Story of the 40lb toddler....

Well this week has been a bit 'boring'. The most excitement I have had is going shopping with my soon to be 3 year old yesterday. He is the only one who loves to go shopping with mommy. He's my little buddy :D
Usually it's a good time, just me and him. He cracks me up with the things he says and does while we are out and about. He is perfecting his manly duty of being a backseat driver by yelling 'THIS WAY" or "NO MOM THAT WAY" from his carseat in the back as I make a turn. Or he's yelling at me for his headphones (for the DVD player).....his juice.....his book......his blankie.......while I'm driving of course. Not to mention the demands on occasion for a new DVD to be put in NOW.......haha

Typically all of this I take in stride......just the normal abuse all of us mothers take from our toddlers. Well actually I'm about to complain.....not about that stuff though. My boy is HEAVY!!! Roman tips the scales at about 40lbs at this point. Not *that* big by the AAP or anything.....but for a big pregnant lady like me? WHOA!

Yesterday -
1. Load 40lb toddler into the van and carseat.
2. Stop #1 - our pizza shop to get mail - unload 40lb toddler
3. Load 40lb toddler into the van and carseat.
4. Stop #2 - furniture store to look for aforementioned toddler a dresser - unload 40lb toddler
5. Load 40lb toddler into the van and carseat.
6. Stop #3 - Toys-R-Us to buy a few baby things - unload 40lb toddler
7. Load 40lb toddler into a shopping cart at Toys-R-Us
8. Unload 40lb toddler from shopping cart
9. Load 40lb toddler into the van and carseat
10. Stop #4 - JCPenney - again with the baby things - unload 40lb toddler
11. Load 40lb toddler into the van and carseat
12. Stop #5 - Walmart - groceries - unload 40lb toddler
13. Load 40lb toddler into a shopping cart at Walmart
14. Unload 40lb toddler from shopping cart
15. Load 40lb toddler into the van and carseat
16. Stop #6 - Famous Footwear looking for toddler boy shoes - unload 40lb toddler
17. Load 40lb toddler into the van and carseat
18. Toddler falls asleep in the van on the way home
19. Mom parks in the garage and makes daddy carry in the 40lb toddler

Needless to say I won't be doing that kind of shopping with Roman again until I have this baby!

Now.......I know most of you reading are saying to yourself, "This woman is nuts. Why the hell isn't that boy getting himself in and out of his own carseat?".......in a perfect world, yeah he would be! I'm not that babying mom you see getting raked over the coals each week on SuperNanny. My boy tries to get himself taken care of......but the logistics of this endeavor are just too much for this almost 3 year old.

#1. He isn't the tallest kid on the block. So him getting into the van alone is a task in which he uses all hands and knees and feet.
#2. It's February in Pennsylvania.......there is snow, mud and muck all over the place. My boy is a bit on the neat side and can't stand to get his hands dirty.......so he doesn't really want to touch the bottom of the van to grab hold and climb in....gawd I don't blame him
#3. There isn't much space between his big carseat and the back of the passenger seat in the van. Yeah, my van is roomy......but take into account also that because of #2 my boy is wearing a big cumbersome winter coat. So this adds to the madness
#4. Again, he's not a tall kid LOL and for him to hoist himself into that big carseat would be a tall order for him to fill.......especially while wearing that winter coat LOL

So looks like I'll be heaving this 40lb toddler for at least the remainder of the winter.......or until he grows another couple inches!

Even though my back is still sore, we had a nice outing together. I love spending time with my kids one on one.......it's something I hope to continue even after this lil one comes into the mix.

A little update on my nephew Owen: He is doing fantastic! The only thing he is connected to now is the feeding tube. But he is sucking the preemie pacifier like a champ, so they hope to get him to take a bottle this week. If he stays on this track he should be able to go home next week! I get to see the lil squirt Monday since I'll be helping my niece that day (since she had a c-section she can't drive or anything for awhile and her hubby is saving his time off for when the baby comes home). I can't wait to see him again!

I hope everyone is having a great week so far, I don't know about you.....but again I can't wait for the weekend!

PS: Wish me luck tomorrow.....I'm going to go ahead and take my glucose tolerance test tomorrow morning :\ I didn't pass the 1 hour with Roman, so had to take the 3 hour and passed. I'm hoping I pass the first time this go LOL

Have a good one all and talk to you later!

Upadate on Owen....

Well we drove over to Pittsburgh yesterday to take a peek at the new addition. Owen is absolutely gorgeous! He's SUPER tiny, but a real fighter. I was lucky enough to be in the room with my camera to capture the first time my neice was able to hold her baby boy. I got some really nice photos of baby Owen, mom & dad :D It was a special moment!!

Owen is off the ventilator and doing great! He will be in the NICU at least 2 more weeks to gain weight and continue to grow. I hope the time flys by so he can get home with mommy & daddy!

Here are a couple pictures I got of him:

Excuse the lighting.....because he is a preemie, they keep the room dim and I didn't want to use my flash. But you get the idea he is a cutie!

Nothing else exciting happened this weekend.....so I guess I'm ready to tackle another week! So far it doesn't seem to be full of things to do, so hopefully I can get around to doing some things I really WANT to do! LOL We shall see!

Hope everyone had a fab weekend and here's to having a great last week in February (ack, yeah crazy I know!!)......

I'm a Great Auntie!

Well Mr. Owen just couldn't wait any longer! So at 9:56am, Owen Paul was delivered via c-section and weighed in at 3lbs 8ozs. He is only 16 inches long! Such a peanut!!

My neice is doing well, still in recovery and going crazy cause she can't see her lil boy quite yet. And Owen was having a bit of breathing problems, so he is being assisted by a ventilator. He will probably be there for a few weeks til he gains some weight.

We are all just so excited! Here is a picture of the newest member of the faimly:

Congratulations Adam & Lisa!! Can't wait to get up there to visit tomorrow :D

Whew a long day!

So I feel like I did alot today, but got about zilch done around the house......guess I can't do it all.
I had to pick up new menus for our pizza shops and other random things at the office supply. I also got the van washed, oil changed AND ran it through the car wash. So it's sitting nice and shiney in the garage while the snow falls LOL *shrug* It's a neverending battle in the winter!

I talked to my neice today.......she is confined to her hospital bed until she has this baby boy! So in other words, she is totally missing her baby shower :( I'm going to try and figure out how to operate my computer's web cam so we can get it hooked up at the shower. My SIL called the owner of the venue and they do have wireless access that they will let me hack into LOL
So looks like I will be a great-aunt by March 3rd!!

We are expecting a nice snow/ice storm here tonight and into tomorrow....joy. So I called Bob and they are on their way home tonight instead of tomorrow. I worry about them driving in bad weather. Especially since they are in his brother's Cadillac with no 4 wheel drive and I'm SURE no snow tires LOL.......so I'm up waiting on his arrival.

Roman was so happy to be my buddy today while I ran errands. He's been so stir crazy! I can't blame him......I'm really tired of the wet and snow already. Spring can't get here fast enough! I hope when we plant grass it grows fast so I can turn this boy loose in the backyard LOL

So I guess I'll keep sitting here watching TV til my husband gets home. I think I'm in for another busy weekend......hopefully something fun will happen and I'll have an interesting blog post for you! LMAO

The week is half over....

Wow....it's Wednesday. Amazing how fast the week goes and here I sit feeling like I've done nothing LOL. Well I did do a few loads of laundry yesterday so that my sweet husband would have some clean clothes to pack for his trip to Atlantic City. He left early this morning and will be gone until Friday night. I'm sending all my lucky vibes to him in hopes he will actually win a poker tournament *snicker* Even though he won't admit it, I know he enjoys the little break. He still gets a ton of phone calls from home (heh) and from employee's about various things (like the water being shut off at one of our shops this morning because the landlord didn't pay his bill *ugh*).....You really can't totally get away when you own a business. One of the many perks, I guess LOL

We did get a family scare yesterday though. My neice (Bob's sister's daughter) is also pregnant. This is her first babe and is due mid-April. It's a little boy :D Well she had her regular OB check up yesterday and her doctor suspected she may have pre-eclampsia (pregnancy induced hypertension) because of her rapid weight gain (mostly water) and her blood pressure was whacko. She was admitted last night and they are watching her closely at this point. I'm waiting to hear if she will be released tomorrow or Friday.....her baby shower is Saturday LOL Looks like she will not be getting to her due date in mid-April though! Wonder if the family is going to have another March birthday instead of April......I think maybe someone knew April was already chock full of family birthdays LOL He's giving us a break now! There is only 1 other family birthday in March ;D I'm staying positive cause I just know Lisa and baby Owen are going to be fine......they are at a great hospital and she has alot of prayers coming her way!

Well I guess I better get back to my laundry, but I will leave you with a picture......yes a PICTURE! Something new ;D

Roman looking so stinking cute! Have a good one everybody!

It's Over Already??

Wow.....it's Sunday night ALREADY?! What happened to the weekend man?! I swear they are never long enough for me. Even when Kailey has a 3-day weekend, it's not enough LOL. Tomorrow is President's Day, but Kailey has school for a snow make up day. Bummer. But I guess I'm ready to tackle a new week after a pretty darn good weekend!

Saturday was my husbands 34th birthday :D We, along with 7 other members of his family, decided to hit a new restaurant in Pittsburgh. It is called "Buca di beppo". It's family style Italian fare with a pretty neat ecclectic decor. We made reservations for 9 at 7:00pm. My neice and her husband decided to join as well, so we added 2 more. In doing so, we had to wait a lil bit longer for a table. No biggie. When we finally got called, the hostess was kind enough to take the precious birthday cake I had drove 1/2 an hour each way for from me and put our table number on it. They kept it in the kitchen until we finished dinner so we didn't have to deal with it while we ate. The menu was a bit overwhelming, since it was family style everyone was worried about ordering too much LOL. We had a fabulous and PATIENT waiter....everyone ordered and I absolutely LOVED my chicken marsala :D
The waiter cleared our plates and then I gave him the "3" & "4" candles to put on the cake to bring out. I opened up the "Happy Birthday" plates and Bob started to open his gifts. He had opened the last present and the co-owner of the restaurant came to the table, "Can I please have a word with Kelly?"........oh shit, they dropped the damn cake (my first thought) LOL......well I told him I couldn't get out as I am huge and pregnant and in a booth with a wall on one side and 4 other people, including my also very PG neice on the other. So he took a deep breath and said, "While we were getting your cake ready, another waiter in the kitchen dropped a wine glass and it shattered. We saw glass go up in the air and can't be sure that none went on your cake."........I think my face turned pale......this was not a run of the mill grocery store cake now. I got this from our favorite bakery 1/2 an hour from where we live......I drove an HOUR round trip for a CAKE! And to top it, I have been craving this particular bakery birthday cake for at least a month!! *sigh* The owner continued saying that he was so so sorry and that they would bring the cake out with the candles so Bob could make his wish (he wished we could have ate that damn cake LOL) and we could take pictures.....but then he would take the cake away to *sniff* dispose of it *sniff* and send us 2 of the restaurant's celebration cakes (which aren't even on the menu...whoopdie LOL). They brought out these celebration cakes and let me tell you, they were quite impressive. They were red velvet caked with rich cream cheese icing and I noticed there were these green specks all around the outside edge......*sigh*.......me to the waiter, "Can you please tell me if these are nuts?".........for those of you who don't know, my sweet little Roman is for SURE allergic to peanut butter. We have not had him tested to see if he is also allergic to tree nuts (fyi peanuts aren't really a 'nut', they are legumes that grow out of the ground and some people are allergic to them but not allergic to tree nuts like walnuts, almonds, etc.) - but we just stay away from them to be safe. Especially when we are out of town and I don't know the quickest route to an ER LOL. Yes they were nuts *groan*......so the owner again comes over and apologizes profusely LOL......I'm feeling sorry for the guy at this point! He then goes to the kitchen and brings a peice of chocolate cake, I swear, the size of Roman's head AND a big bowl of vanilla ice cream. Well of course Roman is happier than a tornado in a trailer park and has no problem getting skipped when I serve the other cake LOL So the evening ended on a good note, and Bob had a great evening which is all that matters. Oh and he will be making a trip to that special bakery this week for another cake *wink*

Today I went to my friend Rachel's purse/spa party! So yeah I drove to Pittsburgh again LOL But it was soooo worth it! There was a woman who had loads of Coach, Gucci, Dooney, Fendi knock off purses PLUS Rachel's SIL sells some nice spa products and had a nice sampling for everyone to try. Not to mention the YUMMY snacks they served.....Rachel, your lil meatballs and veggie pizza were AWESOME. I'm SO wishing I had a 2nd helping of each LOL I found a really nice BIG Coach bag that I will use for a diaper bag once the little one comes. It will be a sad day for me to put my current Coach bag in it's dust cover, as it's not quite big enough to hold everything you need to have for a newborn. But she will come out every now and then when I get the chance to escape sans baby :D
Thanks for inviting me Rach, I had a great time and the company & conversations were just as great as the purses!!

So that was my weekend in a nutshell.....busy yes, but it was a great one! Off to get ready to tackle what this new week has in store :D

Lazy Friday.....

So yesterday turned out to be a great Valentines day! When I left you Wednesday, I had that little delimma of wrapping up my husband's Valentines gifts. Well turned out I went to do it the following morning. I got a shower and then he went to do the same. So I took that opportunity to grab his stuff out of the van. I snuck out, opened the back of the van, pulled back my sweater coat to NOTHING. My heart SANK! I almost lost it right there in the garage. Where the heck were the gifts!?!?! Not only Valentine's day for him, but his birthday gifts too (his bday is tomorrow)!! I combed the house.....every room, cubby, cabinet and drawer. Did he accidently find his stuff and is now messing with me by hiding it? No, can't be......

Well I found the bags. They were in the garage back where we have a few random boxes and some Christmas decor. I let out a HUGE sigh of relief. Turns out my dear sweet daughter thought I wanted her to hide the gifts, so she took it upon herself to do so......without telling me. Nice for once she took some initiative *eyeroll*

Once our daughter arrived from school we all set off to the town over so that I could hit a furniture store there and order my swivel glider and ottoman I've been lusting after for YEARS. I was set on ordering one from Pottery Barn Kids (over $1200), but luckily a girl on a message board I frequent lead me in this other direction. I got basically the same chair and ottoman for less than HALF that cost PLUS got to choose the fabric and color. Pretty sweet deal. I am a happy pregnant lady :D

Afterwards we decided to grab a bite since it was still early enough in the day we could get into a restaurant without waiting 2 hours. We had a lovely meal at Outback Steakhouse! So all in all it was a great Valentine's Day!

Today I didn't do much of anything. Haven't stepped out of the house actually. I woke up and have been battling a nice sinus headache. It's eased up some now that I finially decided to take some Sudafed. One of the many perks of being pregnant is the EXTREMELY short list of medication you can take for relief.

The kids took a needed afternoon nap while Bob and I dined on a childhood classic: fishsticks and macaroni. We then laid in our bed and snuggled while watching "The Wrath of God" on the History Channel LOL - it was a series about various snow storms and blizzards that have occured in the US, including the story about the Donner party in the Sierra Nevadas. Pretty interesting stuff.

Days like this happen and you think two things........#1 Man I am SO old that staying home all day, watching the History channel and doing nothing is considered a GREAT day and #2 Why can't I have more days like today!?

Have a great weekend and talk to you soon!

My first blog post....

So my blog pusher friend Rachel totally twisted my arm to start up a blog. I really enjoy reading her blog, as well as a few others here and there. Out of PURE laziness, I didn't have one of my own!

Well I'm here watching the re-air of Project Runway on a Tuesday night and decided, what the hey.....so here goes!

For those who randomly found my blog HIYA! My name is Kelly. I am a wife and mother of 2 great kids. I'm also 25 weeks pregnant with our third child due in late May. So that is your warning about my scatter brained ramblings. Just in case you read and ever think to yourself, "What the heck is this woman talking about." LOL The emotions and thoughts running through a pregnant lady's brain on a daily basis are about as pure crazy as you can get without being put away in a padded cell. Don't believe me? Ask my husband *wink*

Another thing you should know about me is that I have a horrid and uncontrollable urge to constantly use multiple periods between thoughts in a sentence. I know there is a name for this (............) but alas the pregnancy brain has struck and that proper name has escaped me. If this annoys you, too bad LOL

So I'm sitting here and my dear sweet husband is in the office on the computer. Normally this would not be a problem. Tonight it is. Why, you ask? Well, as most of you know.....tomorrow is Valentines day. So being the tired and over exerted pregnant lady I am......I didn't have a card or small gift for him until I went to Walmart earlier in the evening. So I got him all taken care of......even stopped at the candy store and bought him his fav......chocolate covered pretzels! It's all in the back of my van......in the garage.

On a normal night, when I don't have gifts stashed in the van, my dear husband would have left to visit the two pizza shops we own. That would give me at LEAST 45 mintues minimum to get the gifts in and wrapped. But noooooooooo he hasn't gone tonight. So I'm faced with a delimma. Maybe I could go in there and ask him if he's going to go......but it's almost midnight, so probably not. I could get up early tomorrow and do it......but that won't happen either I'm sure. Being that I am a tired and exerted pregnant woman and all......I like to sleep late. Hmmmm. See I don't think it'd be a big deal really, but I made it seem to him that I already had my gift bought, wrapped and ready to go. I do this as part of my wife quilt quota. You know we have to fill that quota each month and ESPECIALLY at the holidays.

So I'd feel guilty to let him know that I wasn't as prepared and organized as I let on previously. And to top it, when I got home from Walmart......he was here......and there was a gorgeous bouquet of red roses waiting for me on the kitchen table! LMAO

And that is where I'm at.....sitting here watching Project Runway.....at almost midnight......thinking of the gifts I have for my dear husband........sitting in the back of my van.

Welcome to JustKelly!