We're getting down to the wire...

For any of you that missed it I have an online game for guessing the info about the baby: gender, weight, birth date, time, length. It's just for fun--the link is on the side --->
If you would like to enter in a guess and haven't yet now is the time. I will be locking the game this weekend.

Tag I'm it!

Tag…
A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning
B. Each player answers the questions about themselves
C. At the end of the post, the player tags 4 people and posts their names, then goes to their blog and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they are tagged

10 years ago I was: 12. Hey I still am today! :P

5 things on my ‘to do’ list today:
1. Relax
2. Take it easy (it may seem like it's the same as relax but believe me in this house they are 2 totally different things!)
3. Stop stressing out
4. Get dishes done
5. Get laundry started

Things I would do if I became a billionaire:
1. Pay off student loans
2. Finish renovating this house to our exact specifications
3. Build our dream house
4. Pay off the rest of our debt
5. Adopt twin boys

3 of my bad habits:
1. Impatience (it must run in the family Marcia)
2. I'm an "all or nothing" type of person (ties in with perfectionism).
3. Over-thinking everything

5 places I’ve lived:
1. Mount Pleasant, Iowa
2. Harlingen, Texas
3. West Burlington, Iowa
4. Keokuk, Iowa
5. Galesburg, Illinois

5 jobs I’ve had:
1. Gas station attendant
2. Sandwich artist (yes at Subway)
3. Cashier
4. Teacher's assistant (to my mommy! :-) )
5. A mother (my favorite and hardest so far)

Things most people don’t know about me:
1. I'll go along your lines Marcia--my belly button used to be my favorite "body part" on myself. And then I had kids (namely twins) and it's gross looking now. :(
2. I really am shy. I just about have a panic attack anytime I meet someone new--whether they be "old", my age, or little kids.
3. I love to bake and would love to one day open my own bakery.

4. AND/OR I would love to become an event planner

You’ve been tagged:

1. Ashley

2. Ginny

3. Jacob

4.Zac

Having a hard time...

The Gs are really acting up this week. I'm having a really hard time with them. G1 spent a lot of time in his room on Tuesday and a lot of time today on the couch because he won't behave. He keeps hitting/kicking/biting/spanking/etc. his sisters and me. G2 and G3 are whiny as can be. I reach my last nerve a while ago. We have less than 4 weeks until I am due and I just don't know if I can handle 4 kids--I can't even handle the 3 I have currently.

Then I find out this morning that I have to go back to the specialist again on the 19th. So, I've been stressing out all day about that. I won't get into it right now (and hopefully I won't have to explain later). Let's just say my dream of a VBAC may not come true. :-(

I just can't do this anymore. Everything is becoming way too much for me to handle.

But on the positive side the house is mostly cleaned up (with the exception of the kitchen which I'm not sure will ever be clean) and the house is pretty much ready for G4. I just need some furniture moved (hopefully will be done tomorrow). I have my hospital bag packed and did have the car-seat base installed (had to take it out but will be put back in tomorrow).

Sorry to whine to everyone that reads this but I just had to vent for a minute.

Misc. pictures from last night and today

G3 sleeping on G2

G3

G3 eating a donut (she would NOT look at the camera for anything!)

G2

G2-in person she did not look angry so I'm not sure why it looks like she's angry

The girls getting ready to kiss

G2 wanting to be in the picture too

G3 being goofy

Matt taking a goofy picture of himself (he gets bored while I'm driving so he has to do something to keep entertained...lol)--in the background you can see G1 "reaching"-I think for the ceiling I don't know. He just kept saying he was "reaching".

G2-loves getting her picture taken

G3

A train

A tree

G2

There is a picture of G1 missing. But blogger is screwing up for me so I'm not even going to try to put it back on here. Maybe another time....maybe not.

Before I was a Mom

Before I was a Mom

I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.

I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.

I never thought about immunizations.

*****

Before I was a Mom

I had never been puked on.

Pooped on.

Chewed on.

Peed on.

I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.

I slept all night.

*****

Before I was a Mom

I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests.

Or give shots.

I never looked into teary eyes and cried.

I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.

I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.

*****

Before I was a Mom

I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put her down.

I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt.

I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.

I never knew that I could love someone so much.

I never knew I would love being a Mom.

*****

Before I was a Mom

I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.

I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.

I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child.

I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.

*****

Before I was a Mom

I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.

I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.

I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much, before I was a Mom.