Well I never really had time for myself before and I knew my days would get a little more crazy with one more kid but I am not sure I realized just how much.  Now that I am not pregnant I have more energy and time and desire to keep the house clean.  I did minimal work before, I asked for Nicki and Tony’s help a lot more.  Now I spend my days doing laundry and washing dishes and other various cleaning.  I used to spend my days on the couch watching TV and now I barely watch any.  I have my shows recorded on the DVR and I think I still have all the shows from all week still on there. 

I feel a lot better and way more productive.  I don’t have laundry piled up and my dishes are all washed before Tony gets home from work and I have been making dinner (Tony used to while I was pregnant).  I am just so happy to not be pregnant anymore. 

I have time to shower at night after the kids go to bed but most days I have a hard time getting to eat or pee or anything else.  LOL! 

Yesterday was crazy, Isabel is teething so she didn’t feel good.  She had a fever and a runny nose and she was really cranking.  I had her and Lil Max on my lap so I didn’t get off the couch until it was nap time.  She seems to feel much better today which I am thankful for. 

I love being a mom, I love that I am able to stay home with my kids.  We may not be wealthy but I have a happy family life and a wonderful relationship with Tony and I wouldn’t change anything.  Well maybe to just win the lotto, LOL!

Today Tony has the day off.  It is also our friends day off so we are having them over for dinner.  I am excited because I am making enchiladas.  For the last 9 months or so Tony has been doing all the cooking, which isn’t bad but enchiladas is my meal, one of the dishes I cook.  It is delicious.

For dessert we will be having cheesecake which is something Tony makes.  It is also delicious.  Here’s to an evening of good food and good friends.

That is what Isabel would say if she could talk.  LOL!  The first couple days home Isabel was not fazed by the new addition to the family.  It would seem that she is realizing over the last day or so that Lil Max is not going away. 

She has been very clingy and she is crying a lot.  She wants to be held like a baby.  This morning I put Max down and picked her up, held her like a baby and she was so happy.  If she sits on my lap while I am holding Max she gets upset I am not giving her all the attention.  She doesn’t harm him, she gives him hugs and kisses and tries to help me feed him but she just doesn’t like he gets more attention than her now.

I cannot believe it’s been a week.  It seems like it was just yesterday.  I have been home for 4 days and things have been going really well.  My mom and brother left on Saturday and I have been feeling great.  I have been up cleaning and feeling very energetic.  I have been taking it easy but I do go up and down the stairs. 

I am just so happy to not be pregnant anymore.  I am scheduled to have my staples removed tomorrow.  I am really excited. I am just surprised at how well I have recovered this time.  Minimal pain, a little cramping but otherwise it has been really an easy recovery. 

My lil ones have been so good with Lil Max.  When he cries they go and rub his belly, give him his pacifier or cover him with a blanket.  Neither of them seem jealous or anything.  They give him kisses all the time.  It has been a really great week.  Lil Max so far has been a really good baby. He hates a dirty diaper so as soon as he poops he sure does let me know.  He also gives a little cry when he is hungry.  He sometimes goes like 6 hours in between feeding, a lot of times that is in the night so I get a good stretch of solid sleep. 

All in all this week has been really great and I feel great.  I can’t wait until I am completely healed.  I will feel a million times better. 

I sit here in my hospital bed, alone.  Well not totally alone, I am cuddling with my new baby boy.  Watching a little TV, snoozing on and off, blogging and browsing the net.  Today is my last day for this R&R time.  I am taking full advantage of it because once I leave here, it will probably be 18 yrs before this happens again.  LOL!
The problem I am running in to is feeling a bit overwhelmed when I think about my days ahead of me.  Recovering from the c-section is going to be tough when I get home.  My lil ones like to climb on me, lay on me and be carried around and I certainly won’t be able to do that for another week or so.  My family all leaves on Saturday and except for that day, Tony will be at work for several days thereafter. 

I am trying to figure out some organization to my day so that I can make sure all is taken care of.  No more napping for me, need to make sure I utilize that time to tidy up, make dinner or whatever else.  I need to program myself to automatically get up everyday at a certain time in order to start my day before the kids.  Now I just sleep/stay in bed until Lil Tony gets up.  When I do that I feel exhausted, it takes me a long time to wake up and feel motivated to start my day and depending on Lil Tony’s mood sometimes I haven’t gotten my patience started yet to tolerate his bad mood. 

I just need to get in to a better routine.  I fear I won’t have time in my day to love and care for each of them and be the homemaker.  Ya know what I mean?  I know if a day goes by and laundry doesn’t get done or a floor doesn’t get mopped it’s not the end of the world but I think if I organize my day, many things can be accomplished. 

Mostly I worry about the first week or two being home with the recovery.  I worry I am going to struggle each day!  Hopefully things will go more smooth than I have it in my head.  LOL! 

I no longer have an excuse to eat.  Ya know the “I’m eating for two” excuse.  LOL!  I feel really bloated today and still feel a little pregnant.  I really hope that I lose that feeling really quick. 

I should probably look for the best fat burners so that when I am all healed and can start losing all this baby weight, I will have my plan in action.  Weight loss plan that is.  It sucks because I am not really hungry but I am bored sitting in the hospital bed.

On to different news.  Today was a good day.  I have only had some Tylenol 3 today.   I have minimal pains so I didn’t want anything stronger.  Mostly just the cramping which I think is my uterus trying to shrink down.  I have been in and out of bed all day.  IV was taken out earlier and I just got done taking a shower.  Oh my the shower felt good.  Tomorrow will be my last day in the hospital, I think they would let me go home because of how well I am getting around.  I “requested” that I stay until Thursday.  First reason is because Tony will be at work and I won’t have a way to get home and second I know that if I go home, my relaxation time is over.  I would probably be chilling on the couch but I would have 2 kids plus baby Max climbing all over me.  Tony will be at work tomorrow so I plan on just resting all day, sleeping and walking around to stretch myself out.  That way when I go home on Thursday I will be good to go. 

I feel bad for my lil ones.  I think they are confused as to what is going on.  Isabel hasn’t warmed up to my brother yet, she follows grandma around.  Lil Tony has warmed to my brother but they have just had a long week or so.  Not getting much napping in and they are just exhausted.  When they came to visit me today, Lil Tony didn’t want anything to do with me.  I think he is mad at me.  Isabel would cuddle with me a bit but they both just seemed upset with me.  I hope that changes when I get home. 

Anywho, I am going to go relax and cuddle with my baby.   Tony will be back up to the hospital soon so we can watch the season finale of Biggest Loser.  YIPPEE!!!

What a day.  I was up early Monday morning, got showered, packed and ready to go.  We got out of the house a bit late, by the time we got our kids up and such we ended up getting to the hospital about 10 min late.  No biggie I guess. 

We waited for 2 hours, during that time they took blood, got my IV set up and asked 500 questions.  The routine procedures before a c-section. 

Then it was time, 9:45am, time for surgery.  I walked back to the OR and got my spinal.  Oh my that hurt.  Thankfully the doc got it in on the first try, not sure I could have made it if he had to keep poking.  LOL!

The spinal worked so fast and so good that my blood pressure dropped really low in a short time.  I got really sick, I felt horrible.  Shortly thereafter he gave me medicine to get my blood pressure back up.  My body was so numb I didn’t even know they had started and before I knew it iI felt pushing on my stomach and then I hear “we have the head out”. 

Just before hearing that though I started to feel crappy again, not like I was gonna be sick, just lots of pressure in my chest and my whole body (to the tips of my fingers were numb) and it felt really uncomfortable.  I was really emotionally, thinking it will be my last baby and anticipation of baby Max’s arrival.

Finally I heard his cry.  It sounded like the little yellow duck from Tom and Jerry.  LOL!

Sounded just like his cry.

So Maximilien Michael was born at 10:29am, he was 8lbs 13oz and 20.25 in.  The surgery went great and I was awake the whole time.  It was awesome.  Last 2 babies I think they gave me something to knock me out right after they took the baby to the nursery. 

I was in my room before I knew it.  My recovery has been amazingly wonderful.  NOTHING like the first 2 c-sections.  I was up walking around by about 3pm. It is almost 24hrs later and I have been up moving around about 5 or 6 times.

They keep making comments about letting me go home tomorrow.  Normally I would have been ok with that, at first I did want to go home Wednesday but the more I think about it I think I need the relaxation.  I know once I go home I will be back on mommy duty and no more “recovery” time.  My lil ones will require my attention.  My mom and brother are there so I think I will try to stay until Thurs.  Tony has that day off and I think it will work best. 

Here are some pics of my Christmas present

And a pic of all my kids.

My laptop is about to die so I should go for now, update more later.