...katie...????????????????????

[..katie..]

She's doing a lot better on feeding. Only takes 10 min or so per side rather than 30. (This is a very welcome change.) She's also pooping a ton more, which is only a semi welcome change. LOL

And yeah, she's still pretty small, but so much bigger than she was! It makes me sad to hold up her newborn clothes. She's still smaller than Ash's newborn though!

Not sure how she compares to OMF though.

Last week, he was 21.5 inches and 8lbs 14oz. Up one inch and two pounds =)

 

[..katie..]

OH MY HELL YOU GUYS HAVE SUCH CUTE KIDS!!! ALL OF YOU!!!

I can't wait til patrick starts looking like a baby. He still looks old man-y. I think he's adorable though.

I'm sorry i've been lurking. I'm having some terrible "i lack anything of importance to say" issues...I'm getting better though...starting to want to force my opinions down everyone's throats again =D

Oh, and to continue the OMF look, here we have him in suspenders. =D
https://i1261.photobucket.com/albums/ii598/tossedoffabridge/OMF.jpg

 

[gigglebox]

katie! he is so freaking cute, and i LOVE the shirt! he is definitely starting to look more "baby like".

now you're going to have to go back and look at everything we've written to you. if you need me to repeat, all i remember asking was 1. when are your parents returning? and 2. how is tyson with patrick?

 

[..katie..]

My parents got home yesterday! They loved it. They went to virginia beach and got all wet in their jeans (since we're wyoming folk, they own no shorts lol)...went on the base, went to the lighthouses, had a great time. Brought home a souvineer (wow, i slaughtered that.) onesie =D They missed the little guy. I ended up killing one of the six things that needed to remain alive, so not bad on my end. (it was a plant, btw.)

Tyson is doing well with patrick. He took the night shift when I was over in GR. I was very impressed. Also came over and let me sleep a lot this past week. He keeps asking what he can do for patrick, short of giving me money. I'm kind of at a stand still, because right now, I have wipes and diapers and formula stocked up, so it's not like he needs anything, and I'd prefer what he gets to not be frivilous, know what I mean? Ack.

Speaking of, Child Support Services suck. they suck hard. I hate them. I am raising hell on monday.



Sooooooo Patrick has turned into a monster. Except not really. Compared to other babies, he's still chill as shit...slept through the night twice in a row (wtf??) and when he doesn't, he's still only waking up at 3 or 4 for food then going back to sleep. But he's GROUCHY!!! Can't put him down or he screams and sobs. Idk whats up, but ack!

On the achievement side, though, other than the sleep thing, he rolled over. He did it a few days ago and I thought it was an accident. then he did it three more times the next day. And now he does it every time you put him on his belly and he doesn't want to be there anymore. and he's started cooing and making baby noises that aren't grunts or cries. COOS!

 

[..katie..]

Also, i've still been reading. Everything. Just haven't said anything =D


OH! One more thing about my rents' trip...
I was the one who got the ball rolling on the USS Batfish 681 reunion...I found out about it and let the proper people know so they could do the hard work. They talked about me!! And i've been invited to go to oklahoma next year to get drunk with a bunch of old sailors =D
i'm pumped. I am so, so proud of my dad and I'm so glad he's gotten back in touch with these guys, and I'm thrilled to be a part of it.

 

[Emerald87]

Were you guys this uncomfortable this early? My belly is heavy, it hurts to stand up for long periods and my belly is sore to poke from all the stretching this is shit

Oh, katie, glad you're back!!! (to talking) patrick is sooooo gorgeous and totally looks bubs like. He's adorable, I want to nom his serious looking face hehe.

 

[..katie..]

I didn't actually get physically uncomfortable until close to the end of third-tri...then my hips collapsed. I started feeling like my abs were work-out sore very early on, though...probably around your time. the belly sore will go away. the heavy feeling gets worse.

and thank you!

I'm excited for your pics...jussayin.

 

[gigglebox]

new weird thing; every now and then, i get a short moment of what feels like an electric current zapping my brain...i hope i don't have an impending aneurism or something.

katie sounds like your parents are as proud of you as you are of them! that's pretty cool.

em--majority of pain started mid-third tri. is your soreness a stretched muscle thing or stretched skin thing?

 

[ashiozz]

Were you guys this uncomfortable this early? My belly is heavy, it hurts to stand up for long periods and my belly is sore to poke from all the stretching this is shit

Oh, katie, glad you're back!!! (to talking) patrick is sooooo gorgeous and totally looks bubs like. He's adorable, I want to nom his serious looking face hehe.

This .. early.. hun.. youre two weeks from halfway done, I think I was that uncomfy about then, but it got REALLY bad ten weeks later.. I remember week 28 being about the time I felt completely done and just wanted him out already but of course it was too early.

Also, I Cant knock glasses, I wore them until I was 18 and got lasik

 

[ashiozz]

new weird thing; every now and then, i get a short moment of what feels like an electric current zapping my brain...i hope i don't have an impending aneurism or something.

katie sounds like your parents are as proud of you as you are of them! that's pretty cool.

em--majority of pain started mid-third tri. is your soreness a stretched muscle thing or stretched skin thing?

Does it happen while youre going to sleep or when you're wide awake??

 

[ashiozz]

ALSO: Welcome back to Katie, Im glad your parents had a blast and its awesome you got invited on an outing next year!

What is child support doing now and do I need to kick them?

Also, WOW For Tyson on finally starting to attempt to be a father. Im impressed, and this is all good news.

Patrick IS cute and is looking way more babylike these days, Tyler skipped the old man phase and that makes me a little sad, but then again all his baby pics make him look very babylike, too though 0.o

I officially packed and have boxed up his newborn stuff, I needed a bigger box so I Did that today and I cried.. and Mitch asked me what was wrong.. and I held up a newborn onesie and said "CAN YOU EVEN IMAGINE TYLER THIS SMALL!?" ... and he just stared at me like I was crazy. Good times. Good times.

He woke up with tyler at 7am today and let me sleep 3 more hours, the whole time tyler was screaming at him, I was impressed he was able to tolerate it that long, but I have no idea why tyler screams at him so often. I came out, put tyler on my chest, and he passed right out for a nap 0.o

 

[Emerald87]

em--majority of pain started mid-third tri. is your soreness a stretched muscle thing or stretched skin thing?

Its all muscle pain. Like my uterus has run a marathon lol.

I've left work and sat down for a while. I feel a million times better and am now chowing down on Maccas (McDonalds). Yum.

 

[Emerald87]

I'm excited for your pics...jussayin.

LOL ok, they're coming I swear. Obviously I can't post Kaida pics until I get them on Monday. I can't wait - I get to see her in 3D!!!!

 

[Emerald87]

new weird thing; every now and then, i get a short moment of what feels like an electric current zapping my brain...i hope i don't have an impending aneurism or something.

Need more description. Diagnosis time!!!!
*puts on nerdy glasses (over current glasses) and touches them in an intrigued manner* Hrm.... I see... can you tell me more?
*chews on pen* And how does that make you feel?

 

[ashiozz]

3D kaida? Oh, You know you have to share that.

Uterus pain..? Im not sure if I remember feeling my uterus stretch but i do know my skin stretching hurt and itched like hell, but i have a ton of stretch marks now too =( my tummeh got WRECKED.


YAY For Mcdonalds! And feeling better! Tyler is sleeping, he doesn't like going to grammas house because they have an energy efficient A/C that doesn't cool the house like, at all. So now hes tired for yelling because he was too hot =/

 

[Emerald87]

How in the hell can I love someone I haven't even met so much? And how can this get more intense when I'm actually cuddling her? It boggles my mind that I can still feel like this pregnancy isn't real at the same time as feeling like I can't live without her. Just the idea of her being alive and moving in there is amazing. I just want to lay down and rub my belly allllllllll day long.

 

[Emerald87]

Yep, I'll upload her in 3D

Clearly the sugar in the maccas just woke her up, she's kicking a little. I love it (even when she kicks me in the full bladder....)
She's been asleep all day; this is a welcomed hello from her.

I'm all sentimental this arvo

 

[ashiozz]

There was a time during pregnancy when I actually looked at Mitch and I told him that I loved our son, but at the same time I don't know anything about him. Its like loving a complete stranger, but the stranger was actually my son.. such an odd thought. It gets WAY more intense, I actually think the moment it got super intense for me was when his heart rate dropped during labor. I still hadn't seen him face to face yet but the thought of him slowly dying on the monitor terrified the hell out of me to the point where I wasn't able to breathe through my crying to help his heart rate go up quick enough. Then, when he came out, and I heard him cry, it made me cry, because I knew he was ok and it was all over, I still hadn't seen him, but the idea of him being 100% fine made me feel so much better...


Then I saw him... The only thing I could say through my tears was "omg, he's so cute" and I gave him about 5 kisses on his cheek before they took him away to the nursery.

It gets soooo intense. This is going to be the best thing ever for you.. Imma lay it out honestly, the labor and delivery experience SUCKS. HARDCORE. Im not sure about vag births normally but I know that what I got to experience of them.. BLAH.. and on top of that C-section isnt any more fun either.. I dont know why some people call this the best experience of their lives, because mine sucked. Maybe it's just how it all happened... but in the end, when you hold your baby and see your baby for the first time, nonnnne of it matters. You're too busy looking at what you created and protected for the past 9(or more *cough*) months to even think about it.

=) It really is amazing how we can love a stranger, and protect it the way we do... Mitch was worried about BOTH of us in my delivery, he thought he was going to go home with no baby and no wife.. I on the other hand had no worries about myself, I really didnt care how this ended for me, but I wanted to do all I Could to ensure Tyler got home safe =)... Most.Selfless.Act.Ever.. You'll find out

 

[Emerald87]

I really look forward to it. I don't care about me, I just want her to be ok. That's why I'm so looking forward to meeting the specialist Thursday. I just want to know everything is perfect and I can carry Kaida to term (or beyond *cough*). I know she's fine - I'd feel so intensely guilty if it was my body that let her down. He can do whatever he wants to me - stitch me, put me on rest, tie me up for all I care. I'm happy to be a sedated incubator for the next 5 months hehe.

On a cool note, the Fanta has seen her bananas. She's kicking and rolling and treating my insides like a punching bag. She's even banging so hard I can see some of them on the outside.

 

[Emerald87]

On a not so cool note - my belly is hairy. And I hate it.