One Week!

In one week, we will be welcoming our little girl to our family. It's just crazy how all of this is working out. I've never wanted to have a c-section, but I guess some things in life never turn out as planned. We are scheduled to have our baby on July 7th. I have an appointment today to go over all of the details of the surgery and what to expect. It's hard for me to believe that after all of the pre term labor and false labor I've had with her that it's all going to end up scheduled. I'm still not sure how I feel about picking her birthday, I like the idea of it being spontaneous. But at least this way we can have everything ready for her, our bags packed and ready to go without having to rush around the house like crazy at the last minute. I'm excited, nervous, giddy, and scared all at the same time. Talk about your emotional roller coaster. But when all is said and done, we'll have our little girl and that's really all that matters.

Pregnancy Pains

Here's how lately I start my day...slightly swollen and sore but not too bad.



Here's how I end the day...incredibly swollen and in immense pain.



Ahh, the joys of being pregnant. (And for those wondering, yes, I do keep my feet up most of the day, crazy!)

36 Weeks

Here I am at 36 weeks!


It has been so difficult this past week, well, this past month really. About a month ago I started having contractions, but it wasn't until last Thursday that they really started to get strong and regular. Unfortunately there is nothing anyone can do. I've been to the hospital so many times only to be sent home with no relief. I just get the medicine to stop the labor, but not the pain. Of course, the contractions never seem to stop, but I am getting used to them. I'm not sure that's such a good thing though. I had another ultrasound on Sunday only to be told that my baby girl measures to be a little over 9lbs. I'm not so sure if I believe her to be that big, but I do know that she is big, maybe 8lbs. As a result of the baby being big (she measures 38.5 weeks) and the fact that I had a difficult delivery with Logan, it looks as if I'm going to have a C-section with this one. I'm really not looking forward to it, but honestly, we think it's probably the best way to go. All that needs to happen though is for me to actually start labor again and then we'll have her. But if that doesn't happen, then the C-section will be scheduled at 39 weeks. (The Dr.'s can't schedule it earlier for some reason or another, something about the law or something.) Sam and I are really hoping that labor will start up again on its own sometime next week. I know I don't want to keep going through this for another 3 weeks.

I keep telling Sam that this little girl owes us big time for what she's put us through, but I know that once I see her, all will be forgotten.

Guess we weren't ready.

Phew! What a relief! As much as I wanted our little girl to show up, I didn't want her to come so early. Luckily, with the help of medication, the labor was stopped. Rumors were going around that I would have to stay in the hospital until she came, but thank goodness for a wonderful Doctor who seems to be able to read minds. Since I had absolultely no sleep last night, and only a couple hours sleep in the morning, my Dr. said that I could go home and get some sleep and relax. The contractions have pretty much stopped, but you never know when they will start again. It could happen tonight, it could happen in a week or two. Oh the anticipation of it all!

Oh, and a special thanks to my parents and Sam's parents for being so wonderful and watching Logan during all of this. I don't know what we would do without you guys! Love you!

Ready or not, here she comes????

Well, I apparently went into labor today (or yesterday, I didn't realize that it's past midnight). The Dr.'s and nurses are trying to stop it, but the contractions keep coming. Luckily though, no progression has been made since this afternoon. I'm currently at 4cm though, so she could decide to come at any time. We are all hoping that this little girl decides to stay a little longer, but you never know. Seems she has a mind of her own. It's been a rough afternoon/night, but I know that in the end it will all be worth it. I'm doing alright right now. Not much is going on. The contractions are pretty intense, but manageable. This just wasn't expected to happen at 35 weeks. I joked about it a lot, saying that I was done being pregnant, but the thought never occurred to me that it actually could be over any day now.

Toddler bed take 2

It worked!! Logan slept in his bed last night. He fell out once, but climbed right back in and fell back asleep without so much as a wimper. (I had just taken the picture of him when he fell out, otherwise I probably wouldn't have known.) He slept great. He didn't wake up at all during the night and actually slept in. And when he did wake up, he was quiet enough to let us sleep in even longer. It was great! When I finally went in to get him this morning, he had all of his stuffed animals on the bed with him and he was just sitting there "talking" to them. It was too cute! He has been even happier this morning than he usually is. I'm hoping that this continues. It would be great to get the crib set up for the baby, but we'll wait awhile longer before we do that.

An interesting night

As Logan's bedtime approached, Sam was doing the normal bedtime routine. He told Logan that it was time for "nigh nigh" as Logan calls it and Logan ran straight for his toddler bed. (We had that set up a little while ago for Logan to get used to.) But Sam instead picked him up and placed him in the crib to which the immediate response was dramatic screaming. After discussing it for a brief minute or two, we decided to go ahead and give the toddler bed a try since Logan has been very interested in it. Sam stayed with him for a little while, but Logan thinks that whenever dad is nearby, it's time for play. So Sam left him alone in the room figuring that Logan would eventually go to his bed and fall asleep. We could hear various noises of books being pulled of the shelf, dresser drawers opening, a little boy trying to open the door, etc., but after about 5 minutes it all went quiet. We figured that he had gone to bed and had fallen asleep. I was beyond excited. Just 17 months and already he wanted to sleep in the toddler bed and it actually worked. Or so we thought. This is what we found when we went to check on him later.



He had taken his blankets and without a fuss, fell asleep at the bedroom door. It was quite the challenge to get in the room as his head was right at the door. The picture was taken with the door open just a crack and sliding the camera through. We had many attempts at the picture since we couldn't see what we were doing. I was surprised he didn't wake up with all the flash that was going off. Eventually, Sam was able to get in and put Logan in his crib.

So the toddler bed didn't work out tonight. But we're not worried, there's no rush. Maybe we'll try again tomorow night, maybe not. If anyone has suggestions on how to make the transfer, we'd love to hear them.

Fun in the sun (or shade as the case may be)

Today was so beautiful outside...and hot, so we spent a good part of the day in the backyard playing in the pool and sprinkler. Grandma B was so thoughtful to bring a kiddie pool to the house today for Logan to play in. He wasn't so sure about it, he seems to have some sort of fear of water, but he's getting better. He never really sat down in the pool, unless it was by accident. But Logan loves to be outside, so he seemed to have a good time regardless, and grandma was great at playing in the water with him.




Grandma meant to hold his hand going down the slide, but they slipped and logan went down fast!


This was Logan's reaction after he got up. With me being the wonderful mom that I am, I just laughed hysterically at it. I couldn't help myself, it was funny and Logan wasn't hurt.


After his nap, we went back outside and played in the sprinkler. Logan has a fascination with water coming out of faucets, hoses, and sprinklers.




As for me, the entire time we were out, I just lounged in a chair and took pictures. This pregnancy has proven to be extremely difficult. At 32.5 weeks I was measuring to be 37 weeks along. This little girl is big, but her size right now isn't so much the problem. I have another ultrasound scheduled for tomorrow to find out if she needs to come early or not. Apparently I've got placenta previa and too much amniotic fluid (which apparently isn't safe for the baby or me). So depending on the fluid level results from tomorrow's ultrasound, I may or may not be having this baby at 35 weeks. I'm hoping for good news, I'm just not ready to have her so soon.