Lucky Mommy

Just finished feeding Elise, which was the first time since she ate right before she went to bed at 8 O'CLOCK! That's normal for her. She is an EXCELLENT sleeper. God, definitely realized how much I needed a good sleeper. After the not so fun pregnancy, I'm still trying to catch up on sleep! I found out I was pregnant because I was supposed to have my gall bladder out. The surgeon saw me for the first time on a Tuesday, and scheduled me for the next morning because she had a cancellation. So I went down to the lab for blood work about 20 minutes before they closed. When I got to the hospital at 9:30 the next morning, I don't think they even had my results yet. So I registered, they took me back to the "holding area", or whatever you want to call it, and started getting me ready. Just as the nurse was about to run my IV, another nurse came in and handed her a paper. She looked at it, and then looked up and asked, "Could you be pregnant?" I said," Well, yeah, I could be." She responded, "Well, we're not going to run this IV yet, because I think you are." And I was. About a week pregnant. Do you know how long a pregnancy seems when you know THAT early on?!


So because my gall bladder was bad to begin with, I had a "fun" pregnancy. I was nauseous 24/7. The whole time. To the point where if I didn't take Zofran, I was useless. Still had a few gall bladder attacks, but thankfully those were at a minimum. Then my liver enzymes decided to rise and bile salts built up under my skin and caused AWFUL itching. My OB had decided to do the c-section 2 weeks early because of the liver enzymes, but Elise decided she was coming a week before she was scheduled.


I started having contractions Thursday November 10th. But they weren't evenly spaced and were kind of erratic. So I wasn't certain that they were contractions. I just knew it wasn't Braxton Hicks because nothing helped. I was already scheduled for a non-stress test that day, so we just went in early. I wasn't dilated and the "cramps" weren't registering as contractions. So we went home. I just kept having these "cramps" and they got worse and worse. Finally early Saturday morning I told Brandon I couldn't take it anymore and I didn't care what they said, I was going back to the hospital. While we were getting ready to leave I lost my plug. Now we were convinced. And thank goodness so was the nurse who checked me out, because the stupid machine still wasn't registering them as contractions! But this time I was 2 cm. So after moving the stupid little monitor a thousand times to try and get them to register and finally getting a couple good ones, she called my doctor. Dr K had been there when we got there, so she already kind of knew what was going on. The nurse talked to Dr K at about 9:30 am, came in at about 9:50 and said "Well, we're doing this c-section at 11:15" So for the next hour about 3 nurses at a time were zooming in and out around me, getting everything they needed to done.


Skipping ahead to 12:22 pm, Elise Maxine joined the world at 6 lbs even and 19 in long <3


So for as much trouble as she gave me while she was still inside, she's a GREAT baby now that she's out.

Play Money

I thought I would share the play money I tossed together for the girls the other day. It's VERY simple, if you want something fancy, sorry, you'll have to look elsewhere ;) But if your happy with the basics, then feel free to save the image and print some out. I also made wallets for them out of card stock and tape (don't know how long they'll hold up, but they work for now!)


So here's the money

and here's one of the wallets

Nothing fancy, but the girls like it. Elise had a doctor's appointment the other day, and Bailey tried to give me "ten dollars" so I could take her :)

So I've decided to blog...

Hi. I'm a mother of three girls. A step-daughter who will be 5 next Sunday and easily counts as at least 10 kids ( because she's a handful not enormous), a 3 year old and a 2 month old. I'm not certain what all this blog will consist of, but it'll be mommy related. Savannah, the 5 year old, is...a trouble maker. Her favorite past time is irritating Bailey, the three year old.  She can be really helpful, if she wants something. It's an extremely aggravating situation with her mother. Her mother's days are every other weekend and from Tuesday at 6 pm till Thursday at 6 pm. However, her mother has not seen her at all this month. Her mother not picking her up is nothing new, but it's getting worse. Savannah lashes out sometimes because she misses her mother. Though she also tries to use that as an excuse for things CLEARLY not related. 


i.e.
ME: Savannah, why did you take this make-up from the bathroom and hide it under your bed?
SAVANNAH: 'Cause I miss my mommy.
ME: I don't think so, Savannah. You took it because you wanted it.


Bailey will probably be the subject of many blogs. Not because I play favorites, but simply because she is the nuttiest little kid who makes me laugh repeatedly through out the day. 


i.e.
MY HUSBAND, BRANDON: (singing) Live and let die
BAILEY: (singing) Live and let pie...apple!


Elise is... well, 2 months old. While she does definitely have her own personality already, only time will tell exactly what her personality will be. For now, she's just a pretty "good" baby. Sleeps WONDERFULLY for at least 8 hours a night, is friendly and inquisitive. She doesn't smile a whole lot yet, but when she does it's from ear to ear. She's just starting to tell me stories too. I think she makes most of it up.


So that's a short intro to my kiddos. My husband and I have been married almost three years. He's a great daddy and husband. He works full-time at a factory; I work full-time at MOMMY. 


Thank you for reading :)