I just love these pics

He has the biggest blue doe-eyes with long, thick black lashes. So gorgeous.

This is how Milo often sleeps. Silly cat

Daddy took a week off so we took the young-un’s to the NC Zoo. The last time we went was in the middle of August when I was pregnant with Kyne….it was so hot and not really enjoyable. This time the weather was perfect (sunny, 65′) and because it was off-season there were no crowds and it was cheaper

The kids had a great time and we got lots of walking done! The zoo is a 4-5 mile round trip trek and we did the whole thing. Poor Tayah isn’t used to all the exercise and she was exhausted

Kyne’s typical face these days.

Kissing fake monkey’s.

Rhys even had fun!

Unfortunately I got very engorged and was in a lot of pain (to the point where I couldn’t hold RJ against me). Of course I had thrown away a part of the pump that isn’t sellable and without it there is no suction (just hours before). I got so desperate I went through the trash! I then remembered I had put them into a separate bag with the dirty diapers and already taken it outside to the trash can (darn me for being so anal about taking trash out!)

So I search for my handheld manual pump that I used a couple of times when Kyne was born. Useless. Didn’t help at all.

I eventually remember I have another electric pump in my closet that someone gave me. Lifesaver. I get some relief in about 5 mins (and 7oz later). I threw the ‘milk’ out (I say ‘milk’ because it was so watery, didn’t look anything like milk), mainly because of the supplements I started.

As for my diet: I am doing very well so far! - I weighed in at 151lbs on Monday morning. I will re-weigh this coming Monday. I want a treadmill though

I will be doing before and after pics as motivation! - I will also document my before and after weight….although I am a little scared to

My favorite gift came from my mum. It was a sweet, handmade scrapbook that she did for me. It took her a long time to do and I can tell it was made with love. It has photos of me growing up (which I don’t have many of) and little snippets of where/when they were taken. She also included a little pull-out book with a special story on.

Anyway I took some photos of it:

Me, looking very much like a boy (in my opinion!) The first page, middle pic, my mum used to have a huge blown-up version similar (different shot) hanging on her wall….

I used to love this horse riding area they had in our hometown. I remember it well (I have memories from as young as 2 years old).

The first one is a little blurry….once again I look like a boy in the far left pic.

My teenage years. I was very skinny back then!

A post about me…wow! It was my 28th birthday yesterday….I had a lovely day. Saturday Becky took me out to celebrate. We got mani/pedi’s at the salon, went and had dinner & daiquiri’s and then shopping at Target. It was so nice to get away and relax without kids.

Sunday we went to Crit’s for dinner (grilled meat….mmmm, mmmm!).

Monday (my actual birthday) we went out for a late lunch (Ricky took the day off) and then to the mall.

Also on Saturday morning I went and got my hair done. I was there 3 hours! I got it cut, colored and highlighted. It looks so awesome!

Here’s a before:

And After:

What a great birthday weekend! Now the countdown is on for 30!

And now I am all alone while Ricky is at work

It was so nice having her here….and we will all miss her terribly.

The only pics I took while she was here:

She’s doing Tayah’s hair in pigtails……and Tayah isn’t liking it! ha ha

So Friday night I am fast asleep but I become aware that Ricky is sitting up in bed. I am too tired to care and just assume he is dreaming, so I drift back off. A few minutes later and he is still sitting up, so I ask what he is doing. He says he hears banging and gets up to go check the kids and the house. I lay back down but realize he is taking forever, so I get up and pee and then go see what he is doing. He is standing in the front room and says there is banging against the outside wall. I stand there and listen and sure enough I hear some banging. It starts to get louder, like someone is banging hard against the outside of our house. The house is shaking it is so hard! I am starting to panic and am so frightened…..I run into the bedroom and Ricky tries to look out of the side door (without opening it) to see if he can see anyone. He says he can hear breathing! I go near the door and hear the breathing and panting and Ricky thinks it’s a dog. Not 2 days ago there was an emergency call to our line about rabies being found in our city, so Ricky calls the cops. Anyway I look out the door and sure enough I see a brown dogs head sticking out of our side gate! Oh My Gosh the relief I felt was instant! I swear I coulda gone into labor there and then I was so scared beforehand! The operator keeps him on the phone and not 35-40 seconds goes by before 3 cop cars pull-up outside! Wow, now that is amazing! - They come running down the drive, flashlights blazing…while Ricky is telling the operator where the noise is coming from (he says he thinks someone is trying to break in our house at first, and then right when the cops pull up he tells the operator it might be a dog)….in the meantime another 2 cop cars pull-up also! - We hear one cop shout "do you have dogs?" and we’re like "no" - So anyway there are 2 large dogs in our back yard! They had been trying to get back out and were getting their heads through the gate and pulling it, which was making the banging sound against our wall. They had chewed most of the post also!

So all but 2 cop cars leave, and they say they are going to get a chip-detector to see if the dogs have chips otherwise they will just let them go. They check our yard but can’t see how they got in…..and end up just letting them go because they aren’t chipped.

Needless to say I could not sleep for anything after that! (it started at 3.15AM). The cops were amazing though and it is such a nice feeling knowing we live just around the corner from the police station.

Is friggin’ killing me! It hurts so bad…I think it’s a nerve, it’s more of a radiating pain and shoots from my tail-bone down my right leg. It almost makes me collapse at times and I can hardly walk. I am going to ask my Dr more about it today (appt in 1.5 hours). I will update later about appt and post my 37 week belly pics (I am huge!).

Oh I also have a great story I forgot to post about from our weekend….it was a scary, sleepless night involving the cops!

I’m sick

Kyne’s sick

Not only am I sick, but my sciatic nerve is killing me making it hard to walk. I have neck and shoulder pain, and I feel nauseous. Yeah, pretty sucky start to the month so far.