Stuff

I'm so excited, and Ian's sick of hearing me say it. The last big thing on our baby acquisition list was a car seat. We've still got 3 months so I haven't been to pressured to get one, but I knew that when we went to the car seat store it would be hard to find one light and comfortable enough for me to carry around. I heard there was all different kinds so it would be hard for me to pick one out.
My neighbor had a yard sale yesterday and I decided to go check it out to see if they had one and what do you know? She did! Her little girl is about a year old now so she's too big for it. It's in new condition and comes with all the right attachments! AND she only wanted $25 for it! Now Ian doesn't have to put up with my dithering (his word) over what kind to get, and I don't have to stress about having one if we have an early unplanned birth! And it wasn't a ton of money. I'm so excited to have that out of the way!

The baby is very active and I think he's started developing the hiccups. I was afraid he was having seizures or something with the regular twitching feeling but other mom's say hiccups feel that way. My tummy now sticks out farther than anything else so there's no hiding anymore. Not that I was.

A week ago Friday my early morning shot didn't stop bleeding until 10pm that night. That was a little concerning and none to good for the underclothing! I went through 3 bandaids. The last of which I had to have a temple worker help me put on so I didn't get blood on my temple clothes! Poor lady, I bet she didn't think she'd be doing that that day. I've learned that icing the spot helps! Since I used 3 band aids that day AND I'm allergic to the band aids I've had an itchy rash for over a week now. You can still see the marks where the band aids were.

My job has been extremely stressful this last month and doesn't look like it will improve in the near future. The General Relief Society broadcast was great this weekend to remind me that only The Lord and His Plan matters, and he will never forsake. I need to remember that while I'm AT work and keep perspective. I am SO looking forward to being a stay at home mom. Sooner than later.

Took the plunge

For years I've had a thing against those books "What to expect ..." because I've known too many new moms who freaked out because their kid didn't hit the milestone the book said happened that month, and so I never got the pregnancy one. All my education and experience has shown me that every person develops differently from the womb to the tomb.

This week I asked a friend at work "Headaches are a part of pregnancy, right?" since I vaguely remember reading that in one of my update emails and had had two in the last week. I wanted to assure myself it wasn't because of the stress of my job. She got all bubbly about the book What to Expect When Your Expecting. She told me how she and even her husband were into it each new month when she was having kids. He'd read it and say "Oh look! You're going to be moody this month!" or something like that.

I decided that since I'm now in undiscovered territory, for Ian and I, that I might as well get it. I found it this weekend and Ian and I have had fun starting the plunge into it's many pages. I found out something cool yesterday. The old wives tale that the more heartburn you have the more hair your baby will have is TRUE! Since I LOVE hair on babies I say, bring it on! My hearburn occurences have reappeared with a flourish this week! Perfect timing and now I won't resent it!

Ian was getting a kick out of the dad's section. "Does it seem like you're wife has suddenly been taken over by aliens? You're right! Only it's just pregnancy!"

My only frustration with that is any time I get upset about something I can see it in his attitude that he thinks it's just because I'm pregnant, like I'm not really serious about it!

Best comment so far

"I'm telling you Bonnie (Kim backs me up on this), when a good night's sleep becomes but a distant memory for you both, then you'll know how nice it is to have the baby inside. lol"

Tom Schofield

HILARIOUS!  I have no doubts that that will be true!

Latest Undiscovered's

• missing belly button
• missing ankles
• real, strong fingernails

To Undiscovered Territory!

Everybody do a little happy dance with me! From here on out I'm going into days of pregnancy I've never seen before! I lost Andrew about yesterday in gestation age, so it's all new from here. Although, the last two months have been pretty new because I haven't had 3 trips to the hospital or any huge complications...BUT this is a milestone! Yeah!

faith REALLY DOES precede the miracles

We went in for the follow-up ultrasound and a consult with the paranatologist today. Our little guy's kidney had shrunk a little which was evidence that it is not blocked up. Plus it wasn't showing any signs of being 'engorged' so that was good. They oohd and aaahd at his beautiful heart and the perfect form of his aortic artery and the one that goes up the neck. They laughed about how much little boys like to pee...everywhere. And how he's NOT shy about showing off his goods. Everything looked okay and they don't have to look at him again until 32 weeks - November. It was SO good for Ian and I to hear that good news and not have to worry much anymore. Thank you Heavenly Father and all you wonderful people that have prayed for us and given us blessings!

He was adorable today. I wish I had the video, but all I have are fuzzy pictures. She also commented about how focused on his face he was and how it would eventually move south! On the screen he was brushing his face with his hands. All the white blobs in front of his face are his hand in various positions.

She thought he looked like he was picking his nose!

Oh! You caught me!

Hmmm, thinking....

Time

Feeling better today, despite being up till 1am with Ian in the ER for chest pain. They think he has a virus that inflames the joint of the sternum and ribs. How bizarre.

I talked to several moms today who had similar reports prenatal and their kids turned out fine, so I feel better. Two friends from church came over and gave us blessings tonight. Now I just need sleep to make up for last night and NOT being ready for kids to return to school tomorrow. I was in meetings all day! Not enough time to prepare!

Love you all, thanks for your thoughts and prayers. They work.