Deployment

It seems like everybody around me is getting deployed or up for deployment. Sam's leaving in January... He's on duty tonight. Tomorrow it will be a week of getting along, it's been great, but I don't know if it will last. I always hope that it does, but something always happens. I don't expect it to be perfect, but I expect it to be better than it's been, or better than it was before it's been better. Oy, I'm great at writing in riddles. Avon's been going well, babysitting's been alright. I guess that's all I've got for now.


COMMENTS:
mychrysalis wrote:

Apr. 30th, 2005 01:01 pm (local)

Do you have some friends whose husbands will be leaving with Sam? That will make things easier, but I'm sure Sam's heart is broken about missing six months of his son's life. I admire your "stick-to-it-iveness" about your marriage, and completely understand it. I miss you lots!

To Make a Long Story Long.

So most of you who read this(all seven of you...) probably know a lot of this stuff, but not all of it, so I thought I'd share so you could have almost the whole story. Sorry if it's boring, I dunno, it's nice to have documented. Enjoy.

I have been with my husband, Sam, for just over two yrs, and married for a year and three months, we got married really fast. We got engaged in October 03' and married February 04'. We haven't actually had a wedding yet,just the whole court house thing. But we eventually plan on having the whole big wedding sometime in the future, probably our five year anniversary. I found out I was pregnant in March when I was about 6 weeks along. It wasn't planned but it wasn't uplanned either if that makes sense. We knew we wanted kids so we figured we would just let it happen whenever it happened, but we just didn't expect it that soon! We should have though because I ran out of birth control a week after we got married and we didn't really practice "safe" sex.

I hated pregnancy. I REALLY hated it. I got morning sickness the day after I concieved. I didn't know it was morning sickness at the time, but it was. My morning sickness lasted until like my fifth or six month. I'd get it in the morning around seven am and then again at ten-thirty at night. I cried every day for the longest time. It was sort of like post pardem before having the baby. When Austin first started kicking it really weirded me out and I got a little bit squirmish. Eventually I got used to it and liked it, the kicking that is, not the pregnancy. I'd put headphones on my tummy and shine lights on it and stuff like that. 

I believe I was about 33 weeks along when I had to pack up everything Sam and I owned and drive across the country, Virginia to California. I drove one car and Sam drove the other. It was a six day trip, but three of those days were just hanging out at a hotel in Illinois to see my family and wait for Sam to catch up in the other car. When I got to California I was in and out of the emergency room almost every day for two weeks. My blood pressure had gotten really high and ever since about two weeks before leaving VA I got braxton hicks pretty bad. The doctors thought they might have to induce labor when I was 34 weeks, so they injected my with steroids to strengthen the baby's lungs. At 36 weeks they said I could make the eight hour trip to Camp Pendleton so I was with my husband when the baby came. 

Two weeks later, two weeks before Austin was actually due I went to the emergency room because I thought my water might be leaking. They checked my blood pressure and decided to induce. That was the 24th of November. I had Austin on the 25th, Thanksgiving! I thought Labor was the easiest part of the entire pregnancy. They gave me really good drugs that all worked, thank goodness. I only had about five minutes of true pain, that was between the narcotics and the epidural. I think my least favorite part of the whole event was not being able to eat for over 48 hours, I also couldn't drink anything. Because of the high blood pressure they had me on magnesium and couldn't give me anything because there was a chance that I would have a seizure and choke.

Austin did really well through my labor. His heart rate was at the right place and all that fun stuff. He decided to be awesome through the pushing and then when he came out he wasn't breathing and didn't have a heart beat for three minutes. The umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck three times. I didn't get to see him up close or hold him for a while after he was born. Seven hours after I had him I got a nurse to take some pictures with the camera on my phone, and when he was 12 hours old I finally got to hold and feed him. I don't think I heard him cry until he was two weeks old. He was a great baby then and continues to be a great baby now. I have no idea how I got so lucky.


MUSIC: Fur Lis
COMMENTS:
summer_mommy wrote:

Apr. 19th, 2005 10:27 am (local)

Wow -- I didn't know that part about him not breathing for 3 mins! Either that or I don't remember. Either is possible. But I'm glad that he's alive and kicking today. He is definitely a great little boy. And cute too!

Can't Sleep

It's like four in the morning and I haven't been to bed yet. I didn't get up any later than normal this morning, I have no idea what my problem is. It might be that I'm not at home,(I'm babysitting.)or maybe it's something else. I dunno. Last night, or two nights ago.. I went out with some new friends that I made who are from Wisconsin. They have a six month old son! Anyway, we went bowling and they played pool with some of their other friends. It was a really fun group and was the start of me craving more social interaction than I've had for quite some time. Last Wednesday I went out to a club with my friend Rachel. That was also pretty fun. It was my third time in a club and I'm getting a little more comfortable there. I sort of think it's ridiculous to pay $15 to dance and hang out, but oh well, it's fun! I made a friend at the club. He's a 20 year old marine from Philadelphia. He wants to work in an embassy someday, I think that's cool. Other than that I met a very attractive 24 year old security guard from Arkansas. His name is Brian and his birthday is June 20th. I like getting to know people. My newest friend around the complex is Theresa. She is twenty and has a 17 month old daughter. She and her husband are from Texas. When I was bowling I met two girls and three guys. One of the "girls" is due to have a baby May 5th or 6th and the other one has three little girls. Summer, the pregnant one is going to name her son Fox. My friend Russell from the video store called the other day and invited me to hang out with him and his wife.(She's due in August.) It ended up not working out, but I'm sure we'll get together some time. I've fallen behind in my bible study work book. I've been doing a lot of babysitting and socializing. It's all very nice, I enjoy it, but it would be nice if I could get my bible study "homework" done too. Sam and I are doing alright. We recently had some issues, but we seem to have solved them, or at least forgotten them for the time being, and it only took us like three days as opposed to a week and a half or more. We might actually be making progress, that's refreshing. Austin can scoot backwards and today he went forwards and I yayed him and then he went backwards again and cancelled out the distance he had made. He's gonna be crawling too soon for me. If I find free time this week Sam and I are going to go get a crib finally. I'm excited for that! Well, I should probably try again to sleep. The little boy I babysit for is going to be waking up in less than three hours now... Then I get to babysit Lexie, the 12 year old from 2:30pm-10:00pm and Alex, the 9 month old that I'm watching right now from 6:30pm-12:00am tomorrow. Wowza. Fun stuff. Bye for now!


COMMENTS:
summer_mommy wrote:

Apr. 19th, 2005 10:19 am (local)

More socializing is probably a good thing. It seems to me that you're probably doing a pretty good job of finding potential socializers. But goodness -- is everyone there either pregnant or already a parent? lol. Too cute. Lots of playmates for little Austin! Yay for him almost crawling!

Amy's ABCs

A - Age you got your first kiss: 5

B - Band listening to right now: mozart (it's coming from a baby toy) 

C - Crush: wouldn't you like to know? 

D- dads name: Tim 

E-easiest person to talk to: best friend

F - Favorite bands at the moment: Jesse McCartney, Kelly Clarkson, Avril Lavine... I know, they're not bands, but they're what I like.

G - Gummy worms or gummy bears? Worms. 

H - Hometown: Fond du Lac 

I - Instruments: my voice

J- Junior High: Sabish Junior High

K - Kids: little boy(Austin Eric Green) 

L - Longest car ride ever: Virginia to Cali 

M - Mom's name: Penny

N - Nicknames: Aymz, Amers, Aym Bop, Duckie, Short Stuff, Sweet Thang, Amy no namey 

O - One wish: A Happy Home Life

P - Phobia: Being Rejected

Q - Quote: "Above the clouds it's a bright and sunny day." Amy Green 

R - Reason to smile: Baby's laughter 

S - Song you sang last: Love is a Battlefield

T - Time you woke up [today]: 8am and 11am 

U - Unknown fact about me: I'm sure there's a bunch but there's a reason they're unknown

V - Vegetable you hate: all of them

W - Worst habit(s): picking scabs, drinking soda, not knowing when to shut up

X - X-rays you've had: for my lungs having to do with my asthma, and then the ultra sounds during my pregnancy 

Y - Yummy food: new england clam chowder, pizza and tuna casserole

Z - Zodiac sign: Picses

Somewhat Debacherous You are 46% pure

My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 13% on purity

Link: The 100 Point Sexual Purity Test written by ocicat on Ok Cupid

COMMENTS:
mychrysalis wrote:

Apr. 13th, 2005 06:52 pm (local)

really?

Did you include the bisexuality and the threesome? 'Cause I'll be hurt if you forget! :) Love you!
yoshi_rose wrote:

Apr. 14th, 2005 08:42 pm (local)

Yep

Of course I did. :-P I can't believe I'm more pure than you! What have you been up to lately?