You know it's love when...

**Let me preface this by saying, this is not for the faint hearted--read at your own risk!** So for the past two weeks or so I've been feeling pretty crummy. Just the typical over-zealous cold. I've been trying pretty hard to tough it out but yesterday I broke down and went to the doctor. Sure enough I've got bronchitis. He gave me some penicillin and said lots of rest and fluids. Now when I'm pregnant I have a VERY weak gag reflex, like brushing my teeth is a challenge. So I'm in bed, half asleep because I can't breathe through my nose and every time I feel my mouth dry out it wakes me up, when I start coughing, a lot. Well I can't stop coughing and all of a sudden I feel like I'm going to throw up. So I quick grab a tissue (cause those really hold so much...) but it's too late and I puke, in bed, on Jared's pillow. Now it's not a lot, hardly even worth saying I puked really. But I still can't stop coughing. So in my delirious state I'm stumbling to the bathroom, but as soon as I'm upright I really start heaving, like all over the bathroom. Did not make it to the toilet. So now I'm crying because I just puked all over the bathroom, I can't hardly breathe and I have this huge mess to clean up. Well every time I try to clean it up I start gagging again. So now I have to go out to Jared (who by the way is painting the garage for me so we can convert it into a playroom for the girls) and tell him what happened. He says, don't worry about it, go lay back down, I'll get you some water and take care of it. So now I feel sick and guilty. Sure enough he comes in and cleans up the bathroom for me. Now I'll be honest I can't say I would have done the same thing, so thanks babe, I really appreciate it!

Ultrasound Results

Just got back from the ultrasound and we are having.....a GIRL! Ahh, the simplicity, I get to reuse clothe, don't have to diversify my scrapbook papers, really very convenient. Hope everyone had a great Christmas, I'll be posting pics soon.

The Nightmare is Over!

It is with much jubilation that I can finally say I have an OB!! Thank you so much Dr. Rinella for helping me with this--what a lifesaver! If anyone is looking for a fabulous family practice doc I can't say enough good things. I had my appointment today and everything looks great. I'll have my ultrasound next week. It doesn't look like Jared is going to be able to hold out, so most likely we will know if it's a boy or girl. So nows your chance to cast a vote! What do you think?!?

DigiScrap Here I Come!!

So a long, long time ago I downloaded this digital scrapbooking kit from Creating Keepsakes website. Well then I got to working on my Christmas newsletter recently and Jared was showing me this great program on my Mac called pages. And I started thinking to myself, gosh it would be so great to do my scrapbooking on my computer. I never print my pictures, so I have all these cute pages with no pictures on them. And I'm slower than molasses in January when it comes to scrapbooking, Natalie's baby book has like 3 pages done. So I started google searching for scrapbook programs. Well I found some great ones, problem is they all work with those silly PCs and that does me no good! So I started specifically looking for Mac software. Guess how many exist...that's right one. But it came with a free trial, so I downloaded it (I am so grateful for high speed internet...what is wrong with people still using dial up?!?). Well I started looking at it and the graphics it comes with, well...SUCK. So I trashed the application. Then I remembered that kit I downloaded way back when. Pull the app back out and started using the CK Kit. This is the page I made. Now I know the papers are Asian and don't exactly fit my temple pictures. But they were new pictures I was excited to play with and the only papers I had to work with...go with me on this one. So I got excited and of course then started surfing the net for digiscrap kits. Holy Moley!! There's a ton out there. So for the moment digital scrapbooking is my new enthusiasm, we'll see if I can get any further ahead than with good old cut and paste.

Disneyland in the rain

Well Natalie is watching Kim Possible in my office and since I can't leave her alone in here, I figured it was a good time to blog. Jared's younger brother Ed, his wife Stacy and two of their kids (Oliver & Eden) came out to see us last week. While they were here we went to Disneyland, unfortunately the day we went was that day it POURED down rain. The upside to pouring down rain at Disneyland is that the lines are really short. The downside is the wetness. We made a quick stop at Target to get some swanky umbrellas and some galoshes for the kids. After lunch the rain slowed a bit, but it did stay drizzly. Didn't slow the kids in any way and we stayed until the park closed at midnight. Actually Stacy and I stayed until 1am, in the parking lot waiting for the hotel shuttle to come and get us. It never came. We took a cab, the most expensive ride of the day. :-)

HMO Hell

Yes, that's where I am. I have spent all afternoon on the phone with insurance companies and doctors and I just need to vent. So in September I had my first doctor appointment and my initial ultrasound. So far so good. Well then came time for my 12 week appointment. I waited at the doctors for almost three hours and was never seen. So I rescheduled for a few weeks later. The office called the day of my appointment and said the doctor couldn't see me and rescheduled me for a couple weeks later. I got another call the day of my appointment saying dr. so and so was out but could they reschedule me. I told her that dr. so and so wasn't my doctor. "Oh, really? That's who we have you down with..." Time for another doctor's office! So I call my primary doctor and ask for a referral to a different OB. Well surprise, surprise there's only one OB in the medical group. So I call my insurance and they tell me my only option is to change medical groups. Fine, I don't care. So Jared goes online to change medical groups, gets the nice little confirmation that Nov. 1 we'll have a new medical group. Well we never get new insurance cards. So I call the insurance again, there's no record of the request. So I tell the woman the whole story, is there anyway she can post date the request? No. So I get to wait another 4 weeks for the change to take effect. Which brings us to present day. I go in to see my new doctor, ask him for a referral to an OB. Oh sure, not a problem. Well I get a call from his office person that afternoon. None of the OBs in the medical group will see you, you're too far along. Ok, so what do I do now? I can refer you over to county services. Are you kidding me?!? So back on the phone with PacifiCare, what do I do now? Well you can go back to your old OB. Oh you mean the one that cancels all my appointments? Yes. Do I have to wait another 4 weeks because that's a different medical group? Oh no we can make that immediate. And I'm thinking but a month ago you couldn't do that...how interesting. So I call the horrid OB's office back to make an appointment. Oh we won't see you, you waited too long between appointments. At this point horrible swear words are spontaneously spewing forth from me. So back on the phone to PacifiCare, what do I do now? Well you'll have to call the medical group's management office and try to take it up with them. So you aren't going to do anything, even though I've been paying my premiums this whole time and not getting any medical services. I'm sorry ma'am there's nothing we can do for you. At this point it's 5pm and of course the office for the medical group is closed, I have an enormous headache and did I mention that Natalie broke an ornament, spilled a bottle of juice and jumped on me about 10 times during all this? If anyone is interested in sneaking me some pitocin in about 18 weeks I'll be just fine....