Well, it's so hard to believe how quickly time passes. Henre is almost 3 months! On the 12th he'll be 3 months. Anywho, life is still trudging along. Hayley went to Girl Scouts today & brought home the cookies that she had sold. It was impossible to take her out to sell to the neighborhood because we'd just brought Henre home from the hospital when she brought home the Brochure to sell her Girl Scout cookies. She is going to be selling them this Saturday (tomorrow) at the area Walmart. She's so excited! She's actually a Daisy, but soon she'll be old enough to be a Girl Scout.
Henre is awake a lot more lately. I was taking a class in Logan on Wednesday night & Erich took the kids to play at McDonald's & while Hayley was playing hard with the other children, Henre sat on his dad's lap & was watching the excitement & activity with wide-eyed attention! He loved it! I wish I had video to show of the occasion, but Erich's not that into taking pictures. Henre was sleeping in a bassinet in our room for the first few months he was home but since he was about 8 weeks old he's been sleeping in his swing in the living room. He makes a lot of little noises in his sleep & it'd wake me up when I was alone with him at night. (I sleep MUCH better when Erich's home) So to help me sleep, I put a monitor by his swing & I slept in another room so this way I don't wake up to every tiny little sound & Henre sleeps much better, well, in theory he does.
I still don't manage to leave the house much for a few different reasons & my family will know why, but I had to walk Hayley over to a friend's house on a day that Erich was away from home at a class & when I was holding Henre he did NOT want to be under the blanket but wanted to see the sky & whatever else he could! I kept him under a blanket while I held him to my chest mostly because it was so cold outside.
Erich is doing really well at work. He's been having to deal with irresponsible employees but he tries not to let it bother him. He wants to work at a different (daytime) position at work but isn't sure he wants to have a particular woman who oversees the position to be his boss. She's difficult to work for & doesn't communicatte well. He's been so much happier since he got a new boss, Ray, and has been so much happier at home. I know the saying is: "If Momma's not happy, nobody's happy!", but I beleive it's also true for the dad. Since Erich's happier, then I have more peace & the house runs more smoothly. I've been trying to keep up the housework but because of the pain I'm in it's been really difficult. If I don't do it, then it doesn't get done. It's very frustrating becasuse I used to be so neat & tidy, plus I was organized!
I am curious if anyone's ever rented their car out before. I learned about it on the Today Show Thursday morning & I think we're going to look into it.
I'd love to add more, but my baby's calling!
Friday, March 9, 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012
My First Post!!!
February 25, 2012
OK,
I'm inspired by my sister AllySusy to start my own blog. I'm hoping to use it to express my thoughts, comments & what's going on in my life. I hope you all enjoy!
So, I feel like I've done a lot of emotional growing. Does this make me emotionally mature? I doubt that. I am human. My sister Heather shared a comment with me that her husband shared with her. He read it from a Hugh Nibly (Nibley?) book. It really applied to a problem I was having with someone in my life. Heather told me that this person "Knows the price of everything, and knows the value of nothing." I told her how profound that was to me. This certain someone offered/volunteered to come & help me with my baby so my husband & I can sleep. She said she was going to take my advice when I told her the best way to overcome your depression is by giving service to someone else. You still have the problem, but at least your not sitting at your own pity party. Well, when she told me I was the person she wanted to help, I ws thrilled. I told everyone that she was changing, I knew it! I was so happy! Well a few weeks went by & she sometimes came once a week, but not more. Then she was gossiping about me to my sister saying how I wasn't showing her appreciation by giving her money or getting her gifts. Well, my medical costs are staggering & she knows this. She was telling my sister very unkind things about me. When she was here on Thursday (Feb. 23) she told me she needed to talk to me because something had been bothering her. I sat down & emotionally braced myself. She said that she spends $26 dollars a month in gas to come down & help me. Now she lives 15 minutes or so away. But I KNOW she also goes to Costco, Joann's, Winco & other errands in Ogden so the fact she wanted me to finance this when she "knows!" I'm strapped for cash. When I apologized for not having gas money for her she said, "That's not what I meant or what I want!" Um...HUH!?!! Then she brought up that I, yes I didn't get her anything for Valentine's Day. My husband got me & my daughter a box of candy and we didn't get her anything. Well, I've known her my WHOLE life & she's never once got me or any of my siblings anything for Valentine's Day, Mother's day or whatever. After my daughter was born I went all out (because I was so SO grateful for her) & I got myself, my sister April, & her, all beautiful gifts, cards & candy for Mother's Day 2005. She was very apathetic about the whole thing. She said she's all alone & lonely now. I feel she was being selfish & I was bending over backwards to tell her how thankful I was for her help. I threw her a birthday party last year & spent a chunk of money for the dinner. My family came & I didn't ask anyone to bring anything, nor did anyone offer, & I know they would have if they could've. Anyway, she comes & it seemed we had a great time. The next week I see her, she tells me that she was hurt & upset that NO ONE got her anything for her birthday. She's the ONLY one that seems to get a birthday party. My sister Allyson arranged for her to get an IPod for her birthday a few years ago & she was happy. She's NEVER thrown a party for us, or asked about doing a group gift for anyone. The point of her party was having her family around her. People are tight financially in this economy & a lot of people had to drive to get here. She got loving cards & a delicious dinner. I never got a thank you, but I was stung when she said no one got her anything for her birthday. Was she including me in that statement? Should I have shown her how much money we spent that caused us to make sacrifices in other areas, just so she could have a good birthday. Not to mention I was in my 3rd trimester of a very difficult pregnancy. Ugh, I have an icky feeling now. I'm open to comments, constructive criticism. Thanks for reading this & I'll start trying to post pictures soon & keep up with the blogging. Thanks & talk to you again soon!
Meagan
OK,
I'm inspired by my sister AllySusy to start my own blog. I'm hoping to use it to express my thoughts, comments & what's going on in my life. I hope you all enjoy!
So, I feel like I've done a lot of emotional growing. Does this make me emotionally mature? I doubt that. I am human. My sister Heather shared a comment with me that her husband shared with her. He read it from a Hugh Nibly (Nibley?) book. It really applied to a problem I was having with someone in my life. Heather told me that this person "Knows the price of everything, and knows the value of nothing." I told her how profound that was to me. This certain someone offered/volunteered to come & help me with my baby so my husband & I can sleep. She said she was going to take my advice when I told her the best way to overcome your depression is by giving service to someone else. You still have the problem, but at least your not sitting at your own pity party. Well, when she told me I was the person she wanted to help, I ws thrilled. I told everyone that she was changing, I knew it! I was so happy! Well a few weeks went by & she sometimes came once a week, but not more. Then she was gossiping about me to my sister saying how I wasn't showing her appreciation by giving her money or getting her gifts. Well, my medical costs are staggering & she knows this. She was telling my sister very unkind things about me. When she was here on Thursday (Feb. 23) she told me she needed to talk to me because something had been bothering her. I sat down & emotionally braced myself. She said that she spends $26 dollars a month in gas to come down & help me. Now she lives 15 minutes or so away. But I KNOW she also goes to Costco, Joann's, Winco & other errands in Ogden so the fact she wanted me to finance this when she "knows!" I'm strapped for cash. When I apologized for not having gas money for her she said, "That's not what I meant or what I want!" Um...HUH!?!! Then she brought up that I, yes I didn't get her anything for Valentine's Day. My husband got me & my daughter a box of candy and we didn't get her anything. Well, I've known her my WHOLE life & she's never once got me or any of my siblings anything for Valentine's Day, Mother's day or whatever. After my daughter was born I went all out (because I was so SO grateful for her) & I got myself, my sister April, & her, all beautiful gifts, cards & candy for Mother's Day 2005. She was very apathetic about the whole thing. She said she's all alone & lonely now. I feel she was being selfish & I was bending over backwards to tell her how thankful I was for her help. I threw her a birthday party last year & spent a chunk of money for the dinner. My family came & I didn't ask anyone to bring anything, nor did anyone offer, & I know they would have if they could've. Anyway, she comes & it seemed we had a great time. The next week I see her, she tells me that she was hurt & upset that NO ONE got her anything for her birthday. She's the ONLY one that seems to get a birthday party. My sister Allyson arranged for her to get an IPod for her birthday a few years ago & she was happy. She's NEVER thrown a party for us, or asked about doing a group gift for anyone. The point of her party was having her family around her. People are tight financially in this economy & a lot of people had to drive to get here. She got loving cards & a delicious dinner. I never got a thank you, but I was stung when she said no one got her anything for her birthday. Was she including me in that statement? Should I have shown her how much money we spent that caused us to make sacrifices in other areas, just so she could have a good birthday. Not to mention I was in my 3rd trimester of a very difficult pregnancy. Ugh, I have an icky feeling now. I'm open to comments, constructive criticism. Thanks for reading this & I'll start trying to post pictures soon & keep up with the blogging. Thanks & talk to you again soon!
Meagan
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