and relied on tylenol.

they released me the next morning with two different diagnosis:

the urologist thinks i had kidney stones which i passed.

the OB thinks my uterus had expanded cutting off my urethra

not allowing my urine to go from my kidneys to my bladder.

in which case, i would have the same symptoms as kidney stones.

so who knows.

i don't really care as long as the pain stays away.

so i lost a couple days sleeping in the hospital and

then sleeping at home,

but i feel back to myself now.

my sister-n-law stopped by with a balloon and magazine

and my sister-cousin (a new breed we've discovered in our family)
 brought over homemade soup,

bread, reese's peanut butter cups and flowers.

 

um, thank you.

 

i feel much better and hopefully i won't

be visiting the hospital again until i'm going into labor.
it's my new goal.

 

spreading the news

i get really excited to tell people i'm pregnant.

like really.

but like always, i wait until i've met with my doctor and

everything has been confirmed as healthy.

since i found out later than normal that i was expecting

and i couldn't get into the doctor for a couple weeks

people found out kind of late.

even when i went to my first appointment i didn't get to meet with my doctor,

but just a nurse that showed me a video on the do's and don'ts of pregnancy.

but my blood work did show i was pregnant and since i was already

out of my first trimester,

we told immediate family.

(parents, ronnie's sister, my brother)

i had a shirt i ordered off esty for brette to wear.

a little game, so it's not so obvious,

but fun for me to watch people figure it out.

 

this is the only pic i got that wasn't blurry,

because she's always on the move.

(her shirt didn't have the last two lines shown in the sample.

it just said "im going to be a big sister")

 

 

 

my parents were shocked and super happy.

it took brian and jaime a minute to read it

because brette was running around,

which is fun.

 



but then i had to wait even longer to tell others. 

i finally saw my doctor at 15 weeks.

heard the heartbeat and had her confirm

that things were as they should be.

since it was already february,

i decided i would send out valentine's.

i wanted to get brette in a picture,

but once again, trying to get one that's not blurry is a challenge.

so i found this on paperless post and sent these out

to all our family and friends for valentine's day.

 

 

there was NO WAY for people to misunderstand

or for it to go wrong,

like it did so many times with my announcement of brette.

so i'm excited that everyone knows now,

but sometimes it still doesn't feel real.

i guess i'm in the "easy second trimester" stage

where you don't really feel or look pregnant yet.

i'm sure i will long for these days this spring.

 

 

island destination

omg.

we bought a freaking island.

i've been wanting one since we tore down

the wall in the kitchen.

we considered having one made, but all the

estimates came back at $1400.

boo.

we have a lot more important updates that

 i'd rather spend money on, so i crossed it

off my list for now.

then, my friend sent me a few awesome ideas

on how to build one ourselves.

honestly, that's probably the smartest way to go,

but ain't nobody got time for that.

and then i searched online for one to buy,

but they were either chinsey or way too expensive.

dang the luck.

until... (sound the trumpets)

we stopped in sutherlands.

have you ever been there?

it's amazing.

waaaay better than lowe's.

a friend of ours suggested it over thanksgiving

and i kind of forgot about it.

but he mentioned it again when he stopped by our house,

so when i saw one off the side of the highway

with nothing else to do, we decided to take a look.

ronnie was impressed with their beer prices,

but i loved all the furniture.

plus they had cow hides.

we're totally going back for one of those.

but when i saw this beauty,

i thought it was perfect for our space,

thankfully, ronnie agreed.

and the best part?

it was only $700 (including the two chairs).

HALF the price.

wahoo!

 

see the star?

i hate it.

ronnie is cutting it off.

but besides that,

its perfect.

now ronnie just needs to case that door frame

and hang the pendants over the bar.

badabababa - i'm lovin' it

 

 

 



eighteen weeks

i'm  eighteen weeks.

weight?  i've gained 3 lbs. not a huge deal, but i can tell my body it already changing. i don't think if i was walking down the street someone would guess i'm pregnant, but i feel fat.

cravings?  cereal, which is a reminder of my pregnancy with brette.  and not healthy adult cereal, but crap like fruit loops.  don't judge.  

side effects? there are plenty.
1. the first trimester was not good.  worse than with brette.  i was puking a lot. with brette i definitely felt sick but i never threw up.  this time, there was puking.  ronnie got so used to it, that one morning i was throwing up and he came in to ask me which socks he should wear.  what. the. hell.  how about a little sympathy.  but around 13 weeks, the nausea wore off and i feel just fine now.
2. i pee somewhere between 2:30 and 4:00 every night.
3. my boobs are bigger.  like i popped a button off my shirt the other day.
4. i'm tired.  it was worse during the first trimester.  i took A LOT of naps. it didn't help that i was fighting the flu and a cold. but even now, there is a chance that i might be in bed by 8:30.

baby?  baby is the size of an onion and is around 5 inches. he/she can also blink and swallow now, which sounds good to me.  i felt some kicking for the first time last week too.  i got annoyed with that with brette, which i'm sure i'll hate it after awhile too, but its a nice little reminder that someone is in there growing.

preparations? we haven't done really anything yet.  discussed names here and there.  we've told our family and friends. (more on that later) but the nursery is empty and we haven't even started stockpiling diapers.

the best thing? besides feeling some kicking, the thing i'm looking forward to most is my doctor appointment on march 4th.  we have on sonogram then and will find out if we're having a boy or a girl. i literally cannot wait.  any guesses?  i'm feeling boy, but who knows.

the worst thing?  my clothes have started to get tight.  i'm not in maternity wear yet, but i rock a lot of dresses and leggings.  things that don't require me to button up around my waist. ugh, i'm not looking forward to months and months of a limited wardrobe.

so there it is. 

me at eighteen weeks.

heading out of town

 

 

president's day was monday so

the bank was closed and i actually had a long weekend.

ronnie's been wanting to visit his family in illinois so

we decided to head out friday night after i got off work.

we hit the road later than expected (7:30) which meant brette was asleep

within the first 30 minutes, but it also meant we didn't get to his

mom's until 2:00 in the morning.

and just to be clear, ronnie doesn't do well driving at night

so i got the 11:00 to 2:00 shift.

fun times.

especially since when we stopped at a gas station for snacks

ronnie brought back mustard pretzels.

the grossest thing i can think of to eat.

so we had rain playing as background noise,

ronnie and brette asleep

and only mustard pretzels and water to keep me going.

it was a long night,

but it was a nice trip.

always relaxing.

 

ronnie sits around most mornings talking to his mom and grandma

while they drink at least two pots of coffee.

its nice to see ronnie actually sit around.

something i could do professionally.

and even though our valentine's day wasn't romantic,

its nice to get away.

in fact, ronnie and i didn't even spend the evening together.

he went out with his cousins, while i went to bed at 9:00.

but i am still waiting on my reese's hearts.

those things are tradition and i don't care where we are,

he better buy me some.

 

we didn't get to see all of his extended family this time,

but we did have a little family dinner sunday night

with a few of his cousins and their kids.

brette loved watching everyone run around.

and she found a new love for bologna.

who knew?

and the next day we headed out.

another long drive home

(in the snow)

but i'm happy we made the effort to go back.

sometimes a boy just needs his mom.

 (you can see for miles)

 (honey, brette's new best friend)

 (the barn at his mom's house)

 (relaxing and playing with B)

it's true - here comes baby #2

i made it facebook official without one word on my blog first.

doesn't seem quite right.

but it's true.

the news is out.

baby number two is heading our way.

due july22nd.

brette and this kiddo will be two years apart.

i was super shocked and excited when i found

out in early december.

after september, my doctor said to wait a few months before

trying again, so ronnie and i had decided to wait until after christmas.

then i didn't get my period in november.

i didn't think much of it because

my doctor said that things could be a little off

and it might take a few months to regulate.

but when i didn't get my period in december either,

i started to wonder.

ronnie was over working on our house one friday,

so on my lunch break i headed that way with a pregnancy test in hand.

and yep, a few minutes later it was confirmed.

pregnant.

again.

i was excited, a little nervous and already

further along than expected.

holy cow.

its seriously a good thing i was so diligent

with birth control all those years,

because apparently getting pregnant is a non-issue.

 

and

now we wait.

 

this is me last week at 16 1/2 weeks.

i'll be 18 weeks on saturday.

and look at miss b in the background.

adorable as always.

another week

omg

there are a lot of good things about living outside city limits,

but trying to find cable and internet is not one of them.

i tried calling 3 cable companies and none of them 

"service my area."

so we decided to get satellite and had DISH come out to set us up.

the guy told us we have too many trees and he has no place to put one

unless he puts a pole in our front yard and even then, 

he thinks once all the leaves come in the reception might be bad.

scratch that.

we FINALLY found a cable company that goes to our neighborhood.

they are kind of expensive,

but right now,

i'm just ready to have internet and tv again.

this week:

ronnie made it home from vegas,

tired but in one peice.

we had a game night with friends on friday

and it was nice to do something social instead of work on the house.

but,

the house is coming along.

curtains are hung and a few decorative items have been set out.

our dishwasher was delivered,

so we now have a dishwasher for sale along with a refrigerator.

someone, come buy them both.

brette recovered from her fever,

just to get pink eye from her cousins.

so that's been fun.

i'm ready to lay down and 

watch some tv.

phew.