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Happy Monday!

Melissa — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:17:24 +0000

Oh my goodness was it hot today! It was almost 100 degrees outside. Man it sucked. We went on a walk today with my dad and by the time we were half way done I was covered in sweat. So gross. But much needed. I gained 6lbs last month. Ick. Not the greatest but with Troy & Rachel I had already gained 20 lbs. So 6 compared to 20 is better but still its way to early for me to gain 6lbs…… Now my OB has me due on October 26th but according to the date of my last period I’m due October 30th. Yeah its only a 4 day difference but still which one do we go by?? So for now I’m going by October 30th as my due date. I just hit 19 weeks on Saturday.

I have to say I love technology! I’m sitting in bed on my netbook writing this while watching Lie To Me. So far its really good! Although I am upset that Secret Life of the American Teenager is on at the same time as Lie To Me. But I plan to watch Secret Life online at Fox Family tomorrow. But this just blows me away that I can sit here and type while watching the show.

I went to schedule Rachel’s second MRI & found out that they wanted to do an un-medicated MRI. They wanted to have be fully awake for the MRI & lie still the entire time…. There is no way she would go through with that. It would freak the shit out of her if we even tried. There was no way I was going to let them do that to her. She already has problems trusting anyone she doesn’t know.. She would be ten times worse if we let the doctors do this. I instantly said no way! She’ll only be 18 months old!!! My 2 year old won’t lay still for 30 minutes at home!! And you want my 18 month old to be FULLY awake and put into this machine?? NO! NO! NO! So the end result is that the MRI will be medicated.

When I was on the phone with the Neurology department the lady I was talking to me told me that they do this kind of MRI to 18 month olds all the time. That scares me! There are parents that would do that to their young toddlers? What kind of parent could do that to their child? I know the test is important but we were told that if shes awake or ‘asleep’ doesn’t affect the test results. So why put your child through the stress of it??

Holy [almost] 12 weeks.

Melissa — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:20:50 +0000

So I’m 11weeks and 4 [ or is it 5] days? I can’t believe I’m almost 12 weeks. The first three months are almost behind me. This pregnancy is flying by. I’m sure that having two active toddlers to chase after & love on is helping with that. October still needs so far away yet I’m almost 1/3 of the way there. It’s crazy. I don’t really know where I’m going with this. Just my goodness it seems to go faster and faster every time.

Changes are coming

Melissa — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:43:24 +0000

I’m pregnant.

Totally just had a Juno moment there. Yes it’s true. We are expecting a baby on October 30th. It finally sunk in yesterday. I took a home test on Tuesday and then on Wednesday I went to the clinic and the test there said positive. I have my first appointment with my OB on March 8th. This all seems so crazy! Another baby?

Our plan right now is that to rent our house for another year. We’re hoping to move Rachel to a toddler bed around 18 months like we did with Troy. Then the crib can be moved to our bedroom and the baby can sleep in it. We already have a infant seat for the car – we just have to make sure all three car seats will fit in the car. We plan on trying to make them work this weekend or next weekend. If they don’t then maybe in July/August we can swing getting a used (new) car that has three rows or the back seat is bigger. We will need another dresser for the baby’s stuff. But for the most part we already have most of what we need. So this can work. We can make it work.