I've been so busy that I don't have the time to really post...so I'm gonna post some pics! :)
Enjoy...
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Saturday, April 11, 2009
School & Some other crazy thoughts...
I *FINALLY* graduate college in 3 weeks! God willing - I am taking two classes right now online and they are going really well - so im more than expecting to pass. While I was pregnant with Adriana I made sure to take 4 of the harder classes that way my last two would be easy! One is cake - the other is B.S. I hate it. I mean - global management? - its crappy. Right now we are working on a project about improving a company. Our group chose Publix. Some of you may be familiar with Publix - its a grocery store. Its very nice, clean and it employes the most friendly people....its basically FLAWLESS. So thats my dilema....how are we supposed to give it strategies to improve when is already pretty damn good.
Other thoughts...As I sat at the dentist Friday morning waiting for my x-rays (I had some fillings done while I was preg and they were done bad...but that's a whole other post)....the news was blabbing about Obama and how he "bowed" to another leader. I think this whole thing is BS. I mean who CARES if he bowed down...its being respectful to their culture...I mean we all expect people to shake our hands...and most of the time they do!
The news just spends useless time talking crap about people - useless crap. I mean, lets solve some other problems like world hunger, kids starving in Africa...lets not dwell on "bowing".
Anyway. I went to Hoffmans chocolate today. Yum - that place just -smells- like chocolate when you pull up in the parking lot. Delicious. There goes my plan to lose all my baby weight! ha. Its totally worth it when it comes to *chocolate*
Other thoughts...As I sat at the dentist Friday morning waiting for my x-rays (I had some fillings done while I was preg and they were done bad...but that's a whole other post)....the news was blabbing about Obama and how he "bowed" to another leader. I think this whole thing is BS. I mean who CARES if he bowed down...its being respectful to their culture...I mean we all expect people to shake our hands...and most of the time they do!
The news just spends useless time talking crap about people - useless crap. I mean, lets solve some other problems like world hunger, kids starving in Africa...lets not dwell on "bowing".
Anyway. I went to Hoffmans chocolate today. Yum - that place just -smells- like chocolate when you pull up in the parking lot. Delicious. There goes my plan to lose all my baby weight! ha. Its totally worth it when it comes to *chocolate*
Rolling Over & Tummy time
Adriana STILL hasn't rolled over. Or even attempted. She will be 4 months next Friday (17t). She has a Dr.'s appt that day, so we will see what they have to say. I read on the 6-9 mos board a post about a lady who's baby JUST rolled over at 6 mos...that will probably be Adri.
Here is Adri...doing what she does best.. laying down! Right now, I actually have her on her tummy doing her tummy time, but she has decided she just wants to lay there, suck on her finger (or poke the back of her throat - she keeps gagging) and watch E News.. lol Too cute.
Here is her "tummy time" - she prefers to relax.Thursday, April 9, 2009
Teething...
My poor peanut. She's teething. Full blown hands in the mouth, drooling on everything, can't sleep at night teething. It's horrible. I feel so bad for her but there is not much us mothers can do.. Right?
If someone has a better way to deal with teething besides cold washcloths to chew on....teething rings..hylands teething tablets and baby orajel let me know! I broke down and gave Adriana half a dose of baby tylenol so she could sleep. It worked like a charm, and she was a much happier baby today.
*I must admit that im secretly happy she'll be a getting a toothy... :)*
If someone has a better way to deal with teething besides cold washcloths to chew on....teething rings..hylands teething tablets and baby orajel let me know! I broke down and gave Adriana half a dose of baby tylenol so she could sleep. It worked like a charm, and she was a much happier baby today.
*I must admit that im secretly happy she'll be a getting a toothy... :)*
Introducing..ADRIANA NOELLE
Adriana Noelle
12/17/2008
6:50 pm
7lbs..10.oz & 20.5 inches long!
My little porker was even 2 weeks early - On the dot!
The night before Adriana was born, Jojo and I went to get a couples massage....that night @ 1am my water broke! I was in labor for 17 hours, until she was born at 6:50 pm December 17th. Some hospital pics, and pics of the princess are below.
Me - before the pain.
After the pain...right before she was born.
My first glimpse of my princess...
Meeting Daddy for the first time....
Here she is :)
12/17/2008
6:50 pm
7lbs..10.oz & 20.5 inches long!
My little porker was even 2 weeks early - On the dot!
The night before Adriana was born, Jojo and I went to get a couples massage....that night @ 1am my water broke! I was in labor for 17 hours, until she was born at 6:50 pm December 17th. Some hospital pics, and pics of the princess are below.
Me - before the pain.
After the pain...right before she was born.
My first glimpse of my princess...
Meeting Daddy for the first time....
Here she is :)
How I ended up as PAL grad..[TRIGGS]
Everybody has a story - and here's mine.
PAL. Do you know what it means? It is one of the best message boards I've ever been on. Would I wish anyone to have to become a member..never. But, in a weird blessing in disguise way...I'm glad I ended up there. Not only did I make a TON of friends, I learned to enjoy every day of my pregnany, to never take it for granted, to feel blessed everyday that I wake up an see my Piglet's smiling face. It taught me value, it taught me things I would've never learned on my own.
PAL...Pregnany After Loss.
That's right - it happened to me. A loss. I never thought it would, nobody else in my family had to go through it..but I did.
It all started like this...
December 2007...I turned 21...Partied a little too hard, and ended up Pregnant after being with my boyfriend for only a mere 6 months. I never thought it would happen, but it did. I found out around January 5th after my period being a week late. I honestly took the test only because I'm never late..but I didn't think I was pregnant. I wasn't even sick.
The line was SO faint that of course I questioned it, and thought "hmm. must be a false positive" but as I researched online - the chance of a false positive is more rare than a false negative. It was true - I was knocked up. I became obsessed, I tested at least 7 times and ended up bringing all the sticks to work to show the girls. [They told me I was pregnant becuase we are all on the same cycle and there's got all messed up because of me..haha] I even had Jojo [my boyfriend] pee in a cup so I could test his urine to see if it was possible to get a negative. Oh he def wasn't prego. Haha. I was only 21, not married and knocked up. Fear quickly engulfed my mind and I had no clue how I'd do it. I almost feel bad for feeling the way I did. I never, ever, even thought of an abortion..I just felt like I wasn't ready, but in reality I wasn't ready for what was ahead of me.
I went to the dr, did the blood test...HCG was high enough to see something, but for some reason on the Ultrasound - the joyous time turned crappy. The tech looked at me and said "are you sure you're almst 7 weeks??..becuase there should be more here than this.." I only measured about 5 weeks, if that. Of course I didn't think anything of it becuase I had NO clue when I acutally got KU. They quickly scheduled another blood reading of HCG (this measures the hormones in your blood) and scheduled another ultrasound.
I went back on Feb 14th...Yes V-day. WHO in their right mind would choose this day to go do this...I even bought a little frame that said "miracle" so I could put my new U/S pic of my bean in it...I never did use that frame til I got preg with Adriana. We both went to the ultrasound this time, and it was even worse. I only grew like 5 days in 2 1/2 weeks..The tech quickly turned the screen away from me and told me I'd have to speak to the dr after my appt. I knew it was bad news, I cried in the hallway as Jojo told me it'll be fine.. I knew otherwise. My dr. was an old man, who really didn't know how to explain this to me at all....my baby was not a baby, but a blighted ovum. The egg never developed, it only started to, then stopped. I never saw a fetal pole, I never saw a heartbeat...but I knew MY baby was there. I was heartbroken. I went into denial, I scheduled an alternate opinion @ the dr's office who delivered Adriana...same result - and I chose to get a D&C on Feb 29th (Leap Day) [don't you love how all my "event's" are holidays..?] Anyway - Feb28th @ like 3 am...I miscarried naturally.
I woke up at 3ish, with the worst period cramps of my life. I couldn't walk, I was doubled over in pain, but somehow made it to the bathroom. The rest happened there. I won't get into the details because it is a memory I don't ever want to relive. I ended up still going to the hossy in the morning to get checked out - I was there for 5 hours before my Dr. said I could go home that there wasn't any retained tissue. Thank God...but I was still devistated. I stayed in bed all weekend to recover and went into work Monday...and the rest is history.
I never tell this story to anyone - or at least in detail - becuase you never know how anyone will react. At that point - you really don't want any stupid comments anyway....so I've kept it only to myself, my closest friends, and certain family members....and most importantly the PAL ladies. Who without them, I'd probably have lost my mind.
PAL. Do you know what it means? It is one of the best message boards I've ever been on. Would I wish anyone to have to become a member..never. But, in a weird blessing in disguise way...I'm glad I ended up there. Not only did I make a TON of friends, I learned to enjoy every day of my pregnany, to never take it for granted, to feel blessed everyday that I wake up an see my Piglet's smiling face. It taught me value, it taught me things I would've never learned on my own.
PAL...Pregnany After Loss.
That's right - it happened to me. A loss. I never thought it would, nobody else in my family had to go through it..but I did.
It all started like this...
December 2007...I turned 21...Partied a little too hard, and ended up Pregnant after being with my boyfriend for only a mere 6 months. I never thought it would happen, but it did. I found out around January 5th after my period being a week late. I honestly took the test only because I'm never late..but I didn't think I was pregnant. I wasn't even sick.
The line was SO faint that of course I questioned it, and thought "hmm. must be a false positive" but as I researched online - the chance of a false positive is more rare than a false negative. It was true - I was knocked up. I became obsessed, I tested at least 7 times and ended up bringing all the sticks to work to show the girls. [They told me I was pregnant becuase we are all on the same cycle and there's got all messed up because of me..haha] I even had Jojo [my boyfriend] pee in a cup so I could test his urine to see if it was possible to get a negative. Oh he def wasn't prego. Haha. I was only 21, not married and knocked up. Fear quickly engulfed my mind and I had no clue how I'd do it. I almost feel bad for feeling the way I did. I never, ever, even thought of an abortion..I just felt like I wasn't ready, but in reality I wasn't ready for what was ahead of me.
I went to the dr, did the blood test...HCG was high enough to see something, but for some reason on the Ultrasound - the joyous time turned crappy. The tech looked at me and said "are you sure you're almst 7 weeks??..becuase there should be more here than this.." I only measured about 5 weeks, if that. Of course I didn't think anything of it becuase I had NO clue when I acutally got KU. They quickly scheduled another blood reading of HCG (this measures the hormones in your blood) and scheduled another ultrasound.
I went back on Feb 14th...Yes V-day. WHO in their right mind would choose this day to go do this...I even bought a little frame that said "miracle" so I could put my new U/S pic of my bean in it...I never did use that frame til I got preg with Adriana. We both went to the ultrasound this time, and it was even worse. I only grew like 5 days in 2 1/2 weeks..The tech quickly turned the screen away from me and told me I'd have to speak to the dr after my appt. I knew it was bad news, I cried in the hallway as Jojo told me it'll be fine.. I knew otherwise. My dr. was an old man, who really didn't know how to explain this to me at all....my baby was not a baby, but a blighted ovum. The egg never developed, it only started to, then stopped. I never saw a fetal pole, I never saw a heartbeat...but I knew MY baby was there. I was heartbroken. I went into denial, I scheduled an alternate opinion @ the dr's office who delivered Adriana...same result - and I chose to get a D&C on Feb 29th (Leap Day) [don't you love how all my "event's" are holidays..?] Anyway - Feb28th @ like 3 am...I miscarried naturally.
I woke up at 3ish, with the worst period cramps of my life. I couldn't walk, I was doubled over in pain, but somehow made it to the bathroom. The rest happened there. I won't get into the details because it is a memory I don't ever want to relive. I ended up still going to the hossy in the morning to get checked out - I was there for 5 hours before my Dr. said I could go home that there wasn't any retained tissue. Thank God...but I was still devistated. I stayed in bed all weekend to recover and went into work Monday...and the rest is history.
I never tell this story to anyone - or at least in detail - becuase you never know how anyone will react. At that point - you really don't want any stupid comments anyway....so I've kept it only to myself, my closest friends, and certain family members....and most importantly the PAL ladies. Who without them, I'd probably have lost my mind.
New Here!
Blogs...I love 'em.
I don't know about everyone else, but I think they are great. Not only can you keep up-to-date with old friends...it's also an easy way for your friends and family to keep up with you!
This Blog will be mostly about the love of my life....Adriana.
It will be full of the good, the bad and the ugly. The sad, the happy and even the embarrasing things...
Enjoy! :)
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