Good morning!
Today I had an OB appointment... my "36 week" appointment.
For those of you wondering about the details, here you are:
Total Weight Gain: 25 lbs
Difference from Last Appointment: +1 lb (Watch out next week... I have a load of brownies and cake to eat... ha!)
Baby's Heartbeat: 130's/140's
Fundal height (belly measurement): 38 cm / 38 weeks (I looked, and two weeks ago it was 37 cm / 37 weeks.)
Blood Pressure: 120/80
Today was a day of labs and tests and whatnot, and also will hear back from the surgeons on when the C-section will be scheduled.
My next appointment is next Wednesday... I go weekly now until the C-section.
Have a good one!
erin
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Bike Ride
Happy Birthday, Dad!
On this date, 31 years ago, my dad celebrated his birthday and my mom went into labor. ;)
Happy 57th birthday, Dad! I hope it is an awesome day for you!
(And, as soon as I have a new scanner... which should be here this week, I will have to post a few pictures of Dad and Me together from oh-so-long ago.)
love,
erin
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Sunglasses
35
35 days.
Dude.
There are times in your life when it feels as though time is standing still... and then there are times in your life where time seems to fly by!
The biggest difference between my pregnancy with Julia and this one... it is that. Time stood still while pregnant with Julia but not this time around!
I am due in 35 days but will most likely be having a child in less days than that (C-section). I can hardly begin to imagine but I am super excited!
Tonight before Adam left for a home brew club meeting, a few of his friends were here and one had his 8-month-old son with him. Julia was SO excited... she was saying, "baby, baby!" and when she saw me, she ran up to me and said, "baby!" and screamed. The poor little tyke started to wail terribly. This is the same kid that Julia slapped on the head back in December 2008 when he was a mere couple of weeks old. Poor kid!
I hope that means that Julia is excited when our baby comes, though... one can hope! :)
erin
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Julia PuddingFace
Friday, August 7, 2009
A Trip to the Zoo
Yesterday Julia and I met friends in Des Moines and took our first trip to the Blank Park Zoo. I have been wanting to take Julia to the zoo for over a year now... I had a feeling that she would really enjoy it, but it never seemed like the "right" time. Well, yesterday, we finally went and it was wonderful fun! (Even though mildly too warm for mama! HA!)
Mama, GIVE ME THAT CAMERA!
Enthralled by the fish... she kept making her fish mouth and looking at me to show me she knew they were fish.
Checking out the goats... the goats were 'okay' until they got too close to the fence and they would scare her a little and she would crawl back into her stroller.
However, Julia loved the big fiberglass cow (in the kid area that you could pretend to milk). I thought that was amusing.
In front of the giraffes... Julia kept saying, "Whee! Whee!" I said, "Nope, we are not riding one of those things...!"
(I am 34 weeks pregnant in that picture... considering it a belly shot! Ha!)
After the zoo, we went to see someone about a double stroller (Thank you, Craigslist...! Thank you, Husband Who Reminded Me About How Evil and Fun Craigslist Is!)... and we are now the proud owners of a double stroller for Julia Plus One.
Then we killed an hour at Target, as we were planning to meet up with Adam (totally impromptu) at dinner time. Adam was serving at Jimmy Carter Happy Hour at El Bait Shop last night.
El Bait Shop = Great Beer Bar / Eatery in Downtown Des Moines
Jimmy Carter Happy Hour = Every Thursday, a homebrewer serves up a homebrew for free to anyone who wants to drink it. (Those that drink it typically tip the homebrewer.)
Adam serves once every few months. He drained two kegs in 1.5 hours last night and made a good chunk in tips. YAY!
Enjoying mama's burger...
(For some reason, about halfway through the super delicious burger, the smell of the meat made me gag and I couldn't eat it anymore, but Julia loved it.)
Julia and Mama...
Enjoying the bike rack outside of El Bait Shop.
Julia was a trooper; we had to park four blocks away in a ramp due to a baseball game being played at Principal Park, and four blocks is a bit too far for me to carry her (at least, the full way). I carried her most of the way TO El Bait Shop, but I made her walk about 3 of the 4 blocks back to the car... she did fabulously. Slow, but fabulously. :)
We arrived home at about 8:15 pm, and after unloading the car, I put Julia to bed. Thankfully she went right down without a fuss! :) What a fun day!
erin
Mama, GIVE ME THAT CAMERA!
Enthralled by the fish... she kept making her fish mouth and looking at me to show me she knew they were fish.
Checking out the goats... the goats were 'okay' until they got too close to the fence and they would scare her a little and she would crawl back into her stroller.
However, Julia loved the big fiberglass cow (in the kid area that you could pretend to milk). I thought that was amusing.
In front of the giraffes... Julia kept saying, "Whee! Whee!" I said, "Nope, we are not riding one of those things...!"
(I am 34 weeks pregnant in that picture... considering it a belly shot! Ha!)
After the zoo, we went to see someone about a double stroller (Thank you, Craigslist...! Thank you, Husband Who Reminded Me About How Evil and Fun Craigslist Is!)... and we are now the proud owners of a double stroller for Julia Plus One.
Then we killed an hour at Target, as we were planning to meet up with Adam (totally impromptu) at dinner time. Adam was serving at Jimmy Carter Happy Hour at El Bait Shop last night.
El Bait Shop = Great Beer Bar / Eatery in Downtown Des Moines
Jimmy Carter Happy Hour = Every Thursday, a homebrewer serves up a homebrew for free to anyone who wants to drink it. (Those that drink it typically tip the homebrewer.)
Adam serves once every few months. He drained two kegs in 1.5 hours last night and made a good chunk in tips. YAY!
Enjoying mama's burger...
(For some reason, about halfway through the super delicious burger, the smell of the meat made me gag and I couldn't eat it anymore, but Julia loved it.)
Julia and Mama...
Enjoying the bike rack outside of El Bait Shop.
Julia was a trooper; we had to park four blocks away in a ramp due to a baseball game being played at Principal Park, and four blocks is a bit too far for me to carry her (at least, the full way). I carried her most of the way TO El Bait Shop, but I made her walk about 3 of the 4 blocks back to the car... she did fabulously. Slow, but fabulously. :)
We arrived home at about 8:15 pm, and after unloading the car, I put Julia to bed. Thankfully she went right down without a fuss! :) What a fun day!
erin
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Post Slacker
I had a busy month in July and then the last couple of weeks my posting has taken a nose dive due to busy-ness in my life...!
What's been happening...
Sepia blogs... have been lacking because our scanner died, and I cannot scan in any pictures right now. This is not only putting a damper on my picture-scanning, but also on the other one million things I seem to scan on a regular basis... oy. Must start researching inexpensive scanners.
Teaching a class... is a lot of fun, but requires prep work too! I started teaching a hand-piecing class two weeks ago, and had my second class yesterday. It has been a lot of fun and the three gals taking the class are a hoot and wonderful to have around!
Work... has been been busy... working a lot of "extra" hours which has been a boost to our household, but of course, cuts back on my Internet time.
Family... has been visiting... Adam's brothers, sister, and spouses were here this last weekend! We had a good time with them... it was SO good to see them all! Julia was a great helper helping me clean the house last Thursday and then we had a lot of family time Friday through Sunday.
Readying... for the baby takes priority over things as well. It doesn't LOOK like I've done a lot to prep, but mentally I have and I have done things such as sort through boxes of baby clothes, wash them, separate them into pile, etc. And... readying... for a garage sale! We are having one on the 22nd so I have been busy digging through the hosue to determine what might go.
And reading... also seems to have taken some priority. Last week I read the first Harry Potter book again and then watched the movie, and this week I read Michael Crichton's "Next".
This week was busy between work and quilt guild. I was in Cedar Rapids on Monday for the day, and Tuesday was the Big Quilting Day... I had my hand-piecing class, a charity "sew-a-thon" that I attended from 3:30 - 7 pm, and then we had our monthly quilt guild meeting from 7 - 10 pm...! Long night! Wow!
Today was my doctor's appointment... and tomorrow we head to the zoo! I have been wanting to take Julia to the Blank Park Zoo for a long time now, and we are finally going. I hope to post pictures tomorrow night of our venture.
I hope you all are doing well!
Erin
What's been happening...
Sepia blogs... have been lacking because our scanner died, and I cannot scan in any pictures right now. This is not only putting a damper on my picture-scanning, but also on the other one million things I seem to scan on a regular basis... oy. Must start researching inexpensive scanners.
Teaching a class... is a lot of fun, but requires prep work too! I started teaching a hand-piecing class two weeks ago, and had my second class yesterday. It has been a lot of fun and the three gals taking the class are a hoot and wonderful to have around!
Work... has been been busy... working a lot of "extra" hours which has been a boost to our household, but of course, cuts back on my Internet time.
Family... has been visiting... Adam's brothers, sister, and spouses were here this last weekend! We had a good time with them... it was SO good to see them all! Julia was a great helper helping me clean the house last Thursday and then we had a lot of family time Friday through Sunday.
Readying... for the baby takes priority over things as well. It doesn't LOOK like I've done a lot to prep, but mentally I have and I have done things such as sort through boxes of baby clothes, wash them, separate them into pile, etc. And... readying... for a garage sale! We are having one on the 22nd so I have been busy digging through the hosue to determine what might go.
And reading... also seems to have taken some priority. Last week I read the first Harry Potter book again and then watched the movie, and this week I read Michael Crichton's "Next".
This week was busy between work and quilt guild. I was in Cedar Rapids on Monday for the day, and Tuesday was the Big Quilting Day... I had my hand-piecing class, a charity "sew-a-thon" that I attended from 3:30 - 7 pm, and then we had our monthly quilt guild meeting from 7 - 10 pm...! Long night! Wow!
Today was my doctor's appointment... and tomorrow we head to the zoo! I have been wanting to take Julia to the Blank Park Zoo for a long time now, and we are finally going. I hope to post pictures tomorrow night of our venture.
I hope you all are doing well!
Erin
34 Weeks Tomorrow
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
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
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