Day 80

Cale slept all night in his bed last night, so we are giving it another shot tonight. We stayed up later tonight, and I know he's exhausted, so it shouldn't take long for him to fall asleep. I'm currently sitting on the trunk at the foot of his bed... Waiting. 

Tomorrow is the pre-admission appointment/hospital tour. So glad my mom is here to go with me. At least you have already been there, so you know where to go. It will ease her mind, I'm sure, to see everything beforehand. 

We went to Cabela's today and to Bob Evans to eat lunch. Cale ate great for being at a restaurant, and ate a great dinner, too. 

He's doing so great. I hope he doesn't backslide on me when Gray is born. 

He's snoring, so I'm going to bed. Love you to the moon and back. Muah. 

Day 79

Operation Big Boy Bed: Day 1 is underway. 

I only had to sit there and tell him to go to sleep for 90 mins... But he finally did and now I'm sitting here, glued to the monitor, hoping he's ok. Ugh. I'm such a helicopter mom, but whatever. 

I can't believe he's actually sleeping in a twin sized bed (for the moment, anyway). I'm sure we will have some rough nights, but this is a good first step. 

The OB visit was fine today, but I already told you that. 

Talk to you tomorrow, babe. I love you. Muah. 

Day 76

Hello, love. 

I know I didn't blog last night. Sorry. It was just one of those days, and if you don't have something nice to say, well, you know the rest. 

I haven't felt great today. I didn't really eat a lot and had Braxton Hicks contractions on and off all day, so I drank a lot of water and prayed that my back would stop aching. It finally has, and the contractions seemed to have slowed down, so that's a positive. Cale is finally conked out after a long, hard day of whining, and I'm sure he's fully aware that he wore me out with him. 

You'll be home in less than a month, and Mom and Dad will be here in two more wake-ups! Hooray!

Talk to you tomorrow. Love you! Muah. 

Day 74

I get to see you in one month!! Yay! There are so many things I can't wait to talk to you about! I don't think people really understand what it's like to have to completely sensor your conversations with your best friend. It's torture. Of course, I can't wait to kiss you and to meet Gray, but I really miss your face and talking to you. 

In other news, we should also be meeting our new son in one month! Let's just hope he stays in there until then. 

Finished a few more projects today, all of which I love. Wait until you see the onesie I'm doing for Gray. Haha it's great. 

We are in bed. Cale fell asleep on his little couch again, so I carried him up. Big boy bed will be here in 4 days. I can't wait, but I need to get the monitors set up in there. Things are starting to come together. Won't be long now! 

I remember with Cale, it felt like he would never get here. That last 8 weeks felt like an eternity. With Gray, I'm just praying he doesn't come before I'm ready. It's flown by. Seems like yesterday that we announced the pregnancy. 

Miss you so much. I hope you all stay safe through this hurricane. The reports look terrifying. Hopefully, it will miss you altogether. Night, baby. Sweet dreams. Muah. 

Day 73

Cale and I went to Target this morning for a change of pace. His fever was gone, so I thought he might like to eat popcorn in the cart while I shopped. Instead, this happened...

So maybe he wasn't feeling as well as I thought. Poor baby. 

After we got home, he refused to take a nap, but I did manage to get a few things done while he was watching Jurassic World for the 947th time. 

And then this happened at 7pm...

...which means I'll likely be up half the night again. Love his little heart, though. He really couldn't be any cuter. 

Love and miss you, and can't wait for you to get home! Night, baby. Muah. 

Day 72

Our sweet, independent, dinosaur loving, tantrum throwing boy woke up today with a fever. He did really well until after he woke up from his nap. I could tell he was feeling puny at that point because he went down for a nap before noon (and that never happens), and after he woke up, he just wanted to lay on the couch and drink fluids. 

I got him up this afternoon and got him in the tub, washed his hair, gave him dinner, and he was literally asleep two mins after we got off FaceTime with you. 

I changed his diaper and put his jommies on him (which pissed him seriously off, but he was sweaty, so I hope his fever broke) and he went back to sleep until I carried him upstairs. He woke up during that, too, but didn't protest. Just said "wanna cuddle wif mommy." So that's what we did. 

Love that sweet little hand. 

He's been asleep for hours now, so I'm going to sleep too, because he will be up with the chickens. Talk to you tomorrow, babe. Love you. Muah. 

Day 71

Jurassic World came out today. I shouldn't need to say anymore. 

Now you know what he did all day. :)

He was too into it to even nap (which is a terrible thing), but it's currently 2035 and we are in bed... So maybe he will be asleep soon. At least he's not talking. Haha 

This child talked so much this morning, I considered leaving him at Walmart. Not really. Just a fantasy. ;) I'd miss him too much. 

We miss you and can't wait to talk to you tomorrow. Have a good night. Muah. 

Day 70

After he had asked me to go to bed about a dozen times, he started telling me that he wanted to talk to you. I tried to explain that you were in bed, but he insisted, so we settled on making you a very sleepy video. 

http://youtu.be/irbYBRAlYkY

I'm not sure what was so important, but to him, it sure was, and he HAD to talk to you, so he did. I mean, I kind of understand. I miss you a lot, too. 

Night, Gaga. We love you. Muah. 

Day 69

I didn't blog last night. Mostly I was tired and didn't feel like it, and didn't really know what to say. Cale has had the seasonal sniffles all weekend, and I kind of have, too. Not awful, but not fun, either. 

I got back up at 11 tonight because I remembered that I needed to put the roast in the crockpot for soup tomorrow. I love soup in the fall and winter... I suspect Nana and I will have it often after she gets here. 

I got quite a bit accomplished today. Checked a few things off my to-do list, and am slowly getting comfortable with being prepared for this baby. When Cale's bed gets here, and we get him transitioned, I think that will make me feel more ready. Now if I could just get him out of diapers. :/

This is how he fell asleep tonight. Sweet boy. 

And tell me this child doesn't take after his Poppy. Haha

 It may be time to pull the Legos back out and show him how to use them... Maybe I'll save that for Poppy next week. 

We love and miss you. Can't wait until you're home! Talk to you tomorrow. Muah. 

Day 67

Sitting up in bed with horrible heartburn, but as long as I'm sitting up straight, I don't feel like I'm having a heart attack. Cale's over here snoozing, Gray is relaxed, the dogs are asleep, and here I sit...

I always have the strangest thoughts when I'm awake like this. Tonight, for example, I'm contemplating taking the pack and play down so I don't have to climb over it for the next month. It could happen. It very well might happen. 

Can't seem to get this heartburn to go away, and can't seem to get comfortable, but I'm having a hard time holding my eyes open. 

Love you. Hope you're sleeping well. Night, my love. Muah. 

Day 66

I was so tired from yesterday's trip that I didn't blog, and I almost fell asleep tonight. We have had an eventful couple of days. 

Cale fell asleep downstairs tonight. I'm so excited for his bed to arrive!!

Goodnight, babe. I'll catch you up more tomorrow. Love you. Muah. 

Day 65

We are loaded up to head back to the Midwest in the morning. While I'm heartbroken to go, I'll be happy to be home and nesting again. There's still work to be done and I have customers waiting on orders!

We went for a walk today and Cale must have counted 500 'woowy worms.' And then he talked for 4 hours straight. I'm not kidding. Four. Hours. 

Straight. 

My ears are exhausted. But he's cute. 

I went through my camera roll tonight during all the jabber and deleted over 1,800 pics. It's a bit more manageable, but I'm sure there are more that could go. Haha. Email is next. Maybe it won't have 5000 unreads on there when you get home. I know that drives you crazy. 

Headed to bed now, my love. We will talk to you tomorrow after we get home. Miss you so much! Night. Muah. 

Day 64

Well, we had a good morning, at least... We went for a walk (Cale strolled, we walked), had a pretty good lunch, played, went down for a nap. It was all downhill from there...

Apparently nap time was rather short, and he's been a terrible two year old since then. Anything he could scream about, he did. He threw himself in the floor, he cried, he whined. Whatever, kid, you'll live. 

You see how he's standing there? Hip cocked out? He stands just like you. It cracks me up. 

Good thing he's cute, because he sure was a turd this afternoon. ;)

Anyway, I'm not sure I can stay awake through this game, so I wanted to go ahead and blog. Love you. Have a great night. See you tomorrow. Muah. 

Day 63

Crazy that yesterday passed and I didn't realize you'd been gone two months... Sometimes it feels like time has flown by but other times it feels like it's been forever since I kissed you goodbye. We are fine. Everything is ok. I just miss you. 

I try not to think about it because I really don't have time to cry or lose control of my emotions, but sometimes I just want to let it go. Holding all this in really sucks. Blah. Moving on to something more cheerful...

Haha! This pic has been cracking me up all day. I was just kind of wondering what Cale sees when he looks up, and after I'd tripped over the third dog today, I thought I'd investigate. Obviously, my belly doesn't look that big from a normal perspective... I hope. :/

They aired the UK practice on ESPNU tonight. Cale was diggin' it. 

It was actually pretty fun to watch them practice without all the pageantry of Big Blue Madness. Skal is going to be every opponent's nightmare. That kid's jump shot is beautiful. 

You'll be home for three games, even if they're non-conference, at least you'll get to see those. I'm hoping that you get to see more there. Thankful that you'll be home in 6 weeks and we will be meeting this wild child. The hospital had better get the SEC network. I'll not be missing the Cats, so they need to figure it out. Haha

Ok. Time for bed. I love you to the moon and back! Muah. Night. 

Day 62

I woke up and realized that I forgot to blog, so here's a quick recap...

Cale has started to get up early. Yuck. 7am this morning (that means 6am central). Not going to fly at home. 

He was pretty much a cranky pants the entire day. Maybe he should have stayed in bed. 

We helped Aunt Donna and Uncle Rudy put the cover back on the camper. Cale played in the rocks and watched a wooly worm. He also drank water. 

I sent you a box today. Let me know when you get it so I can upload a pic. It's sooooo cute!

Night, my love. Please come home soon. Muah. 

Day 61

When your kid insists on sleeping in your bed, but after he falls asleep you move him right back to his... Mommy win. 

Breakfast with Papaw this morning. 

Tried out our headphones on the way home. 

Mommy went and had a mani-pedi during nap time, then we ran to the little festival on pike street tonight. It was cute. 

Now that I have Cale in HIS bed, I'm going to sleep. I'm totally worn out tonight. Love you. Muah. 

Day 60

I went and watched Emma play basketball tonight. :) It was fun, and they won big. I'm sure she enjoyed talking to you, so I'm glad we were able to do that.

After the game, I came home (aching back and belly) and assumed this (becoming very regular) position.   

The ice pack helps a lot, thankfully. 

I'm not so sure this child is as patient as Cale. He may decide to make his entrance before you get home. I hope not, but it really wouldn't surprise me. 

Falling asleep typing so I'm going to post this with a kiss and say goodnight. Love you. Muah. 

Day 59

We took Cale to the game farm in Frankfort today. He did really well and enjoyed it. We saw buffalo, elk, deer, a bobcat, an eagle, turkeys, snakes... He seriously loved the buffalo. He gets that from you. 

I didn't get any pics. I was trying not to sweat to death. A week ago, it was in the 50s. I kinda outgrew my shorts, so I didn't bring any with me... Just one pair of Capri pants and the rest long pants. It's flipping hot. I'm dying here. I'm not only walking around with an ice pack on my belly because it hurts; I'm doing it to stay cool. Roasting. It's like one million degrees, I swear. I hate being pregnant. There. I said it. Is it over yet? Lol

Cale was reading Kentucky Afield to Poppy tonight. Haha. 

He was in bed by 2130 tonight, so he will probably be up with the roosters. :/

I'm going to bed, too. Love you, handsome. Goodnight. Muah. 

Day 58

I was lazy last night and didn't post a blog. I'll admit it. I'm getting more and more exhausted each day, and as the time nears for having this baby, I'm sure I'll miss more than just one or two blogs. 

Anyway, yesterday we didn't do much. We ran a few errands and took a nap. Last night, I took Cale over to play with Uncle Rudy. 

Today, we went to Evans Orchard with Mimee. 

Then spent the evening climbing on Poppy...

...before climbing up on the couch and calling it a day. 

One. Tired. Pup. 

We love you. Talk to you tomorrow. Muah. 

Day 56

This kid... 

We went to lunch with the family today, and he did pretty well. He actually ate some and took a good nap when we got home. While we were napping (I might have fallen asleep too), Nana and Aunt Donna cleaned out the Jeep for me. Yay! It looks great, of course. 

After his nap, he had a fun filled couple hours of harassing the dogs, watching scuba videos with Poppy, making Nana chase him around the house, and waving out the window at Aunt Donna and Uncle Rudy. He ate a pretty decent supper, took a bath, Poppy helped him into his jommies, and they rolled around for a while on the floor before he fell asleep. I did manage to get this priceless pic...

They're too cute. 

We will talk to you tomorrow... Not sure what we will get into now that Nana is retired. :)

Love you, soldier. Muah. 

Day 55

Our poor toddler is exhausted and fighting sleep. It's 10:30, which is just 9:30 our time, so that's not awful, but he can't even hold his eyes open and is insisting on playing his leap pad. Love his heart. 

UK is not having a great game... Probably not going to pull this one out. 

I'm going to try to drag him to bed and hope he gets more of a nap tomorrow. Skipping naps is not an option at this point, because if he gets out of the habit of taking them now, he won't take them after Gray is born, and that's not ok. He HAS to nap. I have to keep him on a schedule for my sanity, and that will be even more important when we add a newborn to the mix. 

We will talk to you tomorrow. Love you to the moon and back... Muah. 

Day 54

Hey it's good to be back home again...

Even if I'm not feeling great. That trip completely wore me out. My belly is sore, my hips are stiff. I feel like I could sleep for days, and I might if I wasn't afraid I'd miss something. 

I did call the doctor today to be sure the pain isn't something I need to go to the ER over, and all is well. She wants me to report back on Monday if there are no more issues. If there are, I'm supposed to call before then. But I am feeling better now... Just stiff and sore. No more sitting in the same position for hours, though. 

We braved the rain for chicken and dumplings this morning, which could only mean one thing... wool festival. :) 

Cale wasn't a huge fan of the animals, although he was pretty happy about the suckers we used as bribes to keep him content in the stroller. Haha

And then this happened tonight...

That's right... They're all passed out while I'm over here fighting on ticketmaster for Big Blue Madness tickets (to no avail). Haha they're so funny. 

Anyway, Cale is in his bed and I'm going to mine. Goodnight. Love you to the moon and back. Muah. 

Day 53

Lots of driving today...