I've created a monster!

As most people who know me know, I have been selling Avon now for over a year. I waited yesterday for the entire day for it to be delivered and it did not shw up until 8:30 last night. Colby was more excited that I was, and immediately started to rip open the boxes and put the stuff on the coffee table to be sorted.

This is what 500.00 worth of Avon products look like.

Week 37

A maximum of 4 weeks from right now my 2nd little boy will be here. If I end up going for a section on May 18th, by this time of day I should be well back in my room and staring at my boy. Hopefully, exactly 4 weeks from right now, we will be home, he will be at least 1-2 weeks old, and I will be posting new pictures of him, and waiting for the Di Vinci Code, which will be coming out the next day. I finished the book (Again), and now Kassie has it.

Kassie has FINALLY updated her blog and as I type this she is trying to post pictures of her zoo on there. It's worth a peek.

I feel like I am coming down the flu, again. I woke up this morning and my throat was killing me and I'm all stuffed up. No time for this!

JoAnn and Barry came over the other night. Barry helped Rob take the head of the motorcycle to take in to get "fixed" so we can get that thing back on the road. After that, they came in and decided to tie flies. Colby decided he wanted to help and Barry was more than happy to help him tie his first fly! I forgot to ask Barry to leave it so I could put it in his book.

I replied to a post on Freecycle last week for Micro Machines. Well, needless to say I got them and Colby is thrilled! It turned out to be a crapload more than I ever thought, but he has not put them down since Tuesday so I guess it was a good thing!

No easter baby in the Schwartz house

Well, my goal of having an easter baby didn't work. Little bugger is just too darn comfortable in there. Went to Frenchy's with mom today and she bought a huge bag of clothes for him. They're in the washer right now. All Tina Approved. Genevieve told me the other night that I can post pictures of Adelle on here! She's going to regret that!

These are the pictures that we took of Colby and Adelle last weekend when we met up with them in Truro. Colby spent most of his time standing right where he is in these pictures!

Happy Easter!

Yes, the easter bunny found us. Colby initially woke at 1:30, extremly excited that the Easter Bunny left chocolates on his bed. Luckily, he went back to sleep and did not eat them. He woke again at 6:45 and up we were. This was the best Easter with him yet! I can just imagine what Christmas is going to be like!

Week 36

I don't think it's physically possible for me to get any bigger with spontaneously exploding. We went to the dr's this morning who "guestimated" the baby's weight to be about 6.5lbs. At this rate, he figures the baby will be pushing or over 9lbs if he goes full term. With that being said, this was delivered to the baby this morning.

30 DAY EVICTION NOTICE

TO: JOSEPH BERNARD SCHWARTZ (TENANT)

FROM: MOMMY (PROPERTY OWNER)

CURRENT PROPERTY LOCATION: MOMMY’S BELLY

YOU ARE HEREBY GIVEN (30) DAYS TO EXIT YOUR PRESENT RESIDENCE AND TO BE VACATED NO LATER THAN MAY 11, 2006. FAILURE TO ABIDE BY THIS NOTICE WITHIN (7) DAYS FOLLOWING SAID ABOVE DATE WILL RESULT IN THE PHYSICAL REMOVAL FROM YOUR CURRENT PLACE OF RESIDENCE, NO LATER THAN MAY 18, 2006 AT 9:00 AM.

NO ONE WANTS IT TO COME TO THIS AND THEREFORE IT IS RECOMMENDED YOU VACATE YOUR CURRENT PLACE OF RESIDENCE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, WITHIN THE NEXT (30) DAYS, TO AVOID ANY FURTHER ACTION.

SINCERELY, YOUR LANDLORD, AKA MOMMY

My little man

This was taken this morning. Colby is very proud of his spikes and had to wear them to school. I'm going to have to pick him up some gel to keep them in place! I also noticed that my comments, which were coming in abundance, have stopped. If there is a problem leaving comments, can someone email me please?

Easter Eggs and Fishin' with Daddy

Yesterday at preschool Colby decorated eggs for easter. Unfortunately both eggs took a bounce off the floor, but luckily they both had a very long bath in hot water before being painted! The top picture Colby took, because he wanted to have "a picture of Joey holding his eggs". Yesterday after preschool we decided to take Colby fishing for the first time this year. The water was cold and the fish were not biting, but he had a great time! I went along and sat in the truck, and of course had the camera! Thankfully we have rechargable batteries

More pictures!

We took Colby to Dad's arena to play on his bike. Of course, he was very quick to try and climb the snowbank!

Too much like his father and Uncle! Can't keep the wheels on the road, must attempt to climb something! At least he didn't flip it!

He took a bit of a spill on the way to the truck. I think he scared himself (and me) more than anything. He was not impressed that I quickly pulled out the camera!

Couldn't help but post these!

I love my boys!

Genevieve's famous potatoes

Oh gracious my life is slowing down and getting boring. I was out today and HAD to be back by 3 because I wanted to know what was on Oprah. I also saw a commercial for the news and one of their main topics is "blogging". Must watch that! Kelly called today. She found out that she's 14 weeks. Her time is going to fly! I was talking to Rob today about what we were going to have for supper (I'm still enjoying being able to all eat supper together as a family) and we have salmon out. I couldn't decide what to have with the salmon, and when we were talking we both mentioned "Genevieve's potatoes". So, I'm attempting them. I'm sure they won't be as good as hers, but it hopefully will be a close second!

Uncle Adam's First time babysitting!

Well, if you can call 15 minutes babysitting, we finally roped in Adam to do it. My friend Sandra had an empty house last night (her husband and twins were gone for the night) so I went down with her. Rob called Adam and he came out to do "guy stuff", flying tieing our something equally as foolish. Rob had loaded the 4x4 in the back of the truck so I couldn't drive it and I was not all that comfortable and didn't want to drive the car. So, I asked in general if one of them could drive me down to Sandra's, which is a 15 minute round trip. Adam was bbqing his supper so Rob drove me down in his truck, leaving Colby here with him. Adam's truck is much too high for me to get into, so I'm sure from the outside world it was quite funny. (For those of you who don't know, Adam drives a 2001 Silverado). I had a great time at Sandra's. We sat around and did a whole lot of nothing for 5 hours. It was nice to just sit and relax. BJ and Kelly showed up today with their new car. A 2005 Kia Rio. Very cute little car. Silver. I like it. I have the hospital bag almost packed. Ordered a few things from Avon (travel shower gel which is a great shampoo, chap stick and deoderant) and also ordered part of Adelle's birthday present. It's been a productive weekend so far. Rob finally finished putting the varathane on the pine in the bathroom so it's almost done! Joey's room is still not done, but he won't be in there for a couple of months anyways so I'm not too concerned.

35 Weeks Yesterday

I can't believe how fast this time is flying. After being tormented by Rob, I have almost completely packed a bag for the hospital. I have some clothes packed for me, and I picked out the outfit that I am going to bring Joey home in. I was going to take a picture of that outfit, but I think I'll wait until he is in it before I take the picture.

I am enjoying a quiet night at home. Rob is working tonight and Colby is now in bed. I couldn't find anything to watch and made the mistake of watching Life's Little Miracles. For anyone who does not know this show, it is a show all about sick kids filmed in Toronto. So, of course I've been bawling for the past 10 minutes before deciding to move and come blog.

We met up with the Reads today. I can't get over how much Adelle is growing. She is so beautiful. Colby was quite taken with her. It should be interesting to see how he is going to be with Joey. He told the waitress that Adelle was his "baby sister". it was much too cute.

I went into work today to pick up my ROE and drop off my key to the quality room. I must say that I don't miss work. It was a long walk up to the quality room and of course 1/2 way up the stairs I started to cramp up. Leaving work early was the best thing I could have ever done. Today just proved to me that I really have to take my time. By supper time tonight I was exhausted. But, to think, we were on the road by 8 to go to Truro, home by 11:30, then I was back in the car again by 12:30 to go to work, then we went to Vogue with Dad to pick out new glasses (Funny story - the frames we picked out for him were too small for him because he now has bifocals but looked GREAT on me, shows who I look like!) and then we came home Colby and I went out AGAIN to return a movie and put more gas in the truck since gas went up to 113.9 today. But, Rob is off this weekend and I'm quite excited about that. I am also in the process of re-reading The Di Vinci Code, since the movie comes out May 19th and I will be going to the theatre to see it. **IF** this child is stubborn like his brother and decides NOT to come out on his due date and hangs on until May 18th for the c-section, I obviously won't make it to opening night. I'm still hoping to have an April baby, and if that's the case his first night staying with someone for a couple hours will be May 19th! Any volunteers? Uncle Adam?!?!?! LOL

I LOVE my digital camera!

We took Colby to get his haircut last night and the hairdresser spiked it. I have never done this to him and he loved it! To the point that he was upset when he went to bed last night because his spikes fell. So, I promised him that I would spike his hair today, and even put a little bit of mousse in it. When did my kid get so damn cute?

Brokeback Mountain nearly broke me

I rented Brokeback Mountain last night, because honestly I wanted to see what all the hype and all the awards were about. Well, I should have kept my 4.00 and bought coffees out of it. WHAT A DUMB MOVIE. We ended up turning it off it was so boring. This morning, after I came back from taking Colby to preschool, I thought I would watch the end, because, well, the affair had been going on for 20 years, how much longer could the movie be?? 30 freakin' minutes, that's how long. Nicole showed up just as I put it on and even she couldn't believe it. What a waste of time. I was not impressed. The storyline was weak, it jumped about way to much, and it honestly was very boring. I had to fight to get it out of the DVD player in the bedroom, and when I put it in the DVD player in the livingroom it kept asking for a parental control(which we have not set up on the DVD player). I should have taken that as a sign and not watched it. If you haven't seen it, DON'T. Save that 2.5 hours of your life and do something productive. Like... breathing in and out, washing your car in the rain, polishing your vacuum, anything.

He's finally eating something else!

For anyone that knows Colby, you know what a fussy eater he is. When we came back from preschool yesterday he asked me if we had any maple syrup. Thinking this was something that must have come up in preschool, I said, "yes, we do" to which he replied with "Can I have some pancakes?" PANCAKES!!! I try in vain to offer him different food each day, and each day ends up with the same small variety of food. Fried bologna, hot dogs, cheese, saltine crackers, chicken and rice soup, chicken tenders, roast beef and gravy with potatoes. So, he had pancakes for supper last night at mom's, and we made pancakes for breakfast this morning. I'm afraid of giving it to him too much, because then he becomes sick of it and doesn't want it. He asked for meatballs for supper tonight, which I gladly made him! If only I could get him to eat fruit I'd be all set!

I can't wait!!!!

A&G are going to Cape Breton this weekend and we're meeting them in Truro for breakfast. I can't wait! I can't wait to see Adelle again. It's been soo long! I was also joking with Rob when we found out that we would be meeting up with them. When I was pregnant with Colby, they came up to visit for Thanksgiving, and I had him about 2 weeks later. Here's hoping that rubs off again and Joey comes early! Maybe it's the torment I receive from Adam, maybe it's the excitement I get from seeing Genevieve, who knows? Who cares! As long as it works!

My little soccer player

Officially done work

It's been quite the week. I worked last Sunday, and begun feeling quite crappy Saturday night. Sunday night I came home and was quite nauseous. Monday I was really sick and really cramping, so I stayed home from work and Rob stayed home with me because something just didn't "feel right". Tuesday I was scheduled off work (which is why I worked Sunday) and still felt really gross. I was cramping A LOT, and sitting, which normally helped stop it, wasn't working. Rob went to work and was sent home by his boss when she found out I was home alone. No sooner did Rob get home that I felt like my water broke. This never happened when I had Colby, nor did any of the cramping I'm experiencing, so I was quite alarmed. We dropped Colby off at Nicole's and went to the Grace. We were there about 3 hours on the Early Delivery Unit, to find out that my water had in fact NOT broke and they sent me home. I was quite stressed, as you can imagine, but luckily the intern and the resident were quite funny. Well, at least Rob and I found it funny. When the intern attempted to listen for my heartbeat, she was listening on the RIGHT side. Last time I looked your heart is on your LEFT side. Then, when she decided to measure my belly, she asked ME where they measure from?! To top it all off, when the resident came in, she was fighting with the bed, WITH ME ON IT, in the "assume the position for me to stick this thing in you". I felt like we were reinacting the scene from Nine Months when Robin Williams in trying to figure out the bed. At this point all I could do was laugh and hold on. She was literally pushing and pulling on the bed to make some part of it slide out. Then, she says "Oh, I remember now, this is the BROKEN bed". It was the laugh I needed, as I was hanging on for dear lift and by this time poor Rob is nearly on the floor laughing. So, I called my boss Wednesday morning, changed my shifts on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to 12-8:30, and finished officially as of Friday. I can't keep pushing myself like this because I'm not getting enough sleep. I had an appointment with the "baby doctor" on Friday who agreed it was time for me to go off work and modify my life as much as possible. Everyone seems to think I'm going early, and I do too. I figure if I'm still pregnant after Easter it will be a shock to everyone! I would like to make it to at least 36 weeks, which is only 2 weeks away!

Confirmation of why I moved back from Newfoundland

These are web cam pictures that I just took off The Weather Network. Needless to say, I'll be wearing a light jacket and sunglasses when I go out today, and will be thinking of all my friends and family in Newfoundland who will be wearing heavy winter jackets and firing up snowblowers and shovels. I promise not to laugh too loud.

33 weeks and growing

Tomorrow is Week 33. I have a maximum of 8 weeks left pregnant. I can't believe how quick this time has flown. I really have a feeling that I will not make it to the end this time. I am having Braxton Hicks on a daily basis, and the only way to stop them is to sit down. So, grocery shopping is out for me, as it's too much walking. I'm spending another night tonight at the Power B&B as Rob is working tonight again. I'm sitting here at work and it's soo slow here it's almost painful. I just want to go home!

Extra services available at Powers B&B

I joke with Dad that on the nights that I come to spend the night when they have Colby that "I need to reserve by room at the Power B&B". I spend the night when Colby does so that way if he's not up when dad has to drive mom to work he can just keep sleeping. So, I spent the night last night and Dad said that he'd come to Dartmouth with me to pick up my Avon order, since I knew the boxes would be heavy and it's hard to carry big boxes. So, we get out to the car, and I throw my bag and clothes in the truck. I dropped what I thought was my watch also in the truck and thought, "Oh well, I'll get it later" as I closed the trunk. Well, as I'm sure you can guess, it wasn't my watch but my keys. And, of COURSE it's the night I remember to lock all the doors. So, I looked at dad and said "Still got your slim jim?" (For those that don't know, dad is a retired bodyman). And off he goes to the shed and comes back with a home made slim jim. Well, dad's a little rustier than he thought and couldn't get the door opened with the slim jim. The one thing you must remember is that Dad hasn't worked on cars in years, and when he used this slim jim there were no power locks, like the Grand Am has. So, he went "old school". Out comes the cut clothes hanger. And, low and behold, "pop" goes the lock! I joked "I don't remember seeing this additional service available in the brochure for the B&B!" Only in Woodbine.

His name is......

Yesterday was Jean's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRAMMA! Rob bought her a vase and 3 crystal flowers (I think roses but I'm not sure). He also bought her 2 cards, one from him and I and one from the boys. He let Colby sign his name and he put the baby's name on there also. So, yes, we have decided on a name and started to tell people it. And his name is

He's going to school in September!

I called the school that I attempted to enroll Colby in for a pilot project that is taking 18 4 year olds a year earlier then when they would normally start school due to the age cut off. (The age cut off in NS is you have to be 5 by October 1 so Colby missed it by 1 month and 3 days). Only certain schools in the area are offering this and COLBY IS IN! The school that he is registered in, which is also the school he will be going to when he goes to kindergarden advised me today that he is in the program for September. So, he will be going to school Monday to Friday, 9 - 2:30. I have to get him there and back as there is no bus for this program, and I will have to find out if there is a lunch program or if I have to bring him home for lunch. I still have to get my head around the fact that he will be gone all day. Not that I will be bored mind you, it will give me some great time with the baby. But still! HE'S GOING TO SCHOOL! MY LITTLE BOY IS GROWING UP!

Just for Kellie Ann

Colby wanted to talk to Kellie Ann last night. Every time we make cookies (which is every weekend) he says to me "Mommy, remember when Kellie and I made cookies" which is something she did with him when she was visiting us in November. He had the greatest chat with her and she mentioned that she reads this from work everyday and I need to blog more. She also mentioned that I needed an updated pregnancy picture, which I have been meaning to do.

The Big 3-0 -- again

Today is week 30. That means, at most I will be pregnant for another 11 weeks. If I go a week overdue I have a c-section booked for May 18th at 9am. And we still don't have a name. But I must admit I am having fun picking up a few things along the way. Like these.

Nicole and the girls were here for a while today after preschool and we thought it would be fun to paint with finger paint. So, I dared Nicole to do her hand and this is the end result.

Needless to say we all had fun.

I am winding towards the end of my vacation (I took the week off work) and I must admit I feel much more rested and relaxed. My house is not as clean as I hoped it would be, but let's face it, it never is. My house will never be as clean as my mom's (example: Colby pulled out mom's couch tonight to find his dinky and there were NO DUST BUNNIES. Is this humanly possible??)

Tagged by Tawny

Tawny posted something like this on her blog and since I'm not tired and Rob is asleep in the chair I thought I'd fill it out for your reading pleasure.

4 Job's I've Had: McDonald’s hostess, receptionist at physiotherapy clinic, gym supervisor in physiotherapy clinic, and currently Quality Monitor, along with being a mom and wife of course.

4 Movies I Could Watch Over and Over: The Wedding Planner, Shall We Dance, Thelma and Louise and The Truth About Cats and Dogs

4 Places I Have Lived: Beaverbank, Torbay, Timberlea, Sackville

4 Albums I Can't Hear Too Often: Greatest Hits – Prince, any Tina Turner, any Cher, any Rascal Flatts

4 Places I Have Vacationed: PEI, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Bar Harbour, Maine

4 TV Shows I Love: NCIS, CSI, CSI Miami, Law and Order SVU

4 Of My Favorite Foods: Chinese Food, Homemade Egg Rolls, French Onion Soup, my mom’s home made bread / toutines

4 Websites I Visit Daily: LocobellaTuna, JoJosCrazyLife, East Coast Outdoors, The Newfoundland Herald Online

4 Places I'd Rather Be Right Now: In my pool, in my bed, hanging out with my kid, hanging out with my husband

4 People I am tagging: Rob, Adam, Genevieve and Brad (who can leave them as a comment

Moisseur Eggbert Homer Schwartz

This drives Rob absoutely crazy. We cannot decide on a name for this little guy. This poor child is going to come from this hospital Baby Boy Schwartz. For all who know me, I am obsessed with the Outlander series, and am in the process of reading the final book. One of the characters in the book had a baby, and when she was pregnant she called the baby Moisseur Eggbert. Poor Rob hates any reference to this series, so when I refer to the baby as Eggbert, he gets really mad. Which of course makes me want to do it more. So, Moisseur Eggbert progressed into Eggbert Homer, and as to where Homer came from, I don't know. So, now the joke is that if we cannot come up with a name, his name will be Eggbert Homer. Though, IF he happens to appear on May 1, I am really going to fight for Jamie, as the main character in the Outlander series is named Jamie and his birthday is on May 1. His full name is James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser, and surely he can decide on ONE of those names?!?!?!?!

Week 28

Thursday was week 28. This little boy is very active and I am getting very big. I am slowing down now and don't have nearly the energy I did. All I want to do is sleep. My doctors appointments have been moved to 2 weeks apart now, as opposed to a month.

We bought a DVD burner on the weekend, and I'm very anxious to try it out. Rob bought a laptop for a joke of a price, let's just say it didn't come with a receipt and no questions should be asked about it. It works. It's beautiful. It has a DVD player in it so Colby also loves it.

We took Colby skating again yesterday. He decided he did't want to use the red skating support thingie, and was skating by himself. It's amazing how quick kids pick up on these things.

Posted on freecycle earlier tonight

seriously, artist seeking bacon greese. Will pick on up the halifax peninsula. The more the better. Any meat greese will work. And if you give it to me, I'll tell you why I want it.

Can you say EWWWWWWWW?

I had to do it

I just finished reading Tawny's blog about Jaquin Phoenix and how he is #1 through 5 on her Friends Top 5 list. I had to add my own to that. Do I really need to say more?

The Flasher!

We had our ultrasound appointment on Friday. It was in addition to the monthly check up that I have every month, which is now changing to every 2 weeks as I am now in the 3rd trimester. Everything with the appointment went great, with the exception that my iron is low. I will be starting iron supplements on Monday. Yummy. Did I mention that the baby's a boy??? Yeppers, we're having a boy! I'm very excited. Colby was such a fun baby, that I'm really excited to be having another boy. We have settled on a name that we both love, but have decided that we're not telling anyone the name until he's born. Some things we need to keep secret!

First time skating

We took Colby skating for the first time today. He was a little nervous initially but by the end of it he loved it and was skating on his own. We were only on the ice for 20 minutes. I'm impressed. We'll be taking him again next week.

Week 27

FROM: YOUR PREGNANCY WEEK BY WEEK. WEEK 27.

Mother:

Welcome to the third trimester! The home stretch! Around this time you will begin to really put on the weight, this will last until about week thirty-six. Although some cultures dictate otherwise, weight gained during pregnancy is not fat or unhealthy, but rather, necessary for a healthy pregnancy and baby.

The weight that you gain will be distributed in several places. In the beginning of pregnancy you may have noticed that your breasts got larger. The average breast before pregnancy weighs about 7 ounces and during pregnancy each breast can weigh up to an average of 28 ounces! Some of the weight will go to body fluids (amniotic fluid, blood volume, etc.). Remember that your blood volume increase by 30-50% during pregnancy. And let's not forget the baby and the placenta! Add this to a few measly pounds put on as maternal fat stores, and you average about 25-30 pounds.

The most important thing to remember is that a healthy diet is more important than what you gain. Some women will gain more, as in the case of women who were underweight to begin with, and those carrying multiple babies. While others will gain less. Pregnancy is not the time to go on a reducing diet. Even if you are overweight, reducing can actually harm the baby by burning your maternal fat stores sometimes toxins can be released that are harmful to the baby.

Baby:

Your baby's skin is very wrinkled from floating in water. This will stay this way until a few weeks after birth as your newborn fills out into a baby. Although take heart in the fact that your baby's looks are assuming the looks that they will have at birth! Baby has also hit the 2 pound mark (900 grams).

I'm certainly feeling a 2lb baby right now!

Making cookies

We decided, since we couldn't get out, that we would make cookies. Now I see why when it says "yield 2 dozen" I never get that. I went to the living room to answer the phone and this is what I saw when I came back.