friday night leftovers (a little late)

Danifred does this regularly and has invited others to join her party....so as I am starting to be influenced by J. I am late, but he would say fashionably on time LOL. Make sure you check out her blog to see what everyone else is sharing.

~why does it seem like there is never time to clean the house, but once you do, it feels so great?

~J. was sick much of the week and stayed home 2 days from work. I thought that pregnant women were supposed to be immune suppressed, once again I did not get sick.

~Currently when a friend posts things related to children's shows on FB, I have to google it to understand. I am guessing this will magically change once bebe girl arrives.

~My current vaccuum is from Se.ars, it has Intell.clean. I love the fact that it tells you when the carpet is clean.....who thinks of these things?

Happy Weekend everyone.

99

Officially in the double digits for days left to our due date....even though we do know bebe girl will be arriving between weeks 38-39 weeks due to my existing (but under control) high blood pressure. It feels like this time is flying by....I want to grab it with my finger tips and hold on for a while.

It is like a sand castle built at the shoreline, built only for the momentary beauty, for those lucky enough to witness it. I feel so very blessed.

OB appt/ US

So I had another OB apppintment, I don't know what number it is, that's bad isn't it? I should really go back and track that. For now, we'll call it another. This time I met with a different doctor. There are 3 doctors in the practice, but for some reason I have always been placed with the same one. I was glad to have this appointment as I do want to/need to meet all of them since there is no telling which one will be on duty when bebe girl arrives.

I really liked this doctor. (I really liked the first one so, so far 2 for 2) She spent some time with me going over everything from previous appointments and talking to me about hwo we are going to proceed. She is fine with the weight gain so far, which is good. She tried to listen to the HB and I say tried, becaue beb girl was so active that there was a lot of noise making it hard to get a read. We could definitely hear the HB, but it kept moving and getting drowned out by her kicks that the doctor did not bother with a reading....she just said, wow sounds like a really happy and healthy baby. She seems to have plenty of fluid and room to move around.

My next appointment is in 3 weeks! wow it already seems like time is flying and i know that is going to make it seem even faster. At the next appointment, I have to do the one hour glucose test, which I passed at 20 weeks so I am not too worried, and I have to have a spot protein urine check because they found trace in my sample at the appointment. She said it sometimes happens at the morning appointments as first morning urine is more concentrated, and my blood pressure was fine and has been when I check at home so she told me not to worry, keep doing what I am doing. I wasa little concerned but have since done some googling and have found no real reason to worry since my BP is under control.

I also just had another ultrasound! This one was for a growth check, so the perinatologist checks measurements, blood flow and fluid levels......everything looked great. Bebe girl was measuring exactly perfect, which the doctor said rarely happens and at 25w3d bebe girl is weighing in at 1.8 pounds. woo-hoo! that made me happy to think that she is doing well and weighing great. I go in for another growth US in 6 weeks so I will be in the 32nd week at that point. The only sad thing was that I only got one pic and it wasn't very good.....but I am not really compalining, after all bebe girl is well and that is what we want :) This doctor also said, wow baby is really active and moving around; that is a good sign. It made me laugh because both times the doctos said it I could feel her, but NOTHING like when she is really going at it.

So over all, things are good :)

hand made gifts

Bebe girl recieved some beautiful handmade gifts this week from a former co-worker and good friend of mine. She is one of those people when you meet, you will never forget. Gorgeous and unique, huge head of red hair, full tattoo sleeves....and the biggest heart in the world, who would guess that she also knits? :)

When J. saw these he said they looked like they would fit a stuffed animal LOL.

24 weeks

How Far Along? 24 weeks

Total Weight Gained/Loss? 12 pounds

Maternity Clothes: Wearing maternity jeans, oh so very comfortable, and still loving the longer maternity shirts (i may always buy maternity tshirts LOL)

Sleep: Getting tougher due to reflux :(

Best Moment of the Week: Swimming....and feeling bebe girl

Movement: Yes, almost always when laying down or sitting, now randomly when walking or standing.

Food Craving: Nope.

Food aversions: No.

Morning sickness: Never felt any, thank goodness!

Gender: It is a GIRL!

Labor Signs: No.

Belly Button: Getting wider and more shallow but still pretty deep.

Wedding rings: still on

What I miss: people NOT commenting on how big or in my case how small they think I am.

What I'm looking forward to: Next OB appointment on 11/6, next US 11/10

Weekly Wisdom: Try and enjoy every minute, it goes too quickly

Milestones: Officially passed the point of "viability". But not interested in testing that theory.....My worry won't end until bebe girl is in my arms.

*changed positions in the hopes of making my bump more obvious :)

**edit, don't get me wrong, I don't mind hearing how small I am when people are looking at my picture :) but when I see people and that is the only thing they can say....well....and I am sure that I prefer it to the alternative, saying how big I am. I have just decided that I will never ever comment on a preggo's size. I will just say they look beautiful :) which for the record....I don't think I ever did before but I know I won't in the future!

awards

I have been away on a trip which explains my absence :) I hate to announce that we'll be gone, and can't get it together enough to schedule posts so I just disappeared, sorry!
But I am back and will talk about the trip soon, but thought I would catch up on some awards, and then owe a 24 week update too.....so here goes:

the first one I actually recieved from two people: Kate, and another Kate thank-you both for the award, very sweet!! and so cute that two Kates gave them to me!

First one



Here are the rules:
1. You can only use one word!
2. Pass this along to 6 of your favorite bloggers.
3. Alert them that you have given them this award!
4. Have Fun!

The Survey
1. Where is your cell phone? charging
2. Your hair? brown
3. Your mother? far
4. Your father? sweet
5. Your favorite food? mexican
6. Your dream last night? forgotten
7. Your favorite drink? water
8. Your dream/goal? family
9. What room are you in? dining
10. Your hobby? scuba
11. Your fear? alone
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? happy
13. Where were you last night? plane
14. Something that you aren’t? fearful
15. Muffins? pumpkin
16. Wish list item? westcoast
17. Where did you grow up? kansas
18. Last thing you did? classwork
19. What are you wearing? clothes
20. Your TV? on
21. Your pets? none
22. Friends? plenty
23. Your life? satisfying
24. Your mood? content
25. Missing someone? always
26. Vehicle? rav4
27. Something you’re not wearing? shoes
28. Your favorite store? wegmans
29. Your favorite color? blue
30. When was the last time you laughed? morning
31. Last time you cried? ireland
32. Your best friend? far
33. One place that I go to over and over? shore
34. One person who e-mails me regularly? facebook
35. Favorite place to eat? chipotle



2nd award thanks again Kate :)



1. Thank the person who nominated you for this award and write a little bit about why you love them.
2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog.
3. Link to the person who nominated you for this award.
4. Nominate no more than 17 people who you love or you think could use some love.
5. Write one word (you can only use a word once) about what you love about their blog.
6. You cannot nominate someone who has already been nominated – the love has to spread to all.
7. Post links to the 17 blogs you nominate.
8. Leave a comment on each of the blogs letting them know they’ve been nominated.




nominating these bloggers for both awards…
1. Danifred - hysterical

2. Just me - powerful

3. Amber - close (due date)

4. BWUB - blessed

5. EB - future (dreams)

6. Nicole - joyful

If you don't feellike playing, it's all good :) but thought this was a nice light way to work back into blogging!

Thanks again to Kate and Kate....you are the best :)

long lines

Remember how I was going to get my h1n1 vaccine on Saturday. Well the clinic was to be from 10am to 2pm. I figured, I should get there early because I did not want to not get it, and was hoping to avoid lines. This photo is not from my clinic....but when I arrived at 9:50am....there were about 600+ people in line in front of me. The clinic was in an elementary school and the line snaked all the way outside where it was raining on and off lightly.

Some of you had some great ideas about playing up my pregnant belly, which is unfortunately not too obvious....well, of the 600 people in line about 30% of them were pregnant LOL. Obviously my OB called every single patient from her (and her two partners) proactive! And we were there in force.

So after a wait of about 2 hours outside, we made it inside....and then had another 45 minutes to wait inside.

But after that 2 hours and 45 minutes, both J. and I had been vaccinated. Me with the thimerosal free version (I was reading on the CDC website and one way you can tell if yours is thimerosal free is whether or not it is given from a single dose vial or a multidose vial, multidose vials contain thimerosal), and J. was able to be vaccinated (with thimerosal) because bebe girl will be arriving during flu season. SUCCESS!!

**the CDC and my OB both state that the thimerosal version is safe for pregnant women, but I feel better knowing that just in case I was able to get the thimerosal-free version. (but I would have gotten it regardless)