Well, since I know you all are SOOO excited to find out if my Honey Glazed Ham came out and didn't kill us off....it was SO good. YAY! I'm proud of myself...I've gone from burning/undercooking everything under the sun to being master of about 7 dinners. LOL. Yes, I have a lot of learning to go...but at least I have a few more months to learn before Jocelyn starts to eat "people" food.

I haven't blogged recently due to my lack of exciting things going on. I've saved a few up over the days though.

I am currently at work (Auto Merchants) and I am extremely bored. The first few days FLEW past, mainly because we were busy selling cars, but also because it was a semi-new enviroment to me. Now today...I am so bored I'm about to jump off my desk (JK). I have an hour left and I keep looking at the clock. I think I'm just nervous about going to get Jocelyn's 4month shots.

I don't know if anyone else out there had massive problems with their insurance when they had a baby but I SURE DID! Jocelyn's birth was covered and that was IT! BlueCrossBlueShield is such a ripoff. I was paying $954 every two months for me and Jocelyn. Jeff wasn't even on the policy! That insurance policy covered absolutely nothing. Her RSV Shots ($1500 monthly), her office visits, regular immunizations, prescriptions, etc. My father failed to tell me (he is the one who set up my policy under Auto Merchants) that it only covered the birth of her. No special care nursery, nurses care, etc. So as you can imagine...I had about 4 times as much as I make in a year working worth in medical bills. HOW DO PEOPLE MANAGE WITHOUT INSURANCE?!!?! The costs are insane. I have battled BCBS since Nov.21st when she was born up until..maybe 3 weeks ago. That is when I filed for MIChild. WOW. Such a relief...they pay for EVERYTHING! It was like a huge burden lifted off my shoulders. The only bad thing is...we had to switch her doctor from Humayun to Sharon Rouse. But I have heard great things about her, so I have no worries. :) Anyways, we have a 4month check up tonight at 7. I was informed that they combine shots so she only gets 1 or 2 pokes instead of 4. Jeff is still going with me because he thought it was weird that I cried last time. What I failed to tell him is...I cry every time.

So I have some new pictures of Jocelyn...I'll post them later since they are at home. The other day she decided to roll over from her back to her belly! YAY! She now flips herself over REALLY fast and thinks its a hoot so she giggles like crazy. The meowing is starting to simmer down...now she just likes to talk to the TV. Any type of noise she can make..it's directed towards anything moving on TV. The newest thing is..she will lay in her jungle gym up on her side and instead of playing with her toys she watches Seseme Street. It's like she knows when it's on (9am) and she will start wiggling around if I'm holding her so then I set her down, she rolls up on her side, and just chills for an hour. It's nice since I have to get ready from 9-10 for work...because then I don't have to feel bad about her having to sit in her seat and watch me while I do my hair/makeup.
This is her new favorite position....on the side! But of course, since she is rolling over and rubbing her face on everything her eczema is coming back and the Aveeno isn't helping. I finally gave in and got her a prescription from the pediatrician last night. So I am going to be putting that on her face until she clears up and then just start washing EVERYTHING she/we own in All Baby.Hopefully that way we can keep her outbreak free for a little while longer. :)
And like I said the other day...it's so crazy how baby's go from not being able to do anything to lifting their head up pretty good. She doesn't nosedive into the blankets anymore when she lifts it up and gets tired. Now she is happy as a clam on her belly.

The one thing we have to worry about a little bit is the size of her head. It is VERY large (Mine is extremely large, big heads run in the family on both sides) But she is now in the 90% of head circ. so Dr. Rouse wants to run a UltraSound on her head to make sure she doesn't have a blockage anywhere creating excess fluid. The only sign of Hydrocephalus that she has is an enlarged head and growing faster than normal. But she lifts it up good as you can see... and her soft spot isn't buldging like it would be if she did have Hydrocephalus....so cross your fingers that she is alright. :) http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/DS/00393.html

The extent of my Friday Night

I did....NOTHING! hahaha. As I posted before, I always get calls to do stuff on the weekdays (but only on the week that I work) and last night I called a few friends...they were already up and gone to a party or whatnot, so I texted a few to see if they might want to go to the Rocket...NOPE. No one ever got back with me on that....so I took a shower, washed my face, and went to bed at 11. On Friday. Wonderful. LOL

I may sound like it really bothers me...but it doesn't. I just found it funny that after my week of calls (and me telling everyone I didn't have plans on Friday night) no one called me/returned my calls.

So it was family night! Even though Jocelyn went to bed at 7 (so early she woke up at 630am rarin' to go) and Jeff was on the computer all night...great family night huh? So I emptied out my closet and I now have a garbage bag of maternity clothes, a bag of misc. clothes, and a bag of preemie/newborn girl clothes. If anyone needs or wants to come look at the clothes..let me know. Unfortunately, Upscale Resale is taking summer clothes so the only ones I could take there now...are Jocelyn's baby clothes...

Anyways...you know how I said that Joss was learning that her fingers moved and she actually controlled them? Well, she decided that her horsey needed to be held down...LOL She would not let go of it! It was soooo cute.

I have a few more pictures of her from the other day...I was feeling like I needed to capture her more since she is growing so fast. Sadly enough, I am by far not a professional photographer. I need some lessons. :)

Here are two pictures in the same Papasan Seat...just to show how much my baby has grown since she came home. To everyone she is still very little...but to me...she is BIG!

Well, I'll post more later tonight. But now I am off to check on my attempted dinner. Honey Glazed Ham in the crockpot, mashed potatoes, and asparagus tips. Wish me luck!!

WHY?

Why do people ALWAYS invite me to hang out when I can't?

It's like everyone knows that I am at work until next Friday and can't do anything, so they call to ask me to do something just so they can "Say" that they wanted to hang out but knew I wouldn't be able to so they didn't have to. UGH it makes me so mad.

And every one of my friends KNOWS for a FACT that I feed Jocelyn at 12-4-8pm yet they ALWAYS call wanting to chat forever right at 4 or 4:15...it's so aggrivating. Then they get mad and say "I'm pissed at them" because I say I can't talk and I will call them back. Yeah, I may not call back until 5:30 or so, but you try talking to someone who wants to chat forever with a 4 month old who wants your attention then see why I get mad when you call me right when she is eating. Sorry about the rant...but this endlessly happens...and it makes me sooooo angry.

I'm kinda bad at this...

Seriously, I can't seem to get into the knack of posting at night..Guess I'll just reflect on my day in the morning. (or afternoon like today lol)

Yesterday was a good day. Jocelyn decided to not get angry when I laid her on her belly. Dr. Humayun said to do it daily so her neck gets strong enough to lift her HUGE head. LOL. I put her on her belly and to my surprise she actually was lifting her head up and looking around. It's amazing how one day she can't lift it at all and then the next day she's pretty good at it! I'm excited...I love watching her grow. She also discovered that she can bend her fingers to itch her face! Haha. (Can you tell I'm a new mom?) She was itching her nose and mouth all night last night, just for the heck of it.

The tattoo is healing well. I woke up this morning to feed Peanut and realized that I was stuck to the sheets. LOL. During the healing process before the scabs it's kinda gooey, plus you have to put A&D Ointment on it to keep it moisturized so that doesn't help. But yeah, I had to carefully peel myself off my sheets...it wasn't fun.

It was also my first day of work yesterday. Jeff's brother's g/f (practically my sister-in-law) is watching Jocelyn. I was really hoping she could because she is great with kids, she doesn't get to see her that often, and I would prefer Joss to stay at home instead of daycare. Work is going good so far. :) It actually feels like a vacation since Jocelyn isn't here. And my handsome man works here too so we get to go on lunch dates together. I am glad for that because recently we have kinda been falling apart due to the lack of attention towards each other. It seemed like he was always bitching to me about work when he got home and I was bitching to him about how he didn't take out the trash/clean his bathroom/pay attention to me. LOL. We are much better now.

Watched the Pursuit of Happiness last night. Such a good movie. I recommend it if you haven't seen it. Tonight we will watch Blood Diamond. I am excited to see it, I've heard nothing but good things about it.

One thing I forgot about the other day was...Mike (who did my tattoo) is such a good artist. He has a Fox Body Mustang that he built, is painting HOC Candy Apple Red, and airbrushing it also. He is taking pictures of women (sounds kinda creepy but isn't) and airbrushing them on his car in a pinstripe. He asked me if I wanted to do it! I am so excited. I asked Jeffory and he said that would be so cool...so it's a go. I just have to wait for Mike to call me back and let me know when to come over.

Well, right now I am at work. Jeff is getting his hair cut by Todd (his friend who also works here). Hopefully he does a good job. :) But he should be about done, so I am off to my lunch date with my man!!

Whew!

Sorry I didn't say anything yesterday but...by the time I got home it was 10:30pm. I sat for 4 hours to get my horrendous tattoo covered up. Mike Davis is seriously, my new best friend. LOL My old tattoo was crooked by 1/2 inch and off center from my spine by 1 1/2 inches! How rediculous is that??? But now I have this wonderful beauty. :) I am really happy about it. I have been wanting to cover up my last tattoo for...oh....2 years now?? Anyways, he said that I sat like a champion. No tears. No faces. No breaks. (he said I sat better than my hubby when he got his) Anyways, just wanted to show off my new addition. Hopefully it stops throbbing soon. Yikes!

I'll give my daily update later tonight :)

Tuesday...What a day!

Miss Jocelyn...oh how I love you so....but girlie you sure did give me a hard time today! WOW. I couldn't set down my little Peanut for a nano second without her bawling her eyes out. This is the first time she has EVER done this to me. The crying was accompanied by a ton of drooling and fist in the mouth at all times. I think we may have the beginning stages of a teether. Ruh Roh.
What sucks is...my parents are leaving for FL on Friday. This means...I have to work from 10-530 Friday-Friday at Auto Merchants. I really didn't want to put Joss in daycare so...I asked my bro-in-law's GF Brianna to watch her. I really hope she doesn't make her week a living hell. Hopefully, Jocelyn got it all out of her system for a little while.

Anyways...

My day today was pretty good other than that. It was SUPER nice out. So me and my "kids" sat out on the porch for a few hours. Watched some neighbors pack their moving truck. How happy do you think they were to have spectators and no helpers?? HAHAHA.

Went to lunch with Jeffory and my mom/dad. We ate at Subway on Horton Rd. I love that one b/c it's the only one in town with an actual decent sized area to sit. Bad thing is, it's close to JCC. Therefore, all the students come there to study. Today there was a group of Anatomy students studying. They kept chirping this girl and asking her if she got the same answer as them on some take home quiz. I was so irritated. Why can't you put your stupid Nextel on Private??? Not every person in Subway needs to know that you got the answer of Heart Valve for number 42!?!?!? Jeez.

Loud phone conversations in small vicinities and people who don't move for you in the store are my two MAJOR pet peeves. LOL. I have noticed that even though I have a stroller, which is awkward enough being so small, people just keep walking at you like "Oh she'll move, I'm walking on the wrong side of the walkway anyways, I mean she only has a HUGE STROLLER to manuver!" GOD that's so annoying. Ok, I'm done ranting.

So after Jeff got home from work, I went to work to clean the dealership in hopes to get it done and over with before the storm came... I got SO freaked out. The cloud line was moving towards Spring Arbor from Ann Arbor area and looked to be like 10 miles away so I figured I had enough time to at least vaccuum before the power could possibly go out at the dealership. Well, mind you I am already freaked out as it is (someone broke into the dealership last night) I am vaccuuming like a mad woman and I look up and the clouds are coming towards me FAST from the other direction. It was so wild. Then all of the dirt from the turning lane flew up and the windows started flexing like crazy and it sounded like a train was coming...so my first thought was "OMG tornados sound like trains!" So I dropped the vaccuum, left it on, and stood in the doorway...it was like the wildwest in a duststorm! I called Jeff to see if we had a tornado warning b.c it was so loud I couldn't hear the sirens even if I tried. Turns out we didn't and I think Auto Merchants just so happened to be the grand central for the storm changing directions which led to the massive wind that almost busted out the dealerships windows.

It's been a wild night...I'm about to go watch Casino Royale with Jeff. Tomorrow will be a nervous day. I am going to Mike Davis at Underground Ink at 6 to get my tattoo covered up. He said he will try to get it done in a 3 hr setting....I hope he does. I will post pictures tomorrow night!

~:~Random Facts About Me~:~

Random Facts:

I'm Irish, German, and Native American.

I have 1 sibling. Kate. She's 18. And my best friend.

I currently have two tattoos. One was done out of pure rebellion. That one is getting covered up.

I have 8 piercings. I will get more...someday.

I am DEATHLY afraid of the dark. Especially if window treatments are left open. I will avoid walking past them, if possible. If the windows can't be avoided...I run.

I have been known to over react and be quite dramatic. LOL.

My favorite color is PINK. But to wear is BROWN.

I can sit and read ALLLLLL day long. I will go to the library, get 6 or 7 books, and go back 2 days later to return them. (When I wasn't entertaining a 4 month old 24/7)

I can flare my nostrils. Not just the "one time slow flare...it's like I'm gonna frickin fly away" flare. Ask me about it sometime. You'll laugh so hard!

I am the BIGGEST adrenaline junkie ever. Roller Coasters, Crotchrockets, Fast Cars....anything.

I will try anything once. And always have a story to go with it.

I was made fun of every day from 3rd grade until I graduated.

I cry over pidly shit...yet if someone/something dies...I can't cry when I should.

I am very blunt. I do not lie to make friends. You don't like me...tell me...then be prepared to be told to F off.

I've been told I don't eat. Yet I eat so much it makes me sick. Not literally.

Snuggling is my favorite past time. It doesn't matter who.what I snuggle with...it's just the act that I love.

So far in life I have failed miserably at any sport I have tried...except softball. And I love it!

I went to Puerto Rico with my BFF at the time when I was 16/17. I want to go back someday.

I am such a homebody, I cried at night for 3 months when I moved out....I was 19.

Garlic and Ice cream are two things that I love. Yet they make me so sick to my stomach.

I love eating steak. If it isn't cooked right...watch out! LOL

I get bored easily.

Due to the boredom...I rearrange furniture for the hell of it, dress my daughter up for a walk in the neighborhood, or else dye my hair.paint my nails wacky colors.or switch up my makeup technique.

I won't leave the house even to go get the mail without my hair/makeup done.

I am NOT high maintenance.

I run my household. I manage the money.

I must always be in control. If I am not, the only person I can trust fully is Jeff.

I primarily have all male friends. I get along with them better.

I keep up on the 411 with Stars so closely that I can talk about them like we are BFF.

I'm sure there will be more Random Facts to come...but right now I'm having a lack of thought proccess due to the massive amount of crying Jocelyn I experienced today.