tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49282524133823865082024-02-19T05:40:07.469-06:00The Ninneman 5Soon to be... The Ninneman 5!http://www.blogger.com/profile/03999812276999755930noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928252413382386508.post-53060172175442366912012-03-31T17:35:00.001-05:002012-03-31T17:35:22.245-05:00Life with Bennett and LoieWell in case you haven't heard... our beautiful twins arrived Wednesday, March 28 and 5:43 and 5:45 pm via c-section.<br />
A little bit about the birth... Contractions started Tuesday so we went to the hospital, but were sent home when labor stopped. The next day contractions started again, so we went to our regularly scheduled OB appointment on Wednesday afternoon, where our doctor decided that the babies were ready to come out.<br />
I was in active labor all afternoon/evening, but the babies were breech (feet first) so a c-section ended up being necessary. The surgery was not a great experience-not painful, but very scary and lots of pulling going on.<br />
Bennett has been in our room with us since the birth, but Loie has been needing a little extra care in the NICU. She is doing great! but just needed a little help with breathing and eating.<br />
Here is a photo from Friday, when I went up to the NICU for some Kangaroo Care (skin to skin contact).<br />
We will be in the hospital at least until Sunday morning. We welcome visitors, but appreciate a heads-up just in case it's not a good time. <br />
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</tbody></table>Soon to be... The Ninneman 5!http://www.blogger.com/profile/03999812276999755930noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928252413382386508.post-61121831041830113542012-03-15T23:03:00.219-05:002012-03-27T17:37:29.132-05:00Will work for visit...<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Remember a few months back when I mentioned something about working for your visit when you come to meet the babies?? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">(This is the revised version of this post... my first attempt came across a little rude and demanding and maybe sounding a little bit entitled (as a good friend pointed out- glad shes got my back) which is definitely not what I intended when I wrote it, I hope I didn't offend you if you read it during the short time it was originally posted, and if I did I'm sorry.)</span><br />
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Words cannot express how grateful Luke and I would be to anyone who offers us any type of help after the arrival of our babies, whether that help comes in the form of help around our house, bringing us a meal, giving Steven some special big brother attention, joining us on an outting, or simply verbal support... it will be very much appreciated!<br />
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We are so excited to meet our babies, and also very excited to share them with our friends and family! <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I will do my best to keep you updated via this blog on when we are accepting visitors at both the hospital and when we get home, so please check back after their arrival and there should be more information. You can always give us a call too.<br />
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</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you are coming to visit and meet the babies, it would be absolutely awesome if you were also willing to bring us a meal (if we need one that day) and/or help us out with something around our house. Our family doctor who has her own set of toddler age twins suggested very early on in our pregnancy that our visitors "earn their visit" and we make sure our visitors are aware that we aren't going to be "entertaining" them. I have to admit that it does sound a bit demanding and selfish, but I don't think it's a terrible idea to have some expectations and guidelines especially in the beginning when we are trying to get on track with our new family members. Quite honestly, I'm not planning to turn away any offer to help and I'm not going to have any energy for anyone else besdies my kids, so I can't imagine entertaining would even be an option... </div><div style="text-align: center;">We are planning to exclusively breastfeed our twins, which as you can imagine is probably going to be very challenging in the begining and is going to require a lot of support and privacy until we get the hang of it. Twenty-eight weeks ago when I first learned we were expecting twins I thought that breastfeeding was one of the things that went right out the window just because there was more than one baby. Thankfully, I soon learned about the La Leche League and the special "Mom's of Multiples" group... I started attending meetings immediately (before I was even showing and I felt totally out of place surrounded by all the Mom's to be with big huge bellies like I have now). I was (and still am) so empowered, motivated and in complete awe of the Mom's of multiples I have met in this group- they all exclusively breastfeed their twins (at the same time)! How cool is that!?!?! So, I know it's possible... and if they can do it, so can I!!! I know that it is going to be very challenging in the beginning and that it's not always going to be a smooth journey even when we get good at it... (so when you see me struggling please cheer me on and don't let me give up when the going gets tough!) <br />
<u>Also, please don't be offended if we don't want visitors right away or ask you to keep your visit short if we are still learning and need our privacy...</u> It's pretty difficult to be discrete feeding two babies together at the same time, and I'm not really comfortable showing off my ta ta's to a crowd :) </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<b>If you are planning to bring us a meal...</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
Take Them A Meal is this great website which includes a personalized online schedule for our friends and family to coordinate bringing us FOOD after our babies arrive.<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Thank you to our wonderful Doula Alli Ryan for setting this up for us)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you are interested and able to bring us a meal (and visit our babies) you can sign up on the website. If I haven't already sent you a personal email invitation with the specific login information for the schedule please send me an email at <strong>aninneman62183@gmail.com</strong> and I will gladly send you a personal invitation to the website (or of course you can call us and see if we need a meal and we can log in and put you on the calendar).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
Luke and I would be very grateful for your delicious homemade cookin', and also for delivery from our very limited selection of local restaurants if you live far away or don't cook ;) but still would like to "bring us a meal". We won't need something every single day, because I'm sure we will end up with leftovers to eat some days, and we have also prepared a lot of our own meals ahead of time that are waiting for us in our freezer...</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
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<b>If you are planning to help with things around our house...</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b>We have a dry erase marker board set up in our kitchen where a list of things that need to be done each day will be written. If Luke and I can't get to them, we would be very grateful if you would be willing to help us with something on the list so that we can put our energy into caring for our babies and Steven.<br />
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<strong>Special Big Brother Attention...</strong><br />
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is going to be really important for Steven. He is really excited to be a big brother, but that excitement obviously may diminish quickly if he feels like everyone is excited about the babies and not excited to see him too! Especially because it's going to be very difficult for Luke and I to give him the same attention that he has been getting his whole life. So please make sure to show him just as much excitement when you visit as you do the babies. And, if you would like to spend some special time doing an activity or playing a game with Steven we would really appreciate that too. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<strong>Verbal Support...</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Your verbal support is so-o-o important to me! </div><div style="text-align: center;"> I'm open to hearing your helpful suggestions and what worked for you and what didn't with your babies and kids, but I also feel very confident with my plan regarding how I'm going to care for my babies. It would make me feel very insecure and uncomfortable if someone made unsupportive comments about my choices and decisions, so I ask that even if you don't agree with my choices that you are still supportive.</div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;">I plan to exclusively breast feed both babies, if I am unsuccessful feeding them directly at the breast I will pump and feed them but still continue to try to feed them naturally whenever possible, and I plan to breast feed for their entire first year if not longer... (I'm going to need a ton of support to be successful doing this) and it would just break my spirits if someone told me that I should just give my babies formula, or supplement with formula to make things easier for myself. One of the things we talk about often in La Leche League is surrounding ourselves with a positive supportive environment and people who are going to help us stay strong and focused on our breastfeeding goals- one negative comment can have a devestating impact on sucessful breastfeeding. So please encourage and support me even if breastfeeding isn't your thing or something you feel as strongly about as I do!<br />
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</div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;">For the first 3-4 months (probably a little longer);</div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;">I plan to spend as much time holding my babies as possible- I don't think it's possible to spoil my babies (and I don't care if anyone thinks that it is possible, I've done my research and feel confident in my decision) and I don't have any intention of letting my babies cry during this period either.<br />
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</div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;">So if you see Luke and I struggling, help us with what you can- cheer us on, give us your most positive support, please don't let us give in or give up... </div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><br />
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</b></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>Lots of Love,</b></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>Anna</b></div>Soon to be... The Ninneman 5!http://www.blogger.com/profile/03999812276999755930noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928252413382386508.post-33359613418616056282012-03-12T19:07:00.000-05:002012-03-12T19:07:18.999-05:00Our 32 Week Ultrasound at 33 Weeks and 1 day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today I went to our 32 week ultrasound (which was actually a week late due to scheduling availability- lots of other twin+ Mama's out there I guess...) so it's been 5 weeks since my last ultrasound. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Although I was very disappointed to learn that both of our babies have decided to be in breech positions at this point (I'm still holding out hope they might flip so I can avoid the dreaded c-section they keep talking about)...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> ...I was THRILLED to hear that each of our babies have each gained <b>2 full pounds</b> in the last five weeks, and are still growing at the rate of singleton babies. AMAZING! If they keep up this progress and stay put for another month we may have twin babies that each weigh 6 pounds... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So Baby 1 (boy) weighed in at 4 pounds 11 ounces, and Baby 2 (girl) weighed in at 4 pounds 5 ounces right on track with their April 29th due date.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">So my feet are swollen, my hands occasionally turn into balloons for short periods of time, I can't put socks or shoes on myself, I have to roll myself out of bed in the middle of the night to pee an average of 4-5 times a night, I am super uncomfortable ALL the time, and I have no problem laying in bed/ sleeping until mid-afternoon whenever possible (Thankfully Luke has been bringing me breakfast and lunch in bed as needed) because I am exhausted... but I'm happy as a clam and SO excited to meet our babies!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">I finally decided to cut down on my work schedule and I am now down to working about 25 hours a week... Last week Monday I was at work and having really strong contractions all morning and ended up going into labor and delivery triage thinking I was actually in labor- (which was REALLY scary at 8 weeks early)... turns out I was dehydrated and needed to rest... so since last week Monday I have been working less resting as much as possible and drinking fluids to get rehydrated and hopefully stay that way. I'm still having contractions here and there but nothing like last Monday. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">So, as you can see in the first picture below our babies won't be entering the world without hair on their heads... at least a tiny little bit of fuzz ;) maybe more...</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Originally I was going to leave the ultrasound appointment with one photograph...The babies were both facing the wrong direction and not cooperating with their "photo session". I'm not going to post the original picture because it's not very clear, but I can tell you that it is a picture of the tops of two baby heads with a <u>foot</u> squished in between them- I'm guessing that I'm not the only one who is uncomfortable with this situation and ready for a new beginning.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So after the technician collected all of the information and pictures that she needed she left the room to consult with the doctor observing the ultrasound video from the other room and while she was gone I felt a lot of movement happening in my big ol' belly, so when she returned I asked if she would be willing to take one more peak and see if anything changed... sure enough the babies shifted a bit and we were able to get a slight 4D look at each of their faces.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My next ultrasound appointment is in 4 more weeks, and if we make it that far (keep your fingers crossed that the babies stay put) we will find out if they are still both breech and if I have to have surgery to meet them... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've been reading about flipping breech babies... so if you happen to run into me at a swimming pool standing on my head underwater or lying head down on the slide in our backyard... it's because I'm trying to get them to flip into a head down position so I have the opportunity to experience childbirth as God intended. Let's hope I can, even if it hurts really bad.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>Soon to be... The Ninneman 5!http://www.blogger.com/profile/03999812276999755930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928252413382386508.post-33880717970436031982011-12-16T17:15:00.000-06:002011-12-16T17:15:09.489-06:00Our 20 week Ultrasound!!!For 2 years Luke and I felt extreme pain and sorrow over our struggles with fertility and our 6 pregnancy losses. We questioned our religious relationships, ourselves and whether or not we would ever be able to have children... Never in my life had I ever felt like life was so unfair...<br />
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But holy crap... good things do come to those who wait and dreams really do come true (as I type this tears are pouring out of my eyes)<br />
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16 weeks ago we took a pregnancy test that yielded a very positive result :) Three weeks after that we found out that there was not just one baby with a good strong healthy heartbeat... but TWO babies with good strong healthy heartbeats growing inside of me... We were in complete shock, but felt so blessed at the same time. After we made it through the first trimester we were finally able to breathe and be optimistic and decided to share our big wonderful news with the whole world... we've taken each day one at a time and I can harldy believe that on Sunday I will already be 21 Weeks!! Time is flying by...<br />
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Yesterday we had our 20 week ultrasound which also included a gender scan... Luke couldn't stay for the entire 2+ hour appointment because he had to get back to work, so right away we asked if we could take a quick peak and see if they could tell us their genders while Luke was there....<br />
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Within just a few seconds of the begining of the scan we were informed that Baby A was <u>definitely</u>.....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">our little BOY!</span><br />
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Ultrsounds can be incorrect... but apparently what they saw were textbook views of exactly what they look for :) <br />
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I couldn't stop crying, (and now I'm crying again, because I am so happy) I now have everything in the whole world I could ever want... A loving and wonderful husband who I already know is an amzing father, and 3 healthy children (2 boys and a girl)... life just couldn't be any sweeter! <br />
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Steven is SO excited to be a big brother, and I am SO excited for him. He kept going back and forth between wanting two girls and two boys... (Girls won't want to share his toys... and boys can wrestle) I really feel like he is getting the best possible combination :) I can't wait to see how much he loves his babies when they arrive!!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Steven and Marmaduke are excited to be big brothers</span></td></tr>
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Below are the rest of the pictures from the unltrasound.... I hope you enjoy the sneak peaks as much as I do. The babies were awake and moving around like crazy... which I can feel a lot now :) and it's such an amazing feeling... but it also makes it very difficult for the ultrasound technician to get decent pictures... (especially when her feet are on his face... I'm sure it's just the begining of that) "Fetus 1" is Baby A, our boy and "Fetus 2" is Baby B, our girl...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The babies are really close in size, Boy is measuring a little bit ahead of my due date and Girl is right on with my due date... Boy is 14 ounces and Girl is 13 ounces.... they really need names huh? We have some picked out but we aren't 100% yet</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To celebrate the great big fantastic news, I met Gail (my mother in-law) at the store after the appointment was over and she bought the babies a couple of really cute newborn outifts:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then I went to target and picked out a special outfit for each baby to wear at the hospital while I waited to pick up our sushi order so Luke and I could celebrate:</div><br />
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</tbody></table> ... and a couple of cute onsies....<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I just can't even believe that we are having a boy <u><strong>and</strong></u> a girl!!! I feel like the luckiest person in the whole world!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">So, now that you've seen pictures of the babies and how they are growing.... now you get to see pictures of how my belly is growing... I started showing around 8-9 weeks but didn't take any belly shots until I was REALLY showing:</div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">oh, and here is Henry and Steven pretending they have babies growing in their bellies :<br />
Priceless!</td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When I logged on to write this post today, I realized that it has been almost a month since my last update... jeeze! I've been doing a lot of sewing while I can still fit behind my sewing machine... making all sorts of cool baby stuff for our family and friends too... and I've been crocheting too. I'll post some of my work on here soon. I'm pretty proud of the stuff I've made but it's time consuming... that's a fact when your husband tells you that he feels like chopped liver next to your project list.... Sorry Luke. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks for sharing our excitement!</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Soon to be... The Ninneman 5!http://www.blogger.com/profile/03999812276999755930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928252413382386508.post-36476703942562209352011-11-17T17:39:00.000-06:002011-11-17T17:39:11.257-06:00Catching up... Sunday Funday Family Field Trip<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">I was just talking to my dear cousin Tanya over the phone, and when I told her I was attempting to catch up on my blog (from almost two weeks ago now) this afternoon- she had the right answer... I don't recall her exact words but something along the lines that my blog doesn't have a schedule and I write my blog when I have time... well put Tanya- I haven't had time... or maybe I haven't made time... but either way my blog is meant to be something that is relaxing for me and not another stressor in my life. So, I'm "two weeks behind" oh well :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">So, <i>recently</i>... (two Sunday's ago) Luke, Steven and I took ourselves on a field trip to, dun dun dun...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">I don't remember exactly why, but Steven was over tired and quite crabby that Sunday morning (If I remember right it was daylight savings and he woke up at 4:30 in the morning to play) and he did not want to go to Cave of the Mounds ("whatever that place is") to save his life! He tried to convince us that he had already been there when he was "little" and he did not like it <u>at all</u>! He wanted to watch TV, and go to the park that day and he wasn't happy with us that <i>he</i> didn't get to decide what we were doing- so very unhappy that he actually cried. Tough tootles we told him and off we went. Luke and I have been planning to take him there since last summer, but we were always too busy camping or doing something else fun that we never made it... and reality was finally beginning to set in- with two babies on the way, my belly is growing bigger and bigger...fast! So fast that I thought if we waited even a couple more weeks to go on this field trip I wouldn't be able to fit through the narrow passages they take tours through... Off we went!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">If you have ever been to Cave of the Mounds you know that the very first part of the tour starts out with a film explaining the history of the cave, in a dark room-which caused Steven to get a little nervous about going in the cave but we convinced him that it wasn't actually scary and he should give it a try. Once we got down the first set of stairs I think he had a smile on his face for the rest of the tour.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Oh, and the quality of our pictures totally stinks because even though we remembered to bring our really nice fancy camera along on this outing, we left it in the car. HA! Thankfully my phone has a decent camera and we at least have pictures to share.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luke and Steven heading down the first set of stairs into the cave</td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pictures of inside the cave</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(here is some of what we saw)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the end of the cave in one direction</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The "Red light" which signifies the lowest depth of the cave<br />
which is also directly below the flag pole (see picture below)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steven and I attempting to take a decent picture</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steven peaking at part of the cave</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">attempted family photograph</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Attempt number 2....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">looking at the lifeline of the cave (on the ceiling) </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking up at some stalactites</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another failed family photo ;)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The left over trunk of a broken off stalagmite</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steven!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A chuck of stalactites broken off and laying on the ground facing up</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luke and Steven standing in front of a beautiful view of stalactites and stalagmites</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is Steven and I</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A "column" where the stalactites and stalagmites grew together</td></tr>
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After our tour, we looked around the gift shop and Steven decided he wanted to buy a bag of sand and rocks and mine for fossils...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">nice fall day- here are some leaves I thought were pretty</td></tr>
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</div><div>After leaving the cave we headed to Gail and Gib's (Luke's Mom and Step-Dad) house to have dinner with them, which is always fun and delicious. We did Steven's homework before we left (in fear that he would fall asleep in the car on the way home- which he indeed did) and got home just in time for bedtime. Luke and I relaxed and headed to bed early too. Regardless of the daylight savings time we were both exhausted as usual.</div><div><br />
</div><div>If you would like to learn more about Cave of the Mounds or actually see some "quality" pictures of the cave you can visit:</div><div><br />
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</div><div>I highly recommend taking the tour, it is really quite an amazing and beautiful Wisconsin treasure.</div><div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">So after taking our "Baby Wearing" class yesterday I was determined to find some of the baby wearing options available used on Craigslist- (I am the deal finder after all) and low and behold I found a Kangaroo Korner Sling and a Mayan Wrap Ring Sling!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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I got done with work a little early on Monday since it was Halloween and the kids I nanny for were going trick or treating with their parents. I left work at about 4:30 and walked in the back door of our house at about five minutes to 5:00pm. As I was unlocking the door, I heard a very disturbing sound... Marmaduke coughing profusely, struggling to breathe and throwing up. <br />
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When I left in the morning Marmaduke was fine. My neighbor Kim came over to check on him and let him outside to do his business in the early afternoon and didn't notice anything wrong. A million things were running through my mind and I was so scared that something was terribly wrong! <br />
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I had to talk myself into staying calm so that I could find the phone number for the vet in my phone. I found the number, called and asked if there was still a Veterinarian there- there was- but they don't normally take appointments so late in the day- I explained the emergency- they told me to bring him in right away! <br />
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Moving as fast as I could I grabbed a leash, got Marmaduke in the car and headed to the Vet across town. I called Luke on the way and told him what was happening. I was panicked and in tears, but I felt a lot better as soon as we got there and the technician was calm even though Marmaduke was still coughing, and struggling to breathe. <br />
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Shortly after we arrived the Vet came into the room and examined him, asked me a whole bunch of questions and said that he had a bad case of Kennel Cough! What?!?! I know he's been vaccinated against this...twice! I wasn't totally sure about the diagnosis until the Vet explained to me that the vaccination for Kennel Cough only covers 5 out of 9 strains of the illness. He had all the symptoms (is around other dogs on a regular basis) of it including a fever. Poor Pup :( He definitely had it.<br />
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Thankfully, Kennel Cough is not life threatening unless it goes untreated or in really young or small dogs with small nasal passages. It is on the other hand extremely painful and uncomfortable and very contagious- to other dogs, cats and birds. The vet gave us two different medications, one to treat his cough, and the other to treat the infection. It wasn't a cheap visit, but worth every penny to know that our favorite pooch was going to be okay. Thank goodness!<br />
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Monday night was a long night for us. Marmaduke was miserable...poor guy. We did our best to comfort him when he was suffering bouts of coughing throughout the night, but there wasn't much we could do besides snuggle him. Luke was on duty for the first half of the night, and the second half was all me. With two babies expanding the size of my belly it was difficult to lean over to the foot of our bed and love him up, so I ended up sleeping the wrong way on the bed so that I could be close to him... and we all spent most of the night awake. Good training for the months to come I suppose...<br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Tuesday morning Marmaduke was still in pretty rough shape, and I felt awfully guilty leaving for work and leaving him home alone. I got to work, drove Henry to preschool and then drove home right away to check on Marmaduke- I expected to find him still feeling terrible, but to my surprise he was doing much better then when I left a couple hours earlier. I was home for about 45 minutes and I didn't hear one cough which was terrific progress. I returned to pick Henry up from preschool, and then headed back home to hang out with Marmaduke, have lunch and let Henry play (He loves coming over to our house to play with "new" toys). While we were there Marmaduke did cough a few times but nothing like the night before... and really I think it had more to do with getting excited because Henry was there- they are good pals.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">So, needless to say Tuesday night was smooth sailing compared to the night before. What a relief to have a puppy on the mend.</div><br />
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Tuesday I was craving stir fry (beef and broccoli) so at some point during the day I went to the grocery store and bought everything I needed to make it- I thought about just ordering it from the local Chinese restaurant but you just can't beat homemade stir fry... and I hadn't made it in a long time. <br />
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I got done with work and headed home, I had all my ingredients (beef, broccoli, onion, mushrooms, carrots, water chestnuts, seasonings and rice) walked in the house set the bags down on the kitchen table and said hi to Luke after a long day apart. I wasn't really in the mood to cook anything because I was so tired, but I was going to tough it out regardless, until... Luke opened the silverware drawer to grab a spoon to dish out some wet dog food to mix Marmaduke's medicine with... He opened the drawer and out flew a slimy greasy yucky black mouse which jumped/ fell onto the kitchen floor and ran in a crack between our kitchen cupboards and dishwasher. Luke gasped, I screamed and then I shoved the bag of groceries into the fridge bag and all and said we were going to the diner in town for dinner and decided I would cook stir fry for dinner at work during nap time the next day. I don't like mice, especially when they poop in my silverware drawer (and who knows where else) and I wasn't in any mood to deal with it. We had breakfast for dinner at the diner and it was delicious, and I made stir fry at work the next day and brought it home and ate with plastic silverware that wasn't contaminated with mouse poop.<br />
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We have yet to see the mouse, or catch it in a trap. Our cats haven't caught it either (that we know of anyway). I thought about bringing our foster cat Maggie (who is currently living on the front porch) in for the hunt but decided against it because our house is still contaminated with Kennel Cough- which is very contagious and can spread to cats... and Maggie is old (14 I think) and she was recently treated for an ear infection so I know her immune system is still recovering from that and she probably wouldn't handle being sick again very well. If that mouse is smart it took a hike!<br />
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<b>WEDNESDAY:</b><br />
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On Wednesday I attended my very first Le Leche League support group from Mom's of multiples (twins or more) who are nursing (or planning to nurse) and it was great! I am so glad that I went, I feel so empowered! I actually witnessed women who were able to successfully breast feed two babies at the same time (I was told it could be done- but seeing was believing). I am so grateful to have this resource available in my community. I wasn't the only pregnant lady there- there were several... and most of them were much further along than I- which also gave me some insight on just how gigantic my belly is going to get in the next few months... This group was a great place to meet other breast feeding mom's, ask questions, get answers and support. I have obviously never nursed a baby before in my life- but I am determined to do so, to nurse both of our babies, and I know that it's not going to be a piece of cake. <br />
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One really important thing I learned about breast feeding this week is that I have to stay positive if I am going to be successful... even when it's not going well. This means that you, as my family and friends need to help me by supporting my decision to do this- especially when I am struggling and I want to give up, that's when I will need your support the most. Don't try to talk me out of it... okay?! Or my crazy hormones may take over... just ask Luke about that...<br />
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I still have a lot to learn about breast feeding, but I intend to learn as much as I can before the babies arrive so that I can be well informed and well prepared. It seems really simple and really natural if you think about it and I think that inevitably it will be, but I plan on pumping and storing milk too so that when the babies get a good grip on breast feeding we can introduce bottles as well and put other people to work so they can bond with the babies and I can get some rest. If anyone has any words of wisdom or suggestions on books or videos they really liked I would definitely appreciate the advice. Just keep it positive... or else!<br />
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<b>THURSDAY:</b><br />
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Thursday's are the days that I volunteer at Steven's kindergarten class in the morning during literacy hour, so I spent the morning there while Henry was at his preschool class. The kids are so much fun. Some of them asked me if I was the Disco Dancer who came to visit their class for the Halloween party, and still wanted to know if the wig I was wearing was my normal hair! HA! They are so silly. I am so glad that I have the opportunity to visit Steven's class every week- I like to know what the kids are working on and learning so we can continue working on those things at home. I am really going to miss going there when I am too fat to walk and when the babies arrive and I am busy with them- but hopefully I'll be able to make it through the month of March... I hope.<br />
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Thursday night I came home from work and Luke surprised me with candles lit and (not raw) sushi :) which was awesome. We used to eat a lot of sushi (Thanks to my very dear friend Janelle who taught me how to make it and save a ton of money doing so) but since becoming pregnant I have to limit my intake of all fish so we haven't had it much. That was a really nice surprise and a nice treat- I didn't make dinner twice this week... well 3 times actually because one night we had leftovers! Don't get me wrong, I really enjoy cooking it's just tough to do when you don't have the energy, especially when you don't get home from work until 6:30-7pm. I have a much better experience cooking dinner ahead of time at work in the afternoon and bringing it home...<br />
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<b>FRIDAY:</b><br />
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Friday was pretty low key. Steven came home (which is always difficult when it's a Friday week rather than a Thursday week- the one extra day is so nice to have to spend with him ) after school and I got a kick out watching him and Henry play football with all of the 8,9, 10, and 11 year old boys in the front yard at my work. I sat on the porch, started writing this blog entry and watched them play. At one point I think there was about 12 boys out there- eventually they managed to throw the ball into a car parked in the neighbors driveway... it didn't damage anything but it must have hit it just right because the alarm started going off... and all of the boys took off running to the backyard... I knocked on the neighbors door and explained what happened and they turned off the alarm- then I explained to the kids that they should have taken responsibility for what happened- sheesh! At least nothing was broken. Soon after that it started getting pretty chilly and the little boys wanted to go inside and play so we headed in. Henry's dad came home shortly after and then Steven and I headed home. When we got home, we ate dinner, Steven played with some of his new birthday gifts and we capped the night off with a couple games of UNO (I actually won one this time) read some of our new books from the book order and went to bed.<br />
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That's today! We finally were able to have a slightly lazy Saturday morning as soccer ended last week (until spring anyways). I slept in until 8:30am which was so nice while the boys built Legos and played downstairs (I'll have to get up early tomorrow...ugh) took a shower and got ready to take Steven to gymnastics. Auntie Michelle (my sister) met us at gymnastics and watched Steven's class for us today so that Luke and I could go to a class called "The art of safe baby wearing". As you can imagine I was thrilled, and Luke was less than thrilled- but inevitably we were both glad that we took the class. For those of you that are unfamiliar, baby wearing is "wearing your baby"not "what your baby is wearing". The class focused on slings and wraps and backpack style carriers to assist parents in holding their babies... which will be especially beneficial to us with two babies and a busy 6 year old. I was already familiar with the Ergo baby carrier and the Moby wrap<br />
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</div><div>but I was definitely unfamiliar with some of the other options that are available- such as the Kangaroo Korner and the Mayan Wrap sling.</div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-right: 1em; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; padding-top: 6px; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table></div><div>I looked on craigslist for the Kangaroo Korner and found a great deal on a used one that we are going to have shipped from Minneapolis this week, and I would still like to find the Mayan Wrap Sling used if I can. Some of these baby wearing contraptions are better for certain ages than others, and some babies prefer one over another so we want to have options for different ages and stages. </div><div><br />
</div><div>The Ergo we plan on getting two of (but we really want to get their newest "performance version"which we tried today and includes every improvement you could possibly ask for compared to the earlier versions so it's really unlikely we will find it used) will be great for hiking and camping and going places we can't easily bring a stroller.</div><div><br />
</div><div>The Moby works well for little babies that aren't too heavy- and you can put two babies in one Moby at the same time (when they are little). We already have one of these that we bought awhile back on craigslist, but might consider buying or borrowing another one once the babies arrive if they really like it.</div><div><br />
</div><div>The Mayan Wrap Sling apparently is the best option for breast feeding while wearing your baby and the kangaroo is a good option too. Both can be used for little babies through the time that the kids are too heavy to carry around- which is awesome! </div><div><br />
</div><div>So we learned all about our baby wearing options, got to try them out and hopefully we will both feel very confident when the time comes to use them :) if you weren't familiar with "baby wearing" before I hope that I have helped educate you with my recent education!</div><div><br />
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</div><div>After our class was over, Autnie Michelle and Steven met us at the store where our class was held (Happy Bambino) and from there Michelle headed home and the three of us headed to Delafield to meet Luke's Dad and Step-Mom (Bob and Lisa) for lunch to celebrate Steven's birthday since they weren't able to make it to the family and friends party last weekend. We had a really nice visit and a nice lunch and Steven was thrilled to open another birthday card and more gifts... and shucks I just realized that I completely forgot to take any pictures :( boo me what was I thinking?! Guess what? Steven got MORE Lego's... imagine that! :) </div><div><br />
</div><div>After we finished having lunch, we went to Target so that Steven could spend his birthday gift cards which were burning a hole in his pocket... he picked out some more Legos' and an Optimus Prime costume from the clearance Halloween section.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Next we headed towards home but stopped at the outlet mall in Johnson Creek, I had to get a few things from Motherhood Maternity and then we made a quick stop at Toys for Us (as Steven calls it) so he could spend his gift card (from Uncle Matt and Auntie Cindy) for that store... he picked out a bumble be transformer Lego guy (the character he was for his Halloween party at school) and another BeyBlade top.... and he still has money left to spend!</div><div><br />
</div><div>We stopped for treats at Culvers (Steven likes Oreo cookie topping mixed with blue sprinkles) and headed home- ate some dinner, relaxed, Steven worked on his new Legos and Luke watched the Norte Dame football game (they won) and then Steven got ready for bed we read some more new books and tucked him in... then I finally had time to finish this :) </div><div><br />
</div><div>Now I'm going to bed- and hoping tomorrow we will do something fun and mostly uneventful, maybe we will catch the mouse- that would be a great event! :)</div><div><br />
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</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thankfully Luke and I had gotten almost everything ready the day and evening before because Saturday morning did not go as planned! The original plan was that we would all wake up at 7 am get showered and get Steven ready for soccer and gymnastics and Luke would take Steven to his sports while I finished making the Chili we were serving for lunch, frosted the cupcakes, made beds, vacuumed the upstairs floors, and finished other last minute details.... well, that all changed before our alarms even started going off. <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Luke’s phone started beeping like crazy because he was getting one email after another after another, as soon as he looked at his messages he knew he had to get to work as fast as he could. He threw on clothes and was out the door in a few short minutes. Turns out the computer servers at his work were overheating big time, and the emails were alerts every time the temperature rose an additional degree- and it was rising quickly. Luke offered to take Steven with him to his office and then go to soccer when the problem was resolved, but not knowing what was causing the problem meant that he had no idea how long it would take him to fix it and we didn’t want Steven to miss his last day of soccer.... <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I called Gail and Gib (Luke’s Mom and Step-Dad) shortly after 7am explained about Luke unexpectedly having to go into work and asked if they could meet Steven and I at soccer and take over watching for me when they got there so I could get home and do all of things I had left to do for the party. Even though I woke them up, and even though they live almost an hour away they jumped out of bed, got ready and came as fast as they could... because they are awesome! <o:p>(Thanks guys!)</o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I got up and made Steven breakfast and got him ready to go- it was a very hectic morning because between getting everything ready for the party the night before we totally forgot to get Steven’s bag packed for his activities. I couldn’t find his soccer socks with the built in shin guards that he prefers to wear (turns out they got thrown behind the sports equipment storage tub last week... I found them later in the afternoon) so we had to improvise and wear a different pair of shin guards, which was fine but then we couldn’t find his socks to go with them... and needless to say Steven was much more concerned with playing Legos, where his Leapster was etc. which didn’t help calm my nerves as the clock was ticking past the time we were supposed to leave. We eventually put on a pair of long (yellow... from spring T-ball) baseball socks over his shin guards which looked ridiculous with his red shirt and pants... poor kid looked like McDonalds. But regardless, we were out the door with everything we needed just a few minutes late... Steven was so excited that Nana and Papa were coming to watch him play soccer and take him to gymnastics he did not care about anything else!<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, we got to soccer and thankfully we were not the only family running late, which made me feel a little better. Gail and Gib arrived around 9:15am, and shortly after they called to say they were pulling into the parking lot Luke also called and said the same thing. I felt so bad that I had dragged Gail and Gib out of bed just to arrive at the same time as Luke, but it really worked out okay and they (said they) didn’t mind. By 9:30am I was 2 hours behind schedule and I was starting to panic so Luke and I ended up heading home together (after a quick stop at the store to pick up a few last minute items) to get everything done... and thank goodness it worked out this way because I would have never gotten everything finished otherwise at this point without his help (I hadn’t even showered yet). Oh and if you were wondering, the reason the servers overheated was because the cooling system in the building Luke works in had been shut off the day before- without any notice...wonderful.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As soon as we got home I finished putting my Chili together- thankfully I had planned ahead of time for such a big batch of Chili (I quadrupled my regular recipe) and I had cooked all of the meat with the onions, garlic, celery and carrots at work the day before while the kids were napping... so all I had to do was heat up the meat and add the tomatoes and beans and spices. Once I got the chili cooking and frosted and sprinkled the cupcakes I ran upstairs to shower while Luke did everything else on the list... and then some on! YAY Luke- you were amazing!!!!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If anyone is interested in my Chili recipe here it is:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Lindsey, you can totally make this... trust me)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Makes 8 Servings- I usually double the recipe and freeze what we don’t eat for a quick lunch or dinner another day)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 Pounds ground beef or ground turkey<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 onion, finely diced<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3 cloves garlic, minced<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 full stick of celery, finely diced<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2-3 baby carrots, minced<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 cup water<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes (I substitute frozen homegrown tomatoes from our garden)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 (14.5 ounce) cans Italian-style diced tomatoes (I substitute frozen homegrown tomatoes from our garden and add some Italian seasoning)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 (15 ounce) can kidney beans<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 (15 ounce) can pinto beans<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 tablespoons and 1 teaspoon chili powder<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 tablespoon ground cumin<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 tablespoons white sugar<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 tablespoon salt<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 teaspoon ground black pepper<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hot sauce to taste (I don't add any and offer it to the people eating the chili)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Start by chopping up all of your veggies and garlic add them to the meat and cook until the onions are translucent and the meat is cooked. If necessary, drain the excess grease.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Everyone who came to the party brought an appetizer to share which was really nice and very helpful (took a load of work off this tired pregnant mama) and made for a great variety of yummy food to go with the Chili. We had fresh veggies and dip, Gail's famous hot snack (that's a recipe I need) and chips, delicious deviled eggs, a variety of yummy muffins, chips and salsa, lemon bars and birthday cupcakes!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After everyone arrived and visited for awhile we sat down to eat... we managed to fit all of the adults at the dining room and the kids had their own special little table next to us in the living room and special chicken nuggets to eat- except for Nev who was brave enough to eat the Chili. After we were all done eating and chatting and we had cleaned all of the chocolate cupcake and frosting off of the floor under the kids table it was time for Steven to open his birthday gifts. He was so excited! Pictures are below... </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">very fitting ladies)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Auntie Bonnie and Steven busy at work<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">My handsome husband,<br />
such a good Daddy he is!</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Luke helping Steven clean out his pumpkin... Steven needed a break</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Here is Auntie Michelle collecting the pumpkin seeds for roasting.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">EEEEWWWW</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> pumpkin guts! <br />
The seeds were delicious!!</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="padding-top: 4px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Steven learning to safely carve his pumpkin<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="padding-top: 4px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Working hard!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="padding-top: 4px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">All finished!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Auntie Bonnie's pumpkin in on the top, mine is on the left, and Steven's is on the right! <br />
All glowing in the night :)</span></span></td></tr>
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</span> </div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After we finished carving our pumpkins and got everything cleaned up, Steven changed into his pajamas and it was officially time for family game night... and guess what game he picked to play?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you guessed </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">UNO</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, you are correct!</span> </div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Can you tell that Steven is happy? He loves </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">UNO</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and he is pretty darn good at it! <br />
He won 2 out of 5 or so games!</span></span></td></tr>
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</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After playing several rounds of UNO we read some of Steven's new books before bedtime. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It turned out to be a great party and a really fun day... regardless of how it started out! Steven had a really good time, and so did Luke and I. What a fun week of birthday celebrations we had! Sad it's over...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">HAPPY 6th BIRTHDAY STEVEN!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div></div></div>Soon to be... The Ninneman 5!http://www.blogger.com/profile/03999812276999755930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928252413382386508.post-31331503856462380152011-10-27T21:28:00.004-05:002011-10-27T21:53:37.078-05:00Steven's official birth day fun!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">October 27, 2011- Steven is officially 6 years old today!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I woke up at 7am this morning I headed down the upstairs hallway to Steven's room prepared to sing him "Happy Birthday" but the little stinker was already out of bed playing with all of his new Legos downstairs in the toy room. When I found him I sang to him and then sent him upstairs to brush his teeth and get dressed so he would be ready to leave when we needed to go.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When we were both ready we headed to my work (no school Wednesday- Friday this week) got Henry dressed as Batman for preschool (they were having his Halloween party today) and convinced Will and his friend Dylan who slept over the night before to join us for a special birthday breakfast. We dropped Henry off at his preschool class and then headed to Monty's Blue Plate Diner for breakfast, Steven ate 3 scrambled eggs and drank a glass of orange juice.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That's one happy birthday boy!</span></td></tr>
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After eating breakfast we had some extra time before we had to drop off Dylan and Will at Dylan's house and pick up Henry. We decided that we would collect all the pennies from the change holder in my car and then stop at Olbrich Gardens to throw pennies in the streams and waterfall and make wishes.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After leaving Luke’s office we headed to Culver’s to pick up lunch, another one of Steven’s favorite places to have lunch. I would have preferred to go in and eat but I could tell that the boys were getting tired and we still had one more very important thing on Steven's birth day agenda...</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once we got our food we drove to Marshall to go to “Steven’s Rocks and Gifts” to buy some birthday treasure. We have only been to this store a few times since we have lived in Marshall but Steven just loves it- and I have to agree that it is a pretty neat little place to visit, the guy has quite a collection. Steven asks us almost everyday if we can go there to look around but unfortunately it’s usually closed- the owner has odd hours. Last night on our way home we made a special stop to see what time he was open today to ensure that we could go there... a high priority on Steven’s list of things to do on his birthday.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span> </div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Planning and preparing for Steven's birthday party was a lot of work (writing out and sending invitations, planning, baking and decorating the cake, planning the location, shopping for supplies, contacting everyone to see if they were coming, getting to the party on time with everything we needed to bring and making sure all of the kids had fun) but it was all well worth it when we were driving home from the party and Steven said "wow, that was a really fun party" and kept talking about how much he liked it for the rest of the night!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I started baking sheets of cake and mixing up frosting on Friday during the day while Henry was napping. It was a sacrifice for me to give up my opportunity to take an afternoon nap but it was a good choice as the cake itself took much longer to actually bake than expected (and I was making 2 layers) and it took some time to get the frosting to be just right and by the time I got home I was worthless. Luke and I actually planned to go out for a fish fry for dinner, but I was too exhausted so we went to our local Mexican restaurant and had tacos instead- then went home and fell asleep.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Saturday I woke up with a terrible headache, so Luke let me sleep in for a little while and took Steven to soccer. I managed to drag myself out of bed around 9:30am and then I headed over to meet Luke and Steven and take Steven to gymnastics. Luke left to head home as soon as I got to soccer, he was meeting his brother Paul and then driving to South Bend Indiana for a Notre Dame football game.</span><br />
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</span> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Soon after Steven left for his adventure my very good friend Lindsey (since the 5th grade) arrived for "GIRLS NIGHT"!!! In the past, "girls night" involved a bottle of wine (or 2), lots of talking and catching up and usually some sewing or other fun project of some sort... Well, since I'm pregnant I obviously didn't drink any wine, and we didn't work on any sewing this time but we still had projects... #1) Steven's birthday cake and #2) the dreaded job of organizing my dining room. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our dining room has been unusable (thankfully there are pocket doors to shut) for the last 3 months or so... The disaster taking over the room was the result of other rooms in our house getting organized- this time going all the way back to summer when we reorganized the mudroom. It looked pretty bad, slightly resembling things you've probably seen on the show "Hoarders"... okay no... not really that bad... no stinky smelly stuff, no mice, and the desire to get rid of as much unnecessary stuff as possible. It was pretty bad though, and I'm really quite embarrassed to even be sharing this, but it's just how things go sometimes I guess. Basically the entire table and the floor was covered with boxes and bags and piles of things that needed to find their rightful home... or the garbage or donation pile.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The morning of Steven's party (Sunday morning) I had to drag myself out of bed, I was so tired from working on the cake so late the night before. Lindsey had slept over, and somehow she woke up feeling peppy??!?!? (but she isn't pregnant with twins). Steven came home shortly after I woke up, he was so exhausted from his sleepover so I really wanted him to nap before his party so he would feel refreshed. He didn't want to lay down right away so Lindsey helped him work on some of his homework while I put some of the things from the dining room away and cleaned up the house. After getting a few homework assignments accomplished Luke came home, Lindsey headed home and soon after Steven was ready to lay down and rest. Steven had had really difficult time staying in bed because he was so excited for his party- poor kid I remember feeling the same way when I was little. He did manage to sleep for a little while and Luke and I used that time to get things in the car and to get ourselves ready for the party. Steven woke up ate lunch and we headed to the bowling alley for PARTY TIME! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">officially "The Ninneman 5"</span></td></tr>
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I dressed up in my Disco Dancer costume. My friend Lindsey (who also helped me make Steven's birthday cake) helped me make this costume 3 years ago. Thankfully it has an empire waste and still worked with my double baby bump.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I dropped Steven off at school in the morning I told him that I was going to come to his party and surprise him with a special costume, and he sure was surprised. When I walked in his classroom he was standing near the door playing "pin the nose on the pumpkin" and I walked up to him and he couldn't figure out who I was right away, a couple seconds later when he figured it out he practically screamed and laughed! He couldn't believe it was me, neither could the other kids in his class, haha! They all see me once a week and they know what I really look like but they still kept asking if my curly black afro wig was my real hair! LOL</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Tuesday afternoon Steven's class also celebrated Steven's birthday with him since his actual birth day is Thursday and there is no school today or for the rest of the week. They sang happy birthday to him and all had dairy free ice cream sandwiches and Oreos that I dropped off at school after the party. I was going to make cupcakes but because their classroom has several children with anaphylactic</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">allergies (including Steven) they cannot accept any home baked goods due to the risk of cross contamination... I was bummed I couldn't make the cupcakes but on the other hand I was able to take an afternoon nap rather than baking :) it was short, but sweet!</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">It was a very emotional morning for Luke and I. Today was our 1st trimester screening appointment, and also the first time we were able to see that our babies actually are starting to look like humans. I say "humans" with a grain of salt because to be honest I think they look a lot like badgers right now :) (do you know what I mean?) apparently this is completely normal and the ultrasound tech assured us this is what all babies look like at this stage... so not to worry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I dropped Henry off at his preschool class this morning on the way to meeting Luke at the hospital for our appointment, then when I was in the car driving to the appointment I started crying. I can't help it, before every ultrasound appointment we have I get this way- I'm so afraid that there is going to be something wrong with one or both of the babies and I just kind of lose it... I'm sure hormones don't help. But seriously after losing 6 babies and finding out at two separate ultrasounds that we had lost our babies (our 2nd and 3rd pregnancies) it's just a very overwhelming situation, because you never know what life is going to throw your way. You would think that the further along I get into this pregnancy the less I would worry, but so far it's still the same. Maybe when I can feel the babies moving consistently I will feel differently, but right now even though I think I have felt some flutters I don't have that regular reassurance. I am getting better at talking myself out of worrying-like the other night, on Tuesday, I almost went into the ER because I had been experiencing light cramping on and off since last weekend. I was worried that I had over done it (with our garage cleaning project) and caused some sort of problem. I kept telling myself that our ultrasound was in two days and if there was something wrong there was nothing at all that I could do about it, and that the discomfort I was (and still am) feeling was most likely stretching from the babies growing. Up to this point in our pregnancy, the babies have been doing a lot of developing, but from now on they are going to be growing... like crazy... and I can't imagine that I am going to grow two babies in my belly without feeling discomfort on a regular basis. So needless to say, I talked myself into relaxing... well for a couple of days- but it hit me on the way to the appointment. It's difficult not to be a basket case with our history.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As soon as the ultrasound tech was able to get a view of the babies I asked her to look for heartbeats right away, and as soon as they were confirmed the tears of relief started flowing. Next, I asked her to look and see if she was able to see the </span><a class="l" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=subchorionic%20hemorrhage&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CCYQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Femedicine.medscape.com%2Farticle%2F404971-overview&ei=dXugTvLUA6GNsALzmaG1BQ&usg=AFQjCNGBZjG8zpgI7CIlzQ3lXUkBS2iudg&sig2=VmnPjsWmyLuF4LCn6yMmkA"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">Subchorionic Hemorrhage</span></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> that was seen on my 8week 5 day ultrasound, and thankfully she was no longer able to see it which means that my body absorbed it and it is gone! YAY! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">With all of that relief I was really able to enjoy the rest of the ultrasound. It's always exciting to see the babies squirming around and flipping over- I can't wait until I can really feel them all of the time! Our tech was able to get a lot of good pictures and both babies are measuring 12 weeks and 4 days so almost right on with our due date. Their heartbeats were 157bpm and 168bpm, and most importantly it looks like both babies are developing completely normally! The nuchal translucency measurements (the measurement of the collection of fluid beneath the fetal skin in the region of the fetal neck) on both babies were in the normal range and both of the babies' fetal nasal bones were visible. If you aren't familiar with what this means you can read more info at this website:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I also had a blood test done today as well, and collectively the results from all of these tests will hopefully give us a good indication that neither of our babies are suffering from the common chromosomal abnormalities for which they tested. We should have our results at the beginning of next week. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Twin 2 didn't want to cooperate for the nuchal measurement... stubborn?? The ultrasound tech had to take the nuchal measurement on our baby lying on its face rather than it's back and I found myself apologizing for my child's behavior (something I didn't expect to do for a couple years yet) HA! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Part of the first trimester screening also included checking to see whether our babies have all of their limbs, that the heads and brains appear to be developing normally, that the babies have visible stomachs and bladders and if the umbilical cords are inserted correctly... so needless to say we have all sorts of pictures including body parts, which I will post below. I still find it amazing that they can identify all of these parts so well- you'll see why when you look at the pictures. In addition to checking all of the limbs I asked if we could take a quick peek between their legs to see what we could see... knowing very well that there may still be some future development in that region over the next few weeks and that what we see today may not be an accurate indication of what we will welcome into the world in the next 5 or 6 months... needless to say, they both look like boys right now, but that could change... I still have my fingers crossed for boy girl twins but we'll find out for sure in a few more weeks. I read some information after our appointment today that said it's the "angle of the dangle" at this point that determines the sex of the baby as most babies at this gestational age have a "dangle". So to figure out the angle you have to have a perfect picture of the baby lying on it's back and then be able to measure the angle between the "dangle" and the spine, but quite frankly I'm not that interested in knowing at this point, I will wait until our 20 week scan and find out then! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Something else interesting we found out today... even though our twins appear to be fraternal (they each have their own placenta and sack) there is an 8% chance that they may actually be identical... I had no idea that that could happen, but I guess it all depends on how conception took place and if one egg split early enough they would appear to be fraternal but still be identical (unlikely but possible) ... time will tell.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So here are the rest of the pictures we received today:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thankfully it appears that our babies have all of their limbs and everything appears to be developing normally :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope you enjoyed seeing our babies today! Can't wait to share more pictures and stories soon!</span>Soon to be... The Ninneman 5!http://www.blogger.com/profile/03999812276999755930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928252413382386508.post-54321656240355361292011-10-16T21:13:00.001-05:002011-10-18T12:30:25.637-05:0012 weeks today!Well ladies and gentlemen, today marks another important milestone in our pregnancy- we are twelve weeks today! It's amazing to think that in 23-28 (I'm hoping closer to 28) weeks we will have 2 new babies. Generally the middle of the 13 week of pregnancy marks the end of the first trimester, (or a third of a pregnancy) but I've most likely already passed the one third mark for carrying twins (the doctors keep telling me to be prepared to deliver about 5 weeks early)! Yikes. Up until now it's felt like time has been passing so slowly, but now it seems like it's speeding up and the big day is coming soon!<br />
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I've been feeling a lot of pressure (more than usual) to get our house and our lives organized. I've decided to face the facts even though it's difficult for me to accept- we are going to need a lot of help for the first 3-6 months after our babies arrive and if and when we have friends and family to help us I want them to be able to find things around our house without trouble... Am I nesting already? <br />
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I'm working on a list of all the things I need to get done, and hopefully I'll have the energy to accomplish some of these things in the next couple of months. Right now I'm really depending on a lot of help from Luke and anyone else willing to help...<br />
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This weekend, (we got a good start yesterday and finished today) we cleaned out the garage! Finally! I've been wanting to get this project done all summer so it sure feels good to have it done. We have the worst garage ever- and I seriously considered burning it down as a realistic option to take care of the mess, but thankfully my friend Janelle talked some sense into me by explaining that I would most likely end up in jail (and I would have my babies in jail) thinking back on that now that the job is complete it was a much more practical solution to just suck it up and clean it so afterall I'm glad I chose plan B! <br />
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So, if you haven't ever seen our garage you are probably wondering what makes it the worst garage ever... Well I shall explain: it is divided down the middle into two separate rooms and each "room" has a separate manual door that slides open and shut from side to side; Both doors cannot be completely open at the same time; it is unattached from our house; our driveway has not for several years (possibly a decade) reached our garage (it's gravel- seriously overgrown with grass); I can only fit my car in the garage if I fold in the mirrors... Drive really slow and then climb out the hatch in the back; Luke's car does not fit at all.<br />
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Our garage is basically a glorified shed... And although it's the worst and has a lot of cons it does have some pro's too: it has electricity; it's big and spacious; it stays dry; it's sturdy. <br />
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I hope that someday we can build an attached garage onto our house and knock down the glorified shed, but for now we are just making the best of what we have. It would be most useful to have an attached garage in which our cars actually fit during our cold and snowy Wisconsin winters as we are not big fans of scraping snow and ice off our cars every time it snows.<br />
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So our garage cleaning was VERY successful, we got rid of a ton of stuff! We had a huge pile of cardboard (boxes from when we moved 2 1/2 years ago, nursery furniture and various other boxes), all of the garage sale leftovers (packed in my car to go to Goodwill), a desk and gas stove (thanks to craigslist) that came with our house, and a WHOLE BUNCH of garbage thanks to "The Bagster"! "The Bagster" is this amazing product available from Waste Management that you can buy at almost any hardware/ home improvement store for $30. You set the "Bagster" in your yard and fill it with garbage... Up to 3,300lbs of garbage!!! It holds so much stuff it's amazing! When it's full- took us only a couple hours to fill it- you call up Waste Management and they come to pick it up for $100 and it's gone. GONE just like that. AWESOME! What a terrific idea and a great alternative to a giant dumpster!<br />
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Luke and I are both totally exhausted but also feel very accomplished. Steven had a blast playing outside all day on his swingset, catching bugs, riding his bike and playing football.<br />
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Steven has swimming lessons on Sunday afternoons and thankfully we finished this whole shenanagin right before we had to leave. I have some cute pictures of him at his lesson tonight but I'll have to post them tomorrow. After swimming we headed to Goodwill to drop off our carload of donation items but we were 12 minutes late... So all of the stuff is still packed in my car and I'll just have to drop it off in the morning. After going to Goodwill we stopped at the grocery store and picked up a few things for dinner and headed home to finish the little bit of homework Steven had left to do and to have dinner... Mmmmm chicken Alfredo and salad... Yummy! Next we got Steven showered, read books and tucked him into bed- followed by folding some laundry and cleaning up the kitchen... Now Luke and I are both falling asleep watching the first 10 minutes of the nine o' clock news... Ha!<br />
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GoodnightSoon to be... The Ninneman 5!http://www.blogger.com/profile/03999812276999755930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928252413382386508.post-20098633585217674172011-10-13T22:49:00.000-05:002011-10-14T15:31:08.465-05:00Falling behind and catching up...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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I had good intentions of catching up on our blog on Sunday night, but as you are all well aware it's now Thursday and I'm finally getting around to it... my excuse = exhaustion. I have never been quite so exhausted ever before in my life- every day I feel like I just ran a marathon the day before. Last night I had to pinch myself over and over on my drive home from work and blast my music really loud just to stay awake... when I got home I fell asleep on the couch for 3 hours just in time to go to bed. Everyone keeps telling me that my energy will return in the second trimester, but I'm too tired to believe anyone!<br />
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So catching up...<br />
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We had a very busy weekend last weekend... normally on Saturday mornings Steven has soccer from 8:30-10am but the fall festival at Steven's school was scheduled for Saturday so Soccer was moved to Sunday. Regardless though we had to drive into Cottage Grove at 8:30am for Steven's school picture retakes- for whatever reason the photographer didn't think to grab a comb and fix Steven's ridiculously messy hair before taking his original picture so we decided to have re-takes. So Steven and I went to the photography studio while Luke got his hair cut and then Steven and I ran over to Piggly Wiggly to get some bottles of soda to donate to the Fall Festival bottle toss game. After dropping the soda off at Steven's school we quickly headed home to do a couple things at home get ready for gymnastics. <br />
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In the short time we were home, Steven earned $1 by picking up all of the big sticks around the side of our house and Luke and I moved the old metal swing set to our front yard and put a for sale sign on it. (We didn't have anyone coming to help put the "new" one together until Sunday but we wanted to be ready.) Then Luke got to work mowing the grass while I took Steven to gymnastics.<br />
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Steven has been taking gymnastics for the last 3 years, and he sure loves his classes- I am always amazed by how strong he is and how well he is doing. I was able to get a few pictures of him in action on my phone:<br />
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So immediately following gymnastics we headed over to Steven's school for the Fall Festival- Steven was so excited for the event so that made it really fun for all of us. Luke finished mowing the lawn and met us at the school right when we arrived, and then to Steven's surprise he was greeted by one of his favorite mascots, Maynard Mallard:<br />
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We went in, bought our tickets ate some lunch and then the fun really started! There were a ton of games for the kids to play where they could win lots of prizes and treats. Steven always seems to make out really well at these types of things and he didn't let us down once again.<br />
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Luke and I volunteered to run the mini golf game at the festival for a couple hours, we took turns walking around with Steven and manning the game- Luke did most of the work but that was because there was a lot of bending over involved in the job description and every time I bend over I feel like I'm going to lose my cookies.<br />
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One of the other great parts of the festival is the basket raffle. Each classroom puts a basket together with a different theme and the students and their families donate items to the basket. Then at the festival you can buy tickets and enter to win which ever ones you like the best. We entered to win a few of them, and we actually won one! We won a Lego theme basket, which couldn't have been more perfect because Steven loves Legos and his birthday is coming up in a few weeks- so needless to say, he has no idea we won and the basket is hiding in our bedroom closet. Luke would have probably been thrilled had we won the Green Bay packers basket, but we were very happy regardless!<br />
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After several fun hours spent visiting with friends, playing games, eating yummy food and winning prizes we headed home. Steven really wanted to do another job around the house to earn another $1 (he's saving up for Pokemon cards) but I could tell he was so tired when we were driving home- his eyes were glazed over and he was staring, so I told him he could do another job on another day if he wanted to take a nap instead... he was snoring a few minutes later and Luke had to carry him up to his bed. While he was sleeping Luke and I continued doing some yard work... and I honestly cannot remember what we did the rest of the night because this pregnancy is causing me memory loss along with exhaustion... if I think of it and it's anything worth blogging about I'll get back to you later.<br />
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Sunday, started out with soccer. I couldn't get out of bed so Luke and Steven left before me. When I finally managed to get myself out of bed and look halfway presentable I headed over to catch the last half of the game. Steven was doing a fantastic job and had already scored two goals by the time I got there! Luke headed home when I got there, his brother Paul and friend Colin were coming over to help put the "new" swing set together :) <br />
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After soccer, Steven and I took a trip to the fabric store to buy some fabric to make a replacement tent for the swing set and some cool flags for the built in flag poles. By the time we arrived back home Paul and Colin had left and soon after Michelle had arrived to help with the rest. Michelle is great at this kind of stuff and we paid her in tacos and fresh homemade salsa for her time and hard work.<br />
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Steven and I quickly ate lunch and then jumped back into the car to take a quick trip to Johnson Creek to pick up a craigslist item- The Original Arm's Reach Co-Sleeper. The lady I bought it from lives in Milwaukee and was meeting a friend for lunch in Johnson Creek so it worked out perfectly to meet there. I only paid $50 for it and I am thrilled. The same co-sleeper new costs a couple hundred dollars, and this one is in new condition! Yay for saving lots of money!! Even better... we finally sold our old swing set the other night for $50 to someone who lives down the street (I bought the old swing set two years ago for $50) AWESOME!<br />
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Before leaving Johnson Creek we stopped at Motherhood Maternity at the outlet mall (Steven was not happy about this at all- but I reminded him that I had been doing things for him all weekend and he needed to come into the store with me for 5 minutes... he got over it quick) I have been looking at some maternity winter jackets online and I just wanted to try them on and see if I liked them. There was one I liked a lot, but they all cost $90 which seems like a lot... I'm going to continue looking for something used unless I get desperate- and hopefully that won't be for several more weeks or months even....<br />
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When we got back home most of the swing set was put together and ready for kids. Steven's friend Adi from next door came over to play and they had a lot of fun trying everything out and ringing the bells that we added to it.<br />
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Steven is very appreciative of his "new" swing set, he thought it was a pretty great early birthday present! Luke, Steven and I are grateful for all of the help we received taking it down, moving it and putting it together- it will be well loved for a long time to come! Thank you Gail, Gib, Michelle, Paul and Colin! We would return the favor any time!<br />
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Soon it was time for swimming lessons, so Luke took Steven while Michelle sorted tools and I sewed the fabric we had bought earlier into a tent (you can see the finished product above) and when I was finished sewing Michelle helped me put the tent up. Unfortunately the tent only lasted a few days (when I looked out the kitchen window last night it had fallen off with all of the rain and wind in the last couple days), my Velcro attachment wasn't as secure as I had imagined it would be so Ill be fixing it again this next weekend.<br />
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When Steven came home from swimming we let him play on his new swing set with his friend Adi until dark... before doing his homework... a very special treat... <br />
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then Luke did homework with Steven while I put the co-sleeper together to try it out and then I gave Steven a bath and read books to him while Luke watched the Packers win the football game... I fell asleep... imagine that! HA<br />
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So that was our busy weekend in a nutshell.<br />
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Monday I spent several hours making "The World's Best Lasagna" while I was at work. I made a pan for the family I work for for dinner that night, and I made a huge pan to bring home. I figured we would have it for dinner and then freeze the rest for when I'm too fat to cook ;). Well the lasagna ended up all over the floor in our mudroom rather than in our freezer- I don't really want to go into anymore details but it was not a happy evening in the Ninneman household... (I guess we all have days like that).<br />
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I swear on my own life that I felt flutters for the first time on Tuesday night when I was laying on the couch... I told this to my new doctor at my appointment on Wednesday and he said it was probably gas but I don't believe him. Trust me, I know what gas feels like and this was NOT gas! But either way my appointment went well, new doctor seems really nice and I got a quick peek on the ultrasound of my two babies that somewhat resemble little wild and crazy teddy bears! They didn't take any measurements, just a quick look at the two heartbeats and checked to see if the blood clot they saw at my last ultrasound was still there- and he did not see it. I have a high resolution ultrasound scheduled at the hospital next Thursday so they will double check again then too. Can't wait to see my babies again! Thursday will most likely be my last scan until about 20 weeks (about 8 weeks later) when we will be able to find out the gender of these two little energy suckers.<br />
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I volunteered at Steven's school again today, and of course it was fun and Steven was so excited I was there! Some of the kids were a little more challenging today but still a lot of fun.<br />
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Tonight after work I went to a kids resale event and it was awesome! This is the second one I have gone to this fall and I am so impressed with what is available and how nice the clothing and other items are. I already have a really hard time buying anything new unless it's on clearance, but now I'm not sure that I will ever buy new children's clothes again with the exception of cloth diapers and personal undergarments. I bought a baby bathtub in good condition for only $4, 3 really nice pairs of maternity jeans that are way cuter than any of the other pairs I own for $17 (for all 3) and a bunch of really cute baby outfits between 0 and 9 months... I did get some girly outfits which is kind of risky, but I figure my odds are pretty good for having at least one girl!<br />
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Two weeks ago while I was watching Steven's gymnastics class I had a premonition that we are going to have two girls... I was watching all of the kids and I just thought "oh, our girls will really enjoy taking gymnastics" well, we will know in about 8 weeks and we shall see if I'm correct or not. If we end up with two boys I'll find someone to give all of the girly stuff to. I think it would be really fun to have one boy and one girl, but I really don't care as long as they are healthy!<br />
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Maggie the cat (my Mom's cat) has been living with us on our front porch for the last couple months due to my Mom being displaced by a house fire that happened earlier this summer... And last week I noticed she wasn't feeling so well. I took her to the vet on Monday and she was diagnosed with a double ear infection, a sore tooth that needs to be pulled and possible ringworm. Poor cat, she is having a rough time. Regardless though she is so stinking sweet. She is on a bunch of medication we have to give her two times a day but she will be better soon. When she is better she is going to go and stay with some friends of ours until my Mom's house is fixed and they can live there again. Our cats are so mean and they torment her through the porch windows constantly, and soon it will be too cold for her to live on the porch. Poor Maggie, send her some kitty prayers and love.<br />
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So that pretty much sums up the last week. This coming weekend shouldn't be so eventful unless something exciting happens while we are cleaning out our garage... The next weekend we are having Steven's 6th birthday bowling party with all of his friends, so that will be another busy weekend. I better rest up!<br />
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</div>Soon to be... The Ninneman 5!http://www.blogger.com/profile/03999812276999755930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928252413382386508.post-2956479846105815982011-10-06T21:43:00.000-05:002011-10-06T21:43:23.158-05:00My first adventure in volunteering at Steven's kindergarten class...I volunteered to help out in Steven's classroom during literacy center time (10-11am)on Thursday's for the school year (well until I'm too big to walk around anyways... So hopefully until February)and today was my first day and I really enjoyed it a lot :)<br />
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Henry (the littlest of the boys I nanny for) just started his preschool class (Tuesday's and Thursday's) at the YMCA this week so my volunteer schedule fits in perfectly with his school schedule which is really nice (and I still have Tuesday mornings free).<br />
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After taking Henry to school, I had time for a couple small errands and then I headed to Kindergarten. When I walked into the classroom Steven's teacher paused to introduce me to the class as MRS. NINNEMAN- wow that was a shocker :) HA! I realize that I have technically been Mrs. Ninneman for more than two years now, but I can count the times on one hand that I've actually been referred to as Mrs. Ninneman... Sometimes I forget that I'm really a grown up and a parent. I better work on that. So, right after I was introduced Steven stood up pointed to me and then back to himself and said "That's my Mom! My Mom!" he was so proud and excited I had tears in my eyes! I've never asked Steven to call me anything other then Anna, although I've always treated him as my own child because that's how it should be. He is well aware that I am his Step-mom and that "Mama" will always be his Mom but it just makes me feel appreciated and so much more loved when I know he thinks of me as one of his Mom's. It makes me feel like I'm doing a good job. <br />
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So after those two heartwarming moments the kids split up into their literacy centers. My job was to keep the kids whispering/ talking quietly and working on their assignments, and to help them when they had questions. All of the kids were so sweet and so smart. I expected some of the kids to be a little more clueless of what they were supposed to do when they were at their centers because they have such short attention spans and they all seemed SO distracted when they were listening to the directions...5 and 6 year olds need a lot of redirection (this made me feel slightly less crazy as I constantly feel like Im redirecting Steven on a regular basis- its totally normal... Woo hoo!) So I was really impressed when they all knew where they were going and most of them knew just what to do! (so maybe this means Steven is often listening to Luke and I even when it appears that he isn't??).<br />
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At the end of literacy center time before I left to go pick up Henry, Steven's teacher pulled me aside to tell me that she was really impressed with how well I did, and said that I did exactly what she needed me to do! Woo hoo I've got skills! I explained to her that I spent a few summers teaching the ceramics program at a summer camp I worked at during college and I gained a lot of experience with that job, as well as being a nanny I suppose but that's only a few kids at a time... Talking about my summer camp job really brought back some sweet memories and made me miss those years... Someday when our kids are older I imagine that I will do something similar to that again... Until then I'll be a regular elementary school volunteer! I really enjoyed volunteering today.<br />
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After I picked up Henry, we went to lunch with our friend Kari and her sweet little 5 week old baby (Olive) and after lunch they came over to Henry's house to visit before Olive's doctor appointment. Kari has been lacking a lot of sleep lately so I was pleased to give her a short break from holding her baby... At first Olive was crying and really upset, but I was able to get her to calm down and fall asleep. That built up my confidence :) it's been a couple years (Henry is almost 3) since I've really even held a tiny baby... But it's really like riding a bike- I'm just really unsure how I'm going to hold two at the same time... That's intimidating!<br />
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After work tonight Luke and I went to open house at Steven's school... Visited his classroom, signed up for parent teacher conferences and picked up our book order (I'm secretly SO excited to read our new "Skippy Jon Jones" book tomorrow night) and once again complimented on my job well done today and asked if I could please come Wednesday's during the same time as well :) of course I said yes but also warned that I will be bringing Henry with me... Which could go very good or very bad... I'm hoping for good :)<br />
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I'm officially a kindergarten volunteer (and I've got skills)<br />
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I still need to down some more protein to complete my 100g for the day and get some sleep (Luke is passed out on the couch already and it's only 9:30pm)<br />
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Goodnight :)Soon to be... The Ninneman 5!http://www.blogger.com/profile/03999812276999755930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928252413382386508.post-1124661744213204112011-10-05T20:51:00.000-05:002011-10-05T20:51:20.049-05:00Protein is a challange...I took a trip to the store today to stock up on protein products, and in the process was shocked with how much 90-100g of protein actually is... it's a much more challenging goal than I had anticipated- but I will figure out how to make it work and keep these babies strong and healthy. <br />
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This is what I bought:<br />
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So far the only thing that is absolutely terrible is the whey protein powder... but it also contains the highest amount of protein per serving- 25g. So I've decided that even though it tastes terrible I am going to make a point to have at least one serving a day. If anyone has any suggestions on ways to make it taste better I would greatly appreciate your input.<br />
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I scheduled our next ultrasound appointment this morning. This one will be for first trimester screening. It's only two weeks away- We are really excited to see our babies again and to see how much they have grown! Luke and I were both a little hesitant to schedule this appointment because there is a large error rate in the testing that they do, and even more so when you have a multiple pregnancy. This is the first test that they will do to look for indications of Downs Syndrome as well as other chromosomal problems. We decided to go ahead with the testing regardless of the error rate and if the babies test positive for any problems we will just have to cross that bridge when we come to it- We are obviously hoping that everything turns out normal and we will have some reassurance that everything is going well. If we do find out there is a problem then we will still have a few months to prepare for it before the babies arrive.<br />
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I was hoping to receive the call from my new OB office today (the one who will take care of all of our prenatal care from this point forward and deliver our babies) but unfortunately I did not. If I don't hear from them by the end of the week I will definitely be calling them! I'm really anxious to schedule my first appointment and meet my new doctor!<br />
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Other than the above, there isn't too much other news... I'm just REALLY tired (totally normal) all the time. I can hardly keep my eyes open. If I could sleep all day long I would, and if I could sleep in on the weekends I would do that too- but Steven is a very busy kid so there isn't a lot of opportunities for that. <br />
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This coming weekend Steven is having his school pictures re-taken on Saturday morning followed by soccer practice and a soccer game and then gymnastics. After all of that and lunch we are going to enjoy the "Fall Festival" at Steven's school- (where I will be running the mini golf activity for a couple of hours) and then we will be heading home to hopefully put together Steven's "new" swingset!!! It's his early birthday gift (his birthday is in a couple of weeks) from Nana and Papa, Luke and I!<br />
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I've been looking on Craigslist for the last 6 months for a bigger and better swingset than the one we have now, and I finally found it and got a great deal! $150 for an older Rainbow brand swing set still in great shape- it's so awesome! I'm so excited to get it all put together and for Steven to finally get to try it out. Last weekend Michelle, Luke and I (I really hardly helped because I can't be lifting much) took the whole thing apart and hauled it home. We originally intended to put it back together when we got home but we ran out of daylight. We planned on working on it on Sunday morning but I woke up so sick... at first I thought maybe morning sickness was finally making an appearance but then I realized I actually had the stomach flu complete with the chills, fever and body aches :( not fun... I spent all day Sunday and Monday in bed... So anyways, our goal is to get some big strong helpers to get it put together done and over with on Saturday so that Steven can spend every moment of his free time playing on it on Sunday!<br />
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Pictures to come soon!<br />
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P.S. I successfully consumed 100g of protein today :) goal achieved day 1!!!Soon to be... The Ninneman 5!http://www.blogger.com/profile/03999812276999755930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4928252413382386508.post-74509929362448772252011-10-05T15:56:00.000-05:002011-10-05T15:56:48.267-05:00We're pregnant!!!Two years and six miscarriages ago we found out we were pregnant for the first time... We were so happy and so excited... But sadly our excitement was short lived. In a matter of a few weeks we were completely devestated when we lost our baby. I can't describe the pain we felt, it was the saddest moment of my life... It was even more painful the second time we miscarried- we lost our baby girl days after seeing that reassuring heartbeat at 7 1/2 weeks but then didn't discover that we lost her until several weeks later followed by unexpected surgery to remove the pregnancy. Our third baby didn't have a heartbeat at the first seven week scan, the doctor reassured us that we probably miscalculated and we checked again a week later, still no heartbeat, and again surgery. At that point we were referred to a specialist and after several months of agonizing tests and two more miscarriages that were detected very early we finally were given an answer to the cause of our losses... A unique chromosomal abnormality. That answer was hard to swallow, it meant that there is a 50 percent chance each time we get pregnant that our pregnancy will not continue and we will lose our baby! Thankfully we found a way around it, and only lost one more baby since finding out the problem. Two years and six miscarriages later, months of unsuccessful attempts to achieve pregnancy we finally got our big fat positive while on our annual family trip to Minocqua on August 21, 2011! Finally!<br />
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We went in to see our specialist a few weeks later to verify by ultrasound that everything was progressing normally with this pregnancy. I was so terrified that there was going to be something wrong I was practically sick to my stomach. With Luke by my side, holding my hand as I looked away from the screen (I was too scared to look) I heard our doctor say the following words "Alright, let's have a look at your (short pause) TWINS!!" I thought she was joking, until I looked for myself... Sure enough there were two babies with two strong heartbeats... I couldn't stop crying happy tears! Luke kept talking about losing his hair ;) <br />
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For everything we have been through we feel so incredibly blessed to be having two babies!!! <br />
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The news didn't sink in until about 4 am the next morning when I awoke from a dead sleep in a panic thinking- oh my goodness we are having two babies TWO!!! I didn't sleep much that night, or the nights following... Or really any night since... Mostly because I wake up to pee or because I am absolutely ravenous and I need food NOW!<br />
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Today, I'm 10weeks and 2 days along, the furthest by a couple weeks that I've ever made it. Everything is going well so far. At the first ultrasound the babies we both measuring a few days behind my due date (which I was told is completely normal during the first trimester) and their heartbeats were 139bpm and 141bpm- oh and the babies are fraternal in case you were wondering. Luke couldn't get off work to come to the second ultrasound because it was scheduled on short notice (the doctor ordered an ultrasound because around 8 weeks I started losing some of my symptoms and we wanted to be sure everything was okay) So Luke's Mom Gail came to my rescue and came to the appointment with me (I learned my lesson about going to these things alone during my second pregnancy- I was there alone when I found out the baby died and I didn't have any cell phone reception and they tech left me all alone in the room for a long time and I didn't have a way to call anyone) I was very grateful to again see both babies and two heartbeats and to my surprise both babies had grown significantly and were measuring exactly to the day in line with my due date! Their heartbeats were in the high 170's! After the ultrasound the doctor called me to tell me the babies looked good but they did notice some bleeding (a blood clot) behind one of the placentas but not to worry because they are very common during the first trimester... Of course I worried and asked a ton of questions but long story short there was absolutely nothing I could do about it- so even though it meant a slight risk of miscarriage if it got worse I didn't let myself worry. (which by the way is a big step for me as you can imagine). I haven't had any signs or symptoms that anything has gone wrong, so I am just trusting that everything is okay.<br />
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Here are some ultrasound pictures:<br />
The first is 7w1d, and the second is 8w5d<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had my first OB appointment this morning, I also got kicked out of my doctors office for the remainder of this pregnancy as well... the clinic I go to is a family practice clinic that does provide OB care, but not if you are carrying multiples. I knew this was going to happen the day we found out it was twins so thankfully it wasn't a surprise. My doctor (at the clinic I got kicked out of) actually has a set of fraternal twins herself so she had lots of good advice and experiences to offer me- things I probably would have never thought of. For example, when the babies arrive to make it well known that visitors are welcome but we are not "hosting" anything (we will be far too busy and tired) so if you come to visit you have to bring food and/or be prepared to clean something in exchange for your visit. I thought that was cute, but she was serious- she said that neither her or her husband had time to even think about cooking a meal or loading the dishwasher for the first 6 months- they hardly had time to take a shower... Let's just say that I am thoroughly prepared to enjoy every dull moment for the next 6 months because there won't be one for a long long time after these babies arrive! My doctor also referred me to the doctor that delivered her set of twins, which I am really happy about because she had a really good experience as well as a natural birth (which is what I really want).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So my newest goal is to eat tons of protein and start gaining weight, I've actually lost almost 10 pounds since becoming pregnant (I haven't been throwing up at all (yet) but I feel nauseous a lot and I can't seem to eat much at a time) and I'm supposed to gain 50 pounds during this pregnancy! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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