Ode to the Joys of being a Mommy!

Who ever thought that the smell of sour milk urine and poop would be the best smells in the world(or the worst)? Or that the sound of a skipped breath can wake you up from a dead sleep and perpell you across the room so fast your feet don't have time to hit the floor? Or the thought of you doing something for your self becomes a thought of the past and you question your self if you should even buy tampons....

Well if you couldn't tell our little man Arrived on November 4th at 2:18am 7 pounds 6.3oz 21 inches long, and we are just over Joyed to be parents and have yet to regret one moment of it. Jax is a great baby even at 5 weeks he has started to sleep through the night. Unfortunately our little man has Acid Reflux so he sleeps next to me now in a bed side bassinet because he could vomit and choke to death.

However I am still having troubles breast feeding one with not enough milk and 2 with pain when nursing and its not an improper latch already had that checked out so any suggestions I'm game because I really do not want to put him strictly on formula.

Well I need to get off here and rock the little man ttyl

Yet again another Friday!

This week has been its own type of interesting for us here in Podunk Idaho! haha.... I was having sever pain in my lower abdomen on Monday and it continued in to Tuesday so I tryed to call my Doctors office but after being on hold just to talk to someone for over an hour I just went in to the FCU they did there thing and hooked me and the little one up to monitors to tell me that I wasn't in Labor which I knew when I walked in I was in pain that's why I was there and after about 3 nurses and finally the Doctor comes in and sayes your not in Labor I had, had it they ran a few test and then let me go home said it was a continues contractions that I was just going to have to live with until I deliver witch was not good with me but they obviously didn't really want to check anything out..... Well come to find out at my doctors appointment yesterday one of the tests they had ran was a urine test to see if I had a UTI and guess what it came back positive so and that's what the pain was I was having contractions and it was aggravating it. sooo needles to say the FCU and I are not friends right now they knew before they let go me that I had a UTI!

But the good news is I'm on antibiotics now and Jax is on his way we are 2cm dilated and 50%effaced at 36 weeks 4 days.

Okay April here's what you decided that I should post this week haha !

Spaghetti Bake

12oz of Spaghetti pasta

(I make my own but if I'm lazy I like the whole wheat)

2 cans of Hunts Herb and Garlic spaghetti sauce*

60z (3/4cup) Grated Cheddar mozzarella mix

2 cloves garlic (one chopped)

1/2 cup fresh grated Parmesan cheese

1/4 cup of Italian bread crumbs

salt and pepper to taste

In a sauce pan boil Spaghetti just shy of aldente (so where its still a little hard int he center but flexible) with one clove of garlic and salt the water,it will take about 7 min depending on your stove, strain and place in a large casserole dish.

Poor 1 can of sauce over spaghetti and mix in cheddar mix, remaining garlic clove(chopped) and half of the bread crumbs, add half of the remaining can of sauce, salt, pepper,and mix.

top with Parmesan cheese and bread crumbs cover with aluminum foil and glass lid if your dish has one and bake for 45 minutes at 375 degrees.

let cool for 5 minutes before you serve.

if you are like me i like more sauce so you can always add more after its baked..

* you can use what ever Spaghetti sauce you like I prefer the Hunts because it dose not have sugar in it or any added its just you veggies!

Wow I am really behind the times lol...

Sooo since last time which was forever and a day ago we are finally 35 weeks and 5 days we have been having contractions for 2 days now that are off and on but when they start they are about 15 minutes apart so we are getting close thank god.... so if we make it to November 17th I will be very surprised! but theres nothing saying that we wont. But I did go see the doctor and asked if I was just insane and these were just glorified braxton hicks and she said no this is the early stages of labor so Im not just so dumb prego lady thinking I know it all lol....



The baby shower was sooo much fun, Jax and I received a ton of gifts that we are very thankful for and we are still working on thank you cards now I could just remember where I put the darn things that would be a start right lol.... The next weekend Daniel and I went and spent about 2 months pay in Babies R Us getting the last few details and things we think we are going to need for the little bundles arrival, and let me tell you coupons coupons coupons they are life savers we saved a ton just by me having this coupon and that coupon the check out guy was completely flustered with us by the time we walked out of there but i had over 400 in saving just by printing and cutting out coupons.....



This ones for April I keep telling her I'm going to start putting recipes up on my page for all to pick and choose from my goal for now is one a week but haha we will see how that goes I have yet to make it from the couch to cleaning my house that desperately needs done.



so April here it goes

Hamburger Roll Up!

Filling

1lb Lean Ground Beef

(92% is the best but any will work)

1 Medium Onion

1Clove garlic

5 slice cooked Bacon

(not bacon bits)

10oz velvta cheese

4oz of Cheddar cheese

(pepper Jack is also amazing)

1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes

Salt and pepper to taste

Crust

You can buy a pizza crust or I like to make mine

3 cups Flour

2 Tablespoons Olive oil

1 packets of active dry yeast

1 Cup warm watter

1 teaspoon Rosemary

1/2 teaspoon of salt

1/4 teaspoon of fresh ground pepper

( if using preground use 1/2 a teaspoon)

Crust: Place all ingredients in mixer and turn mixer on until a dough ball is formed, remove and place on a floured surface and roll out to a 1/4 inch thick.

Filling: Cook Ground Beef all the way through and rinse with Hot water and set aside rinse out pan and spray with olive oil. Place chopped Onion and garlic along with red pepper flaks and salt and pepper cook until onions are starting to become soft. Add Ground beef and both Cheeses, once cheese is melted and add bacon poor on to rolled pizza crust leaving an inch on all sides roll it up and place on a cookie sheet and place in pre heated oven at 375 for 15 to 20 minutes or until crust is golden Brown

So April there is my one for the week lets see if i can try and keep it up lol...

Life so far and guess what its a Boy

Wow can we say Long long time....... Well since I last blogged I have become a fully licensed Nail Tech with a total not me Monday story behind it.

My moring actually started off rather nice for once the baby wasn't making me sick and i was really enjoying my shower and doing my hair and make up... I got every thing together and took off for Boise when I got there of coarse I had to pee so I jump out of the car and go running in to the hotel and up the stairs to the floor the test are being held on and the nice gentlemen proceeds to tell me that I need to check in I told him i needed to use the bathroom and he directed me down the hall now when you go in for these test they only allow you to bring your ID and the letter along with the supply that you need to complete the test. wile in the bath room I place my letter and ID up on a shelf and proceed to use the bathroom after done I flush and apparently that creates a vortex that pulls my ID and letter in to the toilet so here i am on my knees fishing my letter out of the toilet since I know i cant take the test with out it so i run to the sink and do my best to dry off this letter wash my hands to the best of my ability and take the letter to the nice gentlemen that told me where the bathroom was and handed him my toilet water soaked letter with the most utterly confused look on his face he gave me my place number and directed me to the room after that my day was quite nice I finished my test and got a massage. But all said and done I passed and now I am having a really hard time finding a place to work and i think a lot of it is because they see that I'm pregnant.

Daniel and I found out on the 29th of last month that we are expecting a little boy and we are going to name him Jax Eugene. After we found out we ran to Boise and registered at Babies r us and Target. We are at 22 weeks today so we are over half way done woot with no complications so far thank god.

Daniel is currently away from home again but at least he is in the US still but we really don't have a return date but hopefully it will be soon he is missing so much at home. I did get Jax's room all done the changing table was broken so we are waiting on JC Pennys to send us a new one but then i will be done with that and then on to the next thing.

Since I'm having no luck with finding a Nail Tech job I'm looking for something I can do at home so when Jax gets here I can work as much or as little as I want with him my plan has always been to with the nail tech job anyway is to go back to work for a few hours a week wile Daniel is home because i am not putting my new born in day care. So if anyone has any ideas I'm game at this point for anything.

Little Wookie

As I know all of you are waiting for this but BABY's first pictures our little Wookie is 11 weeks old and 4.41 cm as of Tuesday. Our little one wouldn't hold still long enough to get all our pictures but we have our 4 and I will take what ever I can get. Only a mother can understand since of calm that came over me when we heard the heart beat. but here ya go!

NEWS

So its been a wile im sorry guys but with school and every thing that is going on it has been really hard to just sit down and type. So we have some news I am less than a month away from being done with school WOOT. Daniel and I have bought a new car its not brand new but we love it, however I did make the sales man cry so I figured we should buy it.. Ohh I guess I should tell you the reason for the new car Daniel and I are Finally Pregnant it has taken 8 months not including the 6 month deployment in the middle of all of that. Our parents finely found out yesterday we sent them t-shirts to open that said grandma to be and great dads get promoted to grandpa. SO FINELY APRIL they know so all is well and we can blog freely about it. We are 8 weeks so the end of May early June we will know what it is. Here are some pics of the new car for now.

Ohhh Dear

OHH dear 5 weeks i haven't wrote a blog where to begin.
School school school it has been a long 4 weeks with 7 left to go woot and its not that its hard I'm just really board, they haven't been able to teach me any thing that i didn't already know, not that I'm a smarty pants its just that i have been doing this stuff for years I just wanted to make it legal so I'm getting my license and the school really isn't geared toward that so they are at a loss of what to do with me so it makes it really difficult to sit there and listen to things i already know.... But the good news is that I can do acrylic nails and toes, gel nails and toes, pedicures and manicures with ease so if anyone needs them i need the clientele.
Humm what else is hapeing in our life??????? we are yet again trying for a baby so keep your fingers crossed for us. I have been Driving 3 hours a day just to get to school and home. Good news I got my Car back woot drove it for a week and then the gas door broke ugg so now I'm

back to driving Daniels car, but i do now have a CD player in my car don't have any gas to make

it run but i can listen to music lol.

Not Me Monday!

So yet again another not me Monday with some great detail... Daniel did come home this week so with the Trial and Error's of getting ready to pick him up I most certainly did not do anything I wouldn't normally do..

I most certainly did not Buy some of the tallest Heels to go pick up my 6'4" husband so that I would not have to stretch to far to Kiss him after he had been gone for 6 months, and after wearing said heels for 3 hours waiting like a little child in a candy store I would never take them off and run around a hanger with just my socks on that would be so unlady like.

For the first time since Daniel has been home we went to Boise and to the mall we took a small detour to the Jewelry store and I started looking at the Diamond ear rings and I was defiantly not hoping to my self that Daniel would get the Hint that in 2 days was my birthday and I would really like Said ear rings and i most certainly did not act surprised when said earrings we purchased for me.

well I'm sure there were a lot more that have happened this week however I have been slightly preoccupied and will get back to you and make it up next week....

Hes Home Hes Home

Finally yesterday afternoon he flew in! He tried to surprise me by sneaking up behind me but someone let the cat out of the bag and I saw him but all is well I'm Happy to have him home and with me and we will keep it that way as long as they will let us or until he destroys the house with all his Junk lol..

STRESS in a good way

SO good news Daniel will be Home SOOOO SOON that means I am doing the Dance of the bumble bee cleaning my house witch I know that he will not care if the house was a wreck when he walks in but who cares every thing needs to be perfect for me..... But here's the kicker we Have spent a bunch of money on these hair extensions that make my hair much longer not that my hair isn't already down the middle of my back but they make it even longer by about 12 inches..... so the plan has always been to have my hair curled and the extensions curled to blend a little bit... But I get the call to have a number to tell me when Daniel is coming in WOOT well almost I start freaking out that he was going to be home an hour after all salons in the area open go figure so I decide that I'm going to try and curl my hair and the extensions my self BAD IDEA flat iron good curling iron BAD I ended up Burring my neck to blisters 2 days before he is to come home how Great is that... so now to adorn my perfectly picked out outfit and now the straight hair I have the prity red blistered burn marks on my neck....

Now this mooring I decide that I'm going to call the number again and find out if they have posted any thing else like where he was coming in to GO figure its later now so I have no Problem getting my hair done this is my life welcome to it LOL.

We are all ready for Daniel to be home it has been a long but short compared to other deployments. Max our great Dane wines every time he hears the word daddy its amazing how much animals have there own little ways this whole time he has had to sleep with one of Daniels dirty shirts and that just killed me to even have something be dirty that long but it smelled like him and he didn't cry all night. the other animals could care less..

well I have to take my little brother home

I'm Going to Be a Nail Tech

Woot so I finaly did it.. I drove to Twin and paid my down payment and I start Febuary woot im sooo excited. It is something I can take with me where ever we go and thank god Idaho is one of the few states that require a lot of hours so I really wont have to worry about if we move having to go back to school....

well ta ta for now

Not Me Monday!

I did not drive 80 miles in the snow for a hair appointment because im not that stubborn..

There is no way that i drifted my husbands car in to the snow bank in the walmart parking lot and do no damage.

I certainly did not spend 3 and a half hours in a salon when I needed to be looking for an outfit to pick my husband up in.

I could not have gone through ever store in the mall and not have choose one thing to ware...

Only to me LOL

We are down to the final weeks for this deployment, Daniel is finally moving out of the huts getting ready for redeployment. And only to me and him would the net go down the last night we get to talk all night what is my luck. And I know that he is going to be home soon and that all of this is just a proses I should be a pro by now after all this is my 3rd deployment with him...... But I do enjoy talking to my husband....
I often get told well just be glad this isn't world war II and you get letters and there weeks old, and dont get me wrong I understand that I really do, but that doesn't change the fact that I still worry. I mean I dont know how many men I have yelled at this deployment for coming to my door in Uniform and I know they would come in blues if any thing was seriously wrong But still get a list find whos deployed and whos not. We as military spouses live in this fear its just how we control it and try not to have it run our lives. We have our own little quirks of getting through the days with out them some is crossing off the days on a calender others seclude them self's to there rooms for days, I choose the get out and do something now I am a strict stay at home Military Wife not because I really enjoy staying home neither does my waist line haha oh joy joy... But that is the sacrifice I have made for my husband not my waist line but business life I was at one point a very good GM of a hotel but I can honestly say with hours I was putting in and the stress level I endured week to week our marriage would not have lasted as long as it has. But I have gotten out seen friends I have not seen in years YEA APRIL redecorated our house witch by the way I did go to college for and never continued but my days have passed so fast it seams like yesterday I was giving him our final kiss.

Well I better get off here for now I have a lot of work to do before he sees this mess we call a home.