Something’s moving in there!
On Tuesday, it will be 22 weeks! Things are really starting to happen, he’s definitely moving around in there! It doesn’t feel like flutters or butterflies, at least, not to me, it feels more like pressure, and sometimes I can see little movements. Dad hasn’t experienced it just yet though. He’s waiting though, he is starting to get really excited now. So hopefully soon he will be able to feel or see something going on in there.
Meanwhile, I have that whole “nesting” thing they talk about going on! That nursery just can’t get done fast enough! The crib finally came last week, and I got it all put together on Friday night, of course I couldn’t wait to get it put together! Yesterday, I washed all of the bedding and the clothes we have in Dreft. We bought the crib mattress too! So his bed is already for him (just like 18 weeks early! LOL!) . Oh well, can’t say we aren’t “prepared parents”. Even David has been slightly bitten by the “shopping bug”! Not nearly as much as I have though!
Speaking of David! Dad has something VERY exciting happening this next week! (I’m so jealous, because I started before he did, and he is going to be done almost a year before I am!) David graduates on 7/7/07 from AIU! So very proud of him! He has done extremely well also! Since his G.P.A. is so high, he is expected to graduate Magna Cum Laude! His degree is in Business Administration with a focus on Accounting. Mom is still working toward her B.S. in Health Information Management, and hopefully will graduate next June. While Dad starts his Master’s this Fall. I have 5 more classes to go, and my 2 internship classes next Spring, then hopefully, finally, I will have my Bachelor’s Degree. I will probably start my Master’s in Health Informatics soon after that. I will be so glad when the degrees are all out of the way. I know it costs a lot of money, but it is worth in the long run. My motto when I started school this second time is “Work Smarter, not Harder.” Don’t know who came up with it, but I hope whoever it was, was right! But the “Working Harder” part is NOW, getting through it all!
Okay, well, for now, I shall be off. Someone is telling me it is again time to pee! (Aren’t you glad I wrote that?) Sorry! 
Add comment July 1, 2007
stacieinmn
It’s a boy!
Okay, we cheated! Our 18 week ultrasound was today, and we decided to find out whether it is a boy or girl. So we finally now know, of course, I have felt that it was a boy from early on though. Call it Mom’s intuition. He has my nose!
So far, we are going with the name Kendal Jacob for his name. The name just popped into my head one day and I loved it. I don’t know why or where it really came from. I just like the sound of it. My husband said he didn’t like it at first, but it is slowly growing on him. It goes well with our last name. I don’t know anyone with that name, so that is one of the reasons it appeals to me, because it is something different. If he so chooses, when he is older, he can just go by Ken.
I haven’t even felt him kick or anything yet. I keep wondering if it will startle me when it does finally happen! Mostly, my tailbone has been bothering me sometimes. But so far my only complaints are the tailbone pain and a few tummy muscles stretching here and there.
Right now I have a terrible cold, it seems to been going away. I hope it does quickly before we leave for Michigan! I also hope David doesn’t get it! It would be just our dumb luck that we get all the way to Michigan and he comes down with it. We are leaving on Friday. Puppy dog (Jamie) is very excited too! We keep talking about going “bye bye” and his ears perk up and he tips his head. So cute! He loves hotels too! (we are staying in a hotel on Friday night in Wisconsin) Partly because people notice him and remark about the cute little dog and he wags his tail because he knows they are talking about him! Loves attention! Once, I took him for a long walk in the city, around the lake, and he would stop when he would see people coming just so they could admire him! Hmmm, kind of reminds you of that Carly Simon song, “You’re so vain”. Last year, we took him to St. Louis with us and we stayed in a very nice hotel, I wish I had a video of him! He proudly strutted around getting on elevators, and wagging his tail everytime he saw someone! One of the attendants stopped and said, “is he part Chihuahua?” And as soon as he heard that he started wagging his tail and crying. Yes, he has heard the word “Chihuahua” before, he knew it was in reference to him! Then, we opened the door to our hotel room and he ran right in, jumped up on the king sized bed and proceeded to roll around on it like a nut, making a little grunting noise! He was acting like he had won the lottery or something! I love him to death, he is one of the greatest pets I’ve ever had. We can’t imagine our lives without this thing we’ve nicknamed ”the Juice Box”. He is like a little Energizer battery sometimes. We think he is part Jack Russell Terrier also, which is where the energy part comes from, but he looks like an overgrown tri-colored Chihuahua. Okay, enough about our beloved, spoiled rotten, little dog….I’m telling you, if the dog is any indicator about how much we are going to spoil this kid! Well, we will just have to have one more then!
We also share our house with 3 cats. I don’t know why. I plead total stupidity for that one! Now all animals have special little personalities of their own. I have one who thinks she is a princess (Molli), her sister Zoe (who has blondish colored hair) and sorry, but she is dumber than a box of rocks! Then, there is Lily, who showed up at the back door in the middle of February. We brought her in because we thought she freeze to death, and 4 years later, she is still here! Molli and Zoe, as I mentioned, are sisters. They are 8 years old. Molli is usually tolerable to most things (other animals) even though she considers herself to be “above” everyone else. Zoe, she is scrappy, could care less about grooming, and has a strong distaste for anyone who gets in her way. This is the same cat who has tried on several occassions to EAT a fake Christmas tree! Of course, not long after she eats it she gets violently ill! Hmmm, do you think that would be a sign to LEAVE THE TREE ALONE after a while? Nope! Stupid cat! Among her other very annoying talents is jumping on the dresser at 3 a.m. to knock things off onto the floor, and when you say her name, “ZOE!” She answers! “Meow?” Like flippin’ Steve Erkel! (“Did I do that?”) This is a ploy so you will wake up and go feed her so she will leave you alone! Lily, who barely weighed like 7lbs. when she entered our house, is now double the size! She weighs as much as the dog! In fact, she has tried to take food out of his mouth before! She also loves to aggravate Zoe, because she knows she can. Runs up behind her and tackles her, which is met with slapping and hissing! If the dog walks within a foot of Zoe, she slaps him in the face or on the butt. Poor Jamie, his ears go down and his tail goes down. “What did I do to you?” So, he purposely walks like 3 feet around her when he has to pass her. With all of this drama, you would wonder why we even bother to pay for cable TV! These are the ”pests” we share our home with for now….and we are going to add a child? Hmmm, this should be interesting….
Okay, now that you are fast asleep from reading about my “pests”. Which is my word for “pets” now. I do love them all, but they have their moments. I have had the stray thought about turning Zoe into a nice fur rug at times.. (no, I would never actually do that! Don’t call PETA!) There is just nothing I love more than hearing a cat yacking up a hairball at 1 a.m. , such a beautiful sound to be awakened by! (You do know I am kidding right?)
Okay, that’s all folks! Enough for now…
Add comment June 6, 2007
stacieinmn
16 weeks….
I had another OB appointment on Wednesday. Baby is doing fine. Heartbeat was 142 bpm. Still not showing or feeling it move just yet, but she told me I should pretty soon! I have another big ultrasound on June 6th, so that should be interesting.
Other than that, I am working “oodles” of overtime right now so it will be on the check I get just before I leave for Michigan on the 8th. Need gas money for my “beast” (Envoy), that is what the shuttle bus driver calls my car! He’s like, “here’s short little you, getting into this HUGE SUV!” It is pretty big I guess. I know, every one else is going “green” and I buy an SUV. Well, here is my thought process. I bought it on Halloween (I hope that isn’t a bad omen or anything!), and I was thinking, I want to have kids sometime in the near future, so I am going to have to get something bigger to haul them around in! Also, with us going back and forth to Michigan a couple of times a year we are always either bringing home a ton of crap or taking a ton of crap with us. So hence the need for a larger vehicle, and now add a baby to that equation and all of the things you need to travel with them. Also, when we have people come and visit, now they can just climb in and I’ll drive. I know where I am going most of the time No more cramming 5 adults into my Grand Prix, now there is room for everyone!! Hmmm, what’s next a bus?!
Happy Memorial Day to anyone who is reading!
Add comment May 26, 2007
stacieinmn
Hello out there?
Okay, let’s see Vicky told me I am “tagged” and need to write 10 things about myself. They have to be interesting?
1. Some people know this about me, and some don’t I have weird tastes! I hate Mushrooms. I actually remembered a suppressed memory last week. I was talking with a few of my friends on e-mail, and I was remembering how my parents used to make me eat mushrooms. I’ve always hated them. I’m not too crazy about onions, green peppers, or tomatoes either, but I will eat brussel sprouts and spinach! And I love fried green tomatoes!
2. I used to be known as kind of a rowdy person at times, but I lead quite a quiet existence now. I’m somewhat more introverted than I used to be in my teens and twenties.
3. My husband is seven years younger than me! Which means he was a 5th grader when I graduated! Sick hunh?
4. Wal-Mart can turn me into a homicidal maniac in about 5 minutes! Here’s hoping I took the Zoloft today because I start fantisizing about running most of them over with my cart! Why do they put the milk in the BACK of the store?
5. Cell phones are another thing that drive me crazy. Look lady, I don’t give a hoot how many “whenever minutes” you have, do I have to listen to you use them all right NOW?! (as I am on a shuttle bus listening to someone who might as well be talking to the family dog on the phone!)
6. My favorite comedian is Dennis Leary! Not for kids, but if I’m bummed out about something, I will put in the ‘Lock n’ Load’ tape I have. He can always make me laugh! Warning the language is not for everyone!
7. I love to stay up and watch Nick at Nite! (My husband hates this!) I love to watch TV as I am going off to sleep and he wants the TV off. But he snores and he drives me crazy! My favorites are the Cosby Show and Roseanne. If I don’t have the TV on, usually I start thinking of something hideous like a mass murderer trying to break in our house or something.
8. Okay, I may be 35, but I am still deathly afraid of thunderstorms! I hate lightning and thunder is just the kicker.
9. I am also scared to death of tornadoes! But I am fascinated by them! I wanted to be a meteorologist when I was a kid. (too much math for me though) I love to watch Storm Stories on the Weather Channel about the tornado stories people have. I also like to read actual accounts from people who have been through them.
10. I don’t like horror movies. If I watch it, I will have nightmares and not be able to go to sleep after I watch it! (This also drives my husband nuts! Hence the reason for watching Nick at Nite!) I have seen Silence of the Lambs (the edited version) and I am still scared of Anthony Hopkins’ picture! Ooooh when he is telling her how he eats someone’s liver and then makes that slurping noise with that whacked out face! Scares the bejesis out of me!
11. I love music, I always have. (Sorry, I don’t like country music, that and rap are about the only music, I really don’t like. I do like “some” country, but not a lot.) I still have live concerts in my car! Unfortunately, something damaged my self-confidence deeply in high school, and I have never quite recovered from that. I have severe anxiety disorder when it comes to public speaking and/or performances in public. So, unfortunately, the only way people can get me to sing in front of people anymore is to go to karoke night at the bar, where I can kind of drink my anxiety away. Maybe this child will help me get over that a little at a time eventually. I am sure I will want to sing to him or her. Don’t worry, it has been quite a long time since I have been to karoke. Don’t worry all, I have not had anything to drink during my pregnancy!
So there are 11 things, interesting? Well, maybe, it’s all I could think of for now. Anyway, hope you learned something, if not, you know me too well!
1 comment May 22, 2007
stacieinmn
13 Weeks
We had another appointment on Friday with the OB (the 27th). Everything looks good. They wanted me to show up with a “full bladder”, so we stopped at McD’s for breakfast and I got a 16 oz. Coke, if that didn’t work nothing was going to. So anyway, we met with the Genetics Counselor whose job it must be to scare us to death about everything that could go wrong with baby! Then we had the ultrasound, baby was pretty active in there for the first couple minutes. The ultrasonographer was trying to take measurements and it wasn’t holding very still. I guess I should get used to this idea hunh? Then baby seemed to lie down, suck it’s thumb and go to sleep!
After that is was off to Discount Tire to get my tire with the nail in it taken care of! Little did I know I would end up replacing all 4 tires that day! I know, I am a wuss. The tires were four years old though, and did need to be replaced. Plus with baby on the way, might as well be safe. Wouldn’t want to blow an old tire with precious cargo riding in the car!
I got a call from the OB doc today at work and everything looks just fine she said. All of our tests have come back very favorably.
Saturday was a gorgeous day! Since I have been having a craving for a Mancino’s grinder and we don’t seem to have any Mancino’s here in Minnesota, I decided to scope out the internet a couple weeks ago, and I found out there is one in Eau Claire, Wisconsin (about 2 hrs away). So, we decided to load Jamie into the car and set out for Eau Claire. It was a gorgeous day for a drive, we drove along the Mississippi River for almost half the way. We finally found the Mancino’s and it was SO worth the drive! It’s been like a year since I had one, and it was SO good! Watch someone contact me now and tell me they are all over Minnesota, they just aren’t in Rochester! Oh well, it was worth the beautiful drive, and Jamie loved the long car ride!
What is it with dogs and cars? Why do they love riding in the car so much? Right now he is sound to sleep next to me. We call him “Cartoon dog” when he is sleeping because his eyes are just little slits and and he looks like a cartoon drawing. So cute! For now, he is our baby. He met Landon (Nick and Sarah’s baby) last week and he walked right up to him wagging his tail, and eventually giving kisses to him on his legs. I am hoping he will feel that way when we bring one home! He is part Chihuahua, so I am a little worried.
Okay, back to the weekend….Sunday, we went to see Landon get baptized at their church. He slept through the whole thing, the little bug! We went to Nick and Sarah’s after church to have lunch with them and their families. It was another very nice day.
Yesterday, (Monday), was my last day of my Code Sets class. I took the day off, (long story), but it had to do with using a day up in the calendar at work, so I stayed home and worked on my last two assignments. Hung out with the animals, and cleaned the house (somewhat). I vacuumed and did some laundry. Today starts another class on Reimbursement Methods (oh yippee, I can hardly contain myself). Seven more classes to go…
Well, I suppose I have written enough for a little while. I tried to upload the ultrasound pictures, but our scanner either made them too dark or too light and you couldn’t even tell what they were. So sorry…..
Add comment May 1, 2007
stacieinmn
9 weeks and counting…
I went to my first OB appointment this week. The baby is growing quickly! I saw the heart beating again. Very reassuring. I hope everything is going well. Have more ultrasound pictures. Will go back to the doctor on the 27th for some screening tests and another ultrasound. It’s on a Friday, so David will be able to go this time.
On a another good note….Sarah and Nick had their baby today! A boy, Landon Nicholas, born at 2:06 p.m. Weighing in at 9lbs. 12 ozs., and 21 and 1/2 inches long! She didn’t want a C-section, but after finding out how much the baby weighed, she was a little relieved that she did! I got to be the first visitor! He is very cute, very quiet. Of course, he was sleeping, he and his parents had a rough day. He is just a little “chunk”! I’m sure he will grow out of that though. Labor was rough, but it was all worth it she said. While Nick and Sarah are in the hospital we have Haley (Yorkie). She is quite the little spitfire. Likes to chase the cats, who are all bigger than her. She doesn’t care, she thinks she’s a Pitbull, when it comes to other animals. She’s even put poor Jamie in his place a couple times. He is trying hard to be a gracious host and be nice. But she’s the boss, all 6lbs. of her. That’s right, the new baby is bigger than she is! I hope she doesn’t get upset by the new addition. She will accept it, but it will take a while, because she has always been the “baby” and now she is “baby #2″. I hope Jamie will accept ours too. I think he will, in time, it is an adjustment for everyone, including “puppy” (as we still call him). Not worried about the cats, they will be curious and will probably love a baby. Anything warm and cuddly is welcome with them.
Well, that’s all for now!
Add comment April 5, 2007
stacieinmn
8 Weeks
Today begins my 8th week. I’m feeling pretty good, a little nauseated in the afternoons sometimes. The nurse told me that most women experience the most nausea in their 9th-11th weeks. I have my first “real” OB appointment on Monday (the 2nd). I found out another gal in my office is 12 weeks pregnant, so that is nice to have someone close by who is going through the same things.
Sarah O. is due on Thursday, so we are anxiously awaiting the arrival of Baby Ortmeier! Hoping we’ll know by the end of the week!
I’m so excited, and rather shocked, to find out that 4 of my cousins are also pregnant right now also.
I’m excited about Spring finally being here. Winter has taken it’s toll on me. You know what one of my favorite little daily happy moments is? When I open the door in the morning and there is no FROST on my windshield! Yes! Almost have to break into the “no frost” dance on my front porch!
Then there is school…..half way through my bachelor’s program now. Passed my last class by the skin of my teeth, but I still passed! Yes! Hoping to do better with this one. It is called “Clinical Data Management”. It is mostly on code systems, a topic I am pretty familiar with, so I hope that is a good sign (?).
So for now, I guess I will sign off and go to work on my homework. Maybe. First I am going to watch the rest of House though.
Add comment March 27, 2007
stacieinmn
Almost 7 weeks!
I am feeling pretty good. I did have a bout with nausea on Tuesday. I was cleaning the house. (Apparently baby doesn’t like cleaning house That makes two of us! I think I may have just been a little dehydrated, but I had some dry heaves that sent me to the bathroom a couple times.
Hopefully, I will be back to work on Tuesday (Happy Birthday Vicky!). I need to get back to some kind of schedule. Right now, I am waking up very early in the morning and feeling hungry. Then after an hour or so, I go back to sleep, after David leaves for work. He SNORES! It’s been driving me crazy lately! Inevitably, I will get up during the night to go to the bathroom, and I will come back to bed and he is snoring away! I may have to take up Sarah’s idea of the ear plugs. I saw that on Grey’s Anatomy too when Derrick kept waking up because of Meredith’s snoring…Love that show! Can you believe George and Izzy?! OMG! That was a shocker!
I kind of half surprised David yesterday. He has been saying that he would like to go to see the Blue Man Group because they are going to be here on April 9th at the Civic Center, so yesterday I went and got us some tickets to go see it. I was able to get pretty good seats too, so I am hoping it will be fun! So he has something exciting to look forward to, other than baby, right now.
I am so excited for SPRING to get here!!! Our snow is melting fast, but we still have some. It has all finally melted off from our roof now. Our little dog, Jamie, is excited about seeing some grass where some of the snow has finally melted enough in his little fenced yard. Even though, I love my winter Columbia jacket, I have been happy to wear my lighter jackets the last couple days. I actually got to wear my brown suede jacket yesterday! Love that jacket. I lost 2 more pounds. I am supposed to be gaining them, not losing them, oh well. I’m sure baby has enough fat in there!
Got my hair colored on Wednesday, looks really nice, glad to once again be a redhead. Jenny did a good job with the color, she put too much “junk” on my hair when she styled it though. (I think she put like 5 different products in it!) I have been waiting a couple days to wash it out. I will probably wash all the junk out tonight. Feels nice and soft though.
Well, there isn’t too much else to write just now…next ultrasound is on Monday. I really hope I can hear a heartbeat! That will make it kind of more “real” for me!
3 comments March 16, 2007
stacieinmn
Blogging? Okay, why not?
I’m not sure how important my words are, but maybe someone will like to read about me?
Today begins my 6th week of pregnancy. I’m 35 and this is my first pregnancy. I’m cautiously excited at this point. I worry everyday about miscarriage of course. I don’t know how it is possible to be so scared and excited about something. Right now, I am told that this child is the size of sesame seed, barely a blip on the radar. How can something so small turn your life into such a rollercoaster? All of the sudden I see a commercial for dogfood featuring dogs in a humane society and my eyes well up with tears! Hello, it is just a commercial why are you starting to cry? Or all of the sudden, I have this insane craving for cottage cheese or milk!!! I have gone through 32 ozs. of cottage cheese in one week!
Right now, I am on a surgical leave. I decided to have surgery to remove an ovarian cyst (14 cm) on Feb 22nd. I was to have the surgery the next day (the 23rd), and overnight, I got this strange idea in my head. I could be pregnant, but nah, I’m probably not, but maybe? So I went in the bathroom, it was about 2 a.m. and I used one of my cheap HCG strips I had ordered off the internet. Within a minute, it had a slightly visable second line. Hmmmm. Do I dare waste a “real” test? Why not? So I pulled out a “First Response” test from the drawer. (I had collect my specimen in a cup) Within a minute the test had two visable lines!!! Holy Cow!! I ran into the bedroom flipped on the light, “DAVID!!! It’s positive! Look!! Look!!!” He opens his eyes squinting at me as I am hold the test in front of him. “What the heck is that thing?” “It’s a pregnancy test!” “Really? Let me see it!” Then he says, “you’d better have them run one at the hospital, these things aren’t all that accurate.” So here I am in an argument with my husband at 2 a.m. about the validity of this test. Well, a few hours later at the hospital. They took a blood test, it was also positive. I knew the first one wasn’t an error, but it took the blood proof for David. I don’t think the whole, “I’m going to be a dad”, thing has sunk in for him yet. I hope he gets bitten by the bug eventually…
1 comment March 12, 2007
stacieinmn
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