I started the decorations for our gender reveal party.
It’s not for another 2 weeks but I’m going to be making everything so I need all of the time I can get.
The picture is the bows I am making for everyone who thinks I’m having a girl. I’m going to attempt to make bow ties for everyone who thinks its a boy.
I’m still undecided on the food and the other items but I figured I would get a head start on this stuff since it is extremely time consuming.
This baby better spread its legs next Monday. :)
We got a great offer on our house. It’s for the full asking price with closing costs and some other fees since they are dealing with a VA loan. My agent wanted to counter on a few things so we did. I really hope they will accept it and we will finally be able to move closer to our family and jobs. I’m so excited!!
Snuggle time with my little monkey. I love these moments.
17 weeks today!!
I can’t believe how fast this pregnancy is going. I am almost to the half way point. 23 weeks to go.
Update on work
I forgot to update on my work situation which is probably why I’m so emotional about these bills.
I went to work last night and found out that these scary guys showed up on both of my days off. Finally on Saturday my boss was able to catch them and told them they were not allowed to come back to our hotel. They tried to make up lies about me and tell my boss that I flipped them off and was rude to them. I find that funny and so did my boss because she knows I would never do that. She told them we will never rent to them again which we hope will keep them away. These are very bad guys so I’m not convinced. I’m afraid that they will try and come back and retaliate against me. My boss gave me strict instructions that I am not allowed to unlock the door for them if they ever show up and I am to call 911 immediately if I ever see them. That just shows you how bad these men are. Our local police have been notified and know to respond immediately because they also agree that I am in a lot of danger if they show up. My husband bought me a stun gun to carry along with my pepper spray. It won’t be here for a couple of more days so hopefully they won’t show before it gets here. My mom came to work with me last night because she is also freaked out but luckily these guys didn’t show up. I’m on my own tonight so I really hope they stay away. I would love to quit this job but obviously by my last post we need the money and no one will hire me pregnant especially with how far along I look. If these guys show up again I will be talking to my doctor to go on disability. I do have pregnancy related medical issues that I’m not going to disclose on this blog along with the stress and lack of sleep is not good for the baby. I know my doctor would put me on leave if I told him what was going on but I don’t want to take that route unless its absolutely necessary.
Warning depressing rant
I went to get my mail for the first time in 4 days. What a slap in the face. I received 4 bills from Matthew’s different doctors and hospitals in the amount of $1900. Ouch. What a depressing way to start my day. I’m not sure how we are going to pull an extra $1900 out of our butts on top of my additional $300 a month worth of medical bills from this pregnancy and the other $100 a month we are paying for his other medical bills. We have our level ll ultrasound in two weeks and instead of being excited I’m stressed out. What if this baby has a cleft lip and palate like Matthew. How on earth are we going to afford it. I hate how there is all of this help for parents who don’t make much money but if you are a middle income family just making it you get nothing. My husband and I work our butts off to pay our bills and try to do everything on our own and because we do we can’t get any help with my son’s medical bills. We went six months of not having my son double covered by insurance and now we are paying for it. It’s not like we didn’t have him covered. We always have had him covered by my husband who has great insurance but each surgery is close to $100,000 before insurance so it’s costly to say the least. I quit my pretty good paying job when I had my daughter because it was terribly stressful where I couldn’t take two days off without coming back to piles and piles of works. I had to work a minimum of 10 hours a day but I usually ended up working 12-14 hours so I barely saw my son. It killed me to spend that much time away from my son but we knew he had upcoming surgeries and knew we needed him to be double covered. I quit my job when I thought we were going to be surgery free for a couple of years. Surprise surprise that didn’t happen. So I searched out a new job to work in the middle of the night so I could be home with my babies during the day. My insurance didn’t take affect for 6 months and we tried to postpone his surgery until then but his surgeon made us feel like we should do it sooner rather than later. It was an outpatient procedure so we thought it wouldn’t cost as much. Well we were expecting to pay $1000. Not $1500 plus the $300 physical therapy bill, and his other doctor bills, and the additional $300 a month from this pregnancy. I feel like we are slowly sinking. We really need to sell this house so we can pay off all of these bills and start fresh.
I’m sorry for the rant. It’s been one of those days where I am overly emotional and beyond stressed. Tomorrow is a new day, right?
I just found raisins in my bra. How does that happen? Agh the life of a parent.
They had so much fun today. Kylie went from zero smiles two weeks ago to smiling constantly today. I’m so glad we bought season passes here because the kids love it so much. Even though I can’t ride on anything I love coming here and seeing the kids have so much fun.
Today we are going to an amusement park. I can’t wait for a fun day with my family. Yesterday I spent the entire day upset about my night at work. I talked to my boss and she confirmed my suspicion about these guys being locals. She also told me that they were there yesterday in our parking lot. I’m freaked out and so is my family. I told my Mom what happened and she is insisting on coming to work with me Sunday night so I’m not alone. I don’t want her to be up all night but in a way I am glad she will be there. I hope today will be fun because I’m really over thinking about this.
I’m so scared right now
Normally I like my job. It’s easy and since its in the middle of the night I get to stay home with my kids during the day.
Tonight is not one of those nights. I had some scary guys trying to rent a room. They were on our do not rent to list but in order to not cause conflict I told them they needed a credit card but they wouldn’t accept that answer and wouldn’t leave. I finally got them to leave. They came back an hour and a half later with a card but I refused to open the door.They proceeded to bang on it, ring the bell, call our phone, yell profanities, and honk their horn. This went on for 30 minutes. I called the cops but they didn’t show up until 10 minutes after they had left. Apparently their dispatcher just gave them the call. What the hell. I’m glad I didn’t answer the door but at the same time I wonder if I did would they have left. I feel super uneasy right now and I really hope they do not come back ever again. They have stayed with us in the past a lot so I’m guessing they will be back. I really hope they don’t try to retaliate against me. Thankfully one of cooks will be here shortly. I am scared to check the door because there is no way of checking to see who it is without the person at the door seeing me.
