Jonah

This morning Jonah wanted something.
So I said: "come give me a hug and kiss first."
Jonah: "Hhhh, why you always say that, Mom?"
Me: "Cause, I'm your mommy and I love you."
Jonah: "Hhhh, Mommm."
Me: "You're my little Ham."
Jonah: "NO! I just not piiinnkk!
Me: "Bahaha!"

This was particularly funny because Jonah takes everything literally. Anytime, I say something like, "Come here, Pumpkin," "You're so cute, " "Hi, Baby Boy," etc... Jonah's response is the same, "Hhhh. I just JONAH!" He is not my Mr. affectionate, like Julien, but I love him just the same.

Speaking of "I just Jonah," last weekend, I sat down with the kids to look for ideas online for a Halloween costume. (By the way, I'm SO excited about Julien's costume)!! Everything we looked at, Jonah did not want to be. Julien kept suggesting some great costumes to him, and he just kept saying no to all of them. Jonah said, "I don't want to be anything that's mad!" But it really didn't matter what we suggested (Diego, Bob the Builder, Curious George, etc.), in the end his final conclusion was, "I just want to be Jonah!" So once again, (this was a challenge last year), I probably have to wait until the last minute to see if Jonah will put on a costume and join us for the fun. If it were up to me, this is one costume I would love to see on Jonah! Haha, this is awesome!

I've had it!

Each pregnancy I have had this ridiculous pain in my pelvic/groin area. This pregnancy it came way earlier than my others. The way I describe it is I can't roll over in bed unless my legs are together or I use all my upper body strength to sit up and gently switch sides. Crossing my legs has to be done by me picking up my leg and moving it with my arm strength. Getting in and out of cars is excruciating, and so is sitting up or sitting down. Putting on pants, forget it, you might as well rip my joints apart...so this must be done sitting down. Basically any simple task feels painful. Before I get up, I feel like I have to pop my hips. Once I am up I hear popping and feel grinding as I walk (I mean waddle). The first 30 steps or so have to be small strides and I have to walk really slow. It feels like my pelvic bones are separating, or more like ripping apart. It even makes me feel bruised in that whole area, kinda like I wore really tight underwear and the elastic around my legs left bruises...haha, really nice description, huh:). Anyway, the pain is always there, sometimes worse than others. Lately, as the baby has been growing a lot, it's gotten worse. This past week, especially at night I've been in tears over it. Tonight was an all out balling-like-a baby-cry, and so I had had it. I made two purchases that together I could have bought my new baby swing with! I hate spending money on stupid things, but I'm so desperate and I am really hoping these two things will help!

First Item: Pregnancy belt
No, I won't be wearing a body suit around town, but I will be putting that bulky belt on under my clothes! It doesn't look comfortable as far as thickness, but I'm hoping it will help take some of the pressure off, and save me from manually holding my big belly up as I walk around. It's supposed to help stabilize the pelvic ring, help leg circulation, and help with sciatic nerve pain. Sounds good to me, now it BETTER work!

Second Item: Body Pregnancy PillowI've always wanted one of these with each pregnancy. I'm currently using two pillows to support me at night, but it just doesn't work well. I am hoping this will better support me and allow me to sleep a little better at night.

The pain I described above, I finally found some people online that actually relate to it. Usually when I describe this to people, they either relate to some of the symptoms or give that looks like, "I'm sorry, sucks to be you." So after reviewing all the symptoms a few sights listed, I diagnosed myself with symphysis pubis dysfunction. Has anyone else had symptoms like this? What did you do about it? Luckily in most cases the pain goes away once you deliver your baby. For me it has always gone away, so I hope it does this time around too! Meanwhile I hope these two over-priced items will save me a bit!

Stepping out of the box here...

I've had a bunch of people ask to see pictures of my pregnant belly. This may just be the last one I will post, we'll see. I still have FOUR months to go (to GROW)! Our little guy is such a mover already! I absolutely love it! He feels so big! The more he moves, the more excited I get to meet him. 4 more months to go... it seems like not long enough when I think of the stuff I have to save money to buy before he comes; but it seems like a long time before I finally get to meet him; and seems like an eternity to try not to gain too much weight and to keep getting more uncomfortable! Meanwhile, I'm trying to enjoy the extra sleep I can get now, and the time I have with Julien and Jonah without having to divide my attention. I can't wait though! Everyday I get more excited, it feels almost like the first time I was pregnant because it's been so long since I've had a newborn of my own. I am so baby hungry! I feel so incredibly blessed to be having another child!

No, I'm not having twins.

We all hear what we want to hear!

Today the kids were in another room playing and I was taking a moment to myself in the living room. Then all of the sudden (in my weird vampire-mommy voice) I loudly said, "I vant to eat my bebes!" (just in case you don't understand..."I want to eat my babies!" ). Usually when I say things like that I will hear little giggles and squeals and sometimes they will hide (they know mommy is coming to nibble on them and give them a million kisses). Well, not this time. They each heard what they wanted to hear.

In comes Julien, "What? My show is on!!!!!???"

Then Jonah runs in, "What you say, Mom? I can eat cookies?!?"

Oh, they make me smile:)!