Potty Training, Treasure Boxes and Pregnancy

I have to say I've got the cutest kids in the world. Not only do I think they are physically beautiful but their insides. They are so caring and giving and beautiful. I am so blessed. I couldn't ask for anything more. So... Jackson hasn't been the easiest to potty train. It's been a slow process. He'd get interested and then stop. He'd do well at Candy's during the day but when he got home he'd refuse. We have finally made progress! He is going potty at Candy's and our house! We went out last Saturday and he was in his underware and went to the potty every time!

We went to JC Penney to get Mackenzie a few shirts/shorts and they were having a big sale. We bought him 6 packs of underware. Amazingly it was even cheaper than Wal-Mart or Target. We paid less than $3 a pack. I have to admit I'm shocked about the price of boys underware. It's highway robbery!

He still wears a diaper to sleep in just in case he goes at night. This morning when he woke up he wanted his underwear. A little bit later he told me he had to poop. He has yet to poop in the potty. He always wants a diaper and then he'll poop in it. We went in the bathroom and he peed and bless his heart, he tried to go poop. He sat and sat but he just couldn't. He told me he wanted a diaper. I put the diaper on and 2 minutes later he came back and had pooped. It's okay for now. I'm just glad he's finally peeing in the potty!

Mackenzie earns money at school to use for the treasure box on Fridays. I don't know how much they earn but it's .10 here and .25 there and .05, etc. If they've earned all 2's in conduct for the week they can use the money to buy stuff from the treasure box. Mackenzie will sometimes buys each of us an item and other times just things for her. This week she bought some little man that you pull his body apart and he goes back together making a noise. Well Jackson just LOVED it. He wanted it so bad. Mackenzie finally gave in and gave it to him. He then tells me he got it from the treasure box at his school just like Jack Sparrow did.

I guess what makes it so cute is because Mackenzie is in school he wants to be like her. He now refers to Candy's house as school. He told me earlier in the week that his teacher did something and I asked him if Candy was his teacher and he said "umm... Yes!". That's his response so much of the time, a long "ummm" then a yes or no. It's really cute! He likes to take his backpack to school. Every once in a while he'll want me to pack his lunch. He wants to be like her so much. It's really adorable! I just love both of them. They are so wonderful!

I went to the Dr. yesterday. This is the OB at the Sacred Heart where we live. She came in and told me that I was pregnant, duh! I told her about the recent problems and we updated the meds I'm on. She wants me to get all of the records so she can review them. She told me that the meds Dr. Payne put me on on Wednesday are perfect (he changed my bp meds around so they'd be safe during pregnancy). I asked her if she felt I would be better off going to the Sacred Heart in P'cola since they are better equipped. She told me that they can deliver babies 35+ weeks here and that if there were problems then she's transfer my care to P'cola (my old Dr. is apart of the same group as her but in P'cola).

I will have to go see the Perinatologist early in the pregnancy. Dr. Thorp is located at the SH in P'cola but he comes periodically to the location here. I went ahead on Wednesday and made an appoitnment with Dr. Lile in P'cola. I really adored him. Yes, the drive is an extra 35 mins or more from where we lived before, making the trip almost 2 hours. However, I loved him. They staff is great and the hospital there is phenmenal. They have the neonatal unit, high risk delivery nursing team, etc. Mackenzie was a week early, Jackson 4 weeks early. This time no telling when they want to induce. I just want us to have the best care at our finger tips.

Oh... I went downstairs for blood work. They are testing my beta and progesterone levels. I couldn't make it in time to get the results from the records management before they closed on Friday. I will be there first thing Monday morning! If my levels are high enough, like over 1,000 then she won't make me have them checked again. If they're less than that then I'll go in Monday to have my blood sucked from me again. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I'm sure this is going to be like my other pregnancies and make it. The m/c was perhaps a fluke and not the norm. We'll see on Monday.

Lee isn't too keen on going to P'cola again unless the Dr. here refers me. He just doesn't want to make the trip. I just don't want to be at the one here and they need to transfer the baby or me and they can't b/c of the weather (Life Flight is routinely used in the area). When I was at the ER with Jackson there was a poor kid dying from a wreck and he needed to be in a hospital that was better equipped to handle patients like him but they couldn't fly him out b/c of the wind. A week or two later there was a bad wreck near Lee's restaurant and they couldn't fly them out b/c of the weather too. I just don't want to chance it. Maybe I'm over reacting.

In related news, my blood pressure was 123/70! Woohoo! We're doing great! The morning sickness has kicked in a little bit! Thursday night I was feeling really queezy and we had just gotten to Lee's restaurant. I got a chip down me and some coke. I felt a little bit better. I still felt a little icky though. I hadn't felt too good earlier in the day either. I had lunch with Bonnie, which it was so good to see her, it had been too long! I just picked at my food. I couldn't really eat it. Then yesterday I was watching this video at work and about 30 mins in to it I started feeling like I could puke. It was not a fun feeling. I had to leave the guys before the presentation was finished so I could go to my Dr.'s appt. I walk down the stairs and go outside to my car. I'm feelin like I'm going to just lose it. So I go back inside and Brandon got me a trash bag to take with me.

I haven't thrown up yet. I did read that the sickness feeling is a positive sign though. It means the progesterone levels are up.