Up and Down Christmas break and Things are Feeling Bumpy!

What a rough and tumble couple of days! As holidays usually are in one way or another- but being pregnant put another spin on this year's Christmas celebration.

Thursday, December 23

Took the day off to prepare for Christmas. Now that Andrew's older and I'm pregnant, I wanted to take some time off to prepare for his Christmas in a less rushed fashion. All last minute things completed, prepare for whatever food we bring for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and possibly have time for a haircut and mani/pedi?? :D Awesome idea.

I sleep in until a whopping 8am. Get Andrew ready and take him to daycare. Then head to Kaiser to pick up some paperwork needed for hubby's FMLA papers which we called in the day before. They said it would be ready and waiting at the front desk, so I went directly to the desk they told me. Not there. Waited 15 min and the receptionist told me that the NP is coming soon and they will ask her. 30 more minutes pass and no one has told me anything about why I'm waiting and who I'm waiting for...Boo. Most irritating is that there was no one there so I felt like I was twiddling my thumbs. Finally they brought out the documentation- a very short note with the information we needed…so we thought.

Left Kaiser and called the hubby. He said the paperwork he received was at home and to double check for any other info we might need. Turns out there’s a whole other form to fill out. I wasn’t going to waste my time waiting for more papers because I had other important things to do- hello, long overdue haircut! I called around asking how to get these forms filled out and they tell me there’s a 11/2 week wait time with NO options to expedite. Can I pay something to make it go faster? Walk it over to the department? Make an appt with the doctor to fill it out in person?? For paperwork due in over a week, in the midst of the holidays, with the threat of termination (yea- don’t get me started on that one) if we don’t complete the paperwork- um I was freaking out. Being pregnant, this means I was bawling my eyes out.

So, I stopped freaking out long enough to get my butt in the car and drive. I drove to San Jose to have lunch with the hubby which was already planned. I knew it would cheer me up to see him and do something I can never do- take him to lunch on a weekday! After I got to his work and vented to him on the way to lunch, I began to feel better. Then a call from Kaiser came, shooting down another option to get this paperwork done brought me to tears AGAIN. Strike 2 for Kaiser. Boooo.

Lunch was great however, and I headed to the mall to finally pick up my necklace that needed adjustment. Finally because it took me a year to actually have the chain lengthened and another 3 weeks after they called to actually pick it up. But I have it now and it’s beautiful!! I got to shop for mom’s Christmas gift and that was pretty relaxing. And I got call from hubby that they were released early! Yay! So what do we do? Decide to go to Kaiser and settle this ish once and for all. Long story short, he got it done- in the nicest way ever. But boy once it was done, did he call the lady that helped us all kinda names raging from fatty witch to stupid robot. Haha- again not the smoothest experience, but we got it done. Strike 3 for Kaiser on the way they handled it in person (little apologies, more run around)- but they WILL NOT get the best of the Guerreros muhahaha.

After the triumphant Kaiser run, we were off to buy a Secret Santa gift for Andrew’s daycare holiday party. Longer than expected! You try finding a good toy for $10 these days. But once we got to the party all the kids were so excited! Running around everywhere like crazy- probably from all the sugary treats floating around. But that right there is what Christmas was all about. The kids were enjoying their friends and the looks of excitement when they opened their presents. Sometimes the excitement was in the wrapping paper and not the toy but- it was the best sight to see!

And that wasn't even Christmas Eve...

Falling

I fell twice yesterday. Ugh. I don't remember the last time I fell- like all the way to the ground. The first time was on my way to work. My foot stepped and kinda turned my heel and caused me to slip and lose my footing. I let myself fall all the way down. Call this motherly instinct but I didn't wanna try to prevent my fall because I was carrying heavy things, plus I didn't wanna fall on my stomach. Kinda like the idea in snowboarding to fall on your butt- not that I've been boarding before. But to be honest, I kinda blanked on exactly how I fell. I know my ankle turned, it hurt after, and so did my knees. I think I fell on my knees then got up on my knees. And I was wearing a skirt ugh. I didn't even tell anyone but the hubby maybe cuz I was embarrassed? Then the whole day I worried if that kinda fall could hurt the baby...let's hope not. But no weird pains or feelings in the baby area- just kinda caution cuz I've never fallen like that before.

Then when I got home, I was waiting for my two guys to get home to decide what we were doing for dinner. As I was cleaning up and trying to cook some meat we had defrosted (wasn't sure if that meat was going to be lunch for tomorrow or dinner, I fell again. Mind you our kitchen is pretty cluttered cuz we've been doing some rearranging. AND I tripped on Andrew's tiny little stool that he had in there cuz he wanted to see what I was doing at the kitchen sink one day. I just wasn't paying attention? Maybe my growing belly has made me lose some perception as well as peripheral vision? Or maybe I was just tired...either way now I'm paranoid.

So Andrew is now sick and was waking up coughing and crying every hour last night. This meant I got no more than 1 hour of continuous sleep. It freaked me out cuz I really wasn't trying to go to work half asleep the day after I fell. So I stayed home, tooke care of him, got some rest, and am trying to simplify my daily life. I think I've just been a step ahead of myself and my body isn't keeping up these days....SIGH

So tomorrow is a new day. I will take a sore ankle, sore lower back, and bruised knees as a reminder to be careful. And I will wear tennis shoes everywhere I go if I can help it :). Gotta do everything I can to keep this baby safe!

Don't forget about the hubby!

Check out this article I read on momlogic.com called "I fell in love with my baby, and out of love with my husband." Just a reminder not to forget the husbands that helped us get to the wonderful family we have today. I think we all forget or neglect the hubby that needs our love also. It's tough to fit everything in but we have to make time. He needs us just as much as the baby does!


http://www.momlogic.com/2010/11/i_fell_in_love_with_my_baby_an.php

12 weeks- it's for real

As if the nausea, fatigue, moodiness, and snug fitting clothes didn't already confirm that I was pregnant, let's add the decreased risk of miscarriage associated with the end of the first trimester. Here I am, 12 weeks tomorrow, and things are going smoothly. The ultrasound taken at 10 weeks confirmed a lil baby wavering around in there- always makes things more real when you see the baby shaped being in the womb. A big sigh of releif as I end trimester number one.

Tomorrow is also my 31st birthday. This birthday eve reminds me that I had a list of 30 things to do in my 30th year. Most of which I completed- others which I didn't even have the time to think about. I did pretty good, but I liked checking things off life's to do list. Most of the things on the list helped me develop personally, or my family grow as its own great lil creature. No matter what, I've loved the journey- ups and downs- cuz it helps me to realize how strong we can be and how we're willing to work through everything together. I love that feeling.

Next on the list is to break the news to work. Although things seem pretty liberal at work as far as life events and giving time off, I'm very hesitant to tell the news cuz I'm new and don't know how well this kinda thing goes there. It will all be ok in the end. And I hope they can see in the past month how much I'm willing to learn and how much I can offer their team. I really like it there and feel like I can have a solid place there.

So, goodbye first trimester, hello second trimester! Bring on the blood tests, pee tests, dr appointments, and growth. I will really begin to look prego and people will know it. People will give me their seat on BART (hopefully). And no one will let me carry anything. I'm good, I'm ready - let's be prego!

Happy birthday to me :)

We're pregnant with #2!

My hubby and I recently found out we are pregnant. It was a surprise...we thought we were going to stop "trying" for a while-- even though we weren't really trying. We just weren't not trying. A pleasant surprise, really. We do want a second. But I didn't know he/she would come in the midst of all of this...stuff.

An amazing opportunity came up for a new job. At the same time, I was finally getting a promotion at my old job- one I had been waiting almost 3 years for. I was in a place where I was comfortable, knew what I was doing, but just not happy with the role that I played. Finally comes the opportunity to do the things I know I was capable of for this company, but this new opportunity was in a field I am passionate about and brings together my capabilities faster than the promotion would. I took the new job- so far so good!

Somewhere in August, I decided to compete in this year's hula competition. A unique feat because we are doing 2 dances that directly relate to Kumu's Loea. That's her new hula guru of sorts. These are important, special dances to her- thus they are to us too. We have a good group- 5 of us who have been there at least 3-8+ years. The other girls are younger but also have experience in competition. It's a really good time to do competition. But apprently, my babies love hula competition and always wanna come into my life during competition time. I guess it's meant to be...

So here I am...pregnant at a new job. Just waiting for my next appointment with an OB to confirm all is well to tell my job. This new job was one of the reasons we were gonna hold off on trying. I just hope everything goes well when I do tell them. :/ Until then... I'm pregnant and it's so great to envision such a bright future full of possibility!