The need to Nest

My phone is up and working now. I have input all the phone numbers that people have sent me and I think I am good. I just need to add all of our doctors information.

I am freezing cold. It is like zero degrees outside and I am so cold. I think the cold has contributed to my extreme irritableness (I guess that is a word). Last night I just got super cranky. I thought I was hungry, but it stayed with me all night and now that I am up this morning, I am feeling cranky again. I was cooking dinner last night and Samuel wanted an apple, so I was cutting it up for him and I don't know what he did, but it made me mad and I snapped at him. I don't usually yell at him or really even raise my voice, so he completely lost it crying. I felt really terrible and Dave gave me a look like I was out of line snapping at him, but I have to say I am having a hard time controlling my angry tendencies. I just want to be mean. My goal is to try to be calmer and relaxed.

So right now I am drinking a cup of really yummy hot chocolate and trying to relax before Samuel gets up. I already showered and I am dressed and I turned the heat way up in the house, so I could get warm.

Today Samuel and I (with Taylor and Andrea) are going to story time at the Magic House. We have to get out of our house and do something in this cold weather. Yesterday we stayed in most of the day because it was so windy and freezing.

Now that we are not moving, I am making lists of things we need to do around the house. This weekend is going to be super busy with organizing and cleaning out things. We are probably going to do a lot of shopping also. We need to head to Babies R Us for lots of stuff. I found some great crib sheets at Restoration Hardware Baby, but we are going to check a few more places before I just order those. I am getting so excited to start preparing for the baby. Lots to do.

Not only am I staying up awake at night because I am thinking about everything that needs to be done, but the baby is just so active at night. The last two nights have been okay, but it moves and kicks really hard at least three times in the middle of the night waking me up and causing me to run to the bathroom because it is sitting directly on my bladder. Overall this pregnancy has been pretty easy and I really hate to say this, but I have enjoyed being pregnant (okay, kill me now). Now I am just getting uncomfortable. I am trying to limit the amount of times that I pick up and hold Samuel. He is just really heavy and it puts pressure on my stomach and back.

Okay, this post is getting too long and boring, so I am going to go for now.

I got my new phone in the mail today. Tomorrow I have an appointment at Sprint to activate it and then I have to plug in all the phone numbers and I am set. Two days without a cell phone just sucks.

The weather here is disgusting. It is cold and wet. I wish it were snowing, at least it would look much prettier. It is just nasty out.

We took our house off the market. It is kind of depressing. We really wanted to be in a new house when this second baby came, but our house is fine. This weekend we are going to be doing some serious reorganization in the closet and basement before we get our storage POD back and have to empty it out. I am really excited about getting things ready for the baby though. I am not going to go all out with decorating the nursery and putting up wall decals because I don't anticipate staying in this house really that long. We will put it back on the market in the spring and I want to keep things really simple. We are going to paint the room and have Samuel's room repainted. I can't wait to do the little things.

I am feeling so tired lately. At night, the baby just doesn't stop moving. I was up from 12:30 to 3:30. Then I finally got in a comfortable position and fell back asleep until around 7:15 or so. This baby is just preparing for its arrival.

I have an issue and I need advice. Samuel has been peeing so much at night that he leaks through his diaper every single night. This morning his entire pj's were soaked and I had to throw him in the bath right away. We tired a bigger sized diaper, then we bought the overnight diapers, but he still leaks. Last night he was a peeing machine. He spent a good 15 to 20 minutes peeing on the potty and he wasn't just going a little. He barely drank anything before he went to bed and he was soaked this morning. Then right before I threw him in the bathtub, he peed a ton in his potty again. That was after sleeping for about 12 hours and not having any liquid. We don't really know what to do. He doesn't really drink much at night after dinner, it is like he stores his pee all day in order to let loose at night. Any suggestions?

I am off to try to finish Dave's stocking. It is the never ending stocking.

Trouble

So my phone is completely dead. It eroded on the inside. Have no idea how that happened. Anyway if you read my blog and I call you, then send me your phone numbers because I have nothing. They weren't able to retrieve anything because the phone will not turn on at all. I am screwed. I know no ones number. I am getting a new phone in about 3 days and I am going to be lost without mine.

I am feeling very stressed and annoyed. I guess it is a good thing I don't have anyones numbers and no one can get a hold of me because I am bitchy and mean right now.

I am going to take a hot shower and try to relieve some stress.

Great Monday

Here is a run down of what Monday is like so far:

1. Someone is coming to see our house at 10 (Keep your fingers crossed). If we don't sell it this week we are taking it off the market.

2. My cell phone completely broke last night. It won't even turn on, so I have to spend my afternoon at Sprint.

3. I am so tired. I was up a lot of the night being kicked and uncomfortable.

I have a long list of things to do and complaints that I could make, but I am just going to start my day and hopefully things will start looking up.

Holiday Time

It is really beginning to feel like the holiday season to me. I really just want to shop and bake. When December 1st hit, I really started to freak out. We only have a little over 2 months before the next baby comes. This pregnancy has really flown by and I am starting to freak out. We have nothing ready.

If we don't sell our house in the next week or so we are taking it off the market. That will make me feel much less stressed. I want to feel settled and ready when this baby comes and right now I don't. We have a lot to do in this house and especially if we end up moving. We will see how the next week goes.

On the baby front, this baby has become extremely active and mostly at night. It starts moving right after dinner and then doesn't stop until around 2 or 3 in the morning. It isn't really kicking super hard (yet), but it just doesn't stop moving. The foot is sitting on my right side and it moves up and down the side of my belly. I am pretty sure the head is either down or stuck on my left side. I don't get that much activity on my left side. I think it is in a strange position right now. I wish it would adjust just a little bit. Starting Monday I think I began having some Braxton-Hicks contractions. I have just a few a day, but when I have these contractions my back also hurts at the same time. My next doctors appointment is on the 14th, so I am sure a lot will change by that time.

The Spaghetti with Homemade Meatballs turned out great. I made wheat rigatoni pasta and surprisingly Samuel ate a ton of it. He doesn't like to eat bread, pasta, potatoes all the most yummy things. But he inhaled the wheat pasta. It was a pretty easy recipe, but for some reason it took me about an hour to prep and then another hour to cook it all.

Speaking of food, I am starving now. I am going to eat some breakfast before Samuel wakes up.

Potty Time and Food Time

I know the caption above doesn't really go together, but Potty Time and Food Time are the two things that have consumed my life for the past 48 hours.

Since were out of town last week, I didn't really do much cooking. Even though we didn't eat out much, I have been wanting some home cooking.

I have been making some pretty yummy stuff.

Sunday: Stir Fry Veggies with Brown Rice

Monday: Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce, Brown Rice and Fresh Green Beans

Tonight: Homemade Meatballs and Whole Wheat Pasta, Spinach Salad and Bread with Goat Cheese, Fresh Thyme and Honey (you put the goat cheese and thyme on the bread and drizzle with honey and then broil it in the oven. It is delicious).

I have never made homemade meat balls before. If they taste good tonight I will post the recipe.

I haven't decided what I am going to make the rest of the week, but when I do I will post it.

On the potty front, Samuel has been going pee pee in the potty (and doing his dance) almost everyday. I never ask him if he wants to go, he just pats his pants and says Mom and then runs to the bathroom. He has a potty seat in the downstairs bathroom that sits on top of the regular toilet and then a little potty in his upstairs bathroom. He gets so excited to go. I am letting him take the lead. I don't want to put any pressure on him to go. Today he was going so much and he threw a fit when I tried to put a diaper on him. So I asked him if he wanted his Big Boy underwear (they are just cotton training underwear). He got so excited and went straight to the dresser where I keep them. I took some pictures because he was super happy with himself:

I told him to try to tell me when he needed to go potty and he did, but only after he had gone potty in the underwear. No big deal except I only have two pairs. So when he peed in both of them I wanted to throw them in the washer. He wasn't happy at all, until I told him that they would be clean by the time he woke up from his nap. He put them in the washing machine and was satisfied.

I was in a picture taking mood today, so here are a few more of Samuel:

Home and Relaxing

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. We started off our holiday in Kansas City. We ate lots of food and then Samuel and I headed to Tulsa last Sunday. We spent the week in Tulsa. Tuesday night Jonathan and Laura came in town and then Dave arrived on Wednesday morning. We hung out all week, ate lots of food and just relaxed. I didn't change 1 poopy diaper the entire week. Dave also didn't have to give Samuel 1 bath. We were so lazy and it was much needed.

Samuel had a great time running around, playing in the leaves and getting all the attention.

We drove back to St. Louis on Saturday and continued our relaxation yesterday. I am now on the hunt for good deals and trying to do lots of holiday shopping. I just bought some stuff off of Amazon and now I am looking for baby sheets and decoration stuff for the new baby.

I have truly popped out, that is my belly. Now everywhere I go people notice that I am pregnant. I am starting to get a little uncomfortable. I only have 9 and a half weeks to go. I can't believe it. The time has really flown by.

I have lots of pictures below so enjoy:

I am delivering sweets to SSM Health because they bought my monthly desserts at the Woman's Place auction. I would love to have a sweets business, so if anyone is interested in getting homemade desserts let me know. Sweets by Sarah, the first dessert that was delivered: Homemade Carrot Cake with Butter Cream Frosting.

Taylor and Samuel had another craft day a few weeks ago and they made turkey hands. Here Samuel is in action:

Still loves sunglasses:

Samuel loves to get on Jonathan's shoulders:

A cute picture of Samuel and Laura, too bad Samuel has a mouth full of food:

The entire family in Kansas City:

Everybody is completely focused on Samuel. He better enjoy it while it lasts:

In Tulsa, eating oatmeal and blueberries, one of his favorite breakfast meals:

Leave playing with Savta:

Loves the shoulders:

Eating Taco Bueno, even Samuel loves the bean burrito:

Playing at the park:

Samuel's favorite part of Thanksgiving meal was the black olives:

Yummy food:

Resting up after the big meal in Savta and Papa's bed:

Laura and Samuel:

We actually didn't get any good pictures of Samuel with Dave and I. I guess we need to try to do that soon.