I'm feeling a little stressed

So i am beggining to feel a little stressed out. I have had 3 paychecks inwhich to save up enough money to get all 4 of us (because his family insisted) to sd. the place is 6 hours from here if you dont have kids its 8 if you do. Because its october we will be taking the truck which will cost us around $350 round trip to put gas in. Then when we get back from that I have another 3 paychecks to get money saved up so that we can take baylie back yo denver for her sleep test. Again we will take the truck due to unpredictable weather it should be about the same as driving to sd.but somewhere in there i have to find a way to have a birthday for my daisy who will be 1, and then right after we get back i have to find a way to make a presentable christmas happen because all of my family from fl will be here. it will be the first time in over 12 years all the cousins uncles aunts and grandparents have been together for christmas. Now to add to the stress a little i still dont know whats wrong with my stomach and they are getting ready to do a myriad of tests on it, including a blood draw (not a big deal), a ct scan inwhich i have to drink two huge bottles of barrium, and then i have to go to casper (cuz like we can afford that) and have a gastric emptying test. woo hoo, i hope they find something becuase i would really hate for the holidays to come up and not be able to eat or enjoy any of the most excellent food that the familys make.

She'll be the death of me someday...

I swear she's going to give me a heart attack and I am going to die. Baylie decided today as I was checking my email to go (this is right after breakfast) open the bags of muffins i just made last night for james' lunches and either smoosh them or take one bite out of each. it wasn't good enough that she got in trouble for it once but then she went back and got the other bag and opened that one and did the same she just waisted 1/2 a dozen fresh banana muffins and i now in a very long time out. i swear that she just spends all night and all day thinking of ways to get in trouble it is soo agrivating. i just know one day she'll go to far and the next thing you know i will be in cardiac arrest or in the looney bin with 4 padded walls.

Working Out

Hello everyone. well I finally decided to start working out, i am starting today. I signed up for it on monday but since james was on days off i decided to hold off on going for a couple of days. For all who dont know you can sign up for a month for $46 and they do have daycare for babies 6 months or older. the fee for daycare is $3/child for drop-ins or you can buy a punch card. They have all kinds of classes so i think i am going to do a mix of class time with lap swims and on days i dont get up in time for class i will just do the gym workout thing (elipticles and such). ok gotta run its time to go sweat!

Daisys ears

Well i got daisy's ears piereced today...that was kinda hard to watch, a bit like having the shots done. just keeping everyone up to date.

feeling sentimental

this is her last set. left: face view, the blob under her chin is her elbow. right: looking from the head down you see the top of her head, her knee and lower leg and the tips of her toes.
This on is actually her 1st ultrasound at 10 weeks.
this is daisy earlier this summer

this is the first ultrasound of Baylie at 8 weeks, if i remember right.
This is the second one at 20ish weeks, the blob above her is her fist and yes she is punching me.

i am feeling a little sentimental so i have decided to post before and after pictures of the kids *sigh* it is truely amazing to know that they started out and an alien looking creature and come out as beautiful children.

Daisy's New Development

My Daisy Ann finally got her first tooth in. Its the bottom left. and all i can say is its about time!!! fevers, ear infections, drool...and now the end product. for those of you with small babies the doctors will tell you that "there is no real proof that teething causes fever, ear infections, and or runny noses." which is in my opinion b.s. because every child i have ever seen go through teething (which is quite a few) has had at least one if not all of those symptoms. I have only the 2 children, but i do have 9 other nieces and nephews who all have teeth. they all went through some of the symptoms. what i will tell you is to keep extra diaper cream on hand when teething begins because the extra saliva from the drool will cause a change in the pH and consistancy of poo which ultimately leads to mild, incredibly stubborn, diaper rash. try as you may to prevent it, it will happen.

The Hardest Thing

For all of you who have girls you will sympathize or will soon someday. Today I cut Baylie's hair...up to her shoulders. If you dont know it was down to her waist, so i took 3 inches off it. This was hard for me because I have never really cut her hair. She has had it trimmed before but never truely cut. But today she did. I just couldn't keep fighting the HUGE mats that she got in her hair every nap and bed time. Poor baby just kept getting them right by her temples at the most tender part of her head, and then we had a war to keep it brushed out like 4 times a day. I even tried to put baby oil in it to see if that would help the knots come out...nope. Next week we will have to take her in and have it professionally fixed, but mine will work for now. Ya know it kinda looks like a sassy bobby cut, not bad on her round face.