PUPPP

Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy (PUPPP), also known as polymorphic eruption of pregnancy, is the most common rash in pregnant women. It normally occurs in first pregnancies during the third trimester with an average onset of 35 weeks.
It lasts an average of 6 weeks and resolves spontaneously 1 to 2 weeks after delivery.

http://dermatology.about.com/cs/pregnancy/a/puppp.htm

Thanksgiving i noticed a bump on my belly by my glamorous stretch marks, Rod said its probably just a new one coming... great! =/ The next day there were more bumps, and they were itchy!! So i googled it, i found a link to PUPPP rash, i self diagnosed my self because it fit!

Dr was closed until Monday, my normal weekly appointment was Monday. I told Dr i think that is what i have. She made sure my palms of my hands and bottoms of feet didn't itch because that could be a sign of Cholestasis, which is not good for baby! She then proceeded to tell me there is not much they can do for PUPPP and that delivery is the most effective solution and to try oral or topical benedryl, or any over the counter anti itch cream.

SOOO.. Rodney and I headed to Target to get something, this past week i have tried, Caladryl lotion, hydrocortizone cream, Oatmeal bath, baking soda paste, cold showers [not fun especially when it is already cold], Benedryl [took it then next day baby wasn't as active, maybe he was drowsy but it freaked me out so i haven't taken it since and he is back to squirming and stretching out a little too far] and Grandpas Pine Tar Soap.

The Pine Tar Soap seems to be helping a little, lather up, let it sit, then rinse in cool water.

Well everything is only temporary, have gotten very few hours of sleep this past week, dread going to bed because i am scared i will just lay there and go crazy, so i have been staying up late late with Rod until i am dead tired... that seems to help fall asleep at least.

Went to the Dr Friday, as they were going to give me a shot to get me through the weekend, turns out they didnt even have the medicine. =/ Lets just say that wasnt a good day. My Dr wasnt in so induction wasnt an option, but i was 39 weeks 5 days and just want to deliver to have hope that this will go away soon. I feel as long as baby is in there the rash will remain. This has been the longest, most aweful week of my life, definitely think this tops Chicken Pox. I would not wish this on my worst enemy!

Despite me having a rough time this week physically and emotionally with this, my Husband has been a huge help. He has been understanding, helpful, sympathetic, and so sweet. I do not get sick or feel icky often so he has never had to take care of me. He has been so encouraging and tells me that i can make it, i have already gone so many days and that it will not last forever! He has brought me a Jamba Juice home from work as a surprise, came home on his lunch to check on me, gone with me and has gotten me every topical ointment and soap to try, brushes my hair to keep my mind off the itch, lets me just cry to him when i can not stand it. He feels so bad because he wishes he could make it go away!

Didnt i marry the best man ever? =)

Thank you also to everyone praying for me and checking on me everyday, it means a lot. not much is getting rid of the itch but the love and support helps.

Dr appt Tomorrow finally, Dec 5th, 40 weeks, they will do ultrasound, fetal monitor, and set up induction date if i dont have my baby... pray that if baby doesnt come on his own tomorrow, that i can get induced sooner rather than later, i will go insane with itch!

♥ itchy JB and warm and snuggly inside LB

So Sweet!!

Not sure if i have informed you all that a few months ago our Starbucks got a new manager. Well lets just say she has made the last few months of work stress free and enjoyable. I have been very grateful for the change especially since I was in my Third Trimester and the manager before had no sympathy for me being pregnant.

Well yesterday was my last day of work until the end of my maternity leave!! I am a little sad, very glad and feel a bit guilty. I am sad because I have some really awesome co workers and for the fact that it gets me out of the house and something to do everyday. I am very glad because i am not sure how my body let me work as long as it did. My 4 hour shifts towards the end were starting to feel like 12 hours. I feel a bit guilty because i will have all this time off and my poor Husband will only have a few days off to spend with baby right away. i could not imagine going back to work like 4 days after baby arrives, i would miss him so much! Soo i am guessing i will just have to bundle the little bean and visit daddy at work! =)

So like i said yesterday was my last day, i opened with manager, she got out of the car with a present, sooo sweet. She got me [well baby] a 4 pack of onsies and some really cute jammies!

Then while i was on my break my co worker called me up front saying someone is here to see me. It was Marcia, one of our regulars, comes in everyday, always asks how i am doing, how baby is doing, what i am having, what is his name, how to save money at target, what the governor is doing now haha, how my husband and i are doing, what we did for the different holidays ect... And i always give her an extra shot of espresso on the house =P

ANYWAYS she had a gift for baby too!! I had opened it later when i got home and was SHOCKED! She had got baby 2 things we needed still of our registry [which aparently is still open], one thing we had to buy because my baby showers were over and still needed it, sad because i really loved the one i registered for. And a bottle fridge pack, which i am going to need when i go back to work! Plus a gift card to babys r us! WAAAAY too much, but such a blessing!

Soo as much as i like to complain about the customers at work [sorry some are just so stupid], there are really some awesome customers that i am going to miss seeing everyday! its also nice to know that they will miss me too while i am away!

Thankyou to everyone who has helped out during my pregnancy, My MOM and DAD for EVERYTHING you guys do that you know you dont have to do! =) Alica, for the maternity clothes with out them i would be in shorts in the 40degree evenings, for advice, for help, for nursing covers and all the blankets to come! To Lisa Schoch for all the wonderful clothes from their church to help baby! And to everyone else who was sweet enough to bless Rod and I with things essential for a new baby!

now off to dr appt! hope she has some news that baby is heading out soon!
♥ JB and LB

DAUGHTRY CD!!!

Yea this is not baby related! Which is totally fine because I do actually have other things to talk about. Though since being pregnant people seem that is all I want to talk about, now don't get me wrong I love talking about my lil bean! But I still am human and need conversation haha!

SO today I got the new Daughtry CD in the mail!



I have been a fan of Chris Daughtry since his 1st audition on American Idol! My brother Evan and I voted for him, and watched him get voted off =(

We have also gone to see him live mulitple times, Jimmy Kimmel Live, OC Fair, House of Blues! I tried to get Rod to take me last year when he was here in Fresno, we just didn't have the funds for it...otherwise...=)

♥ JB &LB

Needless to say, I am a FAN! sooo if you see tickets for a tour date near my neck of the woods feel free to buy Rod and I tickets! =P

2 Year Anniversary!

November 21, 2009

November 19/20, 2010
[new york]

November 21, 2011
[too pregnant to go out of town]

Even though in January Rodney and I will have been a couple for 5 years! (WOWZA) We have just celebrated our 2 year Wedding Anniversary!
i informed Rodney yesterday that it was my plan to go to Hawaii this year for our anniversary [since i worked at the airport....cheap flights] But that because I got pregnant and quit the airport, and now that i am about to pop any day that we couldn't go there this year! =P

We didn't start the Monday any different, we got up, went to the Dr. [as this is my weekly event now], we drove to old town Clovis to see if the restaurant Rod might take us to was still there, then we went on a hunt for some inexpensive curtains for the Baby's room. His room is the brightest room in the house. We ended up at Target, of course, and we got some cute green curtains that match his room =) Also Rod was starving [whats new?] so we stopped at Panera Bread for a while and just hung out =)

Then we came home, Rod did the pile of dishes, which i told him was not a fun anniversary activity, but he proceeded to tell me he wanted me to be able to relax tomorrow and not worry about them =) [[so sweet]] So I decided to straighten up the living room, we had Grilled Cheese for lunch [romantic, be jealous] then we put up baby curtains and finally hung up the picture his Mamie made him =)Then we ran over to our apartment office to check out the Ping Pong stuff because I challenged Rod to a game! I won the first two, he won the second two [first to 15], the tie breaker game came down to 14 to 14 and I WON!!!!!!! yeaa Rod lost to a Pregnant Woman! =P
Then Rodney took me to Logan's Roadhouse, where they have the most amazing rolls ever! There we hung out, talked, played a game I had printed out a couple days ago,then ended the evening at Starbucks to get a hot chocolate [it was so cold last night]
We didn't do anything extravagant but it was the best way to spend our anniversary! I enjoyed being with my best friend all day, talking and laughing!

Now on to yet another year which will bring many challenges, stresses, and changes that we are all strapped in a ready to take on!
BRING IT ON LOGAN MALIIK BUTLER! WE ARE READY!!! =P
[mommy isnt sure she is actually ready to go through the pain but wants you here anyway]

38 weeks with Logan

[yea i am massive, didn't realize i was so big until i saw this photo =P]

♥ JB & LB

Logan is due December 5th

[[mom posted this on her facebook and i think it would be fun if people played along! so DO IT!]]

When Alicia was pregnant with Cayden, we all picked a date we thought he would be born! Now Jill will be 36 weeks tomorrow and so pick a day and time (for tie breaker only) and maybe Logan's Mamie will send a prize!

mom chose November 28th at 2 PM

I choose December 1st @ noon

Alicia said November 28th as well but hasnt picked a time

and the rest of you say........

Baby Butler

Hey all,

The reason i wasnt sharing babys name is because i didnt want to hear peoples negative opinions!

Now, I do not really care if anyone hates babys name, Rod and I love it and i am sick of calling my son Baby Butler =P he has a name!!!

Drum roll.......







♥ JB && LB

30 weeks 3 days!

BELLY!!!! its getting big!
Baby is moving around a TON! not so much kicks anymore like he used to its more like a rolling feeling. Kinda like the massage chair at the nail place how it rolls on your back.. .only inside.. weird and it hurts sometimes too. sometimes it also feels like he is just pushing out my stomach haha "get back in there...."

We got his bedding in the mail today, and of course i could not wait to set it up! I LOVE it and it is sooooooo cute!!!!


Well i think that is all for now, sorry so short of an update but i am hungry, and Rod will be mad that i havent eaten much today and since i have to go to bed soon i think i better grub!!

&hearts' JB && BB

26 Weeks 4 Days!

BABY BUTLER!!

Hey all

I know, i know it has been a LONG TIME!!! =( I have not been that busy just sometimes I can not think of anything to write!

If you have any questions that you would like me to answer please ask and I will get back to you!!

Any ways lets see, I am about 6 months along with Baby and my belly is getting bigger! Sometimes Ill be walking at the store and make a comment to Rod about how it feels as though my belly is stretching as we speak. It seems to be growing so gradually that I don't notice until i look at myself in the mirror in clothes that I used to wear and now my belly hangs out the bottom of! not cute haha17 weeks

I took my Diabetes test this past week and I have nothing to worry about! YEA! That saves me from drinking more delicious (sarcasm) lemon lime drink and a 3 hour test (sorry Alicia =(...)

Baby Butler does have a name I know you are all dying to know what it is!
Baby Butler is going to be....hahah just wait and see!

I have a very low tolerance for people now, which it doesn't help that I work at Starbucks with the most picky customers in the world. I am doing my best to just shrug the annoyance off. Also, with people who tell me their labor stories! UM HELLO?!?! Don't scare me! I know it isn't going to feel pleasant, and I have read what can happen "down there" but unless I specifically ask you, please keep the horror stories to yourself! =O YIKES!!!

20 Weeks

My Sister in law Alicia has been extremely helpful with all the questions i have had so far. She is Due Oct 15th! It makes me sad to think that I am not around my family while I'm pregnant so they have the opportunity to share it with me. I will however, be going down this next week and they are going to be like "WHOA!" Most haven't seen me in person since the beginning of June when i just thought i looked pregnant!

We did register, it was not like registering for our Wedding. A wedding you know what you need for your house and such. If you have never had a baby, you have no clue what to get. Do you need a bottle sterilizer? A Bassinet, pack and play, and a crib?? Insane! Plus, half the stuff I am sure they just make for first time moms because they have no clue what they need, for example, a Wipe Warmer... yea ...who ever uses those more than just the first week?! Just slap that cold wipe on his little bottom and he will never know how what it feels like to have his wipes warm! and save some money! =P
23 Weeks

WHEW this is long! At the moment i can not think of anything else , oh! Baby is kicking a lot!! and it is a weird feeling still but I am loving it. Rodney feels him all the time now and Rodney still gets excited to feel him! The other night we were watching my belly move and it was so weird!

until next post.....

♥ JB & BB

IT'S A BOY!!!

Another Boy in the Family, I guess my family has been outnumbered more girls than boys for way too long, These boys are trying to even out the fam!




We have name options, two that we really like, we just haven't decided in what order to name Baby boy Butler... though that is starting to have a nice ring to it.......? haha

VOTE PLEASE!!!!!

HEY!!!!


This Monday July 11th, 2011 we are going to the doctor for our Ultrasound! I will be 19 weeks along and this is the ultrasound where they get all the measurements of Baby Butler. This is the utlrasound where baby will look like a baby instead of a jelly bean! AND!!!!!!! This is the Ultrasound that we are able to find out the sex!! =)

Please vote on my side bar on what you think Baby Butler will be! Please pray that baby is not shy on Monday because Rodney and I are dying to get things ready for baby and we want to know PINK OR BLUE!!!

I have of course asked Rodney over and over what he wants boy or girl, he has always said he doesn't care either way as long as baby and mommy are healthy! About a month ago he says to me "it is going to be a girl", I asked him oh is that what you want? He said not necessarily I just have a feeling it is a girl. So that is my Husbands guess. =) I do not have a toddler (my nephew Cayden) to predict what I will have like Alicia (SIL) did.

SOOOOO GOOOO VOTE!!!!--------------------->-------------->


As far as my pregnancy for all of you who are not around me everyday...so all of you =P
I am feeling great! I think I may have popped something in my upper back and that has been giving me problems for the past few weeks. No morning sickness yet. I feel as though my hips have gotten wider and that was the reason I couldn't fit in my regular pants so early. But I am not complaining, Maternity pants are sooo comfy hahaha! I have to pee all the time, it isn't horrible except I can not sleep through the night anymore without getting up at least once.

I think you can see a baby bump now, everyone tells me it's still small! Well goodness I hope that at 4.5 months I do not have a full blown bump! Could you imagine if I was huge already and only going to get bigger?? I am not having an elephant people!!

Rodney's hands seem attached to my belly also, it is so cute! He tells me the other day "I just can't stop touching it! I am not sure why, I have never done this before." I told him it is because it is not just jiggle anymore his baby is in there! =) It is cute to see him change in little ways, and see his smile when we talk about Baby! He has a hard time getting excited about things because he doesn't want to get his hopes up! But he is getting excited, I can tell!

I think I feel baby kicking as well! For a couple weeks now! Feels like my insides are twitching! Mostly after I eat then sit still. I Can not wait until I really feel baby in there so i know for absolute sure that it is baby and not gas =P

Pray everything goes well monday!!

♥ JB && BB (baby butler)

That's All Folks!!!

HOORAY!!!!

I am a one job woman now!! Well technically down from three to two [I'm working hard to make this baby =P]. Sunday is supposed to be my last day but the manager forgot to put me on the schedule this week and have been waiting for his email all week.... nothing....can I take that as a sign that I am finished?

I will miss the really cheap flights, and I didn't get a chance to go to Hawaii. I wanted to go for our 2nd Anniversary, but having a baby will be way more exciting for us. It was a great learning opportunity for me and was such a blessing when we were short a job.

I am extremely thankful and proud of my husband for working so hard to move up at his job to Manager to allow me this opportunity to just work one job. I haven't worked one job in almost 3 years, I am not too sure what to do with all this free time. Maybe I can actually find time to blog now??? I am loving the free time and the fact that if i wanted to I can sleep 8 hours a night instead of 3!

I am still at Starbucks, still trying to move up, though it is kind of put on hold for the time being so i can have somewhat flexible hours come November. In January this year I had lost the opportunity to promote due to drama at work and I was thinking that God has a reason for me to not move up right now. I believe he had "little" something else in mind for our lives this year, which I would take over a promotion. I have always wanted to be a mommy =)

♥ JB

Baby Butler!!!

As I am sure all of you know by now Rodney and I are expecting!!!

As of today I am 9 weeks 3 days! We had ultra sound on Monday and baby is measuring great and heart beat is 175=). Not exactly sure what it is supposed to be at this point but the lady said it was great!

It is so strange to think that there is a little person inside my body...... haha! I told Rodney the other day, "Wouldn't it be extremely weird if i plugged my ears and could hear the baby's heartbeat?" hahahaha

Rodney has been the greatest husband so far! While at work 2 weeks ago he went out and bought healthier food for me, he took care of me when I had a cold, he drove me today to get blood test done just in case I would pass out driving home! He was going to go out last night and get me Arby's because that is the only thing I wanted! but it was already closed! He is the sweetest! hehe

I do not really have any major symptoms, I have fatigue, some days better than others. Now I am used to being tired because i work too much, but this is a totally different kind of tired and I am so not used to it at all, all I want to do is nap all day! Yesterday I did not think i would make it through work, no idea how i did. Today, seems a bit better but i am getting sleepy now! I am sorry Alicia but I have not had morning sickness! I get light headed or almost nauseous feeling if i don't eat enough, but that is it! Other than the TMI things that most women get, lets just say I didn't have to pay thousands for my boob job! =P hahahaha

I am so excited to be pregnant along side my Sister in Law Alicia!! She has also had a baby before, recently so I can ask her all the questions i have! =P We will have to visit more so we can get pregnant photos together =P Soo cool to have cousins so close in age!

Well, i think my dinner is done and i finally found something that sounds sorta good so I am out!

JB!

A Girl with a Broken Smile...

Where have I been?

I have been here just not here. Since October we have gone to NYC which was amazingly fun!! We had Thanksgiving (just us two), We got a big Christmas tree, had Christmas, Rushed home NYeve to kiss in the new year, had Christmas #2 in LBC and have been working.

I am still at airport hoping that this year will be the last! Hoping that it will be only a couple more months! That all depends on Starbucks. I had an interview for Shift Supervisor and it was postponed due to me being on the same shift as a co worker who was upset and not censoring what they were saying at work and somehow i was "guilty by association" as my manager put it.

I would consider this co worker a friend outside of work, so i was listening to the rant, giving them an objective view to the situation. Because i didnt walk away while they were upset and running their mouth, another co worker assumed i was at fault as well.

I was in no way involved in bad mouthing or bashing my manager. Why in the world would i do that if i want to go anywhere in this company?!

I cleared things up and everything is well between me and my manager, he likes me, he says he is going to get my interview back but probably will not be for a few weeks. i am still very disappointed and feel like this issue i got roped into just sent me back months of hard work. Like it doesn't matter that my name is cleared i feel it will stiff be held over my head just because i was assumed to be at fault.

Because of this delay, another one of my coworkers had the interview and is now rumored to be getting a Lead position at our store.

This is like a punch in the gut. I HAD IT! it was in arms reach, there was a light at the end of this long tunnel of two jobs, and all this hard work i have been putting into this promotion was finally paying off, and it was taken from me JUST because i was working that day; just because i lent a friendly ear.

If only i called in sick that day, if only i started after my co workers rant, if only they just accepted the fact they don't get along with the manager and just keep their mouth shut at work. if only i was working with someone else that day...

So maybe this position at our store isn't the one i am supposed to get. Maybe it wasn't the answer to our prayers. Maybe there is some other lead position available at a different store and that is where i am going to be called to. Or at least that is what I have to tell myself, and pray about.
Pray that there is something else out there. Pray i get the opportunity to interview again and soon. Pray that 2011 becomes my year of dropping job #2! I will be!

p.s. thank you God for a husband with encouraging words!

♥ JB