Today is Saturday- Josh is at work, and Maddie and I have spent the entire day in our pj's. I had a good nights sleep last night, and woke up exhausted...so all morning I struggled to keep my eyes open. Maddie and I took a nap at 3 and didnt wake up till 6. Even after a 3 hour nap, I would have liked to lay in bed for awhile longer.
When I was prego with Maddie I student taught till 5 months, then worked at Culligan till 3 weeks before she was born. I do not ever remember being this tired. Of course back then I could come home and take a nap if I needed one. I guess having a two year old at home also drains a little of my energy. My house is still a mess and I dont have the energy to keep picking up the same mess everyday. As soon as I clean up Maddies stuff she spreads it all over the place within 15 minutes. So I have decided that I will clean things that Maddie cannot mess with for the next few weeks, and then the weekend before I have Kenzie, I will send her somewhere for a day or 2 and really get the house cleaned without having to reclean everything over and over.
I have been trying to do my weekly update about the pregnancy, but thought today I would update on Maddie a little bit.
* She repeats EVERYTHING! (and word for word) Phrases from commercials, electronic story books, songs, and some things people say.
* She has recently become very fond of her Cabbage Patch Newborn baby Alma, that she got last year.
* We finally started letting her watch a few cartoons, and her favorites are Handy Manny and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.
* Almost 26 pounds
* 24 months/2T shirt size, 18-24 month pants, 5 or 6 shoe size
* Still cannot say the L sound, so her Aunt Lacy is still called Aunt Saysee.
* Still sleeps in her crib and does not attempt to climb out, she just likes to jump
* Can potty in her chair when told to, but has a hard time figuring out when she is fixing to go. We did really well last week, but she would take off running to the potty as fast as she could go, and it was already to late. At least shes trying. We arent potty training on a regular basis, just when we know we are going to be at home all day.
* She loves eating chicken nuggets, cereal (Marshmallow Maties), and all types of fruit!
* She talks to and rubs my belly...I think she likes Kenzie in there, but Im still not sure how she will like her when she enters the world. As of now, she is willing to share her toys, her room, and says she will help Mommy take care of her, hehe...We will see!
* She will organize anything! She sorted money at my parents house for 2 hours! Did you know there are not 4 but 5 coins....Quarters, Dimes, Nickles, dirty pennies, and clean pennies....thats how she sorted them :)
* She loves Animals! Going to the farm is very exciting to her. Josh even let her "drive" the farm truck. She is such a Daddys girl through and through.
That should be enough for now.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
ER trip :(
So I guess I forgot to post about our late night New Years Day trip to the ER. Probobly because I was partly traumatized myself and pretty much embarrassed since I usually consider myself a good mother. But here it goes anyway....
We had got home from Lacy's house and I was sitting in the living room talking to Mallory on the phone, Josh had gone into the computer room to pay some bills or something, and Maddie was doing her usual run around the house, make a mess of everything bit. Well I heard some rattling so I told Josh to see if she was in the kitchen. (She has gotten into the Marshmallow Matties before (which is the off brand of Lucky Charms) because we dont have anywhere high enough to put that big fat bag of cereal. So he goes in and finds her NOT in the kitchen, but in the bathroom on the floor. She had dragged her potty chair up to the sink and got the bottle of Tylenol down. Either she is really strong or the last time we used it didnt completely shut the lid, because she had the lid off and was playing with them. Well I checked her teeth and tounge and due to the short amount of time that she had the bottle open, didnt think she had eaten any. (She never has been one to put things in her mouth anyway) However, just to be safe, we called poision control to ask their advise. Well she had me count the pills in the bottle (the big bottle of 225) and so I told her there were 194 accounted for. She said we should take her to the ER because for Maddies age and weight any more than 4 could be lethal. So we end up going for precautionary reasons, better safe than sorry.
Well it was horrible!!!!
They put an IV in her hand and drew blood to test the Tylenol level, and while we were waiting for the results the nurse came in with a huge bottle of activated charcoal and proceeded to fill a surenge with it....She struggled for about 15 minutes trying to force it down Maddie, then said we were more than welcome to try if we thought it would work better. So even though I am extremely upset at this point watching my daughter squeal and grit her teeth to prevent anymore of that black chalky substance going into her mouth, I thought I better try. Josh said it was much better than the alternative which would have been to put a tube down her throat. Well we finally got the first serenge emptied, and the nurse said we had 7 more to go....WHAT???????
Her poor face, neck, and hair was already stained black from what she had spit out. Her teeth were all stained and I hate to say that she reminded me of the Penguin in one of the Batman movies...not a pretty sight to say the least.
So we fought for about 45 more minutes and were able to get 4 surenges down.....The nurse thankfully asked the doctor if that would work, and since her first blood sample tested 0 for Tylenol he said we could stop until they did a second blood test. So they came in and took some more blood and it once again tested 0.
Then to make me feel like an even bigger idiot or bad mother, as if I needed any help, the doctor wrote on the discharge papers. "Keep all medications out of reach of children" Seriously! Did he think that I put it in her toy box?
So needless to say my instincts were right and she had not had any at all, which I was thankful for, even though I had to put my daughter through all that tourture for nothing. However, it did remind us that she is not a baby anymore and she is smart enough to find a way to get whatever she wants.....
So we are putting all medications up higher, and weeding out the ones we dont need. Also I am going to write down the current count of pills in each bottle so in the event that this situation ever arise again (hopefully not!) I will have a more accurate idea of what was in the bottle to begin with.
I was so super worried that she would hate me for forcing that stuff into her mouth, but she woke up the next morning and said I love you sooooo much....It made me feel better to know that at least she had probobly forgotten what I had done to her the night before. (Even though Josh and I will never forget it!)
We had got home from Lacy's house and I was sitting in the living room talking to Mallory on the phone, Josh had gone into the computer room to pay some bills or something, and Maddie was doing her usual run around the house, make a mess of everything bit. Well I heard some rattling so I told Josh to see if she was in the kitchen. (She has gotten into the Marshmallow Matties before (which is the off brand of Lucky Charms) because we dont have anywhere high enough to put that big fat bag of cereal. So he goes in and finds her NOT in the kitchen, but in the bathroom on the floor. She had dragged her potty chair up to the sink and got the bottle of Tylenol down. Either she is really strong or the last time we used it didnt completely shut the lid, because she had the lid off and was playing with them. Well I checked her teeth and tounge and due to the short amount of time that she had the bottle open, didnt think she had eaten any. (She never has been one to put things in her mouth anyway) However, just to be safe, we called poision control to ask their advise. Well she had me count the pills in the bottle (the big bottle of 225) and so I told her there were 194 accounted for. She said we should take her to the ER because for Maddies age and weight any more than 4 could be lethal. So we end up going for precautionary reasons, better safe than sorry.
Well it was horrible!!!!
They put an IV in her hand and drew blood to test the Tylenol level, and while we were waiting for the results the nurse came in with a huge bottle of activated charcoal and proceeded to fill a surenge with it....She struggled for about 15 minutes trying to force it down Maddie, then said we were more than welcome to try if we thought it would work better. So even though I am extremely upset at this point watching my daughter squeal and grit her teeth to prevent anymore of that black chalky substance going into her mouth, I thought I better try. Josh said it was much better than the alternative which would have been to put a tube down her throat. Well we finally got the first serenge emptied, and the nurse said we had 7 more to go....WHAT???????
Her poor face, neck, and hair was already stained black from what she had spit out. Her teeth were all stained and I hate to say that she reminded me of the Penguin in one of the Batman movies...not a pretty sight to say the least.
So we fought for about 45 more minutes and were able to get 4 surenges down.....The nurse thankfully asked the doctor if that would work, and since her first blood sample tested 0 for Tylenol he said we could stop until they did a second blood test. So they came in and took some more blood and it once again tested 0.
Then to make me feel like an even bigger idiot or bad mother, as if I needed any help, the doctor wrote on the discharge papers. "Keep all medications out of reach of children" Seriously! Did he think that I put it in her toy box?
So needless to say my instincts were right and she had not had any at all, which I was thankful for, even though I had to put my daughter through all that tourture for nothing. However, it did remind us that she is not a baby anymore and she is smart enough to find a way to get whatever she wants.....
So we are putting all medications up higher, and weeding out the ones we dont need. Also I am going to write down the current count of pills in each bottle so in the event that this situation ever arise again (hopefully not!) I will have a more accurate idea of what was in the bottle to begin with.
I was so super worried that she would hate me for forcing that stuff into her mouth, but she woke up the next morning and said I love you sooooo much....It made me feel better to know that at least she had probobly forgotten what I had done to her the night before. (Even though Josh and I will never forget it!)
33 Weeks
How far along? 33 weeks and 1 day
Weight gain: according to my scale at home, I have gained 6 lbs...but I dont think it will be the same as the one at the dr.'s office.
Total weight gain: if my scale is right then 6 lbs.
Blood Pressure: not sure...no appointment this week
Babies HeartBeat: same as above
Symptoms: have had a few more bouts of dizziness, but not near as bad as it was a few weeks ago
Sleep: sleep is still good
Best moment this week: waking up with Maddie after we had taken her to the ER the night before and she grabbed my face and said..."I love you soooo much" It made me feel much better after seeing her go through all the stuff the night before.
Movement: all the time, and she is all over the place
Food cravings: none....its actually hard for me to think of anything that sounds good lately
Gender: Girl
Belly Button in or out? still in
What I miss: being off for Christmas break
What I am looking forward to: getting all of Kenzie's bedding in hopefully this week
Weekly Wisdom: Make sure you put all medications way out of reach of children at the age of two who can pull things up to the sink to stand off in order to get things off of it :(
Milestones: i dont guess I can think of anything significant this week
Confessions of a Working Mom: well I dont feel like working which isnt good....
Posted by Marlayna at 6:00pm
Weight gain: according to my scale at home, I have gained 6 lbs...but I dont think it will be the same as the one at the dr.'s office.
Total weight gain: if my scale is right then 6 lbs.
Blood Pressure: not sure...no appointment this week
Babies HeartBeat: same as above
Symptoms: have had a few more bouts of dizziness, but not near as bad as it was a few weeks ago
Sleep: sleep is still good
Best moment this week: waking up with Maddie after we had taken her to the ER the night before and she grabbed my face and said..."I love you soooo much" It made me feel much better after seeing her go through all the stuff the night before.
Movement: all the time, and she is all over the place
Food cravings: none....its actually hard for me to think of anything that sounds good lately
Gender: Girl
Belly Button in or out? still in
What I miss: being off for Christmas break
What I am looking forward to: getting all of Kenzie's bedding in hopefully this week
Weekly Wisdom: Make sure you put all medications way out of reach of children at the age of two who can pull things up to the sink to stand off in order to get things off of it :(
Milestones: i dont guess I can think of anything significant this week
Confessions of a Working Mom: well I dont feel like working which isnt good....
Posted by Marlayna at 6:00pm
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
32 Weeks
How far along? 32 weeks and 1 day
Weight gain: -1 lbs.
Total weight gain: 2 lbs. (it worries me a little, but he said the baby is growing and didnt show any concerns)
Blood Pressure: 103/60 It has been pretty low the last couple of weeks compared to usual, but once again, he doesnt seem to be worried
Babies HeartBeat: 160
Symptoms: not a one
Sleep: sleep is still good
Best moment this week: going feeding with Josh at the ranch, and holding Maddie in my lap while Josh was driving down the ranch roads and she fell asleep. For some reason I just took it in and it made me cry because I love her so much
Movement: all the time, and she is all over the place, even in my ribs some, which i dont remember ever happening with Maddie
Food cravings: none....its actually hard for me to think of anything that sounds good lately
Gender: Girl
Belly Button in or out? still in
What I miss: being able to help out at the ranch
What I am looking forward to: New Years Day....( I would look foward to New Years Eve, except Josh will be working :(
Weekly Wisdom: Go to the Chiropractor! I have to go when I am pregnant because the baby puts to much pressure on my siotic nerve, and it works miracles!!
Milestones: i dont guess I can think of anything significant this week
Confessions of a Working Mom: since Im off for school, its not really a working mom confession, but I have not been drinking water like I should....Josh has to make me drink water. But they kinda got on to me today at the doctor so I will make a better effort from here on out.
Posted by Marlayna at 6:00pm
Weight gain: -1 lbs.
Total weight gain: 2 lbs. (it worries me a little, but he said the baby is growing and didnt show any concerns)
Blood Pressure: 103/60 It has been pretty low the last couple of weeks compared to usual, but once again, he doesnt seem to be worried
Babies HeartBeat: 160
Symptoms: not a one
Sleep: sleep is still good
Best moment this week: going feeding with Josh at the ranch, and holding Maddie in my lap while Josh was driving down the ranch roads and she fell asleep. For some reason I just took it in and it made me cry because I love her so much
Movement: all the time, and she is all over the place, even in my ribs some, which i dont remember ever happening with Maddie
Food cravings: none....its actually hard for me to think of anything that sounds good lately
Gender: Girl
Belly Button in or out? still in
What I miss: being able to help out at the ranch
What I am looking forward to: New Years Day....( I would look foward to New Years Eve, except Josh will be working :(
Weekly Wisdom: Go to the Chiropractor! I have to go when I am pregnant because the baby puts to much pressure on my siotic nerve, and it works miracles!!
Milestones: i dont guess I can think of anything significant this week
Confessions of a Working Mom: since Im off for school, its not really a working mom confession, but I have not been drinking water like I should....Josh has to make me drink water. But they kinda got on to me today at the doctor so I will make a better effort from here on out.
Posted by Marlayna at 6:00pm
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Ouch...
I had another orthodontist appointment yesterday and she finally put the second small wire into the bracket attached to my tooth on top. When we first started she was only able to get one in there because it was to far back. Up until yesterday I had very rarely felt any pressure on that tooth, but after yesterday all I can say is OUCH! All the rest of my teeth are basically where they are going to be except for that one tooth so needless to say ALL the pressure is on one spot. I do think though that it has already moved just since yesterday, so hopefully it will make its way to the front quickly, lol.
Maddie stayed the night with Josh's parents in Bronte for the first time Monday night, and everything went great. We drove to Bronte to pick her up around lunch and ended up spending the rest of the day there. We looked at houses for sale(wishful thinking) and Christmas lights.
Today we are going to clean up a little more, finish wrapping all the Christmas presents because we are completely done with the shopping portion, and hopefully relax a little before all the craziness sets in.
Maddie stayed the night with Josh's parents in Bronte for the first time Monday night, and everything went great. We drove to Bronte to pick her up around lunch and ended up spending the rest of the day there. We looked at houses for sale(wishful thinking) and Christmas lights.
Today we are going to clean up a little more, finish wrapping all the Christmas presents because we are completely done with the shopping portion, and hopefully relax a little before all the craziness sets in.
Monday, December 21, 2009
31 Weeks
How far along? 31 weeks
Total weight gain: 3 lbs.
Symptoms: not a one
Sleep: sleep is still good...wish I could lay on my back, but other than that Im good
Best moment this week: getting out of school for the Christmas break
Movement: all the time, and she is all over the place
Food cravings: none....its actually hard for me to think of anything that sounds good lately
Gender: Girl- for sure! We saw the 3 lines when we did the 3D sonogram
Belly Button in or out? still in
What I miss: being able to pick things up myself, sometimes I feel useless
What I am looking forward to: Christmas of course! and getting new colors on my braces today
Weekly Wisdom: coupons may seem insignificant each time you use them, but they add up over time for sure (even if you just used the diaper coupons)
Milestones: i dont guess I can think of anything significant this week
Confessions of a Working Mom: I had good intentions of potty training Maddie when I got out of school for the Christmas break, but all I want to do is rest :(
Maybe in a few days :)
Posted by Marlayna at 10:47am
Total weight gain: 3 lbs.
Symptoms: not a one
Sleep: sleep is still good...wish I could lay on my back, but other than that Im good
Best moment this week: getting out of school for the Christmas break
Movement: all the time, and she is all over the place
Food cravings: none....its actually hard for me to think of anything that sounds good lately
Gender: Girl- for sure! We saw the 3 lines when we did the 3D sonogram
Belly Button in or out? still in
What I miss: being able to pick things up myself, sometimes I feel useless
What I am looking forward to: Christmas of course! and getting new colors on my braces today
Weekly Wisdom: coupons may seem insignificant each time you use them, but they add up over time for sure (even if you just used the diaper coupons)
Milestones: i dont guess I can think of anything significant this week
Confessions of a Working Mom: I had good intentions of potty training Maddie when I got out of school for the Christmas break, but all I want to do is rest :(
Maybe in a few days :)
Posted by Marlayna at 10:47am
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Taking a Break
I have been cleaning all morning, and have decided to take a break and blog!
Today is my first day off from school, and I am loving it! Josh is at work so Maddie and I are going to do some Christmas shopping. First of all because we have to buy his presents and secondly because he will be thrilled to know that we have no more Christmas shopping to do for anyone else and he can relax for the next week. I am going to break this blog up into sections because as I have said before, I dont blog enough to keep it short and sweet anymore.
*Baby Section- As for me, I am now 30 weeks along, going every 2 weeks for appointments, and have had a wonderful pregnancy thus far. We went on Thursday and I have gained a total of 3 pounds from where I started off. The doctor says everything is great and the baby is growing. We did our 3D sono last week and saw "the parts" clearly, and now I am sure that this baby's name is Kenzie Layne Schoenfield!! It made me feel better to actually see the 3 lines and not hear the doctor say, "hmmmmm, I would say a girl" (thats just not very convincing to me personally).
On a side note: My friend Amy had her baby girl, Brynna Belle, earlier this week, and she is beautiful. Maddie and I went to see her, and Maddie liked it when she would peek at her. She did not want to hold her though, but maybe with a little more time she would have warmed up to that. I'm still very curious to see how she will react to Kenzie.
Also in the past few days I have learned of 2 new pregnacy's and I am super excited about them both! Not sure if they are telling everyone yet, so I will hold off on names until they have more time to tell people themselves.
Susan and Bryan will be having their baby boy anyday now, (wishful thinking just for you Susan), my cousin Tim and his wife Kayton are due a week before me in February, then I will have Kenzie, there is a lady at work having a baby in May, my friends Amy and Dale are due in July, and then the new additions to my pregnant friends that will be due in August.
SO MANY BABIES!!!! YEAH!!!
Christmas Section- I have very little shopping done, but hopefully after today I will be finished or close to it. No big plans for my 2 weeks off from school, just the usual Christmas Eve with Joshs family, Christmas day with my family, and then to Clyde with my dads family the next day. This will be the first Christmas that Josh will have off since he started working at the fire department, so it will be extra special!!
Accident Section- earlier this week I was trying to pull out of my driveway to go pick up Maddie and I got hit on my back bumper. It doesnt look that bad on my car, but apparently its 2200 dollars to get fixed. It was my fault, but since the policeman new Josh's uncle and found out that Josh was a fireman, he let me off with a warning, which was a BIG relief. He also saw why the wreck happened and knew it really wasn't my fault. My neighbor has a very dense section of his yard right by the road full of bushes. In Joshs truck they are no big deal, cause you can see over them, however, I cannot see around them and have to pull out into the street just to see if a car is coming from that way. Usually the people driving down my street are driving slow enough that they slow down if they see me coming, and when I notice the car, I pull back in real fast. However, this lady had a dog in her lap and was going pretty fast and wasnt able to stop fast enough. It smashed her whole hood in, but we were both ok.
Here are a couple of random pictures just so I can give you something besides my rambling today:
This is our Christmas tree after Maddie put all the balls on...yes I did go back later and spread them out a little more evenly, hehe.
Maddie's first time to play in the snow!
Kayton and I at Thanksgiving....our babies will be about 1 week apart
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