Tonsilectomy Files

Recently we've been afraid Ryan had sleep apnea. He was stopping breathing during sleep for several seconds and then stirring awake. So we made an appointment with the family doctor last week, and she checked him out. It seems Ryan has the second largest tonsils she's ever seen. The size of quarters. So he was referred to a ENT specialist who indeed confirmed that he would have to have his tonsils removed. Your tonsils are supposed to shrink as you get older and not grow. Apparently, a tonsilectomy is a 10 out of 10 on the surgery pain scale. He won't be able to eat much for 2 weeks, so I'm starting to take bets on how much weight he loses. No cheeseburgers for him for a while! He goes under the knife on Aug. 29, and is supposed to take the full two weeks off of work. He is somehow planning to go back to work within the first week. We'll see. We will see. The most annoying thing to me about this whole large tonsil nonsense is that he went to the Urgent Care in May because he was having trouble swallowing and they brushed it off like nothing. Even if his tonsils were swollen, don't you think they would look way bigger than normal? They are already huge. Strike three for the Urgent Care. I'm tired of them!

Things I Love

My friend Katie posted a blog like this and I liked it, so I'm swiping it.

Things I love:
1) the smell of the sage brush after it rains
2) the sound killdeer make; it's like home to me
3) kisses from my baby boy
4) snuggling with my hubby
5) a cup of hot cocoa even in the summer
6) cherry 7-up
7) fall - the crispness in the air, and the leaves
8) pumpkin pie, pumpkin candles, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin pancakes..YUM
9) the holidays and holiday music
10) Pullman - I miss it there.
11) the seaside
12) thunderstorms
13) music I can dance to
14) hugs from friends and family
15) being a Coug
16) plants and flowers
17) being a mom
18) dogs
19) watching movies
20) the smell of cedar

I will have to add to the list later. I have a good start though.

First OB Appointment

I had my first appointment on Wednesday. Everything looked good. The heartbeat was 160, and I got to see the baby on an ultrasound. It was moving all around and being very active. Another very active little one. Next time Byron is staying with Grandma while I go to the doctor. He refused to take a nap that day and we had to be there for 2.5 hrs. Hell is a waiting room with a no-nap toddler. haha

Anyway, next Tuesday I will be 12 weeks. So I'll be out of the dreaded first trimester. I'm hoping this pregnancy is a little easier than the first. I am able to take better care of myself eating and sleeping-wise since I'm home all day. Boy on those days when I don't get to take a nap I sure feel it. It's amazing how much of a difference a little snooze makes.

What was I thinking?

I feel horrible. I guess I conviently forgot that I felt totally nauseous for the first 12 weeks of my pregnancy last time, and then started throwing up at 13 weeks. Just the idea that it might last until I'm 18 or 19 weeks like with Byron is so exhausting. I wish I could pull a sleeping beauty and wake up when the morning sickness ends. Plus, it's finally nice outside, and all I want to do is sit still so I don't barf. haha
I'm thinking this might be the last kid. If I'm going to have to be sick like this with every one, than two is enough for me. Plus, Ryan's parents want us to take over the business and if this is the last one that would give me plenty of time to learn the book work and everything once the kids are both over 3. *le sigh*

Finally Pregnant

We've finally achieved pregnant status. What a relief! After a while it just starts to feel like a job, and everyone around you is getting pregnant. It just sucks the fun out of it. We finally did it though. All it took was getting fat again. haha No seriously...I stopped watching my weight (it wasn't going anywhere anyway) and viola I'm pregnant. I figured I was fat last time I got pregnant so what's the difference. Look at the gorgeous kid I produced that time! I can always lose the weight again.
I don't know how many kids we are going to have. Two to four was the plan, but I think after this one we're going to play it by ear. I'm not having another one until Byron is ready for school though. So next time I'll have longer in between to lose the weight.
Oh you probably want to know the due date, it's January 29th unofficially. I say that because I don't have my first doctor's appointment until July 9th and then I will get the official date. I can't wait to find out if it's a boy or a girl. That's so far off though. Not until the end of September most likely. I don't even care which it is, but I just like to know. Another boy would be cool. I love my boy! Another girl would be great...one of each. Although the idea of a teenage girl is terrifying at the moment. I know it's two different sets of problems. A boy is more likely to get hurt, but girls are so emotional and susceptible to boys. Ergg.

Anyway, I'm super excited either way. Byron is ready for a nap, so I have to be going.

Another Month Gone!

So here it is another month passed and I haven't written a single Blog. DOH! I'm not very good at this blogger thing. Maybe that's why I never kept a diary as a girl...too forgetful. Or maybe it has to do with thinking my everyday monotony is not interesting.

Anyway it's been another month, but a busy one. It really flew by! We spent a good portion of the month looking at house we wanted to buy. It was really exciting and we spent a lot of time putting together our offers and financial stuff to the bank. But...we insulted the seller with our offer. So that didn't work out. haha Oh well! He wants too much for his orange carpet and green appliances.

We also went to Seattle and took Byron to the Aquarium. That was lots of fun! This is him with the River otters. They are right behind him pushed against the glass snoozing. It was really busy on the day we went. Next time I take him to the Zoo I'm going during the week. Less people standing in front of the animals. He loved the touch pools though. On that trip we also went to visit my friend Val and see her new baby girl. So precious! She makes these funny little grumpy noises. This is us on the carosel on the Seattle Waterfront...Byron thought it was awesome.

We finished off the month with some Memorial Day festivities. Byron and I walked with the Moms Group in the Kiddie Parade. It rained the whole time and then stopped as soon as the parade was over. Go figure! Then on Sunday we had our friends Brad and Jama over for a BBQ. That was nice and relaxing. they brought their little baby boy with them too.

Byron started running through the sprinkler too. I have some great pics of that when I get my new camera's software loaded and all.

Some Byron updates for this month: new words bubble, boo boos, thank you, No!, and Bye! (those last two he actually sounds like a big person when he says, but he's been saying them baby talk for a while)

This is my kid with liquid eyeliner on his face. Yes...not easy to get out, but hilarious.

Busy, but Boring

So it's been a couple of weeks since I've written a new blog. I guess there hasn't been anything too exciting going on. We've been staying busy, but mostly just with the everyday things. Byron has found his favorite toy finally, which is kind of cute. He loves Thomas the Train. When we went to Wal Mart a while ago I got him a little model of Gordon (the other blue train), because they didn't have any Thomas ones. He loves it. He eats with it, he sleeps with it, and he bathes with it. I was wondering when he would be attached to a toy, but I guess it just took finding the right one.
This weekend we finally had some decent weather to do some gardening. So we went to Home Depot and the Nursery, and got a bunch of potted plants and bulbs to plant. We do this every year, and we still have lots of space to fill. I've been trying to concentrate on buying things that are hardy, so I don't have to dig them up in the fall (I always forget until it's too late). I also want things that spread out quite a bit, since we have a large yard. We sort of need things that can fill in the space. Ryan always picks out a million kinds of lilies. So the next people that own our house are going to think we had a strange obsession with them. My current favorite is my succulents. I'm so fascinated by how easy they are to propagate. I have one kind that I planted 2 years ago that is really doing well, and I just break little pieces of it off and put them somewhere else...voila new plants!
We still haven't sold Ryan's truck. We have a man that is very interested in it, but he wants to sell his truck first, so I'm not sure how long that could take. Everyone cross your fingers that it's soon! Making two truck payments stresses me out.
Well, I think that's all I have to say for now. I hope everyone is doing well.