I'm sort of addicted to this website again (okcupid)...and I'm wondering if it's a bad thing. Granted, it's a dating site of sorts...but it's also a site for making friends and whatnot. You can take tests too on there. Here's one that I took (take it if you're interested)...The link to the test is at the very bottom of the results. They've got lots of fun, interesting test/quizzes that I like better than other sites.

Pushover - ISFJ 40% Extraversion, 20% Intuition, 46% Thinking, 66% Judging

Hah. Nice one. How does it feel to know that you're barely unique? Of all the personality types you could have had, you ended up with the most common in all of America. In a group of 100 Americans, 12.8 of them will be just like you. I bet you feel sorry for that one person missing 20% of his body. I bet you want to help him out, don't you? Cause that's what you like to do, isn't it? Help people. You don't want to save the world. You just want to help people out. Sound pretty good so far? Sorry, but you're just plain pathetic. You let people walk all over you all the time, because everyone knows that you just can't say "no." When you get time, email me your contact details. It’s always good to know where I can find another helping hand. What the hell is your problem? GET A LIFE! Stop cleaning other people's houses and go out and have a bit of fun every now and then. Sure, you feel responsible for doing what needs to be done, but sometimes it's just not you who needs to do it. You're dependable, predictable and practicaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa... Whoops, that was me falling asleep on the keyboard. You're just not the most fun person. I wouldn't worry too much about it. You can go hang out with your other 12.8 mates, helping out at the soup kitchen together. Woohoo! ***************** If you want to learn more about your personality type in a slightly less negative way, check out this. ***************** The other personality types are as follows... Loner - Introverted Sensing Feeling Perceiving Criminal - Introverted Sensing Thinking Perceiving Borefest - Introverted Sensing Thinking Judging Almost Perfect - Introverted iNtuitive Feeling Perceiving Freak - Introverted iNtuitive Feeling Judging Loser - Introverted iNtuitive Thinking Perceiving Crackpot - Introverted iNtuitive Thinking Judging Clown - Extraverted Sensing Feeling Perceiving Sap - Extraverted Sensing Feeling Judging Commander - Extraverted Sensing Thinking Perceiving Do Gooder - Extraverted Sensing Thinking Judging Scumbag - Extraverted iNtuitive Feeling Perceiving Busybody - Extraverted iNtuitive Feeling Judging Prick - Extraverted iNtuitive Thinking Perceiving Dictator - Extraverted iNtuitive Thinking Judging

This test tracked 4 variables. How the score compared to the other people's:

	Higher than 36% on Extraversion
	Higher than 1% on Intuition
	Higher than 34% on Thinking
	Higher than 82% on Judging

Link: The Brutally Honest Personality Test written by UltimateMaster on Ok Cupid

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My mom and I were snapping pictures of Gregory since he was being calm this evening and I took this one and we laughed for about 10 minutes because we thought it was funny.



I don't know if you guys think it's funny...but it seems like he's making evil plans to take over the world!

Here he is being innocent...so he's not all that evil.



**EDIT**

If you saw my post before I fixed it, I put BB code for the image links and they weren't showing up.

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Gregory's appointment went fantastic today. He's perfect the doctor says! I already knew that, but it's nice that the doctor thinks so too. At his first appointment, he had lost 6 ounces (normal weight loss of newborns) so he was 7 pounds 8 ounces (that's what I weighed when I was born)...today's appointment, he was back up to 7 pounds 13 ounces! The breastfeeding is working because he's gaining weight...yay!

He's also not yellow anymore, so his minor jaundicing is going away (thanks to the yellow poo) and everything is peachy keen! He had to have his heel pricked today and he wasn't very happy after that happened, but he won't have anymore shots until his 2 month appointment (which is his next appointment).

ANYWAY, other than that...nothing exciting happened. If you're bored, take my test to see how well you know me.

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It's only about 30 minutes into Friday and I'm still up. Gregory decided that he wanted to get up, so I got up. I tried to feed him, but I don't think things are going as they should be. This breastfeeding thing is a lot harder than I thought. I go to the lactation specialist at the hospital and we watch him latch and everything is going fine. He has a great latch and I know he's eating as he should be...but it still hurts. The pain is excruciating! It shouldn't sting and burn when he feeds. Breastfeeding is supposed to be painless and a time to bond with my son...instead I dread each and every feeding because of the horrible pain it causes. I think I may need to call the lactation specialist again and possibly schedule another appointment because it's extremely discouraging. I want to breastfeed, but I want to do it without any pain as it should be.

But yeah...you guys don't want to hear about that.

Gregory has a doctor's appointment today. He's going to have his second PKU test, so I'm sure he's going to be in a wonderful mood after that appointment. I mean, getting your heel pricked and blood drawn probably isn't very comfortable. That is at 1:15pm and then we'll probably do some running around while we're out in that area (go to Sam's Club...maybe).

My mom is flying back to Seattle on Monday. I don't want her to go, but I know she has to. She's basically been with me since January 10th and I missed the time that I used to see her every day. Makes me think how much I truly miss her...and then she'll be gone again :( She'll come visit me more often and vice versa now that Gregory is here. I think she's going to drive out here in April or so with my aunt. I'll be flying back to Seattle in July for our family get-together. Granted, when I leave, I won't get paid for it...so hopefully we'll be stable enough to where I will be able to do that.

Enough about family though...

Do any of you remember a while back when I was talking about credit cards and attorneys? Well, all of my credit cards had gone to attorney's to collect the balance (don't get credit cards if you cannot pay them off right away...I made a mistake and screwed my credit up...don't do that to yourself). My mom had helped me out with one attorney a few months ago and they immediately offered a settlement amount and we paid that off.

I got a collection notice from attorney #2. I spoke with him on the phone and all that I was telling him that I wanted to pay, but I couldn't pay a lot a month because of circumstances (being pregnant, basically being a single parent, yada yada)...he was a dick about it and basically tried to sue me anyway and stated that I was being summoned to court and I needed to be there to accept the summons. This was right before my mom came out here, so I mean, someone was at the apartment at all times because I had my baby shortly there after and we've been at home ever since then. No one came to summon me to court and no one served me with any papers. They call me again a few days ago telling me that my court date was February 1st and that they needed to collect their money. I'm like "What the fuck??" I never got served with anything stating my court date. I asked him how it was fair that I was going to go to court on February 1st and I didn't even know my court date. He feeds me this line of bullshit about how they would follow-up with the person serving the papers and they would know if I got my papers or not. OH, in the mean time...I had been speaking with this one guy who I could only refer to as "Mr. Block" and he seriously did not have a first name. I called the phone system and looked for his name in the directory and it was Mr. Block in the directory. Anyway, he conveniently no longer works for the attorney now...and failed to inform the new person that I was giving birth to a baby and I was not at home...ASSHOLES! Regardless, we paid the amount in full (I'm going to pay my mom off of her credit card)...and I'm done with them.

Attorney #3...I called them today. I didn't even say anything about settling the amount at all. She immediately offers a settlement amount almost $1000 less than my original balance with them.

I'm sitting here thinking after all that, why did attorney #2 not offer a settlement? Is attorney #2 legit after all this bullshit that they put me through? To be honest, I don't think attorney #2 even had a court date and I honestly don't think they were serving me with any papers. I think they were trying to scare me into paying them the entire amount or something. I specifically told them that I wanted to pay the balance in full and that I needed to wait for my mom to get into town and I told that ass that I was having my baby...I guess having a medical condition doesn't matter to these jerks collecting money. Ugh...

Okay, I'm done with my rant...

AND, I think this entry is long enough...

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I never realized how bored I am when I am not working...

Not that taking care of a baby is boring (believe me, there's TONS of stuff to do), but at the same time, I sort of miss working. Gives me purpose in life, I suppose...

Ugh...and then I don't want to go back to work either!

Oh well, not much to say at the moment...have a great day folks!

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and I essentially only have a week left before I have to go back to work. This really sucks :( I want more time to spend with my new baby, but money doesn't allow for time to spend with your kids. You can't have a good life with your kids if you don't have any money and I have to work to make money, so I'm not spending any time with my son...it's a horrible Catch 22. I HATE IT!

If only I was rich and could be at home all the time and do all that, but he'll be thrust into daycare or something at such a young age. Ugh...I hate myself.

Anyway, I don't want to go on my depression filled rant here about why I can't stay home with him all the time. It makes me depressed just thinking about it...

Other things depress me too, but I don't really want to go into those things either. If you really want to know about them, you can private message me...but I won't subject everyone to it.

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Sorry I've been so slack on responding like I normally do...and posting entries as I usually do. New babies make for new responsibilities and I can't always get on the computer like I used to. I've found that he's one of those baby that LOVES to cuddle. He'll fall asleep and want to sit on my shoulder the whole time. Granted, I don't mind...but it doesn't exactly leave me with two free hands.

Thanks to all of those that commented on the entry with the photos. Your comments are appreciated :) Makes us feel SPECIAL!!!

He had his first doctor's appointment yesterday and they said that he was perfect. He's a little jaundiced, but that's normal. As long as he's not neon yellow or something, he's good to go. He's been pooping yellow, so pretty soon here he'll be getting his normal pinky color. He decided to be a little fireman yesterday though at his appointment. They told us to undress him so we did and noticed he had a poopy diaper. Changed that and went and put him on the scale and he peed ALL OVER the wall. She said that was normal (because little boys just go when they want to) and then we took him back over to the table to put his diaper back on and then he peed all over my arm and my shirt and on Brian. He just had to hit everyone. He seemed extremely satisfied after that too. He was all happy and content even though he had been very fussy before then. Oh well...

Anyway, here is some more pictures (because, I take TONS every day)...


Here he is in his bouncer...he does look quite content. He's not bouncing in it yet (of course), but he does like to lay in there and sleep sometimes.


Here he is this morning...he really enjoys being on his tummy. Even got him doing a big open yawny mouth (OR, he could have been rooting...but he does this all the time even when he's not hungry)


Here's Gregory with his dad...Brian looks extremely tired, but I'm not sure if he is or not. We know Gregory's tired because he's sleeping :)

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Here's what ya'll have been waiting for...now he gets to make his first Internet debut!


right after he was born and after his bath


getting weighed...as you can see, this was not fun


sleeping...what he does best


more sleeping

I'll post more later when I get more time.

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