I like to buy....

I like to buy stuff... for everyone but me. I need stuff, but it feels like I'm taking away from my family to actually buy ME things. And even when I don't have to buy stuff, I sometimes get this urge to buy stuff anyways. It makes me feel good just to buy a $5 little toy for my Tinker 'Emmy' Bell or a $3 car for my Joey, for no other reason than 'just because'. I like to go and cruise around Target (my favorite place to shop) and just look for stuff to buy... but not actually buy it (don't get me wrong, I do buy stuff every now and then, just not recently with the whole David's job thing). I even like Walmart (but not my favorite, like Target is) because it is open 24 hours a day. It's great! I just wish they had Targets that did that. And Walmart has a great selection of household cleaning stuff, cheaper than Target, but their clothes are awful! Especially for little girls! I just bought a pair of pants, size 5, for my little girl there and they are WAY TOO LOW DOWN IN THE FRONT! I couldn't believe it. For 5 year old little girl! Now I need to return the pants. Uggh! This is where Target comes into play... THEY have a much better selection of clothes, and toys ( I should have gone there first). So when I have to buy things like toilet paper, tissue, paper towels... you get the idea, I go to Walmart. But when I need to buy clothes for everyone or shoes (for the littler kids), I go to Target. You see, it's my favorite place to shop!

Things I like...

On to things I like... hearing my children laugh... especially at the 'freaking bunnies' (which I still am not totally sold on) taking off with someone's balloon and hopping around the room with the string in his mouth. It WAS really funny. Vader (short for Darth Vader) was hopping around the living room and just happened on to some string, which had a balloon attached to it. Vader, not knowing this, probably 'cause he's a bunny, thought that the string tasted mighty nice and started to eat said string and as I'm talking to my sister-in-law Amy, I'm motioning Kiry to get the bunny OFF of the string... she starts to laugh, which in turn, leads to the other kids looking and laughing with delight too. But I didn't want the bunny to eat the string ('cause it's not really string and even if it were, I'd still not want him to eat it) so I finally shoo him OFF the sting and the kids were sad. Well, short story long, I'm trying to get the kids to bed and Kiry says "Look Mom, the balloon." I turn around and Vader, the 'Freaking Bunny', has got the sting and now the balloon is floating right above his cage and bouncing as he's eating the string in his cage! Dang bunny! Too fricken, chicken funny! I guess ya gotta laugh at it, instead of cry about it! :)

What have I been up to...

Nothing. Nada. Zip... Zilch... Zoink? J/k I must do stuff, lots of stuff, just not blog entry stuff. I like to blog stalk and get great kid craft ideas, but do I do anything with them... Nope. Not yet anyway. It all comes down to $$, money, moollah, dinero, coins, that 'finger swipe' thing that everyone does for a money sign. We ain't got NONE! And I hate it! And it's not like David doesn't have a job, 'cause he's got one! It's just that we have too many bills, extra bills, and lots of student loan debt. Not to mention that his work is in a constant state of NOT PAYING US! It gets to one after awhile, like me, who pays the bills and who gets the calls of 'Why haven't you paid your mortgage yet?' (this reminds me of Fat Tony asking Homer Simpson about his wife asking 'Where's the money honey?' 'How come I don't have the money, Honey?', 'When are you going to get the money, Honey?') And as of right now, I don't care who knows it. I don't care WHO I offend, if they read this. This is MY blog and not "a lot" :) of people know about it. So there. Rant over, moving on...

It's a BIG NEW YEAR!

Well, I haven't been blogging in a long, long, long time.... but I have been stalking other blogs along the way. :) So in true New Years fashion, my New Years Resolution is to start it up again. Not the stalking part, the chance to do MY blog again. For reals! I'm even going to do some back issues for the months that I didn't do anything and that I have a ton of pictures for. Just wait and see....

Drum roll please.....

And now for the amniocentesis results.... Drum roll please..... it's...... NORMAL! I am amazed! I can't believe it. With all the things this kid has put me through, and the 3 ultrasounds, and the amnio. itself, I'm so HAPPY! I'm in shock. Our last baby is going to be a healthy, baby.... get ready for it.... GIRL! I actually alluded to this fact in one of the previous posts, but I don't know if anyone caught it.

The second geneticist (Joan) who talked to me and David, was the one who broke the news to me (just a few minutes ago). They are still going to run a diagnostic test on something else with the amnio. stuff, but for now, there are no chromosomal problems with this kid! Trisomy 13 and 21 are 'OUT OF HERE'! Woo Hoo! Now if I can just get this kid to be under 9 pounds, that would be incredible! I'm so HAPPY! She's going to be fine. My factory parts are still working enough to get this kid here on this Earth! Yea!

Thank you for all of those who know, and prayed for us to be o.k. It was a real blessing for our family. And I'm especially grateful for my loving husband, David. Who has put up with me for almost 15 years of marriage, and for knowing/being with me for almost 18 years. I love you David, 'Siempre Jamas y un dia' Loosely translated to mean 'Forever and a Day'.

Emmy's 4th Birthday at Disneyland!

Well, for Emmy's 4th birthday, I decided that we were going to go to Disneyland. Since her pass was going to expire on that day, we wrangled Daddy to join us too. We dropped Joey off at Grandma Jeeps house to be babysat by Aunty Bridey, and off we went! I'll try to let the pictures do the talking with just a few captions. Enjoy! We certainly did!

Waiting in line for the tram

Emmy wanted to go on the Carousel first!

Next was the Peter Pan ride!

And after that was Dumbo!

Then we decided to go on to the Haunted Mansion.

Not really a good idea with a 4 year old. She didn't really like it.

Then we went to go to the Pirates of the Caribbean. That was a lot more fun!

Here's Emmy waving to the people on the ship that sails around the Tom Sawyers Island right

before we went on Pirates! You can even see someone waving back to her under the ropes!

Daddy really wanted to go on the Jungle Cruise next so off we went!

Here are the pirana attacking near the boat! But luckily they were only

man eating pirana, so women and children were safe. Whew!

Waiting in line for the Autopia Cars ride!

Mom was in the car behind this one, so one of the workers took this!

Here's Daddy looking back at Mommy with Emmy driving.

Here's Mommy's car!

Next came Buzz Lightyear and the Astro Blasters!

A brief pit-stop at the rest room and off to It's a Small World!

(which is in the background of the picture)
Emmy sees Tinkerbell and Peter Pan!

Now we are in Pixie Hollow, where Tinkerbell lives.

She wasn't home, so we took pictures in her garden!

Daddy and Emmy in the Big Giant leaves!

Mommy and Emmy in the Big Giant leaves!

Emmy under the Blue Bells!

Daddy trying to eat the little Emmy Pixie!

On the way out of Pixie Hollow, Emmy-Tinkerbell decided to try and fly!

Here she is spreading her wings!

And she's off!

Emmy and Daddy dancing before dinner.

Emmy and her dancing moves!

Just before we left Disneyland!

Emmy sacked out on Daddy's lap on the tram ride to the parking lot.

As you can tell, she got a Tinkerbell doll, a Tinkerbell Polly-pocket

sized doll (that mom is holding), along with a Tinkerbell coloring book.

She is my little Emmy-Tinkerbell girl! Happy 4th Birthday Emmy!

I hope it was a lot of fun!

Emmy in the stroller on the way to our parking spot.

I thought that it was very poetic the we parked at Goofy 4E.

It must have been fate with Emmy turning 4 on this very day!

THE END TO A WONDERFUL DAY!

Not as bad as I thought....

Well, I had the big scary needle done yesterday. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I was only uncomfortable for a few moments, and when the needle went in, it kinda zinged over to the left with some pain, but not too bad. I didn't want to watch it go in, so I just looked at David the whole time. He saw it go in on the monitor and said it was really weird.

So onto some good news... The original genetics counselor talked about Trisomy 13. THIS counselor started talking about Trisomy 21. So I got a little confused.... I thought that this kid was going to have 13 not 21? What the heck?

So I started crying, and I think that the counselor thought that I was going to get hysterical, but actually I was crying because Trisomy 21 is WAY better than Trisomy 13. To have a little Down Syndrome baby is definitely better than having a baby that might die the moment I give birth to her. So I calmed down enough for the counselor to continue, and get through all of the stuff and info. that I needed for the amniocentesis. We finished up and David and I headed to the ultrasound area for the amnio. They (the lab tech. and the Doctor) took lots for pictures for measurements, but the baby wasn't really cooperating so I have another, what they call, 'Level 2' ultrasound in a week and a half, on June 4th. I hope to get the results of the amnio. around the 8th or 9th of June. So I'm in limbo for awhile more, but just to know that my little baby might be able to stick around on this Earth for a bit longer is fantastic news. I'll update in a few days about Emmy's birthday trip to Disneyland. It was so much fun! And she got a bunch of Tinkerbell presents too.