Our Weekend

Jada called Saturday Morning and asked if she could take Madeleine to the museum. Of course we said yes but then that opened up our Saturday. We dropped Maddie off and ran an errand. Then we met up at a friends house and headed to Olive Garden, I ate so much but it was so good! Then we went back for a nice nap, picked up Maddie and headed home. A nice relaxing but productive Saturday.

Mom and Dad are on their "bike" trip in California and seem to be having a great time. They did leave Tsunami at home but I saw a solution yesterday.

Yep it is a side car and there is a dog in there.

The dog is wearing goggles!!! So cute!!!

Astros Game and Dr. Appt

Jahno and I went to the Astros game last night. To start with, the National Anthem always chokes me up, no matter what I get teary eyes! Well, last night a soldier sang it was even more powerful! Then a Marine who had to have both legs amputated threw the first pitch! Talk about the water works!!! The game started and our fielding was great but our hitting was pathetic! A good thing about the game being so boring was Jahno and I got to chit chat which we don't do that nearly as often as I would like. Anyways towards the beginning of the game Hunter made a mistake and the Braves got a run. We got to the bottom of the ninth still down by one we got a base hit, and another and then the chickens walked Lee! So the bases are loaded and Tejada (however you spell it) is up to bat. He hit it right in the in the hole and we got 2 runs in!!! YAY!!! Talk about a frustrating game but hey we pulled it off!

This morning I had a Dr. appt. Klein called it my 36 week appt so we had the Group B test and he checked me. I am 2 cm and Gianna is head down and right there. Everything looks good. Jahno is trying to bargain with Gianna, but as with Maddie Gianna will be here when she wants to be here. I am ready because the not fun symptoms are here but I feel like my house isn't ready (once again). Not to mention I am hoping she will wait until after my shower but who knows. :-)

Annoyance

I know I had a pretty easy labor and delivery with Madeleine but it drives me crazy when women decide they are going to go "all natural" and then scream and whine and holler like crazy maniacs! Seriously, screaming does nothing for you, you aren't breathing and it is taking more energy screaming like a cheesy horror movie than anything else! Get a dumb Epidural and shut up!!! And it is ok to change your birth plan, the people around you aren't against you for doing so. If you are acting that ridiculous the people might not only beg you to get the drugs they probably are wanting some of their own. And you are not a victim when you are in labor, everyone is trying to help you and make you comfortable so quit with the pitty party, sit back and deal! Labor and Delivery is going to hurt and you can't have everything the second you want it!

I really should stop watching these dumb Baby Shows...about half of them have me wanting to yell at the TV!

I am done ranting...for now. :-D

Labor Day Weekend

On Friday we packed up and headed to the in-laws new property. I was extremely nervous about this because it was 3 to 5 hours way (depending on who you ask) and there weren't really set plans. The house is not in any sort of living condition so we were staying a Huxley Bay Marina (a hole in the wall) with no phones or cell service. The nearest hospital with women's health was 44 miles away. See my concerns? We left about 1:30 which was way later than expected and it took 4 and a half hours to get there. We got to the place we were staying and it was...well, a hole in the wall. The only description on the website was 2 full beds and satellite TV. Well,our room had 1 queen, 1 full and 1 twin bed and our TV a color TV for maybe the 70's and only had 2 channels, TBS and Animal Planet. As soon as you walked into the room the bathroom was straight ahead with a toilet in the plan view. We could not help but laugh! We got everything put in the room and headed to get dinner. We went to a little hole in the wall restaurant with all you can eat seafood right inside LA. It was really good I have to say and I ate so much I was absolutely miserable! After eating we headed back to TX, that sounds funny, and called it a night. Maddie stayed with Jahno's parents so that was nice. I had to try to stretch the food down and use the heating pad for my back but after several movies on TBS I was out for the night! The next morning we went and had breakfast at the Marina and it was AMAZING!!! I ordered a side of bacon and 2 biscuits...the waitress asked if I was sure, I said uh yes. The biscuits were the size of softballs and they were the good old fashion from scratch biscuits. I ate all but 1 half and again I was miserable...Do you see a pattern? We finished breakfast and headed out the the property. It was only 5 miles away but took quite a while because most of the way is a bumpy dirt road and we were following a civic going 3 mph. I thought I was going to die and Gianna was pushing in every direction, I think she was afraid of flying out my nose. We finally got there and it was nothing like we had expected. This place was awful to start with and we were told they were going to try and salvage everything. Luckily the gutted everything and are basically starting over which is what Jahno was telling them needed to be down. There is a huge pond with fish in it that looks great also! All of the contractors were there and we did a walk through to get all the ideas and plans set...that was the real reason for having us go was to get Jahno's opinion and advice. It sounds like it is going to be amazing if all goes as planned (well the plans that were said when we were there) When the breeze was blowing it felt amazing but it was pretty hot when it wasn't. I had to go get my comfy chair and sit down but it was nice to just take it all in. Jada's (Jahno's Mom) co-worker/friend/basically family had come also and he brought this family. They have a little girl and Madeleine and her played and played. They caught Butterflies and dug in the dirty and played with their little toys. We had hot dogs for lunch. After staying out there for a while we headed to some other property to check it out. I was really getting uncomfortable and swelling by now. Madeleine crashed in Jada's arm and then Lupita (Jada's co-workers wife) held her after that. We headed back to the Marina and relaxed for a while before heading back to the all you can eat restaurant in LA. Got back to the Marina, watched a movie on TBS and crashed. Sunday we got up, had breakfast at the Marina again, packed up and headed to one other property. It was nice also. They had a hammock that the girls loved, I was so nervous but didn't want to be the over protective mommy. They did fine until the very end and Maddie did flip out. She was fine but it did scare her and of course scared me. Daddy and Maddie spent some time calming down and relaxing in the hammock. We stayed longer than we expected but it was nice. All and all it was a very good trip, hot and interesting but good!

Madeleine at the All you can eat seafood place.

Madeleine took this picture, it is Harvey at breakfast.

Everyone walking back to their rooms after breakfast.

Our Room from the road.

Papa Bear, Mama Bear and Baby Bear's Beds, view from the door and the angle makes the beds look the same size but they weren't.

From the door looking straight into the room...yep the toilet.

Madeleine and Harvey in our room...notice the TV.

The group walking up after playing.

Madeleine and Jahno's aunt looking at the pond.

Madeleine getting ready to drive Poppi's Car.

Random Thoughts

Just a few things on my mind...

You always hear everything is bigger in Texas...So true. Sunday I was driving to Church and saw something huge on the side of the road, from a distance I thought it was a couch. It was not a couch it was a COW!!! Yes, even our road kill is Bigger in Texas!

Madeleine has been a little bossy lately and we are trying to take care of that. She wants to tell us what she will or won't do. "I not going to sleep", "I not eating", ect. Well, when her telling us what she is or isn't going to do doesn't work she tries to pull a cute card. She will rub her eyes and say, "I tired" and lay her head down. Or if we are eating and that card doesn't work she will look at me and say, "Mommy, I don't like it." This is humorous because it is stuff she eats almost everyday or something she has asked for.

Madeleine is also very into affection right now. She always wants to hold someones hand, or hug someone, or kiss someone. It is very sweet. If I can't do one of the 3 at any time she has a stuff animal until I am free. She also wants to hold all of her stuffed animals and take them everywhere. Our last trip to Grand Dads so attempted to take 5 animals...I convinced her to take just one but that was a lot of work. ;-)

Other cute little sayings from Madeleine. Madeleine will randomly start laughing and then tell me Maddie is funny! She also tells me that Maddie is sooooo cute! She told me that Zoe went Poopoo in the potty so she could have Princess Panties. I asked well what about Maddie is she ready for Princess Panties, "Nope, I like diapers!" Well at least she knows the prizes! Madeleine always points out Gianna's Room or Gianna's Bed or Gianna's Bath stuff etc when we come cross it. She also has been saying that Gianna is sleeping in my tummy for quite sometime. Natalie and I moved Gianna's room around so we could see her better on the camera. After we moved the room around and Maddie played with some of the baby stuff I told her that Gianna was going to come out of Mommy's tummy in just a little bit. So now she touches my stomach and say Gianna is sleeping but she is coming out soon! Smart little girl or broken record.Lastly for now, We call her Maddie Moo sometimes and today we were getting ready to do something and I said, Ok Maddie Moo and she came right back with OK Mommy Moo! I could help but laugh.

I know I have been bad about taking pictures but I will work on it...here are a couple.
Madeleine Cheesing

Madeleine and and her cousin Emmy (They are 6 months apart)

It is instinctive

Madeleine found some clothes that she wanted to put on. She was having some problems getting her legs in, she kept putting them in the same pant leg. I showed her the problem, she took the pants all the way off so she could do it herself. She gets the legs right and stands up to pull them up...here is the instinctive part. She can't get them over her diaper and begins to jump up and down trying to pull them up! I began laughing and a huge montage of women jumping up and down to get their pants over their hip/butts starts playing in my head! She was just looking at me like I was crazy but she did get the pants on! Next time I will try to get a picture! :-D

Been a while

We went to Victoria this past weekend and had a blast. We got there Saturday morning, we had lunch and ran some errands. Then Nikki and Ryan and the Girls and Sue Sue got there and we ran more errands and headed out for dinner. We went to Clark's at Port O'Conner. It was really neat, we sat right on the water and watched the boats and Dolphins go by. Madeleine has amazing eyes and was pointing out the dolphins before any of us saw them. Then we went back to Meme's for August Celebration Cake which was yummy. Sunday morning we had a amazing breakfast and the others went ahead and headed back to Dallas area. I had to lay down because I was hurting. We had a great lunch and headed home. We had lots of amazing food which showed at my Dr. Appt. :-/ Jahno was able to get my stove fixed on Monday so I am thrilled about that...so thrilled I ate a whole can of cinnamon rolls the next day, also aided in my weight gain.

I had my Doctor's appointment this morning and it went well. I gained 6 pounds in 2 weeks which I was a little upset about but once I started thinking about everything I ate over the weekend and this week it makes sense. Side note, I think it should be illegal for a OB office to have reflective glass! As I was walking up I noticed I looked sorta big but once I sat down and looked out the window I looked HUGE! And finding out I gained 6 pounds didn't help. Anyways. Yesterday I started having some cramping/contractions so I drank water and laid down. I was up pretty much all night because of them and hip pains. They weren't regular so I wasn't too worried. They were still there this morning. Dr. Klein said it was just false labor and just watch it. If they become regular then call immediately. Oh and he would not stop me if I went into labor...that scared me! He said not to be afraid to call or come in to get checked because we don't want to have a baby at home. Maddie came so fast and the second usually goes faster. So everything looks good and just taking it day by day!