What a wonderful three day weekend! DOES NOT happen often in the Pugh household. Because of the strong winds of Ike on Friday, Jarred could not work, and he decided to take off this weekend. This may be because I complained all last week about him needing to get home earlier. Now I feel much rejuvenated and able to cope. We were able to cook good food (without using just one burner on the grill to heat up canned food) which is always better. I am caught up on laundry and groceries, and I feel ready to hit the office early tomorrow morning to get caught up before this baby comes (as long as it doesnt come tonight, of course). Then, my new babysitter is coming, so I may try to go out to finish up some errands, if my work is somewhat done. I also have 3 bids due this week, so that in itself will take most of day.
I have been sleeping pretty well from about 3-6:30am. I think that by that point I am so tired I just sort of crash. I keep waking up to pee and thinking that maybe labor has started or am disappointed that labor has NOT started. So hard to not obsess about it. I feel like it is all I think about. Could be because I have a HUGE belly right in front of me that is just getting more and more in the way everyday....Jarred and I picked up the birth tub on Friday from our doula and I went and picked up the right attachment for our bathroom sink. So that is ready. YEAH! Sort of last minute, but I knew if I needed it, our doula would bring it by, but I much prefer having it here waiting to be set up when I need it.
Still debating whether to send Lucie up to Jarred's parents for a couple of days this week. While I feel much rested and really want her to be here for the birth (not watching necessarily, just in the house), I have my midwife coming Wed am, and our anniversary is Thursday. Jarred wants to send her, because he is more worried than me about tending to her while I am in labor. Probably b/c it will be his job to tend to both of us, while me, I am just tending to myself. Our doula is ready to come though with the specific purpose of watching Lucie and helping her to understand everything. Lucie has really made a positive turn this last week in regards to liking and being comfortable with the midwife and "medical" intervention like blood pressure checks and checking the baby's heart beat. At first she would cry and be scared that E.T. was "hurting her baby", but we have read some books and she went with me to E.T.'s office (which Lucie thinks is her house-she has a BIG house according to Lucie). FYI: Normally, E comes to our home for my prenatals. I have only been to see E at her office 3 times. Anyway, now, when Lucie gets hurt she tells me that E will have to check her heartbeat. Very funny. So, sort of a practicality decision vs. idealistic notion. I am just really invisioning all of my little family in the big bed after birth, all snuggled up together for sleep/nap. I think it wont seem as nice if Lucie is not there with us. Well, we'll see......
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
BIG Day!
Today was a very busy day. Both the housekeeper and the new babysitter came at the same time. This was planned so that the new babysitter could watch Lucie (and referee b/t Lucie and the housekeepers son) while I cleaned out the coolers and fridges for the new fridge. The delivery man for the fridge came right after they left. It did not go well. He moved my old fridge out to the garage and brought the new one in only to find that the plug had been ripped out. Of course, because I am a tight wad, the one I bought was "clearance-discontinued item" so they could not replace it. So, I would be back to square one, but now my fridge is in the garage running off of an extension cord. I have to go outside everytime I need "chocolate milk". Now, I dont know what to do. Jarred told me to go ahead and buy a regular priced one, but I am so pissy about how much time I spent on the cheaper one that buying one at full price (a tough move for me anyway) just seems ridiculous. I just cannot believe it was sitting in my kitchen, and then was gone. My time is very limited right now and what a waste. Anyway, MAYBE I will go back tomorrow and just get the other one. I would like to "shop around" for another clearance one but with Lucie it is pretty much a nightmare even if she is really good. It is really hard for me to climb in and get her in/out of the truck now, and it has been hot. And everywhere I go, like 5 people ask me how much longer, when are you due, what are you having, how are you feeling? I hate the how are you feeling (from strangers). How does it look like I feel? I am sweaty, fat, dont have any clothes that fit, and am toting along a 2 year old yelling Uno, Dos, Tres.......
My appt. with emmy went good on Wed. I do have higher than normal (for me) blood pressure, technically pre-hypertensive, but she did not seem concerned. Especially after I told her everything that had been going on (mostly not fun). I was NOT surprised, as life has been pretty much a rollercoaster the past two weeks. The generator catching on fire really put me over the edge. I truly believe that if the power had not come on Sunday night, I might have lost my mind. I was in that catatonic, I better not move for in case something else bad happens. Like if I just stay really still, Karma wont notice me anymore. I will have to write the whole generator event up as a seperate post. While I may not have been physically scarred, it certainly emotionally scarred me, haha.
I feel really wrapped up in a combo of waiting for the baby to come and hurrying up and trying to get everything done before the baby comes. I did rearrange the furniture in our room yesterday to make room for the tub. I also moved all of the supplies, clothes, etc. from the bathroom cabinet to the dresser in the bedroom. I am going to pick up the tub from our doula tomorrow and keep it here at the house for when the time comes. Emmy keeps talking about my labor being in the 3-4 hour range. I dont know, I am trying to prepare for anything, which I have been getting alot of practice at the past 2 weeks. Seems like everything is happening really fast already. Cannot believe the first of my "due dates" from my "due range" will be here Sat. The range is over a week, so who knows it could be 2 more weeks before the baby comes. I am ready, maybe I can rest a little then, yeah right! My personal goal is for the baby to come before the Auburn game.....I dont know why, just a mental thing I took up a couple of months ago. Also, I would rather it NOT come on our anniversary. I dont want to not be able to go out on our anniversary because of a kids b-day.
Sounds like it will be very windy here starting around midnight. I dont care at all. I am SOOO unbelieveably happy that IKE is going (we hope) to Texas. I will take messed up fridges, firey generators, etc for that blessing.
I do miss all of my family so much and wish that we all lived closer so that you all could stop in after work or on the way to the grocery to visit with me. OR, I could just come by and bother yall. I get pretty lonely with Jarred gone so much. Cant wait to call you and let you know the baby has come. Also, dont expect a girls name right away. I am having BIG TIME trouble with this one. I sure do hope that I think of one that just fits her, if it is a girl that is.
My appt. with emmy went good on Wed. I do have higher than normal (for me) blood pressure, technically pre-hypertensive, but she did not seem concerned. Especially after I told her everything that had been going on (mostly not fun). I was NOT surprised, as life has been pretty much a rollercoaster the past two weeks. The generator catching on fire really put me over the edge. I truly believe that if the power had not come on Sunday night, I might have lost my mind. I was in that catatonic, I better not move for in case something else bad happens. Like if I just stay really still, Karma wont notice me anymore. I will have to write the whole generator event up as a seperate post. While I may not have been physically scarred, it certainly emotionally scarred me, haha.
I feel really wrapped up in a combo of waiting for the baby to come and hurrying up and trying to get everything done before the baby comes. I did rearrange the furniture in our room yesterday to make room for the tub. I also moved all of the supplies, clothes, etc. from the bathroom cabinet to the dresser in the bedroom. I am going to pick up the tub from our doula tomorrow and keep it here at the house for when the time comes. Emmy keeps talking about my labor being in the 3-4 hour range. I dont know, I am trying to prepare for anything, which I have been getting alot of practice at the past 2 weeks. Seems like everything is happening really fast already. Cannot believe the first of my "due dates" from my "due range" will be here Sat. The range is over a week, so who knows it could be 2 more weeks before the baby comes. I am ready, maybe I can rest a little then, yeah right! My personal goal is for the baby to come before the Auburn game.....I dont know why, just a mental thing I took up a couple of months ago. Also, I would rather it NOT come on our anniversary. I dont want to not be able to go out on our anniversary because of a kids b-day.
Sounds like it will be very windy here starting around midnight. I dont care at all. I am SOOO unbelieveably happy that IKE is going (we hope) to Texas. I will take messed up fridges, firey generators, etc for that blessing.
I do miss all of my family so much and wish that we all lived closer so that you all could stop in after work or on the way to the grocery to visit with me. OR, I could just come by and bother yall. I get pretty lonely with Jarred gone so much. Cant wait to call you and let you know the baby has come. Also, dont expect a girls name right away. I am having BIG TIME trouble with this one. I sure do hope that I think of one that just fits her, if it is a girl that is.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Things are getting back to normal around here. Just wondering when the baby will make its arrival. I started "taking" a special night time herbal thing a couple of nights ago. So, it seems I wake up all night long expecting for labor to have started, which of course (at least so far) this has not happened. I dont seem to be having as many BH as I was before, which is very normal. It seems the uterus goes through a resting phase before actual labor begins. So when I do have them, it sort of makes me stop and wonder. I just try to relax and visualize the baby coming.
It has been a really hard month, such a balancing act. When we are busy with work it is great b/c I dont have to worry about that, but then again Jarred is gone so much that it puts alot more onto me both work and home wise.
Went shopping for a new fridge today. BIG decision. Side by side or french door. Going to have to sleep on it.
It has been a really hard month, such a balancing act. When we are busy with work it is great b/c I dont have to worry about that, but then again Jarred is gone so much that it puts alot more onto me both work and home wise.
Went shopping for a new fridge today. BIG decision. Side by side or french door. Going to have to sleep on it.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Update
I am putting up a new slideshow with pictures of my backyard post-storm. we are lucky that while we lost two of our beautiful trees that we planted ourselves, they werent big enough to hurt anything falling over. Jarred is just going to put the willow in the canal and hope it comes back up as most of the root ball was torn. There are pictures of Lucie riding the bobcat with her daddy, which she LOVED. We have crews all over town. At this job, we were trying to straighten out some clayrooted crape myrtles, stake them, and then hope they survive. crape myrtles are very resilent. i took some pictures of the power men working out in front of my neighborhood. they are from pennsylvania. i love them.....hopefully we will get power back soon. starting the generator is hard for me......i also included pictures of my belly, which is huge. I am measuring at 41 weeks even with the baby dropping. I pray that it comes before I%&, F-OFF I&%.
Monday, September 1, 2008
www.lsuagcenter.com/weather
The agcenter site is pretty neat. Some info that might help you to navigate it:
-Click on the St. Gabriel Station (if you look at map, it is most south of 3 clustered to the right of where it says Baton Rouge, it is actually in Iberville)
-Click on minute data graphs
-Change "station drop down" to st. gabriel
-Change element drop down to wind run/direction
-Click Go
Also the "element drop down" has one for rain, that is pretty neat too. It appears to have about a 1 hour lag time.
Alot of people must be logging in b/c it is sort of slow....but worth it I think.
The agcenter site is pretty neat. Some info that might help you to navigate it:
-Click on the St. Gabriel Station (if you look at map, it is most south of 3 clustered to the right of where it says Baton Rouge, it is actually in Iberville)
-Click on minute data graphs
-Change "station drop down" to st. gabriel
-Change element drop down to wind run/direction
-Click Go
Also the "element drop down" has one for rain, that is pretty neat too. It appears to have about a 1 hour lag time.
Alot of people must be logging in b/c it is sort of slow....but worth it I think.
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