What we've been up to - part 2

Besides hosting my sister and her kids, my mom came to visit for a few days. Isabella and her cousin, M, have so much fun together, but they don't get to see each other that much. I was so glad when my mom told me she was bringing my niece with her, I knew the girls would have a blast!

What we've been up to - part 1

It's been awhile since I've updated, between hosting visitors and my exhaustion, I haven't been on the computer too much. I'm 4 weeks or less away from delivery, since I will more than likely be induced around 39 weeks if I haven't gone on my own by then. I've never been pregnant this long, I had already had Isabella by now. I'm very glad this little one (or big one!) is deciding to make itself at home a little while longer, my dream is to be able to have the baby released from the hospital the same time as me, I don't know what that's like, but in my mind it's amazing. :) The heat, but mostly the humidity, is zapping me, and I don't even do anything. I pretty much sit outside watching Isabella play all day. Thank goodness for naps (for her and me) in cool, air conditioned comfort! I feel like I've accomplished a lot these days, when I just get a good meal on the table for supper, and then all cleaned up. I'm so glad I got all the baby stuff ready a month or so ago, because now my energy level is zilcho and my weird pelvic pain is back with a vengeance, making it SO hard to walk, I told Monte he should get me an electric scooter, but he didn't really go for the idea! :) Anyway, enough of the complaining, it's nothing like what I went through the first four months, and it will very soon all be worth it! I'm trying to remember to offer it up for many of you, especially those who are hoping and praying for a baby.

Monte has been crazy busy with work lately, with no end in sight to the craziness. He's been having to work every weekend, too. It's good since he's bringing in extra money with all the extra weekends of work, but bad in that we don't see him nearly as much as we are used to. A certain Daddy's girl is REALLY missing him, and doesn't understand that when he is finally home he still has lots of work to do on the computer and phone, and can't play with her every minute. But I know that I sure appreciate all he does for our family! He's very stressed right now, and I know that part of it is that he travels all over, and now that the baby will be here shortly, he worries about being far away from home when the time arrives.

On to the pictures!

Playing in the sprinkler on a hot day.

Helping weed the garden, she absolutely loves to garden!

We got a new couch, and she thinks it is SO cool that she can recline in it, even though her feet don't come close to needing the footrest up! Our old couch was literally being held together with duct tape (no joke!!). I did have a slip cover over it, so it looked decent, but it was definitely time for a new, much more comfortable one.


My sister and her kids came for a couple days, as always, the cousins had a blast, and my sister and I enjoyed chatting and looking at recipes. :)

Pool Time

I got this little blue pool for $2 a few years ago, Isabella has gotten almost daily summer use out of it the last two summers, so I wasn't too heartbroken when the air started leaking. By the way, here's her first time in it!

She's loving her new replacement pool, this is how she's spending the majority of her days now, especially since we are in a heat wave!

Early Riser

I was up most of the night last night with contractions, they were different than what I normally have, they are becoming more painful. I finally got up for the day at 4:30, since I knew I wasn't going to get any sleep. I proceeeded to do what any sane person would do at 4:30 in the morning - clean my house from top to bottom! :) I did call when the clinic opened and got in to see my doctor right away this morning, things have changed a little, but nothing drastic, so that was good news. I'm only a few days a way from how far along I was when I delivered Isabella, but I have a feeling (and so does my doctor) I'll go longer this time, maybe even full term! I'm still on the drug, Terbutaline, to stop contractions (or try to slow them down) and I hate how it makes me feel, it has some awful side effects! The good news is, my mom is coming out today to stay for a couple days, and she's bringing one of my niece's with to play with Isabella! And when my mom leaves on Thursday, my sister and her kids are coming out to visit for a few days. Lots of excitement around here!

Garage Sale Finds

Our city wide garage sales were held a couple of weeks ago, normally I love going to them, but this year I wasn't as excited for two reasons, I just got rid of tons of stuff that I donated to our church rummage sale, and I wasn't in the mood to accumulate too much more. Also, being almost 8 months pregnant, and walking all over in the heat and humidity didn't sound too appealing to me. But in the end, I couldn't resist, once I saw all the activity around town, I decided to check just a couple sales out, then a couple more, then a couple more, etc! Isabella and I had a lot of fun, but it definitely was HOT. I really did limit myself this year, though, since we are making room for baby. I ended up getting a bouncy seat for the baby, other than the toys missing (which I've already replaced) it seems barely used, and even has batteries in it. We had an older blue one that was a hand me down, for Isabella, but it didn't do all the things this one does, so I'm replacing that one with this one. I also picked up a few baby toys (which I immediately disinfected since I'm a germ-a-phobe), and Isabella got a princess back pack, Barbie things, Tuck from The Wonder Pets, which she loves now, and her favorite - a Baby Alive doll for 25 cents! She was SO excited about her Baby Alive. Some other things I got were a few baby clothes (not pictured since that would give away the gender!), and a pair of khaki maternity shorts and sleeveless maternity top (not pictured because I wear at least the shorts every. single. day!). They are the ONLY shorts I have that fit me right now, so they are either being worn or washed at all times. In total, I spent right around 12 dollars on everything!

All Girl

She loves wearing night gowns now . . .

Attack of the Geese

We spent some time yesterday walking around our favorite trail, it was really nice family time together, despite the heat, humidity, and my swollen feet! The geese there are VERY friendly, you can tell they are used to getting fed. As soon as they would see us, they would all come right up to us. Isabella had a lot of fun feeding them corn!

Daddy's Girl

4th of July

Isabella is home after spending six days with her grandma and grandpa, she had so much fun, and we had a great 4th of July weekend there. We were joking that we weren't going to let her go back, when we got there she had a big bruise from her knee all the way down to her ankle, she was covered in mosquito bites (thankfully we don't have hardly any mosquitoes at our place), and she was a little sunburned. Ha! She loved being on the farm, and grandma and grandpa have all sorts of things just for the grandkids, from a swing set, a sandbox with blue sand, and the favorite - a pool! She even had a play date with another little girl her age while there. She loves going there because "Mama" devotes ALL of her attention to her, and plays with her the entire time, definitely not a luxury she gets at home!

32+ Weeks

Today's Update

Thank you SO much for all of your reassuring comments, they really made me feel so much better! The doctor seemed completely unconcerned about what the ultrasound showed. Just like some of you said, he said ultrasound measurements can be off, and he's not going to go by what the ultrasound said. Also, the nurse told me that ultrasounds showed her baby was well over 8 pounds, but born weighing 6 pounds. He said I very well could be having a big baby though, especially since I was almost 10 pounds at birth!! Things are starting to change. I have started to dilate, and am at 1 cm. Also, the baby's head is very low, which is why I've been feeling so much pain and pressure lately.

An interesting turn of events . . .

Now that I'm a little calmer, I can get some thoughts down about my ultrasound. I went in to have an ultrasound yesterday, but don't see the doctor until this afternoon, and I am definitely going to have some questions for him! The ultrasound tech decided to get measurements of the baby, usually she just does measurements of my cervix, so I was very interested to see how big the baby is. She told me our little porker weighs in at 5 pounds 10 ounces!!!! I about had a heart attack right then and there! I'm only (supposedly) 32 weeks, but everything on the baby, including weight, is measuring almost 36 weeks! I was in total shock, because Isabella was 5 pounds 6 ounces at 34 weeks. I figured this baby would be about on track with her. I'm so confused, like I've said before I was unsure of my dates at the beginning, and actually did think I was pregnant a month before, this should be an interesting appt. today! If I am only 32 weeks, should I be calling the Guinness Book of World Records?!? I really don't want to birth a gigantic baby, that thought terrifies me . . .

Oh, and in my borderline hysteria afterward, while getting my hair cut, I decided to do something drastic and get some bangs cut. I haven't had bangs since high school, and now they are driving me crazy in my eyes!

Alone Time

Isabella is staying at Monte's parents all this week, and I miss her like crazy! It's been way too quiet in this house, she's apparently having a blast at Mama and Papa's, and is worried about having to come home. Monte and I will be joining her tomorrow evening and staying for the fourth of July weekend, so she'll be happy she doesn't have to come home to her boring parents quite yet!

In the mean time, I've gotten lots of things ready for baby, and still have plenty of things left on my list to get done around the house. I also have doctors appointments both today and tomorrow. I'm very slow going recently due to a sudden onset of intense pelvic pain which makes it very difficult to do certain things like, you know, walk. So I've also gotten quite a bit of reading done while sitting outside enjoying the nice weather.

I can't believe July is here! Although, I pray that I won't deliver until at least the end of July, I'm so thankful to have made it this far. My contractions have picked up quite a bit in the last week, so I'm asking for your prayers that baby stays put for at least a little while longer yet.

I have lots of posts floating around in my head, to go with recent pictures, but the pictures are on the other computer, which Monte has with him for work . . . Who knows, maybe I'll even update the food blog soon . . .