Wednesday, October 14, 2009

I miss my babies







Nurse vs Nurse

There will always be one nurse that is so different from the other. I have been here for a week as of tomorrow and so far in exception to last night, I have had great nurses. Especially at night.
The day nurses I'm usually asleep but even they are great too.

Well last night. I had some bad contractions like 3-5 minutes apart. Like it totally hurt my lower back. I had a hard time sleeping. I felt pretty restless and was even worried I was going to deliver. So around 3ish in the morning..I complained about being in pain and I think the docs may have to check me. She automatically answered for them and said "they're not going to check you." ALL the other nurses day or night when I've complained about pain have called in a doc to check me to see if there has been any cervical change...SOOO I don't even think she mentioned anything to them although she said she would. I told her about it at 3, a doc didn't see me until close to 6 in the morning. Seriously!

I'm kind of glad that I didn't go into labor during her shift. (Sigh of relief) Well, I know that some nurses may not like some patients because dude, I barely paged her and kept asking for anything until I felt pain. Part of her job description right?!? Oh well. I hope I get a nice nurse when I actually deliver.

Monday, October 12, 2009

Ready to go

I am so ready to go home. I've been here since Thursday and nothing has changed. I started to get heart burn last night and thought that today was the day. Nope I was wrong. I'm still at 6 cm, started to have contractions but they have subsided.

I'm just waiting for the docs to do their rounds and hopefully they say go home on bed rest. It does suck to be here and nothing progresses. A part of me just wants to have this kid already. I know holding off as long as possible will be the best thing, but I dont know when he decidess to come or not. Its crazy cuz I was here last week at 4 cm and back again at 6. Watch me be back here next week then be at 8. Its just frustrating.

Well I miss the kids, my bed, the dogs, and my tv, We'll see what they say. They should be comng in soon,

Sunday, October 11, 2009

In the hospital

Here I am in the hospital again. I've been here since Thursday evening. I went to my regular high risk appt, my fetal monitoring to my ultrasound and with those appointment found out I was 5 cm dialted, 80% efaced, -2. Sooo now I'm at 6 cm dialated but everything is still the same.
I hate it cuz now I'm on oxygen cause I had a fluid overload with IV.

Well I'm pretty much here until I deliver. Things may change but its pretty much day by day

Monday, October 05, 2009

32 Weeks and 1 day

So I am very happy I did not give birth on my birthday. I was in the hospital last week to stop preterm labor. I was in the hospital for 4 days. Yup pretty much all week. Had to get the steriods for baby's lungs, magnesium sulfate to stop the contractions, fetal monitoring for all day and all night. I dilated to 4 cm 70% efaced and -3. So I'm still at 4 cm, water is still in tact and I was stable enough to go home.

Yesterday was mine and AJ's 5th bday. I was so nervous that I was going to completely lose my bday if I popped on my bday. (of course that would totally be the odds) But I didn't woohoo. So we didn't do much, just had a gathering at Lisa's house and the kids played a little bit at Strikes in Elk Grove. I wanted to have a bday party for him, but knew I wouldn't have the energy for it.

Anyways, I'm hoping I make it close enough to my due date which is Nov 29th. Part of me just wants to have this kid already. I just don't like feeling uncomfortable anymore. Getting up in the mid of the night to use the restroom, just getting up from the couch and bed. I'm just tired. But as long as I make it 34 weeks then we are in the clear.

All I know is after this baby is born, I won't be getting any kind of sleep. It's okay I know it will be worth it.

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Pregnancy Pains

I am sooo done being pregnant. Seriously..this is it for me. I hate it that I've been on bed rest now for two frikkin weeks..Yup, dr put me on bed rest cause of my past preterm labor history. Ugh!

Well, I can't wait to go back to work and say, aight I need to get back to work. I don't mind being home since AJ just started school and all, but man. I miss work. As crazy as that sounds.

I just don't like this uncomfortable feeling anymore. The unable to sleep at night because I swear it takes forever to find a position to sleep. The wanting to eat certain things, that for some reason at this point still make me nauseas (ok I know that's not spelled right). And I'm tired of my bella band, and wearing maternity clothes. I just would like to get back in my regular clothes and be thinner again. UGh!

Well, I have like three more months go to. So I'm hoping I make it very close to term so I won't have any issues w/ work and the baby. And yes, I am aiming to go natural again. NO epideral for me. I'm way to scared to not feel my legs or bottom half.

Thursday, July 02, 2009

Many Changes

Man it's been forever in a day!! Well, since I've been on this blog. I've been so busy w/ work and kids..plus we have no internet after we moved. Yea, I know I totally miss the internet, but its all good. We'll get it later.

Anyways, so I know I haven't mentioned it on the blog last time. But we are now expecting our 3rd child. Yup..Baby number three is on its way. I'm due sometime in November. They said it was around the 29th, but knowing my kids they won't come on time. They seem to like to come early.

That's one change. Another one, if I haven't mentioned it was that we moved out of Lisa's house and got our own. Renting for now, but it's all good. It's a place of our own. So we haven't completely unpacked but, we've moved everything out of storage and most of everything out of Lisa's house.

Other changes..AJ's going to be going to school this fall. Woohoo!! I can't believe how big he's gotten. Kindergarten already. I can't wait to go on his first day of school.

Changes at work. We have a new ASM. He's cool. Younger guy, he's pretty funny though. Marina's getting married this month. Lyla had her baby and was on leave. And...hmm...then branch totally looks different. New paint. A wall. Hours have changed on Saturdays. All kinds of stuff. I'm just very grateful to be working.

Other than that, it's different from having one to two kids. Man do they keep me busy. And to think there's another one coming. Oh mun! Well..till next time. Hopefully not to long.

Saturday, March 21, 2009

The weekend begins..

So I am officially watching Twilight. Haha I know the movie wasn't the best but ohhhh Edward Cullen. Hahaha. I went to Walmart this morning to get some necessities and ended up buying Twilight. Woohoo.

Anyways, well..we're going to be heading out to the city later for our evening outing for our anniversary. I can't wait. I'm so happy to be off, it's been a long week.

Sunday, March 08, 2009

Home sweet Home

So we went driving around last week on Thursday during AJ's therapy session just to look to see if there was any house available. There was one house we found off of Calvine Rd which is on land. We called the number and the guy met us in like 20 mins. We were only inquiring to see about how much he needed down and he ended up letting us look at the property.

It's not the best..but it's a fixer-upper. I totally want to move into it. Needs lots of cleaning and maintaining. But its okay. It's on farm land. We can have the dogs and Tuan talked to him about our situation. I mean, it's a deal. But just gotta get the deposit together. Maybe I'm just dreaming and hoping..cause I've been thinking about it since we've seen it. We'll see though.

Cross my fingers...

If it's not meant to be..then we'll have to look around again within the next few months. I'm so ready to get outta his sis house. I kinda want to do it before she goes into labor.

Wednesday, March 04, 2009

99 Things

So I figured since I'm all awake in the mid of the night i have time to do this. I saw it on Rizzi's blog..so here we go.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain

9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning (I'll never forget this, it was when I was pregnant w/ AJ not a good combo to be pregnant and have food poisoning)
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (kids were sick though)
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run

32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke -(Now I think every Filipino has done this fo sho)
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance (Another one, when pregnant w/ AJ..twice. I was pregnant w/ him and was transported in traffic cause I was going into preterm labor..and then the second time was being pregnant w/ Leanna and I had to get transported from my dr office to the ER for my breathing Oh mun my pregnancy issues)
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie

56. Visited the Great Wall of China (I will go here someday..)
57. Started a business (We'll have another shop soon...just gotta get the timing right)
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check (I miscalculated once, and will never do again!)
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car (I can't wait to be over w/ car payments)
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox (I so got sent home when I was 8, I thought I just got a few pimples hahaha modded)
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous (Kevin Johnson the gold medalist and Robin Williams..I loved working at Marina they were regulars there)

92. Joined a book club (with as much as I read, I should!)
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby (And I'm thankful everyday to have my AJ and my Leanna..they are truly God's blessings)
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit (Got a settlement from a previous employer)
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

Chunky Song

I think this is the cutest thing ever!! It's Ling's song hahaha. She so dances to it haha.

My "Ling Ling" as she's growing..
















Lunch w/ Winnie Anne

So last week on Friday I got to see Winnie-Anne! I swear we havent' seen in other since last year as far as going to hang out. She was off so we had lunch at Satori's (yum). What's so funny is we saw her and Joey at church a few weeks back and we were suppose to have a play date w/ the kids on a Sat. I thought I had her number on my phone right cause that Saturday after work which was the following Sunday from when we saw them I called and left her a message to call me back and see if she wanted to meet at Mc D's.

On the vmail, it didn't have a greeting, just the normal automated greeting. So I figured she got busy or forgot. So last week on Thursday I found out I had her # in my phone wrong. Talk about modded!! I bet the person was all like "um, don't know who you're calling" ahahaha.
Oh well, we finally got to get our numbers right.

So, we had a good lunch. I wish I was off though cause I had to go back to work. Maybe, I'll find someone to switch w/ me on a Fri when AJ's off track that way the kids can hang out or something. Anne's daughter is so funny...she texted me earlier telling me she told her we had lunch just us "mommys" and Carm said she was sad cause she wanted to see me too.

Kids. Gotta love them and their responses. :)

March birthdays

March 3- Happy Birthday to my mom...

March 22-It's our Anniversary (Toni-Toni-Tone song comes on haha)

March 25-Happy Birthday Katie!

March 28-Happy Birthday Myndy!

March 29-Nings Birthday! (Speaking of which I gotta plan her bday gathering)

March begins..

So it's like 3:53 AM Wednesday morning, and I am soo awake right now. I really don't know why. I'm probably going to regret this later, but oh well.

I haven't been online other then to do banking so I figured might was well blog. :)

Well, it's officially March. I swear, I went from blogging every now and then almost every day to once a month. Anyways, our anniversary is this month and I've been planning it since Jan to see where we're going to eat etc etc. I already have where we're going to stay so I'm excited about that. We'll be staying at the Hyatt by Pier 39. It's the one off Embarcadero (the one where the Equinox) use to be. So I can't wait to see it.

I haven't figured out where to eat yet. Anthony doesn't want to be on a schedule so I figured I might just look around and see where we can eat as far as get ideas, then I'll decide to make reservations. I know we'll be gone the morning of Saturday. I had to plan it where we have someone to watch the kids cause Glo has school Fri and Sats. So we'll be staying in the city on Sat and coming back the evening of Sunday. I'm really excited cause I'll also be off on the Monday. Woohoo. Long weekend for me. Something I haven't really had in a while.

Back to March...

Well, it's Lent and I have decided to give up two things. Which are really going to be hard for me but so far so good.
1. NO rice
2. I can't purchase any book until after Lent.

OMG. This is going to be hard for me. Well, the NO rice part I can live with. I think it's the purchasing of the books that's going to be harder for me. I swear I buy at least one book when I get paid. I know I've been reading like crazy book to book back to back. And I hate borrowing books. I want to be able to keep my books and have them on my book shelf. But yea, so I'm hoping nothing good comes out, and if they do gotta wait till after Lent.

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Hello February

I have not been on blogger in like forever...well I guess I've been that busy with work and the two kids that its been hectic.

Updates:

The kids..
Leanna, "Ling-Ling" is now 6 months old. Shes attempting to crawl, but does so with her head. She's a whoppin 17 Lbs, big chunky baby. She got RSV though this past Monday and is on breathing treatments, albuterol, and on top of that and ear infection. Mun, me and my preemies.
But she's getting better. She gets a little annoyed in the evening so she likes to keep me up for a lil bit. But I can't even believe how big she's gotten in the past few months. She's adorable. I love all the pink on her. Her brother loves her and is very sweet and protective with her.

AJ is officially potty trained! Woohoo. He has had a few accidents, but I guess it happens. But it's been a whole 9 days since he hasn't really worn pull-ups. He goes on his own to the toilet and its so funny cause he'll use my step stool to sit down and he looks like he's struggling but he figured it out. He still has school twice a week w/ Ms Iris and sees Ms Audra for OT only on Thursdays. But hes starting to get to a point where he'll talk back and start ignoring me when he's being called. Just gotta set him straight.

Tuan and I.
We're doing okay. It's Valentine's day and don't know what we're going to do today and/or later. Lings been sick so we'll see if we'll go out. I'm planning our anniversary for next month and haven't figured out where we were going to eat. I have the place where we were going to stay but still haven't had a chance to plan that weekend. We shall see.

Work:
It's going okay. A lot of changes, but changes are good.
oPPS Lings crying till next time.

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Happy New Year..

So it's finally 2009!! It's about time!

Well, I was sooo over w/2008 like long ass time ago. It was a great and difficult year for me..and my fam. But it's a part of life that we go through. I'm not going to do any resolutions this year, but I have goals and the biggest one is to SAVE! Yup. Oh and to get things going again to be on our own.

I haven't been on blogger forever, and I know I can go on and on about everything. But I'd rather not (at least not now) So here's a breakdown of the holidays:

Christmas:
Went to DC for Xmas Eve..did the usual. Had white elephant at tita Teresa and tito Sam's house. I got a little mechanism that counts how many steps and/calories are burned. Cool gift. Then we actually saw my mom on xmas eve. Not something I was excited about, but I did it for the kids. I know it's horrible, I had a grudge, but it's too soon for me that's all.
Xmas day..went to Stockton and had some good ass prime rib and turkey! I gotta upload pics for Oliver and Joce's first turkey! Thanks guys for having us over. It was a lot of fun to be around great friends during the holidays. Then..
Xmas evening..came home kids opened gifts and had to sleep early cause I had work the next day..ugh. But it was fun.

New Years Eve:
Stayed at Lisa's house and just ate, slept, and tried to enjoy the evening. Rachel and Randy along w/ the kids were here to visit from Turkee so that was awesome. Tita Saio actually came over and had dinner at Lisa's house. It's been a while since they came to any family function so it was a big deal. And then did the count down.
New Years Day:
We went to the snow and had the kids play. Gemma had her baby..Kendall Marie (HAPPY NEW YEARS!!! baby) She's so big from the pics I saw. Can't wait to meet her.
The snow was fun, we're planning on going up again in a few weeks. The only thing bad that happened was Leanna lost her boots she got from Joce. Bummer. Oh well, she got to sport em.

That was that...Now it's a new year. There's a lot of changes coming. I know for me, I'm really determined to get things on the road. A new home for us hopefully before the 2010 comes around, but we'll see how much is put aside. And just to be able to enjoy the year.

I hope everyone had a great holiday...