I went to the OBGYN yesterday and this baby is making her/his appearance known. I have lost 3 pounds but the baby is “HUGE” and very active. We have our BIG ultrasound in 3 weeks…and although I thought I would be tempted I am very content in being surprised. Lyric is getting better each and every day and in a few days we go back for the last round of tests…which I KNOW will show everything is exactly how God plans for it to be PERFECT.
Tre and I have a little over a week to prepare for the girls coming down and of course that means I am the one planning activities. I am thinking of doing the pool, the beach, and of course the children’s museum. I think it will be fun, and Lyric is super excited. I am excited that while Lyric is gone I will be able to make a real dent in nursery makeover. I have found the crib set, and will be making Lyric’s comforter. I know I am kinda scared but really excited to make his comforter and pillows for him and the baby.
Originally we were going to just keep him in his toddler bed, but after really thinking about it I have convinced Tre he deserves a new bed like the baby. I have found a mini loft bed that I think he can climb in and out of very easily and the best part it will have a little place underneath for him to read a book or play with his blocks.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
It's Here!!!!!
The bump has arrived. I think some where between Lyric being sick and us going back and forth to CHKD, this kid decided to make his/her presence known. I didn’t really realize it till today when I got dressed and turned side ways, and there it was. Its kinda exciting because that means Baby G is growing and since I am just over 3 weeks till being at the half way point it is kicking my butt into high gear.
The past few days we have been just focusing on Lyric and helping him get better….I have to admit it I have LOVED LOVED LOVED having my big baby home almost every night. I am soooo prayerful that within the next year he can move shifts and we can have that time home together. Although Tre would hate to admit it he loved being home, we are going to start spending more quality time together as a family. To help us out in that area my amazing hubby just got me…I mean us a DVR.
Anyone who knows me, knows I have a serious love for TV. So this way I can have the best of both worlds….spend time with my 2 favorite little guys and still keep up with all my must watch TV. This DVR is going to allow me to concentrate on more important things as well. I hope to get back to reading, I have a new author I plan on checking out, and since I am trying very hard to stay on budget I am going to check out books through the library. I am hoping to get Lyric a card too and he can check out books weekly with me. I wish to pass on my love to books to him, as opposed to my love of tv.
The past few days we have been just focusing on Lyric and helping him get better….I have to admit it I have LOVED LOVED LOVED having my big baby home almost every night. I am soooo prayerful that within the next year he can move shifts and we can have that time home together. Although Tre would hate to admit it he loved being home, we are going to start spending more quality time together as a family. To help us out in that area my amazing hubby just got me…I mean us a DVR.
Anyone who knows me, knows I have a serious love for TV. So this way I can have the best of both worlds….spend time with my 2 favorite little guys and still keep up with all my must watch TV. This DVR is going to allow me to concentrate on more important things as well. I hope to get back to reading, I have a new author I plan on checking out, and since I am trying very hard to stay on budget I am going to check out books through the library. I am hoping to get Lyric a card too and he can check out books weekly with me. I wish to pass on my love to books to him, as opposed to my love of tv.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Lyric
Little man I sick and all I can think about is where did my baby go? He has been battling a cough for about 6 weeks and of course being the worry wart I am I took him to the dr for him to get checked out. Not only did I take him in, but I called 3 times to make sure a cough for over a month was “normal”. Well after starting to think his pediatrician office was incompetent, I researched and switched to a new practice. Well after waking up to one of Lyric’s coughing spells I decided to call his new doctor and get a second opinion. A quick phone call and 3 follow up calls to Me-Maw, and we were off to the doctor. Thank God Me-Maw was off and could pick up Lyric and meet me at the Dr. Office.
At first the appointment went exactly how his last one did, but then the Dr. said what I knew and felt and had been saying to Tre for weeks…”It’s not normal to have a cough this long, so something is going on”. It seriously took self restraint to not call his previous pediatrician right then, to just say told you so. After an examination and asking lots of questions many of which Lyric answered by himself, we did a breathing treatment.
As I have said before and will say many times throughout this blog, Thank God for Me-Maw. When Lyric saw the contraption he would have to put over his face he lost it and like she always does Me-Maw came to the rescue. Between him sitting on my lap, and Me-Maw rubbing his hands we were able to get him to calm down and even a quick story time.
I seriously thought the breathing treatment would be the end of it but, the Dr. wanted X rays so off to the CHKD outpatient testing center we went. I figured the X-Rays would be easy, anyone who knows Lyric knows he LOVES the camera….but I forgot how still you have to be when taking the x rays. Since I am prego I had to go behind the glass screen and watch as Lyric and Me Maw took pictures. It was quite amusing since my mom HATES getting her picture taken.
Once we were released we were told we would get the results back within 2 hours and sure enough about an hour later the doctor called saying Lyric has pneumonia of the right lung. So off to get more medicine and start the treatment….tomorrow is the BIG day. If there have been no signs of improvement we have to get admitted. I surprisingly am not worried, I know everything is going to work out fine, and whenever I forget Lyric is there to tell me ….out of the mouths of babes :)
At first the appointment went exactly how his last one did, but then the Dr. said what I knew and felt and had been saying to Tre for weeks…”It’s not normal to have a cough this long, so something is going on”. It seriously took self restraint to not call his previous pediatrician right then, to just say told you so. After an examination and asking lots of questions many of which Lyric answered by himself, we did a breathing treatment.
As I have said before and will say many times throughout this blog, Thank God for Me-Maw. When Lyric saw the contraption he would have to put over his face he lost it and like she always does Me-Maw came to the rescue. Between him sitting on my lap, and Me-Maw rubbing his hands we were able to get him to calm down and even a quick story time.
I seriously thought the breathing treatment would be the end of it but, the Dr. wanted X rays so off to the CHKD outpatient testing center we went. I figured the X-Rays would be easy, anyone who knows Lyric knows he LOVES the camera….but I forgot how still you have to be when taking the x rays. Since I am prego I had to go behind the glass screen and watch as Lyric and Me Maw took pictures. It was quite amusing since my mom HATES getting her picture taken.
Once we were released we were told we would get the results back within 2 hours and sure enough about an hour later the doctor called saying Lyric has pneumonia of the right lung. So off to get more medicine and start the treatment….tomorrow is the BIG day. If there have been no signs of improvement we have to get admitted. I surprisingly am not worried, I know everything is going to work out fine, and whenever I forget Lyric is there to tell me ….out of the mouths of babes :)
Thursday, June 4, 2009
He was soooo right!!!!!
My best friend whom I love and adore got married less then 3 months after I did. So between living in DC, and planning a wedding I never really got a chance to know his bride to be. In fact my Mitchie a.k.a my Man of Honor told me he was getting married the night after my bridal shower. Imagine my surprise to find out that his friend who came to my shower was really his soon to be wife. That night as he talked about her I realized 2 things….1. He really loved her and 2. I would have to share him. As we wrapped up our 2 hour conversation, Mitchie told me “when you get to know her you will love her, trust me”.
Well almost 4 years later to the day of that exact conversation I can say HE WAS RIGHT!!!! Letcia and I started building this relationship and slowly but surely we have built one of those life anchoring friendships. She pushes me to be the best I can and allows me to take my time getting to where I need to be. She encourages me in ways I sometimes I never knew I needed encouragement. She so often knows what I need to hear before I even know I needed to hear it. She is kind, generous, caring and oh so funny. We can talk about nothing or something for hours and no matter what’s going on whenever we part ways I feel better and happier.
I have been BEYOND ready for her and my Mitchie to start their family. I am sure Mitchie got tired of me asking him when Lyric was going to have a cousin to play with….so imagine my excitement when I found out 2 of my favorite people were going to have a baby. Lectia and I had talked about our kids growing up together and I think we both were excited and surprised when we realized we were going to be due 2 weeks apart.
Our pregnancies are so much a mirror image of one another’s, and we have come to understand no topic is too personal these days. When Mitchie told me I would love her, I never doubted it….I just didn’t think I would love and like her THIS much…and I am sure he never thought he would end up sharing her with his best friend.
Well almost 4 years later to the day of that exact conversation I can say HE WAS RIGHT!!!! Letcia and I started building this relationship and slowly but surely we have built one of those life anchoring friendships. She pushes me to be the best I can and allows me to take my time getting to where I need to be. She encourages me in ways I sometimes I never knew I needed encouragement. She so often knows what I need to hear before I even know I needed to hear it. She is kind, generous, caring and oh so funny. We can talk about nothing or something for hours and no matter what’s going on whenever we part ways I feel better and happier.
I have been BEYOND ready for her and my Mitchie to start their family. I am sure Mitchie got tired of me asking him when Lyric was going to have a cousin to play with….so imagine my excitement when I found out 2 of my favorite people were going to have a baby. Lectia and I had talked about our kids growing up together and I think we both were excited and surprised when we realized we were going to be due 2 weeks apart.
Our pregnancies are so much a mirror image of one another’s, and we have come to understand no topic is too personal these days. When Mitchie told me I would love her, I never doubted it….I just didn’t think I would love and like her THIS much…and I am sure he never thought he would end up sharing her with his best friend.
15 weeks
Ok I still can't believe I only have less then 5 weeks before I am at the halfway point. I'm in awe. I feel like this pregnancy is going by so fast & I know it will only move quicker.
How far along?: 15 weeks.
Total weight gain: 0 lbs.
Maternity clothes?: Nope, I hope to just wear lots of maxi dresses
Stretch marks?: No new ones, just the ones Lyric left behind J
Sleep?: Can’t get enough of it…Lyric has to tell me numerous times its wake up time.
Best moment this week?: Lyric saying he loves this baby.
Movement?: I feel fluttering almost everyday…more often when Tre is talking to the belly.
Food cravings?: Spicy and Salty…ummmm Thai food
Belly button in or out?: In…my belly button stayed in my whole pregnancy before
What I miss: A Christmas Tree Roll….yummo
What I'm looking forward to: Having our nieces come for a week.
Milestone: I could find out the gender this month….wow….curiosity wont kill this cat!!
How far along?: 15 weeks.
Total weight gain: 0 lbs.
Maternity clothes?: Nope, I hope to just wear lots of maxi dresses
Stretch marks?: No new ones, just the ones Lyric left behind J
Sleep?: Can’t get enough of it…Lyric has to tell me numerous times its wake up time.
Best moment this week?: Lyric saying he loves this baby.
Movement?: I feel fluttering almost everyday…more often when Tre is talking to the belly.
Food cravings?: Spicy and Salty…ummmm Thai food
Belly button in or out?: In…my belly button stayed in my whole pregnancy before
What I miss: A Christmas Tree Roll….yummo
What I'm looking forward to: Having our nieces come for a week.
Milestone: I could find out the gender this month….wow….curiosity wont kill this cat!!
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Excitement
One thing I love about this time of the year is everyone is getting excited for one reason or another. Kids are getting excited because summer is almost here. Parents are getting excited because they won’t have to help with anymore homework. Not to mention some parents get to have a little break from the kiddos while they go to camp or stay with grandparents.
For the first time EVER….Tre and I are one of those parents. Lyric will be spending 2 weeks away from home, as exciting as that may sound and should be I am already starting to get so sad. Lyric has never been away from home longer than a weekend. Last September Tre and I took a week vacation and we seriously went through withdrawals. Well I did, Tre was good until the last day and then he started to sing the I miss my Lil Man song I had been singing all week. Although we do have some fun things planned during the 2 weeks Lyric is going to be gone (John legend concert and a mommy day trip with Alectia), we also hope to get a lot accomplished. As much as I am looking forward to get some major things done off my to- do lists, I am seriously going to miss my little boy. Somewhere between him turning 3 and now he has already matured so much. Now don’t get me wrong he has his moments (don’t we all) but he is really turning into a little boy instead of my BIG baby.
So yesterday I went to pick up Lyric after work like I usually do, and was greeted by the Director of Lyric school telling me congratulations. I am assuming the look on my face probably clues her in I had no idea what she was talking about, because she went on to tell me how Lyric was telling all his classmates he was going to be “not only going to be a BIG brother but the bestest big brother ever”. She said she had not seen a little boy this excited about a new sibling in quite some time if ever. As we walked to the car I felt a small nudge and I immediately wondered why I had worried about Lyric adjusting at all. As much as I hate to still admit it I often pray about something and then continue to worry and stress like I can make it right. I have talks with Lyric quite often about asking for help but not letting Me- Maw, Daddy or I actually help. I can even say how many times I have asked Lyric why he asks for help if he doesn’t really want help and wants to keep trying to do it himself. And here I am doing the same thing. Like mother, like son.
For the first time EVER….Tre and I are one of those parents. Lyric will be spending 2 weeks away from home, as exciting as that may sound and should be I am already starting to get so sad. Lyric has never been away from home longer than a weekend. Last September Tre and I took a week vacation and we seriously went through withdrawals. Well I did, Tre was good until the last day and then he started to sing the I miss my Lil Man song I had been singing all week. Although we do have some fun things planned during the 2 weeks Lyric is going to be gone (John legend concert and a mommy day trip with Alectia), we also hope to get a lot accomplished. As much as I am looking forward to get some major things done off my to- do lists, I am seriously going to miss my little boy. Somewhere between him turning 3 and now he has already matured so much. Now don’t get me wrong he has his moments (don’t we all) but he is really turning into a little boy instead of my BIG baby.
So yesterday I went to pick up Lyric after work like I usually do, and was greeted by the Director of Lyric school telling me congratulations. I am assuming the look on my face probably clues her in I had no idea what she was talking about, because she went on to tell me how Lyric was telling all his classmates he was going to be “not only going to be a BIG brother but the bestest big brother ever”. She said she had not seen a little boy this excited about a new sibling in quite some time if ever. As we walked to the car I felt a small nudge and I immediately wondered why I had worried about Lyric adjusting at all. As much as I hate to still admit it I often pray about something and then continue to worry and stress like I can make it right. I have talks with Lyric quite often about asking for help but not letting Me- Maw, Daddy or I actually help. I can even say how many times I have asked Lyric why he asks for help if he doesn’t really want help and wants to keep trying to do it himself. And here I am doing the same thing. Like mother, like son.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Changes
Since my life is beginning to drastically change, I thought it would be nice to keep an account of this amazing journey. A record of all the things that I am sure one day I will forget, but really hope I always remember. It seems like a lifetime ago we were expanded our twosome into this threesome. A threesome that for the last 3 years, have given my life more joy, laughter and love than I ever thought possible.
Being the over thinker I am, I have already spent many days trying to prepare Lyric for his new role. To say I have cried numerous times thinking about this task is an understatement. Logically I know I can love him and this new baby at the same time and neither feel slighted, but somehow my heart (or hormones) can’t quite get its head wrapped around this idea.
Needless to say all my concern and apprehension was much to do about nothing. My amazing little boy within 2 weeks has not only grasped the idea of him being a BIG brother, but has become quite my protector rubbing my back nightly, asking me how I am feeling and always running up to me right before he goes to sleep scream I LOVE YOU BABY!!
This baby is going to be so blessed to have Lyric for a BIG brother, the same way I am so blessed to have him for my son :)
Being the over thinker I am, I have already spent many days trying to prepare Lyric for his new role. To say I have cried numerous times thinking about this task is an understatement. Logically I know I can love him and this new baby at the same time and neither feel slighted, but somehow my heart (or hormones) can’t quite get its head wrapped around this idea.
Needless to say all my concern and apprehension was much to do about nothing. My amazing little boy within 2 weeks has not only grasped the idea of him being a BIG brother, but has become quite my protector rubbing my back nightly, asking me how I am feeling and always running up to me right before he goes to sleep scream I LOVE YOU BABY!!
This baby is going to be so blessed to have Lyric for a BIG brother, the same way I am so blessed to have him for my son :)
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