The Nursery

The baby's room is complete! Well, almost. As soon as we decide on a name it will be complete :)

Her name will be on the wall above the changing table. Eventually.

36.5 Weeks

I have been trying to post this since Thursday but Blogger was not working for some reason, so it's a bit late :)

Most of you already know but this baby has decided she is pretty comfortable where she is and will not be "getting into position". We have opted to go with a scheduled c-section but the date is still to be determined. We are not disappointed about the c-section at all. I'm actually more comfortable with that idea anyhow. I've had two surgeries before, so it's no big deal to me!

They did an ultrasound to confirm her position, and they could tell immediately she was still breech. They said everything looks good but we did not get any pictures this time. They took some measurements to determine her size. Size measurements are notoriously inaccurate, so we aren't betting this is accurate at all, but they estimate she is somewhere between 5 pound 8 ounces and 6 pounds 8 ounces. I guess we will have to wait and see!

We will know more at the end of next week after our next appointment and will let you know. We will let you know what day the c-section will happen, but we will not be letting people know what time it is scheduled for. The c-section is a relatively quick procedure as far as delivery goes, but it takes time for them to finish with me. Then there is recovery time before I can be with the baby. It is really important to Kevin and I that we have time alone as a new family for a little while before we start having visitors. And, we have to pick a name! And, since we don't know exactly how long it will be, we decided that the best option is to call when we are ready to have people at the hospital. But don't worry, I'm sure Kevin will call/text to let you know that all went well, and will probably even send out a picture :)

It's Almost Summertime!

The weather has finally been nice here! Actually, it was WAY too hot for the beginning of May this week. I think we hit 92 earlier this week... But, it's much better than dealing with the cold, so I'll take it!

We were able to get our garden planted this week. Kevin expanded it a bit this year, so hopefully everything will do great!

We planted tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, red onions, peas, asparagus, zucchini, and yellow squash this year.

Since it was so hot outside, we got Rocco's pool out of the garage and let him play in it. He LOVES the water and always has a great time. Look at how happy he is!

This is him in his pool last summer... I think he's grown a bit!

Mommy's cute little boy with his underbite!

34 Weeks

Only about 6 weeks left! For my birthday, all I wanted was a 4D ultrasound! We have not had an ultrasound since 21 weeks when we found out the gender and we will not get another one at the doctor's office unless there is a concern. SO, we decided to get a private ultrasound! Of course, our little girl was being shy and did not want to cooperate! This was not a big surprise because that is how it went at our last ultrasound too! She spent the entire time with her foot up by her face, but we were able to get some good photos!

Oh, and she has some chunky cheeks!

There is that foot - right in front of her face!
She was either smiling or yawning in this one.

Again with the yawning - we were interrupting nap time :)

32 Weeks and a Birthday!

32 Weeks down!

I'm still feeling great! I thought for sure that the last 8 weeks were going to be miserable. Why did I think this? Well, one day last week, I had every single "pregnancy symptom" that I never had before. All in one day. I didn't feel good, was extremely tired and uncomfortable, got HORRIBLE heartburn which lasted all day AND night, and leg cramps. This lasted for two days, and then disappeared!

We have now graduated to doctor appointments every two weeks which will be the case until 36 weeks when I get the pleasure of going weekly. I saw Dr. Mernitz this time, who is quickly becoming one of my favorites. So, if my regular doctor is not back from maternity leave by the time this baby decides to come, I am praying that Dr. Mernitz is on-call that day. He checked to see what position she was in, and just as I suspected, she is sideways. I guess the technical term is transverse. I can feel her hands move on the lower left side of my abdomen and her feet always kick me on my right side. He said that there is still plenty of time for her to get in the correct position and they really don't start getting too concerned with it until 34 weeks or so, but they probably won't attempt to do anything about it until 36 weeks if she hasn't moved by then.

I passed my glucose screening test with flying colors! Thank goodness for that, because if I had to give up sugar and carbs I was going to be in serious trouble. All of the other blood work came back normal as well. As of last week, my weight gain is 13 pounds. They tell me I'm supposed to gain about a pound a week from now until the end, so hopefully I'm looking at right around 20 pounds. Also, Dr. Mernitz said that I am just very blessed to have a super long abdomen. I swear that people give me dirty looks and are thinking that I'm not eating enough or something because they think I should be bigger. Well, the doctors say she is doing just fine. And I eat... A LOT.

On another note, Rocco is one year old today! I stopped at Walgreens on the way home to get a birthday hat, but they don't sell any! I was so disappointed! So, Kevin went to the basement and came out with a sombrero! Doesn't he look thrilled?
Eventually he gave in and wore it long enough for me to get a decent picture :)
Rocco has not had any "people food" yet, and we are trying to hold off on that. At least until this baby is old enough to feed him her food... So, we went to Petsmart to find him something special for his birthday. They make canned Turducken dog food. I think that is crazy enough that people make Turducken, but to put it in dog food form? Seriously? But Kevin insisted that we get it, so here it is.

Rocco got two new toys for his birthday. He was very excited about them. He has been chewing on the bone since we gave it to him about 90 minutes ago, and it's just about finished. He is so out of breath and desperately needs a drink of water, but he just won't quit until it's completely gone!

Since Rocco got Turducken for dinner, we decided to give the cats some canned food too. We don't give it to them often, but it's the Fnacy Feast with gravy, and as you can see, Oscar goes nuts for the stuff... make sure you turn your volume up for the full effect!

30 Weeks

Ok, well 30 weeks and 4 days to be exact. I meant to get this posted Monday when I was 30 weeks to be exact, but I have had late nights each and every night this week, so I have not found the time until now.

67 days to go.

I've still been feeling great! Baby has had the hiccups a few times this week which is new. They are pretty awesome to feel, except for when she has them for what seems like FOREVER when I'm trying to go to sleep.

I have graduated to doctor appointment every two weeks now. Last appointment I had my glucose screening. I haven't heard from the doctor, so I'm assuming that means I passed and do not have gestational diabetes. I have gained 12 pounds so far, and I'm supposed to gain about a pound a week from now until the end. I know weight gain is good, but it's really hard to watch the numbers on the scale continue to climb! They say that I am measuring right on track still, so baby should be somewhere between 3 and 3.5 pounds and 17 inches long, or so.

Hello Third Trimester

I am 28 weeks today which marks the start of the third trimester. Third trimester? How the heck did that happen? It is crazy how fast time is going! I guess I shouldn't be surprised. We have such busy schedules that the weeks seems to fly by anyhow. When we found out I was pregnant I was afraid that the time would drag on and on and that June would never get here. That has certainly not been the case and there is only 84 more days or so to go. That is, 84 more days until my due date. But, if this baby is anything like her mother she will prefer to arrive early which is more than OK with us!

There is really nothing new to report even though I haven't posted in a few weeks. Everyone asks me if I'm having a boy because baby is so low in my belly. She has been low from the start and has not shown any intention of moving anytime soon. I have had no kicks or movement of any sort above my belly button. At least I'm not getting feet shoved into my ribs! She also likes to hang out on the left side. I don't know how active she is during the day, mostly because I'm constantly running around and don't really notice the movement. But, every night around 8:30 or so she decides to do somersaults or something. It's like clockwork.