Baby update

Just in case anyone was checking for some good news, I am still waiting for it myself. I have not gone into labor yet. I am still patiently and not so patiently waiting.

Yesterday, while making some chicken nuggets and french fries for me and Peyton, I tried to put myself into labor. I usually make our nuggets in the toaster oven, but I decided I wanted to cook them in the oven instead. So, I preheated the oven to 450 degrees and set the timer for 20 minutes. Well, Peyton loves to close the latch on the oven (the one used for self-cleaning) and for the second time, it got stuck. Last time, Craig was able to get it opened, but this time he was at work. I called him and he talked me through what I needed to do to get it opened, but it was not working. It consisted of putting a butter knife down one side of the oven door and pushing in a little button, while pushing the door in with my hip and then wiggling the handle. All while the oven is really hot. I also had been cooking some broccoli on top of the stove, so this was hot as well. I had turned the oven off, but it was still really warm. Oh, and my shadow, had a butter knife of his own working on the other side. Well, after 10 minutes it still didn't work. I hung up with Craig because he really didn't have time to listen to me complain on the phone about our dang oven. I was hot and crying and decided it was time to pray. I know that should have been the first thing, but I wasn't thinking. Well, once I said a prayer, I went over to the oven, and the latch moved like there wasn't a problem at all. Thank you Heavenly Father. I know this wasn't a horrible life or death experience, but to me in my hormonal stage, it was. The chicken and french fries were still yummy, and I didn't put myself into labor. Dang.

I plan on going for a walk today. It is the first time in the last several days, that it has not been raining.

I will keep everyone posted on when this baby comes. I guess if I haven't updated my blog it means that I have had him!

40 Weeks!

Yep, today is my due date and I am still pregnant. At this point, I feel like I need suspenders to hold my stomach up. I have dropped so low, yet this baby still doesn't want to come. I am praying that I go into labor soon. I am really looking forward to meeting this little baby.

39 weeks

Just a little update. I am still waiting patiently for this baby to come. I was positive that I was going to deliver him this last week, and when I went to the doctor on Friday I found out that I am only dilated to a 1. Darn. My doctor told me not to get discouraged because my body knows what it is doing and the baby will come when my body is ready. I just wonder why my brain isn't telling my body that it is ready. Come on, free ride is over. Lets get this done!

That being said, I really am doing just fine. I am still going to water aerobics 3-4 times a week and keeping up with Peyton. My water aerobics friends all say that I had better not have the baby in the water, so they watch me pretty carefully.

I am just looking forward to the next stage of motherhood...having 2 little boys! I can't wait.

What a surprise!

A SURPRISE BABY SHOWER!!!

I have to tell you that I was so incredibly surprised last night. I am the primary president in our ward and the activity day girls, their leaders and their moms decided to throw me a surprise baby shower!

They had told Craig about it a few weeks before, and he was supposed to get me to the church on a Wednesday night for this shower. Well, Craig didn't know how he was going to do that, but it turned out that he had a meeting to go to and told me that it was for both of us, but played it dumb as to what the meeting was about. Craig isn't much of a secretary, so when he got off the phone to tell me that we had an appointment, but that he didn't have any idea what it was for, I was a bit mad. I wanted to know who the meeting was with and what it was for. Well, needless to say, I went with him, still not knowing what meeting I was going to. I figured that if there was a leadership training meeting or something that I would have been told about it and not him.

Once I got there, one of the activity days leaders grabbed me in the hallway saying that they needed help in the primary room quick, that they had a few questions for me while I was there. So I told Craig I would be right back and that he needed to figure out what our meeting was for when I came back. When I got to the primary room the lights were out and then everyone yelled "Surprise!" I was so surprised. I really had no idea they were going to do that for me.

I didn't get any pictures of the actual shower, but I took a picture of my haul once we got home. I was amazed at all of the amazing gifts that I got.

Here is my collection of gifts.

I loved this floral arrangement! I have never gotten anything like this before. The flowers that I get are usually in a vase or "bag". This was beautiful. Plus I had a corsage (it is on the Huggies box)

The girls made me this huge diaper cake loaded with diapers, pacifiers, socks, onesies, bibs, toys, etc.

This is the diaper cake after I took off all the things hanging off of it. Tons of tiny little diapers!

This is the bottom two layers.

I had Craig take a picture of me the next day, so that I could have at least one picture of me from my shower. I am all belly!

I got this cute little basket from my friend Jess and she decorated each little thing with a ribbon. So cute. I added all of the lotions and soaps that I got together and I think I am set for a while!

I had so much fun at this surprise shower. Thank you Craig for keeping it a secret from me, and many thanks to my friends and the girls for putting this together! It was awesome.

38 weeks

Yep, still pregnant! I had my 38 week checkup this week and I have to tell you, my blood pressure has been elevated the last few weeks and I have been feeling pretty crappy, but the last few days haven't been that bad. When I went to the doctor on Friday, my blood pressure was back down to pretty much where it is supposed to be. I totally noticed a difference. Plus the baby has dropped so I feel like I can breathe again. The only problem now is that he is turned so that his feet are kicking my kidneys all the time. I asked the doctor if it was possible to get kicked so hard that I would have internal bleeding. He just laughed and said, I hope not!

I have been having regular contractions everyday, but they are never close enough to do anything about. These have been different than anything that I felt with Peyton. Either it is because I have now experienced contractions and know what they feel like or they really are stronger contractions. They really are hard to miss.

So for now, I just hang out in my recliner with my bowl of ice cream sitting on my "table" and enjoy the last few weeks of feeling this little guy move around and wonder what he is going to look like. Will he be blonde hair, blue eyed, like me or will he look like Peyton, who is a miniture Craig?

36 weeks

Yep, getting bigger all the time. I am now going to the doctor everyweek, and we have been working on preparing Peyton for his new baby brother. I'm not sure how much he really understands, but I guess in a few weeks he will know what we have been talking about. When I ask him where Momma's baby is, he points to my stomach, and if you ask him where Peyton's baby or Peyton's baby brother is, he always lifts up his shirt and says "Right here!"

6 weeks left to go!

Yeah! I am excited that I only have 6 weeks left in this pregnancy. I am really starting to have a hard time breathing and my back is really starting to hurt, so I am excited to only have 6 weeks left. I think I can manage that!

32 weeks

Yeah! 32 weeks for some reason seems like a milestone. Don't know why, but maybe it is because I am just 2 months away from becoming unpregnant! Craig swears that I am as big now as I was when I was just about ready to deliver Peyton. Hmmm. He thinks I am having a 9 pound baby. Peyton was 8 lbs 6oz. Big enough for me!

So here I am being crazy. I decided to make this post really interesting by pulling out my last pregnancy photos for comparison. Hmm....I know, most women don't like pregnancy pictures taken and here I am analyzing them. Just trying to figure out what I am in for!

This is me currently...

and this is me with Peyton at the same stage.

And here I am in the same sweater at 39.5 weeks!

Hmm... interesting!

28 week check up

I went to the doctor for my 28 week checkup. This is the fun visit where they make you fast and then drink the orange syrup and make you sit there for an hour so that they draw blood for checking glucose levels. Peyton had fun running around the office, which amazingly wasn't crowded. Then they told me that I could go to the hospital for my Rogam shot since I am RH negative. I decided to do this another day, since there was going to be more blood drawn and more waiting involved and Peyton wasn't going to be able to handle anymore behaving! Anyways, the baby is growing fast and everything seems to be on track. I have started to have consistant contractions everyday (only a few times a day), but they make me stop what I am doing and slow down. The one thing that is totally different from when I was pregnant with Peyton is that this baby has the hiccups all the time. It is crazy. I usually feel them low in my cervix, which is totally weird. I also don't have as much heartburn as with Peyton. Does this mean that he will be a blond-headed baldie like me? Hmm.

Here is what happened at the end of this crazy day.

Peyton has started fighting naps and then is totally worn out by the end of the day. He sat in his tipped over chair and crashed asleep about 7:00 pm. Silly boy!

25 weeks pregnant

This is me on Thanksgiving. Before all of the turkey eating. I am sure glad I wore my fat pants!

21 weeks prego

I am probably one of the rare women that actually like having pictures taken of me while I am pregnant. To me, although pregnancy isn't at all fun, I actually feel really feminine while I am pregnant. I guess it is because I am so tall. I am 6'2" and not at all petite, so I guess being pregnant and looking pregnant makes me feel like a W-O-M-A-N! Hah! Anyways, here is a shot of me 21 weeks pregnant, and of course my buddy is right next to me.

We went to the doctor!

We had our first ultrasound of our little baby yesterday so we could find out what we were having. When I was pregnant with Peyton, Craig and I had both decided together that we weren't going to find out the sex of our baby, that we were going to keep it a surprise. Which was going to be very hard for me because I love to plan everything out. Not knowing if everything needed to be blue or pink was driving me crazy, but I wanted to be surprised with Craig so it wasn't a problem. Well, when we got into the ultrasound room, Craig says "She isn't going to find out what we are having, but I am." What!!! The ultrasound tech, asked me if that was ok. She said that she would leave that up to me, because it was obvious that we hadn't talked about that before getting into that room. I told her that I didn't care, so I turned my head and she printed out a picture for Craig. It wasn't a very good picture, because Peyton was being very shy, so she couldn't really tell for sure. Well with Peyton they could tell at this point that he had kidney and bladder problems so we were scheduled for another ultrasound at 28 weeks, and at that point, I said, "I need to know what I am having!"

Anyways, now with this baby, I told the ultrasound tech, that Craig wasn't allowed to know what we were having, but that I was going to find out. She just laughed. She remembered us from last time. Then I told her that I was just kidding.

Well, I will keep you in suspense a little bit longer! Hah! We found out that this baby's kidneys and bladder are both the correct size and seem to be functioning perfect, so that was a relief! The baby had the hiccups and was moving all over the place it was cute. Peyton loved watching the baby on the screen opening its fist and showing off 5 beautiful fingers. It was really neat. Oh, so Peyton is going to be having a little brother! Craig says he must be a boy maker! I was fine with either a girl or a boy. It didn't matter to me. I say this knowing that hopefully I will be having 2 more children, and I know that I won't be saying that it didn't matter when I am pregnant with baby #4 and still not having a girl! So, with 2 sad grandmas, and one sad Daddy (Craig really wanted a girl) we are having a healthy little boy! I am sure that Peyton is going to love his little brother and I am going to love having another Momma's boy!