I realize we're 19 days into the New Year, but I haven't found the time to blog recently. I wanted to update this last weekend, but I had a cold and didn't want to type in between my nasty coughs every three minutes.
Not too much has been going on here. We've been shopping around for a new dining room set, but haven't found anything we liked yet. We plan on waiting until President's Day weekend to purchase one. Maybe then there will be better sales.
Carleigh switched classrooms at school because of a bully. It's really sad that kid's her age bully other children already. This boy calls her names and punches her. The teacher's in her classroom didn't seem to do much of anything about it. This had been an ongoing issue for a couple of months. When we called the director to talk to her about the issue, she gave us the option to have the two separated or to change classrooms. We tried the separation thing for a couple of days, but then that same boy decided to punch Carleigh in the stomach and call her names again. So we called the director again and requested a room change. Carleigh's first day in her new room was on Friday and she came home so happy. Her new teacher said that Carleigh was well-behaved and well-mannered and she loved having her in her classroom. Carleigh did all of her worksheets and had a blast with their art projects. In her other room, the teacher's had a hard time getting her to complete her work or even start it for that matter. I think it was because of that boy bugging her all the time. I'm glad she's happy in her new classroom. She gets to leave preschool once I go on maternity leave. From there, we will just do some homeschool stuff until kindergarten starts in the fall.
Speaking of maternity leave, I plan on leaving when I am at the 36 week mark. That will be the last week of February. I'll be starting week 31 this week. It's crazy how fast time flies by when you're pregnant. I've had some Braxton Hicks contractions every now and again, but nothing that warrants a trip to the hospital. Hopefully it stays that way until my 38th week of pregnancy, although I'd like the baby to stay put until my 40th week. We shall see what happens. Carleigh was born when I was 38 weeks.
It's been in the 70's in Las Vegas the past few days. Heath was out in the backyard clearing out the rest of the rocks today. We want to build our own fire pit back there and then get the dirt delivered to plant the grass. Doing the backyard ourselves is nice, but it's really hard work and takes a long time. We didn't want to spend $2,000 to have a company come in and do it when we could save money by doing it ourselves. It will be so nice once it's all completed. I'll purchase some really nice outdoor furniture and spend all of my free time in the backyard.
I have tomorrow and Tuesday off from work. Carleigh is out of school tomorrow, too. So we are planning on getting some lunch from Subway then taking it to the park for a little picnic. After that, Carleigh can plan on the playground until she wears herself out for the day.
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Friday, December 27, 2013
Goodbye 2013
There are still a few days left in 2013, but I might not update my blog again until January. It's been a somewhat quiet year for us, which is a good thing. The most exciting thing that happened for us is finding out we are expecting another baby. We have a name picked out, but I'm not ready to share it. I'd like to be able to keep the name a secret until the baby is born. It's more fun that way.
We had a really great Christmas at our house. Carleigh was so excited to see Santa had left presents for her. She got some new books, clothes, and of course, some toys. She loves her Jake the Pirate Ship and Optimus Prime toys. She also received gift cards and cash from other family members, so she will get to go shopping tomorrow while we are out. Heath & I got a bunch of gift cards, mostly for Target, so you know where we are going tomorrow. Heath bought me a Galaxy Tab 3 and some Prada sunglasses, which I love. Carleigh had pretty much taken over my Kindle Fire awhile back, so I am glad I have my own tablet again. I'll be searching for a cover for it at Target. I got Heath Gran Turismo 6 for the PS3, so he's been playing that in between GTA Online.
My next doctor appointment is Jan 2. Things have been going good. The only complaint I've had lately is the random pressure that I feel in the crotch area. It feels like the baby is trying to come out. Or, for a better explanation, it feels like someone kicked me in the crotch. It hurts like a mofo and I'll find out if it's normal at my appointment. Those pains aren't followed by cramping or bleeding, so I feel it's nothing to worry about. It's probably completely normal.
We still have a lot of shopping, or should I say, ALL of the shopping to do for the baby. Nothing has been done. It's been stressing me out because we had a bunch of Christmas shopping to do and now that Christmas is over, we now have to do baby shopping. It shouldn't take us too long. The registry I started at Target has about 30 items on it. So it's not that bad. Neither side of the family has bothered to ask if we needed anything for this baby. I'm not sure if they plan on buying anything or not, so instead of waiting for them, I'm going out and purchasing everything myself. I have a feeling my parent's and in-law's aren't that excited this time around because this baby is no longer their first. If that makes any sense. They sure seem excited to fly out here the second the baby is born to annoy the ever living shit out of me, though.
I'll be trying to update this blog more often in 2014. With a new baby in the house, we will see how that all goes. I'll have to chase two kid's around instead of one.
We had a really great Christmas at our house. Carleigh was so excited to see Santa had left presents for her. She got some new books, clothes, and of course, some toys. She loves her Jake the Pirate Ship and Optimus Prime toys. She also received gift cards and cash from other family members, so she will get to go shopping tomorrow while we are out. Heath & I got a bunch of gift cards, mostly for Target, so you know where we are going tomorrow. Heath bought me a Galaxy Tab 3 and some Prada sunglasses, which I love. Carleigh had pretty much taken over my Kindle Fire awhile back, so I am glad I have my own tablet again. I'll be searching for a cover for it at Target. I got Heath Gran Turismo 6 for the PS3, so he's been playing that in between GTA Online.
My next doctor appointment is Jan 2. Things have been going good. The only complaint I've had lately is the random pressure that I feel in the crotch area. It feels like the baby is trying to come out. Or, for a better explanation, it feels like someone kicked me in the crotch. It hurts like a mofo and I'll find out if it's normal at my appointment. Those pains aren't followed by cramping or bleeding, so I feel it's nothing to worry about. It's probably completely normal.
We still have a lot of shopping, or should I say, ALL of the shopping to do for the baby. Nothing has been done. It's been stressing me out because we had a bunch of Christmas shopping to do and now that Christmas is over, we now have to do baby shopping. It shouldn't take us too long. The registry I started at Target has about 30 items on it. So it's not that bad. Neither side of the family has bothered to ask if we needed anything for this baby. I'm not sure if they plan on buying anything or not, so instead of waiting for them, I'm going out and purchasing everything myself. I have a feeling my parent's and in-law's aren't that excited this time around because this baby is no longer their first. If that makes any sense. They sure seem excited to fly out here the second the baby is born to annoy the ever living shit out of me, though.
I'll be trying to update this blog more often in 2014. With a new baby in the house, we will see how that all goes. I'll have to chase two kid's around instead of one.
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Freezing in Las Vegas
It's been so cold in Las Vegas the past few days. We had a winter weather advisory yesterday with the possibility of up to two inches of snow, but that never happened. My car decided to stop working all together in this chilly weather. It's currently sitting at the dealership to be looked at tomorrow morning. Last week, my car picked a couple of days to not start right away. It would take a few tries, but then everything would be in good working order. On Friday afternoon, when I was trying to leave work, my car refused to start. Heath had to come over to my work and try to get it to start, but it didn't even work for him. We left it there and went back Saturday to try to get it going, but it still wouldn't budge. We ended up calling a tow truck to take it over to the dealership. We are thinking it's either the fuel pumps or the crank sensor. We won't know until sometime tomorrow afternoon. I really hope it's the crank sensor since it's the cheaper item to fix. We are down to one car for now, so I'll drop Heath off at work and take his car to my office and then switch drivers when I pick him up in the afternoon. We are both off Tuesday since I have an appointment in the morning and we plan to get some Christmas shopping done while Carleigh is in school. I really hope to have my car back by Wednesday afternoon. Fingers crossed!
I'm not sure if I mentioned this in previous posts, but we are having another baby GIRL! My glucose test is at 8am on Tuesday morning. It's the test where I have to drink that really nasty orange drink in 10 minutes, then wait an hour for the blood test. Heath is coming with me so I don't have to be so bored while waiting. Smart phones are great, but they do get boring after about 10 minutes. I can only play so many rounds of Candy Crush and Words with Friends before I want to fall asleep.
Not a whole lot has been happening in our household. Heath & I have been playing too much Grand Theft Auto Online. I've met a lot of great new friends and enjoy laughing at all of our shenanigans in the evenings and on the weekends. Carleigh's had an off and on cold that keeps springing up whenever it wants. It's a little annoying for all of us. At least it's nothing serious. I started my Christmas shopping a little late this year, but everything will arrive well before the 25th. See... boring stuff. I need to find something more interesting to do.
I'm not sure if I mentioned this in previous posts, but we are having another baby GIRL! My glucose test is at 8am on Tuesday morning. It's the test where I have to drink that really nasty orange drink in 10 minutes, then wait an hour for the blood test. Heath is coming with me so I don't have to be so bored while waiting. Smart phones are great, but they do get boring after about 10 minutes. I can only play so many rounds of Candy Crush and Words with Friends before I want to fall asleep.
Not a whole lot has been happening in our household. Heath & I have been playing too much Grand Theft Auto Online. I've met a lot of great new friends and enjoy laughing at all of our shenanigans in the evenings and on the weekends. Carleigh's had an off and on cold that keeps springing up whenever it wants. It's a little annoying for all of us. At least it's nothing serious. I started my Christmas shopping a little late this year, but everything will arrive well before the 25th. See... boring stuff. I need to find something more interesting to do.
Sunday, November 10, 2013
You're Not My Interior Designer
Can I go on a rant for the next five minutes?
My father-in-law has said he doesn't like our couch. He thinks it's uncomfortable. Heath & I love it. We bought it a couple of years ago when we had to throw out our old leather couch due to damages. Our couch is a five piece sectional and it's microfiber. It's a great couch for a house with kid's and pets. The couch is comfortable for us. Carleigh always takes naps on it, so it can't be that horrible. And honestly, if you only come out to visit twice a year, stop complaining. If you hate our couch, sit your ass on the floor. Let me know how comfortable that is.
So anyway, my father-in-law kept calling Heath and leaving voicemails today. He even sent a text that was like, "Can you please call me back NOW!!" something like that. When Heath saw that, he was thinking it was some kind of emergency, so while we were shopping, Heath calls his dad back. I could overhear Heath talking about leather. So I turn around and just give him that "seriously, is that what was SO important?" look. His dad kept calling us over a COUCH he saw at Sam's Club. He told Heath that they found a "nice" leather couch and chair set at Sam's Club for $700 and wanted to buy it for us for Christmas because our couch isn't that great and because of our "situation". I don't really know what "situation" he's referring to. First of all, I don't want leather furniture in my house. Not because it sucks, but because we are going to have not one, but two young kids and pets. I'll pass on all leather furniture until we're old and retired. Second of all, you're not our interior decorator. Stop trying to buy furniture for our house. If he liked that set, he should've bought it for his own damn house. Just saying.
I cannot stand the meddling. I think he assumes that since we are going to have two kid's and plan to go one income or me working part-time only that we won't be able to afford anything ever again. He forgets that we are being responsible and not buying two brand new cars every six months. Good for him if he makes six figures, but that doesn't make you "rich" by any means. We have one car paid off and another to follow within the next five to six months. There will be some other random small debts paid off too. If I continued to work full-time and had two kid's in daycare, then we would have a "situation" on our hands because that would be about $1,500/mo for two kid's in daycare.
I just wish they would shut the hell up and worry about themselves. I'm tired of having them make decisions for our family as if we can't make them for ourselves. I'm tired of them assuming we have money troubles. I'm tired of them assuming we can't do anything for ourselves. They have their adult son (25) living with them still because I know they do the same shit to him too. He enjoys it, so he figures why should he ever move out.
All I'm saying is, please let us purchase our own furniture for our house and stop complaining about the furniture we bought. I really don't care if you think our couch is uncomfortable. That's not my problem. We bought our couch because it was comfortable for us. It makes us happy, so deal with it. Sit on some plastic $5 chair from Walmart if you hate our couch that much. No one is stopping you from bringing your own chair.
My father-in-law has said he doesn't like our couch. He thinks it's uncomfortable. Heath & I love it. We bought it a couple of years ago when we had to throw out our old leather couch due to damages. Our couch is a five piece sectional and it's microfiber. It's a great couch for a house with kid's and pets. The couch is comfortable for us. Carleigh always takes naps on it, so it can't be that horrible. And honestly, if you only come out to visit twice a year, stop complaining. If you hate our couch, sit your ass on the floor. Let me know how comfortable that is.
So anyway, my father-in-law kept calling Heath and leaving voicemails today. He even sent a text that was like, "Can you please call me back NOW!!" something like that. When Heath saw that, he was thinking it was some kind of emergency, so while we were shopping, Heath calls his dad back. I could overhear Heath talking about leather. So I turn around and just give him that "seriously, is that what was SO important?" look. His dad kept calling us over a COUCH he saw at Sam's Club. He told Heath that they found a "nice" leather couch and chair set at Sam's Club for $700 and wanted to buy it for us for Christmas because our couch isn't that great and because of our "situation". I don't really know what "situation" he's referring to. First of all, I don't want leather furniture in my house. Not because it sucks, but because we are going to have not one, but two young kids and pets. I'll pass on all leather furniture until we're old and retired. Second of all, you're not our interior decorator. Stop trying to buy furniture for our house. If he liked that set, he should've bought it for his own damn house. Just saying.
I cannot stand the meddling. I think he assumes that since we are going to have two kid's and plan to go one income or me working part-time only that we won't be able to afford anything ever again. He forgets that we are being responsible and not buying two brand new cars every six months. Good for him if he makes six figures, but that doesn't make you "rich" by any means. We have one car paid off and another to follow within the next five to six months. There will be some other random small debts paid off too. If I continued to work full-time and had two kid's in daycare, then we would have a "situation" on our hands because that would be about $1,500/mo for two kid's in daycare.
I just wish they would shut the hell up and worry about themselves. I'm tired of having them make decisions for our family as if we can't make them for ourselves. I'm tired of them assuming we have money troubles. I'm tired of them assuming we can't do anything for ourselves. They have their adult son (25) living with them still because I know they do the same shit to him too. He enjoys it, so he figures why should he ever move out.
All I'm saying is, please let us purchase our own furniture for our house and stop complaining about the furniture we bought. I really don't care if you think our couch is uncomfortable. That's not my problem. We bought our couch because it was comfortable for us. It makes us happy, so deal with it. Sit on some plastic $5 chair from Walmart if you hate our couch that much. No one is stopping you from bringing your own chair.
Saturday, November 2, 2013
Life As Usual
Carleigh had a blast during Halloween. She dressed up as Minnie Mouse. We went down our street and the street next to ours. That was enough to fill her plastic pumpkin to the brim. After that, we walked back home so we could hand out some candy. We didn't have as many kid's show up this year like we did last year. I think it's because it was a bit cooler than usual here. We have a decent amount of candy left over. At least it's the good stuff.
This afternoon, we drove to the Galleria Mall in Henderson. It's far from our house now and we rarely go there. We had lunch at Red Robin, another favorite that we don't get to go to often. Heath & I wanted to get our hair cut. I also wanted to buy a comforter for Carleigh's bed, but found a micro fleece sheet set instead. Since it's much cooler here this year than normal (or at least feels that way), I wanted to get her something that would be warmer. We figured a nice fleece sheet set would be best. We don't turn the heat on in our house until it's below 40 degrees at night. The sheet set was listed at $75, but we got it on sale for $34. Not a bad deal.
After the mall, we went over to Target to get a few things for the house. Carleigh ran over to the toy section to play with different things. I found a Red the Firetruck toy and tried to hide it in the cart and give it to her for Christmas, but she spotted it when I put a few other items in the cart. She was so excited to have a new toy. She fell asleep while playing with it in the car. I have other items on Amazon that will be given for Christmas that she won't see until she unwraps them. I loved shopping for Christmas items with Carleigh in the cart when she was too young to understand.
On Wednesday, we find out if we're having a boy or a girl. I'm really excited for that appointment because I just NEED to know what colors to purchase and we can pick out a name. We have a couple of boy names in mind, but still nothing for a girl. I have a few ideas for girl names, so I'll add those to my list tonight after I ask Heath if he likes them too.
This afternoon, we drove to the Galleria Mall in Henderson. It's far from our house now and we rarely go there. We had lunch at Red Robin, another favorite that we don't get to go to often. Heath & I wanted to get our hair cut. I also wanted to buy a comforter for Carleigh's bed, but found a micro fleece sheet set instead. Since it's much cooler here this year than normal (or at least feels that way), I wanted to get her something that would be warmer. We figured a nice fleece sheet set would be best. We don't turn the heat on in our house until it's below 40 degrees at night. The sheet set was listed at $75, but we got it on sale for $34. Not a bad deal.
After the mall, we went over to Target to get a few things for the house. Carleigh ran over to the toy section to play with different things. I found a Red the Firetruck toy and tried to hide it in the cart and give it to her for Christmas, but she spotted it when I put a few other items in the cart. She was so excited to have a new toy. She fell asleep while playing with it in the car. I have other items on Amazon that will be given for Christmas that she won't see until she unwraps them. I loved shopping for Christmas items with Carleigh in the cart when she was too young to understand.
On Wednesday, we find out if we're having a boy or a girl. I'm really excited for that appointment because I just NEED to know what colors to purchase and we can pick out a name. We have a couple of boy names in mind, but still nothing for a girl. I have a few ideas for girl names, so I'll add those to my list tonight after I ask Heath if he likes them too.
Saturday, October 26, 2013
Mood Swings
Mood swings are the absolute worse thing about being pregnant. At least they are to me at this current moment. I'm not really sure what triggered the mood swings, but I have them and I want to scream. We went shopping at Target and got groceries after that. I was feeling moody at the grocery store and all day after that. It's just awful.
On Thursday, I left work for a couple of hours to see my doctor because I was having some cramp-like pains on my right side. I found out it was just a round ligament and it's totally normal to have. I don't remember having something like that when I was pregnant with Carleigh. It also caused some really awful backaches too. This pregnancy is definitely harder than my first. The doctor also told me I wasn't gaining enough weight. I'm 18 weeks and only up five pounds so far. Honestly, who cares? Every woman is different in her pregnancy. I can't force myself to eat more during the day to gain weight. If I overeat, it will make me nauseous and uncomfortable. The holidays are coming up and I'm sure I'll gain enough weight during then. With Carleigh's pregnancy, I gained too much weight. So I think my body is just taking it easy this time around. My 20 week scan is scheduled for November 6. Then my 3D ultrasound is November 9. It should be fun since Carleigh gets to go to the 3D appointment.
In other news, we paid off my Jaguar last week. I am so excited to no longer have a car payment. Heath's car isn't too far behind. We are getting closer and closer to becoming a one income family. If anything, I'll just have to work part-time to help pad things until we can fully reach that goal. We are trying to avoid having me go back to work full-time after the baby is born because paying for daycare for two is very expensive. Carleigh starts kindergarten next fall, but I'd still rather be home to drop her off and pick her up every day. Otherwise we would have to pay the daycare for morning and after school care. It's just an expense we don't need and would like to try to avoid at all costs. It's doable.
Carleigh is excited for Halloween. She's going to be Minnie Mouse this year. We are taking her to the pumpkin patch tomorrow. We are painting instead of carving this year. It will be less of a mess for me to clean up. That's always a win.
I hope everyone has a fun and safe Halloween!
On Thursday, I left work for a couple of hours to see my doctor because I was having some cramp-like pains on my right side. I found out it was just a round ligament and it's totally normal to have. I don't remember having something like that when I was pregnant with Carleigh. It also caused some really awful backaches too. This pregnancy is definitely harder than my first. The doctor also told me I wasn't gaining enough weight. I'm 18 weeks and only up five pounds so far. Honestly, who cares? Every woman is different in her pregnancy. I can't force myself to eat more during the day to gain weight. If I overeat, it will make me nauseous and uncomfortable. The holidays are coming up and I'm sure I'll gain enough weight during then. With Carleigh's pregnancy, I gained too much weight. So I think my body is just taking it easy this time around. My 20 week scan is scheduled for November 6. Then my 3D ultrasound is November 9. It should be fun since Carleigh gets to go to the 3D appointment.
In other news, we paid off my Jaguar last week. I am so excited to no longer have a car payment. Heath's car isn't too far behind. We are getting closer and closer to becoming a one income family. If anything, I'll just have to work part-time to help pad things until we can fully reach that goal. We are trying to avoid having me go back to work full-time after the baby is born because paying for daycare for two is very expensive. Carleigh starts kindergarten next fall, but I'd still rather be home to drop her off and pick her up every day. Otherwise we would have to pay the daycare for morning and after school care. It's just an expense we don't need and would like to try to avoid at all costs. It's doable.
Carleigh is excited for Halloween. She's going to be Minnie Mouse this year. We are taking her to the pumpkin patch tomorrow. We are painting instead of carving this year. It will be less of a mess for me to clean up. That's always a win.
I hope everyone has a fun and safe Halloween!
Sunday, October 13, 2013
A Beautiful Fall Weekend
This weekend has been so gorgeous. It's been in the low to mid-70's. Yesterday, we took Carleigh to Bonnie Springs Ranch. We haven't been out there in two years. Carleigh rode the train a few times, checked out the petting zoo, and walked around the Old West town. We had dinner out there and then came home. It was a fun day. Carleigh fell asleep in the car on our way home and continued to sleep for about another hour after we got home. Thankfully she still went to bed at her usual time instead of being wide awake and hyper all night.
We spent today being mostly lazy. We had lunch at Subway, shopped at Target, and got groceries at Albertsons. We had to get Carleigh her Halloween costume. She picked out a really cute Minnie Mouse costume. She's looking forward to Trick-or-Treating. What kid isn't?
My next appointment is on Tuesday. I'll be 17 weeks pregnant. I hope my doctor will do the gender ultrasound this week. We have a couple of boy names picked out, but no girl names as of yet. If my doctor doesn't do the gender ultrasound this week, I have a 3D ultrasound appointment for November 9th scheduled. I found a good deal on Groupon and purchased it. That appointment will be during my 20th week of pregnancy. So we shall see what happens. I really do hope we can find out on Tuesday.
Next Saturday, I am doing a volunteer event at the park near our house. It's for a Family, Friends & Fur event. We get a lot of e-mails through work pointing out volunteer events in the city. I finally found one that was near my house. I'll be there from 8am-12pm. It's a fun event for dog owners and people who want to adopt dogs too. I've never done a volunteer event outside of work, so this should be fun. I'll still be representing our company, but it won't be the whole team with me. It will be a nice change. I'm looking forward to seeing all of the dogs and the games they have planned.
We spent today being mostly lazy. We had lunch at Subway, shopped at Target, and got groceries at Albertsons. We had to get Carleigh her Halloween costume. She picked out a really cute Minnie Mouse costume. She's looking forward to Trick-or-Treating. What kid isn't?
My next appointment is on Tuesday. I'll be 17 weeks pregnant. I hope my doctor will do the gender ultrasound this week. We have a couple of boy names picked out, but no girl names as of yet. If my doctor doesn't do the gender ultrasound this week, I have a 3D ultrasound appointment for November 9th scheduled. I found a good deal on Groupon and purchased it. That appointment will be during my 20th week of pregnancy. So we shall see what happens. I really do hope we can find out on Tuesday.
Next Saturday, I am doing a volunteer event at the park near our house. It's for a Family, Friends & Fur event. We get a lot of e-mails through work pointing out volunteer events in the city. I finally found one that was near my house. I'll be there from 8am-12pm. It's a fun event for dog owners and people who want to adopt dogs too. I've never done a volunteer event outside of work, so this should be fun. I'll still be representing our company, but it won't be the whole team with me. It will be a nice change. I'm looking forward to seeing all of the dogs and the games they have planned.
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