Getting Things Done

Grr. Darn dog. He was doing so good with his potty training yesterday; he’d whimper at the door everytime he needed to go out. He totally reversed today and is back to peeing and crapping wherever he pleases. We are completely out of paper towels (eating dinner tonight was a task–we had breaded (fried) fish, corn and Ranch Style Beans) because I’m constantly cleaning up after him. We have plenty of toilet paper, but his pee sops right through. Yuck.

I woke up this morning and expected to find Louie sleeping in his bed or to come running at me and attack my legs. To my surprise, he wasn’t in his bed, didn’t attack me and there was no sign of poop or pee anywhere. I whispered, “Louie! Where are you?” because they took the door down when Mario and his dad were working in there and I didn’t want to wake Mario up. Then it dawned on me–he must be sleeping with Jaylen. It’s the only other soft surface he can jump on besides the couch and he wasn’t on the couch. I check, and sure enough, he’s under the covers and comfortably sleeping beside Jaylen. It even looked like Jaylen had scooted some to make room for him. Before I could scold him I ran and got my camera and as soon as I took the picture he sprang up.

He’d gotten up so fast his ears flipped over themselves–he looked so funny.

John and Jaylen accompanied me to my doctor’s appointment since John needed to “officially” withdraw from school and Jaylen didn’t like the Spiderman backpack we’d gotten him so we needed to exchange it. John waited outside and Jaylen went in with me.

They got my vitals first. I lost a pound. I’m 124 right now, so I guess I heard wrong the last time and was 125? There was no glucose in my urine this time, nor were there signs of my bladder infection–it’s all gone! My blood pressure was also fine. Thank goodness.

After they took my vitals, Dr. C and I chatted and he talked to Jaylen for a little bit. Then he scooted Jaylen closer to the exam table so he could see his little bro/sister.

I had a list of questions tucked under my side and I told Dr. C. I had a few things to ask him when he was done with the sono. He said, “Oh, let me see,” and got the list and started reading and answering:

– Is family allowed during delivery? Only 1 person is allowed with you, maybe 2. It’s usually very crowded with all the nurses and doctors.

– Is husband allowed to stay overnight? Absolutely!

– Is there private rooms available? Yes.

– How much extra if not covered? Ooh. I’m not sure. You usually get one anyway unless it’s extremely crowded that day.

– What can I do about my acne? We’ll talk about that right now.

– Pain in the pelvic area is due to ligaments? Correct.

– More prenatal vitamins; need prescription. No problem.

We got to talking about my acne. I told him I couldn’t stand it anymore. He said, “You know, usually acne clears up during pregnancy.” I said, “I know! That’s what happened with my other two, but with this one it’s been terrible!” To my surprise, he nonchalantly said, “It must be a girl this time.” He also checked to see if I was able to use any kind of acne medication and the answer was no–everything’s too strong. He said to try Neosporin. We’ll see how that works out.

He got measurements of the baby’s body (the baby’s size shows that I’m 12 weeks 5 days, as opposed to my LMP which says I’m 12 weeks 3 days), then got to looking around for privates. He searched and searched, but we saw nothing. We did see the baby move and her/his heartrate was at 152bpm so that’s great. He asked if I was feeling any movement yet and I told him I’d been feeling something but I wasn’t sure if it was the baby or not. He gave me a sono pic, my prescription and said he’d see me in 3 weeks when I’m 15 weeks. Jaylen behaved so wonderfully.

The whole visit took about 30 minutes, which was great. I love my doctor and office!

We went to pick up my prenatal vitamins left (have to remember to go back tomorrow since they owe me 30-some pills). They were really quick this time; they usually take half an hour!

Next on the to-do list was getting John withdrawn. We get there, speak to the head honcho who tells us she was going to drop him today anyway since it was the 10th day. Basically, we didn’t have to make the trip over there. We got some Nesteas and some Hot Cheetos with Cheese and left to Target.

Jaylen was cranky and was acting up at Target, but once he found his backpack he was more calm. He liked a Darth Vader one, but it was too long. He liked a Spiderman one, but only because he liked a water bottle it came with. We showed him some dinosaur ones and he ended up picking a brown/tan T-Rex one with the condition that we’d get him a water bottle.

Where the heck do I find a water bottle like the one that came with Eenan’s backpack (which just so happens to be The Annoying Thing–thank you Babe and Cartoon Network for introducing him to that darn thing)?

I bought myself two cute pens (one with 6 colors!) and some for the boys from the Dollar Spot. There were SO many cute things this time. I had a whole bunch of stuff in my cart, but put them back after thinking for a bit.

We went to visit Mario at work for a little bit and I showed him the sono pic and told him how everything went. He’s so excited. He told me he has a feeling the baby’s a girl too, especially since that guy, Luis, did that calendar thing for us. We’ll see if his 99.9% accuracy is true with us as well ;).

John and I laughed all the way home. I was scaring him because I was singing along to “I Believe in a Thing Called Love” by The Darkness and sounded just like the lead singer. Buahaha.

We ate lunch when we got home and then watched Click. Mario, Jaylen and I watched it last night but John wanted to see it. It was so funny, but at the end, OH MY GOSH. It tugs at your heartstrings. I found it very difficult to stop crying (damn hormones). It was so sad, even Mario teared up. Jaylen gets scared when I cry, so he was just silently staring at me while I buried my face in the blanket.

So, while John was watching the last part, I was throwing the trash out and cleaning out of earshot of the TV. I couldn’t stand crying again. When it’s over I sit next to John and ask him, “Did you cry?” and he yelled, “YES! I was expecting The Water Boy and instead I got The Notebook!

After the movie my 1st doctor’s office called–the one that sucked and wouldn’t be seeing me till tomorrow? The nurse called to remind me about my appointment and that there wouldn’t be any nurses available at that office for two weeks so I’d have to go to the clinic in McAllen. I told her I wouldn’t be going to their clinic anymore, so not to worry. I’m SO GLAD I stopped going there!

As for Isaac, he’s doing a lot better than he was yesterday. Mary informed me that at the time of his arrival at the hospital, his kidneys were already failing. I can’t believe he was that sick. It’s scary. Turns out he’d also been having symptoms of diabetes for a while now but he never really said anything because he didn’t know what was going on. I’m just glad they found it when they did. It could have been much worse :(.

On a happier note, Liz has been more active during the day. She hasn’t been as secluded as she was a few days ago. She also did her first poopie (that I’ve seen) and has enjoyed eating her live crickets. We’re out again. I should have bought her more today while I was already in town.

Whooo. Getting sleepy. I can’t believe it’s already midnight. At least I got everything done that needed to be done today. I have another long day tomorrow–Mom has her hearing aid appointment. Joy.