Another baby?

So, I'm just going to throw out there that I have NEVER been one to think I would want kiddos close togher....and NO I am not preggo. I orginally thought I wanted kids 5 years apart; problem with that is I also wanted to be done at 30. Well, so I have V and I have E (who is a whopping 3 months) and I'm already thinking....hmmmm...maybe I should just go ahead and get preggo with our last. Now that I have said that.....as documented....I don't get pregs easy. I'm thinking that if we stopped avoiding now I may be pregs by this this time next year. Like I'm not even joking....just getting pregnant this time next year. That would put baby due in 11/13 so E would be 2 and V would be almost 5.

This is what is holding me back...I'm a bit scared I might get preggo right away (which is crazy) and with me just having a c-section that would not be good. Well, I mean other people have done it so it wouldn't be the end of the world but still.....

Also...I'm almost 30 and I'm not going to lie....I want to have a major bash for my big 3-0. There will be drinking involved so nursing or being preggo doesn't really go hand in hand with that. Jeez....I just don't know. Hubs may be getting a pretty nice pay increase soon so I think that what we will do is if he gets that then we'll stop avoiding and see how things go.

With all that being said I am seriously nervous about how much I will baby the next one. I mean we started giving V a sippy with water when she was 4 months to play with and get the hang of it....I look at my Miss Flops (E) and think.....she's JUST a teeny little baby! Why does she need to do these things? She's just a BABY people! Oh jeez.....let the younger child spoiling begin. EEEK! The next will be 2 and I will still be like...Why do they need a sippy? They are just a baby!!!! LOL! Not really but I'm nervous about how much I do baby her. Maybe it is because she is so much more uninterested in the physical milestones (she's like holding a dish rag most the time. LOL!). V was rolling at 2 weeks; E has rolled but she doesn't care for it so she hasn't done it again. She would prefer you hold her and talk to her. She'll smile and talk to you all day long.

Baby carriers

I apparently have developed a *slight* obsession. Eek! Those things are pricey. I could just DIE for an Ergo, but I just won't talk myself into forking over the dough for it. Even used ones go for a heck of a lot of moola. Anywho....I tried one out...one of my besties was super sweet enough to let me borrow it. That thing was AMAZING! It was the sport edition and I loved how light weight the fabric was. On top of that amazingness....I couldn't even feel the 25 lb. kiddo attached to me for a couple of hours. It was...oh wait...I already said....AMAZING!

Ok...next..my cute little Slingling. They still have the pattern I chose (Athena). This thing does get a big tiresome after awhile, a long while, but you can do 7 different carries (one is 2 slings with 2 babies). I can get this thing on super quick and pop baby in even quicker. I also love that I can still carry ODD on my hip with this and it's not hard at all (she's 34 lbs.).

Let's go to the Bjorn. This will be short. Not a fan. These carriers are bad anyway. They hurt hip development. Seat position carriers are better than crotch danglers. This thing kills my back too. It is quick and easy to put on and take off though.

On to the Moby. I LOVE this one!!! There is definitely a learning curve but once you start to feel comfortable with it you are golden. There are so many danged holds you can do it's just craziness. Youtube the craziness. This is particularly my fave for the brand new baby. When baby just wants to melt into you....this will squish them in really well...just how they like. I took little E to Dollywood on a frigid night with this. She wasn't even 2 weeks. I put her in the Moby and then I put my peacoat on over it. She was snug as a bug in a rug. Downsides to this one though are it's hotter than hell in the summer (or a spring that thinks it's a summer) and it's super long and bulky. You should definitely put this on before leaving the house. It can't really fold up well for the diaper bag either.

Okay so that leaves me with the newest and I just got it today so I can't do such a great review yet. I think it may be my fave yet though. It's an Action Baby. I am pretty positive you aren't supposed to put baby facing out but since LO is so tiny still I just fold up her legs like any other kangaroo carry and it works. LO likes to see what's going and so she's not really into the face between the boobs carry. I can very, very, very easily nurse her discreately hands-free. I got a KILLER deal on a beautiful print. There was like a misprint in the fabric or something....seriously not even noticeable and so it was $60. It has a great head coer for napping (and nursing). You can do 3 different (or with a little one 4) carries.

I'm selling the Bjorn at the next consignment sale. Some peeps actually want a Bjorn so more power to them. The others I love and use so I'm keeping them. If only I could get my hands on an Ergo then I would feel like I had a complete collection.

I just carried little V everywhere when she was a baby. Since my babies don't particually care for growing outside the womb for 9 months she was super tiny and no problem to just carry. Now that I watch about a billion kiddos and I have one of my own I need my hands free. So, there's my in-put. I'm kind of new to the whole thing of baby wearing but I'm loving it. I hate strollers. I spoil my wee ones. I just never want to put them down and they never want me to put them down so this works well. You know...this one likes to have her belly on my shoulder....is there a carrier that does that?

EXHAUSTED!

Whew! It's been a really long time since I have blogged and for that I am sorry. I have been crazy busy. I really shouldn't even be blogging now. It's 12:30 my time and I just got done with some school work....I still have folding laundry, doing dishes, and pumping on the schedule. I watch kiddos so I can't very well leave the huge pile of laundry on my sofa or the sink overflowing with dishes. I don't like people seeing that. Today I woke up at 6:30 (after going to bed at 2ish). I straightened up, did some laundry, loaded and started the dishes, made myself some oatmeal and coffee, made V the greatly nutritious breakfast of a poptart (I kinda would just like her to eat and that's all I can get her to eat in the mornings) and milk and a vitamin (Lord knows she needs the vitamin), greeted 1 child I watch, Emily woke up then so I got her changed and ready, then I greeted another kiddo I watch and gave him breakfast, then I got V changed and ready. Whew! I'm exhausted just from that. Anywho...then I did 2 school assignments while interacting with children (which is difficult to say the least), did snack, played with the kiddos, worked on laundry, did lunch, and FINALLY it was nap time. E is awake usually when the other kiddos are down...go figure. I used the time to give her a little one on one bonding time but she still sleeps most of the day and so the rest of the time was spent on school work. Kiddos woke up, had snack, got ready for the park, went to the park for 1.5 hours, came home, did super, took V to AWANAs, came home, put E to sleep, Dear Hubs picked up V while I got to eat a bite, put V to sleep, do more school work (I'm working against an audit. I have to have so much school work done by 4/1 in order to participate in this fall's student teaching). Now I'm blogging.

So....I feel like I never have time. Needless to say the whole working out thing isn't going so great and there is no way in hell I can complete a half any time soon. I didn't run at all last week. I ran last night though. I generally shoot to run on Tues., Thurs, Fri., and Sat. and/or Sun. My weight has not budged and so I stopped doing the weight blogs because they were boring the hell outta me.....they had to be boring you.

Anyway...I just wanted to drop-in and share what's going on right now. I will be back to you in April when things slow down quite a bit. I should be done with this semester at the end of April and won't start back until August. I am very much looking forward to 2 months off to spend time with my family. Pray for me please that I get done enough school work to meet my audit because I am slightly freaking out. I really only have one more assignment I HAVE to get done, but things are being graded super slow right now and so I am going to try to just get done as much as possible so that I pass the audit.

Well....my goal is to hit the hay by 1 so I'm going to jump off here.