Christmas 2011

Like I said about 500 times before, Christmas Eve we went to my mom's house. Christmas day we picked up Seth and Paige around 2 and headed of to My grandparents on my dad's side where we opened gifts. My dad and his g/f got us stuff... And we weren't invited to their house to celebrate to they just put our stuff in my car. We came home and Seth and Paige had stuff from my mom and Mammaw and then we had the stuff from my dad to open. 

The 26th the kids woke up to open their stuff from Santa. They slept forever though and finally at 9:30 we woke them up. It was so funny. Kayelynn looked into the living room and was just pointing and getting all excited. 

They also got money along with gifts from my grandma so we took them to WalMart to pick stuff out. I got Kayelynn a Tag junior. And Seth go a Wii game and a board game and Paige got this Pony that walks and talks and stuff.

Over all we had a really good Christmas. I didn't take a ton of pictures though because there were 90 presents under the tree for the kids and my camera is dumb and doesn't hold that many.

Brian go me this card and he made a heart. Under the heart he put a 100 dollar bill for my tattoo! I was super surprised. 

Now time for pictures.

This is the tattoo I'm getting.

Every time he got something in a box her would yell "Look I got another box!"

She gets excited about clothes and socks too!

Yes, they still have a VCR in their room... Along with all the Disney movies, of course!

This goes with his 284728934 things of Play-Doh he got for his birthday.

Another box.

Made this and a Tinkerbell one for Kayelynn. Thank you Pinterest.

She sleeps with her kissing Simba and Nala.

She wears a pair of these EVERY SINGLE DAY.

Haha. Her Belle bath baby. She was so excited.

I told Seth there were 5 presents under the tree.... More like 93. Lol. Paige was like "That has my name on it."

Behind.

I realize I still haven't done a Christmas post! Lol. Our house has been crazy the past couple of days. I had all the furniture out of place and all on one side of the living room so we could have a ton of room to open gifts.... And it stayed like that for a couple days. I got my tree taken down on the 26th after we opened presents. Now all the toys are organized and everything has a spot. I've been catching up on my laundry (Last load is drying right now!!!) Other than that nothing new here.

Brian's grandma totaled her car on Christmas Eve. :( She's okay. They think she might have a concussion and told her to just rest. She was just worried about finishing her shopping, lol.

Hopefully I'll have pictures and a post up soon. Tomorrows a long day so maybe then. Hope everyone had an awesome Christmas.

4 Days.

4 days until Christmas!!

FINALLY know what we're doing Christmas day, thank god. Now we just have to figure out how it's all going to go time wise. I have to be at my grandparents around 2 or 3.. And Seth and Paige are eating around 1 or 2 Brian said... So I guess they can't go with us. We'll have to go get them after we go to my grandma's. At least they all get to open their presents together now though. 



Anyway. 
Last night Kayelynn woke up around 11:30 and came running into my room. I got up to put her back in bed... Repeat until 3 in the morning when I finally said to hell with it and closed her door and let her scream until she got back in bed and went to sleep. I'm going to have to fix her little sleeping problem ASAP. She used to go to bed perfectly at 8 and sleep until 7:30. Not she plays until 11 and sleeps until 10... And then she isn't tired at 8. I think I'm going to start waking her up at 6. Maybe then she will be tuckered out and go to bed at 8 again.  

Disney Autographs.

I was so excited to write to Disney and get the kids autographed pictures from their favorite characters. I was expecting this:

 

That's not what we got. I mean, for only the cost of a stamp it's not a huge deal that that's what I got, but I am VERY disappointed. This is what we got.

Obviously it's not the same as above. It's a cartoon postcard. And in case you can't tell they aren't individually signed, the names are printed on. Plus, they spelled Kayelynn's name wrong. It was addressed to "Kaylen Wall" It also took about 2 months, not the 2 weeks that everyone was saying. I even looked it up on several different sights to see what they were and everything and everyone said the same thing. A signed picture of the real life character addressed to your child. 

I don't even want to save Kayelynn's because the whole name is wrong. Lol.


Oh well. Only cost 3 stamps. 

I just wanted to add... I went to the Disney website. There's a place to get autographed postcards hand written for your child... $19.95  

Monday Again.

I had the most fun ever last night with Brian's family!! Everyone gathered at his grandma's across the street because his cousin was coming to visit after not seeing anyone on over 10 years! Everyone had a blast and I saw butts. Haha. We didn't get home until... Way late. And Brian had to leave at 7 to be at Banker school an hour and a half away. Lame. 

Kayelynn just woke up at 10:20.. The latest she has slept in... ever.. I changed her diaper and she went back in her room and turned 101 Dalmatians on and is just laying in bed watching it. She is warn out.

6 days until Christmas!! Eeks! My dad called today and apologized and begged for us to go to my grandma's on Christmas day. We were planning on going anyway. I was pretty shocked that he called though. So we're going to my mom's on Christmas Eve from 4 to 7ish. Then coming home to drink hot chocolate and watch movies. Then Christmas morning Kayelynn will wake up and open her presents. We're going to my grandma's around 2 until I don't know. And when we get home we will go to Brian's grandma's.

I don't know when Seth and Paige will get any of their gifts here. I don't think it's fair to make Kayelynn wait until it's convenient for everyone else. I was going to make her wait until the 26ths so they could be here and all open them together but I have called and texted and tried to find out what is going on and I guess Brian isn't allowed to see his kids on/around Christmas. Brian's only off on Sunday and Monday.. And I'm not making Kayelynn wait a week to open presents with them.

But yea. Nothing else new in Ohio. Kayelynn gets cuter by the day and I love Brian more by the minute. I got so lucky! He is the best husband ever! I can't wait until Thursday when he is off work. He was off Saturday and Sunday. He went to a football came Saturday and then we were at his grandparents yesterday, like I said it was awesome and fun, but it will be nice to have a day at home to ourselves. 

wow.

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One Born Every Minute.

The new season of One Born Every Minute has started. I'm watching the first 3 episodes on Lifetime.com right now. It's making me want to have another baby so bad! The very first episode of the season was cray. The girls mom and her boyfriends mom were both there. They ended up getting into a physical fight. It was insane. If my family ever did that I would have them banned from the hospital for the rest of my stay.

I didn't have a birth plan with Kayelynn. I just knew I didn't want to get an epidural. I wanted to go natural so bad... But I ended up not being able to. It didn't help that I had everyone telling me that I couldn't do it. So, my next time around, I'm not letting anyone say anything negative. People around me should be encouraging me, not telling me that I can't do it.

I hated the feeling of the epidural. I couldn't stand not being able to feel my legs. After I had Kayelynn, my left leg stayed numb for the longest time. It was so scary. I thought it was never going to get feeling back!

Anyway... Next time around I am going to have a plan. If my plan doesn't work that's okay. But- I want my doctor, nurses, and family to know my plan and go by it. I'm going to have everything planned down to who is in the room. Last time around Brian, my mom, my mom's mom, and Brian's grandma were in the room. I didn't want Brian's grandma in the room. I wanted my dad's mom in there instead. Brian's grandma saw Seth born... So I thought it was only fair that my 2 grandmas got to be in the room. I was pissed off that id didn't work that way. So.. Next time it's going to be Brian, my dad's mom, and my mom. Also if they let me have 4 my bfffff will be in there too.

And, I'm not dealing with bitch nurses. After Kayelynn was born I knew that if she didn't eat a certain amount she wouldn't be allowed to go home. For the first 24 hours almost Kayelynn wouldn't latch on. My 1st nurse said to just wait. Finally I demanded formula. I told them I knew that my baby was starving and that I wanted formula at that exact moment. They finally got the formula. The wanted her to eat about 75cc's every 3 hours. She wouldn't so instead I was giving her around 30-35cc's every hour and a half. Basically the same amount. Well, this one nurse came in and started bitching me out saying I was feeding her too much. I was so furious. A baby isn't going to eat if they aren't hungry. There isn't a difference in feeding your baby 75 ccs every 3 hours or every 35ccs 1.5 hours. It's the same amount (Not to mention she gave my baby the Hep. shot without my consent and after I specifically told her I didn't want her getting it.)

We got a call from the Home Nurse after her visit. Kayelynn's Bilirubin level was super high. They told us to get her to the hospital ASAP. (If you didn't know, if a baby has too high of a bilirubin level for too long - it can cause brain damage.) At the hospital I asked about her not eating for 24 hours. They straight up told me that that could be a reason that her levels didn't go down. They didn't say it was the def. cause, but your baby gets rid of bilirubin by pooping- if they aren't eating they aren't pooping. 

I got a call asking about my stay.. I went off on the lady. I told her about the nurse not giving me formula and then the other nurse yelling at me saying I was feeding her too much. That same nurse is the one who gave Kayelynn the shot w/o my consent. She was shocked and I think I got that nurse fired. No joke.

I would love to have a home birth so bad.

Psh. All this and I don't have anything to worry about yet. Got AF yesterday. >=[

The waiting game.

Geez. Just waiting to see it Aunt Flo shows up or not. How come the one time we slip up and don't use protection I get pregnant... But when we actually try I don't. Grrr. Pisses me off.

Brian's 2nd cousin just found out she's pregnant. She has 2 kids who are 20 and 19. I'm so jealous!! I mean, I'm happy for her. She had a miscarriage back in May or June. Hopefully everything goes great for her.

I was also thinking that I would be 21 weeks pregnant if I wouldn't have miscarried. That is insane. I would be half way done. :(
 
I don't really have anything else to talk about. We haven't been up to much around here. Out heat sucks. It gets down to around 55-56 at night. As soon as we wake up I get the fire place started and it warms up pretty quick. I put Kayelynn in 2 pairs of PJ's at night and cover her up with 3 blankets. Lol. Brian is under the house right now trying to figure out what's going on. I feel bad because there is a ton of water under the house that is freezing cold!

Kayelynn is so cute. Every time she pees or poops she comes and tells me. She sounds so cute saying "Mommy, I pee" The only problem is every time she pees she takes her diaper off. The other day I went to get her up from her nap and she was wearing a pull up... Only both legs were in one hole.. So her little booty was hanging out. She wont sit on the potty though. Not for long anyway. I think if she'd just pee once she would realize. I'm not going to really start trying until after the new year. There's too much going on around Christmas to try to get a routine started.  

21 more days.

Eeks! Christmas is on 21 days. This year went by so fast!! 

Kayelynn will be 2 in 3 months. Ahh!! I'll probably start planning her party after the new year. I'm probably not inviting that many people... After last year with the huge fight I'm not inviting anyone on my dad's side. That way I can avoid drama.. Because if what happened last year were to happen again.. I would so be cutting everyone on that side of the family out of Kayelynn's life.. She hasn't even seen them in 3 months.. Thay haven't even called or wrote to ask how she was. I talk to my mom almost everyday and she always asks about Kayelynn. My dad and his family are too busy with my dad's girlfriend's grandkids. Eff that.

Seth and Paige went home last night. They were here for 11 days. It feels funny now but I'm also so happy that I wont have to go to the school any next week to take Seth. It is such a hassle to get all 3 kids in the car... Then out of the car.. up 2 flights of steps.. Down 2 flights of steps.. into the car... Home.. Out of the car.. And then all over again to pick Seth up.

Thank goodness Kayelynn's bed time is in half an hour. She is so cranky and tired because she didn't have a nap today. 

I really want to start getting up at 7:30 when Brian does. Here lately I have been sleeping until 9-9:30 and can't fall asleep at night. It's horrible. I couldn't fall asleep until 3 in the morning last night. 


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Where has time gone?

I was supposed to post on Monday... And for whatever reason didn't. 

I got the rest of the kids' Christmas stuff in the mail on Monday and Tuesday. So, Tuesday night I spent forever finishing wrapping it all. Took another 4 rolls of wrapping paper... Literally all of it. Then Seth walked into the living room right after I finished and it was all laying there out in the open. I hurried and yelled at him to go back to bed. He was half asleep and out of it and didn't mention it after that, thank goodness. So, now it's a waiting game until then!!


I still don't know how it's going to work though.. Last year Seth and Paige's mom let us have them on Christmas morning... So this year she's most likely going to have them. And I want all 3 kids to open presents together. And, I want them to have the whole wake up and run into the living room experience. So, what I pretty much think is going to happen is that Seth and Paige will come over here Christmas night after everything at their mom's... And wake up here on the 26th... Thank goodness Brian has the 26th off. I still have to talk to their mom about it though to make sure. And if she says we can't have them Christmas night I guess Kayelynn will open hers on Christmas morning by herself and Seth and Paige will have to wait. I would hate to do it like that- but I'm not going to make Kayelynn wait longer, that's not fair to her. Especially since Seth and Paige will get to wake up and open them at their moms. :(

Other than Christmas stuff, nothing else is really going on around here. Brian and I have been doing the 30 Day Shred... Tonight will be the fourth night. We are both so sore!! Lol. Hopefully it works though!!