Still here

Well I have been in better spirits lately. My pelvic pain has decrease, I don't know if it was the chiropractic adjustments or just having the baby move down but it rarely bugs me now. My restless leg is still around but I actually had a few days where it did not occur. So that was a great relief. It is happening less later in the night and more around 8 to 10, which is doable. I have been sleeping better without having the late night restless leg or my pelvic pain and trying to find a comfortable position. So that has helped as well. I finally measured my girth and it is 41 inches. I never remembered to do that with my other pregnancies so it was fun to see how wide I actually measure.

I have finally gotten the baby's clothes washed and ready. I am waiting until tomorrow to get the pack-n-play out since we do not have anyway to put it right now. We are suppose to move the bed into our new room tomorrow. So once we get the bed in there we can set up the pack-n-play in the closet. The baby currently does not have a room so we are waiting for our old master bedroom to become Nathan's then Nathan' old room will become the baby's. So the pack-n-play will be fine for now. It will probably end up sleeping with me anyway, so I am not too concerned.


Here is a picture of my ripped sheets as a result of crazy restless leg. You knew I would take a picture.

House progress


Upstairs hall

Upstairs bedroom

Upstairs bedroom with paint

Bathroom tile


Mudroom

Big belly in new room

We visited our newest addition to our extended family on Presidents day-Banjo. He was too cute and so much fun. The kids loved playing with him. They wore him out.





Things I am grateful/thankful for:
-carrying all of my pregnancies past 37 weeks.
-cleaning old baby clothes-too cute how small they are
-Moving out of our old cramped room into our new master suite
-my last few days/weeks with the kids before the new one is born

Officially irritated

OK so I am officially irritated. It is currently 12:55 am. on Wednesday morning and my restless leg(s) are driving me nuts. I went to bed around 11 and it is still bugging me. I walked around about a half an hour ago and it is still with me. I am irritated and mad because I sat on the couch with D from about 8 to 10 and nothing happened. Even when I was reading my book before bed I thought that maybe it would not happen tonight but it did. I am going to work tomorrow and that is never fun because being tired at work and looking at a computer screen or going to a meeting is not a good mix. It is similar to my lack of long distance driving abiliities, doing something monotonous is not good and I have a tendency to get very sleepy. Not because I am not interested or lack motivation it is simply a trance that seems to overcome me and when I have to stay still, read or stare at something for a long time I get very sleepy. It has always been like that. So when I have lots of interrupted sleep over several nights before I have to go to work makes me mad because it becomes a struggle for me to stay focused and not get over sleepy at work. I actually had a few days last week where the restless leg did not bother me as much. I don't know why but it just did, I keep trying to find the perfect solution for when it does and does not occur but it is still a mystery.

The house addition is going along smoothly. The hardwood floors are in the upstairs and the tile person is working this week. I think that the goal is to get tile in this week and have the hardwood floors finished next week, and final painting details the next week. So that would put us in our new master bedroom the last week in February. Which would be great for the baby since we really don't have much room in our current reduced room now for even a pack-n-play. I think then they will move onto the downstairs and finish that space. So they are really working hard and I hope that the timeline stays on schedule.

I went to my first chiropractor visit last week. I made an appointment mostly because I my friend in Knoxville has somewhat fussy babies and she took her daughter to a chiropractor during her first few months and noticed that she was relaxed more after the visit. She still does not know if it helped or not but I thought it cannot hurt if our baby is the same way why not try it. So I made an appointment because I wanted to get to know the doctor first then see if I wanted to take our baby. So I don't really have any uncomfortable body complaints about this pregnancy, except for the restless leg, but the front of my pelvis constantly hurts. I just started hurting the last month and with my other pregnancy's during the end of the pregnancy. It just feels like the baby is sitting on my pelvic bone where the come together in the front. So it hurts when I lay down, sit, walk, etc. I don't know what arthritis feels like but this may be it. When you press on the bones it feels bruised. So anyway, it is tolerable but sometimes I end up taking Tylenol because it is so constant that it starts to annoy me as well. Anyway, so I went on Tuesday and he said one of my hips was higher the the other and he adjusted that. I went back on Thursday and he did the same thing and then cracked my entire spine. Well I did not really feel any better until Friday and especially on Saturday. I did not feel the constant pain at all. It was actually nice. Well it kind of came back Sunday and Monday and today I went swimming and it felt better but is back tonight. So I don't know if I will go back or not. I think it might have helped but how many times do I have to go? It is kind of a chaotic practice with a lot of people getting adjusted at once so I did not get a chance to talk to him so we will see. I would much rather "cure" my restless leg than my pelvic pain. Like I said it is constant but I can ignore it.

Well those are my gripes for today. I am going to try to go to sleep again.

Back from NYC

D and I had a great time in NYC. It was a mini vacation for us for our birthday's and we enjoyed every minute of it. Our first flight on Friday was canceled so we had to leave about 3 hours later. We got to our hotel about 4 and we relaxed and enjoyed our alone time. We finally set out for dinner. We walked around and found a great place to eat. It was neat because it kind of looked like a mobster place. The food was cooked downstairs, I guess to save space, but the basement looked like it might have secret doors and hideaways. But we had fun and enjoyed the different atmosphere. Saturday we slept in then got out and walked around. We went to St. Patricks Cathedral. It was simply amazing. I loved all the detail and craftsmanship put into that church. It would have been great to be alive when the church was constructed. I also would have loved to get an official tour to learn more about the history. We went to Rockefeller plaza and saw where the Today Show is and the skating rink. We then walked to Times Square. It was amazing to see all the people and all the TV screens. Very overwhelming and chaotic at the same time. It was neat to see but great to get away from all the action as well. We found a place to eat lunch and to warm up. It was really cold while we were there but it did not stop us. In the afternoon we walked in central park. It was amazing how quiet it was and it truly was very pretty with the snow and the carriage rides. It would have been great to run together through the park but we did not have that option since it was snowy and icy and I am very pregnant. It was great top walk through the park and that was my favorite part. That night we went to a great Italian restaurant and then saw Chicago. It was a great show and our seats were great. We were in the third row from the front and we were able to experience the show fully. We unfortunately had to leave early Sunday morning so we did not get to experience much more. We agreed that we need to go back a couple more times to enjoy more parts of NYC. I wish I brought my camera, but I did not want to take my large camera. So I do not have any pictures but we still have the memories.

It was great to get back to the kids. Julianne started basketball lessons with the local university. She had a great time and ended up being the other child so she basically got a one on one coaching lesson. So that was great.

The next day we celebrated D's birthday with a homemade cake and lots of singing.




Some sledding pictures.






Sledding ice burn.