6 weeks

So I am 6 weeks today. Not really much to update. I am nauseas from the time I wake up until the time I go to bed. And even though I sleep ok at night (when Ashlyn lets me) I still feel like I didn't sleep at all. My pants are getting tight on me and by the end of the day I have to unbutton them. Only 8 more days to go until my 1st midwife appt. It seems forever away!

Well...that's all, will update again next week.

The Secret is out!

So Rich told his mom today, so we figured we'd better start telling others too. Would have loved to have stuck with my dvd idea at Ashlyn's b-day party.......but......since Rich let it slip there went that lol. So anyway, still have some people to tell but we're getting there. Got mostly good reactions. Although there were a couple comments that had me fuming a bit. One in particular was "One of you Better get fixed or I'll come over there and fix him Myself!" Well........ya know it's really just no one's business but Me and Rich's as to How many kids we want to have. If one of us decides to "get fixed" then so be it. But if we don't then that is our right also. I mean geez, I don't call people up and say "hey i'm pregnant now come pamper me" , and I never ask anyone to watch my kids unless I absolutely Have to. No one takes care of them but us. Heck we haven't been out with no kids since January of 2006!!! See now I'm getting mad lol. It just gets to me how people can sit there and judge and criticize.

'Eh.........why even bother lol. Let them think what they want to think I really don't care. I'll just sit back and relax in my crazy lil world of soon to be 6 kids and enjoy it. And Hey..........If I decide to have 10 kids.........well then that's what I'll do. And if I decide to have no more kids........then That's what I'll do. I just wish people would realize that no matter what their opinion on it is........it is OUR decision.

Just a quick update....

Haven't sat down here much these past couple of days since when Ashlyn naps, I've been busy sewing. My tote bag co-op is going well so I'm working on getting all the bags done up and ready to go =) I am very happy with how well it is going, now I can prepare to restock and get some fresh new prints and colors for slings! Another big thing coming up, is it looks like I will be a sponsor in the Great Cloth Diaper Hunt this year =) I am really looking forward to this as it will bring thousands through my site.

3 weeks today my baby girl will be 1 year old.....hard to believe it's time for that already!!! Sure goes by fast! She doing more and more each day and I think within a week she will be taking her first step. She's come close a couple times so far. Not sure I'm ready for her to start walking yet lol. It's hard enough to keep up with her crawling! And with the almost constant nausea, the up and down all the time is exhausting.

Well I guess that's about all for now, she just woke up from her nap. I may be a bit scarce the next couple of weeks. Need to focus on getting all the orders done up and also getting the store ready. I have my 1st midwife appointment on Oct. 4th and will be sure to update on that.

Check These Out!!!

Zing Slings has just released a Mini Reversible Tote Bag!! But they are not up on the store yet.........right now you can get these at co-op prices Only on the Granola Chicks Co-Op group! Similar bags are elsewhere sold for $60.00!! Right now you can get them for as low as $10.00!! There are 13 fabrics to choose from and they're going fast =)

Here is an example:

OUCH!!

Clogged milk ducts SUCK!!!! So yesterday my right breast started hurting. Figured 'eh, just pregnancy related. Nope! I have a clogged milk duct and boy does it hurt. So here I sit, hot washcloth (ok so i couldn't find a washcloth and so am using a cloth baby wipe lol) on there. Hoping this lets up soon!!

5 weeks today.......

So today I am 5 weeks pregnant. Hard to believe I've already known for over a week and a half. Still not sure it's completely sunk in........even though I've been getting waves of nasty morning sickness. Oh and the obvious, no period lol. We still haven't told our kids and It's driving me nuts!! Well I've told Ashlyn lol, I don't think she'll tell anyone. I've accepted the fact that there's just no way possible to hide this from our families until Christmas, I'll be showing too much, so it looks like we may be letting the news out at Ashlyn's 1st birthday party which is less than a month away. Most people would just say "oh you're 30 years old, come on now and just tell them and get it over with". Well, part of me wants to do just that, but then I think of all the negative comments we will get and I for now just want to live in my happy little world =) lol. I really don't care too much what they say, after all it's OUR life, it's OUR children, and no one but US takes care of our children, so it's none of their business how many kids we have. But at the same time I just don't even want to deal with their negativity.

You know how I mentioned that DVD idea (in a previous post). Well I thought now maybe I'll just do up a slideshow of Ashlyn's 1st year to show at her bday party and put the news on there, then a friend, Maureen, had suggested giving the DVD's out as party favors at her party and letting the family then go home and watch them. I like that idea =) That we can choose whether or not to answer the phone when they call to say what they have to say lol. Ugh I wish they could just all be happy for us, but I know that won't be the case.

Ahhh yes, Now I remember.......

what it feels like to be pregnant!! Ha ha, i was pregnant this time last year too......how soon we forget huh? Morning sickness has decided to pay me a visit. She's like that nagging mother in law that never leaves!! Just nags more and more each day. Yep, that's my new look on morning sickness. Went out and bought me a big ole box of Saltine's today. Ooooh yummie!!! (insert sarcasm here). I am totally worn out, and still have to get my house clean, bathe kids, bake a birthday cake, and I'm forgetting something else...........all before 2 p.m. tomorrow when we're having our son's birthday party. Wow.......there will be 6 birthdays in my house before this little one comes along. 2 in sept (son and hubby), 1 in oct., me in dec. 1 in jan. and 1 in march. Zachary is the only one who wont turn a year old before this one is born, his bday is in June.

ok my rambling is done....................for now.

Friday Fill-In

1. I met him _online____.
2. We dated _19 months____ before we got engaged.
3. I knew he was the one _about 3 months into the relationship_.
4. The thing I like best about him _he was great with my kids____.
5. When he proposed _Sept. 20, 2001 -lol, he said "hey by the way, we're getting married next summer!_.
6. The song we had/want at our wedding _just typical wedding songs____.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to _a full nights sleep____, tomorrow my plans include _absolutely nothing____ and Sunday, I want to __-am throwing a bday party for my son___!

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Thursday Thirteen - 110th edition

13 Reasons that I choose to breastfeed (in no particular order)

1. It's the best nutrition I can give my child
2. The milk is always the perfect temperature
3. The bonding time is priceless
4. I will never run out
5. It's something Only I can give to my child
6. I never have to wash the bottles
7. The milk is always ready
8. I never have to worry the milk sat out too long
9. Never having to prepare a bottle in the middle of the night
10. It's Free
11. I can put my daughter in the sling and feed her hands free
12. I never have to pack up bottles for an outting
13. I get to actually Have breasts for awhile LOL


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Wordless Wednesday

Asleep on the job.

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All updates will be here.......

Many of you remember how I kept a journal of my pregnancy with Ashlyn on Myspace. Well since I have family on my Myspace, there will be no talk of this there for now. So all pregnancy updates will be done here.

I've also decided how we will tell our families :) 2 years ago I made a dvd slideshow that showed all the kids from birth up to that time and gave the dvd's as Christmas gifts. I am going to do that again this year. At the beginning of the DVD it will say "stay tuned after the show for a special preview" and after the slideshow is over it will say "Premiering in May 2008................." and then there will be an ultrasound picture (if I have one), if not it will be a pic of the pregnancy test lol.

This is............IF I can hide it until December lol.

My new poll........

No silly, not the new dancing poll!! I mean the voting poll over there to the right =)

Our families will be less than thrilled to hear we are expecting again. So let us know what you think. Are we as crazy and stupid as they're going to say we are?

And then there was.......

SIX!!! Yes by spring of next year it will no longer be 'a day in my life with 5 kids'......it will be SIX! I'm happy, I'm in shock, I'm nervous lol. But hey I have 5 already, what's one more right?

We're having another baby :) :) :)

I LOVE pregnancy. (yeah i guess that's pretty obvious huh lol).

Best Shot Monday

Here's my best shot of the week!


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