Progesterone Poisoning

I've about had it. Hormones suck. I'm 12 weeks this friday. I'm so glad to almost be out of this craziness. This pregnancy has been a little weird. I don't know if i'm just working too hard or if this pregnancy is a little more fragile than the first two. At 10 weeks I had a threatened miscarriage. I just started pouring blood for no reason at all. The cramps were terrible. I thought for sure I was going to loose the baby. So, of course I was put on bedrest...it turns out everything is fine. Baby has a strong heartbeat and is growing well. Everytime I get up and try to live life normally I start feeling crampy though. My kids are really starting to hate it. We live upstairs mostly. We venture downstairs every couple of hours for something to eat and drink. Drake is the worst of the two. He's become a very angry kid. I don't blame him. There's not much I can do about it though. My friends try to come get him and entertain him for a while. I'm not a good pregnant person. I hate it. It feels like torture and it's much harder with 2 kids to look after. I'm just not a good sick person in general. I can't stand it when my house is out of order. I hate that my kids sheets haven't been washed in weeks. I can't stand looking at towels on the floor in the bathroom. I get sick just thinking about cleaning it up. It's all I can do to pick up my room once a week. It's starts to look like that show Hoarders...it drives me nuts. I've lost all social contact with my friends here. I'm not very much fun to hang out with because I don't talk much. The gallons of spit in my mouth won't let me. I get sick if I try without at least sucking on some candy. Then, after the candy is gone my stomach hurts from the sweetness. One of the things that I can really live without is this nasty taste in my mouth. It doesn't matter what kind of mouth wash I use, it's still there. The only thing that makes it go away is eating. Once i'm done eating it comes back worse. Some days all the kids do is scream and fight. I can't stand those days. I just think I only have to do this amount of time 2 more times and I'm done. It's hard without family here to help and Hyrum is at work ALL the time. I knew this would be the situation going in to this though. I can do this. It'll all the worth it in the end. I'll look back on these days and cringe...actually i'll probably forget all the terrible stuff. You seem to forget it all once you hold the baby for the first time. It's crazy how baby amnesia works, but I guess if it didn't the human race would cease to exist.

Mullikin Stew...

So, we figured we'd add one more baby Mullikin to the pot...

I'm 10 weeks pregnant and couldn't be more miserable. Well, actually I can and have been. This pregnancy doesn't even compare to the torture I went through with Drake and Hyperemesis. I just can't wait to get out of the first trimester. Only 3 more weeks. On the upside, I am truly thankful to be pregnant and feel blessed that I have healthy babies. I just keep reminding myself that some women love the morning sickness because of how reassuring it is. Sea Sick mom means a healthy baby...blah blah blah. So, i'm really trying to just stay positive and not let it beat me into the ground. I'm glad this pregnancy is treating me fairly. This is most likely our last child and I wanna be able to at least enjoy it as much as possible. So, while my children are eating markers i'm sitting here at the computer eating salty tortilla chips. I've really let them get away with too much lately. They take advantage of me. I'm trying not to stress too much though. The markers are nontoxic and maybe it'll hold them over till dinner. Oh gosh...dinner...

Goose Creek, SC

We are here in Goose Creek, SC. We have been here a whole month. We are all moved in and the kids are adjusting well. The neighborhood is really nice. There are tons of kids here. Every day after school the street looks like a playground. haha. Hyrum is hating school already. He's already done with his math class though. They teach them whole subjects so fast. He's at school from 6am to midnight almost every day. He comes home for lunch and dinner. Needless to say the kids haven't seen him much. He comes home with blood shot eyes and acts like a robot. He has a 3 day weekend because of a holiday this weekend. It's going to be a well deserved break. I just hope Drake isn't crazy this weekend. He tends to act worse when Hyrum is here to get all the attention. He's an attention hog. Right now we are working on sharing with Loulou. He doesn't like to let her play with any toys. He always takes them from her. Anyway, Halloween is coming up. I love this holiday. It kicks off the holiday season. Drake is going to be one of the Incredibles I think. Loulou is a leopard. A very cute leopard...lol. Well, it's time for naps. Kids are cranky.

Moving to Charleston, SC

Well, he did it. Hyrum graduated boot camp on August 21 2009. We went all around Chicago and had a great time while he had liberty over the weekend. I left on Monday and he flew to South Carolina on Tuesday. I guess he'll be there for about a week and a half before he can come home and pack us up. We move out on September 2. I'm sad to leave my house, but I think this new military life will be good in the long run. Here we go...

Hyrum's First Phone call from Booty camp!

I was very surprised to receive a call today.  Especially because I hadn't received any letters this week.  I didn't recognize his voice at first because he's had a bad cold for about a week.  He sounded very raspy.  Other than the husky voice he sounded pretty up beat.  He said that he's passed all his tests so far.  He's in a special 900 division.  He said that they were all specially screened and selected to be in that certain division.  I guess they all had high asvab scores or something.  So, they get all the staff work.  I guess that means they do the paper work and managerial stuff.  He also has the job of "side boy" at graduations.  They happen every Friday. He'll even be a side boy at his own graduation.  so I won't get to see him much after the opening ceremony.  From what I understood a Side Boy is a guy that salutes the Admiral or honored guest as they enter the room.  Then the go off to the side and watch for fainting sailors.  I guess alot of them faint from having to stand so long at attention.  He will be wearing dress whites for graduation and because Hyrum is a  side boy he'll also be wearing some kind of yellow ascot thing.  I'm not sure how to explain it.  Anyway,  the funniest thing he told me was what the RDC's (drill instructors) say to the guys.  The call them clown d*cks.  lol!  He said that was one of the more funnier things they say.  When he first got their he was up for 40+ hours and he had 4 RDC's yelling at him at once.  His head is shaved and he said he looks like a 40 year old man in his ID picture because he was so tired.  He's gotten to go to church a couple times.  They gave him his military scriptures.  He even has some recruits going with him to church so they can get a break on Sundays. lol.  He says most of the time they are doing academics and studying.  His graduation date is August 21st 2009. 

California Trip

Our trip was really fun.  We took the kids to Disney and the zoo.  Drake loved Disney, but I think it was a little overwhelming.  He wanted to do everything and didn't quite get the concept of waiting in line.  He didn't get scared at anything.  He was even cool on snow white.  That ride always made me jump a little.  He really liked the beach.  He got to play around with his older cousins Leonard and Kira.  We stayed at the motel 6 because everything was booked up when we got to Carlsbad.  I didn't care.  The good thing about rooms out west is that they aren't wet feeling when you first get there.  I got to go to Six Flags in LA with my cousins.  That was alot of fun.  I haven't ridden a real good coaster in ages.  There was TONS of them this time.  Some of the top scariest i've ever been on.  I almost cried on the way up on one of them.  It's called Tatsu.  You do the whole ride on your stomach. Tracker stayed with a family here in Texas for the week.  They only speak Spanish.  They say she's picked it up pretty well.  So now I have a Spanish speaking beagle.  haha.

I got 3 letters from Hyrum so far.  He's doing well at boot camp.  So far he hasn't got caught laughing when he's not supposed to.  He's sneaky about it.  His graduation will be on the 21st of August.  He's in some kind of special 900 division.  I'm not exactly sure what that means.  He just said they get to do the staff (office) work.  I guess it's because he has a degree already.  He's also got a job being a "side boy" at graduations.  I guess he holds the door open for the Admiral and watches for sailors that pass out during graduation.  He seems to be excited about that.  He's got 6 weeks left.  He's already been there 3 weeks.  He said he's getting really good at folding laundry.  He said he cleans better than Forrest & Bubba Gump.  He said if he didn't all hell would break loose. That's good news for me!  Hopefully that will stick.  He also asked me if i'd ever had a shot of penecillan in the butt because his hurt REALLY bad for days.  He forgets that I got 2 shots worse than that in the butt when I was in the hospital recently after Lou Lou was born. haha.  I guess you don't remember things like that unless it happens to you personally.  Well, the score might be a little closer to even between us once he gets out of boot camp.  I know how sucky it can get. No sleep, pain, fatigue, no privacy, someone screaming at you, demands that you feel like you can't meet.  Sounds like a quick eight week course in motherhood for him.  Is it wrong to chuckle about that? :-)   

Navy Man

So, Hyrum left a week ago today for boot camp.  I got "the box" in the mail.  It was Hyrum in a box.  He just threw everything he owned off and crammed it into the box.  I used his cell phone to call his mom and dad.  They got all excited when they saw a call coming in from his phone only to be disappointed when they heard my voice.  It was really funny.  I guess you had to be there.  I still don't have his address yet.  I'll probably get it in the mail as soon as we leave for vacation in San Diego.  That's a bummer.  The kids are doing okay.  Drake asks every now and then if he can go home or play with Kayleigh.  He knows that his dad will be back in 8 weeks.  He repeats it to me every morning.  He stays really busy here though.  I'm almost pooled out even though its given me a nice tan.