Horribly crabby times

Trying to make a long story short:

I was on my way to go and work out before family got into town on Saturday and found the basement to have medium amounts of water in it due to the dehumidifier never being turned on. So I start rushing around trying to move all of the items I'm strong enough to move so everything's not ruined (after turning on the dehumidifier, of course). And leave in a huff to go buy a second dehumidifier (one is normally fine as long as we start it before flooding actually happens). So I buy a smaller dehumidifier just to supplement the larger one, but it was still over $150. Ouch. I get home and Hubby says that he'll just shop vac every hour that night and that after the first day, the one dehumidifier should be good. Not sure I trusted that b/c his family was coming into town and who wants to use that time vacuuming up water? I mean, really? But I agree b/c he promises he'll do it.
P.S. I felt like the rest of our house was a wreck and unclean and HATE feeling that way when people are coming over. My plan is always to have the place semi-clean, but not uber-clean.
Onward: The next day I go downstairs to empty the water bucket for the dehumidifier...which is empty. WHAT??? Yeah, so it sounds like it's working, but isn't actually sucking anything up. Oh yeah, and Hubby didn't go downstairs once the day before to shop vac. So the basement still has standing water everywhere.
Another side note: If the drylocking had been done in the fall like was said to be done, there would be only one wall that would leak (behind the stairs) as opposed to everywhere.
Onward again: So I wake Hubby up and tell him it's not working and I go to work out. I can't take the stress and anger. And I get a call after I've been at the gym for no more than maybe 40 minutes by Hubby freaking out asking where I am b/c I've been gone FOREVER. Right... If the baby is hungry, there are bottles in the fridge. Give him one. But... I stop working out and go to the locker room to get ready to come home. (I walked there and back) By the time I get home, Baby is SCREAMING his head off (and this is coming from one of the most easygoing babies I've ever dealt with). And Hubby's confused b/c the children's tylenol says not to give it to infants {Is there really a difference between infants and childrens tylenol? I mean, that's a serious question. Someone please answer.} but Baby is hot. No, he'd not taken Baby's temperature yet, but Baby was red in the face from screaming and crying so much and felt hot. Ends up Baby was never given a bottle, was overly stimulated, hadn 't gotten a nap at all that morning...Yeah, you get my point. So I take him to his room and feed and rock him, which is hard b/c he's still upset. And after a while he calms down and is sleeping, not red, and no longer warm. Granted, it happens to all of us, but should I really be putting a list of 'Could this be the problem' for when I'm not there? Honestly?
I can't even think of what else went wrong this weekend, but those pretty much sum up the aura of my weekend, if a weekend can have an aura.
HOWEVER, while it was a ridiculously stressful weekend, it was also really blessed. Family came into town (including my one and only nephew, who's getting HUGE). It was/is really great to hang out with them. And I found that my SIL and I are more similar that I thought. She's pregnant with their first biological child and her pregnancy is quite similar to mine thusfar. She's had less nausea, but more actual vomiting, but has also had recurring headaches. She weighed the exact same amount starting out and has lost a little in the first two months (the exact amount I lost) and has been able to maintain that weight (like I did). Here's hoping, though, that her nausea/vomiting stops before the halfway mark!!! Anyway, it's fun to hang out with them!!!

Birth

I wrote about my birth experience, but the blog won't let me copy and paste things into here, so you'll miss out. But, long story short: Gabe was born two days late. There was no cussing involved. He was sunny side up, so there was a lot of back labor. I was sick for a week and a half beforehand, which wasn't the best choice. I ended up taking drugs. And he was very average sized (7 lbs 8.7 oz and 20 in long). I did not prefer being pregnant, but I love being a mom. I haven't had PPD like I thought I was likely to get. As a matter of fact, I don't even think I've had any baby blues. That's weird. Oh yeah, and breastfeeding is NOT the easiest thing ever. For the first few days, I would cry everytime he would feed. Now it's better, but still so painful I cry sometimes. Oh well. Win some, lose some, right? I just LOVE being with him, though.

Insert Evil Laugh

So Hubby let me know that he only has 2 finals and the last one is on the 17th (two days before graduation). We're due on the 31st, but I swear to you that Baby is growing big b/c I'm not sure how much bigger I can get before I pop (literally). I'm now going to be using all of my "spare" willpower to WILL the baby to come on the 17th, with labor starting after Hubby's last test is finished. He'll be born on an odd day, which would satisfy me greatly. Tests will be finished. He'll be born before family comes into town, so they'll be able to meet him. And it would work out well with my job. Now if only I could bend the fates of the universe to match my will...

Sleepy sleeplessness?

I think the worst part of sleepy sleeplessness is when you get off of work and are too worn out/tired to do anything (except breathe) and so you lay down in bed at 7:30...but then can't fall asleep until past 10:00... It wouldn't be SO bad if I then didn't wake up at 1:00 and was unable to fall back asleep until after 4:00. Oh yeah, and I still woke up every hour... And, yes, I have to be to work at 8:00 in the morning. Plus, I blow-dried my hair again today. I needed some type of pick-me-up. I think I might have allergies at this point in time b/c I've felt funny for the past few days and today I have the sinus-stuffy eyeball headache. But, at least Bebé Gabe seems to be healthy and quite active most of the time, right?

Blah

This week hasn't been that encouraging... It's the Friday before a long weekend and I'm SO grateful. Don't get me wrong. I really do love my job. But this week has been the third of ridiculously hectic weeks and it's starting to take it's toll. Yesterday, it seemed like literally EVERYTHING was going wrong (boo). Today, I just feel very blah-like. At least it's half-way through the day and then I'll be going home to relax (or do house projects...I can never tell) for 3 straight days!!!

What what?

Granted, I'm not sure as I've never felt it before, but I MAY be feeling Yoda-Monster kick.

The first time it happened was on the plane ride home, but I wasn't sure if it's b/c the tummy was getting upset or what...but then it happened again yesterday several times. And here's all I can think of to compare it to... It's, like, the opposite of a cramp. For the first few months, the tummy was upset a lot of the time. Sometimes it would be roll-ey, sometimes it would be hot-owie, sometimes it would be really crampy, sometimes there just seemed to be a LOT of tension, etc. Well, this isn't painful at all...and it's not like a cramp...it's like the opposite of a cramp. So instead of feeling like my insides are somewhat collapsing on themselves/curling up into a ball, it feels like something's expanding quickly and then will stop. Weird. I guess we'll see next week at the ultrasound if that is, in fact, what it is or not...although I'm not sure if/when it will happen again.

Plus, I guess today marks 19 weeks. Thank God I'm about half-way there to meeting my wee-one.

Who cares if it's pathetic?

1) I've only thrown up once in the past month, if I remember correctly. And it wasn't so bad b/c it was at my parent's house instead of my own (even though I think it's more than I've ever thrown up at one time in my entire life...I didn't know I ate that much in a week!!!)

2) I was uber-excited because I ordered the baby diapers before we went on our trip and they were at the house by the time we came back. I had to stay up late to open them up and go through them. How fun!

3) I believe we have all of our big items at our house. We got the crib and changing table for $75 secondhand. We just got a rocker-glider this week used for $25. I got a massive amount of cloth diapers (what I wanted) for $375. I got a never-used breast pump for $150 (normally $230 as it's hard-core and has great reviews). And I've gotten quite a few clothes and whatnot from freecycle and/or craigslist for inexpensive. Oh yeah, AND I got an exersaucer and a pack'n'play for free from freecycle. Cool, says I.