Slowly it comes! (@ 9 weeks)

My energy is making a comeback and my nausea is starting to subside.... slowly. It is still really easy to overdo it and I am trying not to let that happen. The last 3 days have been much better after the all time low of Monday morning.

My appointment yesterday with my midwife went really well.... I am so un-complicated that she said that really we could have done it over the phone, the only real reason for me to come in was to dot i's and cross t's on a physical. Even though that itself wasn't out of date. The visit went really well until Dory thought she was hurting me with the ear and eye scopes.... she just fell to pieces over that one, and Daddy had to take her for a walk. Poor thing.

Turning 2

 

On the 27th, Dory turned two. She did really well with the candles, but still needed just a little bit of help from Mommy to get them out. Since we still have a moratorium on candy, cake, and most forms of substantial sugar.... she had a lemon poppy seed muffin while we enjoyed the cupcakes. She did not mind! Thanks to Grand for taking the photo for us! 

It is about to happen....

I am just about to head downstairs and beg my sweet loving honorable husband to make a pregnancy store run for me. Across town. I had forgotten that there is such a thing as Morning Sickness Magic, and I am desprite enough to send him out so I can try it. I just hope my directions to the Milky Way don't get him lost.
Oh, and another Mommy on CM suggested a cherry icee.... that sounds might good too! Ah, sweet relief, it may just be in my future.

And it just keeps going...

I can't recover from the fatigue! I haven't even logged onto my mommy site in a few days. I am taking 3.5 hour naps during the day and still going to bed early! Misplacing things, saying thigs that I don't mean... i.e. -apparently I told John yesterday that I did not want syrup with my pancakes, when I really did.
It was all I could do to have a party for Dory on Sunday night.... which went really well, by the way. She was super excited when everyone sang to her! She still needed a little help with the candles, but next year she should be great with it.
I have to go and get her hair cut before I can have her 2 year pictures made, but seriously, it might just take me all week to get that done.
Oh, and Dory has already made the time adjustment.... waking up at 6am. It's killing me.

And I keep thinking of all sorts of great things that I need to blog about.... but can't recall a single one right now. :(

It's really just sick...

I broke out the maternity pants yesterday.... not because I really had to have them, but because keeping my others buttoned made me even more nauseas than I needed to be.

Trip Pictures!

Dory and Daddy... what a great shot!!!! 

Grandpa and John talking in Grandpa's apartment. 

Grandpa, Sue and Dory at Marion's Piazza. (Yes, that's how pizza was spelled.) 

Grandpa and Dory giving Eskimo kisses. 

Grandpa, Myself and Dory at our first meeting. 

The phone won't work

where we are staying in Lewisburg. It makes audioblogging a wee bit difficult. Oh well. I'll try to catch you all up on the week as I sit here in a bookstore coffee house in Kettering. You know, since my phone is nearly dead now that I have a signal.

Pregnancy......
Sucks right now. I have figured out that all things sweet make me nauseous. I am tired and sleepy all of the time and don't feel like carrying on big conversations.... And tap water has become an odd sort of disgusting. Ah, as I recall, it does get better... In a few weeks.

Weather.......
It's really quite cold. We saw sun for the first time since we got here yesterday, and with the sun came a cold front. It is supposed to snow tomorrow just in time for us to leave town. So today, it is sunny and bitter. At noon it was a wind-adjusted 31 degrees. At least it has ceased to rain. For now.

Grandpa......
That is going well. I have spent a good deal of time with him over the past few days and shortly be leaving to go see him for one last time this trip. His daughter Sue wants to meet us and has invited us for pizza tonight after work. I'm not honestly sure if I am ready to meet them, but oh well... he we go anyway.

He is in love with Dory, thinking she is super intelligent and really pretty. And while I would certainly agree, I am a bit biased. He's a smart man.

His home is really small and feels a bit empty in a just lost a spouse sort of way. I remember years ago visiting this bookstore before or around the time Borders bought it out and thinking, "My grandpa lives around here somewhere." That was well before I ever made contact. I remember wondering if I would pass his house and never know it. Well, the answer it turns out is YES. He lives two houses down from where I am sitting. And has for several years. It is the walking equivalent of about four blocks from right here, but at the correct end of the shopping center it is closer to about 1 block. It kinda has me stunned.

When we met for the first time, we met at Panerra's right here in the center and then later went back to his place. As we were turning into the center, he turned right before me. It was the first time in my life that I could rightfully say, "Hurry up Grandpa" since he turned so slowly.

I am really happy that things have turned out so well. I was a bit worried, although even then I didn't quite know why. I guess it was the fear of the upcoming situation of meeting his two other girls. All this time he has had a new family. Granted, I can certainly understand why he and my Grandmother split up, even if she doesn't. But, still.... No contact until me. I still don't get it and likely never will. I just don't know and it doesn't seem likely that I will find out. He is determined not to talk about the past... It seems like he is sticking to the old, if you can't say something nice adage.

Other weird news...
My sweet loving hubby has started a blog. And didn't bother to tell me. Almost like he wasn't going to, or was ashamed of it. It's quite humorous. phus-trated.blogspot.com Check it out!

Sooooo tired......

The house is cleaner that it has been in some time, no packing has taken place and I need to eat. All I want to do is nap, forever. I knew pregnancy fatigue would set in just in time for our trip.

BTW... I set up an audioblogger account, so I will try to keep you updated this week! It should post just like normal, except that you can listen to me instead of read.

Warning.... poop announcement!

Poop where it belongs!!! In the potty!!! Last night for the first time Dory decided to deposit it there. We are so proud! :D And a bit surprised.

Cleaning

I hate to clean, but I do try..... I have done countless loads laundry over the past few days, 4 loads of dishes, and have cleaned the bathrooms and shower curtains. All the while pregnancy exhausted. Did I say that I don't enjoy cleaning? The house does look some better though. I am trying to get ready for our trip so that the house doesn't look so nasty when I get home. That is always stinky, to come home to tons of chores that have to be done.

That said, i have bought some natural cleaners that I now am in love with. Essential Bliss by Jami is awesome! I don't feel like my chest is tight, my hands are raw or my eyes are stinging. And everything I have used it on has come clean right away! Can't always say that for the chemical cleaners I buy at the store!!! So, I thought I would tell you how happy I am with them.

Meeting Grandpa

This week will be something that I have thought about and dreamed of for many years. I will finally be meeting my Grandfather Kell. I will be traveling to Ohio on Friday with my family and we will take it from there...
For quite a bit of my life he was so out of the picture that I considered myself Greandfather-less since the other one died of cancer when I was little. Well, when Dory was born, I wrote Grandpa Kell a note letting him know that he had another Great-Grandchild. I figured he had the right to know, no matter what family problems were in the past. I didn't expect anything in return, not even an acknowledgement. Instead, I recieved a wonderful letter and a new Grandparent.
It has been a bumpy road for the rest of my Mom's side, they were not really sure about re-establishing ties, but all seems to be going fairly well as they have adjusted to the ripples I have caused. I guess they might think it more Tsunami like....
Anyway, it's a new leap for me, and I am excited about it.

Fatigue

It has officially set in. I am exhausted after chasing Dory for an hour or so.... and around 5 yesterday, I hit a wall and slept for 3 hours until John woke me up. I guess that I will just clear off my calendar for some more sleeping time!

Pregnancy Books

I read all that I could get my hands on the last go around.
In the end, I hated most of them for leaving me feeling patronized and talked down to or being overly medical. All except for Ina Mae's book. It was awesome and helped tremendously in my natural childbirth experience.
This time, I am relying on some of my mommy friends to help in the selection. I have several on order and can't wait to dig in. I managed to pick up one of them today.... Adventures in Tandem Nursing. Yep, I am joining the freaky tandem nursing ranks soon, hopefully, unless Dory weans herself... but really the book is about nursing during pregnancy and after. Is that anymore freaky to you than nursing a toddler? (Don't answer that, I don't really care!)
So, since I have no time to read anymore with someone running circles around me nearly all day.... I'll just have to chat with you later!

Fever

Yesterday morning was a bit eventful.... I had intended on joining the Mommy Mafia out for coffee, but alas, it was not meant to be.
Dory woke up early with a raging fever of 102.8. After giving her the milk she desperately wanted, she proceeded to give all of it right back to me. Isn't she sweet? So thoughtful of her. John gave her a bath as I cleaned up the bed sheets. (I did this immediately b/c I have learned my lesson about letting them sit. One of her good little blankies is stained with mold, and it's silk so I can't bleach it!!! YUCK! I guess that should have been blogged previously.)
After John left for work Dory and I hit the couch and I gave her milky-water to sip on for awhile until I knew we were not going to have a repeat. We managed to stay right there nearly all day. She was hot and wimpy, but fully cognitive, so I didn't want to fall prey to the American "Fever Fear". If her little body is doing it's job of fighting an infection, than let it do it! I would rather her sick with fever for one day than sick for a week because she can't shake something.
Anyway, a boring end to a boring story, her fever broke this morning, and she has been playing non-stop today. Just a bit of a runny nose.
I just wanted to say how proud I am of Daddy.... He didn't freak out over the fever and let me take care of it. At least he didn't show his freak out.... I know he really wanted to give her Tylenol; he has the "Fever Fear".