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Thank you for the link Michelle! I'm about go to read... YAY Pam, glad you liked it. And I think it's important to bake it after putting it all together w/sauce & cheese (just to like blend it better). I was going to text you and tell you, but by time I saw you were making it on FB an hour had gone by so I figured you were past all that. Just got back from OBGYN... Baby's good, but doesn't take pics like Carson did at that age LOL. I have a 4D pic of him when he was a tadpole, standin straight up and little flippers, it's the front of his baby book.. they tried 4D and couldn't get anything this time. So I just have normal ultrasound pics where you can't see anything. Heartbeat was 148, they said I had a cyst on my left ovary and fluid behind my uterus, but neither of which concerned them and they said they just needed to make sure it hadn't grown or anything by 20w. 20w is going to be a long wait, I want a girl!! :thumbup:) And if it is a girl I want to go shopping for girl things!! If it's a boy, we have enough stuff not to have to buy anything really.. just another crib!

WOOOHOOO on that exercising Pam! Russ started some 10 minute trainer program (it's actually 20-30m) today. Carson and I played on the floor and watched him heh. Carson is doing great, waking up from anesthesia was the worst of it. They took me back to recovery and put me in a bed and then brought him in and he was just waking up and screaming bloody murder (I remember how crappy anesthesia makes you feel!!) and I just rocked him and tried to give him a bottle.. he fought at first, and then would drink like a mad man, scream, repeat. We went through 6 bottles of stuff! I only brought 1 bottle of milk, had the nurse go get me whatever they could find.. pedalyte, water, apple juice. I felt bad for other people coming into recovery. I remember when I was a kid and got my tonsils out, coming in and out of anesthesia to a baby screaming. I could tell that's what everyone else was doing, he'd start screaming and other people would wake up groaning. It was a mess. Took about 30m to get him to calm down.. they took us to a room before discharge where my mom & russ met us.. and he was ready to play! Came home, played some, took a nap, and he was good as new. He's at my parents' tonight. I'm making a red white and blue cheesecake...... I have no baking skills, everything tastes good but my execution of design NEVER works. :thumbup: As for parent's house, they had a lead (someone my sister knew, who robbed her house--they gave the cops his name when they were there). Then someone called in and said they were at that person's house and were bragging about the stolen TV they bought. Cops checked it out, it was one of their tv's. He wasn't there of course, his dad said he wouldn't buy a stolen tv knowingly blah blah.. So there's a warrant for his arrest, but there's no telling where he is, he wasn't home. They're hoping to arrest him, and find out if he stole it and where stuff is, or if they can figure out who his dealer is that took the stuff (this guy is a known drug addict). My bro use to be my anti-drug, looks like my sis is my new anti-drug. Screw all that drama!!!!

OH and I've been back we just went for Saturday night, I've just been busy... although I don't know with what, I just don't ever find time for anything.

I'm so behind!!! Tomorrow morning Carson is getting tubes... and yesterday my parent's house was robbed.

Ohhhh "Hard Times of RJ Berger" new funny show on MTV. It's not a reality.. it's about a nerd in high school who has a big dingaling. It's heeeelarious, I highly recommend it.

OH Pam, you may get a kick out of this. The midnight cry fest was my turn, so I went to rock Carson, dealing with his screaming, crying, miserable time for us both.. hour and a half later I come to bed after getting him back to sleep, Russ is asleep and snoring (which annoyed me), and our TV was going LOUD (I was watching Everybody Loves Raymond when I left, and TiVo had gone back to live tv) and it was sexy time noises. I'm like really, he's in here watching PORN while I'm doing this crap?! Ends up, it was the Real L Word being recorded LOL. I set it to record a couple episodes to see if I like it.. HMM.

Mulch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Haydee, I was thinking how lucky you have a problem that you get an ultrasound so often... I know how silly that sounds, but for the 'rest of us' we get 2 ultrasounds! One in the beginning and one at the end. Carson's god-aunty (I know I use these terms wrong) is an x-ray tech, and she's told me if I ever wanna do xrays for whatever she'll take me in there.. so I asked her, do they do ultrasounds too?! She said, they have a machine but she was never taught to use it.. so I told my mom (who use to work in the hospital) and she goes I DO I DO I DO!! LOL.

Michael Jackson DIED?! So last night was a miserable night. Last Thursday we consulted with an ENT, he said quota is 4 infections in a year to get tubes.. Carson had 4 in 2 months so he qualified, but he said maybe it'll stop now (I don't know why he thought that) and he said there was a little Fluid in there at the time, but it's normal since he just had an infection (mom said 'in her day' that was NOT normal so she was concerned.. mom's always right!!) that NIGHT his ear ruptured, ugh horrible night. Then we thought well it ruptured, let's see how he does now.. and last night all over again. he was up all night long screaming and in pain. Unfortunately, it never ruptured, so into today he is miserable. I called and scheduled tubes.. Next Fri July 2. No more waiting this out, it is SO SAD when he is hurting from this. He doesn't understand and he's so mad that we don't make the pain stop, and meds don't help. He just screams and bangs his head on us for hours at a time, and he's tired, but everytime he starts to fall asleep he starts whimpering and it turns into cries. No more, now I can't wait till next Friday and get him on the road to feeling better. I just got the post-op info, I'm so glad to see, it says it is minimal discomfort post-op and that he will be able to resume normal activities the next day. So he won't be laying around in pain!!

YAAAY!! :bored:

I've seen an episode here and there of the Real Housewives.. not sure what city.. it's very weird!! They all make me want to smack the crap out of em.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How old are you now, 35?? My hormones are a lot worse this time around, I'm also crying at the drop of a hat.. and I'm extremely sensitive emotionally. I watch According to Jim every night, and I almost always find a reason to sniff.. lol.

Our pics are ready from that studio from hell..so we stopped to get them on the way to work. I told Russ he has to go in, I'm not goin in there after her bein a shit to me. So he goes "I'm not leaving without some money". HEH! I said MAKE SURE you have those pictures IN YOUR HAND before you start up. Oddly enough, her husband was there.. I've never met him, but I guess it's a good thing he was there. He took Russ into the office and was tellin him he understands, he feels bad, so sorry, but he can't refund money his wife will have a caniption (sp). So then russ said, ok maybe not the double price being refunded, but we paid for 2 sittings for 2010 and SHE told US not to come back, so we should get that money back at least! So the guy said "I can't believe she'd say that".. then he texts her and she said "Hell yes I told them not to come back!!!". HEH. So he wrote us a check to refund the sittings I paid for, for 2010. Then she gets there, calls husband out into the hall, close the door. She is cussing saying don't give them a F@#%king penny back, etc.. and he's telling her, you can't keep their money for sittings if you told them not to come back. So she slammed the door and stormed off... And he wrote us a check. I told Russ, I'm curious to see if the check is cancelled before we cash it. In any event, he came out with our pictures and a check for $106. My man is good. I'd have slapped her after I had the pics in my hand. I can't believe she's so hostile, all over the fact that I complained that she doubled the price without telling me up front.

Michelle, you crack me up, I still never look at who looks at what LOL!! My non-refundable flight is BOOKED. Let's dooo eeettt!! Disney Land is a must. :biggrin:

Definitely finding out!!! Russ wanted to wait last time, I didn't, so the nurse told him to look away--then she said it outloud on accident, do ya'll remember? He was so upset, so I promised on #2 we wouldn't find out (really I was just going to call back later and be the only one who knows). But when I showed him the pregnancy test was positive, his first reaction was "When can we find out if it's a girl? 3 months?" LOL. So, he is dying to know too. So funny because he was so against finding out the first time. Normally you find out at 20w Haydee, they can see it on the ultrasound then. Your cousin must have had a chromosome test for some other reason (only way they can find out that early). Did they test for downs or something??

Of course it's normal to be scared, it's a HUGE decision, and not one to be entered into lightly! The lap band is not for everyone... psychologically is a whole other issue (which can be detected before banding), but the band does not work for all. It's a risk you have to take. But I suggest weighing the pros & cons. For me, I was crippled at 22 and I could try this and if it failed I'd try something else, but if I sat and did nothing, my quality of life was deteriorating rapidly. 3 years out, I'm not completely happy with my band (great weight loss, 2 surgeries to fix broken band--all out of pocket, weight regain, some weight reloss).. but it got me to a happier quality of life even though I'm not where I "hoped" to be.

My mom did the string over me after I posted that lol. She always heard to do it over your wrist, so we did wrist & belly and both times it swung back & forth! She did it for Carson too, but we can't remember what it said then.

We told C he's gonna be a big bro, and when he kicks my belly when I'm trying to change him I tell him he's hurting his little sister!! He's oblivious. Old Wives Tales Gender Predictor Take that quiz.. And it wasn't an old wives tale, but a theory or research or something I read when I had googled while preg with C about no morning sickness (it worried me), that when you have a girl their hormones make you overdose on female hormones and that's why you get sick. There's no proof in it, it's just a theory someone was researching or thought of. Here's a list of common ones... This one you can do just by looking south: if you're carrying high, break out the pink. If your bump is low, you're carrying a boy. According to legend, 140+ beats per minute indicates a girl, and below 140 a boy.(Carson was above 140...debunked!) Craving ice cream every single day? Some people believe this means it's a girl. If you have to have salty or sour stuff, then it's a boy. This one's a little out there. Pee in a cup,mix a tablespoon of Drano in, and watch to see if it changes color. Green = girl, and blue = boy. Legend has it that the Mayans determined a baby's sex by looking at the mother's age at conception and the year of conception. If both are even or odd, it's a girl. If one's even and one's odd, it's a boy. This is one for a friend to try. Place a key in front of your preggo friend and ask her to pick it up. If she grabs it by the narrow part, she's in for sugar and spice and all that. If she picks it up by the round part, it's snips and snails. If you're breaking out like crazy, blame it on your girl babe. The belief goes that girls steal their mother's beauty, hence, those annoying zits.(((I did not read this one before!! I have 3 pimples this week and I do not get pimples, I've been so upset... now maybe I'll be happy!!!!))) Pop off your wedding ring -- if you still can! -- and tie it to a string. Hang it over your belly. If it swings in a circle, a little guy's in your future. If it goes back and forth, you've got a girl. Sick as a dog during the first trimester -- or still? Signs indicate you're having a girl. Little or no morning sickness points to a boy. (so that is part of wives tales too)

mmmmmmmmmm butterscotch (said with homer simpson accent).

No sickness.. I had none with Carson either, so maybe I'm just lucky (knocking on wood........). Surprisingly the fatigue isn't as bad as with C either! Or the boob soreness. In fact only 'symptoms' I have, are I can feel my my scars from the C-section kind of burn... and I'm craving food I don't generally like to just eat by themself (tomatoes, onions, avacado-though I did like that plain before but now I want it all the time). I told Russ our baby is Mexican cause all it wants is pico de gallo & avacado slices. HEHE! Pam, I recorded Gates & I meant to record Scoundrels, didn't realize it came out already. The Real L Word, I never saw the previews for it, so I had in my mind it's a stupid drama reality.. is it not? I loved L Word, but I didn't think a reality would be as good... maybe I'll have to give it a try.

That is hilarious Judy!!!!!

ok how bout i fly up thur night and come back sunday morn?

We are going to disneyland right????

OH and met a new bandster in my doc's waiting room, gave her this website (she had so many questions for me, I kept saying 'well that website will have all kinds of info on that..'). Hope she figures the forums out!

Soooo I finally brought up the CA trip to Russ. I said something like 'can you believe they're wanting to take a trip to CA in just a few months, they started planning it on our other trip!' (he was talkin about how $$$ it is for the company to send him to san fran for some filemaker convention). I told him how much the ticket was, and then he goes "Well, if you want to go, that can be your Christmas present". So there we have it. Guess I don't get a click-click-click camera this year, but it looks like I may be able to go to Cali!! :thumbup:) Went to Anniston this morning for a slight unfill. I can't believe I only have 1.5cc in there, 2cc was my sweet spot for 2 years.. now 1.5cc is too much. He took out .25cc. I was able to eat broccoli at lunch, so I'm doing good! Actually really busy at work so can't sit and post much more, but I wanted to tell ya'll about cali!