Babysitter Love & Potty Talk

Only one more week until I get Internet at my house!!! Once that happens, I will be better at updating my blog and will post house pics. Until then, a couple little updates.

I did end up having to take the 3 hour glucose test to check for gestational diabetes. Thankfully, I passed that test so no finger pricks or shots in my immediate future. And for that, I am TRULY thankful.

We are getting settled into our house. I love, love, love it. I was at Hobby Lobby today and my head was spinning with all the house decorating potential I have this year. Don't exactly have the budget for it but they were having a 50% off sale on all Christmas decor so I am planning to go back this week for a few must haves!

How is Wyatt? He is doing great. He loves his "green room" which is his bedroom. He has slept upstairs all on his own ever since the second night and hasn't had any issues being in his new room/house. A couple stories for you.

Last week J and I went out on an actual date night. We went to dinner and to a movie which I can't tell you the last time we have done that. Any free time we had in the past nine months was spent at home improvement type stores so it was so fun to get to go out and just relax. We had a friend and employee of ours named Ashley come over to babysit. She is 21, very responsible, LOVES to play with Wyatt and has babysat for us since he was an infant. Although, she did not babysit for us at all during the Simple Life saga as NO ONE entered that inner sanctum the entire time we lived there. :)

So Wy was thrilled to hear she was coming to babysit and starting asking for her about 3:00 even though she wasn't scheduled to arrive until 5:30. They had a fun night playing and he was in bed asleep when we got home. The next morning, I hear him announce from his bed "I'm awake!" So I trod up the stairs and enter his room and I wish I had a picture of the expression on his face. I can only describe it as he was happy until he saw me, then his little face fell, and it went like this:

Wy: "What are YOU doing here?"

Me: Um, I live here. I am your mother.

Wy: Where's Ashwee? (growing visbily more upset)

Me: Well honey, Ashley is at her house, where she lives.

Wy: But I wanted to pway with Ashwee.

and he crawls into my lap and cries. with tears streaming down his little face. Bless him.


Another quick story related to potty times. When we are out and about and Wy announces to me that he has to go to the potty, I always ask out of habit "what kind?" And usually it is because I am trying to assess how much time I have before I need to find a bathroom and the urgency of it i.e. we are driving down the highway and there isn't a bathroom anywhere and he has to pee pee, then I will pull over and let him use a bottle or cup or something that I can throw away. I mean when little guys have to go, they have to go. And then there are times that we are in a store, say HOME DEPOT, and he tells me he has to go poo poo. I detest taking him to public restrooms especially when his little hiney is going to have to go on a seat. I do the whole putting down of the toilet paper and he knows not to touch ANYTHING.

So the other day we are almost home and he says he has to go potty.

Me: What kind?

Wy: (in a whisper) poo poo

Me: OK (because I know we are almost home so no biggie)

Wy: NO - you are supposed to say "ARE YOU SERIOUS?"

Oh, I laughed at that one. I do totally say that to him when we are out because it never seems to fail that he has to go poo poo at the most inopportune times. Again, bless him.

Life Lesson and Galaxy of Lights

Patience, patience, patience. I get it. That is the lesson of my life. I thought I had passed my big patience test after enduring 7 full months of living the Simple Life. Yet somehow, after being in our new house, which I need to name, for 2 weeks, I still don't have INTERNET!!!

Oh AT&T - you rank right up there with the electrical inspector on my list of those who I HATE. You tell us that our services will transfer yet we have to wait 2 weeks for you to come to our abode and get us set up. Once that occurs, for some reason, we are still unable to access the Internet. So my husband has to spend 45 minutes on the phone with multiple people, all who are not native English speakers, to find out that "oh sorry, we don't offer DSL in your area."

WHAT?!?!?! I had been counting down the days until I could get my Internet fix in the comfort of my own home. What is a girl to do? Apparently get stuck with Satellite Internet which I am not sure I am going to like but I don't really have any other options. AND - I have to wait until DECEMBER 1st for that to be installed. Cue the violins...

So for now, I am having to use my husband's office computer to check email and update my blog. Not at all convenient but better than nothing.

So enough on that. How about some pics?

We went to the Galaxy of Lights at the Botanical Gardens last night with most of my family - a group of 16 in all. It is open right now to members as a walk through although I have to say I prefer the drive through option. But the kids loved it and it was good exercise.

Here are the kids before we began the long walk...



Wy really liked the farm scene lights...





They had a cute winter scene with snowmen at the end for pictures...

Weekend in Review

We have had a busy week and weekend - most of the "must haves" have been unpacked but there are still lots of boxes in the study and garage that I have to tackle. But I am loving every minute of it and am SO THANKFUL for our home!

On Friday night, my parents had Wyatt spend the night along with several of his cousins. Since we had a "free" night, we went out to dinner to celebrate our 9 year wedding anniversary that was last week. We ended up going all the way to Nashville though because their Costco had these bar stools that I wanted, no NEEDED, for our kitchen! I had seen them in Hsv but they only had 2 so to Nashville we went. Since we don't have furniture for our dining room or the eat in area of the kitchen, getting some seating was at the top of our list!

Wy likes them b/c his food is out of reach of Phoebe.



Then on Saturday, my parents took all the kids to their school's Fall Festival. I met them there and took Wy back and forth to all the little game booths and of course the huge blow up slides. He got a little too much sun - I forget he is fair like me and can get a sunburn even in November!


My dad and Wyatt at the Cake Walk - they both won a cake!


Climbing the obstacle course


The big slide


With his tickets in hand as usual...



With his "big" cousin Emma - I love, love, love her curls...



We also got new neighbors that "moved in" on Saturday.



Hope everyone had great weekends!!!

Happy House and Happy Halloween!

I didn't think I would ever get to share this happy news but...

We moved into our new home! We have been living there since last Thursday after we passed the second electrical final inspection. It went something like this.

Inspector: Did ja change out yer plugs?

Jeremy: Yes

Inspector: Alrighty then...

Seriously.

But who cares right? It meant we were free to move in and we did...and still are.

More pics and stories to come on that but for now, I wanted to share a few of Wyatt in his Halloween costume.

He was an adorable, if I may say so myself, Peter Pan. Although most everyone thought he was Robin Hood. :)










I hope everyone had fun and safe Halloweens! House pics coming soon!

Pasta & Bread & Sugars - Oh My!

Another of the many items that I have recently added to my "things to remember" list:

The night before you have a glucose test, do not go to an Italian restaurant, eat an entire plate of pasta, and an equivalent of at least one loaf of bread.

Because if you do that, you may just score a 167 on your glucose test when the limit is 140.

Dr. C. was very surprised that I scored that high seeing that I have none of the risk factors and only scored a 116 with Wyatt. I mentioned to her that I thought it was probably the huge Italian meal I had wolfed down the night before and she agreed that it must have affected my numbers. She is letting me "re-take" the test as I assured her that I just really didn't think that was an accurate reading - you know, since I am a doctor and all.

I just CAN'T have gestational diabetes. A good friend of mine had it (she didn't really have any of the risk factors either) and she had to be on a strict diet, complete with meal journals and needles! While totally impressed with her ability to manage that, I am a total wuss and don't think I can prick my finger and give myself shots! I would have to make Jeremy do it for me.

The rest of the appointment went just fine. Baby boy's heart rate was at 150. I am measuring at 25 weeks which is within the normal target range. And I have only gained 9 pounds to date - YAY! I went overboard big time with Wyatt by gaining a total of 41 pounds. And guess what? I never was able to lose all of it. So this time around I have been much more conscious of the food I have been putting in my mouth - except for last night when I practically licked the plate clean.

This time I am gracing you with both a formal and a casual 24 week bump pic! One was taken on the actual 24 week mark and the other today after my appointment. J thought it was tacky for me to be photographed in my "comfy clothes" which is what I live in the minute I am home. Hence the addition of the formal pic! :)

How I like it - comfy pants & t-shirt



After my appointment



And then Wyatt wanted his pic taken too! Take a good look at that carpet! That is a sneak peak at what is wall to wall at the Simple Life - EVEN IN THE BATHROOMS!!!

Safety First!

Well, to date, we have successfully replaced about 100 of the 121 outlets that I mentioned in the previous post. The rest are going to be replaced Monday afternoon since we ended up having to order some.

And let me tell you, I am SO GLAD that we had to replace them. I mean look how much better the new outlets look versus the original. I am going to have to write the State of TN a thank you note. I mean, sure, it delayed us moving in this weekend when we had time and NOTHING ON OUR SCHEDULE, but certainly Wyatt won't mind missing out on going Trick or Treat this year. (Grrrr....)


ORIGINAL:





NEW & IMPROVED:




I rest my case...

House Update - Week #, oh hell, I lost count

I really cannot stand it when I don't update my blog AT LEAST weekly so I thought I would just do a quick house update post. So no cute stories or pictures this time around. Just a little venting to help with my stress management!

So we had our FINAL electrical inspection this morning. Guess what? We didn't pass. No big surprise there. It took a couple times for the rough in electrical inspection as well. The thing I like is he tells you exactly what is wrong so if you fix those items, you know you will pass the next time.

We had two plugs in the garage that had to be changed to a GFI (not sure I have the terminology right) and then a portion of the concrete from the driveway was covering a portion of something important outside, so that had to be cut back. Those aren't a big deal at all and in fact, the concrete people have already been by to fix that for us.

Here is the INSANE part of the inspection. We have to change out ALL of the outlets in the entire house. There are 121 of those suckers. Why you may ask? Well, apparently, in the last 2 months, they implemented a new law that requires every outlet to be child tamper resistant. SERIOUSLY. Doesn't this guy know we don't give a crap about our child's safety?!?!

We don't have to change out any of the light switches - just the 121 outlets!!! I actually took the news better than I thought I would. Jeremy said he literally had to sit down when the man told him that. That is not only time consuming but we are imagining that these "special child resistant" outlets probably cost more than a basic outlet. I am just so glad I wasn't there when the guy told him that. Of course, maybe an overly emotional pregnant woman would have been able to persuade him to give us a break but I doubt it. Fortunately, our electrician was already at Inline Lighting (one of my homes away from home) and was working on getting all of those special little outlets that the state of TN has decided to require.

Of course the Inspector only does inspections on Tuesdays and Thursdays so now we have to wait until Tuesday to get another inspection. And we will have to go back to the utility place to pay another inspection fee and get on his little schedule. Although I am sure we will need all that time to swap out all those outlets. So much for seeing Jeremy at all the next few evenings.

Even though we have encountered this delay, I am still hoping against everything that we can move in by Halloween weekend. The final electrical is literally the last thing we are waiting on. The paint is finished, the appliances are in, the heating & air guys finally finished, our propane tank was put in the ground and filled, the house has even already been cleaned. And she still owes us 2 hours so I can have her come back and clean the toilets since all the nasty workmen have been using ours instead of the porta-potty that is right outside. We even have some furniture deliveries scheduled for next week.

Actually, and you know it pains me to say this, we HAVE to be out by the 31st because we promised the Simple Life owner that we would be. Our original agreement was for us to stay through September so we are already a month over. So Jeremy can sleep in his office and Wy and I can stay a few nights with my parents if it comes to that. (Right, mom and dad?) Our stuff is getting out of here next week, even if it just goes to the garage. And THAT image my dear friends, of us being free of the Simple Life, makes me smile. I may even do a special Simple Life edition blog complete with PICTURES of our humble abode we have lived in for the past 7 months!

Please, please, please say a prayer that we get everything done before next Tuesday so that we get the green light. I am thinking about sending this guy some flowers - no, I think beer would be a better gift for an electrical inspector...lots and lots of beer!