I am Mom » Motherhood http://iammom.spot-design.net Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:20:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 It’s a Girl!!! http://iammom.spot-design.net/2009/05/its-a-girl/ http://iammom.spot-design.net/2009/05/its-a-girl/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 19:57:59 +0000 Candace http://iammom.spot-design.net/?p=30
Born on May 18, 2009 at 3:30am weighing 7lbs 2oz and measuring 21in. She couldn’t even wait until we got to the birth center and was born at home with the help of paramedics and my midwife (who arrived just in time).

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]]> http://iammom.spot-design.net/2009/05/its-a-girl/feed/ 0 Still Pregnant… http://iammom.spot-design.net/2009/05/still-pregnant%e2%80%a6/ http://iammom.spot-design.net/2009/05/still-pregnant%e2%80%a6/#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 19:59:04 +0000 Candace http://iammom.spot-design.net/?p=32 I really wish this baby would come out! I know I haven’t reached my due date yet but I have been having sporadic contractions for over a month now! I just want to get it over with and meet my little girl or boy. Liam has been great until the past two weeks. Now he is constantly acting out. He was an very easy pregnancy, birth and baby. I don’t think this baby is going to be as easy :( . Hopefully once the baby is born Liam will start behaving. I am hoping he will want to be the big brother and help out. Too bad potty training has been very unsuccessfull so far. :(

Well I have got to go to my prenatal appointment. They are weekly now (I only have 10 days until my due date). I will post when the baby is born.

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]]> http://iammom.spot-design.net/2009/05/still-pregnant%e2%80%a6/feed/ 0 I Won’t Be Blogging Much http://iammom.spot-design.net/2008/11/i-won%e2%80%99t-be-blogging-much/ http://iammom.spot-design.net/2008/11/i-won%e2%80%99t-be-blogging-much/#comments Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:01:12 +0000 Candace http://iammom.spot-design.net/?p=37 I had hope that using my computer while I am pregnant wouldn’t bother me so much, but it does. I get dizzy and sometime feel physically uncomfortable when using a computer. I hope to get online as much as I can tolorate. I will defiantly be online once a week for a quick check on everything.

I haven’t been online for the past 6 weeks due to morning sickness which I get 24/7 and not just in the morning. But now I am over that, although I now have a respiratory illness and it is causing problems with my asthma, so I have been resting as much as my energetic 3 year-old will allow me. Otherwise my pregnancy is going well. I got to hear my baby’s heart beat for the first time the day before my birthday :)

I will try to update this blog each time I go online.

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]]> http://iammom.spot-design.net/2008/11/i-won%e2%80%99t-be-blogging-much/feed/ 0 I’m Pregnant! http://iammom.spot-design.net/2008/09/i%e2%80%99m-pregnant/ http://iammom.spot-design.net/2008/09/i%e2%80%99m-pregnant/#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:06:11 +0000 Candace http://iammom.spot-design.net/?p=43

I just found out I am pregnant! I am so excited. We have been wanting another baby, but with my husband having been unemployed and then the move, it was put off. We decided to try after we moved and now I am pregnant! Perfect timing! And this time I get to be with my family, instead of half way around the planet! (I was living in Japan when my son was born). Although my dad is moving to St. Thomas this weekend, so he will be missing out on this birth too, unless he comes for an extended stay around my due date.

Speaking of my due date, it’s May 19, 2009. There are two other people in my extended family who have birthday’s in May. My husband’s grandmother’s birthday is May 7 and my brother-in-law’s wife, Kelly’s birthday is May 14. Now my child just has to be born on May 21 to complete the 7 days apart.

I really hope I have a girl. I love my son, but I would like to have a girl to be able to share my hobbies with. Although I do plan to teach Liam scrapbooking and other crafts. He will also know how to sew, even if it’s just stitching a tear or re-attaching a button.

So far my pregnancy has been very different than with my son. Before I knew I was pregnant immediately. There were defiant signs. This time there really isn’t any signs except the missing period and the positive pregnancy test. Also I am not nauseous. With my son I couldn’t even keep water down. This time all I want to do is eat. And if I don’t eat, I feel sick when my stomach is even partly empty. I have been feeling drained, but I am also sick with a bad cold.

Well I hope my pregnancy goes as well as with my son. The last 6 months with him were the best 6 months of my life! Physically, that is. I felt fantastic! I could eat dairy products! I could eat a lot of foods I would normally avoid because they made me ill! I craved cereal (with milk!) and ice cream all the time, two foods that would have made me sick. Even my depression didn’t bother me! I had felt healthier than I had ever felt before! I would love to feel that way again. Also the pregnancy had changed my metabolism so much, that after I gave birth my weight was 120lbs! I was 150lbs before I got pregnant. That was my weight when I graduated high school and collage! And now I never weigh more than 125lbs and that is with me not dieting. I just eat what I want. That does tend to be healthier choices, but I still eat a dozen or more Hershey Kisses in a day, and Oreos cookies (which I have started craving?). Mostly I eat smaller portions thoughout the day. I have healthy snacks with my son, too. So I eat more often, but less each time. I hope this new pregnancy won’t be messing with that.

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Liam has become a finicky eater. These past few days we’ve been eating lots of turkey, stuffing, and cornbread leftovers. The first thing Liam grabs off his plate is his cornbread which, if we don’t cut it into small peices, he shoves it all into his mouth at one time. Then once he finally is able to swallow it he will grab my plate to pull it close enough to steal my cornbread. Once all the cornbread is gone he may eat some stuffing but no turkey.

Last night was our first night since Thanksgiving we didn’t have turkey, stuffing or cornbread. Liam was very unhappy and refused to eat. Finally I gave him crackers and he ate them all!

He really likes his starches!

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]]> http://iammom.spot-design.net/2006/11/cornbread/feed/ 0 Welcome Liam Jones http://iammom.spot-design.net/2005/09/welcome-liam-jones/ http://iammom.spot-design.net/2005/09/welcome-liam-jones/#comments Sat, 10 Sep 2005 22:18:15 +0000 Candace http://iammom.spot-design.net/?p=5 On September 2, 2005 I gave birth to a baby boy. We named him Liam Patrick Duffy Jones. He weighed 8lb 12oz and measured 19in. He is so adorable.

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Today I got a card from my mother. It surprised me because there was no holiday in sight. I opened the envelope curious of what I would find. I wasn’t expecting what I did find. My mother had written that she had been thinking of me and got the inspiration to write a poem. I did not realize my mother wrote poems. I found it quit sentimental and had to post to here to share.

A POEM TO MY FIRTH BORN

By Nancy Rupp

October sky, autumn breeze,
Winds of love in the trees.

Growing child of our love,
A blessed gift from above.

A darling daughter she is nee,
Eye as blue as the sea.

Perfect gift I do behold,
hair as yellow as pure gold.

As I hold her in my arms,
I will keep her from all harm.

I look into her perfect face,
And give her a name that is full of grace.

Candace:
Blessed one, loved one.

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