Nap time at 6pm

So Anna apparently decided she didn't want to take her normal 2pm nap today...in fact she cried as soon as I put her in her crib, then about 10 minutes later, she got quiet, but then I heard her bedroom door open. Yep, the day that I had been dreading, she learned how to climb out of her crib. I took her back in there and put her back in the crib and watched her cry some more, then proceed to throw her leg over the side, she used the pillow I had in there to stand on, so I took it out and put her back in. She cried some more, I left her in there long enough to gather up some laundry to go wash and she was still crying so I gave in and let her get up. I probably shouldn't have, but I did. So after 2 trips to the laundry room with her in tow, then 3 trips to the dumpster once again with her in tow (I cleaned out all of my old assignment papers because I don't need them anymore and they were just taking up space) she was tired. But no, she still wouldn't lay down without a fight, so I just let her run and play for a little while and she was starting to whine so I give her her cup and turn on Blue's Clues and lay her in her crib, amazingly she didn't cry, she didn't whine, she didn't try to climb back out. Granted, I'll regret it later tonight when she's up so late since she's taking a nap at 6pm for the first time today...but maybe I'll get lucky and she'll sleep all night...yeah right, I can wish though can't I?

Unpleasent doctor's visit...

for me that is...turns out I have a severely ingrown hair in the nether regions, and it's very painful. I thought maybe it was a cyst, so I called my OBGYN to see if I could get an appointment in the next few days, they got me in first thing this morning and I figured I'd go in let him check it out and he'd send me on my merry way. Far from it. Since JD had to work and it was kinda last minute that I found out I was going this morning I had no choice but to take Anna with me. OK, she behaved for the most part, but only because I took her coloring book and crayons. Then we were crammed into this teeny tiny little exam room, literally no room to turn Anna's stroller around in. So they tell me I'm due for a pap, no biggy, I undress from the waist down and then right when I cover up with that lovely little paper for privacey, Anna drops her cup and I jump down off the table and it rips. Great! Then Anna grabbed it and tore it even more. I could've looked in the cabinets and found another one, but what the hell, he's seen me way more revealed than that when I gave birth to Anna so I just climbed back up on the table and waited. He came in shortly after and had his little assistant with him, I'd never met her before, but I did see quite a few of the same nurses from when I was pregnant. It's hard to believe that it's been almost 20 months since I last saw them. Well he comes in and has to move Anna's monster stroller and she starts flirting with him, he was asking if she is talking yet and when I told him she could count to 10 now, he started talking to her and counting...all while he was already starting to do the exam LOL, it didn't bother me too much, but I could feel my face turning red. The pap smear was over in no time, but then he started looking at the bump that I originally went in for. He saw a small one and I couldn't really tell what he was looking at so I thought he was on the one that was hurting me so bad, but just not touching it. Turns out I had 3 bumps, but he got a needle and syringe to see if it was a cyst...OMG I wanted to jump off that table before he even touched it. That hurt so bad I don't even know what to compare it to, hell I had an epidural when I gave birth so it hurt worse than that. But after he stabbed all 3 of them with the needle, he said that they were just ingrown hairs. Great! I just spent $50 for a visit and it's just ingrown hairs! I guess I shouldn't complain though, since cancer does run in my family, my mom had cervical cancer right before she got pregnant with me so I am what they call high risk. So as soon as JD gets insurance next month, I am going to be getting the Gardisil vaccine. 3 shots over 6 months and it is proven to decrease your chances of cervical cancer and genital warts. Wooh! But hey if it helps me in the long run, I'm all for it.

So yeah, the doctor's visit sucked, but at least I found out it was nothing serious. It was a pain to even walk back out to the car when it was all over with, and it still hurts, so I've stayed home all day since we got back. Anna has been miserable since we got home for some reason, she's been whiney since she woke up from her nap. But she's got a sucker that she just stole from me and watching spongebob and being good and happy. So all is well other than my pain, but what do you expect when my last name is Payne LOL

Lazy Weekend

OK so it may not be a truly lazy weekend, considering I'm planning on taking Anna on a 4+ mile bike ride today, but I'm not planning on going anywhere else, other than to the park with her. We have plenty of groceries, therefore no need to run to Walmart. All the bills are paid, so no need to run to Anniston. Because typically when I "run" anywhere, I wind up spending more money than I originally planned. Nope, no running anywhere this weekend, other than at the park to keep Anna out of the creek, because I'm almost certain it's going to be freezing today with the wind blowing. She'll have to settle for the swings and slides and climbers. We may even take some snacks and have a little picnic while we're there. And pray it's not too crowded. Because she is easily distracted by lots of people, especially little people that are her size. She thinks she has to run and chase them and then yells at them if they won't chase her. (more of a screeching noise and stomping her feet in place, until someone does chase her LOL)

She loves to swing in the baby swings still...she knows how to swing in the big kid swings, but much prefers the baby ones. I feel better when she swings in the baby swings, too! She has ALWAYS loved to slide, ever since I took her down the first one at 2 months old. And at 11 months she began to get braver and braver, and finally started going down the short ones by herself. Now she has mastered the big, long, and even swirly slides! She can climb straight up the stairs, like on monkey bars, without any kind of assistance, but of course I still stand right there behind her with my arms just off of her body so she doesn't notice. Oh yeah, she also climbs back up the slides. It's actually pretty funny to watch her do it, because it's like she knows exactly how to place her feet on it to keep from slipping back down. It's like a long drawn out process for her, but she never gives up. If she slips and slides back down, she gets right back up to try it again.

OK well I guess I need to end this, so I can check the weather, and if it's gonna be warm enough, she may get to play in the creek for a little bit. We'll see. Hope everyone has a great weekend, whether it's a lazy weekend or a busy one!

The Beginning

I have started a blog! I thought I was too busy to do one, and I may still be so I may not keep it updated, but I am starting one. Mainly just to talk about my daughter's progress, but occasionaly to rant about a certain husband of mine, or even some of my family LOL I'm still deciding if I'm going to let my family have this blog address or keep it private for my virtual mommy friends. Probably option number 2. We'll see.

OK first off, my name is Melissa, I'm 21, full time Mommy, full time wife, and full time college student. Probably some other things, like counselor to my cousins, sometimes a baby sitter, but I'll think of what else I am later.

I've been married to JD since December 2005, yes I got married when I was 18...woah! No...I was not pregnant when we got married! We were just madly in love and decided to spend the rest of our lives together. No big church wedding, and no Vegas style either. We just went to the court house and let the judge do it LOL, only people that were there (besides us and the judge, duh!) were my parents, his dad, my adopted sister, and my old neighbor and her son. Short and sweet. No dress up, no rice, just a couple of rings and a piece of paper that binds us together FOREVER! We had a reception/bridal shower about a month later and we got the usual, a ton of towels and cook ware. One of the funniest gifts we got was a bag full of baby items, apparently sweet Mrs.Jenny got the wrong message by us getting married and me being "so young", she had to leave before we got to her gift so of course everyone that stayed got a good laugh out of it, but little did we know that about 1 month later I would find out I was indeed pregnant.

We found out on Valentine's Day 2006 that we were expecting, although we were not expecting that kind of news. We weren't planning on getting pregnant anytime soon, but we also weren't exactly preventing it either. The pregnancy was filled with ups and downs, I won't get into them right now, because I don't feel like crying my eyes out right now. But I will give you the short story, I almost had a miscarriage at 5weeks 4days, I almost lost my Nanny (grandma on dad's side) at around 11 weeks, almost had another miscarriage at 12 weeks due to the stress of Nanny being in the hospital, my Mawmaw & Pawpaw's house burned down when I was 23 weeks, Pawpaw got severely burned because he fell inside when it was on fire, he stayed in UAB burn unit for 2 months, then got transferred to RMC's long term health center.He stayed there until after I had Anna, but sadly he died the day Anna turned 7 weeks old. I had severe morning sickness from about 6-7 weeks along all the way to 24 weeks 2 days, and I don't mean just nausea, I mean full blown puking every single day, sometimes 3 and 4 times a day, but no less than 2 every day...that was hell! Then almost like a switch was turned off, at 24 weeks 2 days, I never threw up again during the pregnancy, well until I got food poisining, but that doesn't count.

I also started having blood pressure problems around 29 weeks, and by 33 weeks I was going to the hospital twice a week for non stress tests. They usually just monitered me for about 30 minutes to an hour, then I would go for my doctor's appointment with Dr.Young once a week. Well at 36 weeks 6 days, I woke up when JD got home from work at about 6am and I was really swollen, but I had never swollen before other than my fingers. So we call the maternity ward, and they tell us to come on in, well I checked my BP before we left, I had already bought one of those home electronic ones, and my BP was 167/124...so yeah I figured go in, they'll monitor us and send us home...NOPE! Dr.Young came in at about 7:30am and started talking about the risks and benefits of induction, I was expecting him to say like the next day or even the next week, but then when I asked him when, he said today, like now. I was scared, excited, and nervous all at the same time. So at about 8am he came in and broke my water, and then started the pitocin, then they started my epidural. I didn't really have an option because they didn't want my BP to go any higher. I don't remember a whole lot about the labor, other than part of it was reaaallllly painful. I do remember who all was there though. JD, Momma, Daddy, JD's Dad, Mallory, Aunt Penny, Meagan, Paige, Kim, Austin, Jessie, Mawmaw & Aunt Susan. Dr.Young told me around noon that I was having her by 10pm no matter what. He said if I didn't have her by 9pm he was scheduling a csection no later than 10pm that night. Well needless to say, I started pushing around 8:30pm and I had her at exactly 8:45pm.

So Anna Alexa Payne arrived on October 3, 2006 at 8:45pm, she was 4lbs 12oz and 19 inches long. She was so tiny, but very healthy.

I will update on her later, because my sister in law is on the phone right now and I doubt she's gonna be done talking anytime soon LOL.

So there's my first blog. Hope it wasn't too boring for you, I should post more by tomorrow night.