Damn you Stroller Gods!

Finding the right stroller is becoming more of a challenge than it should. My first idea was to get the stroller frame and a carseat that snapped into it. I bought the stroller and took it to BRU and lo and behold it didn't fit the carseat like the ad said. It sat in there and you could buckle it with a little strap, but it was not locked into place. So I returned it and began looking again.

Then one day I was looking online and there was this travel system on sale and I had a 20% off coupon. I went ahead and bought it and hoped it looked like the picture. Well, it did NOT look like the picture. I was kind of iffy on the pattern before I bought it, but for the price I was ok with it. Well, in person it was so washed out and grandma looking. The colors were much more vibrant in the picture. So back to the store that one went!

Back to the mission I go. I found a super cute stroller and a matching carseat. I decide to go ahead and buy the stroller and just put the carseat on my registry. I found a good price from an online vendor and went ahead and ordered it. Well when it got here there were weird stains on it. It looked like the colors bled into the fabric where it was white. If the stroller was cheap I would have just rolled with it, but when I'm spending a lot of money on something I want it to be right. I contact the manufacturer and they say it's discontinued and they can't send a replacement. Well, the store I got it from still has it in stock so I thought I would just ask them for a replacement. This becomes a long drawn out thing of me trying to send pictures and them not getting them. It takes them one week to get back to me to tell me that they stroller is no longer available and to pick another one. AAHHH! I try searching online everywhere to see if I can buy it somewhere else. I can't find it anywhere except for one that has it priced for $100 more than I paid. Yeah, no.

There is another stroller with the same pattern, but is a different style. I wrote them back asking if they can discount the stroller since it was damaged. If it's a reasonable amount I guess I'll keep the stained stroller. If it's a crap discount I'll send it back and get the other stroller with the same pattern.

I just feel like I can't win!

I think the cats were more excited than me

Yes, that is my belly poking out

Shadow

Don't let that sweet face fool you. This cat is going to be the death of me, or him! He has a habit of meowing VERY loud and banging on the bedroom door while we're sleeping. He knows it's bad because as soon as you open the door he takes off. The only thing that gets him to stop is spraying him with a water bottle. Now, you can't just do one spray either. You have to chase him all around the house and soak him. If you don't, he's back 5 minutes after you get back into bed doing the same thing.

I just don't understand why he keeps doing it! He knows it's bad and he knows what is going to happen. Last night/this morning he did it 3 times and each time he would run into the kitchen thinking I was going to give him treats. WTF?

Now here is where I feel bad. I know he does it because he loves me and wants to be with me. He also does other bad things, for attention I'm assuming. I feel bad too because I know he HATES water. We had to give him a bath once and it was horrible. He was screaming the entire time and even looked like he cried when I was holding him to dry him off. Broke my heart!

Maybe I should go meow at him and wake him up...

              

I Passed!!

Woohoo!! I was so nervous about the 3 hour glucose test. I'm already insulin resistant so I am at risk for GD. I got a copy of the labs and I could have totally passed the 1 hour. Bummer, but whatever, just happy it's done and ok!

I found a photographer that seems to be a good match. I love all her pictures on her website and she was really nice on the phone. Her prices are reasonable and she does a 15% military discount so that is always a plus!

One more week until David comes home. I'm so tired of waking up in the middle of the night paranoid! My freaky dreams don't help much either. He'll be here until middle of April and then out again for 10 days. After that is his pre-deployment leave and moving. It's going to come and go so fast. NOT looking forward to it!

Three Hour Wait

Yesterday morning I had to do the 3 hour glucose test. It was not fun!

I had to do one around 14 weeks as a baseline since I have PCOS and already at risk for diabetes. I first did the one hour and failed by 5 points. 5 POINTS!! They say you only have to be fasting for 2 hours for that one, which I was, but I had chocolate poptarts that morning for breakfast! Then I did the 3 hour and passed it with flying colors.

So this time they wanted to skip the 1 hour since they already knew I failed it once. I should have asked if I could try anyway, but I didn't.

I really don't mind all the pokes, or the drink. I do mind having to sit in their waiting room for 3 hours. I did bring a book, which kind of helped, but it was so hard to read with all the distractions. I hardly put a dent in it. And then there was the mean mom that got me so mad. She wasn't really mean, I'm sure there are meaner moms out there. But I hated how she talked to her 6-7 year old daughter. She didn't talk to her like she was a little kid. She would try to talk to and reason with her like she was an adult. I'm sure she is criticised more than she is praised in her house. She kept getting in trouble for fidgeting. I'm sorry, but she's 6! I thought she was being so good. She wasn't being loud, she was just kind of bouncing around in her chair or the one next to her. Plus, the little girl was the one who had to get her blood drawn. Now, if you were to tell me that I had to do that when I was 6 I would be FREAKING OUT. I knew she was nervous because she kept telling the mom she was scared and asking if it was a shot. So it finally comes this little girls turn and the mom is going to send her back by herself! Are you kidding me? The lady taking her back was even like, "wtf?" The mom said, "well I don't know, is it better to wait out here?" as she's standing there holding her 6 month old baby. The phlebotomist asked the little girl if she wanted her to come back so she made the mom come back and bring the baby.

I can't imagine making my daughter go back by herself for something like that. She's scared enough as it is and she doesn't have her mom there to help her out? That just really ticked me off. So please, if I'm ever a mean mom like that smack me. Thanks!

Photo Shoot

So I've already bought Cora's outfit for her newborn photos. I'm still kind of looking around for a photographer, but have a few I've contacted. Here is what I got her. It's so cute!!

http://www.pinkbowtique.com/product_info.php?cPath=173&products_id=1236

Instead of the hat I got the crochet headband, but it will pretty much look the same. I can't wait to get it in the mail. Now I just have to hurry up and wait for her to get here!

New Move

I admit I'm a horrible blogger. I rarely update and for some reason feel like I need to still have some sort of blog. For this reason I'm canceling my domain. I just can't justify paying for something I never use.

I do have a feeling that I will be posting more once the baby arrives. Since David will be gone for the birth and the first five months of her life I can post pictures and whatnot for him to see.

Speaking of David being gone, I'm not quite sure on how I'm dealing with it. I know he won't be there and there's nothing I can do about it, but I don't think I'm really processing it. It will of course hit me the day he leaves and the many nights I am up with a newborn baby. I think he really doesn't know how he is going to take it. Right now he acts like it's not really a problem and "he doesn't know what he's missing." I don't really feel bad for myself as much as I do him. He really has no clue on how the baby will change his life or how he will feel about her and I think it will suck for him when he gets those feelings and can't be there. We will see...

On another note I think these pregnancy hormones are helping me be a little more bitchy. I've been getting phone calls every night for the past few nights from an 805 phone number. Whenever I answer there is no one there, except for one time there was a man who asked for someone who wasn't me. I told him he has the wrong number and in the middle of him talking he got cut off. Well, they just called again and a woman was actually on the other line. She asked for someone again who wasn't me and then asked if I was a smoker. WTF? I said, "No I'm not, but I really don't have time for this. You guys have been calling my phone every night for the past 5 days and I would appreciate if you took me off your list." She said, "I was just trying to give you an opportunity have a good night." LOL and opportunity to answer your questions? I don't think so!