lindsmac

Dear LJ,

You must really hate me! I always come back to you making promises of a new start together and then once again get so wrapped up in my life and forget your entire existence! Can you please forgive me once more and hopefully start anew? :)

Thanks for understanding and being so forgiving...

Well, we are still in Hawaii and now proud parents of three healthy happy robust little boys! I am most definitely staying as busy as ever now. It's a great busy though. Matt, my husband, has got some awesome things going on at work right now and I'm loving all my boys and staying busy with my wonderful friends here. I would say I'm in a great and happy place right now. One that actually makes me not want to leave this island we now call home!

On friday I turn the dreaded 28! I can hardly believe myself that i'm about to be only two years away from 30!!! Half the time I still feel and see myself as a 21 year old! Or at least wishing I still was;) I guess if I'm going to be old, I may as well embrace it but just not ACT old! I will forever be young at heart. We are celebrating with a group of our closest friends at Dave and Busters on friday. I can't wait! This will be my first time there and I've heard it is a blast.

Then this weekend is Labor Day too, so the hubby has a four day! YAY! I love our long weekends together. It doesn't matter if we are going about and staying busy or just cuddling on the couch, I'm always happiest when he is home by my side!

The boys, like I said earlier, are all doing great. Camden and Ty are so sweet and cute they way the play together, but a mess too now that they really fight! Jax is coming right upon 3 months now! I can hardly believe it. He is a sweet baby boy and so good! I love them all to death. My little men...

Well, LJ, I feel like we made a good start. I better get going. Have a good one everyone~

Love love love

Linds

Did I say busy? What I really meant to say is NO LIFE!:D

We have officially entered the world, drum roll please, of THREE children!! Not just three children, LJ, but three B-O-Y-S!!!! Need I really say more?

After 1 week and 4 days of being a mother to three and a family of five, I can definitely say it's not only going to be one heck of an adventure, but a LOT of work!

Be sure to check into our website, www. themacpac.com for updated blogs, pictures and info on the family. I have been updating it weekly. I can only keep up with a few things here lately so that is your best bet for the most current info. I've been trying to be good about that, while Matt keeps up with our fb.

Best of luck to us! :D

Love love love,

Linds

Yay, I finally managed to have my fourth Dr's Appointment today:) Here's the 411...

Blood work came back and my iron levels were very low and my platelets had dropped down to 110 as well. For the iron issue, I need to beef up (ha literally) my diet and add a lot more iron so I do not become anemic because I'm close right now. They also prescribed me iron pills to help. This could be playing a big roll in my lack of energy as well. As for my platelets, this is just something they continue to monitor up until labor begins. Below 100 means no epidural and below that means mandatory c-section. Thankfully, they fluctuate a lot and I have at least 8 more weeks so they are likely to change for the better. My glucose test looked great. I weighed in at 140 today so that was good news and they Dr said I was doing great with gaining but just what I needed. If I stay at the same pace I will weigh in anywhere from 145-148 when I deliver which is the same as I was with Ty. Best news of all is that the Dr gave the ok for me to start Prevacid for my reflux!!! I am thrilled. This will help me tremendously with my pain and discomfort. She said my throat looked horrible and could see some sores in it too. I told her that I spit blood most mornings and she wasn't too happy about that. Hopefully this will take care of the issue. As for my sciatica she said sadly there isn't much you can do but just grin and bear it and ride it out. Lots of hot baths and heating pad time and I could try moving the baby if possible to get it off my nerve. She reminded me that with each pregnancy the pain is worse and you feel more and more pressure, especially mine being so close together. My mom and I both wondered how some women out there can give birth to 5 or babies!!! I seriously don't know if I'm gonna do another one, I think I'll be fine with just boys:D The Dr told me I do need to be careful and rest more because I seemed and looked very tired and rundown.:( I explained I have two little ones and my husband had been away though. She understood but said it was affecting my health so be careful! Plus, we don't want a 32 week baby!!!

Other than that, the baby is growing good and has a strong steady heart beat. He's already head down and getting ready to greet us and the world soon.

Matt gets home tomorrow so hopefully life will return back to normal and I can have some help, YAY! Plus we need good food and groceries so bad and that will help me get my iron and energy up up up!

Thanks for tuning in....

Love love love

Linds

That’s right, I said DOWNPOURS! “Pouring” would be an understatement in describing how my last 10 days with Matthew at WLC have been going. I don’t even know where to begin!?! I guess day one would work...

Matthew began his 15 days of the Warrior Leadership Course on Wednesday, April 14. That very same day, all hell broke loose in our household. You think I’m kidding, but I’m not. During these last 10 days I have slept less than I’ve been able to sleep in a long time, Camden is cutting his last two remaining molars(which is code for he cries over nothing), Ty cut his bottom two teeth, I’ve lost my debit card, had my Dr’s appointment cancelled on me and blood work messed up only to have to redo it all over(this is stressful in itself trying to arrange to have the car and someone to watch the boys), cried at least once a day, watched Camden become a mean mass of destruction and whining who refuses to sleep past 5 am, experienced the beginings of real sibling fighting, developed sciatica, have HORRID acid reflux and can barely eat, ran out of wic checks and money and was not able to provide for my child, have been eating whatever we can “create” in this house, saved Ty from his brother trying to paint his mouth with nail polish, been trying to potty train and keep a pup from destroying my brand new rug and all the carpet, saved Ty again from eating and choking on dog food, Camden took my new memory card from my new camera and jammed into the disc drive of our new computer(can't take pictures of use certain things on the computer now), Camden sat and swang in our baby swing and completely broke it, Camden shoved at least 3 dvds in Matt’s xbox and jammed it, took Camden to get a haircut and he screamed this blood curdling scream the entire time as if he were getting beaten, have had no vehicle but a select few times to get out of this “jail” of a house, have become extremely anger at myself for taking my sleep deprived frustration and emotions out on my two year old, went on an outing with the girls and was run down by the end from dealing with two kids out on my own, OH, and did I mention I’m 30 weeks pregnant?

To thoroughly tell each crazy event and story would have us here all night and I’m honestly too tired to make it past crazy story number one! The gist it, so much has gone wrong and it feels like I’ve attacked one trail after the other each passing day. I’m ready to drop by noon and have to dig down deep to find the energy and positive attitude I so desperately need to keep going. I think dinner and bedtime with the two little ones are the hardest times because I’m juggling both their needs and routines and it is completely exhausting. Then once their down, I attack the house, some laundry and those wonderful dishes and bottles for the next day. I finally take my shower and then fall into bed only to be kept awake by heartburn and nausea. Then 4am-5am rolls around and Camden has decided it’s his new time to wakeup, therefore I get to be awaken and sometimes he goes in and wakes up poor Ty...grrrrrr! I feel like a walking zombie. Naps never seem to happen for me either. My emotions and hormones are definitely on a crazy overload right about now so I’m easily irritated, angered and cry at the drop of a hat. I feel like I’m not in control half the time and every chance Camden gets when I’m occupied with Ty, he’s off destroying or getting into something he would normally never mess with. This is also when he took it upon himself to make his own lunch when I couldn’t get it for him when he wanted and I came down to find him on the couch, watching Casper, eating from a jar of peanut butter with a butter knife and drinking from our 2 liter Dr. Pepper bottle. I’m left feeling like I most definitely need the WORST mother of the month award. With all this going on I’m left questioning how crazy we are to be having a third child, let alone becoming more and more scared each day. Heaven forbid my husband gets deployed here soon!!! What happened to that strong woman I knew and used to be?!?

To top it off, I miss and need my husband so badly. I hate us being apart and having our family separated. These are the times I think I hate the army...

Ok, enough depressing reading. Let me leave you with a smile.

Camden has been very involved with me and the “pup” as he calls Chaz. Yesterday, he decides to go get all three of his stuffed dogs from his stuffed animal box in his room. He brings them all down stairs and tells me what he has named each one. The first is Barrett, the second Chaz and the last is Woof Woof:) He makes me hold and love them and he continues to feed them and make them go night night. Then he decides they need to go potty. So he takes each pup, one by one and places them outside the front door in our yard, in a line on the grass. He goes out beside them and tells them time to go potty!!! Then, he proceeds to pull down his own pants and go potty right there in front of our house along the main busy street of passing cars with them! I was completely shocked and mortified! I could only imagine what people were thinking passing by seeing him. All the while I’m telling him “No Camden, we potty in the house, that is not nice!” he is giggling and swinging “it” all around “sprinkling” the front lawn!:/

BOYS!!!:)

Love love love,

Linds

We have now hit the big 30 weeks! Whoohoo! Only eight to ten more left to go now. This is bittersweet to me because I’m thrilled to have my body back to myself soon and to meet my little Jax, but I’m not sure I’m ready to be a mom of three just yet. (Not that I have a choice!)

I've been doing pretty good I think. I’ve kept my weight just where I wanted it and am weighing in at 140 lbs at 30 wks. That keeps me easily in the 25-30 lbs total unless I decide to eat a horse everyday for the next eight weeks:) I’m a firm believer in staying healthy but only gaining what is necessary for the baby and NOTHING more!

My acid reflux is as miserable as ever but there is always that comfort in knowing that literally as soon as I deliver, it completely disappears.

I recently had a second complete blood workup done to monitor how my platelet and iron levels are doing. I have been diagnosed with Thrombocytonpenia once again, aka low platelet condition. The Dr is monitoring the situation and wants to do a full workup after my pregnancy as well to make sure that because I had this condition during my last two pregnancies, it isn’t being caused by something else going on other than pregnancy.

I do have that wonderful pelvic “breaking in two” sensation again already and now sciatica to boot. It has kept my walking days down to a minimal this pregnancy. I tried the two mile walk to the PX last week and about died from back and leg pain on the way back. That was it for me! I limit my walking to the mailbox these days, haha. Of course, toting two kiddos around probably doesn’t add to the situation!

I will have my 4th Dr's appt next week, Wednesday April 28, so hopefully I’ll be able to report back how all the blood tests came out and get my wonderfully favorite rhogam shot, a little over due but getting to it. It was supposed to be this past week but it was rescheduled on their end once again. This is the third time that has happened to me here. Hard to believe I’m almost done with my pregnancy and will just now be going to only my fourth appt! Thankfully I always deliver early so most likely only two appointments left after this one:) Most women have an average of 8-10 appts if not more and I'll probably only have 6 total, ha. Yay Army:)

My neighbor is throwing me a baby shower in honor of Jaxon Alexander on May 16. While the shower is taking place, there will be a diaper bbq for the men and children next door. In order to get in the door, every male must bring a package of diapers. Pretty cute idea huh? We are all looking forward to this event and Jasmine has planned so many cute things and games. Can’t wait to enjoy it with all my ladies here.

Well I think that about sums it all up for now. Check back next week for the Dr visit update!

Love love love,

Linds

Ok, LJ, time for a pregnancy update. You and I should be pretty familiar with those by now huh? I mean, popping out a kid every year and all, kinda makes us pros at this now. I was 25 when I had Cam, 26 with Ty and will be 27 when Jax is born. Wonder how many we'll have by the time I'm 30?!?! ;)

Back to the topic. Update time.

Well, all in all, things have been going pretty good I guess. Other than my horrible, way to long, bout of morning sickness at the beginning, this pregnancy is going along about the same as the other two. I actually think it's flying by way faster too. Mostly because I'm so busy with Cam and Ty, but also because it seems so mundane that I barely pay attention to the fact that I even am pregnant. I mean, when you've been UNpregnant only 2 months out of the last 17-18, it's just a fact of life right? It's like a state of mind and I'm always in it. I dont ever even know when my Dr's appts are until they call to remind me. That's how little I pay attention. How far along you ask? I don't know, hmmm, let me look at the calendar. Think I'm joking, but I'm not. Pretty sure I've messed up captions on prego pics posted on facebook numerous time because I'm not too sure where I am, or supposed to be for that matter, or when the pic was taken. Ha. I've been given the due date of June 29, but was told I was looking more like July 6 at my 20 wks but that really says nothing to me except, you never know anyway. It comes when it wants and mine are always early.

I still have the good ole acid reflux and horrible lower back and pelvic pain along with leg cramps, but it is what it is and I drive on. It helps in a way that I'm so run down with the boys and can't nap like I did when pregnant with Ty, because by the end of the day, I pass out so fast in my bed that I never remember falling asleep. Insomnia has yet to plague me this pregnancy and that's a wonderful first!

As for the favorite weight gain topic, I was a little unsure that I was handling this third run well and was packing on the pounds, but have discovered I'm exactly the same weight at 26 weeks now, that I was when I was pregnant with Ty, putting on the big 15 lbs and weighing in at 135. I felt I did well with that pregnancy, so this newly discovered fact pleased me and greatly put my mind at ease. I've been worried from the get go that I will struggle to get back to my normal size after this one, due to the fact my body pretty much had NO time to rest or fully recover from my last pregnancy. However, I did get back to my normal weight before getting pregnant so that was definitely in my favor. So we shall see...

The hubbs is handling us being pregnant again well as are the boys. Camden loves the idea of baby Jaxon and Ty is indifferent(could it be because he's only 8 months???:)) Camden now knows he's coming and that he's in my tummy and not to jump on him!!! Ha. Baby Jaxon, however, is already sick of his big brother Ty constantly sleeping on my tummy and smashing him. Everytime he does, Jax seems to go crazy as if saying, GET OFF ME BROTHER!!!!!!!!:) Brotherly love already...mmmm mmm good.

The bright side is that we don't really have to prepare for much, this being another boy. So we're set and ready, left without all the hustle and bustle of preparing for a new baby. The only thing we really needed to do was purchase another car seat and we got on top of that one fast.

Oh, I don't think I ever told you LJ, the baby is going to be named Jaxon Alexander McAlpine and called Jax. You like? Well, you better, because you don't have a choice and I'm really your voice so you basically have to agree with whatever I say. Pretty nice huh. I'm like a dictator of my own writing!

Alright people, I'm getting a bit carried away now which means, it is soooooo past my bed time.

You know the drill...

Love love love

Linds

Good evening dear friend! It's the end of another week as I know it, well, not technically, but Matt's work week ending pretty much signifies the end of mine. We are as one:)

So, another week has gone by of little Tylor D not sleeping well. It's been driving me bonkers because he was doing so great with his naps and sleeping soundly through the night and NEVER waking once before I left for Texas. Then came Texas and hell with it! We went through a time change, two illnesses and poor Ty having no crib to sleep in. Therefore, the result product became the worst sleeping baby ever!!!!!!!! SERIOUSLY. While there, he would only sleep in my arms during naps and ended up having to sleep in bed with me every night. Thus resulting in not much sleep for either one of us.

Now we're back and he had to re-adjust and fight off bronchialitis. I thought after beating that and getting him back to a good eating schedule he'd go back to how he used to be. NOPE, WRONG, BIG NEGATRON!

He's still the worst napping child ever, which makes it very hard to get things done in the house EVER and definitely no rest for this pregnant momma of two. Every time I think I'm lucky enough to have em both down in the afternoon, I try to quickly get a few things done, then lay on the couch and within five minutes that little Ty cry echos loudly through the house. It never fails. Then we're either up and at em again or I have to rock him back to sleep in my arms, not putting him down, leaving me completely trapped in the chair and useless in the house. Not to mention always a very full bladder and not getting to go to the urination station!!! I guess the one positive to this all is that I'm so exhausted every night from my long days with the two boys that my normal battle of pregnancy insomnia has yet to effect me. I'm so tired I can even fall asleep with acid burning a whole in my esophagus, pretty impressive is it not?!

As for night time, well, he's doing better. He now goes to sleep between 2030-2130 but has this bad habit of waking a few hours after, crying, and then again between 3am and 4am every morning. He is absolutely not hungry, it's just this bad habit. The first time, we let him cry it out, but the 3-4am wakeup, he has been waking up completely soaked through his diaper and clothes. So I get up, change him and then tote him back to bed with me where he then sleeps til 8am. I don't mind it too much because he goes right back to bed but I need to make him go back to bed in his crib and not with me. However, he wont. If he does, I get sound sleep.

Camden started sleeping through the night at two months, like Ty, but unlike Ty, continued on to this day. When you put him down, he's out cold and you don't see that crazy little monster til 830am!!! This is my first child not to sleep like a sound rock so I'm struggling. Especially when I'm pregnant and trying to take care of a two year old on top of it all. My biggest fear is that in three months or less, when we have baby Jax, Ty still wont be sleeping soundly through the night or taking good naps and I'm gonna be in deep trouble! It's not like I will have Matt here to help, my parents or family. It will be me on my own, with three kids, from the day we leave that hospital...a little scary, ok, a LOT scary! Don't get me wrong, I know I can and will do it, just not without hair turning gray, big bags under my eyes and a complete loss of sanity! Just imagine...Me, a 2 year old, a 10 month old and a newborn....HELP HELP HELP:) JK, no really, HELP! ;)

Advice, encouragement, quick ways out;)???? Waiting patiently...

Love love love,

Lindsey

Just watched New Moon, can't say that I was much of a fan:(. Loved the books but the movies just didn't do it for me. Seriously, doesn't anyone else realize how bad the acting is? Made me want to turn it off, just like I did Twilight. I'm the kind of gal who has a hard time watching movies made after books I've already read anyway. It's so much better reading and imagining things and people in your own mind. I always get disappointed when I see a movie and the characters or scenes aren't portrayed the same as they were in my own mind. So just read!

Love love love,

Linds

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