I only have 97 days until my due date and I know that really is a long time away but she'll be here before we know it! This is the first pregnancy that I actually feel like its going slow and I love it! With UNO and DOS time FLEW by and I felt jipped that I didn't get to feel pregnant for very long but this time it just seems to be going by at such a great pace. I don't feel like time is flying by, I get to enjoy all this time with her growing and wiggling in my belly and I get to spend lots of time with my two beautiful babies before baby girl arrives.
UNO is all about the baby this pregnancy. He has really stepped up his role as a big brother to DOS but has also been paying so much attention to baby girl. He's very excited about when she's coming, her crib and all all that. He likes feeling her kick, he talks to her, and rubs my belly. DOS has finally started paying attention to the baby too. At 26 weeks they say that you could possibly hear the heartbeat from the outside and I really think DOS is able to. She's been laying her head on my belly and just listening. Maybe she just knows now and is feeling close to her but maybe she CAN hear her heartbeat. It's great!
I'm growing bigger and bigger by the day. I can't believe that she is like 14 inches long already! And for being so small still, she is a powerful kicker! I think she's the most active of the 3 so far. I'm going to have my hands full when they're all running around next year. =) I'm so excited for her to be born but in the mean time I really am enjoying being pregnant and all that comes with that.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
A little reminder as to how good I have it
Once in a while I feel overwhelmed with the attitudes, mouthiness and screaming or throwing a fit in the back seat while driving but going out with my kids to a public place (the children's museum, zoo, fireworks at the Tempe beach park, etc) I always get reminded of how GREAT my kids are (and what a good mom I am ...yes, I'm giving myself a little pat on the back) compared some other children and parents out there. I try not to ever take for granted how lucky I am to be a mom, to have two wonderful, beautiful, brilliant children and a terrific husband and all around wonderful life but seeing and hearing other kids and adults really makes me stop and realize how great I have it.
Today there were kids running around the childrens museum being rude and pushy, taking toys away from other kids, pushing little kids out of the way, and hitting while parents just sat by and watched or weren't even paying attention. One little girl was so starved for attention plopped down in my friend friends lap and started playing and begging for her attention all while the mom sat on a bench with her nose in her book and not even acknowledging that she had a child there playing.
Another surprising and upsetting account happend on the 4th of July when we went to TTL to watch the fireworks. We were sitting on the grass when all of the sudden a child behind us started to cry, the father then jumped up smacked the older child (maybe 9 or 10) and started to repeatedly curse(and I mean CURSE! F bombs left and right, very loudly) at the older child for whatever he had done to the younger sibling. Seriously?!? How can people talk to their children like that? I don't exactly remember what the kid did but he certainly didn't deserve to be screamed at like that. Anyway, so as this maniac kept screaming at his kid, I made mine do "earmuffs" and kept looking back trying to give dirty looks or get the mom to do something but she just sat there. Its one thing to be an ass in your own house behind closed doors but don't sit there and expose other families to your foul mouth and bad temper. I felt so badly for that boy and really wanted to say something but I didn't feel like getting into a verbal or physical fight or worse( you never know who's "packin").
Anyway, long story short, sometimes it just takes a little reminder to stop and count your blessings, treasure your loved ones and try even harder to be a better person. Goals for the future...speak softer, listen more, acknowledge and reward good behavior more often v. bad behavior and never take anything for granted.
Today there were kids running around the childrens museum being rude and pushy, taking toys away from other kids, pushing little kids out of the way, and hitting while parents just sat by and watched or weren't even paying attention. One little girl was so starved for attention plopped down in my friend friends lap and started playing and begging for her attention all while the mom sat on a bench with her nose in her book and not even acknowledging that she had a child there playing.
Another surprising and upsetting account happend on the 4th of July when we went to TTL to watch the fireworks. We were sitting on the grass when all of the sudden a child behind us started to cry, the father then jumped up smacked the older child (maybe 9 or 10) and started to repeatedly curse(and I mean CURSE! F bombs left and right, very loudly) at the older child for whatever he had done to the younger sibling. Seriously?!? How can people talk to their children like that? I don't exactly remember what the kid did but he certainly didn't deserve to be screamed at like that. Anyway, so as this maniac kept screaming at his kid, I made mine do "earmuffs" and kept looking back trying to give dirty looks or get the mom to do something but she just sat there. Its one thing to be an ass in your own house behind closed doors but don't sit there and expose other families to your foul mouth and bad temper. I felt so badly for that boy and really wanted to say something but I didn't feel like getting into a verbal or physical fight or worse( you never know who's "packin").
Anyway, long story short, sometimes it just takes a little reminder to stop and count your blessings, treasure your loved ones and try even harder to be a better person. Goals for the future...speak softer, listen more, acknowledge and reward good behavior more often v. bad behavior and never take anything for granted.
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