Breaking News, This just in! Layla Rolled Over!

Layla not being quite 2 months yet, rolled over for the first time today. Yeah! She did it as a special treat for her Auntie La Sha! But I wanted to make sure all of ya'll got to see it too. So here's a vidieo, Enjoy!

School-Girl

Yes..I am! I have been accepted to Concorde Career Institute!! = D! I am going for Medical Assisting! Oh yea baby!! Things are gonna get better for me and Layla! It must be meant to be because I got a 4,000 dollar grant and about 2-3 loans for over 3000 dollars!! So..my end balance to pay the school is...NOTHING, ZIP, NADA, 0! Its unbelievable! Im supposed to start Monday but...I forgot to tell the admissions rep. that im gonna be gone from the 20-28. So im gonna see if there is a later date to start! I am going to graduate in 8/09! I cant believe it! Its night classes from 6-10 p so that will be good. And my WONDERFUL mommy said she will watch Layla while im at school. Good thing about that is Mom will only have to feed her at 7 and then Layla will probably go to sleep around 8:30 or 9. Also...starting December 31 I am getting a job...not that good of a job...I think LaSha figured up 2.50 an hour? BUT...Thats an extra 500 a month! I am going to be babysitting 3 year old twin girls! I just got ALLLL my bills in and they are close to 2500!! So I really gotta start paying those off! Plus..I want to make atleast a monthly payment of (MAYBE) 160 to start paying off my loans for school (WHOA THAT SOUNDS SO RESPONSIBLE!) I realized that I cant wait on gami no more! His dad and brothers will pay for his school and he still wont go! STUPID right? So I realized if I am going to be a good mother to Layla and give her what she needs (without having to ask Mom or Gami's dad) its time for me to go back to school! I cant sit around and be dependent on other people. She is my daughter and its my responsibility. Yes...Im probably gonna be EXHAUSTED! Im gonna be watching twin girls and Layla all day PLUS homework...going to school 6-10p, and then waking up around 1 or 2 to feed Layla...then back up around 7!! Its gonna be a challenge...but a challenge I am willing to face for Layla. She is my motivation WITHOUT A DOUBT! God will see me through to the end! When I walk across that stage and get my MEdical Assisting diploma I will be a new person and Layla will have an even better life than she already does!

Quite a while!

It sure has been!! Layla is doing good. She is almost 7 weeks old! Holy cow...my baby is growing up so fast!! She smiles AAAALLLL the time! and ofcourse does her little baby talk...sooper dooper smoocher cute! She went to her Thyroid specialist. She weighs 8 pounds 6 ounces and is 20.8 inches long. Her dr. said her hormone level came up to a little above normal so he has to fix her dosage and bring it down a little. She has to go Friday to get an ultrasound on her thyroid to see if her thyroid 1) never developed or 2) very UNDER-developed.

But..she has to take medicine for the rest of her life

BUT she is a healthy little girl!!

Layla's First Santa Picture

(...ok its not REALLY her first but were gonna say it is.) Her ACTUAL first one was at wal-mart but...it was a teenage santa..and that dont make sense! Anyway here is her BEAUTIFUL santa picture!

What a dad

How can he possibly walk in my house and NOT go kiss or even look at his daughter?

What a DAD!!

How can he be so selfish and WILL not for his daughter get a better job?

What a DAD!!

How can he sit there and let his dad give Layla diapers and give me money and him still feel like a man?

What a DAD!!

How can he sit there and be so sick like he is and not go to the dr. so he can be healthy for his daughter?

What a DAD!!

Jeez...he pisses me off BAD!

my BIG BABY girl

Today...Layla Jolean Thomas is 1 month old!! I cant believe..my baby girl is growing up so fast!! SLOOOOWWWW DOWN! Her accomplishments are...SHE SMILES ALL THE TIME! I know right??! Shes an advanced lil cookie!! This morning at 3 o'clock she didnt wanna go to sleep after she ate so...i sat her in my bed and we talked...she smiled and "cooed" back at me!! HOW CUTE!! She is geting her pictures taken tomorrow. I cant wait until we go to Ohio she will be 2 months and have her ears pierced. Man my Layla is growing soo fast!! She is starting to sleep longer at night time too!!

Just another milestone in the Lovely Life of Layla

SHES MINE!

By The Wa y....slideshow at the bottom!

1. Going to mommas work and im going Up Stairs. I got just Layla in my arms. Some lady walks up to me and says "ohhh what a beautiful baby!! Whose is she?"

SHES MINE!

2. Some lady wants to see Layla so I show her. Shes says "shes cute! wheres the mom?"

SHES MINE!!

3. Me and mom are shopping around at DD's and some lady comes up to mom and says "what a beautiful baby!"

SHES MINE!!!

4. At dollar tree w/mom and im holding Layla causes shes fussy! Im saying "its ok layla! mommy got you!" THen the cashier asks MOM "Is that your baby?"

SHES MINE!!!!

Messy People

it upsets me when someone lives in someone elses house and they are NEVER there but manage to keep their room a total disaster! Stuff like keeping bowls of malt-o-meal in a bowl on their dresser for 3 weeks. thats so rude!

= D

Hypo-what?

yes...Hypothyroidism. Layla has it! It means her thyroid isnt producing the hormone that gives her energy...thats why she sleeps all the time! so now she is on medicine...which i have to crush up and give her w/apple juice! its been making her suuuuuper fussy! she cant sleep even though she is EXAUSTED!! But..things are looking better. she has to get her blood drawn...AGAIN on december 4 and december 9 she has an app. with an endocronologist (sp?) but i know he will tell me her thyroid is better and she dont need medicine noooo more!

STOP SAYING THAT!!

I think she looks like Auntie LaSha...not daddy

Okay...for real!! Im gettin tired of people saying Layla looks EXACTLY like her daddy! NU-UH!!! Marie had the nerve to call her "Lil Gami"! OH NO SHE DIDNT?! OH YES SHE DID! HEFER! My baby does not look anything like her daddy or her mommy!! Its buggin the hell outta me! and im sorry...i just dont see it! Honestly...what do yall think?? Everyone at moms work thinks she looks JUST like me.....I dont see it either?

M.I.T. (Mom In Training)

Remember when I said so far being a mom is easy? Well..it is..sometimes! Sometimes I get frustrated...usually at night. I feel like im constantly spoiling her! When she eats for like 20-30 minutes she usually goes straight to sleep and sleeps for atleast 3 hours! NOT AT NIGHT! She will eat...stay awake for a while in bed and start crying! But..shes not hungry cause an hour hasn't even passed! The only was to keep her content is if I put her over my shoulder and stand! Then she sleeps...or MoMo has to do something that makes her sleep! IDK! I feel like I dont know what to do to make her happy! I dont want to spoil her!! Like just now...she ate for 24 minutes total...fell asleep and i put her in her bed....SHE WOKE UP CRYING! what made her happy? throwing her over my shoulder! but...i decided to put her in her bouncer and she fell right to sleep! I def. need more training on this whole MOMMY thing!!


On another note....


Layla had a Dr. Apt. on Thursday.......and "in one corner is the AMAZING LAYLA JOLEAN THOMAS weighing in at a chunky monkey weight of....6 pounds 2 ounces!!"

still...she only fits in preemie outfits....barely!

GEEZ....I have such a gorgeous baby girl!!

Im a Target!!

Ok...I have become a target for the most awful things!!! Tuesday I was changing Layla's DIRTY DIRTY runny poopy diaper on moms bed. YOU KNOW WHAT SHE DID?! She shot a stream of watery poop right on my leg!! Didnt get on Mo'Mo's bed AT ALL! Just on my leg!! Then yesterday I was changing her in her bed and she was OFCOURSE dirty..so i change her and she shoots at me again (but i dodged it!). Im giving her a bath last night...take her dirty and wet diaper off and shes naked and i take her to the kitchen to start her bath....SHE PEES ALL OVER MY HANDS AND MOMOS BED!! She has it in for me!! I might as well paint a target on my tummy so she can get some practice in!

The Start of a New Life

So...my life is OVER!! But thats ok with me because a new life has begun! I am now a mommy to a beautiful baby girl! Layla Jolean Thomas! I have NEVER (not just saying this because shes my daughter) seen such a gorgeous baby girl! She nothing how i dreamt she would be...she is 10x's better! I couldn't have asked for anything more! and...i dont care what people say...my labor wasn't THAT BAD and giving birth wasn't THAT bad and waking up in the middle of the night to feed her is not bad at all. People are always saying its so hard being a mom...i dont see why they say that! Everything about being a mom is PERFECT! Its fun!

And im sorry for anyone that i didnt call when i had the baby. I was so busy with getting breastfeeding down, dealing with visitors, and trying to keep the SICK away!

By the way...Gami was sick and has been for a week...poor thing has apendicitis!! HE is getting surgery today = [!

Sleep Little Baby!

Shreai's got her hands full right now, so I'm trying to post a few new pics here and there for ya'll to peek at. Look how precious this little girl is! I am such a proud Auntie!

Leave some comments below for Shreai and Layla J. on how awesome that quilt is she's laying on. I wonder where she got it? hehe!

Welcome Home Reai & Layla J.

SURPRISE!

I made ya'll a new blog page while you where in the hospital. I hope you like it. And as soon as I get some Gorgeous picture of you two I'll make a matching header for the page!
I can't wait til you two and Momo fly to Ohio to visit at Christmas! YEAH! Well I'll let you get settled in! I Love You! - Auntie La Sha

One Day Away

HOLY COW!! Tomorrow is the day I go in to the hospital at 4:30 p! I get to have pills shoved up in my cervix! How exciting!! Ofcourse, thats only if im NOT dilated any. But...the Dr. will put these pills by my cervix to soften and thin it out. He says I should maybe start having contractions soon afterwards. Then if Im still not dilated when he comes back in the morning then he will have to put some gel on my cervix to get it to dilate...then he will break my water...then we wait!! I'm so excited!! I just cant wait! I had a hard time falling asleep last night! I kept thinking about the contractions, then pushing, then holding her, then bringing her home, then changing her diaper in the middle of the night, then dressing her, then having her help me pass out Halloween candy! It's almost here!! Its hard to believe sometimes that im about to be a mommy!! But...I am defineatly looking forward to it! Layla Jolean Thomas----We are all waiting to meet you!!

Baby-Time COMING

Ok...Dr. App. today! Layla weighs 5 pounds and 12 ounces!!! Im 38 weeks and 4 days and STILL NOT DILATED! = 0! BUT...they are gonna induce labor October 28, 2008!! Thats Tuesday guys!! ill probably have her on Wednesday October 29, 2008! IM SO EXCITED!!!!

When DOODY calls

So last night me and mom are laying down to go to bed. Suddenly around 9 o'clock i start have contractions!! and they hurt!! BAD! AND they were like 2 minutes apart! I was getting really really excited! And they kept hurting worse and worse! I tell mom, "MAN IM DEFINEATLY GONNA HAVE TO GET AN EPIDURAL! THESE ARE NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT IM GONNA BE FEELING!!!" she laughs. I go to the restroom and come back...a lil sad and down. Turns out that these "contractions" were actually just cramps. I had DIAREHA!! you can imagine how upset iwas...but mom found the need to laugh at me! = [....if i cant handle diareha cramps im screwed!!!!!

Mexican Baby-Shower

So yesterday was my 'Mexican Baby-Shower' on Gami's side of the family! It was very fun! HILARIOUS! I kept thinking if I was gonna continue laughing i might go into labor! ...but i didnt! Anyways...i got a total of 28 outfits and thats not including the ones that were 6-18months! I put those away until a later day! We got a MILLION socks, bibs, burp rags, and clothes! OMG the clothes!!! some of them i dont think she will wear because of the fact that they are summery and when she is about 3 months it will be january. But...you never know...it might be in the 80's in January. She got a BEAUTIFUL yellow dress. GORGEOUS! I think im defineatly gonna get her Easter pictures taken in it! Its soooooo pretty and its got little pearl like stones on and she was wear pearl ear rings. Its my favorite outfit we got! I also got 4 pair of shoes for her. Super cute as well!!
Lets see...in all reality I have about 8 days until im 39 weeks...and thats when they are gonna deliver my Layla-Bug! So...we will see! Hopefully she will be born before Bubba gets home so she can meet him!! Its her choice though..no pressure on my end!!

Update-Update-Update

So...not much said yesterday at the Dr. Im not dilated AT ALL!! but..thats okay! Im hopin next week is the big DELIVERY DAY! wooO! I have a gained a total of 30 pounds throughout this pregnancy! WHOA! yea...im good and hopefully i will lose it all when i have Layla! baby shower w/gami's mom today...nothing but mexicans so mom is DEFINEATLY coming! Ok......so thats really about it!

Reality JUST sat in!!

ok..so wow..im gonna be a mommy VERY soon! WOW! I'm gonna be responsible for a lil baby! I have to change her diaper, feed her, play with her, and be a good mommy! And it's gonna happen really really soon! If not this week then next and if not next week then DEFINEATLY (sp?) the week after! (Hopefully NOT on the 27th!) But...i have to say...i CAN NOT wait to wake up in the middle of the night to feed Layla or change her diaper! I am for sure ready to hold my baby and start off on the mommy path! I have a Dr. App. tomorrow so i will (OFCOURSE) post an update at the library! = D Hopefully.....if im ever-so-lucky the nurse practitioner will do an exam and say im dilated to a 4! = 0! That would be GREAT! But...till then im still carrying Layla around in my tummy. With all the rolling she does she might as well just roll right out into my arms! = D

Oh Baby-Baby!

Again...another Dr. App. today at 11.30! Same ol' Same ol'! Sonogram measuring the baby..she is an AMAZING 5 pounds 6 ounces! My lil Layla-Bug is gettin so big!! Its very likely she might be a 6 pound baby!! = 0! Dr. just said now i see him every week and get a sonogram every week. Also the monitoring every week. Sonogram, listen to her heartbeat, talk w/the DOC! So another app. next Friday at 2.45! I'm hoping my lil' sunshine will be born next week! (cross your fingers and toes!) Thats all they said! So...now we wait for the labor pains! Can' wait! Im counting down the days! only 24 left! Hoping she will be born before Bubba comes back so he can see her!! Also want her to be born BEFORE Halloween cause Mandi and Schera got her a onesie thats say "This IS my costume" and pumpkin socks and pumpkin hat! CUUUUTE!

Layla's Progress

Ok so yesterday was my Dr. App. Not too much happened. i got to listen to her heartbeat for a good 15-20 minutes! every time she would move her heart rate would go from 130-180!! It was so funny! The Dr. says in a 15 minute time frame the baby's' heart rate should increase at least twice and Layla's did 6 or 7 times! He said she is VERY HEALTHY! He did another sonogram and said she is DEF. a girl and very healthy! The amniotic fluid is supposed to be between 8-12 and mine is right at an 8! He says that's ok but Friday I have to go get ANOTHER sonogram and if the fluid level drops below an 8 then its BABY TIME! And Auntie LaSha is wanting Layla to be born on 10-10-08! Her reason is....She has my name, she should be born the same day as me too! Maybe Layla will look like her too! LOL! He didn't measure her but I'm sure shes still in the 4 pound range! I'm just waiting each day for my water to break or contractions to start! Mo'Mo is too!! She calls me all the time "Any pains yet?" NOPE not yet!! I'm hoping REALLY REALLY soon! I'm hoping next week!!! Its all up to Layla though..or my Dr. on Friday!! as of now he's gonna let me ride it out! = / but I'm so ready! Ill post another update on Friday or ill just call LaSha and her do it if I'm baby-ready! We will see!

Clock's a-ticking!

So..today I am OFFICIALLY 9 months pregnant! WOO! Any day now (literally!!) Last Friday I had a Dr. app. aaaaand....Layla is HEAD-DOWN! she is ready to crawl out! She weighs a WHOPPING 4.5 pounds! (she soooo tiny!) No dilation yet so...still closed for business (as the nurse put it!) But...today i have a dr. app. and they are gonna monitor her heart rate, do ANOTHER sonogram, and possibly (& HOPEFULLY) tell me they are gonna take her at 37 weeks! thats next week folks!! either that or he's gonna make me wait it out. i prefer 37 weeks! Its ok if shes tiny...easier delivery hopefully. besides she wants to come home to her Mommy, Mo'Mo,....and daddy i guess!! Ill have to post what they say later.

Baby Shower!

Under Construction!

Ok so I caught the blogging bug from all of ya'll. It seems to be going around. La Sha and I are working on putting together a page for me. It will take awhile, I'm relying on library computers or friends computers, so bare with me.
My goal is to keep everybody up to date on things going on with Layla and myself. Especially those members of my family who can't be here. (La Sha) Hopefully all of us blogging together will be fun.
Bye for now-