nothing like insomnia.....

to give you time to update your blog that is seriously lacking. since so much has happened in the three weeks since i've last posted i'm gonna do the quick run down...probably don't remember half of it anyhow.

*the kids have all had physicals
--pudd is healthy, short and stout
--twiggi is healthy, tall and skinny
--bam-bam is overall healthy, now on two diff allergy meds and waiting on referrals to both allergy/immunology to try and figure out the true source of his misery and the psychology dept for a re-reval to determine if it's possible he has some form of autism as opposed to his current diagnosis of mental retardation
--tatertot is healthy, tiny and petite, and only sweet when she wants to be, which right now is about 50% of the time

*the older girls had vision appts
--pudd....needs reading glasses, that we go pick up today
--twiggi is 20/20 and just a little weaker in the left eye
--bam-bam goes on monday

**dental appts
--bam-bam and keek just went and are due back in late november
--the older girls will go on monday eve, esp since twiggi has two that are just refusing to budge on one side but dangling on the other

so overall, healthy kids!! yaaaayyyyyyy!!

pudd goes to the gi specialist today to see if they can figure out the cause of her ever so often unexplained abdominal pain flare ups...by my calculations...we might be about due for one...hope not!

**i did NOT deliver w/in two weeks after the positive ffn....it was actually THREE weeks yesterday, but there is change and progress....which doesn't mean a thing...and that sux.....as of now i'm 33w 4d....minimal goal was 32w...surpassed that....preferable goal is 34w.....coming up on that sunday. as of last thursday at 33w 4d, baby was weighing in at 4lb 5.6oz and all parts were present and accounted for...including the girl parts...still there....i didn't go to my check up this past monday...feeling "ok" and gas costs too much.....BUT i'm hoping to go this afternoon.....skeeter has been checking my cervix for quite a while now and as of two days ago we started to have some change and now i'm having intermittent spotting....however, my contractions which are usually quite vicious have calmed trememdously. maybe she's waiting for us to get past his cousin's wedding on friday and our baby sprinkle on saturday. anyhow, since he's no expert, i'm gonna go in and see my ob and let him do an official check and see how much progress has actually been made.

**our sprinkle is this saturday and i'm not looking forward to it now. i'm tired and don't really feel like being bothered. and as bad as this may sound, hope i go into labor and am in the hospital and have to cancel. it's just frustrating. people don't rsvp. we're not even buying food til after people show up so as not to be wasteful. not a single one of my babyshowers has ever been successful and i see no reason to start believing in them now. the highlight, skeeter ordered me a chocolate on chocolate cake that he says will make you wanna slap your moma....hmmmmm, i'll leave that one alone...and we'll see.....

**pulled the kids outta summer session...it was elective and elected NOT to deal w/ the b/s! they wanted out, and i obliged. but trust me! i am sooo looking forward to regular session starting next month!!

**skeeter's employer sux majorly...first they shut down the week of june 30-july 4th....cool if you've been there long enough to have paid vacation time to use...his one year anni date isn't until sept...so that was a nice financial blow for the month....and then they have no work for their welders.....so they're down the street at the sister company which has piss-poor conditions and a different shift, 11p-7a, as opposed to 430p-3a.....which means when he gets home he wants to sleep until 5 instead of sleeping til 8 or 9a and being able to help me w/ the kids and me, him and tatertot taking a nap during the day...one more week of this crap!

well, i think i'm fairly well caught up......now to catch up w/ pics and i ain't gon lie...not doing it right now