One more week and I'm out of the first trimester! I'm very excited about that. Things are supposed to calm down once you hit that part and then we just deal with all the growing pains till the last semester when you've grown as big of a house. LOL.
I'm still feeling sick. Last night was horrible. It might have been more than just the baby...some sort of food poisioning perhaps? I'm not sure but I was asleep by 9pm after being sick for hours and hours. This morning was a little better but still feeling weak and dealing with nausea.
Things are moving around inside. I can feel my stomach expanding and things moving around in my abs. My pants that aren't maternity are starting to get tight and my shirts are starting to get too short. I'm glad we went shopping for clothes when we did.
I'm enjoying my 4 days off very much. I really needed some days to destress and work on the house. If I felt better I'd be doing more but It will get there. Mike is redoing the floor in the living room tomorrow with the new wood flooring we bought on Black Friday. GREAT DEAL. New floor for our whole living room for just $200. Awesome. He's going to do that so I'm making sure the livingroom is ready for him. Lots of laundry today too. We have so many clothes. We need to go through them and give some to good will.
Next Dr. appt. is December 8th. I'm excited to hear the heartbeat and learn more about how our little one is growing.
Things are pretty much the same. I have more energy in the morning but I'm still pretty exhausted by the time my work day is done. I'm really really glad I'm done with school till January 12th. Still feeling sick. I hope that I can shake the morning/noon/night sickness soon. I can feel things progressing and I can already see that I'm showing. So weird. It's amazing how fast things progress in the 2nd pregnancy.
Work has been hell. I'm sure that doesn't help the exhausted part. I constantly feel like I'm chasing people around and babysitting all day long. Very annoying. Too many hours and not enough days off are making me very weary. I'm excited for 4 days off for the holidays. I can really use 4 days to clean the house and spend time just cuddling with Nathan...and taking long naps.
Thanksgiving will be spent with Mike's family for a very small dinner. We're doing turkey, cheesy potatoes, green beans, rolls, and not much else. Just enough for a family of 5. :) I'm looking forward to Christmas with my family. I miss our traditions and just laughter and fun. Mike's family is fun too...it's just going to be weird with the size of group. I know we're going to be watching some football and working on baby hats. Just what the doctor ordered for a day of rest. :)
So to you, forever excludes the time when you have a boyfriend?
First, we're happy to announce that the team has identified and fixed the issue with the YouTube conduit; you can now find and add videos from YouTube to your library and posts. As always, thanks for your patience!
The other news we have today is about a new addition to the Six Apart family: TypePad Micro, a new free level of TypePad that is streamlined for microblogging. We see a new form of blogging emerging that lives between the quick status updates of Twitter and Facebook and the long-form posts of "classic" blogging; TypePad Micro is designed to meet that need. You can read more about TypePad Micro in Chris Alden's post on the Everything TypePad blog.
A lot of the new capabilities we've added to TypePad this year were actually inspired by some of the best things about Vox: favoriting, member profiles, a dashboard to follow other bloggers, and easy ways to post content from other social media sites. But the things that make Vox different from TypePad are still there: Vox has always been -- and still is -- the best place for "friends and family" blogging, where you're in control over who sees what. TypePad, on the other hand, is built for the blogger who wants, no, craves, attention.
Do you have a passion or interest you want to share with people beyond your Vox neighborhood? If so, we'd love it if you tried out TypePad Micro. Maybe you've always wanted to start that obsessive blog that's just about waffle restaurants. Or want a place to share videos of your favorite band (Jonas Brothers, anyone? Anyone? ...). TypePad Micro's great for those topic-specific blogs. Take it for a spin and let us know what you think.
On the Vox front, our designers are working on some cool new themes (coming soon!). We'd also love to hear your thoughts about where we should take Vox in the coming year. What are the key things you'd like to see for Vox? If you've had a chance to use TypePad this year, what are the features there that we should bring over to Vox? And, if you're thinking big thoughts, how could we connect the Vox and TypePad communities in order to bring together bloggers and their shared passions? Your feedback is really important to us, so please leave a comment here, or shoot me a message.
And again, thanks for your patience as we found and fixed the YouTube bug!
~ daisy
As many of you have noticed, the YouTube Conduit is not working. I am so sorry about this; I know how frustrating it is.
The team is looking into how to get this fixed and I will update you as soon as I hear something. In the meantime, not all is lost... There is a work-around for posting videos.
When you're in the Compose Screen, just click on "embed." Ignore the fact that it says "Widget" before everything because you can definitely use this to embed videos as well. You'll just need to input the embed code from the video, enter a title (if you want) and hit OK.
It might not show up perfectly in your compose screen, but when you hit "Save," your video should appear just the way you wanted it to.
Hopefully this will allow you to keep posting videos while we figure out what's happening on our end.
As always, thanks for your patience.
Not for me. For my sister-in-law who just adopted a wee one a few weeks ago. They're out visiting from Michigan so her mom is throwing her a shower. I've been in charge of the games and I'm picking up cake and balloons.
Caleb is adorable. It makes me excited to think that in just 7 more months we'll have a new wee one of our own. It also scares the hell outta me...the 24/7 attention that they need. Where in the hell will I find 24 hours a day? I barely have an hour now to take a shower and pee in the morning and then I'm going till I pass out on the couch. It's all pretty overwhelming but I'm enjoying the little dude and then will develop a plan once all the chaos of having family in town brings is over.
Speaking of showers...I actually came home from work, took a long shower, picked out clothes (rather than fumbled in the dark for them), and did my make up and jewelry. It has been MONTHS since I've worn jewelry. I need to spend more time on myself but how? Again, where does this mysterious extra time come from?
Sigh.
I could use a snack and a nap. This getting pretty thing is rough. LOL
What a day.
I discussed Saturday with the boss man and it was decided I did not have to be at work for all 12 hours. Setting them up and getting them going was enough. This means I'll be out by 10am or so. Awesome news since I get to see my new nephew this weekend. I want as much time with him as possible...which means I have to fight off this cold.
That's right. I'm achey, sneezy, throat scratchy, and all around feeling crappy. No surprises since my mother-in-law has had it for weeks and so has many others at work. I can't afford being sick during finals week, work being so busy, and did I mention my new nephew is in town???? AHH!
Today work was insane. It started off with an email about a production run we messed up that had made it to the DC and even to customers. Nothing bad with the product, just short. So after investigating that mess I had a million other things to do. I felt behind all day long. I'm running around like crazy being the only supervisor this week. Builds character right?
Sure.
Ugh...still sick pretty much morning, noon, and night. I'm feeling like it is getting better but then I'm running to the bathroom all over again. Much of my research has been when this will end, even though with Nathan it never did. I'm praying for a normal time period when 12 weeks comes and we stop with the throwing up. I'm over it.
We told Nathan last night that we we're going to have another baby. We were going to wait till after 10 weeks but last night - out of nowhere - the kid says "Mommy, do you have a baby in your tummy?" When Mike and I wouldn't answer him he started screaming it. MOMMY, DO YOU HAVE A BABY IN YOUR TUMMY?!!?!!
When we decided to sit him down and tell him the truth that yes there was a baby in my tummy he immediately said I'M GOING TO HAVE A BABY SISTER! LOL. I explained we don't really know what they baby will be yet. He said he wants a brother but keeps calling the baby a she. Mike keeps correcting him saying he. I giggle. I showed him pictures of what the baby would look like in my belly at just 8 weeks. He asked if we were growing an ant. I told him no and then he said it looked like a baby chicken. What exactly is he learning in preschool anyways?
He's really excited and when he remembers about it he's all smiles and giggles. I think once baby Caleb gets here for "Christmas" next week with Mike's family then it will sink in that we're going to have a baby at our house too!
Just a few weeks ago my little preschooler came home with his first Scholastic sheet and order form. I could remember being so excited about ordering books when I was in school that I HAD to give in and buy a few for Nate. I decided to let him pick out some and he circled everything. So, we went with The Very Cranky Bear by Nick Bland and the "If You Give a Mouse A Cookie" set. He'll get the set for Christmas but I let him have the The Very Crank Bear now.
This book is AWESOME. I just read it to my 4 year old dude and he LOVED it. Daddy even played out the story and acted as the VERY CRANKY BEAR himself. It was a good time. I loved the illustrations and the story was fun. Highly recommend it for other little dudes and dudettes :)
