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Well I guess I should start one of these things seeing it has been almost 2 months since we got hitched lol.

We have been so busy since we got married I am finding it hard to even get cought up on sleep these days.

We have not even realy been able to be alone for more then one night but that was out of the house. My brother is here for the summer to help with the kids while we work. Then the kids start school and I am trying to figure out a way I can stay home. I have to have an income coming in, there is no way around that. But I also need to have something lined up to be able to get done the job I am at.


We have had a good summer though. Been doing things that have been planned since before the wedding like going to Old Orchard Beach with my sister and her family. Going to bike week her in town. Having the kids B-day parties. And just out concert that we got tickets to as a gift for the wedding.

We are trying to get pregnant. I know I can concieve as I have 2 already. But I am not getting any younger. I will be 31 in Dec. Nicholas is just barely 28 but he seems to wonder if he can get me pregnant. I know I have 2 great kids and if that is all we ever get we are both happy with that . But I REALY REALY want to be pregnant. And I realy want to give Nicholas a child of his own. I would loved to see him hold HIS baby. To see him with a baby would just make me melt.

We are trying and not worrying about it. If it happens it happens.

But my baby ( my 5 yr old ) goes to kindergarden this year. Aug. 30th he goes for the first time. I am not ready for this at all. He goes to kindergarden camp for 2 weeks for 2 hours a day starting next week. This is to get him ready. I think it will help him ( of is that to help mom lol ).

Now it is back to making sure we have the things we need. I gave up on the check book. I handed it over to Nicholas and told him to deal with it that I am tired of it. He managed to put aside $300 for our weekend at Old Orchard Beach with out me knowing. I told him to start it up again.

We are going to try to go to WV for Thanksgiving. My ex usualy has the kids for this holiday and I have a feeling that ig I keep them this year he will want them for Christmas and I dont think I can handle that. But I guess I have to suck it up. It is bound to happen now that he is with a girl who had kids who actualy likes his kids.

This is it for now I guess. I have to get the kids some food. any other things I feel like sharing I will put here.

[LaceyinPgh]

Woo Hoo! Gwen joined the married girls! We appreciate your company. Good luck on the ttc. At least until you reach your goal, trying to get there should be fun. Also good luck on getting to WV for Thanksgiving. I'm not usre what part you are headed to but where you go it should be beautiful that time of the year.

[rainbowtreat]

OK so married life is great. But dealing with the ex is a pain in the a$$ most of the time.

I have been having a hard time with the getting the kids teeth fixed. For about 2 yrs after splitting up with my ex I went into debt just to feed my kids. So the dentist was not the first thing on my mind and I did not have the money for it. Now that I have taken them they need alot of work done. Well I dont have the money up front that they want. And the dentist treated me like sh*t. So because of the wedding and all I havn't been able to gett hem into a new one. My ex just called and said he can take them to get their teeth fixed. Great, the first thing he has done for them since we split. He has not been there for anything. From my daughters pre-school graduation to her having her tonsils out to her first concert and now my sons pre-school graduation.

But the thing is the medical bills are to be split 50/50 between us. He said that if he takes them then I wont get a check from him untill my half is paid off. He thinks I dont know anything or that I think every one is better off then me. I am not stupid. I know every one has it hard. But my kids are my first priorty. But because I have tken longer then he likes to get this taken care of he has decided to do it. I told him fine do it. Then I called my husband at work and told him we have to tighten the bills even more.

My child support check pays for day care and school lunches. Not to mention both kids going into school in 3 weeks. They need clothes and shoes and back packs and what not.

I am just venting here. Sorry about this. But the cost of living has gone up so much and I am making .50 cents less an hour at owrkt hen I was 5 yrs ago when I had my second child and decied to stay home with them.

I have no idea where the money is going to come from. Wish me luck all.

[hummingbird521]

Good luck!!! I know what it is like. Having been a single parent for most of my two kids lives. It is hard. I know you aren't single anymore. Congrats on this. You two will figure out a way and it will come. Sounds like you are doing a good job now.

[WhiskeyGirl]

Well welcome to the Married Ladies club Gwen!

I'm sorry to hear that times are tight. I will keep you in my thoughts!! Take care!! :D

[AngelinLove]

Good Luck Gwen and I am sooo sorry that you are having to deal with this. Neither you nor your ex have dental insurance for the children? Could you maybe apply for some state dental insurance? Just a thought!!!

[rainbowtreat]

Good Luck Gwen and I am sooo sorry that you are having to deal with this. Neither you nor your ex have dental insurance for the children? Could you maybe apply for some state dental insurance? Just a thought!!!


Angel we do have insurance. My ex carries it for the kdis as well as the health insurance. But the cost we have is the up front of OUR portion to pay.

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We get to go out on a date tonight. YEAH!!!!! He choice to go see the play Oklahoma. we are going to dinner first just him and I. My ex mother in law ( she is a great woman ) will have the kids and picking up my brother from work and dropping them all off at home for us so we dont ahve to worry about gettign back at a certain time. I so cnat wait to spend some time with JUST him.

[WhiskeyGirl]

We get to go out on a date tonight. YEAH!!!!! He choice to go see the play Oklahoma. we are going to dinner first just him and I. My ex mother in law ( she is a great woman ) will have the kids and picking up my brother from work and dropping them all off at home for us so we dont ahve to worry about gettign back at a certain time. I so cnat wait to spend some time with JUST him.

That sounds wonderful Gwen!! Enjoy your date night! I think I may have to beg my hubby for a date night soon...we haven't had one in a few months. Enjoy yourselves. :D

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OK well we hada great ime on our night out. The kids went to their dads last Saturday and was supposed to be there for a week, ( were coming home Friday ) but their dad called yesterday and said they wanted to come home so I got them back 2 days early. I was missing them bad so I was happy to have them home. They also went to the dentist while with their dad. My son had a tooth pulled and my daughter had one pulled and 2 filled.

I have had my ex's neice here for almost a week now. Her and my brother are the same age and share the same Birthday. They have known each other since my ex and I first got together. They were 2 yrs old when they met. So she has been here with him and they have been having fun. I take him home next weekend. Which works out great as the kids start school on Wed. the 30th and I need a sitter for Monn. , Tues., and Fri.

Yes my baby starts kindergarden. I am ready I guess. About as ready as I am going to be. We got them clothes and shoes and backpacks and such. My MIL bought each of them 2 outfits. One of my sons shirts say " Sisters are the enemy" and one of my daughters says " I am allergic to my brother". They are both excited about school starting up. And I am excited that I will be dropping them off and picking them up at the same place. Although my dauthers after school care doesnt start up for 2 weeks after school starts. My niece will be walking to the school to get her and bring her home for me. My son will be in his after school care.

We got out big wedding picture today. We ordered a 12 x 18. A very very nice picture. An odd size I know but I wantd to be sure that it was big enough to see. I got a 16x20 black frame and an 11x14 matt to go in it. It came out so beautiful. I had to go over to Nihcolas' work to show him. I couldnt wait untill he got home tonight. I might be alseep any way and I wanted to be the one to show him. We also got the mouse pad with the beer bottles with the cowboy hats on. I love it.

Well that is my life in a nut shell at the moment. Work was H3ll today. I could not wiat to get the h*ll outta there. We all felt that way today. Of course all goes hay wire when the boss is on vacation. Most of the stuff going on she would normaly deal with. And we have the big wigs coming in tomorrow to check out the remodel that has been going on. I so dont want to work another 8 1/2 hours in that place tomorrow. I will be having a nice cold drink when I get home tomorrow night.

[WhiskeyGirl]

Hi Gwen

I just stopped by your journal to say hi and check on you! Sounds like things are falling into order! Take care Sweet Pea!! :D

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Well one more day and my baby starts school. We went to his daycare today as he has been done for aver a week so we could say bye to his teachers and friends. I wrote out a little note that made me cry as I was writing it. I printed out a picture of him and we boguht some carnations. We then went and gave each teacher one from him. A couple of them we didnt get to see as I got held up at work and they leave earlier in the day. We left the cards for them. The teachers that were there that we got to see coudnt read their notes as they were going to cry.

Then we went to his new school to meet his teachers and see where his classroom was. Had to let the teachers know how he will be getting to and from school each day. I work only 4 hours on Wed. so I can take him to school and pick him up. Nicholas made sure to have that day off so he could be there to. He was trying to decide if he wanted to take them to school or be home to see them in the evening to hear about their first day. He took care of it and got the day off.


Saturday after work I have to take my brother home. I get to see my mom. I am trying to get her to look into what she would have to do to change her disablity from Maine to NH. Ther eis nothing there for her and I want her where can help her as she needs it. My sister doesnt see my mom much and she lives in the same town. She uses her as a babysitter mostly. And my brother loves it down here and wants to stay. She has a few things to take care of then in the beginning of the new year she is going to see what she has to do.

Cross your fingers all goes good on Wed. A girl I work with asked if she was going to have to bring me a drink to work. Not sure I can handle him going but he is ready I just dont want to let go.

[mariaandmanish]

Good luck letting your baby go, Gwen. It's tough, the first day of kindergarten!! I will cross my fingers that all goes well for you and for him... though I'm sure since he's used to day care that he'll be fine. And it's so sweet too that Nicholas is taking the day off to be there for that too!!

[LizabethDavis]

Aww Gwen, isn't it sad when your baby starts school...My baby girl starts school next week :( She's not suppose to grow up this fast, but they do.

I'm glad to hear that married life is going well though.

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Well the first 2 days of school are over. They did great, better then mom. We took them to ehri classes on the first day. My son didnt even want to give me a kiss. He was content at coloring his school bus and happy to be there. We then took my daughter to find her new class and her teacher.

We also picked them up so I had a 4 hour day at work. I asked my son what he did and he said they played outside. He is in the extened day program so he goes in the morning for extra help ( not sure he needs it I think they had extra spaces opened lol but all the learner he can get is great ) then in the afternoon for his regular class. He said he went outside again with a teacher that he didnt know her name. He also said he didnt like his tuna sandwhich at lunch. This was when my daughter said she didnt like it either. They both love tuna sandwhiches so it must have been bad.

My daughter said to me " We had a long long meeting in the morning and we dindt get snack. Then we had lunch and another meeting about the first day of school. It wasn't a fun first day mumma, 2nd grade is supposed to be fun." Her exact words lol. I told her it would get better.

This morning I had to drop them off and they walked in on their own. It was harder then taking them in. I watched as I slowly drove away and my daughter was helping her brother, she was carring his back pack for him. And she was makign sure hw knew where to go untill they could go to their class rooms. It was so cute I almost cried.

my son eating breakfast before getting dressed
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and his outfit he picked out to wear
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my daughter all ready in her new dress
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and they are so reay to go
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Nicholas and the kids getting ready to go in the school

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me and my kids before going into the school

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my son all ready for me to leave him and let him color

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sorry for the big picture this one didnt want to go smaller, my daughter looking at her step-dad justbefore we left her

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[Jenn060306]

Awww! I got a little teary eyed reading your post. My neice was the same way. So exsited to go to school. My SiL cried. I think i will bawl my eyes out when i have to take my kids to school. Sounds like you handled it well and it's going relativly well. Hopefully you're daughter will have more fun soon!
Take Care.

[rainbowtreat]

Thanks you Jen for reading. It was a huge day for me. My baby going to school like a big kid.

Another thing I forgot to mention is my freind who could not go to Maine to be in my wedding because she was pregnant, well she had her baby today.

Her water broke Tuesday night. She went to the hospital and because she was only 34 weeks along they sent her to a bigger hospital about an hour away. Because of how early she was they gave her a steroid shot to help build the baby's lungs up and they wanted that to sit for 24 hours to give it a chance to work. And they didnt do anything as to not risk infection becaue the baby had o more fluid around it. They said if she went on her own they would let it come if not they were waiting utnill today to induce her.

Well they gave her the patocian ( sp? ) to induce her but it was not taking, they kept giving it to her utnill she was maxed out. Finaly she was examined and she was 10 cet. and the babies head was right there ready to come out. They got all the equipment into the room by 2:07, 3 pushes and the baby was born at 2:08.

4 lbs. 9 oz. and 17 inches long

jet black curly hair

oh did I mention it was a girl lol

they are worreid about the babies blood sugar levels so she is on an IV for that and they are also worried about sleep apthia ( sp? ) so they are monitoring her for that, they also want my friend to stay a couple of days past her discharge as the baby needs the breat milk very bad right now and they want to get her on a schedule

the baby will need to be in the hospital in the NIC unit for about 2 weeks, after that if she passes everything they want her too she can go home

my friend lives an hour away and is not sure how she can deal with not being near her baby, and she misses her son who is 2 1/2 that she hasnt seen since Tues. night, she has an aunt who lives about 15 mins from the hospital her baby is in and she is thinking she may stay there for a while so she can be closer, 15 mins is alot better then an hour and it will save her on gas which she knows she would be spending alot as she will be there every single day untill that baby can com ehome

she wants Nicholas and I to come down tomorrow night, she said her and her husband can have one person each with them to see the baby and Nicholas should be home by 6 so I am hopign we can make it down

keep this little baby in your thoughts and prays please as she is going to need them

I didnt get her name as it was only 2 ours after she was born that my friend called me at work and she was giving me all the info before she had to go and eat and shower but as soon as I know her name and have a picture of her I will sahre with you

[WhiskeyGirl]

Hey Gwen!!

I'm sure it must be hard to watch your babies go off to school. I can't imagine it!! :D I hope all goes and keeps going well and I hope that Jessa's grade two class gets funner for her!! ;) Kids are so cute, especially yours!!! I've missed being around and commenting and such! Hope to get back to it more and more in the future! hope you are well and Nicholas too!! :worm:

[hummingbird521]

The pictures of your children's first day at school are so sweet. They are very pretty children. I remember my son's and daughters first day of school. It was more traumatic for me than it was for them. congrats on the new baby and hope all is well.

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Here she is Kaylee, 4 lbs. 5 oz, off the IV and keeping her temp. up. Her mom thinks she may be able to come home later this week.


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[ikkin510]

She is adorible! That is great that she is doing so welll!

[hummingbird521]

Beautiful baby.

[rainbowtreat]

Thank you both of you. I have yet to see her in person but I can't wait.

[mariaandmanish]

She's beautiful, Gwen. I am so glad to hear that she's doing well and might be able to come home soon! Her parents must be thrilled!

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The baby is home. I got a call today at work from my freind and said they were on their way home with her. She is 4 lbs. 6 oz. but she has past every test they did with her. She suprised the doctors at how well she is doing. The expected atleast 2 weeks. It has been one week. I am hoping to go see them all on Satuday.

[WhiskeyGirl]

WOw Gwen, she is so beautiful! She makes my heart ache!! She is so sweet, just seeing pictures of her and her perfect little baby world brings me to tears! You tell her mom and dad to love her more then anything in this world because she is truely a blessing and a gorgeous one at that!!!

[rainbowtreat]

WOw Gwen, she is so beautiful! She makes my heart ache!! She is so sweet, just seeing pictures of her and her perfect little baby world brings me to tears! You tell her mom and dad to love her more then anything in this world because she is truely a blessing and a gorgeous one at that!!!

I will Shawna, this is the second child my freind had. Her first is almost 2 1/2, a boy named Justin. They tried for about 5 yrs to have him and then out of the blue they got pregnant. Both her pregnancies were hard ones. Bed rest with both at different times. But well worth it. This is Kaylee's mom and big brother.

( did I mention Christine ( the mom ) is one of my best freinds and has been for about 8 or 9 yrs now, this new baby is the reason she could not go and be in my wedding becasue it was so far way but well worth it )

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The kids and I spent the afternoon with my freind ( pictured above ) and her new baby. My son loved her. He actualy didnt know what to call her. He asked me " Can I pet it?" I love what kids say. He held her 3 different times and would rather sit there and hold her then play with Justin.

We got home and had supper just intime for Nihcolas to get home with some news that ruined both our days. He was told as of Oct. 1st he is full time at another store. The bad news is that it is over an hour away. He has been filling in there for the last couple of weeks. Now he has to go there permently. The drive is the big part. I had a husband that was never around because he worked about an hour away and because he was a manager he worked long hours and was never home. Well I know Nicholas is nothing like my ex but I am worried about him missing out. So is he. There will be over 12 hours a week of driving that he will not be paid for. And it is not a better job. No more money. Just a sideways step. Not a step up. It isnt that he has a choice. He was told he is going. His boss at the store he is at now got the news at the same time he did. He said she teared up and walked away. He wanted to stay and talk to her but he just couldnt face her. He was told that the plan is to have him back in town here by spring. But that is just a plan. Things could happen. And with winter coming and him still not used to driving in the snow we are both worried. Then he was told that a new store will be put in a town about 20 mins from us and they want him to run that store. This is a good thing. A very good thing. But that is a couple of years down the road. What we are talking about right now is he either stick it out and wait for his own store which is a huge thing. More money, better bonuses. But he is worried of not seeing his kids. I will be here on his day off on Saturday but the kids are not always here. They go to their dads most weekend. So he wont see them alot. If he does open the store the earliest he will get home will be 7:00 and the kids are in bed by 8:00. If they are not in bed by then it is hard getting them up in the morning for school. This is his biggest problem with this. If he was single it would be a no brainer. The other option is he looks for another job. He has 8 years of resterautn experience and 5 of that in management. He can get a job any where. But having to start at the bottom again will be hard. He can't realy afford a pay cut. And he loves the company he works for. We still have no idea what we are going to do yet. I told him it is his choice. He said no this is OUR choice.

On another good note though. My family is having a get together on Sept. 30 and Nicholas and I both have that day off. I made sure of it. Alot of my dads side of the fmaily couldnt make it to the wedding. So this is a good chance for them ALL to meet Nicholas. We are having lobster and chicken. I can't wait. It is a 4 hour drive. I ahve done this more then once in one day so it wont be bad. My brother who I dont get to see very often at all wont be able to make it but I am going to see about stopping by his place and visiting him before we head home.

Well that is my life at the moment. Always something going on.

[hummingbird521]

Gwen sorry to hear about your DH having to drive such a ways to work. I have been there and myself hated it. But since he has been with the company for so long and will be benefitting in the long run maybe it is for the best. I know it will be hard to not be around the kids and you so much though. Is their anyway to have the kids maybe one weekend a month? It is just a thought and one you have probably already considered. have a wonderful time at your families.

[Jenn060306]

Aww Gwen i'm sorry that Nicholas got transfered to a store an hour away. That is really not cool. I totally understand how hard it is on a family. Mark was working just over an hour away when we were living in Barrie before the wedding. It is really not easy. But, it means you will have to make really good use of the time you have with him and with the kids.
Good luck with it all. I am hear for you if you need to talk. Take care. I really hope it works out for you guys. It sounds like Nicholas really likes his job and starting over wouldn't be fun.

[rainbowtreat]

OK life is crazy as always around here. My car stalled out on me last week headed back to work fromlunch. It turns out it was out of gas but my gas gage was reaidng just under a 1/4 of a tank. So that is screwed up. My machanic came down to where my car was ( It was just a min. walk back to work thank god ) and he put some gas in it and it was good to go. Except now it doesnt like to start up. It jugs and sputters for a min then starts up. I spoke to my mechanic as he is a customer of my bank so I catch him when ever he comes in. He told me to put in some dry gas, no idea what this is lol. And to let him know if the car keeps acting up. The **** thing is falling apart on me any ways.

Wed. was early release day from school. My son had day care bu the program my daughter is in is not open when school islet out early. My neice was going to baby sit but made plans the day before and didnt bother to tell me untill I called to see about her going to get my daughter and she had her mom tell me. Her mom also told me that her daughter was mad about how much I paid her for 2 weeks of babysitting after shcool. She watched one of my kdis and only for a total of about 9 hours in those 2 weeks. And the first week I picked her, her friend, and her sister up from the high school football game and spent 30 min. on the road dropping all 3 of them off at different places. When she asked me if I could do this she told me to take some off of what I was paying her. OK so I did, gas is not cheap these days to begin with. I was goign to give her $20 for the 9 hours as she only had my 7 yr old and was drinking my dirnks and eating my food in the short time she was here. I took $5 off that to pay for the gas that night. OK maybe I should have paid her more, I never have to have a sitter for anything and if I do I dont normaly have to pay them. It is either their nana or my freind who I will then sit for her kids as a trade off. I told her not to worry about it that I wont bother her to sit for me again.

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I didnt want to bother my friend as she is still getting used to having a 2 yr old and a baby. But as I talked to her she mentioned that her husband was filling in for some one at a pool league because the team would have to forfeit if they didnt have another player. He told her to ask her sister to watch the kids so she could with him. She said with her sister having a 5 month old she would be calling her ever 2 mins saying she oculdnt handle it. I told her I would take them. So she brough tover that new baby and her little man and we had them for about 2 1/2 hours. Then the next day I had to take my lunch break to get my daughter from school and take her over to my friends place so she didnt have to bother with getting her kids out of the house. That was a life saver. Nicholas is going to make sure his day off falls on all the early release days so we wont have this problem again.

We have one more week before he starts going to work an hour away. YEAH! not . We will get through it.

I went to get my kids tongiht from school and when I walked in my daughter was in tears. Sobbing by the time she got to me. she was saying that she doesnt have any friends in her class. I think she was over tired. She doesnt usualy break down liek that. But she is a very sensative child. She said that her friends at the beginning we willing to help her and be her partner and play with her but now she feels lonely and no one wants to play with her. As a mom this broke my heart. And while I was delaign with her and talking with my sons teacher ( they are in after school prpgrams at the school ) my son was playing and slid on his back pack and his his forhead on the gym floor. And egg started out immedialty. I wait while his teacher got ice for him. I left the school with both kids in tears. I called Nicholas and asked if he was busy as I needed him for a min. He told me to come over ( he was working ) by the time I got there they had calmed down. Jessa was not cryign at all at this point but Dean was crying as the ice was making his head hurt. We talked with Nicholas and his boss and his boss handed Nicholas money to feed the kids. So we had supper on his boss.

I was joking with my son when I told him if he didnt keep ice on his egg that he would look like a unicorn. Well he had to put the ice down to eat his sandwhich and he said he didnt want to look like a unicorn that he wanted the ice on it lol.

They are both good now. I have to go get them in the shower. the go to their dads tomorrow night. I get them back sunday after noon. I get to sleep in on Saturday yeah.


After all of this you would think I was insane for wnating another child. OK I will admit I am insane lol. But we are still trying.

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I posted more pictures in the picture section. I am going to get the ones of us dancing up there soon. But one of my shows starts tongiht so I HAVE to watch it. Grey's Atatonmy!

[WhiskeyGirl]

Hey Hun!!

I got your letter today!! Thanks a billion!!! :D One is in the mail back to you!!! You are not crazy for wanting another baby, I tell you...well ok, maybe we're all crazy for wanting children period! lol. Oh well, it's something that fills our hearts!! Anywho, take care Sweet Heart!!

Love ya!!
Shawna

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Well I had some wha tof a good day at work. I spotted a fraudulent check. It just didnt look right to me so I passed it off to my freind who is a customer service rep. She made the phoens calls needed and after a couple of hours we got it confirmed that it was in fact fraudulent. I got a KUDOS ( I hate that word lol) from my boss.

Well besides that work is going to hell. The 2 girls I love working with are transfering to another branch. One because she needs full time and is only part time here and the other because of other reasons that I dont blame her I would do the same thing if I was in her shoes. But this leaves me here with the few people I could care less to work with. My only reasons for still being there are leaving. What am I going to do now.

I realy wnat a receptionist job some where but the job market around here is scarce. I am lucky to have the job I have. And I HAVE to work. I am too far in debt to be able to stay at home with my kids. I am trying to get pregnant and if that happens then I will figure somethign out. Not sure I can put a baby in day care all day. I didnt do it with my first two not sure I could do it with a new one either. So that is part of the reason I am still where I am. Some Janurary I will have been there for 4 years. Still not makign what I was making when I got done working to stay home after having my son.

I will figure something out. Sooner or later.

[mariaandmanish]

Gwen, I'm sorry about losing your friends from work, that always s*cks when you have people that you get along with and work well with and then they leave. It makes a not so fun job even worse.

I didn't know that you were TTC, so good luck with that! I hope it happens for you soon! And I'm sure that whatever you need to do after you have the baby, you'll be able to do and then you'll wonder what you were worrying about!! Again, good luck about the baby, and with the job once your friendly coworkers leave!

[rainbowtreat]

Gwen, I'm sorry about losing your friends from work, that always s*cks when you have people that you get along with and work well with and then they leave. It makes a not so fun job even worse.

I didn't know that you were TTC, so good luck with that! I hope it happens for you soon! And I'm sure that whatever you need to do after you have the baby, you'll be able to do and then you'll wonder what you were worrying about!! Again, good luck about the baby, and with the job once your friendly coworkers leave!


Thank Maria, I am sure every thing will be fine. I am just a natural worrier. Nicholas hates this about me. I handed over the check book to him becasue I am tired of the money issues. I let him deal with it all seeing I deal with every one elses at work all day. He always tells me to not worry so much but I am always owrreid about soemthing. I need to lighten up now tha tI have him with me things are not so bad. One day I will learn this I hope.

[SerendipityCrafts]

I tell you...well ok, maybe we're all crazy for wanting children period! lol.

If you think your nuts for wanting a baby then how do you explain an "older" person like me to wanting to have a baby? We have grown kids, one of us is fixed and we are both in our 40's so it's not going to happen but I so wish I had met him 10 years ago .....

It's just natural (for most women) to want to make a baby with the person they love.

BTW - in some ways we are all crazy for wanting it or doing it. It offers the greatest rewards but while you are at it, you realize that it's the HARDEST job in the world.

[WhiskeyGirl]

If you think your nuts for wanting a baby then how do you explain an "older" person like me to wanting to have a baby? We have grown kids, one of us is fixed and we are both in our 40's so it's not going to happen but I so wish I had met him 10 years ago .....

It's just natural (for most women) to want to make a baby with the person they love.

BTW - in some ways we are all crazy for wanting it or doing it. It offers the greatest rewards but while you are at it, you realize that it's the HARDEST job in the world.

I agree! I think that having a baby with the one you love is the ultimate expression of love to them!! I read a book about dealing with infertility and it says that we all have our visions of our "reproductive stories". Some of them go the way people want and others must rewrite them in order for their story to fight their life path! I agree with that. I grew up thinking I would marry and have a family right away, now I have to rewrite my story to include the heart ache and pain of Infertility and only write it as it unfolds. I cannot look into the future because right now, I don't want to in fears that I may be wrong again. SO I'm writing my chapters as we go along. ;)

[rainbowtreat]

Well I haven't felt like hanging out on the computer much. Am in one of those down moments I guess. I hate those. My hips been hurting alot mroe lately and it scares me. But I will be ok.

Our trip to Maine to my family get together went great. I saw some coucins I havent seen in years. I am thinking my aunts passing back in Jan. has made every rethink about seeing every one once in a while. The kids played games, fed the cows and the pigs. They had a great time.

Nicholas is now in the other store. Except for this week he is in town as his old boss is on vacation and there is no one else she could leave in charge. So we will be going over to see him and have something to eat tonight.

My freind and her son are coming down for the day. He just turned 3 and he has been askign for my kids constantly. They live about 45 min. to an hour north of me. She just called about 30 mins ago and said they are on their way. There goes my house cleaning lol, oh too bad I really wanted to do it lmao.

Well only 3 more day untill we go to the Rascal Flatts concert. I so can not wait. It is going to be so cool. I have to call my other girlfriend and make sure we are all still cool with her taking my kids for that evening. I will be taking hers on the 21st for something her and her husband have to do. And easy trade off.

We went to the fair Sat. We didnt have the kids, they were with their dad. If we had them we wouldnt have been able to afford to go. They would have wanted baloons and rides and i would have wanted to give it all to them. We saw all the animlas, cought up with a coupel of freinds, had some good food. Looked around at all the cool crafts. There was one where there were things carved out of wood. Like pictures in the wood. She had one unicorn. I collect unicorns and it is now at the point wher eyou have to look for something different. As I have so many. She had only the one and it was $25. I did not have the money. But she lives inmy town and there is a craft fair in town next week and she said she will be there. She will hold if for me and if we dont come get it then she will put it out on display. I thought that was cool. Not sure Iw ill have the money for it but I am going to try.

Well I am sitting her ein my pjs and it is almost noon time. Janet should be here any min so I have to go get my self ready. I am not spending the day inthe house. It is too nice outside. And the 3 kids need to burn off steam.

[LizabethDavis]

When were you in Maine and didn't tell me about it??? Shame shame on you!! J/K. Hmm...maybe it is me that is due for a visit down there....

[rainbowtreat]

Oh gOd yes. You have to some down. It is really only about 4 1/2 hours from you to me. And 3 of that is I95. It would be awsome for you to come down. Bring the family. Your just yourself. I have the room. Stay a weekend lol. We have an air mattress and the kids can have one of my kids beds. You would like it here. Maybe we could get out to a bar. Walking distance from where I live now lol.

I was in Maine, Plymouth actualy, for a family get together. I even told Nicholas that I wish I had your number on me, I need to put it in my cell phone, so I could have called you and we could have stopped by.

[rainbowtreat]

My daughter is happy. Some people moved into the house in front of us ( we live on a small horse shoe shaped road ) has a girl that my daughter knows. They were int he same first grade class. They played all day today. I am so happy for her because she doesnt have alot friends out side of school.

[rainbowtreat]

Well the day started off good. We didnt have any hot water this morning. My husband woke me up as he was leaving for owrk and aksed to check it when I got up and then call who ever I needed to call. well I have no met the guy who actualy owns this place. I have laways dealt with the apartment manager. She is on vacation so I met him. He seemed nice to me. He checked it out and said we need a new water heater. And he said try finding one on a Saturday afternoon. He said he will do what he can I told him to be to stressed about it as we will do what we have to. He said no with 2 kids you need hot water. He seemed nice. I have heard he can be a mean one. But not so bad the first time meeting him. Just my place was a little bit of a mess when he came in lol. GREAT!!!! LOL So we will have to wait and see. Lets hope we have hot water tomorrow.

[WhiskeyGirl]

I hope you DO have hot water tomarrow! That would really suck!!! Good luck Hun!

[Jenn060306]

Yuck! No hot water! That's really not nice!
I'm sure he understands the apartment not being perfect. I'm sure he has seen some really messy ones. I'm glad he was nice.
Hope everything gets fixed up for you guys soon!

[rainbowtreat]

Well I had to leave the baby I was watching with my husband, luckily she slept the whole time, while I took the kids to my ex MIL's so we could all get a shower last night. They had it fixed befor eI was home at lunch time today. So yes I have hot water again YEAH!!!!!!!.

[rainbowtreat]

Well Nicholas and I went Christmas shopping for the kids yesterday since we didnt have them this weekend. We got my daughter this awsome doll. It is kinda like a proceline doll but it is vinal. fells like it could break to me. She is goin gto just love it. I cant wait to see her open that up. And we got the kids their winter coats and boots. We didn lay-a-ways of course. Just the coats and boots cost us $107. THat is crazy. But the jackets are 4 in one. You can take the inside peice out and both pieces are reversable so you have 4 coats in one. They will use these for spring coats as well. And we wil get them off lay-a-way most likely next week so they will use them as fall jackets too. We have a few more things to get them and then deal with filling the stockings and they will be all set. Now just have to do the few family memebers we buy for. And of course each other.

We did put something on lay-away for ourselves. I want a new bed set and have been wanting it for some time. I want red, black and white. I want the deep red not the fusha looking stuff. We got white a sheet set a black comforter and a couple of red pillow cases. I want to get some red throw pillows to add to it. AND I will get them lol. Oh and Nicholas put a Jr car on the list of things we got for himself. LOL he is such a kid.

Well not much going on in our lives. The kids are with their dad and I have to get them about 4, I have to do laundry early. I have a couple of freinds bringing over a couch and a table and chair set for us. His parents have it all in storage and they want to clean it out but dont want to throw it away they would rather give it to some one who needs it. We have a very small round tabel with four folding chairs as our kitchen set. And beleive me with the 4 or us at that table there is not much room for anything else on it. It would be so nice to have a nromal size table. I cant wait. And the couch we have is one of those old wooden ones with the foam cushions. It is so not comphy. I dont knwo what this couch looks like but it has to be better then this one lol.

Well I am off for not to get that laundry done as my Sunday just got to be the busiest Sunday I have ever had lol. It is usualy my lasy day.

[rainbowtreat]

Well any one who wants to come for a visit we have a place for you too sleep now. LOL We got our couch today from a freind at work. It looks brand new and it is so comfy. And it has a hide a way in it. It is so awsome. Now when my friend comes from Australia she has a place to sleep and not on that old hard very UNcomfy couch we had. Now we just need to get rid of that one. It is sitting in my kitchen at the moment. Nichols said he may just drop it off our porch and pick up the pieces and throw it away LOL. No one would want it any way.

[Goin2thechapel]

Aaaaaahhhhhh

You said the C word!!!! (Christmas)

I went to the mall in Salem the other day, and was all freaked our because everywhere is christmas stuff already!!! Decorations, signs, and sales (Everything except the music)

Gosh, I better get going though,,,only57 shopping days left :)

[rainbowtreat]

Well I am only here for a moment tonight and most likely tomorrow night as well. My daughter had a dream last night that her dad had died. It bothered her ALOT. She had a hard time as school and had spoke with the guidance councler 2 diferent times. I had her talk to her dad this mornign before she left for school. I had to call his gf and get his work number. I am going to call himt ongiht to see what could have triggered this as she spent the weekend with him. THis came out of the blue. The guidace councler had her draw her dream out on paper. She said it showed her dad being eltricuted by lighting. I got out of work early and picked her up from school and we had time just the 2 of us. We went shopping and spent money I shouldn't have. but we had a good time. We then came home and spent an hour together before we head out to get her brother. ( which I have to do right now ) She seems ok att he moment. I am going to have her talk to her dad again tonight so she knows he is ok. It was so real to her when she woke up that she was sobbing and saying she missed him. I broke down at work cause she is my baby and as parents we always want to stop any hurt they have. Well I couldnt stop this hurt and that killed me.

[Jenn060306]

Wow, just reading your post about how worried you are about your daughter has brought tears to my eyes. I can imagine how scarey it is for the both of you. I remember waking up from dreams feeling like they were so real. But nothing like my dad dieing, and in such a terrible way. I hope she feels better soon. That is so scarey for a little girl.

Christmas Shopping!!! You are so ontop of things! I'm jealous! lol! I have been thinking a bit about it but haven't actually done anything about it yet. Hopefully this weekend Mark and i can figure out what we are going to get everyone so we can start it soon.
Your new bedding sounds beautiful! We are doing white, red and black as well in our new house :)
Your new furniture sounds nice too! My MiL had a livingroom set that sounds similar to what you had. Wooden arms with square cushions. Ok for sitting. But not for curling up on.

[rainbowtreat]

OK I need advice from those of you who have boys. I have worked in child care and it is a thign that boys mature in many ways slower then girls. And I have known boys where bed wetting was a major issue for a while.

My son is 5 ( this past July was his B-Day ). He always drinks alot during the day and is always going to the bathroom. He has always been this way. We have no issues during the day any more. ( except for the occational accident becuase he doesnt want to stop playin and then has to rush to the bathroom ) But night time is another sotry all together. We have cut out his night time drinks. Nothing after dinner except maybe the very small drink of water before ebd. And I mean a sip. Nicholas will get him up around 12 or 1 before he goes to bed when he works late. I will stay up to get him up a few hours after bed time before going to bed myself. Last ngiht I got him up but he didn't have to go. I got up to go myself at 2 am and got him up and he went. Then he got up this morning and had wet the bed. He was more upset because he didn't want to get another X on his bed time chart. We have a chart for him that if he wakes up dry he gets a sticker and if not he gets an X. 5 stickers and he gets a treat at the end of the week. That was what upset him so bad this morning. And another thing is I dont have a washing machine at home. I have to go to the laundry matt. And the bedding and clothes add up and I can only rinse so much out as I dont even have a tub we just have a shower stall. We have a plastic mattres cover to save the mattress but I still have to put a sheet on there.

He has done good at times and got himself up to go. He got up one night but it was too late, he went just as he stepped out of bed.

What else could I possibley do t helo this boy out. And myself for that matter.

I dont want to put pull ups on him any more as he will just pee in them cause he knows that is what it is for. But if I have to go back to that I guess I will and still use his reward chart for being dry. What do you all think. Help please.

[WhiskeyGirl]

Gwen,

This is my recommendation. And i have to tell you, my neice is six/seven and she is STILL wearing pull ups to bed...BUT she gets rewarded when she wakes up dry!! That's the key. It's not your son's fault, some times children wet their beds until they are ten or even twelve. It's just the pathway isn't working 100% and the nerves aren't waking him up when he needs to go. If it were me, I'd put him back in pull ups and make sure he knows that every time he goes to the washroom in the toilet instead of the pull ups he is doing a good job and will be rewarded. He just needs to know that they aren't diapers (and they aren't!!Lol) and that he should go if he wakes up in time even though he's wearing them. It's nothing you or him are doing wrong, it's just the nerve pathways aren't waking him up in time!! Good luck!!

[hummingbird521]

Have you had your son checked out by a specialist? It could be that he is not emptying his bladder completely. I had this problem as a child and had to have some surgery to relieve the situation. My urinary tract was not growing as I grew and therefore I was unable to completely go!! Other than this I feel you are doing all you can do. Reward his dryness and his trying attempts as well. I would reconsider placing him back into pull ups again however. For your sake as well as his.

[Valmai]

My nephew went thru this and they tired many different ways to tackle it - a spray, waking him up at intervals thru the night, rewards and so on. None of them worked and it was something that he just 'grew out of' but not until he was about 10/11. It stopped him staying anywhere besides his own home and from having mates come stay over as he'd be too embaressed. We dont (or at least we didnt) pull ups over here and his mother was at her wits end with all the washing etc.
Good luck with this Gwen xxx

[rainbowtreat]

Thank you all for your advice. I am going to see how this week goes and if need be I will pull out the pull ups again. I kow it is not his fault. And no I have no had him checkd out yet. I haven't seen the need to. All his check ups in the past have been good ones. I will see as we go along how it pans out.

[rainbowtreat]

Well I took the kids to what they call " Little Fright Night ". One of the small malls here puts htis on for the kids every year just before Halloween. They go trick or treating to all the stores and there are games and crafts for them to do. Here are a couple of pictures. The big guy was some one from the costume store. The rent out costumes and you would see a different one every once in a while. We saw one guy who was dressed as a gorilla holding a cage and the man was in the cage. I dont have a picture of it but it was kind of cool.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/rainbowtreat/100_1614.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/rainbowtreat/100_1615-1.jpg

[rainbowtreat]

OK as most already know as I posted it in other places. I am PREGNANT!!! Yes I am and I can not believe it. I wont repost what I already did but here is the HPT. LOL I know call me CRAZY but I had to show proof. I keep looking at it myself becasue I just can not believe it.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/rainbowtreat/100_1623.jpg

[LizabethDavis]

Oh my friggin' word!! Congrats!!!

[Jenn060306]

Aww Gwen.... i already said this before! But that is amazing news! I am soo sooo happy for you! You will have to keep us posted on everything as it goes! Do you have an idea how far along you are at all?
Congrats again hun!!!

P.S. Let us know what Nicholas says!

[mariaandmanish]

I am SOOO excited for you, Gwen!! I love the card that you did, and I can't wait to hear all abput this wonderful event!!! Congrats again!!!

[rainbowtreat]

My due date is July 10th. Call me crazy but 3 kids all born in July? Come on lol. I must only be bale to conceive one month of the year. lol

[Jenn060306]

YAY! A date! That is awsome news! It is kinda funny that they will all be born in the same month. But, maybe the baby will come early and be born in late June just to spice things up! lol!
Congrats hun! I hope you have a very healthy next 8 months!

[ladymelissa]

That is crazy! July is like another Christmas. Congrats on the date though.

[BriansBride07]

Great news you found out your due date. I'm so happy for you. LOL on having another July baby. I have said the same thing my two kids are born 2 weeks apart and around thanksgiving then christmas. Oh well we didn't do very good plannning lol .

[MOB Karen]

My due date is July 10th. Call me crazy but 3 kids all born in July? Come on lol. I must only be bale to conceive one month of the year. lol

That is so funny, Gwen!!! All your children born in the same month! Wow!! You are going to be broke every July for the rest of your life. LOL!!! It's worth it though! Congrats!!! :)

[rainbowtreat]

I decided to change the name of the title just for fun, the names rain and spiral were our online names when we met, I am bored lol

[Goin2thechapel]

Gwen,

Congrats on being pregnant!!! That is such great news.

[rainbowtreat]

OK well not much going on here excpet this pregnancy taking a toll on me. I know this is my 3rd and all but it seems to be taking more out of me then the first 2 did. I am so **** tired all the time. I can't figure out what I want to eat so by the time I am so hungry I have to eat I am getting the feeling of gettign sick if I do eat. I hate it. Nothing sounds good to me. Nothing satisfies me right now. I cant eat a big meal. Just a small plate full if I do. And an hour later the smell of what I just cookd is making me sick.

This all is the reason I am only lurking lately. And that is rare at the moment. I am just too tired to bother some days. The kids take what engery I do have and use it up for themselves lol.

My daughter was great today, She put in 2 different movies for her and her brother, then my son came up and laid with me. My daughter checked the mail and did some dishes. Mind you she is only 7 yrs old. They do come and ask me if they can have a snack and what they can have and she asks if she can check the mail because it means her going out the door which she knows she cant do while I am napping. I wish I could spend the time with them but the sleep takes over. When I got up we went out and got sandwhiches for dinner and ate them in front of a movie.

I am still around, not posting as much but still checking in when I get the engery to get my butt to the computer.

[WhiskeyGirl]

I know how you're feeling except I don't have two more kids! lol. I hope you get some energy up again. Take care sweet pea!

[hummingbird521]

(((((((((((((((((Gwen))))))))))))))))))))

I remember being tired all the time and never could get enough sleep the first 3 months. It just drains you. Each pregnancy plus the older I think you are each time has something to do with it. Just remember usually that second tri is much better.

[MOB Karen]

Just like Treasia said, it usually gets much better in the second trimester. Hang in there, Gwen!!! You know it's worth it!!! :candycane:

[rainbowtreat]

I have been in touch with my photographer this weekend. She has the pages all done for our book. She sent me the file. There is only one page we want her to change. So she is fixing that one and then the pages will be sent off to be bounded by hand in a leath cover. The pages look so awsome that I can't wait to actualy have the book in hand. I can't post the pictures because they are way to big and I can't even get them into photobucket to resize them. They are huge files. If I found a way I will post them. You all would love them.

[WhiskeyGirl]

Gwen!!! I can't wait to see the pics of your album!!!!! And you're tree!!! I can't wait!!!!

[mariaandmanish]

Gwen! That's so awesome about your photo album! I can't wait to see the final result!!

And finish the tree! LOL!! Can't wait to see that too!!!

[MOB Karen]

Gwen! That's so awesome about your photo album! I can't wait to see the final result!!

And finish the tree! LOL!! Can't wait to see that too!!!

ITA!!! http://www.simply-baby.net/forum/images/smiles/xmas-smiley-010.gif I can't wait to see the album, and the tree too!!!

[SerendipityCrafts]

I can't post the pictures because they are way to big and I can't even get them into photobucket to resize them. They are huge files. If I found a way I will post them. You all would love them.

If size is the problem & you have a photo program on your computer ... see if you can resize them there before you post them to photobucket.

I too remember feeling ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh so tired. It's quite normal. Don't fret over it .... just keep up with what you are doing - taking care of yourself and the kids. It will get better. :)

[rainbowtreat]

Thank all, I ahve pictures of my tree just not uploaded yet. I will in due time. As for the pictures of my album we have a couple of different photo progrmas on our pc but nothing wants to work. They files are very big. Nicholas said he was gonna try and play with it for me. He is a computer geek lol.

[rainbowtreat]

OK we told the kdis last ngith that we are having a baby. They are excited. My son mroe then ever. He is so excited that he is going to be a big brother. It is so cute to see ow excited he is. he said to tme as I put him to bed to becareful not to hurt his baby. My daughter ws wondering how the baby will get out of my belly lol. And she said when my belly gets bigger she wont be able to lay on the couch with me as there wont be any room left lol.

[mariaandmanish]

Gwen, that's so great! The little ones are always soo cute, to know that they're going to have someone younger to help raise! And you're daughter was soo funny!!! Always thinking!! LOL!!!

[BriansBride07]

Great i'm glad they love the idea. kids are so cute in there ans. to when it comes to a new baby.

[hummingbird521]

How great that the kids are so excited about the new little brother or sister. That is so sweet the comments they made too. I remember my DD asking me "how does it get out". Since she was so little at the time I told her "well the doctor takes it out" and she was quite happy with that answer. haha.

[rainbowtreat]

OK the last time I posted in my journal here was a month ago. I ahve been on BR mostly as I am now in my second trimester. For those of you who are not on BR is a picture of my baby bump.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/rainbowtreat/100_1794.jpg


I am doing much better, feeling more like myself. I am however still very tired. If I have down time I tend to spend it on the couch in front of the TV or reading a book. God knows that once this baby comes things will be different. Even when my kids go see their dad on the weekends we still will have one at home.

Life is good, Nihcolas is still an hour away and the travel sucks as bad as working there does. But we are just waiting it out. By May he wotn be there any more. I told him he had better not be working an hour away when I am due with this baby.

He is good though, he has been the best so far during this pregnancy. He has gained more then me. UI haven't gained any, I lost a few. I always do in the first 3 months.

I am still trying to figure out what life will be like after this baby. I have been used to life the way it is, my kids, Nicholas, and me and our cats. Now a baby. Am I crazy ? lol But at the same time I am just so excited.

Well that is me for now. Here is an updated pic of my family. And our cats. Enjoy.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/rainbowtreat/100_1787.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/rainbowtreat/100_1782.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/rainbowtreat/100_1780.jpg

[lea m]

Oh your kids are gorgeous! and i love your baby bump!

[mariaandmanish]

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/rainbowtreat/100_1780.jpg

I absolutely LOVE this picture!! I have one similar to this one of my cat when he was a kitten! So cute!!! They find the funniest places to sleep!

[WhiskeyGirl]

Lol i didn't know you had cats!! lol.

Great looking family you've got Gwen!! :D

[Jenn060306]

Awww the kids look so cute with Nicholas! What a great photo! You're cats are cute too! lol they find the funniest places to sleep!

[BriansBride07]

HOw cute, you have a baby bump. You look great btw. Get your rest while you can you will need it. Your kids are gorgous btw. Thanks for sharing the pics/

[rainbowtreat]

Thanks you all, I am biased but I think my family is adorable lol. The cats are Johnny ( the black one ) and the orage is Hailey, she is a fatty. THey are only 1 1/2 yrs old. And I love my baby bump, love being pregnant, I just want it over lol. Thanks for looking and commenting all of you.

[ladymelissa]

You are looking great! Your family is beautiful! And your cats are too precious for words, I really love the one in the sink.

[hummingbird521]

Gwen I love the baby bump as you call it. You are looking so good. Your family is beautiful and the cats are adorable. I love the one asleep in the sink.

[NicksBride]

aww your baby bump is sooooooo cute!!! LOVE IT

[Valmai]

Good to hear that ur doing well gwen , i agree make the most of ur peace and quiet while u can but at least u know what ur letting urself in for lol - Take care and good luck! xxx

[rainbowtreat]

OK it has been soem time sinc eI posted in here. Not alot of time latley to be on. I do alot more reading the posting. But I did not have to be at work until late today so I dropped thekids off at school and came home to check up on here.

I am doing good. Just hit the half way mark with being pregnant. 20 more weeks to go. I feel huge already though. For the ones who dont get onto the BR site ( where I spend most of my time ) here are my most recent pictrues of the so called "Baby Bump".

The last one was taken first, I ended up changing my shirt as I watned to try to get the best shot. These were taken last night. Iw anted them done as yesterday was the 20 week mark.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/rainbowtreat/100_1862.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/rainbowtreat/100_1864.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/rainbowtreat/100_1856.jpg

[StaceyMc]

Look at you! You look great!!!!!

[NicksBride]

You look wonderful!!!!! i love that black shirt you have on!! What a great baby bump!!

[hummingbird521]

you look wonderful qwen. that baby bump is really growing. lol

[BriansBride07]

Awwww.... Your baby bump is getting bigger. You look great.

[Goin2thechapel]

Gwen, You look amazing!!!!

I can't believe you're only 20 weeks though!!! Feeling any different this time around?!?!

[rainbowtreat]

Gwen, You look amazing!!!!

I can't believe you're only 20 weeks though!!! Feeling any different this time around?!?!

Thank you and yes I feel very different this time. I am bigger alot sooner then before. I feel huge right now and I still 4 1/2 months to go. I am having hip pain this time around and I didn't with the other 2. I need a him replacement in the future, the doc. told me to endure the pain as long as possible. But I think the weight gain is bothering it.

So besides that here are a couple of pictures form ultra sound today.

this is my favorite one, its hands are over its head and you can see a foot there in front
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/rainbowtreat/20070222144919140_00.jpg

dont try to determien the sex with this one, that is the cord coming out of its belly and its legs are bent in front of it we are waiting until the baby is born to find out what it is
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/rainbowtreat/20070222145159671_00.jpg

this one the baby has its hand in a fist resting on its forehead
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/rainbowtreat/20070222144049390_00.jpg


the baby has its foot touchign its forehead
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/rainbowtreat/20070222144755328_00.jpg

[NicksBride]

Thank you and yes I feel very different this time. I am bigger alot sooner then before. I feel huge right now and I still 4 1/2 months to go. I am having hip pain this time around and I didn't with the other 2. I need a him replacement in the future, the doc. told me to endure the pain as long as possible. But I think the weight gain is bothering it.

So besides that here are a couple of pictures form ultra sound today.

this is my favorite one, its hands are over its head and you can see a foot there in front
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/rainbowtreat/20070222144919140_00.jpg

dont try to determien the sex with this one, that is the cord coming out of its belly and its legs are bent in front of it we are waiting until the baby is born to find out what it is
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/rainbowtreat/20070222145159671_00.jpg

this one the baby has its hand in a fist resting on its forehead
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/rainbowtreat/20070222144049390_00.jpg


the baby has its foot touchign its forehead
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/rainbowtreat/20070222144755328_00.jpg
THose are just the cutest things!!!! What great great pictures! I am in awe. Congrats!

[BriansBride07]

Awww..... I love looking at ultrasound pic's they make it seem so much realer. LOL..... If that was a boy I would have to say that he is pretty well endowed. But like you said it was the umbilical cord.

I never found out with my two until they were born they were always sideways in the pics/

[rainbowtreat]

I am 27 weeks now. Here is my newest picture of the baby bump. Yes there is a bare belly shot in here lol. And my 7 yr old took the pictures for me but they are not so bad.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/rainbowtreat/100_1931.jpg


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[LizabethDavis]

I love the belly bump!!! Woot Woot!!

[Jacklynn]

Its crazy how advance those pictures are getting! They are so personal now, its nuts.

I would go crazy not knowing the sex! You are a much stronger person than I that is for sure :)

[rainbowtreat]

Its crazy how advance those pictures are getting! They are so personal now, its nuts.

I would go crazy not knowing the sex! You are a much stronger person than I that is for sure :)


I didnt know with my first 2 and this is my last and my husbands first. It is just a huge suprise once you deliver. I sometimes wonderign if Ishould find out but I knwo I would regret it the day I did. So I am content on lettign every one guess. I cant wait to find out, on the day the baby is born.

[Goin2thechapel]

Aww..soo cute Gwen! You're glowing!

PS..I think it's a girl :)

[NicksBride]

ohh you look wonderful!!!!!!!

[rainbowtreat]

Thank you both of you. I am not sure what this one is. I knew withmy first 2 but this one is hard tot ell. But every one around me is having a boy. I just foudn out from a freind yesterday and one today that they are having boys and my coworkers wife is having a boy. So does that mean I am haivng one too or am I going to break the mold and have a girl?

[NicksBride]

I think you are going to break it and have a girl!!!! :)

[rainbowtreat]

My son will be 6 in July and this is his first time trying t-ball. He has been so excited about it. Tonight was his first practice and he loved it. He has practice again tomorrow and opening day is the 28th and his first game is that day. It is so cute to see him out there with other kids his size running all over the place. I thought he was small but I guess he is not the smallest. There are only about 3 boys pn the team the rest are girls. They are all so cute. This is going to be a fun season. Gives me something to do to keep my mind off being so pregnant. It will make the time go by faster. I will post a picture of my proud boy when he gets his uniform.

Just a proud mama bragging about her baby boy.

[The future Mrs. Monroe]

This is so exciting! My FH has a five yr old daghter and she started dancing this year. I think its adorable. But he was a little sad that she was so grown up- she starts Kindergarten next year. Can't wait to see pix in his uniform. I'll post some of Chloe in her recital costume too!

[LizabethDavis]

Isn't it exciting? Michael is doing baseball this year and should be starting anytime now, although I haven't gotten a call from hi coach yet! And that is a good way of looking at it...it will take our minds off being pregnant!

[soontobemrs]

My daughter is 7 and she just finished up her season playing football. She was the only girl on the team and she kicked butt. I never had sooo much fun at those games and watching all those little kids tackling each other. It was very intense. She played both defense and offense so she was in the entire game and was just awarded defensive MVP - I'm so proud.

[rainbowtreat]

Here is my boy in his uniform at his first game, the first one is him with a team mate and class mate Megan, the next is him playing 2nd base and the last I love, he just made it home and is jumping nad giving his coach high five.

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[LizabethDavis]

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[LizabethDavis]

I love that last pic Gwen!!!!

Hope you don't mind...here's some of Michael at his first practice:

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[NicksBride]

You guys have handsome boys!

[LizabethDavis]

Aww…thanks! I’m sure Gwen would agree when I say, yeah, I think I’ll keep him anyway….LOL

[rainbowtreat]

I haven't posted in here in a while as I post mosly over at BabyRaising. But life is good. I have 6 weeks to go before this baby is to arrive. The kids are good, Dean is in T-Ball and loving it and Jessa is in Brownies. She will be starting soccer in Aug.

My sister and her family were to be coming down Next month but now they cant. My mom and little brother were going to come with them and stya untill after the baby came. Now they have to find a new way down as my mom does not have a car. She doesn't want my husband to have to go up and get her as he will have to take her home at some point after the baby.

My girlfriend from Australia will be here the middle of next month and staying untill Aug. I can't wait to see her again.

We will be celebrating our 1 yr. annv. on June 10th. I can't believe it has been a yr already. And I am due one month after that. I can't believe the baby is almost here.

As for the baby every thing has been great so far. I would love to have it the end of June. The other 2 have July birthdays and I would like to spread it out a little. But it will come when it decides to. And we don't know the sex. we have decided to wait. I am getting excited now. I knew with the first 2. Just an instinct I guess. With this one I have no idea. But the name are

Boy : Grady Mitchell ( Grady is from my husbands great grandfather and Mitchell is my real dads last name )

Girl : Addison Elizabeth ( Addison is just a name we both loved and Elizabeth was my husbands great grandmothers name )

So that is me as of now. Here are a couple of pictures for ya.

me this month, getting huge

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/rainbowtreat/100_1984.jpg

my son playing T-Ball

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/rainbowtreat/Dean.jpg

my husband and daughter

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/rainbowtreat/100_1938.jpg

[NicksBride]

Gwen so glad to hear everything is going well. I lurk over at Babyraising and I love hearing how things are going!!! WOW six weeks, I can't wait to see him or her. :)

[Goin2thechapel]

Wow...that is one huge baby!

[rainbowtreat]

Wow...that is one huge baby!

THanks, it will be a big one like his/her sister and brother were. They were both over 9 lbs. I am hoping it comes a little early. Cross your fingers.

[NicksBride]

Wowzer, that is a big baby. :) Hoping for a healthy big baby.

[hummingbird521]

Wowzer, that is a big baby. :) Hoping for a healthy big baby.

:bbeek: I agree, are you sure it isn't twins or triplets??

[NicksBride]

Gwen you just look marvelous and I forgot to mention that I LOVE your names. Addison is always my favorite pick for a girl. :)
I am gonna stay on track here and still think you are having a girl! Can't wait to see!!!!

[hummingbird521]

gwen i'm sorry i didn't mean that to sound that way. i love the names and your little boy and girl are so cute.

[rainbowtreat]

gwen i'm sorry i didn't mean that to sound that way. i love the names and your little boy and girl are so cute.

DOn't worry about it, I have so many people asking if I am only having one. I think they would know by now if I had more then one in there. Well I am hoping they would. Twins run on myhusbands side of the family. On his dads side. All of his cousins who have fathered a child have had a set of girl twins except one and that one had a boy.

And thank about the names and my kids, I think they are cute too but then again they are mine.

[Dani]

I love the names you have picked out too! Addison is my favorite girls name, (infact it was my grandpa's name, who once told that his brother was named Elder because he was the eldest, and when he was born they named him Addison cause they were "adding-a-son) Good name picks!

[LizabethDavis]

And thank about the names and my kids, I think they are cute too but then again they are mine.

:grinhappy: She's so humble...LOL...Oh Gwen and you can tell them the truth....you picked the name Elizabeth to be after me!

[rainbowtreat]

:grinhappy: She's so humble...LOL...Oh Gwen and you can tell them the truth....you picked the name Elizabeth to be after me!

LOl Lizabeth can dream and say that we name the girl after the girl who married us lol.

[rainbowtreat]

I wont bore you all wil the details from my baby shower yesterday. But I do want to share my cake with you all. They took my favorite ultra sound pic of the baby and had it put on the cake. I LOVE it. It was the best thing from the whole shower.
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/rainbowtreat/100_2036.jpg


and this was the onsie that every one signed , i will put this on the baby once and take a picture and then put it away in the book or keepsake box
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/rainbowtreat/100_2044.jpg

[rainbowtreat]

if you care to see the details of my shower here is the link to my journal on BR , it starts on the bottom of this page and onto the next

http://www.babyraising.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36&page=36

[NicksBride]

It looks like you guys had an awesome time! What great stuff too. Congratulations, that cake is awesome. :) I can't wait to see your new addition! Thanks for sharing here!

[rainbowtreat]

OK baby news so far, still waiting. My due date is next Tuesday. Both my first 2 were early so I am hoping. I have had some contractions off and on and some mucus and a little bloody show ( sorry to gross you out ). I feel ALOT of pressure when I walk. I am just waiting for something, anythign to happen. I am so ready.

In other news my husband might be getting his own store. What I mean is he will manage a store in the company he works for. Right now he is an assistant manager. He will still be over an hour away but the gas price may go down a little as this will be interstate driving instead of back roads driving. They offered him one a while back and he turned it down because it was too far away. This one is still father away then we want but in the long run it will be more money and if something opens up in the furture closer to home he can move to that one if he wants to. So it looks like he may take it. e still has some talking to do about what type of store it is sales wise and what not. And if he does take it he will start right after he goes back to work from his week off for me having the baby.

So wish us luck on both.

[NicksBride]

oh can't wait to hear when you have it. Girl or boy? :)
That is fantastic about your husband and the store as well, great news for both.
Good luck with the delivery of your baby, we will be thinking of you waiting for the news and of course pictures!!!

[Goin2thechapel]

Best wishes for a healthy and safe delivery!! Hurry back so we know what you had!!

[hummingbird521]

the onesie is just adorable. what a cute idea as well. here's hoping for a safe and healthy delivery.

[shawnsgirl]

Hope your doing well! I'm eagerly anticipating to here you have gone into labor!! Here's hoping for a 7/7/07 baby!!!

[rainbowtreat]

Thank you every for you wishes and luck. I will be sure some oen lets you all know.

Here is a picture of our new dining table. All we had was a small roudn one with folding chairs. With another one on the way and having freinds and family around that was not enough. So here is out new table. The only change my husband has chose to make that I have been happy with in the last couple of weeks lol. He is so ready for me to have this baby and be back to my old self again. This is the picture form the site. I will have to take a picture of the real thing later. I jsut dont feel like doing it right now. And my camera is packed for the hospital.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/rainbowtreat/3_406_32.jpg

[rainbowtreat]

Well no 07/07/07 baby. Now my husband wants a Friday the 13th baby lol. If nothign happens before Tuesday afternoon ( my next dpc. appt. ) the doctor said we will talk about inducing me. Well Wed. is my sons 6th Birthday so I wont let him induce me that day and so my husband said what is one more day lets do it on Friday. He thought it would be a cool birthday. I am not superstitions (sp?) or anything so I realy don't care. I just hope it happens soon. I am so done. I can't walk without being in pain, the pressure is driving me nuts.

I will keep you all posted when something happens.

[mariaandmanish]

I hope it happens for you soon, Gwen! Looking forward to hearing all about the baby!!!

[LizabethDavis]

GWEN'S MOTHER JUST CALLED ME!! WE HAVE A BABY!!!

IT'S A BOY!!!!

GRADY MITCHELL WAS BORN AT 7:19 THIS MORNING WEIGHING IN AT 8 POUNDS 12 OZ (IF i REMEMBER THOSE NUMBERS CORRECTLY!)!

CONGRATULATIONS GWEN, NICHOLAS, JESSA & DEAN!

WELCOME GRADY MITCHELL!!!

[NicksBride]

YEA!!!!!!!!!!! That is just SO exciting. Tell them all congratulations and well wishes!!!!
Welcome to the world Grady!

[Goin2thechapel]

Aww!! That is sooo wonderful :) Congratulations to You and your family!!

[shawnsgirl]

Congratulations Gwen! I'm so happy for you and your family! Enjoy your new addition to your family!!

[val24]

Congratulations!!!!

[mariaandmanish]

Congrats Gwen!!! That's great news!!!

[hummingbird521]

Congratulations to the entire family. Wonderful news. How is mom doing? baby as well?

[lize566]

Congratulations! I hope we get to see pictures soon and that everything went well and both you and grady are doing good!

[WebLady]

Congrats Gwen and family! Hope mom and baby are doing well!

[Goin2thechapel]

Sooo...Where is that Elizabeth with pictures!!! I'd be shocked if she doesn't have any yet...

[LizabethDavis]

Nope. I actually don't have any yet. Which is shocking. I was giving her a day or so to rest before I bugged her for them. And I will then only post them with her permission. I wouldn't want to steal her thunder!

[Jacklynn]

Oh how exciting! I can't wait for pictures either!

[NicksBride]

awww hope she and her family are doing well. Can't wait to see little Grady

[Panthers Bride]

Congrats! yeah!

[rainbowtreat]

Thank you all. Here is the little man.

he is 20 1/2 inches long

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[rainbowtreat]

We are both doing great. He is in perfect health. I am feeling just fine. A little tired and a little sore but overall I am good to. He is alseep so I am thinking nap time for mom as well. Thank you all for posting, thanking Elizabeth for letting every one know.

[NicksBride]

aww Gwen, I am soo very happy for you. He looks like a big and healthy boy. Look at those cheeks. Thank you so much for checking in. Go get your rest!! He is beautiful. :)

[mariaandmanish]

Congratulations, again, Gwen!! The pictures are great!!! You all look thrilled and happy, and he looks very healthy and well! Congrats, congrats, congrats!!!

[hummingbird521]

thanks for stopping by and get your rest as much as possible. i remember those days. sleep when you can. lol. he looks so much like his daddy.

[SerendipityCrafts]

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SerendipityCrafts agrees: LOVE the

LOL Was trying to type - Love the "Just Hatched" Onsie .... but the apostrophe key is right beside the enter button! LOL

He's a cutie - congrats Mommy!

[soontobemrs]

Congratulation! He is soooooo precious - I want one but FH said no :sob: (not right now anyway).

[rainbowtreat]

LOL Was trying to type - Love the "Just Hatched" Onsie .... but the apostrophe key is right beside the enter button! LOL

He's a cutie - congrats Mommy!

Thanks Elizabeth, I love him to death. I am so glad he is here.

[NicksBride]

Just to cute. I am so glad he is here. 9 months is a long time to wait. But now you have a big and beautiful family. :) The just hatched is very cute.

[Goin2thechapel]

Awww...He's freaking adorable!!!

[rainbowtreat]

Thank you both of you. I think he is **** cute but then again he is mine lol.

[lize566]

I'm so glad you came over here to show us your beautiful baby boy!! He is adorable and I'm so happy for you!

[rainbowtreat]

Well Grady will be 2 weeks old tomorrow. I can not belive it. I don't want him getting any bigger. He is my last baby and I don't want him to grow up so fast. I know I can't stop it but I wish I could.

We have been busy lately. My husbands mom and grandmom are here. Grady is the first grand child and great grand child for them. You can just imagine how excited they are.

My other 2 had their birthday party yesterday. That was alot of work and alot of fun. They are 6 and 8 yrs old. ( birthdays are 11 days apart so they have ond big party )

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[rainbowtreat]

This is a picture I will cherish forever. These 4 girls are my life. I have 4 best friends and this is the first time they were all in the same place with me at once. I can call on any one of these girls and they would be there for me one way or another for any reason. I can count on any one of these girls to be by my side in a heart beat if I needed them or wanted them there. They are all different in their own ways. Not one is like the other. But they are all my friends and I would not survive this world , this life without any of them.

The first one ( to m y left ) I have been friends with for over 12 yrs now. The reast between 2 and 5 yrs but I have never been mad at any of them for any reason. We all have our own lives and some times we will go a while without seeing or talking. Not that we want to it is just life takes us away some times and before we know it it has been a while. But again as I said, I would be there for them and they for me for anything.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/rainbowtreat/100_2290.jpg


I love this picture of my 2 boys.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/rainbowtreat/100_2249.jpg

Grady had his first bath on Saturday, he loved it once he got in the warm water.

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[LizabethDavis]

Grady is awfully cute!! I wish I could see him!!!

[NicksBride]

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This picture is priceless, look at Gradys face! Gwen you have such a beautiful family!!!!!! You do not even look like you had a baby, you look sooo pretty. Thanks for sharing, I have goosebumps looking at your family. happy birthday family!!! :)

[rainbowtreat]

This picture is priceless, look at Gradys face! Gwen you have such a beautiful family!!!!!! You do not even look like you had a baby, you look sooo pretty. Thanks for sharing, I have goosebumps looking at your family. happy birthday family!!! :)

You are so sweet. Thank you so much.

[ger]

Sweet pictures. I just love the one of the two boys!! They are just adorable. I'll bet the birthday party was a lot of fun. My sister and I were only 5 days apart, so we always had a party together too. We loved it!!

[Jacklynn]

Oh my word! He is adorable!! Thanks so much for sharing pictures! It looks like things are going great :)

[rainbowtreat]

Thank you every one. I am in love all over again with that baby every time I look at him. It is so different this time around. Maybe because he is my last or maybe becasue Iam older so I appreciate (sp?) it more. I don't knwo but my heart strings are pulled every time I look at my kids. This baby has made me look at things a little more closely.

My husband and I have looked back at what it took for us to be where we are today since Grady came along. Yes I have 2 kids and he has taken them onl ike they are his won but Grady is a part of the 2 of us. It is an amazing feeling.

I got my hair cut today. I called Nicholas at work to let him know I was doing it. He so did't want me to. He loves my long hair. But after each child I have had the need to cut my hair. With the other two I had long enough hair that I donated it to locks of love. You need atleast 10 inches. I had 5 inches cut off this time. I just could not wait for that other 5 inches. I called Nicholas after I had it done. I told him how much I got cut off. He said so it is about to you shoulders then? I said yes he was lke good I can live with that lol. He is so cute. He loves my long hair and begged me not to cut it but in the end he knows it is up to me. I just hope he doesn't shave his facial hair now lol. I love him with it and he look sssooo young with otu it. Same thing though it is up to him. Oh the things we go through for love lol. I wil lpost a pic. of myhair once I know I can upload onto the new pc. Nicholas is not done with every thing yet.

[hummingbird521]

the family is just lovely. the baby is getting cuter by the day. post a pic of your new do for us. i bet it looks really good. i can understand why you got it cut. i figure with 3 little ones at home it is much easier to care for. lol

[NicksBride]

aww I am so glad you guys are doing well and Grady and everyone is healthy :)
I can totally understand why you needed to cut your hair, I can only imagine having three kids and long hair to take care of. I am sure you look wonderful.

[Doglover]

OHH MY GOSH, I am so sorry i missed this!!! Congratulations on your baby boy!! he is so ADORABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rainbowtreat]

OHH MY GOSH, I am so sorry i missed this!!! Congratulations on your baby boy!! he is so ADORABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Thank you so much. He is adorable isn't he? lol

[Doglover]

Hes got such a sweet face! I love babies. Everytime i see my 8 month old nephew, he has changed.So cute! I want a baby.

[NicksBride]

seeing babies gives me such baby fever its insane. hahaha

[rainbowtreat]

If we could afford it and I was yonger I would have another one. ( sshh dont tell my husband I said that, he wants another one )

[sjk1431]

Your kids are adorable. I love the picture of your boys the look on Grady's face is priceless :wub:

[rainbowtreat]

Your kids are adorable. I love the picture of your boys the look on Grady's face is priceless :wub:

Thank you so much. I LVOE that picture so much. My older son can not walk my his little brother without touching him or kissing him. He even has a desinated kissing spot on Grady's forehead jsut for him. He pointed it out and said " That is my kissing spot no one elses ." Too friggin cute. My daughter wants to change him, feed him, hold him. I have to share him with them and some times it is hard. But when I see my 8 yr old daughter holding Grady and saying things like, you need to burp?, what are you looking at, are you happy, little things she hears me say and she says them in that " talking to a baby " voice. Ya gotta love kids.

[NicksBride]

aww that is sooo cute! they love their baby brother, what a great thing for them to learn too, to take care of someone else, what a wonderful thing for your daughter to be doing. So sweet

[rainbowtreat]

I just had to share this picture. I LOVE this. Look at how he is looking at me. I don't liek the picture of me so much but he is just so adorable in this picture. I have it as a desk top. I have to get his one blown up.

( you can kinda see my hair cut in this one even though it is pulled up in a pony tail , but you may see the ddifference in the 2 pictures)

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/rainbowtreat/136.jpg

and of course some one had to take a picture of him and I alseep on the couch
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[shawnsgirl]

I love those pictures!! Look at all of Grady's hair and how he is looking at you! That is just precious! I don't think its a bad picture of you! Yeah, you're hair isn't 100% but when your at home with the kids when is it?? I also love the one of the two of you sleeping..So peaceful!!

[NicksBride]

aww I saw these over at Babyraising.com but they are just soo precious I had to comment twice. Look at his neck muscles able to pick his head up to look at his mommy. I just love it.
PS your hair cut looks very cute!!!

[Doglover]

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!! He looks so cute!!!!! I love the first one! His little head up!! AWWWWWWW SOOOOO CUTE!!!!!!! I just wanna kiss him!

[ger]

Those pictures are soooooo cute!! How adorable. Look how he's looking up like such a big boy!! SWEET!!!

[jannafin]

Your baby boy is adorable! Such sweet pictures. Congrats!

(I know it's a little late but I'm new, lol!)

[rainbowtreat]

Your baby boy is adorable! Such sweet pictures. Congrats!

(I know it's a little late but I'm new, lol!)

It is ok if your late, I love hearing how cute he is lol. Welcome by the way.

[rainbowtreat]

Well Grady is getting so big. Not in the weight but in his actions lol. He is talking so much and smiling all the time. He even giggled the other day for the first time. Ijust happen to be recording him when he did it so I have it to show every one. I sent it via e-mail to his grandmothers. They loved it.

[NicksBride]

awwww a baby giggle. Those are the cutest things! GLad you got a video, it bet it is just adorable!!!! :)

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Well I have been one busy mamma. My daughter is in soccer and school is back in. Her brownies will start up again soon.

Grady is 8 wks old already. I can not believe he is almost 2 months old. He is growing so fast. He is already in 3 - 6 months sleepers. He can't stretch his legs out in the 0 - 3 months but he can still wear the 0 - 3 momth clothes.

He has slept through the night the last 3 ngihts. He wakes up some where between 4 and 6 but not for a bottle. I give him his plug ( pacifier ) and he goes back out. He stirs until about 7:30. In and out of sleep. I will just give him a plug a few times and turn on his mobile.

He is just growing so fast. Just today as his dad was getting ready to leave for work he came over to me to say bye to Grady. Grady saw his daddy and his face lit up. He smiled so big and was talking to him. As Nicholas walked away from him his eyes followed him. So his daddy came back and he smiled again. Poor Nicholas didn't want to leave. He told Grady he was makign it hard for him to go to work.

That is another issue. WORK. He closes 5 nights a week. So now that the kids are back in school they only see him one day a week. He leaves before they get out of school and doesn't get home until late , between 10 and 12 some times later. his manager is a pain and wont take another closing so he can see his kids one night atleast. He is realy thinking hard about looking for a different job. He has been in food service for about 15 yrs now. He says it is time for a change. I will stand beside him no matter what he chooses. He knows what he needs to do.

So that is my life at the moment. Next weekend we are headed to a family get together in Maine. This side of the family has not meet Grady yet. He has my dads last name as his middle name. Every one loves that. They get to meet him soon. My grandmother is close to 90 yrs old. I dont want to miss the chance to see her. We never knwo how long we have her. Also my aunt Judy is fighting cancer. I want to see her too. She found out she had cancer a year and a half ago. Just after they all got back from Florida from my aunt Sharons funeral. She died from cancer. The big reason for wanting to go to this family thing so bad is that I didn't get the chance to go the last summer myaunt Sharon was up. She died 7 months later. I wont let that happen again.

Well off to bed. I have kids to get ready for school in the morning.

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Wow, you've been busy!! I can't believe your little sweetie is 2 months old already! Where does time go??

I feel Nicholas' pain about working nights. The only thing...when I did it...I worked 7 in a row, then had 7 off. I really liked that schedule. But, working those late hours when you have kids really takes a toll on you. I sure hope things turn around soon!

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Grady is growing so fast. He jsut turned 2 months on the 9th. We had a WIC appt today and he ways 13 lbs and 12 oz, a full 5 lbs bigger and 2 1/2 inches longer. I can not believe how fast he is growing. He gets shots tomorrow. Wish me luck.

[Doglover]

awwwwww!!!

[NicksBride]

WOW, he has grown so much! What a big boy. Good luck with shots.. Poor little lamb!

[shawnsgirl]

Wow Grady is really growing fast..I guess all babies do that though!! How's soccer going?? Both my boys started this week and they both love it!!

I hate when they have to get shots..Yeah I know it's something that is needed but it still bothers me when they have to get them!! Hope Grady does ok with them!

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Ok the doctors weighed him naked so the weight is actualy 12 lbs and 12 oz. I like that better. Every pound counts lol. He did ok with his shots. He cried for a min. then was talking away to the nurses.

Soccer is going good. She has game tomorrow. She loves playing.

[NicksBride]

aww what a good boy. :)
GOod luck at the soccer game, I bet it is fun to see her running around the field!

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Ok so it has been almsot a month since I ahve come into this journal, I will be honest and say I don't get into this section much, I try and I do read to catch up on you all. I just dont have the time these days to stay as connected as I would like to be.

But what is new with me is Grady is 4 motnsh old now. He is getting so big. He is jsut about out of 3 to 6 months clothes. They JUST fit him. HE is a very happy and content baby. I could not ask for a better baby. He gets more shots next week.

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In other things... my ex called a couple of weeks ago and asked about having the kids at his place for Christmas. We talked and he said it had been 5 years since he has seen them on Christmas morning. He also said he wanted to do it before Grady got to an age where he would be into opening presents. He said he would also leave it up to thekids and if they didn't want to then he wouldnt make them. So he talked to them this weekend and he said my dauther was thinking about it but that my son was all for it. When I asked them about it my daughter asked me if I was fine. She is 8 yrs old and thinking about my feelings. That made me cry. She is a very sweet little girl. Believe me it will be very hard for me. It will not be a good Christmas. We will have Christmas when they come home. But I want the morning with them so I may wait untill the weekend to do our own Christmas with them. I am not sure I will hve to see what happens. This cant happen when Grady gets older though. If they go to their dads another Christmas we will just have to have it without them. I know this is part of being divorced with kids but it hurts so bad. I have had them every year and he has taken them for Thanksgiving. That is more of a family thing and they both have alot of family around. We were invited to our friends ( more like brother and sister to us ) place for Thanksgiving but seeing we have the kids we are going to stay home and spend time with just them.

Other then that Nicholas has a new job. No health insurace for the baby so I am applyign for Heathly Kids. Also he just foudn out it is going to cost about $200 a week for the 3 of us becasue it is a very small amount of people so they get no discount. He may have to find a new job. With my hip the way it has been lately I dont dare go without insrance for long.

I work part time and I am out in time to pick the kdis up from school so I only need a sitter 3 short days a week for the baby. I lucked out and have my kdis cousin ( my ex's neice ) who does school nights. She loves babies and little kids so I pay her baout $50 ( extra if she does a Sat. or has the other 2 kids ). What I am trying to do is get a mini van so I can stay home and watch a couple of kids. I would be better off. Make mroe money and not have to leave my baby. And with a mini van I can still take my kids to school and pick them up and not have to worry about how they will get home.

So that is my life in a nutshell at the moment.

[shawnsgirl]

Well, first of all you have three beautiful children! I know how you feel with Christmas. This Christmas day both the boys will be away and I feel like a grinch. I'm not even int he christmas spirit because I will be miserable not having the kids this christmas. It's just not the same. I guess what we're doing is I'm taking the day off on Christmas Eve and we'll have our Christmas morning the day before. I just hate it..I guess my thinking is this is their home with Shawn and I, they deserve to wake up every Christmas morning in it. Also, Being a mom is not an easy job. I'm the one who always takes off work when their sick, go to their doctors appointments, take care of issues at school, anything and eveything that comes with being a mom. Mind you I'm not complaining. However, all their dad's are is a weekend twice a month. A quick vacation from home. That's all. They're not around to help with anything, nor care. All they are, are selfish human beings. They're not real dad's shawn is the boys real dad. Therefore, we should have the privlages of watching them wake up in their own home Christmas morning. So, I know exactly how you feel. It's so frustrating!! I know when Shawn and I do finally have our first child it would only be right to have all the kids together.
Its frustrating and I definately feel for you.
I can't believe how much Grady has grown. he is such a handsome little guy!! I bet he's one of those babies that just kind of go with the flow. Does he have that little belly laugh yet??? I love it when babies first find their voices and all the cueing they make then on top when you are playing with them and the laugh this deep belly laugh! It's the cutest!! Take care sweety and I hope you Christmas is wonderful as well as your thanksgiving!!

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Thanks Jonelle, I feel the same way about this being their home and all and wanting them here with me. But I guess I can't have everything. Oh the joys of a divorce.

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omg it has been way too long since i posted in here, but life has been crazy, Nicholas and I have been through a rough spot but have come through it, we are now talking about renewing our vows on our 5th annv. and going to WV where he grew up to do it since we got married in Maine where I grew up

We are also talking about trying for another baby. Every one will think we are crazy but it's ok. We are lol.

Have not been posting as much as i have been trying to get things back on track here at home. But I am still here and still love seeing how every one is doing. I have been lurking some just not posting so much.