Wow how the time has flown. Lots of changes going on in my life. I found out almost 2 weeks ago I am losing my job :( Lindsay and Mike are going to be moving to the Seattle area as he found a job there that he cannot pass up. I do not blame them for leaving, but I also hate the tough spot it puts my family in :( My last day is Aug 24th. I might have a little boy lined up to start watching after baby "K" is born so we're crossing our fingers! He's 4yrs old and is named Riley. The pay would be a bit less then I'm making now and I'd be working more hours then I do now, but I'd still be home with my little men and I will keep my eye out for one more child. If I could find one more to watch here in my home we'd be set :) I did go ahead and get the courses for H&R block so that if babysitting does not work out then come January there is a good chance that I'd be able to get hired on there. If the babysitting works out then I guess I"ll have the courses under my belt just for fun ;) LOL I wouldn't mind working at H&R again but this tax stuff really makes me nervous and the new manager makes me even more nervous! I met him when I got my books last week and I also talked to Don about him and was told he can be quite the stickler. I LOVED my manager Patti when I was there the first year so that kinda sucks that she, or someone like her, is not around anymore :( George is still there but she's in the Quincy office and that's a bit of a drive for not a whole lot of $$$$. Especially considering working at H&R means that I've gotta pay daycare for TWO munchkins. Wow that sounds weird, I"m going to be the mother of TWO ... And it's not very far away either! So there is my small update on our financial situation and what I've been stressing about daily since I found out. I have some $$$ in Savings but I HATE touching that money, even though I need to realize that's what it's there for, in case of emergency. Steven's paychecks cover our bills and that is it. My money is what we have for food, gas, medicine, clothes, diapers, etc etc etc so I have to have something coming in. I've racked my brain trying to figure out how to condense our bills down a bit to and we're not liking the options :p LOL
On a lighter note, Kaeden is about to turn the big 3!!!!!! Thank god for Grandma helping get stuff for his party! We'll probably do the part Sunday Aug 28th as long as Baby "K" Doesn't come along and mess those plans up ;) I sure hope he's not born THAT close to Kaeden's birthday, I wouldn't like that very much at all. He's having The Incredibles theme for his party and is stuck on the idea that he is getting a power ranger toy for his birthday gift ... The things kids come up with. Taylor planted the power ranger idea in his head and it's now STUCK. 3yr old minds are so impressionable when they want to be, why can't they be impressionable and listen to the things mommy and daddy tell them like they listen to their peers? Oh wait, that's just children/kids/teens in general isn't it? I just didn't realize it started so young!!!! LOL
Onto pregnancy news.. At my appointment on Aug 5th I weighed in at a whopping 188 YIKES. My highest with Kaeden was 179 so I'm terrified how high that number is going to go. I guess considering I started out approx 35-40lbs heavier this time around then when I got pg with Kaeden I haven't gained near what I gained with Kaeden's pg, but I still hate knowing I am inching closer and closer to that 200lb mark. I have pretty consistently gained 1lb a week this pg and am feeling like a blowfish. Doc said things looked good although he is concerned that because I failed my 1hr GTT that baby could be on the bigger side even though I passed the 3hr. I told him this worries me also as Kaeden was 7lb13oz and I had problems getting him out. He was stuck behind my pubic bone. We also discussed watching my fluid level. I had next to no fluid left when they tried to break my water with kaeden and his head ended up all scratched up from them attempting numerous times to break my nonexistent water ... We don't want that to happen again. Doctor said that we'd watch things and if he wasn't close to coming on his own that we might help him out a few days early. Sounds like a great plan to me! Other then those 2 things everything looks and is wonderful though! Baby is moving up a storm and rolling kicking punching wiggling around in there. He's fun to watch. Every once in awhile Kaeden gets to feel him, although I"m not sure he really understands what he's feeling. Yesterday the neighbor came over to show me her owie on her thigh from falling and she instantly said WOW Jen you've DROPPED!!!!! I didnt' really notice but now Kris, Steven and Melissa are all saying I am definitely lower then I was before. GOOD!!!! I hope I have!!! LOL Any progress I'll take at this point. I'll be 36 weeks on Tuesday so am only one week away from FULL TERM. I'm trying not to get too excited about this though as Kaeden didn't seem to know what Full Term meant and planned on staying in there forever cooking away! LOL
Well I should go now, we have the girls this weekend and I am trying to motivate myself to get some cleaning done. It's a neverending battle around here ;) I had it nice and clean Thurs/Fri and today you wouldn't even know it!
