Life in General is Good

Things are good here. S continually amazes me. He is 2 years 8 months old. Amazing. My little baby will be 3 in 3 months. Sigh. He is overall good. He does have his moments of freaking out in toddler fashion. But these are not too frequent, thank goodness. He still naps about 1.5-2 hours a day. Mostly he is at daycare during those, but on the weekends it gives us a wee break!

We just got back from a week at Disney World. It was FUN! S enjoyed it and his time with grandparents. He only has one set of grandprents (on Dad's side, my parents are both deceased). They unfortunately live 1200 miles away, so he doesn't get to see them much (or they him).

He loved the little race cars at Magic Kingdom. He loved the "castle", parade. Most things he loved. He didn't like anything too loud.

He's talking an amazing amount. Full sentences.

Here are a few pictures




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Halloween

Hope that everyone had a Happy Halloween. It was fun here. S took a while, but he finally figured out that people were putting stuff into hisbucket that he might want. We met up with one of the people I work with who has a daughter a couple of months younger than S. So cute! They were playing together in the yard, fun stuff.

S is now 2 (and a month). Growing. Talking. Being a 2 year old, LOL He is fun at this time.

I think this warrants attention

Apparently this is the republicans trying yet again to stick their noses into the reproductive rights of women in the US:

"If approved by the Department of Health and Human Services, the rule would broaden the definition of abortion to include the most widely used forms of birth control, which can prevent implantation of a fertilized egg.

The existing abortion definition used by the federal government and medical groups is the removal of a fertilized egg that has successfully implanted in the uterine wall, where it would continue to grow. "

I really really hope this doesn't pass.


http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/26083324.html?location_refer=$urlTrackSectionName

Oh my

I am starting to work on adding links to blogs I enjoy reading. So far I have one added because I'm on the computer that doesn't have all my links on it. I guess having a blog for 3 years, I should work on links!


Be patient, I'll have more links up soon, PROMISE!

Happy 4th of July

Hope that everyone has a safe and happy one!

Too True

Long time

It has been a long long time. Do I have an excuse? Nope. Just life in general. That and being deliriously in love with my little man and well, just kept putting things off and putting off until you feel like if you do post, well then, who would still be reading?

We've been busy being busy. Went to PA in May. Visiting family. Took an airplane. With a 20 month old. Ugh. He kept trying to kick the seat in front of him and screeching when I wouldn't let him. DH put his head in his hands as if to say "I'm not part of this". Pissed me off! After the first 45 minutes or so, S fell asleep and that made things much easier.

Packing to travel on a plane with a toddler is a PAIN IN THE ASS. There is way too much stuff needed. Way too much. Even when you are going to a place that has stuff for the child to play with. So we had one large suitcase (weighed in at 49.5 pounds), and 2 smaller one's checked AND the bag with the toddler toys for the plane.

S is doing great. His vocabulary and putting words together is moving at amazing speed right now. He is 21 months old now. He says things like, "no more please" and "TRACTOR!!!!" (he loves tractors), "dat's my car" "kitty eat". Fun stuff :)

I hope that all are doing well..

Thanksgiving

I have been so remiss. Sigh.

Thanksgiving was great. I cannot believe I have my little one. He is so much fun. He'll squeal when he sees me come home or when Daddy comes home. We took him to a hockey game on Friday, he did great. Fell asleep in the 3rd period, and slept through the yells, screams and booing.

My house is a mess. It seems to be that way no matter what. you know what? I really don't care most of the time. A huge part of the mess is because of my son, and hey, he's worth it!

I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving.

Am I angry?

I read something in the paper today that pissed me off. In todays Star Tribune (out of Minneapolis/St. Paul) they did an article on IVF. The chief medical officer of an insurance company (PreferredOne) made this statement "It's not a life-and-death situation. It's a lifestyle issue".

Lifesyle? Really? I couldn't find their formulary, but I'd bet lots that they cover Viagra, which is totally about lifestyle, eh?

Here is the link to a site that has all the company's contact information. http://www.preferredone.com/contactus.asp

Also, a link to the Star Tribune website article. http://www.startribune.com/infertility/

I am going to write to PreferredOne and let them know what I think of their "lifestyle" comment.

Not a good week

It's been a long time. I know, I know. Life gets in the way. I seem to take the time to sit and read many blogs and comment on as many as I can, but work and taking care of S gets in the way A LOT!

S is doing GREAT. He is now 1 year old. Amazing. I cannot believe it and every time I look at him I just love him more and more. He is such a little ham and has now started making these crazy grunting noises. He's taking a step or two every now and again.

We didn't have a big birthday party for him, just us and one other friend. We did sing to him and he had cake. Didn't eat much of it, made a face when he tried it, LOL. We're doing it again on Sunday with his Nana and Papa who are coming for a visit.


He is doing well according to our Ped too. In the 89th percentile for height (31 inches) and 19th percentile for weight 20lb 14oz. Meeting his milestones pretty darned good too. We think he says cat (dat) and dog (do) and Dad (da) and Mom (mum mum mum - usually when is needs or wants something). He points and says DAT! when he wants something.





On to the bad stuff. This year has been horrible for the place I work. In July a great friend, physician and S's doctor died of an unexpected heart attack at the age of 52.

Today I find out that a woman who had issues with IF and tried for years to get pregnant. Finally got pregnant with twins and they are about 2.5 months younger than S. Today I hear that her daughter has a brain tumor. How the FUCK is that fair? I don't know any more than that, but I am just grieving for her and hope that it is treatable and that her daughter has a long and wonderful life. I also feel guilt that one of the first things after the shock of hearing it that I felt was "thank god it wasn't S".

I find that anything bad that happens to kids really really REALLY bothers me now. Not that it didn't bother me before, but man does it ever bother me now.

Hope you are all well. I will try to make a post once a week or two.

Holy Shi

t. This has been an awful week, and now for those of you who haven't heard, a major bridge has collapsed in Minneapolis. I live in Minnesota, but pretty far away from the Twin Cities, but I've driven across that bridge many times.



http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/01/bridge.collapse/index.html

Not Fair or Right

I have had a shitty week. First of all, I barely saw my son on Monday and Tuesday because work was so busy. Getting home at 7 or 7:30 doesn't leave much time to spend with the little guy.

Friday especially was bad. One of our partners didn't show up for work early that morning. No answer on pager, cell or home phone. He was found dead in his home. He was 53. Great GREAT guy. So unfair. 2 kids, wife of 28 years. So much to live for and he was such an influence in the community.

My son, however, is awesome. Thank goodness.

Hope you all had a better week.

I Would Die For That

This completely describes how I feel during both the attempts and now with our success. I cried listening to the lyrics, but mostly through looking at the people who were on the video. See the video if you want, I warn you, however, to have a tissue or 200 ready.

The Mother's Day Post

I never got around to posting anything yesterday. I feel I should post somthing acknowleging that yesterday was MOther's Day. My first one. The first one that I didn't feel like sobbing.

Mother's Day for me for years was just another day. I would give my Mom a card and we would go out to dinner or lunch. Then my Mom died in 1990. From 1990 until 2001 it was a day where I would think of her, but not much more than that. In April of 2002 I found out I was pregnant! Yay. My husband bought me a gift for MOther's Day, one that I could never look at again, as I had my first miscarriage on Mother's Day 2002. From that point until this year, Mother's Day was HELL. I could not even think of it without crying.

This year is different. I have S and he makes it better. Such an incredibly joy to have him. So different.

He is trying his hardest to crawl. What a cutie. He does say Mummummum. I haven't heard any Dadadada. LOL

I wish for all of those who are still on the journey to motherhood to reach it and be able to celebrate Mother's Day soon.

S's 6 month appointment

He is 6 months old. Amazing. I am utterly amazed every day when I look at him or touch him or am nursing him that I am so lucky. (Run on sentence, anyone?)

He is 27 1/4 inches long (73rd percentile) and 16lb 14oz (32nd percentile). Doing all of the stuff 6 month old babies should be doing. He sits unassisted, transfer objects from one hand to the other. Everything goes into his mouth. He is eating solid foods (if you can call that mush solid!). Loves veggies more than fruits, although he eats everything well.

We'll be branching out more on foodstuffs. It's so much fun :) Soon he'll be walking and I'll be wondering when time has gone. I already wonder that.

We're going to change daycare providers in about a month. I like the people where he is now, but jsut don't think it's the "right" place for him. The place we're looking at just moved into new digs. They are awesome! They also do some baby signs, which is cool. I need to get a book on that and start looking at them. How do you tell the current providers you're changing? I hate stuff like that! He always seems happy when he's there, happy to be there and happy when he comes home.

Sigh.

Films I've seen - 85

SUPPOSEDLY if you've seen over 85 films, you have no life Mark the ones you've seen. There are 239 films on this list. Copy this list, go to your own blog, paste this. Then, put x's next to the films you've seen, add them up, change the header adding your number, and click post at the bottom. Have fun!

(Who says over 85 films viewed = no life? I don't know, just copied and pasted this meme!) Besides that, I guess I haven't seen as many as I thought (just the one's on this list) Hopefully I didn't miscount!

(x) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(x) Grease
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest
( ) Boondock Saints
() Fight Club
() Starsky and Hutch
() Neverending Story
(x) Blazing Saddles
(x) Airplane

Total: 6

(X) The Princess Bride
() AnchorMan
() Napoleon Dynamite
() Labyrinth
() Saw
( ) Saw II
() White Noise
() White Oleander
() Anger Management
() 50 First Dates
() The Princess Diaries
() The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

Total so far:7

() Scream
() Scream 2
() Scream 3
() Scary Movie
() Scary Movie 2
() Scary Movie 3
() Scary Movie 4
(x) American Pie
(x) American Pie 2
() American Wedding
() American Pie Band Camp

Total so far: 9

(x) Harry Potter 1
(x) Harry Potter 2
(x) Harry Potter 3
(x) Harry Potter 4
() Resident Evil 1
() Resident Evil 2
(x) The Wedding Singer
( ) Little Black Book
(x) The Village
() Lilo & Stitch

Total so far: 15

(x) Finding Nemo
() Finding Neverland
(x) Signs
() The Grinch
() Texas Chainsaw Massacre
() Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
() White Chicks
() Butterfly Effect
() 13 Going on 30
() I, Robot
(x) Robots

Total so far: 18

(x) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
() Universal Soldier
(x) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
() Along Came Polly
(x) Deep Impact
() KingPin
() Never Been Kissed
() Meet The Parents
() Meet the Fockers
() Eight Crazy Nights
() Joe Dirt
(x) KING KONG

Total so far: 22

() A Cinderella Story
(x) The Terminal
() The Lizzie McGuire Movie
() Passport to Paris
() Dumb & Dumber
() Dumber & Dumberer
(x) Final Destination
() Final Destination 2
() Final Destination 3
(x) Halloween
() The Ring
(x) The Ring 2
() Surviving X-MAS
() Flubber

Total so far: 25

() Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
(x) Practical Magic
(x) Chicago
() Ghost Ship
() From Hell
(x) Hellboy
() Secret Window
() I Am Sam
() The Whole Nine Yards
() The Whole Ten Yards

Total so far: 28

(x) The Day After Tomorrow
(x) Child's Play
() Seed of Chucky
() Bride of Chucky
() Ten Things I Hate About You
() Just Married
() Gothika
(X) Nightmare on Elm Street
(x) Sixteen Candles
(x) Remember the Titans
() Coach Carter
() The Grudge
() The Grudge 2
() The Mask
( ) Son Of The Mask
Total so far: 33

() Bad Boys
() Bad Boys 2
() Joy Ride
() Lucky Number Seven
() Ocean's Eleven
() Ocean's Twelve
(x) Bourne Identity
(x) Bourne Supremecy
( ) Lone Star
(x) Bedazzled
(x) Predator I
() Predator II
( ) The Fog
(x) Ice Age
() Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
() Curious George

Total so far: 38

(X) Independence Day
(x) Cujo
() A Bronx Tale
() Darkness Falls
() Christine
(x) ET
() Children of the Corn
() My Bosses Daughter
() Maid in Manhattan
(x) War of the Worlds
(x) Rush Hour
(x) Rush Hour 2

Total so far: 44

( ) Best Bet
() How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
() She's All That
() Calendar Girls
() Sideways
() Mars Attacks
() Event Horizon
() Ever After
(x) Wizard of Oz
(x) Forrest Gump
(x) Big Trouble in Little China
(X) The Terminator
(x) The Terminator 2
(x) The Terminator 3

Total so far: 50

(x) X-Men
(x) X-2
(x) X3
(x) Spider-Man
(x) Spider-Man 2
(x) Sky High
() Jeepers Creepers
() Jeepers Creepers 2
() Catch Me If You Can
() The Little Mermaid
() Freaky Friday
() Reign of Fire
() The Skulls
() Cruel Intentions
() Cruel Intentions 2
() The Hot Chick
(x) Shrek
(x) Shrek 2

Total so far: 58

() Swimfan
(x) Miracle on 34th street
() Old School
() The Notebook
() K-Pax
() Krippendorf's Tribe
() A Walk to Remember
() Ice Castles
() Boogeyman
() The 40-year-old Virgin

Total so far: 59

(x) Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
(x) Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
(x) Lord of the Rings Return Of the King
(x) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(x) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(x) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Total so far: 65

() Baseketball
() Hostel
() Waiting for Guffman
() House of 1000 Corpses
( ) Devils Rejects
() Elf
() Highlander
() Mothman Prophecies
() American History X
( ) Three

Total so Far: 65

() The Jacket
() Kung Fu Hustle
() Shaolin Soccer
() Night Watch
(x) Monsters Inc.
(x) Titanic
(x) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(x) Shaun Of the Dead
( ) Willard

Total so far: 69

() High Tension
() Club Dread
() Hulk
(x) Dawn Of the Dead
() Hook
(X) Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
() 28 days later
() Orgazmo
() Phantasm
() Waterworld

Total so far: 71

(x) Kill Bill vol 1
(x) Kill Bill vol 2
() Mortal Kombat
() Wolf Creek
(x) Kingdom of Heaven
() the Hills Have Eyes
() I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman
() The Last House on the Left
() Re-Animator
(x) Army of Darkness

Total so far: 75

(x) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
(x) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
(x) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
(x) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
(x) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
(x) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
() Ewoks Caravan Of Courage
() Ewoks The Battle For Endor

Total so far: 81

(x) The Matrix
(x) The Matrix Reloaded
(x) The Matrix Revolutions
() Animatrix
() Evil Dead
() Evil Dead 2
() Team America: World Police
() Red Dragon
(x) Silence of the Lambs
() Hannibal

Funny, I think that equals 85. So officially, I have no life. LOL

No time, no time

Good grief. It is hard working full time and taking care of an infant. Very hard. I feel like I have no time for me whatsoever. I'm either at work, or taking care of S or cleaning house. Little time available for other things like, oh, reading, blogging, etc.

There is good news happening. Liana at http:// http:// Liana > has been matched with a birth mother! It is so exciting and I can't wait for them to meet. It sounds like a great match. I am wishing them lots and lots of luck.

S is doing great. He is 5.5 months old now and just wonderful 99.6% of the time. The other 0.4% he spends trying to make sure I never sleep. Some nights he is wonderful and other nights he is up 2-3 times. I cannot predict what nights are what either.

Leaving you all with a picture:

Made the switch

To the new Blogger. Hope it wasn't a mistake, but time will tell.

I Don't have a lot to say today. It is snowing, again. We had about 6-8 inches last night (a paltry amount compared to others) and supposed to get another 1-2 tonight. We'll see.

I have a little video of the S man. Cutiepie that he is.

Hope everyone is well.

Where oh where have I been?

You might ask that. I've been too damn busy, is where I've been. Having a four month old and working full time, including call every other week, is HARD. But worth it.

S is now 4 months old! Amazing. He's just amazing. I will say, though, that I wish he were still sleepin through the night. He had been doing that up until about 1-2 weeks ago. He now wakes up once or twice a night and doesn't go back to sleep on his own. I either have to breastfeed or just hold him and he goes back to sleep rather quickly. Sigh. Any advice on that?

We're thinking of getting a m*nivan. Yes... I want a Hond@ Ody&&ey. They are SOOOO nice. We're also thinking of looking at the P*lot.

I had a brief scare the other week. I am mostly breastfeeding, but we do use formula for about 20-30% of his feedings. I had realized that I hadn't had a per*od since I had S. No worries, though. She showed up a day later (of course I had already bought a HPT and used one!).

I will make an attempt to be more faithful about blogging, but all I seem to be able to talk about is S.

Sigh

Time flies

I'm back to work. Only part time, but it still sucks. It's not tooooo bad as C watching S while I'm working, but still, I hate it pretty much.

S is doing great. AT his 2 month visit he went from 6lb11oz at birth to 12lb 12oz and 19.5 inches long to 23 inches long. He's in and has been in 3 month clothes and will be out of those soon.

He's so much fun. Smiles and talks and just is a joy. He is sleeping pretty much through the night most nights. He goes to bed around 10 and gets up at 7 or 7:30. What a great baby.

He will start daycare in January. I hope that it is not too traumatic for me (or him). Hubby is sad too.

I have done nothing for Christmas yet. Nothing. Ugh. I'll have to get some shopping done this weekend I guess. I HATE shopping on the weekends around Christmastime. I hate the crowds and the hustle and bustle. I do want to try to get S to Santa though.

Speaking of S... here's a picture or two: