doctors report

as you know on monday i had my ob appt. i measured at 40 weeks, but i am only 35 weeks! so, i'm still measuring big, but only fives weeks instead of 8 weeks! my doctor said that at next weeks appt he might set up another ultrasound and then decide if he wants to take baby girl in about 3-4 weeks! so that would be about a week or two early. which doesn't sound that early, until i think she could be here in 3 weeks and i still have A LOT to do!!! but i am excited that i just might get to see her again!!! i don't know for sure so i'm not going to go expecting the ultrasound. dr. kaldas once again mentioned that he didn't want me to join the 10 pound club, to which i replied, not the 9 pound either...he smiled and said okay. but i still don't know if he's serious since he has mentioned at almost every appt or just kidding since my last ultrasound showed that baby would be about 8 1/2 pounds at birth.
other than that everything went well...except i gained a little again...but i guess that is to be expected! baby's heart rate was the lowest either of my children have been at 131 bpm-dr. said baby seems very happy!
feel crazy that i am already starting weekly appointments! 9 months seems like a long time in the begining, but sure flies by!
i started to pack the new diaper bag for the hospital with baby's stuff in it and realized that i don't have an outfit to bring her home in! i've bought some stuff but b/c dr. keeps saying she is going to be big, i haven't bought anything newborn or 0-3 months, it's all 3-6 mo or bigger that i found on sale! good thing i didn't decide to look the night before. lol so now i guess i will have to go shopping...i looked at our local walmart and there was one outfit i kind of liked. it was white and pink, but the mitts, receiving blanket, hat and onesie are all light purple! so, i need to keep looking, but as a last resort, i might have to go back and get the pink outfit. actually it was so soft and sweet looking that i may just get it anyway, b/c i'll need more than one 0-3 month sleeper/outfit!
gage and i are going over by my friend amanda's house today so we should start getting ready. gage saw her daughter, breigh in a picture of amanda's new haircut and wanted breigh-breigh last night! so it was nice to say that we were going to play with them tomorrow!
tonight i am scrapbooking again! i just might beat my goal and have the month of feb. done before this baby arrives! and if not done, still further than i thought i'd be! nathan and i have some big plans to work on baby girls room this weekend since we could only have a few more weekends left, so i don't know if i'll be back at all this weekend, so...have a great weekend!

It's Monday Already! Actually, we had a very busy/productive weekend and today doesn't really feel like a Monday since Nathan is home and we are not going to Moms group! I will miss moms group though, but we have to leave before it's over. Which I 'should' be getting ready for and instead I'm blogging!
If you don't know about Mckmama, please pray for her little boy, Stellan. He is in the hospital with a heart issue. Now on to my version of Mckmama's Not Me Monday...
I did not find myself laughing last week when Gage peed on the sofa! It truthfully was not funny b/c I had to clean it and I don't want him to think it's okay to pee on the sofa, but when I asked where he was suppose to go 'the bath' was kind of a funny reply! But not so funny in that this past week I really think that's where he thinks he can go to the bathroom!

I did not have a hard week as a little heart baby that has been a dear friend to another heart family member passed away. In the last year I have watched/read about 4 heart babies passing away and each time I cry, but this time, it was a little boy I actually met in person and that just hit harder I guess. I did not remind me how we never know anything. I was difficult knowing that at his last check up in January he was doing awesome with nothing to worry about and in March he was gone. It can happen to anyone, but knowing my son also has a unique heart and is doing so good made it scary that at anytime his heart too could change. It's been very hard and several times this week I've had to ask God for his peace and to watch over Gage as he is His son. It has helped, but that devil keeps trying to bring it up. My heart did not totally go out to this wonderful family all week. Alright, you KNOW it did. Please pray for them, I can't imagine losing my son. Only God is going to be able to bring them through this with his love and prepare them to be excited and ready for the new baby coming in a few months.

I did not accomplish tons of projects I have going on this week in Gage's room, baby girls room, outside, and in the basement! I don't know if I've ever got so much done in one weekend before! It did not feel great to get so much done! I do not think that I might be in that nesting phase!

I did not and have not got all into Gage being into Thomas and Friends and buy him more trains and an expansion track pack while at Toys R Us to pick up something for the car, which they did not have! It's not so much fun watching Gage light up over his love for Thomas!

I was not happy that I went with my husband to visit his sick Grandpa. I really didn't feel up to the drive or sitting in the hospital, but God was so good to us during out visit and gave us his Grandpa's best day he's had in weeks! I hope it's not the last time Nathan sees his Grandpa here on earth, but if it is, it was a good last visit! I'm not so thankful for that b/c I've been praying for Nathan as this has been hard on Nathan as he's always been close to this Grandpa.

I did not fully rely on God this past week with an issue that has been going on...and I'm not happy to report that I did not blow up and instead have been at peace and calm about the entire thing-that's so not me! Praise God!

So, I guess that should be it for this week. I really need to go get ready as I have to leave in minutes and my hair is not done! Have a great Monday!

Our Maternity Session...

...and here are a few of our maternity pictures! they pretty much explain themselves so i won't add a title to each one. enjoy!









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(i love this family one even though no one is looking at the camera)



ps-i dont' know what i keep doing to get that 'link' thing above the pictures...sorry!

Gage's 2 year pictures

i know that i am late on getting my son's pictures taken, but in january he wasn't really suppose to go places with tons of germs yet and with the weather freezing and snowy, i didn't feel much up to it soon after that. then it was february and i got to thinking that i was going to do my maternity pictures in march that i should just wait and do them together instead of going to the mall twice. so that is what we did! since it would just be a ton of pictures, i will upload Gage's pictures now and do the maternity ones for the next post!
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gage with his bear

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my little stud miffin


gage with his 'raffe...my mom got him this in the nicu, it's almost as good as bear, but not quite!


he had to have all his trains with him!


looks rather proud to be TWO!

Das Not Funny Friday

So, I know I already did a post for today, but my friend, Amanda, did this and I thought it was a fun idea and I'd play along...


It’s finally Friday! How many times this week did you hear or see something and think… “Das Not Funny!” but then realize that it actually was pretty funny? Well, such is the purpose of this blogapolooza known as Das Not Funny! Friday.
Check out this blog to see what else is not funny. Plus, by going over here you can see who else has seen or heard something and thought Das Not Funny! then stifled a giggle or even laughed out loud! Come on, you know you wanna…

I don't have a great one, but it was so not funny this week when Gage climbed on the table sliding across it on his back and then yelled 'poop!' which most of the time just means he went pee...no, big deal, he's got his diaper on, right? So, I walk over to him and he's pointing to a round piece of poop on the table! The back of his diaper was below his biscuits from sliding. I grab a diaper and wipes, to which he says he wants to take a bath so he climbs down and I throw the dirty diaper away, walk to the living room to say, "come on, let's take a bath.." and there is Gage standing on the sofa peeing! Wide eyed thinking oh what a day this is going to be, I say, "Gage you know you are not suppose to pee on the sofa, where are you suppose to go potty?" To which he replies, "the bath!" with a smirk! Das so not funny!

ultrasound

well, my ultrasound last week, yes, i know, i'm way late, went very well. the nurse who took me back looked at me first thing and said, "woah, there is no denying you are all baby, is there?" lol i didn't know what to say so i think i just said something like, "nope, not really!" lol
anyway, my appt went very well. we got to watch baby move around for a little over an hour again! i just love it! she always has her face up tight against the placenta. that is the only thing i don't like. i wish she would let me see her whole face! i still think she looks just like her big brother right now though! i was totally thrilled to get SEVENTEEN ultrasound pictures! that's the most i have ever gotten! it will take up a few pages in the scrapbook, that's for sure!

(hard to see, but this was a picture showing baby's hair moving in the fluid on the back of her head)

let's see...baby measured 7 days big instead of 8 like last time...she weighed in at 4lbs 14 oz...that's exactly two pounds less than my son weighed at birth and she had 7 weeks to go! but they can be off a pound either way...hopefully on the smaller end! we figured out that if she gained the average half a pound a week from that point that baby would be about 8lbs 6oz, which the doctor did not think would be big so my doctor will probably not induce me unless something changes later on. i see him next monday. so, i will find out what he thinks then!
while the ultrasound tech and i were talking she said something and i replied with the fact that i knew i was big and she replied, 'oh no, i see pregnant woman all day-you are not that big!" and i said, "yeah, but are they only carrying one baby?" and she replied, "yes" wasn't that so nice of her? she's the only person to say that i am not huge!

then because my father-in-law is always teasing that he is sure this baby is going to be another boy, my husband asked if she still thought it was a girl since he started painting the baby's room a girl color. she replied that at least fifty times during the ultrasound that baby girl proved she was a girl and that she would personally come repaint the room if it is indeed a boy!
so unless my doctor decides to do another ultrasound, that was our last time seeing baby girl before she arrives! i can't believe how close it is getting! in some ways, i don't feel all ready here at home, but in other ways, i just can't wait to meet her and she what she really looks like!

where i've been

wow. it's been awhile again. my only excuses are that one, i haven't felt up to it and two, i've been busy and not spending as much time on the internet. the last couple of weeks something has been bothering me and at church we talked about forgiving. so although my feelings have been a little hurt, i am trying to have a more forgiving heart as christ would want me to and get past these feelings. i'm sure being pregnant probably has me a little more emotional about it than i'd normally be.
so, here's what i've been up to so far...watching, playing, reading, dreaming, eating with, taking a bath with thomas...i mean gage! well it feels more like thomas, gordon, emily, toby, and percy are ALL gage does these days therefore it's ALL that i see and hear about!
i read on this blog about a couple who did a devotional together and there was some thing in it about doing something nice for your spouse and then leaving a little note with it that says, 'SHMILY'(See How Much I Love You). I thought this was kind of cute. Nathan and i do things, but don't leave a note or a note that just says love you. so, i decided i would do this when making his lunch the next day. nathan loves getting notes so i thought this would be a fun one for him to try to figure out what the heck i was talking about! i have a wonderful husband and very smart and handy in many areas but spelling is not his strongest point, so i thought this would take him a little bit, well, was i totally wrong! actually i was shocked he figured it out so fast..i thought for sure this would be a game of me teasing him with little hints for days! for some reason he happened to look in his lunch box that night and asked what that was and i told him he had to figure it out. later that night i gave him a hint that 's' was 'see' thinking this totally would not give it away. when he got up for work he asked what it meant thinking i'd spill in my sleep or something, which i replied, 'h' means 'how'. so as smart as my husband may be, i still did not think he'd get it yet...but to my suprise there was a note that said, See How Much I Love You(Too)! I told him where I found it...well, that it was on a blog, to which he said he'd read all the blogs i read, i said go ahead, but i found it on amanda's and she reads like 50 so it might take awhile. lol so i don't think he cheated since he only has 45 minutes to get ready in the morning! so since then we've been going back and forth leaving this little note! it's been kinda fun!
nathan has been working on baby girls room big time this past week! we bought paint that said it would only take one coat to cover...well, three coats later all four walls are covered. it's a good thing i only had him do half the walls with the plum or we would have run out of paint. i really did not want to run out b/c it was a color i had matched from the bed set and it took the lady awhile to get a color that looked pretty close and of course she did not write down all the white and magenta she added to it after the machine came up with a mixture! now i just pray there is just enough left for my mother in law to come and do the trim! then yesterday he said he would paint one of the walls or at least get a start b/c it was already 9 pm, well, i went in a little later to take a picture and he was just finishing up the fourth wall! so maybe tonight if he gets a chance to work on it he'll have the second coat of the lighter purple done on top! i think this color will only take two coats. i too have been busy with a craft for her room. this other blogger that amanda reads(a sister for the bean) made these decorative wooden circles with her daughters name. i was going to either just get wood letters like i did for gage's room or use vinyl. then i saw this other idea at a craft store that was like the wooden circles but foam, and only in certain colors which were not the colors i needed, but they were cute. then i read a sister for the bean blog and she had the wooden circles and a post on how to do them and how easy and inexpensive they were! so i gave it a try and when gage was napping, nathan was painting, i was working on the circles for baby girls name! i am very happy with how they turned out! nathan liked them too. now i can't wait for the painting to be all done so i can get the curtains up, her name, the crib! it's feeling very soon, and after today may feel even sooner!
i have a growth ultrasound this afternoon. i am once again very excited to see baby and what she looks like! i thought the last one would be my last, but i am thinking since they decided to do a growth ultrasound that today is probably the last time we see baby girl before she arrives. the ultrasound today is not to see if they can find anything wrong, so lord willing, they won't...it's to measure how big she is to decide if i should be induced a little early. i have mixed feelings on this. in some ways it'd be nice to experience a go into labor yourself labor since i was induced with gage(due to his heart not his size), and that was really scary knowing the day you'd be in pain, but at the same time if i am induced then i can totally plan everything and have everything set up with gage and all that. so i don't know. i really need to pray for peace about either option, which ever one is god's plan that He will bring me peace about it!
so, it is now hours later...and i have to say the change of attitude in my heart seemed to help some! i don't know if i feel like my feelings are totally over it, but the change of heart as helped me to move on rather than soak in the upsetness of it all.
i was going to add pictures to this post of baby's room, but i'm running out of time so i need to go get ready for my ultrasound since i didn't get ready before moms group. i will probably try to get a post out about my ultrasound later on tonight. it will probably be full of pictures to make up for this post and the ultrasound! just a warning...it might not happen...but it might!