A quick pic of Kody snuggled up. She sends her thanks!
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Kody's blanket!
Kody loves her new blanket! She's not even sad it took 2+ years for her to finally get her very own baby blanket :)
A quick pic of Kody snuggled up. She sends her thanks!
A quick pic of Kody snuggled up. She sends her thanks!
Thursday, February 25, 2010
HOLY SH*T!
Pardon the title but OMG. See for yourself:
37 weeks - full term & HUGE!
37 weeks - full term & HUGE!
Have you gotten over the initial shock yet?? Here's a progression
5 weeks
12 weeks
14 weeks
17 weeks
20 weeks
24 weeks
28 weeks
31 weeks
34 weeks
37 weeks (the blue shirt definitely makes it look smaller than the white tank top)
5 weeks
12 weeks
14 weeks
17 weeks
20 weeks
24 weeks
28 weeks
31 weeks
34 weeks
37 weeks (the blue shirt definitely makes it look smaller than the white tank top)
And look how cute! Joe has been making fun of me for how excited I am to see Carter in swim trunks and then we saw these at Target. I couldn't resist. I cannot wait to see him playing in the sand in his little swim trunks!
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
FTT
FTT stands for..... FULL TERM TOMORROW. I'll be full term tomorrow! Normally I would have said I was full term on Sunday but at my last dr appointment she told me that I should really be going by the March 18th due date and not the March 21st due date. Especially since I've been measuring 2 weeks ahead for quite some time now. So going off 3/18/10 as his due date, I'm 37 weeks tomorrow! WOOZERS!
Carter is estimated at just over 6lbs now. She said that if I go to 40 weeks she thought he'd be right above 8lbs. His heart rate was 130-150s and he was moving around like a mad man! He's so big now that when he moves my entire stomach moves. It's so crazy to watch. I keep trying to get a video of it but I swear he knows as soon as I pick up the camera. Just like when Joe tries to see him moving or feel him he stops (unless it is the hiccups! which he gets all the time) He's definitely got a little defiant personality! As soon as we want him to do something he stops.... I wonder where he gets that from. It's definitely not his momma! :)
In other news the girls from work had a baby shower for us this past weekend. They totally spoiled Carter and I with lots of good food, great company and some really sweet gifts. And I really wanted to move in with Heather for a while as I slept SOOOO well at her house!
Being back in Phoenix and at our Gilbert house was nice too. Driving down we got off the highway to stop at a gas station and I rolled down the windows in the "girls car" and both Kody and myself were sniffing like crazy! Phoenix smells so good in the spring! And Joe had a great realization this past weekend - he still loves our Gilbert house and can now see us staying there for a while. When he told me this I had to give him a look and laugh. I've been saying that all along!
Other than that I'm trying to take it super easy this week so Carter stays put and I can make it through another weekend in Phoenix. Dr wasn't too thrilled with me going, but really even if I went into labor in Gilbert it wouldn't be that bad. I have doctors down there who have seen me for more of this pregnancy than the Flagstaff doctors. I figure if I bring the hospital bag I won't go into labor. Makes sense right?! We're really hoping we get our house rented this weekend and we can check that off our list! After this weekend we're pretty ready for Carter to come at any time! Although maybe I should start telling him to come this weekend just so we can insure that he doesn't!
Pics to come soon. Belly is HUGE, I feel huge, etc. The letters above the crib are finally done so I'll get a pic of those too!
Carter is estimated at just over 6lbs now. She said that if I go to 40 weeks she thought he'd be right above 8lbs. His heart rate was 130-150s and he was moving around like a mad man! He's so big now that when he moves my entire stomach moves. It's so crazy to watch. I keep trying to get a video of it but I swear he knows as soon as I pick up the camera. Just like when Joe tries to see him moving or feel him he stops (unless it is the hiccups! which he gets all the time) He's definitely got a little defiant personality! As soon as we want him to do something he stops.... I wonder where he gets that from. It's definitely not his momma! :)
In other news the girls from work had a baby shower for us this past weekend. They totally spoiled Carter and I with lots of good food, great company and some really sweet gifts. And I really wanted to move in with Heather for a while as I slept SOOOO well at her house!
Being back in Phoenix and at our Gilbert house was nice too. Driving down we got off the highway to stop at a gas station and I rolled down the windows in the "girls car" and both Kody and myself were sniffing like crazy! Phoenix smells so good in the spring! And Joe had a great realization this past weekend - he still loves our Gilbert house and can now see us staying there for a while. When he told me this I had to give him a look and laugh. I've been saying that all along!
Other than that I'm trying to take it super easy this week so Carter stays put and I can make it through another weekend in Phoenix. Dr wasn't too thrilled with me going, but really even if I went into labor in Gilbert it wouldn't be that bad. I have doctors down there who have seen me for more of this pregnancy than the Flagstaff doctors. I figure if I bring the hospital bag I won't go into labor. Makes sense right?! We're really hoping we get our house rented this weekend and we can check that off our list! After this weekend we're pretty ready for Carter to come at any time! Although maybe I should start telling him to come this weekend just so we can insure that he doesn't!
Pics to come soon. Belly is HUGE, I feel huge, etc. The letters above the crib are finally done so I'll get a pic of those too!
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
34 weeks!
I spilled an entire can of coke on our brand new keyboard yesterday and my space bar is SUPER sticky. Need to get a new keyboard. Anyway wanted to post a new belly picture. Could it get any bigger??? Look how much bigger it is than at 31 weeks! Yowzers!
31 weeks
34 weeks
31 weeks
34 weeks
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Carter's Room!
We've made some serious progress on Carters room! We haven't hung his name above his crib for a few reasons - first I am still missing the last R, plus I'm not so sure how I feel about the dots. I think solid color letters might look better. Those curtains and curtain rods may look familiar as they were in our living room in Gilbert. Since we cannot use them in our living room in the rental we thought they'd look nice in Carter's room. Yes we know they are hung very high, but again when we got them we had 9' ceilings now we have 8' and who knows what we will have in the next house bla bla you get the reasoning behind hanging them high.
Carter's room is probably the nicest room in the house now! I think we were both a little sad we weren't doing his room in our forever house - his room would have fit in perfectly in our Gilbert house! Living in a rental is definitely not as fun as having your own house but such is life. Either way we're pretty happy with how it turned out!
Looking in from the door to the right
Looking in from the door straight ahead
Looking in from the door to the left
Changing table/dresser
Crib
Bookshelf
Standing by the closet looking out toward the door
Carter's room is probably the nicest room in the house now! I think we were both a little sad we weren't doing his room in our forever house - his room would have fit in perfectly in our Gilbert house! Living in a rental is definitely not as fun as having your own house but such is life. Either way we're pretty happy with how it turned out!
Looking in from the door to the right
Looking in from the door straight ahead
Looking in from the door to the left
Changing table/dresser
Crib
Bookshelf
Standing by the closet looking out toward the door
Closet
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
doctor visits/miscellaneous updates
1/26/10 Appointment
I haven't been very good about updating on my doctors appointments lately. Last week I had a routine appointment pushed up because I had been having some headaches with blurry vision. Those two things are symptoms of preeclampsia - a serious pregnancy condition that can be fatal to both mother and baby and the only cure for it is to deliver the baby. Other signs are puffy hands and face, elevated blood pressure, rapid weight gain and protein in your urine. Because of my headaches with blurred vision they wanted to get me in and test my blood pressure and urine - thus my routine appointment was pushed forward a few days. (At this practice they do not test a pregnant woman's urine at each appointment - in Gilbert they did) My blood pressure was great and there wasn't any protein in my urine sample. I am not puffy or swollen and my weight gain has been steady. All of this was great great news! The doctor and I discussed my previous migraines and decided that the headaches and blurred vision were probably just my pregnancy version of a migraine that didn't fully progress. Good news! I'd rather have migraines than preeclampsia!
I measured slightly ahead at 34 weeks (was 32 weeks at the appointment), Carter is still head down and his heartbeat sounded great! He was estimated at 4.5 lbs.
2/2/10 Appointment
Because of the headaches/blurry vision they wanted to see me again in a week to retest my blood pressure and what not. Tuesday night Joe and I went back to the doctor and everything came back normal again! We met Dr Ray and we both REALLY liked her. She was our favorite doctor so far - from both Gilbert and Flagstaff. She was super friendly and really spent some time talking with us - from everything about labor and delivery, my next appointments, their practice, concerns, etc. Carter is still head down, butt in my right ribs, and his heartbeat sounds great! Dr Ray estimated him to be about 5 lbs. I am still measuring slightly ahead at 34 weeks.
I'll go back again in two weeks and have my group b strep test. After that appointment I'll be doing weekly appointments as I will be a month from Carter's due date! I still cannot believe how fast this pregnancy is going! I'm 33 weeks now and if he comes early, like I think he will, we could have a baby in a matter of weeks!
Hospital Tour
We also did our hospital tour last Friday. They ask that you come in between 32 and 34 weeks to preregister and tour the labor and delivery rooms as well as the postpartum area. We spent some time going through medical history, my pregnancy, insurance stuff, etc. All the nitty gritty details on our pasts they now have! We also discussed what my preferences were in regards to labor and delivery, what the processes are, where the baby sleeps, etc.
Seeing the delivery room was a little surreal. It was weird to think that the next time I would be there I would be in labor and Carter would be born! Of course Joe made sure to keep the mood light and asked the nurse if confetti and balloons fell from a panel in the ceiling. If anything I know I can count on him to keep the mood upbeat!
We didn't know how much time we would be spending in the hospital but were told that if everything goes well we'll only be there for one over night. This was fine by me! Get me in and get me out and back to my house and the comforts of my own stuff! Don't get me wrong the hospital was nice enough but not a place I'd like to spend a lot of time.
Also at this hospital there isn't a nursery per say. Not like you see on tv or in the movies where there is this large room with babies lined up and a big glass window for people to view them. At Flagstaff Medical Center if everything is going well with myself and Carter we will all share a room. Also dads are allowed 24 hours a day and are not considered a "visitor". There is a little pull out for Joe to sleep on. So given all goes well the three of us will all be in the same room!
Aside from all of that everything is going really well! Some days I'm ready to be done being pregnant - but it really depends on the day! Some days I describe myself as a walking whale, and others I feel completely fine. Still loving prenatal yoga. I sleep SOOOO much better after yoga! Carter's room is now painted and we're making serious progress up there! Other than all of the above nothing else to report!
I haven't been very good about updating on my doctors appointments lately. Last week I had a routine appointment pushed up because I had been having some headaches with blurry vision. Those two things are symptoms of preeclampsia - a serious pregnancy condition that can be fatal to both mother and baby and the only cure for it is to deliver the baby. Other signs are puffy hands and face, elevated blood pressure, rapid weight gain and protein in your urine. Because of my headaches with blurred vision they wanted to get me in and test my blood pressure and urine - thus my routine appointment was pushed forward a few days. (At this practice they do not test a pregnant woman's urine at each appointment - in Gilbert they did) My blood pressure was great and there wasn't any protein in my urine sample. I am not puffy or swollen and my weight gain has been steady. All of this was great great news! The doctor and I discussed my previous migraines and decided that the headaches and blurred vision were probably just my pregnancy version of a migraine that didn't fully progress. Good news! I'd rather have migraines than preeclampsia!
I measured slightly ahead at 34 weeks (was 32 weeks at the appointment), Carter is still head down and his heartbeat sounded great! He was estimated at 4.5 lbs.
2/2/10 Appointment
Because of the headaches/blurry vision they wanted to see me again in a week to retest my blood pressure and what not. Tuesday night Joe and I went back to the doctor and everything came back normal again! We met Dr Ray and we both REALLY liked her. She was our favorite doctor so far - from both Gilbert and Flagstaff. She was super friendly and really spent some time talking with us - from everything about labor and delivery, my next appointments, their practice, concerns, etc. Carter is still head down, butt in my right ribs, and his heartbeat sounds great! Dr Ray estimated him to be about 5 lbs. I am still measuring slightly ahead at 34 weeks.
I'll go back again in two weeks and have my group b strep test. After that appointment I'll be doing weekly appointments as I will be a month from Carter's due date! I still cannot believe how fast this pregnancy is going! I'm 33 weeks now and if he comes early, like I think he will, we could have a baby in a matter of weeks!
Hospital Tour
We also did our hospital tour last Friday. They ask that you come in between 32 and 34 weeks to preregister and tour the labor and delivery rooms as well as the postpartum area. We spent some time going through medical history, my pregnancy, insurance stuff, etc. All the nitty gritty details on our pasts they now have! We also discussed what my preferences were in regards to labor and delivery, what the processes are, where the baby sleeps, etc.
Seeing the delivery room was a little surreal. It was weird to think that the next time I would be there I would be in labor and Carter would be born! Of course Joe made sure to keep the mood light and asked the nurse if confetti and balloons fell from a panel in the ceiling. If anything I know I can count on him to keep the mood upbeat!
We didn't know how much time we would be spending in the hospital but were told that if everything goes well we'll only be there for one over night. This was fine by me! Get me in and get me out and back to my house and the comforts of my own stuff! Don't get me wrong the hospital was nice enough but not a place I'd like to spend a lot of time.
Also at this hospital there isn't a nursery per say. Not like you see on tv or in the movies where there is this large room with babies lined up and a big glass window for people to view them. At Flagstaff Medical Center if everything is going well with myself and Carter we will all share a room. Also dads are allowed 24 hours a day and are not considered a "visitor". There is a little pull out for Joe to sleep on. So given all goes well the three of us will all be in the same room!
Aside from all of that everything is going really well! Some days I'm ready to be done being pregnant - but it really depends on the day! Some days I describe myself as a walking whale, and others I feel completely fine. Still loving prenatal yoga. I sleep SOOOO much better after yoga! Carter's room is now painted and we're making serious progress up there! Other than all of the above nothing else to report!
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