Good morning!
Today I had an OB appointment... yet another in the string of end-of-pregnancy appointments.
For those of you wondering about the details, here you are:
Total Weight Gain: 24 lbs
Difference from Last Appointment: +2 lb
I still have some ankle / foot swelling... it went away for about a week, but it came back Monday with fierceness due to traveling and hasn't gone away yet... boo.
Baby's Heartbeat: 150's
Fundal height (belly measurement): no idea... we were talking while he was measuring...
Blood Pressure: 113/70
My next appointment is on my birthday. How fun! I kidded that I would bring them birthday cake along with me (I probably will simply because it gives me a yummy excuse to have a birthday cake! Ha!)
Also, at my next appointment, I will be referred to surgery to set the date for the C-section... crazy!
It is hard to believe that in six weeks or less, we will be welcoming a new member to our family. WOW! It is pretty exciting, but so incredibly surreal. It might take until the actual C-section before it hits me that I'm going to be a Mother x 2.
I have been taking my new thyroid medication and other than that I seem to be less sleepy, I don't notice much change. I have needed less naps, at any rate, since starting it, but I can still tire myself out and need a good nap now and again. Hee.
Otherwise, things have been going well. However, I told the nurse I have been really tired and the reason is that I have been having 2 - 3 dreams EVERY NIGHT and most of them are bad. I know people dream a lot in general, but these are dreams I remember... dreams I wake up from and then lay awake for a few hours because of how horrid they are... ugh. Last night was no exception, even though Julia and I BOTH slept through the entire night, and this morning another one of sheer exhaustion.
This next little section might seemingly have nothing to do with being pregnant and might seem a bit "out there" for some of you... but hear me out.
When I talked with my doctor about it today, he asked if I thought it was spiritual warfare. WOW. Never had even crossed my mind, but as we talked about it more, it seems plausible. He asked how my faith walk was, how life in general was going, and we both came to the conclusion that since things ARE good right now in so many aspects of my life, the most susceptible I am to attack is while I am asleep. He also made mention of how often times some spiritual attacks seem focused on children... and that really caught me for a second... because most of my bad dreams are something horrid to do with Julia, and I wake up absolutely feeling distraught, fearful, and overly tired. As if I had been awake all night fighting and crying and pleading... wild, absolutely wild. So much of what he said made sense...
I want to write him a thank you card for thinking of this; it gives me something to focus on when praying over... especially since I have felt a strong need to pray lately, but I don't always know WHAT I should be praying over... God works, He works. I truly feel like He spoke today... and thankfully, my ears were open.
erin
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Another Quick One for Thursday
Thank goodness for the Magic Eraser.
Something does exist that removes crayon and colored pencil from a 100-year-plus-old / antique dining room table.
Something does exist that removes crayon and colored pencil from a 100-year-plus-old / antique dining room table.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Quick One for Tuesday
This just in:
Julia is licking her arm to make it wet, and then drying it off with a Kleenex.
S-M-R-T. I mean, S-M-A-R-T. (Two points to the person who can get THAT quote!)
erin
Julia is licking her arm to make it wet, and then drying it off with a Kleenex.
S-M-R-T. I mean, S-M-A-R-T. (Two points to the person who can get THAT quote!)
erin
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Thyroid
Blah.
My precautionary blood draw today turned out to be a good thing in the end... my levels are low so my doc is upping my dosage of medication. Double blah. Nothing to worry about really, but tomorrow I will go and pick up the prescription. My guess is that I will be back on a lower dose within a few months of this new little one being born, similar to what happened after Julia was born.
Oh, well, eh?
erin
My precautionary blood draw today turned out to be a good thing in the end... my levels are low so my doc is upping my dosage of medication. Double blah. Nothing to worry about really, but tomorrow I will go and pick up the prescription. My guess is that I will be back on a lower dose within a few months of this new little one being born, similar to what happened after Julia was born.
Oh, well, eh?
erin
32 Weeks Minus 1 Day
I had an OB appointment today. YAY!
For those of you wondering about the facts of the appointment, here's some info:
Total Weight Gain: 22 lbs
Difference from Last Appointment: +3 lb (darn the ankle / foot swelling that will not go away...)
Baby's Heartbeat: 150's
Fundal height (belly measurement): 34 cm / 34 weeks
Blood Pressure: 113/72
Tomorrow I will be 32 weeks pregnant... wowsa! The time is flying by! I go back to the doctor again two weeks (on the 5th) and then again on my birthday (August 19th). I will have all my labs done again on the 19th, so yay (not!), for my birthday I will be poked and prodded. What fun. Ha!
Today I had blood drawn for a TSH / thyroid check, so will probably hear back on that this afternoon. Nothing suspicious; just hadn't had one done since February and figured it was time again.
Otherwise, told doctor how Julia was wanting to be carried more, but in the last week it feels like she has gained 10 lbs (which there is no possible way that could be) and that I cannot carry her on the front anymore because it feels like she is pushing the baby out! He said she will be doing that more and more; he says she knows something is up and coming even if she is not sure what. So, I carry her a little, set her down a little, and do what I can.
The tired bug has surely slapped me again, yet sleeping is no fun because my left arm keeps falling asleep on me when I sleep and hurts all the day long. Oh, well! The joys of pregnancy! I am just glad all else is going along well.
later,
erin
For those of you wondering about the facts of the appointment, here's some info:
Total Weight Gain: 22 lbs
Difference from Last Appointment: +3 lb (darn the ankle / foot swelling that will not go away...)
Baby's Heartbeat: 150's
Fundal height (belly measurement): 34 cm / 34 weeks
Blood Pressure: 113/72
Tomorrow I will be 32 weeks pregnant... wowsa! The time is flying by! I go back to the doctor again two weeks (on the 5th) and then again on my birthday (August 19th). I will have all my labs done again on the 19th, so yay (not!), for my birthday I will be poked and prodded. What fun. Ha!
Today I had blood drawn for a TSH / thyroid check, so will probably hear back on that this afternoon. Nothing suspicious; just hadn't had one done since February and figured it was time again.
Otherwise, told doctor how Julia was wanting to be carried more, but in the last week it feels like she has gained 10 lbs (which there is no possible way that could be) and that I cannot carry her on the front anymore because it feels like she is pushing the baby out! He said she will be doing that more and more; he says she knows something is up and coming even if she is not sure what. So, I carry her a little, set her down a little, and do what I can.
The tired bug has surely slapped me again, yet sleeping is no fun because my left arm keeps falling asleep on me when I sleep and hurts all the day long. Oh, well! The joys of pregnancy! I am just glad all else is going along well.
later,
erin
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Summer Fun
I don't know if you know the weather in Iowa at all, but it has been GORGEOUS here the last few days... last Friday through today... it's been in the high 60s / low 70s and... basically perfect. (Perfect for a pregnant lady, anyway! Normally we are in the high 80s and the humidity is nasty high all the time... normally, I would not be outside at all. Ha!)
Last Saturday night before Adam headed to his gig, we went outside and played around a bit (mostly, Adam played around with Julia and I hung out and watched... I'm not as fast as he is and I most certainly cannot ride a swing on my belly right now...!).
Julia had a blast and is becoming better at going down the slide and enjoys trying to give me heart problems with her playground climbing antics.
Julia getting ready to go down the slide.
Adam helping her getting into position.
Adam promising to catch her... I love this picture... in mid-slide!
(LOVE this picture!)
Oooh, do I have to touch the grass? Seriously?
Julia had the sun in her eyes and I could not stop laughing.
erin
Last Saturday night before Adam headed to his gig, we went outside and played around a bit (mostly, Adam played around with Julia and I hung out and watched... I'm not as fast as he is and I most certainly cannot ride a swing on my belly right now...!).
Julia had a blast and is becoming better at going down the slide and enjoys trying to give me heart problems with her playground climbing antics.
Julia getting ready to go down the slide.
Adam helping her getting into position.
Adam promising to catch her... I love this picture... in mid-slide!
(LOVE this picture!)
Oooh, do I have to touch the grass? Seriously?
Julia had the sun in her eyes and I could not stop laughing.
erin
Budding Photographer
Julia has recently taken to saying "chee" ("cheese") and smiling when I get out the camera... of course, she does this before I have a chance to even turn it on or focus on her, and by the time I do, she's all done with taking pictues.
However, she loves to look at herself in pictures ("baby, baby!") and really enjoys watching the back of the screen when the camera is in picture taking mode.
While we were out by the pool one night last week, I kept trying to take a picture of her and she was freaking out on me because SHE wanted to hold the camera and take the pictures... so I let her! Hee!
Maybe not so good right now... but I'm sure she'll get the hang of it over the next few years...
erin
However, she loves to look at herself in pictures ("baby, baby!") and really enjoys watching the back of the screen when the camera is in picture taking mode.
While we were out by the pool one night last week, I kept trying to take a picture of her and she was freaking out on me because SHE wanted to hold the camera and take the pictures... so I let her! Hee!
Maybe not so good right now... but I'm sure she'll get the hang of it over the next few years...
erin
Tree Corn?
We seem to have an abundance of squirrels that nest in our trees and run in the neighborhood. So, it should not be any surprise to us that we find random stalks of corn growing around our property, as the squirrels are really good at nabbing corn cobs from the neighbors garden during harvest time.
We recently found a corn stalk growing underneath the slide, and I am pretty sure there are some in the hostas.
This last weekend as we were playing outside, Adam looked up in one of our trees and said, "What is THAT?" Upon closer inspection, we noticed that it was a stalk of corn. Sure enough, a squirrel had dropped a precious kernel of corn into the "Y" of one of our big maples, and there grew a corn stalk.
erin
We recently found a corn stalk growing underneath the slide, and I am pretty sure there are some in the hostas.
This last weekend as we were playing outside, Adam looked up in one of our trees and said, "What is THAT?" Upon closer inspection, we noticed that it was a stalk of corn. Sure enough, a squirrel had dropped a precious kernel of corn into the "Y" of one of our big maples, and there grew a corn stalk.
erin
Monday, July 20, 2009
Pictures of a Pregnant Lady
In an effort to stay on top of belly picture taking, I veered off my normal course of only taking pictures on the week and had Adam snap a few pictures yesterday.
My haircut in curls:
With Julia:
Just me and my almost-32-week-pregnant belly:
erin
My haircut in curls:
With Julia:
Just me and my almost-32-week-pregnant belly:
erin
Operation Rescue the Truck
A conversation you may have heard in our house early Sunday morning... around 2:00 am...
(Phone ringing) Ring, ring!
(Wife realizes it is not alarm clock, picks up phone, and wonders who is calling? After confusedly trying to figure out whose phone number it is, realizes it is Husband's cell.)
Wife: (groggily) Hello?
Husband: Hi. I have a flat tire.
Wife: Hmm.
Husband: There is no patching it.
Wife: Hmm.
Husband: I am between Knoxville and Attica and it is pitch black out here and I cannot see anything to change it.
Wife: I should come and get you.
Husband: Yes.
Wife: I cannot leave Julia here. (saying things outloud she really means to be saying only in her head)
Husband: No.
Wife: Where are you?
Husband: On 5 between Knoxville and Attica. Take a left at the Casey's. It does not say it is Highway 5, but it is. It is the Dragoon Trail... (continues to give directions)
Wife: Take 14?
Husband: Yes.
Wife: I will call you to find out the rest when I get there. I am trying to process.
Husband: Okay.
Wife: (putting on glasses, trying to swing pregnant body from bed) I am up. I have to get Julia and then will be there.
Husband: Okay.
So, off Julia and I went to pick Adam up in the dead of night just south of Knoxville. Me, having listened to my husband, drove out to Highway 14 and went over the Mile Long Bridge and drove past the County Fairgrounds / Knoxville Speedway and conveniently drove right by the light-less Casey's (and I didn't take a left). However, thankfully between TomTom and my knowledge of Knoxville, I knew I would hit Highway 5 directly anyway, and upon doing so, called Adam, and about five minutes later, I found him and his truck on the side of the road, hazards flashing.
To say he had a flat tire or that it was pitch black out was an understatment. It is more like his tire blew up and looked like a split turkey, and well, were it not for his hazards flashing, it was dark enough out that I probably would have driven by him and had to turn around because I would have seen him too late.
And, seeing as how we had church at 9:45 in the morning, we didn't figure spending time on the side of a state highway in the middle of the night was a real smart move.
So, we headed home, and of course, to stay awake, I jabbered Adam's ear off. Adam didn't fall asleep till after 3:30 and I was still up at 4:00 am. (And Julia was kind of whacked too; she kept sitting up in bed holding her blanket.)
Side Note: I should point out at this time that Adam gave me directions (as seen above) and I followed them mostly AND found him, only to realize on the way home that he meant T-15 - NOT Hwy 14 - and the Kum & Go - NOT Casey's. Please note that I DID take Hwy 14 and would have turned by the Casey's had I seen it in time and I still would have found him. Thank goodness for small miracles.
After church yesterday, we drove back and found Adam's truck, and I... uh... supervised... while he changed the tire (and of course, took some pictures). It is a good thing we did not attempt doing this at 2:30 in the morning... there were some frustrating enough times doing it during the middle of the day with the sun out and fully awake!
Oooh. Bad.
Definitely on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere.
Another view of the bad tire.
Hmm... got the spare off... now what... what's next...?
Why am *I* being punished because daddy's tire blew up? LET ME OUT!!! (I eventually let her crawl around the backseat of the car while we were outside. The road was so busy I couldn't even think to let her out of the car. I was smart and left the car running with the air conditioning on AND rolled the driver's window down enough to get my arm in there in case she locked us out inadvertently. )
These... ugh... lug nuts... ARGH... are on... OOOF... too tight!!! I know... I'll jump on the wrench to loosen them up!
Whew, tire off. Let's put it in the back of Erin's car.
This is what I think happened...
Mom, there is a TIRE in the back of the car.
A close up of the damage.
Spare on...! Time to head home!
(For time refererence, I took the first picture at 1 pm and the last at 1:30 pm. We had some clean-up after the last picture. We rolled into home at 2 pm and I basically had to talk loudly at Julia the last five minutes of the trip to keep her awake and then promptly took her to bed for her nap. I am thinking maybe I should have left her with a babysitter or something... oh, well!)
Adam will be calling about the tire this week. Sadly, this tire (and the other three) have less than 25,000 miles on them. This would be his third tire on the truck (I would say third "set", but we are NOT replacing the other three). His truck just barely has 60,000 miles on it and is a 2003, so having a third set of tires is a bit premature. My Escape, on the other hand, is only on its third set of tires and has almost 120,000 miles on it. And never a flat tire (knock on wood). Go figure.
erin
(Phone ringing) Ring, ring!
(Wife realizes it is not alarm clock, picks up phone, and wonders who is calling? After confusedly trying to figure out whose phone number it is, realizes it is Husband's cell.)
Wife: (groggily) Hello?
Husband: Hi. I have a flat tire.
Wife: Hmm.
Husband: There is no patching it.
Wife: Hmm.
Husband: I am between Knoxville and Attica and it is pitch black out here and I cannot see anything to change it.
Wife: I should come and get you.
Husband: Yes.
Wife: I cannot leave Julia here. (saying things outloud she really means to be saying only in her head)
Husband: No.
Wife: Where are you?
Husband: On 5 between Knoxville and Attica. Take a left at the Casey's. It does not say it is Highway 5, but it is. It is the Dragoon Trail... (continues to give directions)
Wife: Take 14?
Husband: Yes.
Wife: I will call you to find out the rest when I get there. I am trying to process.
Husband: Okay.
Wife: (putting on glasses, trying to swing pregnant body from bed) I am up. I have to get Julia and then will be there.
Husband: Okay.
So, off Julia and I went to pick Adam up in the dead of night just south of Knoxville. Me, having listened to my husband, drove out to Highway 14 and went over the Mile Long Bridge and drove past the County Fairgrounds / Knoxville Speedway and conveniently drove right by the light-less Casey's (and I didn't take a left). However, thankfully between TomTom and my knowledge of Knoxville, I knew I would hit Highway 5 directly anyway, and upon doing so, called Adam, and about five minutes later, I found him and his truck on the side of the road, hazards flashing.
To say he had a flat tire or that it was pitch black out was an understatment. It is more like his tire blew up and looked like a split turkey, and well, were it not for his hazards flashing, it was dark enough out that I probably would have driven by him and had to turn around because I would have seen him too late.
And, seeing as how we had church at 9:45 in the morning, we didn't figure spending time on the side of a state highway in the middle of the night was a real smart move.
So, we headed home, and of course, to stay awake, I jabbered Adam's ear off. Adam didn't fall asleep till after 3:30 and I was still up at 4:00 am. (And Julia was kind of whacked too; she kept sitting up in bed holding her blanket.)
Side Note: I should point out at this time that Adam gave me directions (as seen above) and I followed them mostly AND found him, only to realize on the way home that he meant T-15 - NOT Hwy 14 - and the Kum & Go - NOT Casey's. Please note that I DID take Hwy 14 and would have turned by the Casey's had I seen it in time and I still would have found him. Thank goodness for small miracles.
After church yesterday, we drove back and found Adam's truck, and I... uh... supervised... while he changed the tire (and of course, took some pictures). It is a good thing we did not attempt doing this at 2:30 in the morning... there were some frustrating enough times doing it during the middle of the day with the sun out and fully awake!
Oooh. Bad.
Definitely on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere.
Another view of the bad tire.
Hmm... got the spare off... now what... what's next...?
Why am *I* being punished because daddy's tire blew up? LET ME OUT!!! (I eventually let her crawl around the backseat of the car while we were outside. The road was so busy I couldn't even think to let her out of the car. I was smart and left the car running with the air conditioning on AND rolled the driver's window down enough to get my arm in there in case she locked us out inadvertently. )
These... ugh... lug nuts... ARGH... are on... OOOF... too tight!!! I know... I'll jump on the wrench to loosen them up!
Whew, tire off. Let's put it in the back of Erin's car.
This is what I think happened...
Mom, there is a TIRE in the back of the car.
A close up of the damage.
Spare on...! Time to head home!
(For time refererence, I took the first picture at 1 pm and the last at 1:30 pm. We had some clean-up after the last picture. We rolled into home at 2 pm and I basically had to talk loudly at Julia the last five minutes of the trip to keep her awake and then promptly took her to bed for her nap. I am thinking maybe I should have left her with a babysitter or something... oh, well!)
Adam will be calling about the tire this week. Sadly, this tire (and the other three) have less than 25,000 miles on them. This would be his third tire on the truck (I would say third "set", but we are NOT replacing the other three). His truck just barely has 60,000 miles on it and is a 2003, so having a third set of tires is a bit premature. My Escape, on the other hand, is only on its third set of tires and has almost 120,000 miles on it. And never a flat tire (knock on wood). Go figure.
erin
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