September 4, 2008
Still no baby. I have checked my emails 600 bazillion times today, I jump every time a phone rings, I have even called my aunt more than once (making her jump each time too I am sure) to find out what is going on.
I know things have changed since I had Noodle, but my best guess is that they want baby here before you hit the 24 hour mark of your water breaking. That was at noon yesterday.
I am sure they are just exhausted, I know I am and I haven’t had to do a darn thing but click my mouse over and over again.
Maybe Baby is just setting herself (?) up to be a drama queen and wants to make a grand entrance. Or maybe he (?) is going to be as stubborn as the day is long. Either way, baby is going to fit right in perfectly fine.
September 4, 2008
We kind live “in the middle of no where”. We are out on the edge of what until just about a year or so ago, was pretty much a one horse town. Its not small town like my beloved Mid-West Podunk population 500 if everyone is home that day, but small townish as in the closest grocery store is 10 miles away and if you need gas you better stop when you see a station because there isn’t one on every corner like “in the big city”.
Mama B calls it the Back40. Anyway, due to the lack of gas stations on every corner, there are signs for everything! Sunscreens, Bulldog puppies, Houses for Sale or Rent etc… , the other day Hubs and I saw one for Nameofourtown singles .com. We both started laughing, imagining the people who would be looking for a single in our town. We joked that whoever answered would be someone wearing a wife-beater t-shirt, driving a 1988 Camaro with T tops. (I say that with the fondest memories, my cousin had a 88 Camaro that we spent many a summer tearing up country roads in).
I decided yesterday to check the site out. Once I got there it was obvious it was a shared type domain that took you to the site from Yourtown .com. The home page had people scantily clad laying on a beach. Don’t I wish! The beach part, I could do without the lack of clothing.
Someone is going to be in for a rude awakening when they pack their picnic lunch and sunscreen and start looking for the waves out in our neck of the woods.
September 3, 2008
We have begun The Great Baby Watch of 2008 as our circle of family and friends continues to grow! There is a baby due every month now until the end of the year. They say that 3 of the 4 are girls!
Baby #1, who’s mama (is my favorite cousin!) just sent me a text and told me her water broke, is still of unknown gender. My guess is another girl but I know everyone will be thrilled with pink or blue.
Unfortunately, they live far far away so we will have to settle for pictures until we can make arrangements to meet our newest little bundle.
Hurry up Baby! We can’t wait to hear all about you!!
September 2, 2008
The very last thing I care to do on this blog is talk politics. But all I have heard about for the last 24ish hours is how Sarah Palins 17 year old daughter is *gasp* pregnant.
Guess what? It happens. ”It” happened to me. Guess what? “We” turned out just fine. Would my life had been easier? Maybe. But if I had to go back and do it all over again, 1000’s times over I would, because if I didn’t I wouldn’t have Noodle.
“It” doesn’t make me a bad person. “It” does not make my parents bad people. Nor does “It” make Noodle any less of a person.
It does piss me off that that is all most people can seem to focus on though. Will it change her life? You betcha it will, but not all change is bad.
Please don’t judge. Especially if you have not walked in her shoes.
(I am not saying teenage pregnancy is an ok thing, I first hand understand the struggles that come with it. It doesn’t make her a two headed monster, it makes her a young mother with a baby).
Not unwanted, just unplanned.
August 29, 2008
A few minutes ago the phone at work rang. When I answered it there was a man on the other end. He wanted to know if I could hear him. I said “Yes”. (The previous time that the phone rang it was a bad connection and the person on the other end hung up, not sure that had anything to do with it or not). He asked what our hours were. I told him. Then he said “One more thing”. I said “Yup?” He said “Mar your an idiot” and hung up.
I could care less if someone calls me an idiot to my face but to be so chicken shit as to block your number (I tried the * 6 9 option on the phone) and then just hang up, yeah that bothers me. I assume he knew my name because 95% of the time I say Shop Name this is Mar when I answer the phone. I am thinking not any more.
Regardless, it kinda creeps me out.
August 27, 2008
I have been doing this Mom gig thing for 12.5 years now. You would think I would have a pretty good handle on it by now. For the most part I tend to think that I do. Or I did. Until my baby started growing up right before my very eyes. Like overnight.
Speaking of eyes, Noodle is now an official contact wearing member of society. Although that is going to come to a crashing hault if her mother (you know the one who thought she had her shit together) can’t figure out how to fill her prescription. Yes, I suppose I can wander back into the doctor’s office and ask for them. Although when we were there he may have let it slip that they charge twice as much a wee bit more there than you can order them at other places. I, being a 20/20 vision person (don’t be jealous, I had braces for 9 years to make up for it) had NO idea that each eye would be different which means we need a different box of contacts for each eye. Then how many boxes does one order? It seems the more you do order, the cheaper they get. I have no idea how long “they are good for” and would assume a years worth would be the most we would order as her eyes still seem to change at each check-up.
And can I tell you how different she looks without her glasses on? I can’t describe it really. Maybe it is because I am so used to seeing her in her glasses. The other day on the way to school I kept looking at her. Finally she asked me why I was staring at her. I told her I didn’t know. I just can’t get over it. She is just so incredibily breathtaking. The splash of the freckles across the bridge of her nose, and the way you can see her eyes sparkle and jump when she laughs now. It makes my heart leap every time I look at her. I just hope she is not having the same effect on the boys.
I am still worthy of kisses (in front of her friends no less) when I drop her off at school in the mornings so I guess I still have that to hang onto. We will see how long that lasts. *Sigh*.
August 25, 2008
Setting : At the movie theater, seeing Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants.
Her: I still haven’t read the 4th book yet (In the series)
Me: I didn’t know there was a 4th book
Her: Your the one that gave it to me
Me: Oh, It was really good.
August 24, 2008
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August 23, 2008
Today Little Mister is your pool party. If you were this talented at 4, I can only imagine what 5 will bring. I can’t wait to find out. Happy Birthday! I love you!
August 22, 2008
I couldn’t sleep last night. We have friends coming into town tonight for the weekend that we have not seen for 6 months. Last time they were home we had a falling out. It ripped my heart and soul to shreds.
Apologies were offered and accepted, but feelings were still hurt and sometimes you can forgive but not forget.
I have worked myself up about it over and over again. I have imagined just about every scenario I can. The good ones and the bad ones. I have built a wall around my heart. Just in case.
Hopefully this weekend I will be able to take it down.
