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Three Years of Blogging

January 7, 2013 5 Comments

If you can believe it, I know I can’t, this blog has been around for three years now! And in true veteran blogger fashion, I forgot haha.

I didn’t know the amazing world that I was embarking into and I didn’t expect to fall in love with blogging the way that I have but I can’t imagine not doing it. Sure, I take a break for a week or so every now and again when life gets busy or I feel like I don’t have anything to say. There was a period of time where I was sure no one was even reading anymore but I always come back. Blogging calls to me and tells me to tap the keys and get my thoughts out. Tells me that I don’t just want to connect with other people, I need too.

Blogging has given me access to opinions, people and ideas that I would have never been exposed to before. It has kept me sane during my worst mommy moments because I know for a fact other people have gone through what I am or are going through worse. Thanks to blogging I have made several amazing friends that I will usually reach out to before people I know ‘IRL’. Friends who don’t understand blogging will tell me that I can’t possible have real friendships through the computer but I do and I treasure them and would be so sad if we stopped speaking. I’m invested not only in them but their lives, their spouses, families, kids and it doesn’t matter if we’ve never met face to face.

This blog started because I was home all day with a five month old and slowly losing my mind. Now that five month old is nearly 3.5 and we have another baby on the way. I didn’t have many parent friends around me (although they are all now populating the earth at a crazy fast pace!) and the ones that I did, we didn’t agree on parenting. I was able to talk to other stay at home moms, moms, women and commiserate and celebrate our trials and tribulations. It’s been amazing and I can’t wait to see what this next year brings!

2013!

January 1, 2013 3 Comments

2013-3

{Stole this from my friend, Masshole Mommy}

I’m not really a resolution maker but I am working on my 101 things in 1001 days! Not steadily since getting all pregnant but I have been working on it. I like goals and things to work on so I think I am going to pick five things and of course as a blogger, I will share them with you!

Goal #1:

Be a better Mom. I want to be the best Mom for Nathaniel and soon to be Abigail that I can be. For the last month, I have been getting more frustrated and quicker to get angry and I don’t like that. I know that it’s a combination of his age and my being so pregnant but it’s still upsetting for me to get frustrated like I have been.

Goal #2:

Keep going with my weight loss, pre pregnancy I had lost quite a bit of weight and reached my lowest weight in several years while I was four months pregnant which was exciting and I can’t wait to pop this kid out to get back on it! I miss working out hard, not eating all day, seeing my feet haha

Goal #3:

Visit Des Moines at least twice this year and Denver once.

Goal #4:

Continue to find the silver linings and positive things in life. I want to continue to enjoy my life and the people in it.

Goal #5:

Survive the first year as Mr. & Mrs. Chris’ Company, his promotion has been a huge adjustment for all three of us in different ways and I look forward to finding the ‘groove’ of it.

Filed Under: about me, mami Tagged With: goals, new years, no resolutions

Should Have Stayed in SC

December 11, 2012 5 Comments

I am really starting to think that I should have stayed in South Carolina, just until Abby was born and a few weeks out of the gate.

The way my insurance works is that you pay a ‘global fee’ of $3,500 to have your prenatal care/birth and anything over what they consider a ‘normal birth’ minus the 80% they cover is billed to you after your pop the kid out. Also, before Chris was promoted we qualified by the skin of our teeth for pregnancy medicaid. Meaning that the $3,500 I was expected to come up with in four months would be covered as well as any extra testing related to the baby. Now that I am in Indiana, I am covered but only under the condition that the doctor be willing to bill out of state or let me copay the rest of my appointments without the use of medicaid, which is fine. I have a handful of appointments left and I know that when the birth bill comes I can send it to my insurance in SC.

As of yesterday, the several doctors I HAVE called are not willing to work with me on this, they want the $3,500 and they want it before 36 weeks. Even with Chris’ new pay, ain’t gonna happen. I do have three more to call and one seems like they might work it out with me. I decided to try to make an appointment without letting them know the whole insurance backstory and explain it in person. It’s easy to tell someone you don’t want to copay the rest of the appointments over the phone, it’s not as easy with them in front of you. Truthfully? I would be fine without going to the doctor, they weigh me, check my BP and listen for baby. All things I can/could do at home by myself. The only reason I’m even trying to find one is because I’m supposed to have a growth ultrasound every month (my next one is supposed to happen by this Friday, middle of next week at the latest) and while I ‘feel’ like Abby is growing fine, we need to know for sure.

And that my friends is why I’m feeling like I should have stayed. The reason I didn’t is because I was promised it wouldn’t be this difficult. Wish me luck finding someone to take pity on me!!

Filed Under: about me, mami Tagged With: abba zabba, OB issues, pregnancy, third trimester, where's a doctor?