tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388953322024-03-12T16:16:44.011-07:00Times in our LifeDawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197985941997007100noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38895332.post-32959075027387591772009-03-02T17:50:00.000-08:002009-03-02T18:04:12.908-08:00UpdateSo today was my dr appt. I was a little worried since I woke up at 2:30 am having contractions. I ended up taking one of my pills. I took a shower thinking that might help too. A few of them I had were quite painful. Which they haven't been painful yet. I finally got them to calm down and went back to sleep. When I woke up at 8 am I started having them again. Again I took a pill and it seemed to calm them down. I have had a few through out the rest of the day. She is going to keep me on that pill. And since it doesn't take anything to make me contract she has me off work now. She really wants me to be 36 weeks before they don't stop it. So as for now we are just staying home. Being have and taking my pills as long as it isn't really hard labor. She said that the pill I have isn't going to stop the hard labor contractions. So we are byding time right now. She would love to see me at 37 weeks. So we will see what happens. I will be 36 on thursday. I then have another dr appt next Tuesday. So we will see what happens. Even though I am in pain from the hip and pelvic pain I am following the rules and trying to keep him in there as long as possible. So it is day by day now. My mom said when I told her that I am so tired cause I am not sleeping at all because of the pain. She said that maybe that is God's way of preparing me for a baby that doesn't sleep at nite. Which might very well be true. I don't think we can get as lucky as we did with kaylee. So that is the plan and what is going on right now. I will keep this updated. So keep watching one of these days soon it will have pics of this baby that thinks he needs to try to come earlier than he should. Thank you everyone for your thoughts and watching for what happens. Prayers are good too. I will make sure I follow the rules too. So until something new I will update when something happens.Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197985941997007100noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38895332.post-15193156122827576502009-03-02T05:53:00.000-08:002009-03-02T06:03:22.740-08:00More random pics<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u88RpMqTYPk/SavlmXv_m-I/AAAAAAAAAVk/31WnRKYHkxE/s1600-h/100_2191.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308589033159367650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u88RpMqTYPk/SavlmXv_m-I/AAAAAAAAAVk/31WnRKYHkxE/s400/100_2191.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u88RpMqTYPk/Savlly--uWI/AAAAAAAAAVc/OCz-EibPt-M/s1600-h/100_2198.JPG">Cousin Kelsey and Kaylee after her basket ball game.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308589023290112354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u88RpMqTYPk/Savlly--uWI/AAAAAAAAAVc/OCz-EibPt-M/s400/100_2198.JPG" border="0" /></a> Kaylee holding muffy at gramma's house. Muffy was so glad to see Kaylee go home!<br /><br /><div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u88RpMqTYPk/SavlluWYd3I/AAAAAAAAAVU/FTS_0uLrQWY/s1600-h/100_2193.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308589022046091122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u88RpMqTYPk/SavlluWYd3I/AAAAAAAAAVU/FTS_0uLrQWY/s400/100_2193.JPG" border="0" /></a> Mommy look at me I am old enough aren't I.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u88RpMqTYPk/SavllHBnYMI/AAAAAAAAAVM/hCUO1zEeQ7s/s1600-h/100_2190.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308589011490005186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u88RpMqTYPk/SavllHBnYMI/AAAAAAAAAVM/hCUO1zEeQ7s/s400/100_2190.JPG" border="0" /></a> Uncle Ben I am going to be as tall as you so I can play this game.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u88RpMqTYPk/Savlkzowl6I/AAAAAAAAAVE/V0UhH7skbJU/s1600-h/100_2189.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308589006285477794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u88RpMqTYPk/Savlkzowl6I/AAAAAAAAAVE/V0UhH7skbJU/s400/100_2189.JPG" border="0" /></a> Just hanging around!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197985941997007100noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38895332.post-63360783776509966082009-03-02T05:43:00.000-08:002009-03-02T05:53:09.848-08:00Pics from Cousin davids b-day party<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u88RpMqTYPk/SavjUTM-UlI/AAAAAAAAAU8/vSv54oVJfcc/s1600-h/100_2183.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308586523677839954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u88RpMqTYPk/SavjUTM-UlI/AAAAAAAAAU8/vSv54oVJfcc/s400/100_2183.JPG" border="0" /></a> Cousin David and Kaylee watching a DVD at his 3rd b-day party.<br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u88RpMqTYPk/SavjTiN8uZI/AAAAAAAAAU0/gw2XMrpDScQ/s1600-h/100_2177.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308586510528592274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u88RpMqTYPk/SavjTiN8uZI/AAAAAAAAAU0/gw2XMrpDScQ/s400/100_2177.JPG" border="0" /></a> Swimming at the b-day party.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u88RpMqTYPk/SavjTYbPDII/AAAAAAAAAUs/1nNYOvDjRx4/s1600-h/100_2179.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308586507899964546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u88RpMqTYPk/SavjTYbPDII/AAAAAAAAAUs/1nNYOvDjRx4/s400/100_2179.JPG" border="0" /></a> Tired b-day boy.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u88RpMqTYPk/SavjTO_AifI/AAAAAAAAAUk/rvjB3ozc12Q/s1600-h/100_2167.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308586505365654002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u88RpMqTYPk/SavjTO_AifI/AAAAAAAAAUk/rvjB3ozc12Q/s400/100_2167.JPG" border="0" /></a> Cousin Gretchen swimming, loved it.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u88RpMqTYPk/SavjS3u1WRI/AAAAAAAAAUc/Td9Zf0IH_48/s1600-h/100_2180.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308586499123796242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u88RpMqTYPk/SavjS3u1WRI/AAAAAAAAAUc/Td9Zf0IH_48/s400/100_2180.JPG" border="0" /></a> Kaylee with Cousin Iver all ready for bed.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197985941997007100noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38895332.post-6727862243578811652009-02-26T11:38:00.000-08:002009-02-26T12:04:56.425-08:00Update<span style="color:#000066;">Well lets see we are trying to have a baby too early. I worked all weekend. I started having a pain in my groin Friday. I thought I pulled a muscle but how was beyond me. Every time I try to move I am in pain. Doesn't matter if I am laying down, sitting or standing. It has just gotten worse everyday. I wasn't trying to complain cause I don't want to be a big baby and a whiner. Well Sunday nite at work it must have irritated my uterus enough to make me start contracting. I ended up a pt instead of working. I work on Labor and Delivery, as a secretary, at the hospital I will deliver at. I was contracting every 2-3 minutes. I was glad my dr was on call to, so I got to see her. I told her about my pain in my groin and pelvic area. I described it to her as it feels like my pelvic bone is being cracked in half. She said oh yeah that is because of your pregnancy. She said that your ligaments slowly relax to get ready for delivery throughout your pregnancy. Well in my case they have loosened to fast. So in turn causes this pain. She said she has had other women come in in a wheelchair to their appointments cause it can get so bad that they can't walk. Unfortunately it probably won't get any better either. So she gave me a shot of medicine called terbutaline to stop the contractions which it did. She told me she would like to get me to 36 weeks if I go early. She also said I am one of those lucky women that has a uterus that lets them feel everything. She called it a twitchy uterus. Yah. Well I went home and Monday only had a couple contractions. Tuesday I woke up had a few before I went to the dr. They said to try to stay quiet. Well I had a funeral and prayer service to go too. I did good for the most of the day. I started having contractions at 6 that nite. By the time I headed home I was having alot. I wanted to get home and take a shower and lay down cause I had been up all day. I thought it would help to lay down. They finally settled down at about 11 pm. I woke up at 5:30 Wed morning and just standing making toast I started having them again. From the time I woke up to 7 am I had about 3 which isn't really enough to worry about. From 7 to 8 I had 4. I was told by my dr that if I had 4 or more in an hour to call and come in. Well by the time we got on the road to go in I was having them pretty much every 2-3 minutes again. So we were back on L & D. Another shot of terb. And they stopped. I was sent home on the pill form of the terb and on bedrest til Monday I am assuming. I have a dr appt on Monday so we will see what she wants to do after that. I am 35 weeks today. When being checked I have dilated a little too. Which I know you can be dilated for a long time. But with being it is my second pregnancy and having contractions like I have had they are a little worried about my cervix changing and they don't want that to happen yet. I am dilated to 1 1/2 and 70% effaced(thickness of my cervix). That is the bad part. The nurse yesterday said the good part is you are getting close to where in a week they will just let me go, and with being my 2nd pregnancy and being dilated already it probably won't take much for me to get delivered. She has been there for years so she kinda knows that stuff. So we are trying to stay as quiet as can be, especially with a 2 yr old at home. I have so much stuff to get done before the baby comes too. So I am try to just do the light and little things to get ready. My husband will be busy this weekend with the big stuff. So I will update what I find out on Monday at my dr appt.</span>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197985941997007100noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38895332.post-63723062892361466852009-02-21T12:21:00.000-08:002009-02-21T12:51:30.881-08:00Christopher<span style="color:#000000;">I am trying to understand a subject that will never be understood. Why are babies taken to soon? They are so little and innocent, they deserve a better chance at life. We have so many advances in technology and medical advances these days. So why do babies still crash bad and fast if we have all these things. I am sure you are wondering why I am writing this.<br /><br />No this doesn't have anything to do with the little one in my belly. He is just fine. He is moving as much as space allows him, which isn't alot anymore. He likes to push I am thinking his butt and hoping not his head against my ribs. I am all baby that is for sure and I think he is going to be bigger than Kaylee was.<br /><br />So why am I talking about babies leaving us too soon. My good friend was in the hospital New Years day cause her water broke. She was only 22 weeks along. She was going to be in the hospital for the remainder of her pregnancy. Two weeks later the placenta started pulling away from the uterine wall. They had to do an emergency c-section. She was at that point 24 weeks and 3 or 4 days along. A viable baby is considered 24 weeks. Christopher came into the world really early. He was doing good though. He was just over a pound at birth. Right after she had him I got sick. So I knew I couldn't go see him. That lasted 2 weeks. I felt so bad cause I couldn't go. But I didn't want to take the chance of him getting sick. Then after that I got a huge cold sore on my lip. Well I knew I couldn't go and see him yet again. So instead his mom and I had dinner a week ago. She showed me pics of him. He was just over 2 pounds a week ago. He was doing so good. He had no other medical problems other than he was very early. Which I know could change at any minute with that early of a birth. Yesterday was not a good day. I got a text from his mom at 10:14 am saying he wasn't doing good. I talked to his uncle at 10:45am and he was no longer with us. I don't understand why babies have to crash so fast it makes a person's head spin. He ended up with any infection in his bowel. They did surgery, remove half of his small bowel and put a colostomy in. The dr's said the next 24 hrs could be crucial. They said that the infection then killed off the rest of his bowel and caused him to go into cardiac arrest. This was her last child. She physically can't have anymore kids. Yes she has 2 of her own and her husband has 2 of his own. This was their first together. And for him his only boy.<br /><br />I feel so guilty for lots of reasons. 1 that I didn't get a chance to go down and see him. I have a dr appt on Tues and I was going to go see him then. 2 i feel so bad that I still have a healthy baby growing in my belly and I am going to have a healthy baby to bring home. I know I have been told by SEVERAL people that I shouldn't feel guilty for that, even she told me that. Her words to me where I want you to keep your little guy in there and healthy. Which I think would be so hard to say after losing your own baby. So why do babies have to be taken so soon?<br /><br />I really know the answer, but I just think it is so unfair. I know that he is in a better place. The lord has taken him under his wing. That he is a full term baby now and is happy and healthy. It just sucks. This is the 2nd baby that has had association with us that has died since being pregnant. Granted this one is alot closer to me than the last one.<br /><br />I am sorry for the sad post. I needed to talked about it though. My husband isn't comfortable with the subject. And I need to get my feelings out so I don't work myself up and cause problems in my pregnancy. So I thought this would be a good place to get my thoughts and feelings out. I knew blogger world would be supportive so this is why I choose here to talk about it. Thank you for listening. I promise my next post will be a happy one. </span>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197985941997007100noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38895332.post-14280735088910500542009-02-14T18:31:00.000-08:002009-02-14T18:45:42.572-08:00UpdateOkay so I have been really bad. I haven't updated in awhile again. Sorry, this time I have been just busy getting ready for this little guy to come. Getting things in the house ready. Buying things we need and such. I have one more 2 week appointment and then I start weekly appointments. This week I am going to my mom's on Wed to have a sewing day. We are going to make recieving blankets for him. I think my mom will con me into helping her cut out his quilt too. Which is okay cause the receiving blankets probably won't take that long. Tuesday nite I am finally getting my hair done. I have been putting that off for a very long time. I am going to get it cut colored and eyebrows waxed. Then the next week I have a dr appointment. My weeks have one day I have to run for something. The first week in march I am going to get my teeth cleaned. Trying to get all these things done and out of the way before the baby comes. <br /><br />Baby is good. He is stubborn sometimes. I just got over a really bad cold/crud last week. It kick my butt big time. It doesn't help that they don't let pregnant women take anything anymore. I pretty much had to suffer through it. I am just glad that we didn't have any RSV so far this year. The last 2 years have sucked. I had a dr appointment on Tuesday. I was 33 weeks this Thursday. Tuesday I measured 35 weeks. I haven't gain any weight really so I have a feeling that all of it is going to the baby. Which might mean a bigger baby. Hopefully he will come a little early. Like a week or two wouldn't be bad. Just as long as he doens't decide to come late. But I don't think my dr will let me go over. We are pretty much ready now. I just need to get my house cleaned real good now, so I don't have to worry about it after he gets here. I get wore out fast though so it is taking me awhile to get that accomplished. I have lots of new pics to post but I will save that for tomorrow maybe.Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197985941997007100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38895332.post-88609395953715655912009-01-20T21:06:00.000-08:002009-01-20T21:24:31.789-08:00Baby at 29 weeks and update! Sorry!!!!<span style="font-family:courier new;">So it has been 5 weeks since I posted last. I am so sorry. I have been busy. With having to work x-mas and trying to fit family x-mas' in when I am off has been not been easy. I am good. Baby is good. Growing every day. Kicking harder everyday too. I will be sitting reading all everyone else's blogs(instead of updating my own) and watch my stomach jump all over the place. I had my wonderful glucola test last week. I must have passed cause I haven't gotten a phone call saying I need to do the 3 hr one. I found out that I am measuring big too. About 2 weeks more than what I am. But the dr isn't concerned yet. I shouldn't even say this (cause all the other pregnant women are going to hate me, but remember I started my pregnancy a bigger person) I have only gained 4 pounds. I did the same thing with my daughter too. I didn't gain anything til the end of my pregnancy, and then gained only 13 pounds. So we will see if that happens again or not. So that is what is going on there. As you can see on the sidebar 70 days left.<br /><br />My daughter is getting so big. She doesn't seem like a 2 yr old sometimes. Her vocabulary is really good for her age. Which I am very pleased about. They come up with the darnedest things sometimes. All the churches in our town still have nativity sets up outside. She knows where every baby Jesus is. We drive by them and it is momma there's baby Jesus. One of them is kiddy corner from our house, she goes to the window and say momma there is baby Jesus. He is sleeping. It is so darn cute. One nite she was home with daddy(momma was at work) she climb on the couch and was looking out the window. She said daddy look the moon, I reach it. Then the next thing she climb down and walked over to him and said I give you the moon daddy. HOW CUTE!!!! Then she took it back and climbed back on the couch and threw it back in the sky. SERIOUSLY! And of course I got to miss it. She will now acknowledged the baby more. She knows it is a baby in my tummy and she knows it is baby Andrew in my tummy. She hasn't really felt it. My husband hasn't for that matter either. Both of our kids have been that way. The minute he puts his hand on my belly they stop moving and the minute he takes it off they start moving again. I don't know why. Considering my daughter is a major daddy's girl. So that is what has been happening in our lives lately.<br /><br />The clock is ticking down now. I will probably start to get that panic I am not ready for this baby yet feeling alot now. I will try to be better again at posting and keeping my blog updated, especially now that it is getting closer to baby here.<br /><br /><br />Your baby now weighs about 2 1/2 pounds (like a butternut squash) and is a tad over 15 inches long from head to heel. His muscles and lungs are continuing to mature, and his head is growing bigger to make room for his developing brain. To meet his increasing nutritional demands, you'll need plenty of protein, vitamins C, folic acid, and iron. And because his bones are soaking up lots of calcium, be sure to drink your milk (or find another good source of calcium, such as cheese, yogurt, or enriched orange juice). This trimester, about 250 milligrams of calcium are deposited in your baby's hardening skeleton each day. </span>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197985941997007100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38895332.post-34209673169568391442008-12-15T20:40:00.000-08:002008-12-15T21:01:17.770-08:00Update and Baby @ 24 weeks.<span style="font-family:courier new;color:#cc0000;">Not much new. I am getting bigger faster with this pregnancy. Which I so anticipated. I had to buy maternity clothes way sooner too. I was eight months pregnant with Kaylee when I bought one maternity outfit, and the only reason I bought it was to have something nice to wear to church. Lucky I know but I didn't really look pregnant either. This time is a different story. The baby is doing good. He is starting to have some hard kicks lately. Which is good. I am feeling as good as I can. My headaches are for the most part a little bit better this pregnancy than with the last. But when I get them it is bad. I made a bigger baby purchase last week. With <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">kaylee</span> I borrowed a swing, so I don't have one. I found a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">graco</span> swing regularly 80 dollars at Lewis for half off, plus I get a discount through my work so I had to buy it. I put it up already and my daughter just thinks it is the best toy ever. She is really good with it though. She will put her baby dolls in it and swing it softly. So I guess that is a good thing. Hopefully she stays nice and doesn't get rough after the baby comes.<br /><br /></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u88RpMqTYPk/SUc1cvQRyHI/AAAAAAAAAUE/B1d8-QpFcTI/s1600-h/untitled.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280247855952545906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u88RpMqTYPk/SUc1cvQRyHI/AAAAAAAAAUE/B1d8-QpFcTI/s400/untitled.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#cc0000;">We got her back in her big girl bed. Which she is doing really awesome. Out of the week she has been in it there has been one <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">nite</span> she came to our bed before 7 or 8 in the morning. I was actually at work that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">nite</span>, she came to bed with daddy at like 4 am that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">nite</span>, so he just put her in bed with him. Otherwise she comes at the earliest 7 but usually 8:30<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">ish</span> in the morning. I am glad it is going good with that subject, cause POTTY TRAINING is not going well at all. All you moms out there that have girls I need all the advice I can get. She thinks it is a game right now. We are so frustrated and I know that doesn't help. But I don't know what else to do. We tried panties with rubber pants, didn't bother her one bit to be wet. So we went to pull-ups. Now we go in the bathroom and strip down. I don't know what to do. I NEED HELP PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!! I have tried a treat, an m&m when she actually does something on the potty, now she thinks she gets one every time she sits on the potty. We do the big toilet with a little seat and without the little seat, and we have a little potty chair. Nothing is working. At daycare we think it is fun to go when another little girl goes and then when we get in there it is playtime. So I see it in her eyes as this is a fun game and not taking it seriously. She turned 2 in August, I know she is young but I would like her to be potty trained during the day by the time the baby gets here. But it isn't working. SO please any advice would be greatly <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">appreciated</span>. Other than that not much else happening in our world.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#006600;">Baby at 24 weeks<br />Your baby's growing steadily, having gained about 4 ounces since last week. That puts him at just over a pound. Since he's almost a foot long (picture an ear of corn), he cuts a pretty lean figure at this point, but his body is filling out proportionally and he'll soon start to plump up. His brain is also growing quickly now, and his taste buds are continuing to develop. His lungs are developing "branches" of the respiratory "tree" as well as cells that produce surfactant, a substance that will help his air sacs inflate once he hits the outside world. His skin is still thin and translucent, but that will start to change soon.<br /></span>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197985941997007100noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38895332.post-20957389245075811482008-12-04T17:23:00.000-08:002008-12-04T17:37:36.484-08:00Update and Baby at 23 weeks<span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000099;">Nothing new since my late last post. I think he has his days and nites mixed up. But I guess I have my days and nites mixed up too. Since I work nites. I guess we will hope he switches them after he is born. He is a mover when he is awake so that is good. Other than that not much else happening pregnancy wise. I am hoping to get rooms situated this weekend and get Kaylee back in her big girl bed. And hopefully find room for a x-mas tree. I also am hoping to get x-mas pics done of Kaylee before x-mas too. We will see. Haven't even started x-mas shopping yet either. Man am I a procrastinater. Hope everyone has a nice weekend and stays warm.<br /><br /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#cc0000;">Turn on the radio and sway to the music. With his sense of movement well developed by now, your baby can feel you dance. And now that he's more than 11 inches long and weighs just over a pound (about as much as a large mango), you may be able to see him squirm underneath your clothes. Blood vessels in his lungs are developing to prepare for breathing, and the sounds that your baby's increasingly keen ears pick up are preparing him for entry into the outside world. Loud noises that become familiar now — such as your dog barking or the roar of the vacuum cleaner — probably won't faze him when he hears them outside the womb. </span>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197985941997007100noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38895332.post-50168082736864701592008-12-02T20:27:00.000-08:002008-12-02T20:34:40.570-08:00Baby at 22 weeks.<span style="font-family:courier new;">First of all I know I missed a week. I am sorry. With the holidays and such I got busy. Plus we had a hospital visit inbetween. Nothing serious, more me being paranoid. I am freak with this pregnancy. I work on a Labor and Delivery Unit and see everything. So I think that makes it worse. I didn't stress and freat like this with Kaylee. Anyways nothing new to report. I am in the process of getting clothes ready to go through and getting rooms setup for kaylee and the baby. Slowly buying boy stuff. Other than that not much else going on right now in our lives.<br /><br />Here is this last weeks baby info:<br />At 11 inches (the length of a spaghetti squash) and almost 1 pound, your baby is starting to look like a miniature newborn. His lips, eyelids, and eyebrows are becoming more distinct, and he's even developing tiny tooth buds beneath his gums. His eyes have formed, but his irises (the colored part of the eye) still lack pigment. If you could see inside your womb, you'd be able to spot the fine hair (lanugo) that covers his body and the deep wrinkles on his skin, which he'll sport until he adds a padding of fat to fill them in. Inside his belly, his pancreas — essential for the production of some important hormones — is developing steadily. </span>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197985941997007100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38895332.post-1325253880818203272008-11-13T17:38:00.000-08:002008-11-13T17:41:22.754-08:00Baby at 20 weeks.Your baby weighs about 10 1/2 ounces now. He's also around 6 1/2 inches long from head to bottom and about 10 inches from head to heel — the length of a banana. (For the first 20 weeks, when a baby's legs are curled up against his torso and hard to measure, measurements are taken from the top of his head to his bottom — the "crown to rump" measurement. After 20 weeks, he's measured from head to toe.)<br /><br />He's swallowing more these days, which is good practice for his digestive system। He's also producing meconium, a black, sticky by-product of digestion. This gooey substance will accumulate in his bowels, and you'll see it in his first soiled diaper (some babies pass meconium in the womb or during delivery).<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Yah!!!!!!!!! Half way mark!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</span></span><br /></strong>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197985941997007100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38895332.post-60137662875709941462008-11-10T12:05:00.001-08:002008-11-10T12:26:00.758-08:00Pink or Blue<span style="color:#cc33cc;">So today was the big day. Are you all as anxious as we were! Let's start with a few different views.<br /></span><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u88RpMqTYPk/SRiUk0uCS5I/AAAAAAAAAT8/IL8VO161itc/s1600-h/baby.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267123124557728658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u88RpMqTYPk/SRiUk0uCS5I/AAAAAAAAAT8/IL8VO161itc/s400/baby.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Here is a view of the baby's foot!<br /><br /></span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u88RpMqTYPk/SRiUZk3BFRI/AAAAAAAAAT0/zGvEaj1yGEs/s1600-h/baby1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267122931321869586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u88RpMqTYPk/SRiUZk3BFRI/AAAAAAAAAT0/zGvEaj1yGEs/s400/baby1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Here is a side profile! Anxiously waiting are you!</span><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u88RpMqTYPk/SRiUPVQO7iI/AAAAAAAAATs/1KxYZA1nm6g/s1600-h/baby2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267122755333975586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u88RpMqTYPk/SRiUPVQO7iI/AAAAAAAAATs/1KxYZA1nm6g/s400/baby2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">Another side profile just closer up! Am I driving anyone nuts yet!<br /></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;">So like I said my husband was positive it was a boy. He has called it a boy from day one. Which I thought was kinda ballsy. Because I didn't want him to get his hopes up so high that he was very disappointed. He told me that he would be disappointed for a short while but if it was another girl he was okay with that. The last two days we have asked Kaylee if she wants a baby brother or sister. Usually she will say whatever you said last. So this time she said baby brother. We asked brother or sister and then sister or brother and her response was baby brother both times. I don't know if she really knows what that means but it is cute that is for sure. Oh was I suppose to be announcing something. That is right I was going to announce if we will be keeping pink or buying blue!<br /><br /></span><br />Well the verdict is in and............................................................................................................................................................................................................<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u88RpMqTYPk/SRiUJdHlQMI/AAAAAAAAATk/kx3xWAYkKuA/s1600-h/itsaboy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267122654365958338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 312px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u88RpMqTYPk/SRiUJdHlQMI/AAAAAAAAATk/kx3xWAYkKuA/s400/itsaboy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">We will be buying</span> <span style="color:#000099;">BLUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">So Andrew Joseph aka AJ will be joining our family the end of March or very beginning of April. Let's just say that my husband is very happy. THe baby is doing very good. He is growing good. His arms and legs are actually 95%tile for his gestational age. My dr said that is tall. Well for those of you that don't know us well my husband is 6ft 4in, his older brother is 6ft 6in, his younger brother is 6ft 10in, his dad is his height and his mom is 5ft 8in. So nobody is short in his family. And Kaylee has always been 75%tile for her height. So now I get to go through all of kaylee's older clothes find the one's that I want for keepsakes and then find someone to buy them or take them to a consignment shop so we can start getting a blue wardrobe. So there you have it. The big news for the day! </span>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197985941997007100noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38895332.post-6849855819150180712008-11-08T15:46:00.000-08:002008-11-08T15:49:08.498-08:00Halloween 2008<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u88RpMqTYPk/SRYlMwyi9sI/AAAAAAAAAS0/IcIlBZQ-Cyo/s1600-h/100_2002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266437715441940162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u88RpMqTYPk/SRYlMwyi9sI/AAAAAAAAAS0/IcIlBZQ-Cyo/s400/100_2002.JPG" border="0" /></a> Halloween 2008 Strawberry and carebear!<br /><div></div>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197985941997007100noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38895332.post-89677782043266981682008-11-08T15:45:00.000-08:002008-11-08T15:46:29.237-08:00Baby at 19 weeks<span style="font-family:courier new;color:#660000;">Your baby's sensory development is exploding! Her brain is designating specialized areas for smell, taste, hearing, vision, and touch. Some research suggests that she may be able to hear your voice now, so don't be shy about reading aloud, talking to her, or singing a happy tune if the mood strikes you.<br /><br />Your baby weighs about 8 1/2 ounces and measures 6 inches, head to bottom — about the size of a large heirloom tomato. Her arms and legs are in the right proportions to each other and the rest of her body now. Her kidneys continue to make urine and the hair on her scalp is sprouting. A waxy protective coating called the vernix caseosa is forming on her skin to prevent it from pickling in the amniotic fluid.<br /></span>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197985941997007100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38895332.post-36457881460695014852008-11-03T09:00:00.000-08:002008-11-03T09:20:39.617-08:00Baby at 18 weeks.<span style="font-family:courier new;color:#993300;">Head to rump, your baby is about 5 1/2 inches long and he weighs almost 7 ounces. He's busy flexing his arms and legs — movements that you'll start noticing more and more in the weeks ahead. His blood vessels are visible through his thin skin, and his ears are now in their final position, although they're still standing out from his head a bit. A protective covering of myelin is beginning to form around his nerves, a process that will continue for a year after he's born. If you're having a girl, her uterus and fallopian tubes are formed and in place. If you're having a boy, his genitals are noticeable now, but he may hide them from you during an ultrasound.<br /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#990000;">A week from today is all we have left. To find out the gender that is. I am about crawling out of my skin at this point. I want it to be here so bad. And to see the baby again is just as exciting. And then to know I am half way through this pregnancy. The anticipation is driving me nuts. I hope this week and weekend goes by fast. </span>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197985941997007100noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38895332.post-82498210788090041152008-10-19T00:14:00.000-07:002008-10-19T00:54:13.066-07:00Baby at 16 weeks and update.<span style="font-family:courier new;color:#660000;">So I missed a week. Sorry. It has been busy with work and finding time to sleep. I did have a dr's appt this week. Nothing exciting other than got to hear the heart beat of course. It was 174 at the last appointment and this week we were in the 150's. I was really surprised. Maybe there is something to the wives tale. Kaylee stayed high until she started running out of room. This one started out high but I am surprised we have gone down to 150 already. Who knows maybe it will be a boy. Hopefully for my husbands sake it is. He has said no matter what we get we are done. We will see when we find out what it is. He is positive it is a boy. Mainly cause I have been sicker with this pregnancy. Well I know that doesn't make a difference. And he thinks because I am so tired. Well let's see I have a 2 year old and work, kinda makes a difference. I can't just take a nap whenever I want like I did with the first one.<br /><br />We had some issues with names. We have had a boy name picked out since we got married. So I wanted to pick a girl name. Well he wouldn't agree with me on one. One nite I was asking him about names. He said no to all of them. I said you have to like one. He said he didn't. I finally started to get frustrated and said you have to pick out a name. His response was "no I don't cause it is a boy" and "god wouldn't make me live with 3 women" I laughed in his face. I said just for that comment he probably will make you live with 3 women. So I narrowed it down to 2 names and told him you pick one now or I will pick one and you won't get a say in it at all. He finally picked one. MEN!<br /><br />I am going to refrain from telling the name on here for now. We have told some people. It really isn't a secret I just want to wait and say the name when we find the gender out. Which will be Nov. 10th as long as this baby cooperates. So that is what has been going on lately. I am starting to feel it move more too. Which I am so relieved when I do feel it. But I guess before I right a book. Below is the weekly development so until next week.<br /></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#333300;">Get ready for a growth spurt. In the next few weeks, your baby will double his weight and add inches to his length. Right now, he's about the size of an avocado: 4 1/2 inches long (head to rump) and 3 1/2 ounces. His legs are much more developed, his head is more erect than it has been, and his eyes have moved closer to the front of his head. His ears are close to their final position, too. The patterning of his scalp has begun, though his locks aren't recognizable yet. He's even started growing toenails. And there's a lot happening inside as well. For example, his heart is now pumping about 25 quarts of blood each day, and this amount will continue to increase as your baby continues to develop. </span>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197985941997007100noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38895332.post-41192233576135087222008-10-02T14:14:00.000-07:002008-10-02T14:16:05.135-07:00Baby at 14 weeks!<span style="font-family:courier new;color:#006600;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Yeah 2nd trimester!!!!!!</span><br /><br /><br /><br />This week's big developments: Your baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his thumb! Thanks to brain impulses, his facial muscles are getting a workout as his tiny features form one expression after another. His kidneys are producing urine, which he releases into the amniotic fluid around him — a process he'll keep up until birth. He can grasp, too, and if you're having an ultrasound now, you may even catch him sucking his thumb.<br /><br />In other news: Your baby's stretching out. From head to bottom, he measures 3 1/2 inches — about the size of a lemon — and he weighs 1 1/2 ounces. His body's growing faster than his head, which now sits upon a more distinct neck. By the end of this week, his arms will have grown to a length that's in proportion to the rest of his body. (His legs still have some lengthening to do.) He's starting to develop an ultra-fine, downy covering of hair, called lanugo, all over his body. Your baby's liver starts making bile this week — a sign that it's doing its job right — and his spleen starts helping in the production of red blood cells. Though you can't feel his tiny punches and kicks yet, your little pugilist's hands and feet (which now measure about 1/2 inch long) are more flexible and active.<br /></span>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197985941997007100noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38895332.post-36502730668431023862008-09-25T21:40:00.000-07:002008-09-25T21:42:03.520-07:00Baby at 13 weeks.<span style="font-family:courier new;color:#cc0000;">Fingerprints have formed on your baby's tiny fingertips, her veins and organs are clearly visible through her still-thin skin, and her body is starting to catch up with her head — which makes up just a third of her body size now. If you're having a girl, she now has more than 2 million eggs in her ovaries. Your baby is almost 3 inches long (the size of a medium shrimp) and weighs nearly an ounce. </span>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197985941997007100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38895332.post-75038687694469539152008-09-23T09:16:00.000-07:002008-09-23T09:20:56.912-07:00Baby Update<span style="font-family:courier new;color:#660000;">I had a dr appt yesterday. Everything is going good. The baby's heart rate was 174. I have my 20 week ultrasound scheduled. So hopefully the baby cooperates and on Nov 10th we will find out what we are having. Then I can either start going through all the stuff I saved from my daughter or start getting rid of all the stuff I saved and get boy stuff. And it will be hard to believe that the end of that week I will be half way through my pregnancy. It is going fast I think. I am sure there will come a point when it will drag. But anyways. Everything going good as of now. </span>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197985941997007100noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38895332.post-76800393325473866042008-09-19T09:09:00.000-07:002008-09-19T09:10:27.302-07:00Baby at 12 weeks<span style="font-family:courier new;color:#cc0000;">The most dramatic development this week: reflexes. Your baby's fingers will soon begin to open and close, his toes will curl, his eye muscles will clench, and his mouth will make sucking movements. In fact, if you prod your abdomen, your baby will squirm in response, although you won't be able to feel it. His intestines, which have grown so fast that they protrude into the umbilical cord, will start to move into his abdominal cavity about now, and his kidneys will begin excreting urine into his bladder.<br /><br />Meanwhile, nerve cells are multiplying rapidly, and in your baby's brain, synapses are forming furiously. His face looks unquestionably human: His eyes have moved from the sides to the front of his head, and his ears are right where they should be. From crown to rump, your baby-to-be is just over 2 inches long (about the size of a lime) and weighs half an ounce. </span>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197985941997007100noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38895332.post-40528430561676144522008-09-12T08:51:00.000-07:002008-09-12T08:56:32.131-07:00Happy Birthday on the 11th<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u88RpMqTYPk/SMqQRdA97lI/AAAAAAAAANI/Xf8AeTjtm9Y/s1600-h/of%3D50,590,442.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245163345547226706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u88RpMqTYPk/SMqQRdA97lI/AAAAAAAAANI/Xf8AeTjtm9Y/s400/of%3D50,590,442.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#660000;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Happy Belated Birthday Grandpa L. Sorry we didn't get a wish to you yesterday. Kaylee was a sick little girl. Hope your day was as wonderful as could be during the week. We love you!</span> </span>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197985941997007100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38895332.post-84986452380152708562008-09-12T08:10:00.000-07:002008-09-12T08:11:16.204-07:00Baby at 11 weeks.<span style="font-family:courier new;color:#660000;">How your baby's growing:<br />Your baby, just over 1 1/2 inches long and about the size of a fig, is now almost fully formed. Her hands will soon open and close into fists, tiny tooth buds are beginning to appear under her gums, and some of her bones are beginning to harden.<br /><br />She's already busy kicking and stretching, and her tiny movements are so effortless they look like water ballet. These movements will become more frequent as her body grows and becomes more developed and functional. You won't feel your baby's acrobatics for another month or two — nor will you notice the hiccupping that may be happening now that her diaphragm is forming.<br /></span>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197985941997007100noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38895332.post-60173034601849433832008-09-09T10:17:00.000-07:002008-09-09T10:26:44.794-07:00Baby Update!<span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000066;">We had our follow-up ultrasound yesterday. It was good. The baby's heart rate was 174 the first time she checked and 173 the second time. So that is alot better. The cutoff for to high is 180. They don't like to see it there or above. So it was probably cause it was an early ultrasound. So that was good to see. The ultrasound tech that did it this time was alot better. I told her I wasn't happy the last time. Cause she did it so fast we didn't hardly get to see the baby move. She checked alot more of the baby this time than the last gal did. Right at the end of it she switched to 3D but it didn't work cause the baby started moving. It slept through the first part. Go figure it didn't want us to see it 3D. So I am relieved. I have another appointment the end of the month. I will actually get to see my doctor. I have had to see her PA's cause our schedules don't mesh. So it will be nice to acutally get to see her. So everything is going good. I even think I feel it move already. I know it seems early but they did say since it is my second pregnancy that I know what to expect it to feel like. Unlike the first pregnancy. She did say I would possibly be able to feel it alot earlier than the last one. So that is cool. So that is what I got for updates. I will post my weekly development on thursday. Hope all have a good week. I work tonite thru thursday nite. Long week. </span>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197985941997007100noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38895332.post-69862454297203631192008-09-04T23:12:00.000-07:002008-09-04T23:16:43.375-07:00Baby's weekly development.<span style="font-family:courier new;color:#3333ff;">I am going to try something. Every week I get a email on growth and development of the baby. I thought you all would think it is neat to read the progress too. So hopefully I won't let you all down and keep you updated every week. It is interesting to read what is happening to this wonderful miracle.<br /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#ff6600;">What baby is doing at 10 weeks!<br />Though he's barely the size of a kumquat — a little over an inch or so long, crown to bottom — and weighs less than a quarter of an ounce, your baby has now completed the most critical portion of his development. This is the beginning of the so-called fetal period, a time when the tissues and organs in his body rapidly grow and mature.<br /><br />He's swallowing fluid and kicking up a storm. Vital organs — including his kidneys, intestines, brain, and liver (now making red blood cells in place of the disappearing yolk sac) — are in place and starting to function, though they'll continue to develop throughout your pregnancy.<br /><br />If you could take a peek inside your womb, you'd spot minute details, like tiny nails forming on fingers and toes (no more webbing) and peach-fuzz hair beginning to grow on tender skin.<br /><br />In other developments: Your baby's limbs can bend now. His hands are flexed at the wrist and meet over his heart, and his feet may be long enough to meet in front of his body. The outline of his spine is clearly visible through translucent skin, and spinal nerves are beginning to stretch out from his spinal cord. Your baby's forehead temporarily bulges with his developing brain and sits very high on his head, which measures half the length of his body. From crown to rump, he's about 1 1/4 inches long. In the coming weeks, your baby will again double in size — to nearly 3 inches.<br /></span>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197985941997007100noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38895332.post-71776157211120329002008-09-04T19:00:00.000-07:002008-09-04T19:06:44.496-07:00Baby news!<span style="font-family:courier new;color:#330000;">I got a phone call from my docotors office yesterday. They have the perinatoligist read the ultrasounds. He recommended a follow-up ultrasound. The reason is the baby's heart rate was 181. My dr isn't worried. She attributes it to being early. But since they recommended it we are doing it. So monday morning we have another ultrasound. I am a little worried but I think it will be okay. When I was pregnant with my daughter I know in the beginning of my pregnancy her heart rate was 176 highest. As I got farther along it came down to the 140-150 range. So I guess we will see what happens on Monday. </span>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197985941997007100noreply@blogger.com2