I am ready now!!!

Alright, so first things first....

I found my sling!!!!!!!

I have spent my evenings this week re-going through all tubs and boxes, as well as tracking down some used slings online, thanks to a great site called, TheBabyWearer.com (any who wonder what slings they would like, want to locate one cheaper, etc..should check it out, it is just a whole bunch of baby wearing mama's)

Anyway, I was about to purchase a sling tomorrow as relooking through everything proved futile....and well I actually came to terms with having lost it and starting today was no longer looking for it....

I went into the girls room during a sudden burst of energy to go help them (you know, where I do 95% of the work and they do 5%) clean their room. I found this random hannaford bag tied up. I kinda peeked in to see what it was (just sitting in a corner of their room)...well it was 4 cloth diapers and my sling and nursing cover......I couldnt believe it. Especially since these are 4 diapers I was planning on getting rid of before the move, so I have no idea how they all ended up together and I really dont care but what was amazing was that the minute I knew I had that sling I felt 'ready' to have the baby. Not that Im not miserable and want it to end, just not emotionally ready to have a newborn without my sling

but I am ready now......big and ready!!!!!!!

HELP needed!!!!!!!!

HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We cannot find (after going through every tub, box, and bag) my baby sling and nursing cover!!! I LOVE my sling and cover and really were counting on them for this baby.

The sling is called, "The Slingset stretchy pouch system" and is no longer made. I don't even know how to order another one. If through your internet savvy you can track one down, new or used, I will be forever grateful.

I can't bear the thought that somehow those two items got thrown out by mistake or given away by mistake....

Please help........I need my sling.......I am willing to pay!!!

mini update

yes, still with child...but 'okay' with that for now. I have days where one more hour seems too much to ask and others where I am glad I do not have a newborn to care for yet. So we are just plugging along in that respect.

Jacob is still in the ER and enjoying it. Every day we try to get something accomplished around here at the house with abit more unpacking or dealing with all the other things that come with moving ones address and such.

We finally decided on a doctor for the baby and chatted with her briefly to make sure she understood our 'crunchiness' and was willing to work with it. She is a friend, just getting done with her residency here and went to jacobs same school. So she will come see the baby in the hospital when she is born and then see the big girls in a month or so.

We have had a few days of nice sun but are back to rainy days now. We have a few garden boxes in our backyard so have planted some things and they are thriving in this weather where it is hot and sunny and then rainy. We just needed to plant something this year and have enjoyed watching some food grow. Jacob and the girls have been enjoying the Cherry tree in our backyard, as well as the rasberries.

Well I am off for now...

aging

I am taking this moment to post. There are sooooooo many other things that needed to be taken care of right now, but I have to stay nearby the girls room so that Mattie does not escape. We put a lock on the door, but sometimes she can get it to open anyway (should I tell the store we bought it from that if it only works 75% of the time, then we should only have to pay 75% of the cost?)
It takes like 30 minutes or so for Mattie to wind down, long after Liliana falls asleep, and sometimes longer and drives us crazy. We have had her in a regular bed since she was 3mts old. She never even figured out that she could get out of her bed on her own till 10mts old but now she is out roaming her room, causing damage to things and turning the lights on and off (by the way, why would you put all the light switches in a home at a two-year olds height, I mean, she doesnt even have to stretch to reach them)
Anyway....I am tired and grumpy and sooooooo ready to have the baby. I am not nieve. I realize I will be tired and grumpy on the other side of having a baby as well. I am just tired of being pregnant.

Instead of tending my soup (which kinda burned) I was picking up massive amounts of puzzle pieces and sorting them from Mattie. I put the boxes up high (I thought)a nd went to discover that my soup was having issues (I had already put the cheese in the soup and now it was not creamy but curderled)....but we ate it anyway...

After spending an hour reading books with the girls in their room, mattie took off for downstairs to play. I just went down there. and yep, she pulled down all those puzzles, (I still dont know how she reached them) and they are all over the floor again. My first thought when I looked at them was...."Those are being put in the trash"....but honestly, if I threw away everything I had to clean, we would have nothing....

How do some people keep their houses so clean and tidy. In my most exurted effort I cant, someone is always right behind me to make a mess.
Anyway....I just had to pull out the pack-n-play. Sometimes, some kids (people) just can't handle their freedom....So I have confined her for sleep, which she has never had....it doesnt seem to bother her, she is laughing and having a good time running around the pack-n-play
I feel another gray hair coming on............

a new week

Well. I have a quick moment to update. We actually have some rooms totally done and just a few more to do. We are all trying to adjust to a work schedule again as Jacob finished up early with school and that gave him 6 good weeks off. It is mostly Mattie and Me sometimes that are having a hard time but LIliana knows what work means and that at some time Jacob will always come back, sometimes we just don't know when.

We have about 3 weeks left till the arrival of the baby. I have actually unpacked a few of her clothes finally but still have some 'getting ready' to do, as 'ready' as you can get for a newborns entrance on the scene.

We are still going back and forth about names and look forward to seeing her and really hoping that she may just come out with a nametag and make it easy for us (you know, like cabbagepatch dolls do)

We tried to go pick strawberries but with all the rain we only walked away with 3 qrts and we wanted 50, so does anyone know where there are lots of strawberries to be picked? We really don't want to miss the chance to get stocked up for the year and are willing to drive to do it.

Well I guess that is it for now.

Our town

So tomorrow is moving day. I am excited but know how crazy and long these next few days will be. The girls are quite excited to be in our new home. In preparation I got online to look at something about the town and saw its little slogan. I just had to share.


Milford, Maine "Best little town by a dam site"

Yeah, were moving to the boonies or should I say, back to the rest of maine. We are about 5 miles away from where we currently are staying in orono...

Still camping

Well we survived our first day of Jacob going to work yesterday. Although Mattie never let him out of her sight once he got home, so much so, that she would flip out if he walked into the next room. She is not to understanding at her age to not having her daddy around and ask about him throughout the day but I am sure she will understand the schedule soon.
Now we just have to work on me not flipping out when he walks into another room :)

We both got new cell phones last night and will send out an email tonight with our new numbers and new address.

Jacob got his schedule at work and he will be starting with an elective and then spending the month of July in the Emergency department, which from what I understand will be a certain amount of 12-hr shifts. I will find out more as time goes on.

We discovered the Natural Food store in bangor yesterday. It was nice to see that I could also buy raw milk, cheese, and free-range eggs there as well as the Market.

The midwife appointment went well. We have about 5 weeks left (not really counting, except on really humid days when I would give anything to not be pregnant) but mostly I am trying to stay pregnant until we are settled (never thought I would actually WANT to stay pregnant).

My kids are going crazy with all this rain and not having their toys and friends, so we have been trying to find things to do, we will all be ready to move into our home this Saturday.