The Four of Us

We are alive and well. J is back to work and Little J is back to school. C and I are quite content with napping all day long! He does have a problem with sleeping in his crib at night. He's fine all day long and as soon as we hit the bed he's inconsolable. Needless to say we're back to the family bed for a couple of weeks. I would much rather sleep then listen to him scream in his crib. Especially since it's at the foot of my bed ;)

We found a pediatrician. I don't believe I ever mentioned that I didn't have one. I absolutely HATE the one little J goes to. If there is one thing I REALLY miss about Mississippi it would be our pediatricians. It was a father and his son and they were fantastic. I have gone through three here for little J and he only goes once a year!!! I decided not to even call the current one for the baby. I decided to try a friends ped group. and so far they meet our standards. We weren't kept waiting, the office was clean, we saw an actual dr, and the staff was friendly. I am going to switch Little J as well. (we have an HMO so I have to assign a dr)

I am feeling fine. I was so glad to be able to come home early. I haven't been resting as much as the dr ordered but who really has the luxury of lying around for two weeks to recover? Not me and I don't mind!

I have my postpartum appt in three weeks. The B/C is want is not covered by my insurance and it costs around $400. I am having an internal debate about spending that much. Of course the cost of pills over the next five years would be more then that. J says to go ahead and get what I want. I really don't want to spend that much money at once especially since I am not working. I am going to call the dr on Monday to see how much their office actually charges.

Time for bed for me. Good night!

We're Home!

We got discharged this morning. A whole day early, thank goodness. Everything was perfect. I did have a panick attack about ten minutes before they took me to the O.R.
and it's a feeling I have never experienced before. It didn't last long and I am fine now. I am sure it was just nerves.

The baby is beautiful and both J's are helping and loving every minute of it. I am pretty drowsy right now so I will post more later.

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Christina Aguilara may not be my cup of tea but I really respect the fact that she gave her son a "normal" not celebrity name. I am so tired of them naming their kids crazy shit.


In other news. I was trying to clean out my closet so that we could move the dresser in there. Our bedroom is now a disaster area. The closet is clean, the dresser is moved (J) and it looks great. But I had about 4 boxes of random crap. Although two of them are making their way to Goodwill I have the contents of the other two scattered around me. I have filled two trash bags and I still can't see the floor. Since I can't finish what I start I have since wandered into the laundry room. It looks great and all the crap is in the middle room. I then cleaned out the middle room closet and same thing CRAP everywhere. I need some of those HUGE lawn trash bags. We have some at work so I may stop by tomorrow.

I am not nervous yet. This seems to be on every ones mind. I will probably be nervous when I enter the hospital.I have a good feeling I won't go into labor before Wednesday and that left to it's own devices my uterus would not have cooperated this time around either. I think I made the right decision not trying for a vbac.

I will keep you posted :) If you are a frequent user of M y Sp ace send me an email. I have a very private account that is family and close friends only. That is where I will update first. As I have "known" most of you for years now I feel fine in allowing access to the small few :)

6 MORE DAYS!

6 MORE DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And he will be named Christopher. No dilation yet. Mild contractions here and there. All will go according to schedule it seems. :)

My last day of work was yesterday and this morning was lovely and un-rushed. I picked J up when school was over and we still had plenty of daylight left. I love it already.

I was killing time this morning and wound up at T@rget to pick up a few baby things. I found all the toys were finally at 75% off!!!! SCORE of the year. I didn't go nuts but I did get things for J's birthday and a "Big Brother" gift for him. I immediately called my sister because we all know that word gets around and T@rget clearance sells out fast. She hightailed it to her closest store and filled up two carts.

I will keep you posted but it looks like nothing will happen before the 16th....

Briefly....

Christmas was nice. Santa didn't check his naughty list and came anyway. James certainly spoils the boy. His family spent the WHOLE day and I was worn out by the end of it. It's hard having to entertain. There were plenty of times that I had to sneak away to take a nap.

We did nothing for New Year's, as usual. We really don't see the big deal. We watched "The Jerk" and went to bed.

Little J goes back to school tomorrow. I am hoping he will quickly settle into the routine again.

Jan 16 is the birthday. We still can't settle on a name. J was actually mean about it today. He thinks I can't make a decision. Unfortunately it's not that at all. I can't help that every name I like gets vetoed. I am having to compromise to his choices and he doesn't even realize it.

I also really don't want anyone to visit me in the hospital and he says I am being silly and wouldn't be that way if it were my family. He's right, My mom and dad have seen me at my worst and it's not as embarrassing. When you have to feel like crap around people that aren't your immediate family it's not fun. Everyone knows that I am very weird about being by myself. I am just more comfortable that way. He said no one is there to see me. And he's right but I also have to sit there and smile while they're in my newborns face. I have to chat and act like I am happy to see them, when all I really want to do is rest. Can't it wait for three days until I am home?

My last day of work is the 9th adn now that there is an end in sight it's not bothering me as much and the people I can't stand aren't as irritating. :)