Baby shower

As most of you know I had my baby shower last Sunday. I was fun. I got to see everybody I haven't seen in a long time and I also saw Danielle for the first time in almost 7 years. Didn't get much talk time in with her. Chatted with lynds and Kim also not long enough. I had a lot of gifts to open. The games were cut short due to the amount of gifts. After opening them and having them here I realized we don't have all that much stuff. I will go buy more sleepers and diaper shirts. I do have a lot of face cloths,bibs and blankets. One blanket was even hand made by Gran. I also got this very cute stuff animal pig that sings and moves"this little piggy went to the market ect..." bought by granny. I love it. I think I will have more fun with it. I didn't get the big stuff. We still need the play pen which will be bought on Friday since I did get a couple of checks and I have to return a couple of gifts. The high chair we will get closer to when we will need it. The swing I will see if it will go on sale. I will also go buy my breast pump and all the other stuff we need in the next couple of weeks. I bought the stroller/car seat the other day and it was on sale. I still need the jumperoo I will also wait a little to see if it's on sale. I will check tomorrow. The task I have now is to find a place for everything. My mom is here until Saturday, she is painting for us. Hopefully by tomorrow we can get everything else in order. I have a doctor's appointment in the morning. We will find out the results of the ultrasound, stress test and blood test. That's all for now. I'm off to clean

Tam

Weekend

It's Friday night and I'm home alone since Dave is working overtime. The PM is in town. Dave should be home by midnight. We are going to Sudbury tomorrow morning. I found out about my baby shower. It will be nice to see everyone. The only thing that makes me sad is that Chris and my friends from Saskatchewan won't be there and also Dave's Step-sis and nieces from B.C. Sometimes life just sucks. I found out that our friends Scott and Amy got engaged. Congrats to them. Our dog Rudy is being a big baby. Dave isn't home yet so he's missing his dad and I couldn't take him for his walk since it's raining. POOR Rudy, life is so hard for a dog. I've been spoiling him with treats and he's also wanting more. No more. It's also pass his bed time and I think he wants me to tuck him in. Yep you read it correctly. Our dog needs to be tuck in bed. This means his kennel door closed and locked. What a dog. Well that's all for now.

Tam

Just Around The Corner

The other day Kim and Steve were here for a little visit. Steve had ask me what we were doing for Christmas. Dave and I did infact come up with a solution for us that hopefully will work and everyone will be happy. I'm posting about that day since Steve isn't the only one thinking about it. A friend of mine ask what we were doing since it will be our first Christmas with our daughter. I told her our solution and she also thinks it should work. What blows my mind is that we are still in summer and some of us are thinking of the winter. Are we just a little sick? I want Christmas to be enjoyable for my kid just like it was for me. We would all go to my grandparents house for dinner and then we would open our gifts from them and my grandmaman would sit at the piano and play and we would all sing along. I miss those days. Both my aunt and uncle and Karen would come from Elliot Lake and Toronto to Sudbury. We had a blast. I know it's impossible to have everyone in our new family together under one roof but I'm hoping that one day we will. Dave and I said that when we move to another house we will try and go big(without going broke) to have everyone under one roof. Enough about xmas. The forest behind our house is being torn down. Makes me upset.

Tam

When Things Break

For everyone that has been here and for those who tried to sit on our back deck in the middle of the afternoon, all were happy that we have a patio umbrella on my patio table. The sun just beams in our back yard since we have no trees, and the sun gets very hot. Well I went out to open the umbrella to block the sun from coming into the house and heating it and guess what. The stupid thing breaks. This is our 2nd one. When we bought it last year we had not more than a week and it broke, I returned it for a new one and now a year later it breaks. Piss me off. Now I can't even sit back there. The sun will get even worst since the forest behind us is being torn down to build more houses. Maybe I can find an umbrella on sale.

Tam

One Year

It's our first wedding anniversary. We will just be going out to dinner.
Tam

Weekend

Nothing much happening here. Dave is on the sofa snoozing. We are going to the mall I think. Tomorrow we are going out to dinner. Next weekend we are going to Sudbury. It's my baby shower. Yep I found out. My sister and Chantal worked really hard to keep it a secret but since I have a registry I noticed stuff was being bought so I put two and two together. There was other things that I clued in on. Sounds like some people might not be around for it. I think Abby is away at her dad's. Miss her. We haven't seen her in a long time. I think by reading my father -in laws blog they won't be around either. I guess we will see who ever is around. I think this might be our last trip to Sudbury until after the baby is born. People are welcome to visit us. With this new complication (itching) I would feel much better staying here, where my doctor is since I will be having two appointments a week. One with her and then my weekly stress test. My dad is coming up sosmetime in September to help Dave put in the floor in our daughter's room. Well I should say he's coming here since there's two car shows around. Well I should go wake up the beast since it is noon and we need to do things in town and around the house. Hope to see everyone soon

Tam

Nice Visit

This morning I got a nice visit from the Loney's. They are on their way to Sudbury. It was nice to see them. The only thing is I realized this on my way home is that I didn't even hug, kiss or hold Gordie. I feel bad. There was a couple of times I was going to hold him but then it slip my mind and the he was eating getting his bum changed and so on. Next weekend I'll have to hold him. Well that's all for now.

Tam

Update For Those Who Care

I've been on my medication now for a week and the itching has almost gone. What a relief. I had a doctor's appointment this afternoon to get my blood results. The one she got back my enzymes were high(before meds) She is waiting for another one that won't come back for another week or so. Next week I go for more blood to see how the meds are working. On the 28th of Aug I go for another ultrasound then on the 29th of Aug and every week after that I go for stress test. IF everything looks good she will induce me no earlier than the 8th and no later then the 15th of October. If for some reason my liver enzymes increase then she will induce earlier. With this type of condition the levels of enzymes can change very quickly. I'm just hoping that our daughter is safe and is born healthy. We also went shopping and I wanted to buy our daughter these jeans and her dad said no. I will get those jeans one way or another :) That's all for now

Tam

Baby Will Be Early

The other I had a doctor's appointment. I was looking forward to it since I've been itchy like crazy and wanted to know if the blood test would give us any indications to why. Well the results confirmed what my symptoms were to the doc. She informed me that I have Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy - ICP. What it is, is that my liver for some unknown reason is sluggish therefore not eliminating the bad stuff. The bad stuff stays in my bloodstream and the only symptom is itchy skin all over and worst at night. That's me. This can be very harmful to the baby. There is a 2% to 3% chance that if she is born after 36 weeks ( research know this) she could be still born. I know the odds are not high but the doc's still think that is high so I'm on this medication that will decrease the chance even more therefore I will be induced at 38 weeks. I will also be going for another ultrasound and for stress tests. I swear this pregnancy hasn't been what I expected. I just want a healthy baby. Dave still wants two and I'm thinking with all this stress is he crazy?

Ok. Better news. I had to go pre-register at the hospital yesterday. It was interesting. The nurse tells you all about the rules, how many people I can have in the room with me and so on. I can have two people if I choose to. The only thing I don't like is that the are very strike on the visiting hours. After she is born I can have visitors but only between 4pm - 8pm. They will tell visitor's to leave if they come before then. There is also a waiting room where if family does come to wait for the birth or comes before the visiting hours, we can bring her out to see the family. I'm happy about that. Just wanted to let all the family in on the rules. I'll try and deliver right before 4 pm so that if everyone shows up you can come to the room. That's all for now. I'm going to mow the lawn
Tam

Long Weekend

We are finally getting visitor's beside my family. Dave's mom will be here on the weekend. Can't wait. It will be a change to see other people. Kim, Steve and Gordon have been here also. My sister leaves on Saturday and Sharon arrives. I think Dave will enjoy having someone from his family here, I'm certain he's sick of my family. We don't have much plan except taking Sharon to the Vaughn Mall. I'm certain that will be an entire day thing. She loves to shop. Well off to bed to try and get some sleep. I can here my loving husband snoring away:(

Conserving Energy

Today because it's so hot Dave and I heard on the news that they want the publics help to conserve energy. Being the good people we are, we did. We put our central air at 76 instead of 72-74. (kim and Steve that's perfect for you two). Since Sheri is here I didn't think it would be a big deal since we had to go to town. Well was I ever wrong. It's so flipping hot in here(upstairs) I fell so bad that I had my baby Rudy in his Kennel upstairs. I think my comfort is more important at this time. I now have it set for 73 so I can sleep tonight. That's my complaint for today.

Getting Ready For Our Daughter

Since we bought her, her crib and dresser we now have to make room for them. We are changing rooms around. We are putting the computer downstairs, and the computer room is now going to be the guest room. My sister is coming here today to help with all that. I'm hoping that tomorrow I can paint the new guest room. We are also trying to figure out where to put all the junk. Dave has a lot of Maxim mags and I said to put them in the blue box, but Dave being Dave doesn't want some kid to come around on recycling day and take them. I'm like who cares they will be out of my house. He also has tones of other book that I think can either be put in the garbage or donated. Oh well enough of that. back to the cleaning.
Tam