Well hello my long lost personal/family/life blog! I have come to revive you from the dormant state you have been in for about 9 months...YIKES! I am so sorry! Prep yourself for a long post, it's been a while!
So, not too many exciting updates really. I did start a craft blog that I love dearly called make.a.do, if you haven't checked it out yet you should! I'm having a lot of fun sharing the things I make and it is a super good outlet for me.
Siena is, and has been crawling for about a month and a half. She just barely started crawling on all fours and has since left her army/belly crawl in the dust. She is very social and a bit of a chatterbox, in comparison to my quiet little Gianni that is. She also eats EVERYTHING. Which is good and bad, especially bad on the days I don't vacuum. Gross. She loves to play with anything Gianni is, which creates a conflict most times, but it's cute to see how much she adores him.
Gianni just turned 3! Can you believe it?? I sure can't! We tried out preschool and he LOVES it, but we are holding off until next year for financial reasons. His fetish right now is airplanes. Everything is an airplane. Blocks stacked up with one sticking out the side, airplane. a piece of paper folded in half, airplane. This kid is so creative it baffles me sometimes. He is so imaginative its really fun to watch! Gianni has a best friend who he loves playing with, Paul, who lives right next door luckily :). HUGE deal, Gianni hasn't been sick for a while. I really think that living in this new place has brought us good health. We have only been super sick once and it was pretty fast!
Domenic is still working at Ernst and Young doing Audit. He is in busy season right now for audit which means that most days he leaves before 7:30 and isn't home until 10, and if he gets home by 8 and is able to see the kids for a half hour before they go to bed we are thanking our lucky stars. Being a single mom for the majority of my time is difficult, and Domenic really wished it weren't that way. With the economy still in a slump, we TRY to remind ourselves of how lucky we are to even have a job. Even though the hours are terrible, and the pay is worse, we are hoping that sticking it out will have lasting benefits for our future.
I hope everyone reading this is doing well! Sorry for such a delay. I'm trying to be better about keeping everyone updated :)
Pictures to come, I have reached my threshold with Siena and she is yelling at me for attention. Check back :)
Showing posts with label Baby girl. Show all posts
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Friday, January 18, 2013
Friday, February 24, 2012
Baby girl update
Warning: super long post!
A lot of you already know whats going on with me right now, but I just thought I would update about the pregnancy so far.
Three weeks ago I had a regular ob appointment. I was almost 30 weeks and feeling some cramping in my lower belly area. Kind of like period cramps. At first I just wrote the pain off as regular pregnancy pains, although I did think it was odd I hadn't experienced them when I was preggers with Gianni. But every pregnancy is different right? So I finally told my doc and he checked me.
Apparently my cervix was a bit open and thinning (sorry if that's tmi). Not what you want to hear when you are only 30 weeks pregnant. I was showing signs of preterm labor. My doctor told me I was only allowed to take care of Gianni and be on my feet 20 minutes at a time. That was really hard for me to hear, but at least I wasn't on bed rest!
So for the past 2-3 weeks I've had to really take it easy. I really like keeping myself busy doing things around the apartment (ie cleaning, cooking, crafting, etc) while Dom is at work with our one car (which these days is from about 7am-10pm these days, but that's a different story) so this has been a very difficult task for me. Ive been quite the busy body this pregnancy. I couldn't even take Gianni on a walk or to the park and that killed me. So I have been trying to schedule more play dates for him so he doesn't go crazy.
Yesterday I had another appt. (the doctor had me coming in every week so she could keep a close eye on my progress). Lucky for me I hadn't changed in measurement since the first time she checked me. Because of the lack of progress, she said that I can do more! I was so excited. I can go grocery shopping, take Gianni to the park, and make meals! I still have to take it easy and "listen to my body" but I feel so much better knowing I'm not going to have this baby tomorrow.
You always assume that you are going to have a normal healthy pregnancy but you never know when you have pushed your body too far. In my case cleaning my entire apartment and vacuuming 2 days in a row did it for me. Blame it on the nesting instinct I guess. Needless to say, I won't be doing any hard core cleaning in the near future.
But the baby is doing really well! I have been consistently measuring at least 1-2 weeks ahead of what I am which is good. I would say I can't wait for this baby to come, but the truth is, I'm really glad she is staying in my belly for the time being :)
A lot of you already know whats going on with me right now, but I just thought I would update about the pregnancy so far.
Three weeks ago I had a regular ob appointment. I was almost 30 weeks and feeling some cramping in my lower belly area. Kind of like period cramps. At first I just wrote the pain off as regular pregnancy pains, although I did think it was odd I hadn't experienced them when I was preggers with Gianni. But every pregnancy is different right? So I finally told my doc and he checked me.
Apparently my cervix was a bit open and thinning (sorry if that's tmi). Not what you want to hear when you are only 30 weeks pregnant. I was showing signs of preterm labor. My doctor told me I was only allowed to take care of Gianni and be on my feet 20 minutes at a time. That was really hard for me to hear, but at least I wasn't on bed rest!
So for the past 2-3 weeks I've had to really take it easy. I really like keeping myself busy doing things around the apartment (ie cleaning, cooking, crafting, etc) while Dom is at work with our one car (which these days is from about 7am-10pm these days, but that's a different story) so this has been a very difficult task for me. Ive been quite the busy body this pregnancy. I couldn't even take Gianni on a walk or to the park and that killed me. So I have been trying to schedule more play dates for him so he doesn't go crazy.
Yesterday I had another appt. (the doctor had me coming in every week so she could keep a close eye on my progress). Lucky for me I hadn't changed in measurement since the first time she checked me. Because of the lack of progress, she said that I can do more! I was so excited. I can go grocery shopping, take Gianni to the park, and make meals! I still have to take it easy and "listen to my body" but I feel so much better knowing I'm not going to have this baby tomorrow.
You always assume that you are going to have a normal healthy pregnancy but you never know when you have pushed your body too far. In my case cleaning my entire apartment and vacuuming 2 days in a row did it for me. Blame it on the nesting instinct I guess. Needless to say, I won't be doing any hard core cleaning in the near future.
But the baby is doing really well! I have been consistently measuring at least 1-2 weeks ahead of what I am which is good. I would say I can't wait for this baby to come, but the truth is, I'm really glad she is staying in my belly for the time being :)
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