Big Day!

Well tomorrow we go from a family of four to a family of five. Yes tomorrow is little A's birthday and I am horribly nervous. It's been a long time since I've had surgery, a long time since I've been a new momma. But I know with God and a wonderful family helping me and by my side everything will be ok. Though I'm still nervous. So I tried to look at things that made me happy, read books to keep my mind off things and this picture made me smile the most. Boys were chilly at the super market a few weeks ago and decided to share Pop's sweater. I'm crazy about these boys and grateful God felt I was worthy of one more.

Signing off for a bit, pics of our newbie to be posted soon!

~ Liza

This really stinks......

Well my weekly doctor visit took quite a turn. High blood pressure led to a stress test then  a night in the hospital when my bp continued to rise. Whole time Baby A is doing fine, Thank God. I on the other hand don't feel fine and am now on bedrest til his royal highness makes his debut. So anyone who knows me knows This.Is.Torture.

Still have so much to do but have to well...suck it up. So I will do my homework, finish up some exams and wait.Ugh less than 24 hours of bedrest and I already can't take it!!!

My view for the next week or so, guess I shouldn't complain  I could be weeks if not months from delivery right??

Guardian

So I can't sleep much lately. Pain here and discomfort there needless to say Baby A couldn't get here soon enough! On a restless most uncomfortable night I decided to see if the firmer mattress on the guest bed could bring some relief and much needed sleep. I had just climbed into bed when I hear Nina, oh that rotten Nina, walk into the boys bedroom. This I must say is a no no for they own legos and she thinks legos are a delicacy. I roll out of bed to tell her to get out of there when I realize she walked in did a quick sniff check and walked backed out.

Is she doing rounds?

Is she checking to see that her boys are safe?

I brought this up to Pop's in the morning. He told me he caught her doing the same thing recently and she goes as far as to sit in their doorway for a few Zzzz's before getting up and going back to her own bed.

Nina you hyper active knuckle head your the best pooch ever!

And to think your no designer dog your a sweet soul we fell in love with at the pound.

Nina giving me a quick glance.

At her post, keeping watch taking care of Momma and Little A while we are home.



Yeah best little shelter discovery ever.

~ Liza



Normal Morning Breakfast at Home.

 You mean this isn't how you eat breakfast every morning???

Hmmmmm Odd.

~ Liza

A little Urban Goodness.

Yesterday while feeding the girls, Toshia and Katy Perry I discovered that Toshia had been laying secretly in the boys over grown butterfly garden. All this time I figured she'd stopped laying for some reason or another but nope there were her eggs all hidden behind a rose bush! So while I was at it I decided to prep their little house with new bedding, a new nesting box and pray they stay out of the garden.

Just a couple of goodies to make their egg laying experience so much nicer! That black thing not a bowl but my belly. Kinda hard to take a pic from above with out Baby A not getting in on the photo.

Girls a bit bothered that I was emptying out their bedding, but they were happy to have it all new and fluffed up! Well Toshia was she's our only layer. Katy is a rescue that has been through alot so she gives us eggs once in a blue moon. Oh well can't win them all.

So tomorrow what to make with these yummy eggs? I think with this lovely fall weather some banana bread is in order.

~ Liza

Howdy along with a few tears

Well our year long awaited tradition finally arrived....STATE FAIR OF TEXAS!!!

If I have said it once I've said it a million times my boys have yet to miss a year of the Fair since birth!! Both were 3 months of age when they took their first peek at the Fair and we've kept the tradition going. Silly dog tricks, food, piglets, food, fancy vacuums mommy can't afford, food oh and did I mention food? Yes we love it all! BUT this year it came with a price. I'm VERY pregnant and Baby A chose a perfect day to torture me something awful. Braxton Hicks, lots of pelvic pain, and fingers that looked more like sausages. I lasted only about 4 hours and was huffing it. Thank goodness for sunglasses because I shed a few tears as Pop's made the "Executive decision" that mom couldn't do much more walking. I wanted to be a trooper, Little E had his heart set on watching pig races since last year that he missed them. But having the sweetest boys on earth they said they understood....that's when the water works really came in. Pop's bought us a funnel cake to share and stopped and bought his sweet and very understanding boys an icee to wash it down with. They really are the sweetest kids.

Z & E with  BIG TEX

Next year Little E we'll see those piggies race that I can assure you.

Window Murals, decorations and preparing!

It's that time of year...Halloween!! Boys and I wanted to start decorating since September but Pop's told us we'd be "That" house. So we held on as long as we could. Now decorations are down from the attic and it was time to pick a window theme. This year the boys chose Hotel Transylvania. We've yet to see the movie but we're hoping to soon. To be honest I really want to watch it too but think my guys will have to go without me. Don't know if my body will allow me to sit so long in a theater, this baby hasn't been too kind. My sciatic nerve gets pinched regularly, my upper back is killing me and now I'm having pregnancy carpal tunnel. UGH! COME ON OCTOBER 29th!!!

That date is right around the corner so reality has hit Pops and I like a freight train. We have been scrambling to prepare for this little meatloaf. His clothes washed and "mostly" put up, changing table almost completely organized and crib is ready for his little ol' self. I on the other hand was getting nervous about a week ago or so about my c-section. I told Nick I was a bit scared. I don't want an epidural, my backs weird (slight medical deformity as I was told) and they poke and prod me for 45 minutes until I can't take the pain anymore. Then there's recovery, getting up to walk for the first time was a blankity blank. But Doc told me a VBAC (Vaginal Birth After C-Section) would be to risky for me...sigh. Pops told me I'd be OK and that as tough as this pregnancy has been I'd probably RUN through the hospital doors and beg to be sliced open. Of course a punch in his arm later and a yeah right! He was right. Carpal Tunnel was the icing on the cake and I want my back pin cushioned so I can feel nothing, hold my child, try walking with a gash across my abdomen and sit in bed and have someone cater to me for a bit, yes like a mini painful vacation. Odd but I'll take it!

Outline to our Halloween Mural. Check out the year before lasts mural http://www.monkeylemur.blogspot.com/2010/10/yesterday.html

We didn't do one last year I think I was in the fetal position somewhere crying over how hard my Bio teacher was.

~  Liza