Today was the second time I left the house in a month! The first time was on Tuesday, when I had a doctor's appointment. At first, I had a really hard time...especially in the elevator. But after awhile, I started feeling a bit better. Over the rest of the week, I had more moments of feeling less icky, just iffy. The evening is still really hard on me. What makes it really bad is that motion really affects me. So I feel fine when I am sitting or laying still, but when I have to get up is when I start feeling iffy again. This, of course, is impossible being a mother of two small boys and a wife. I can't shut down completely (as I sometimes want to) because I still have a family to care for.
Today, I finally made it back to church. I missed it so much. Even though I sat for a good portion of worship, I still made it through the service without feeling like having to go home and lay down. This week has been better than the previous three. So I am praying that I am on the upward swing from this "morning" (or better termed: all-day) sickness. Please pray with me. I just want to start feeling human again and I want to start enjoying being pregnant. I miss taking care of my boys like I should. I have put far too much on Joey during the day. He is my helper, but there are times he should just be able to play instead of helping mommy take care of little brother.
I have another appt scheduled this week; but I have to reschedule it for a different day, so I don't know what day it will be yet. Right now it is scheduled for Thursday, but since that is the last day of the month, Nick can't take any time off to watch the boys. A prenatal appt is not a good place to take three little boys. One thing that I read about the clinic is that they have 3D ultrasound equipment in each room! How cool is that. That means that I could see the details of the baby's face, rather than just a black and white fuzzy image. I have never had a 3D image of my unborn baby before.
Well, even though my posts are few and far between...I have very little to blog about. Nick will be going to Fairbanks first week of February. I'm not looking forward to it; not with the way I've been feeling. I hope I am feeling much, much better by then. My boys are growing so big and smart. I love them so much.
Hope everyone has a fantastic week. Love and miss you all.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Saturday, January 19, 2008
I Still Feel Icky
I can't seem to do anything much while feeling this icky. I rarely get on the computer these days, and that is why it is so long between posts. But I did want to at least make some effort (since I can't sleep right now anyway) to keep you posted on things up here in the Great White.
It has taken awhile, but we finally got a good amount of snow dumped on us last week. I think we got a foot or more in just a few days. While the snow is fresh and clean (like on the trees) it is quite beautiful. I love looking at the snow...I just don't enjoy being so cold all the time. Right now, we've got two comforters on our bed, and I still throw an extra blanket on top of that. (Usually my new Tinker Bell blanket from Nanny encouraging the baby I'm carrying to be a girl! Thanks Mom.)
I have noticed a difference in the amount of daylight hours; the sun is up before ten am and doesn't go down until after four pm. That is quite an improvement. The boys are adjusting to sharing a room. There is still quite a bit of playing before settling down to sleep, especially at nap time, but they are taking less time to settle down. Baby Nick astounds me because he will jump up and down in his crib for over an hour, and still not get tuckered out enough to sleep! If I could only have a portion of that kind of energy. I'm not sure I would know what to do with myself.
Nick took some beautiful pictures of the snow when he went out to shovel the walk way. We live in a tri-plex, and are the furthest unit down, but Nick is the only one who will take responsibility and shovel the walk. The other night, he came home and found that the walk was shoveled....but only up to the first units' door! They didn't even have the courtesy to complete the walk even though this is the only time they've ever done even a portion of it! I know it shouldn't bother me...but some people have no decency. This is a community property; it shouldn't be up to just one person to take care of it.
Here is a spectacular view of the snow on the trees outside our door. The moose love the area behind our house. I saw two out there a couple weeks ago.
It has taken awhile, but we finally got a good amount of snow dumped on us last week. I think we got a foot or more in just a few days. While the snow is fresh and clean (like on the trees) it is quite beautiful. I love looking at the snow...I just don't enjoy being so cold all the time. Right now, we've got two comforters on our bed, and I still throw an extra blanket on top of that. (Usually my new Tinker Bell blanket from Nanny encouraging the baby I'm carrying to be a girl! Thanks Mom.)
I have noticed a difference in the amount of daylight hours; the sun is up before ten am and doesn't go down until after four pm. That is quite an improvement. The boys are adjusting to sharing a room. There is still quite a bit of playing before settling down to sleep, especially at nap time, but they are taking less time to settle down. Baby Nick astounds me because he will jump up and down in his crib for over an hour, and still not get tuckered out enough to sleep! If I could only have a portion of that kind of energy. I'm not sure I would know what to do with myself.
Nick took some beautiful pictures of the snow when he went out to shovel the walk way. We live in a tri-plex, and are the furthest unit down, but Nick is the only one who will take responsibility and shovel the walk. The other night, he came home and found that the walk was shoveled....but only up to the first units' door! They didn't even have the courtesy to complete the walk even though this is the only time they've ever done even a portion of it! I know it shouldn't bother me...but some people have no decency. This is a community property; it shouldn't be up to just one person to take care of it.
Here is a spectacular view of the snow on the trees outside our door. The moose love the area behind our house. I saw two out there a couple weeks ago. 
Joey loves to help Daddy shovel the walk. He also enjoys the big pile of snow Daddy makes for him to climb on and slide down. He loves going outside for some fresh air, even when it is freezing cold. Joey has two completely different sides to him right now; but I will only brag about the good side. He is such a caretaker. He is so good to me right now, while I'm not feeling well. He will let me fall asleep while the little boys are taking a nap because he knows I feel icky. Even though he would prefer to play with me (and I with him) he will play quietly by himself and give me a chance to rest. He will also be my gopher; get me anything I need to make things easier on me. He has such a tender heart and I adore him.
Baby Nick has quite a sense of humor. His laugh is so infectious. The other day, Joey stubbed his toe on one of the toys and Baby Nick thought it was quite funny. Unfortunately, Joey did not. But then, I threw up after changing a particularly stinky diaper (I am extra sensitive to odors right now) and only made it to the kitchen sink...so was retching for all the boys to see. Joey came in and started whining with his hands covering his ears (what he does when he is scared of something or doesn't like what is happening) and Baby Nick came in and started fussing a bit, too. But then Baby Nick found the humor in the situation and started laughing and jumping up and down, thinking Mommy is quite funny. I couldn't help but give a slightly miserable smile at him. He was too cute.
Well, there really isn't much going on around here...especially with me feeling this way. I am still here and will try to find something blog-worthy to post next time. I love and miss you all and wish I could be close to home right now.
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Forgive My Absence
I really do want to blog...but I never feel up to it. The "morning sickness" I am experiencing this time around lasts all day long. No, I'm not nauseous, I'm not throwing up....but I still feel miserable. The hungrier I get the worse I feel; but I know that no food will make me feel better, so what is the point of eating. Even though I don't feel nauseated, I feel that if I move, I may just throw up anyway. This does not make taking care of the boys easy...but what choice do I have. Nick is an amazing man; he takes such good care of me. Even after working at the office all day, he comes home and takes over the care of the boys and house so I can rest miserably.
There is much I could say; for example, Joey is now sleeping in his own bed in his own room. Last night was the first fully successful night! I am very pleased. Hopefully the new trend has started. Baby Nick now likes to be laid down on his back instead of his tummy (although he flips himself over fairly quickly) but the problem with laying him down on his back, is that he likes to stick his feet up in the air making it impossible to cover him up! The little stinker.
Joey is very excited about a new baby. He has asked me several times, "Are you bigger yet?" Well, I know it may be hard to tell, but I assure him that he will be able to see a difference when the baby starts growing bigger. He has also asked if we are having two babies (he saw a show on t.v. where twins were born)...I said, "God have mercy, no." He also wants to open me up to see the baby! I told him that we shouldn't have to "open" me up, God willing, and we couldn't see the baby until God said it was time for the baby to be born. Then he asked me if I was going to squeeze at the doctor's office. That one took me by complete surprise!! I have no idea where that came from! But he takes good care of me, especially when Daddy is at work.
Well, I think I have sat up as long as I can stand right now. I think I will go lay back down and pray I don't get sick. Hopefully, this phase will pass in the next couple weeks and I will feel more like myself again.
There is much I could say; for example, Joey is now sleeping in his own bed in his own room. Last night was the first fully successful night! I am very pleased. Hopefully the new trend has started. Baby Nick now likes to be laid down on his back instead of his tummy (although he flips himself over fairly quickly) but the problem with laying him down on his back, is that he likes to stick his feet up in the air making it impossible to cover him up! The little stinker.
Joey is very excited about a new baby. He has asked me several times, "Are you bigger yet?" Well, I know it may be hard to tell, but I assure him that he will be able to see a difference when the baby starts growing bigger. He has also asked if we are having two babies (he saw a show on t.v. where twins were born)...I said, "God have mercy, no." He also wants to open me up to see the baby! I told him that we shouldn't have to "open" me up, God willing, and we couldn't see the baby until God said it was time for the baby to be born. Then he asked me if I was going to squeeze at the doctor's office. That one took me by complete surprise!! I have no idea where that came from! But he takes good care of me, especially when Daddy is at work.
Well, I think I have sat up as long as I can stand right now. I think I will go lay back down and pray I don't get sick. Hopefully, this phase will pass in the next couple weeks and I will feel more like myself again.
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