Ramblings of a Stay-at-Home Mom

3 weeks overdue and here it is finally! Just a refresher for those of you who aren't up to date, I had to have a scheduled C-Section due to having 2 previous C-Sections for the girls. The hospital that is in my town doesn't allow for a VBAC after 2 C-Sections and if I really wanted to push for it, I'd have to drive to the city for all my appointments. 2-hour round trip for a 10-minute appointment is not my cup of tea. So a scheduled C-Section is was. The morning of July 7 came early, of course. Thankfully it was just me and Keith as my Mom had taken the girls the night before so that we didn't have to wake them up at 6am to drop them off. After Keith having his breakfast (fasting for myself sucks) and me grabbing a shower, we headed to the hospital around 6:30am. Of course when we got there, there was a mix-up in paperwork which meant that we had to wait for a bit to get everything straightened out. And once we got on the elevator, I got a call from the Maternity Ward, ...

We welcomed them newest little addition to our family on July 7, 2017! Say hello to Zachary Keith Neufeld! He came via a scheduled C-Section at 7lbs, 20 inches and as perfect as can be! I'll have a birth story up shortly, but for now, enjoy some cute pics of the little man!

Seeing as the little guy is due for his eviction notice tomorrow morning, I figured it might be due time to do up a post on how I got ready for my upcoming C-Section and recovery. One of the biggest obstacles was setting up his room and getting meals ready. His room before was the girls' playroom, so it had all the toys and books in there. We managed to move all the toys (while doing a great big purge) into the girls' room and then start moving the baby stuff around his room. I still had the crib in the shed, so that was easy to put together, but I was missing a dresser for him, until Keith's step-brother and wife came to the rescue with a dresser  and a car seat! I also had my rocking chair and side table from before, so that helped as well. When it came to clothes, I didn't do any shopping until we knew what we were having. And then it didn't even matter because as soon as we announced that we were expecting a boy, my friends and sister came together and gave me ...

Hi there!  With 2 days to go until my scheduled C-Section (!!), I figured it might be time to do an update on this pregnancy and how me and the little guy are doing.  This pregnancy has been a bit harder than the girls were. He's been head down the entire time and starting to cause quite a bit of pain, as well as messing around with my sciatica nerve in my right leg. Never mind the restless leg syndrome that's been bothering me at night. Although I did find out that with drinking enough water and taking magnesium supplements helps with the pain. And 3rd trimester insomnia has kicked in fully. Which means that I'm only sleeping roughly 6 hours a night.  Phew! Can you tell that I'm ready for him to get out? And just for kicks, here's a comparison from my 4-week photo to my 38-week photo (😳!!) The bonus part is the major nesting that has kicked in. I've made about 3 weeks worth of meals for the freezer, which is a mixture of oven- ready meals and slow cooker meals...

Yesterday I participated with Ali Edwards for Day in the Life. I'm still trying to do it monthly right now, so it was a perfect opportunity to get June's DITL done and recorded. I think overall it was a pretty good day to document. The only thing that I really miss is getting Keith in the picture more. Right now it's a bit harder than usual as he's working some longer hours than we're used to. But it's a season that we're in and I just have to remind myself to get more photos of him when I can. All photos were taken on my iPhone 6S today as it's the camera that's always with me. Any photo editing is done in Pic Tap Go (still love it after a couple years).  Enjoy! 6:45am | Finally dragged my lazy, sick, pregnant self out of bed, get dressed and made my way into the kitchen for a fresh cup of coffee. 7am | Keith is out of the shower and starts making his breakfast while I get the girls up and start on their breakfast. 8am | Keith leaves for work, th...

It's been a while since I've posted anything on my current 101 in 1001 list, so I figured that I might as well do a 3-month update before I'm out of commission for a couple weeks once Baby Boy arrives. If you want to see the original list, here it is . I also have a page that I keep updating when I get stuff done as well. 3 months into this project, and I've completed 16 of those 101 items, with another 16 being worked on. Some of them will take a while to finish (like knitting all the Geek-Along Blankets for everyone) and some need a bit more money to finish off (like printing out all my photo books and paying off the van). But considering that I've been pregnant this entire time, I consider it a pretty good start. This is my list of completed items that I've gotten done so far: 4) Catch up Violet’s Baby Book before Baby #3 gets here - May 28, 2017 5) Catch up Dominique’s Baby Book before Baby #3 gets here - May 28, 2017: Both of these albums took me about a...

7:30am | As usual, Dominique is the first one up, so I get up with her, grab a cup of coffee, and put on Finding Nemo. Violet joins us a couple minutes later, so I pull out the hide-a-bed for them to lay down on and grab my knitting while I sit on the couch and start off the dreary/rainy holiday Monday relaxing. 9:30am | Once Keith is awake, the girls' grab some breakfast (banana for Dominique, cheese whiz toast for Violet). Keith leaves for the gym and I make myself a cup of Chocolate Chai tea while the girls' finish breakfast and go back to watching cartoons. 10:30am | As always, Dominique comes running up to the sink, pushes a chair over and says she a going to "help" with dishes. I think she just likes playing in the water and the bubbles. 11:30am | On our way to the in-laws to drop off some plants and decided to quickly grab some food. 12:30pm | Visiting the in-laws for a bit and the girls' are burning off lots of energy downstairs playing "Pup Fu!...