Mpm 12/8- 12/14

Menu for the week of December 8th through 14th


This week is going to be very hectic. SD is gone for work and my friend is coming in from out of town this week. It is hard for me to cook when my husband is gone so I will do the best that I can. It is going to be a rough week. Wish me luck!


Dinners this week are

Chicken nuggets with green beans
Ham and grilled sandwiches with lima beans
pizza
spaghetti
homemade chicken noodle soup
Asian food
mac-n-cheese with hot dogs and cucumbers

Female Issues

No this won't be a gruesome tale about the trials and tribulations of being a female. It will however, be about what I have found out about myself this year.

Over the summer I did not have a cycle for about 4 months. I was not pregnant, there were no answers. Around the time of my birthday they ran some tests on me. At first they thought for sure thyroid issues. So that was what they ran tests with. Those results came back negative. My doctor ran over somethings with me telling me what it could be, during this time I did research myself.


I had an ultrasound towards the end of September. I had many questions for the tech. I am not so sure as to why I wasted my breath. I knew she couldn't tell me jack crap. Laying on the table and taking peeks at the screen I see my ovaries looking like pomegranates. The things I saw were cysts. It was really crazy. I became scared. Many things wondered through my mind. Would I be able to have more children was the main concern.

I was diagnosed with PCOS

I had many things to deal with during that time. I went on with them and the pain was slowly worse. When my bladder would be slightly full it would hurt, when I would sit to long it would hurt, car rides it would hurt, pressure it would hurt. I decided then it was time to see my doctor. I am on medication now to hopefully get this under control so in the future we can plan for another child.

While I was in with the doc I asked her about the Mirena that I was on for a year. I asked her if this could be a side effect of this certain type of IUD. She asked me a couple questions and would not confirm but she did state that it could be a possibility because it says in your system for UP TO 12 months. I had my IUD in for about 14 months. She did state that this might not last for the rest of my life and that it could be more controllable. Which is all good information. With that being said, the IUD is not for everyone. It was good for its purpose, let's hope that the side effects are not lingering.

Wordless Wesdnesday

What's your shape?

I know many mommies that have had 1,2 or 3 kids and look great. Lets face it, not every woman has a baby and their body bounces back like a rubber band. I My self struggle with weight, not a lot but I do. Those that knew me in high school know that from 9th grade to senior year my body went through all sizes. There was a time in my life i was tiny. Not a healthy tiny. I was, it happened to be the time right before Princess was born. Once again i was not healthy.


I have learned that I am the type of person that takes time to drop the baby weight. I was one of the 90% of women that get stretch marks and my body shape has changed. Of course i would love to lose my love handles and have a flatter tummy but this is me. Pregnancy is not easy on my body, the miracles that I bring upon this world are so worth it I do not plan on trading it for anything.


So those of you mommies who worry and obsess over your body, weight or what others will think I have found a site for you to go over and take a gander at. Just know that you are not alone. We all go through a point after kids that we do not like our bodies.
Some of us longer than others!

Enjoy it and embrace it.
It might not be beautiful but the reason you got that body sure is!!!
The Shape of a Mother

Speech: Week 3

Prince has been going to speech for 3 weeks now. The lady is wonderful. She has a lot of patience with him. I have decided to document his journey to talking in my blog. I do not want to come across as the pushy type to get my son to blab. I understand that once he is able to communicate to the world it might never stop. I am aware that one day I could be cursing myself because he will not hush up. I know these things. At this point they are all worth it to stop his frustration of life. He has a rough time communicating with others, kids his age and adults. As any parent would, I want my son to be normal and able to play with other kids without the worry of getting sued because be bit someone. why do I fear this? Prince has done it before! He has bitten his sister and other kids he plays with because he doesn't choose to use his words or he will say them at the wrong time.
Prince is a very smart child. He just doesn't talk for whatever reason. I have had 2 people that were testing him (speech & pt) tell me that they do not think he is autistic and it is just a speech issue. That is what I hope for. There are days where I wonder if he could be in the spectrum. He has great days and bad days.

So on with the speech. It is very hard for me to be in there with him because he gets so frustrated and wants me to fix everything. He learns and does better once I leave. Some days I will stay and others I will head home. Living only 3 minutes away this is nice since SD goes on workups soon.

We are going to try to start him twice a week so he can have more time with the speech teacher. I really think it will be beneficial to him, the speech teacher agreed.

This week my homework was to talk a lot around him. He needs to hear me talk and what I say. So that I will do. Prince, can say some words. The catch, when you tell him to! He will not use them on his own. He only says the first part. He doesn't finish a word.

On with our journey. I hope that if you read this with the same issues that I have i can be of some help.

Two New Year's coming up

Well as we get closer to the end of the year we are facing a new year. I have already started to think about a new year resolution and my hopes for the coming year. As the 2009 year comes upon us I face another new year. Since my children are half Vietnamese we also celebrate the traditions that my husband grew up celebrating. It is important that they are aware of where they come from and what makes them. As grandparents with stories get older I feel that things might be left out. I want them to be proud of who they are and understand at least half of what it took for their father to come to America and have a better life. That being said.

Tet is the Vietnamese new year. It is celebrated by dragon dances, family, food and great fun.

I am debating on making Brianna's outfit so she has a new one for her to wear this year. I can't wait to celebrate this year. It is so much fun for the kids!!! This is Ethan's first year of being able to have fun and understand!

Menu Planning Monday

Menu for Dec 1st- December 7th

Monday Dec 1st

beef stew with Rice

Tuesday Dec 2nd
Salad

Wednesday Dec 4th
Potato soup

Dec 4th
Our Christmas party, I am not sure what we are eating yet!!!
Kids and the sitter are having pizza for Dinner

Dec 5th
out with the kids

Dec 6th
Baked Chicken
butter carrots
scalloped potatoes

Dec 7th
Pho

*UPDATE*

On Tuesday Prince has speech so that night is hard for us when it comes to dinner. I had to shift some things. Everything will be scattered this week.