Pulling up

Last night I laid Xander down for the night, he wakes up as usual, and is fussing in his crib.  I wait 15 minutes to go check on him because he's not calming down.  As I enter his room, he's STANDING up in his crib!  Yikes!  This is one task I have not encouraged because I've heard of the horror stories where the baby stands up and can't get back down.  Well it's finally happened to us.  Hubby will lower his crib now.  I'm nervous for the lowering of the bed because if it's lower and my belly keeps growing, how will i get him out when he's laying down?  2.5 months left!

I bought a humidifier yesterday, a Vick's kind, and he woke up not sounding like a carburetor.  So, the thing must be working.  It's the kind that you put medicine in it and it steams the room. 

Merry Christmas

pup was not harmed...other than maybe his ego?

Until I download the rest of the pictures, hopefully these will make you smile.  Xander came down with congestion on Wednesday, then on Christmas Day, he started coughing.  Poor baby!  He's doing well though otherwise, just extra extra clingly.

29 weeks

How far along? 29 Weeks (25 December 2011)

Total weight gain: 15+
Gender: Girl
Maternity clothes? Maternity, except PJ’s
Stretch marks?  Thankfully not yet
Sleep: Not the best.  Back pain keeps me up lately
Best moment this week: Cleared out babies room and set up her stuff…what we have
Miss Anything?  WINE!!
Movement: Mostly at night and first thing in the morning.  Started doing kick counts before bed.  Baby is a tumbler still…feels like my bladder is going to fall out when she moves over it…the weirdest feeling ever!
Food cravings: Holiday Mix (hard candies), hotdogs, plain chips and french onion dip or sour cream and onion chips
Anything making you queasy or sick: riding in the car!  Just started getting car sick again yesterday L
Labor Signs: No, but have been having Braxton hick’s contractions
Symptoms: Heartburn every night, some serious killer back pain, itchy belly
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy mostly, but I did have 2 days where I was emotional and moody…poor hubby!
What I’m looking forward to:  Deciding on a name!  Such a hard task! 

Naming a child

This task is proven to be difficult!  Once we think we have decided on a name, we're just not sure it's the right name.  my o my!  Naming Alexander was the easiest, why can't this child's name be the same.  Alexander we've had on our "list" for about 8 years and have always loved the name.  The girls names on that list have fallen off and don't interest us as much because they've become too popular.  We're not looking to choose a name that every other child has, and we're not choosing a name that no one knows how to say or spell it.  What a task!  Today we will choose 5 names, including middle names, then sit on those for awhile to see which one stands out the most for us.  Wish us luck!

Have a great day!

28 weeks

How far along? 28 Weeks (18 December 2011)
Total weight gain: 15+
Gender: Girl
Maternity clothes? Maternity, except PJ’s
Stretch marks?  Thankfully not yet
Sleep: Not so great…been waking up around 2 am for the past 3 nights, wide awake.  Maybe my body is preparing for middle of the night feedings…ha!
Best moment this week: Nick came home today
Miss Anything? Sleeping on my back without fear of losing the baby
Movement: Mostly at night and first thing in the morning.  All day yesterday I could not feel her move; that scared me.  I normally feel her first thing in the morning, and nothing.  So I tried taking it easy, hoping she was just getting some extra rest.  I used the fetal home Doppler… (4 times!), heart beat still strong.  Before bed, I still hadn’t felt her move so of course I didn’t sleep well at all.  I woke up at 2 and did another heart beat check, still strong…then suddenly she started moving and won’t stop now (which I love to feel)!  She must have been having a resting day, taking the day off, and wanting to give mommy the jitters all day long.  Let’s just say if I didn’t have the fetal home Doppler, I would have been at labor and delivery because I was getting worried
Food cravings: Still chocolate, fruity candies, and peanut butter…along with puppy chow and oatmeal cookies
Anything making you queasy or sick: working my way to having meats again…slowly
Labor Signs: No
Symptoms: Heartburn every night, some serious killer back pain, and round ligament pain (I think…hope) at the top of the uterus along the ribs

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy
What I’m looking forward to:  Snow, Christmas morning (I’ll be 29 weeks), my appointment at OB tomorrow morning (which I will bring up the no movement all day), and clearing out the baby’s room to start personalizing it for the little peanut.

Oh, and we have a name, however, hubby thinks we shouldn’t say anything until after she’s born…just in case we change our minds.  We better not because I’m planning on putting her name on the wall...ha!  I'll say it will start with a 'B'.

Have a great day!

A few more days

Until hubs makes his return.  I'm so excited!  Normally his TDYs/deployments are no big deal and they are...for the most part...easy on me.  I'm always excited for his returns, but this time, I've been ready longer than usual.  I miss his help, I feel disarrayed, and life just don't feel normal without him. 

Xander has been struggling this week with taking his afternoon nap.  He'll fuss in his bed for up to an hour, I go in every 15 minutes to try to soothe him, but no luck.  Not real sure what's going on, maybe another tooth?  I don't think I'd mind him skipping his afternoon nap if he'd take a decent morning nap.  We don't even get that anymore.  His morning naps have dwindled down to an hour tops.  This boy needs an afternoon nap, he's so cranky when he's tired...like most all kids :). 

Today I took the 1 hour glucose test (the drink was not bad at all).  I'm hoping for normal range, but I'm not so positive.  As much sugar as I've been eating these past 7 months is unreal!  This morning before the test, I didn't eat anything, I was told to eat my normal breakfast.  I just wanted out the door before Xander's morning nap so he wouldn't be screaming while we sat there for the hour wait.  I took my Christmas cards to finish up and get in the mail, brought him some toys and thought this will work.  Yeah right!  LOL.  I did about 5 cards and he wanted nothing to do with sitting in his stroller.  He was ready for his nap already.  We had 45 more minutes to wait so we went walking around the hospital...that worked, as long as I was moving him.  By this time, I was wishing I'd ate something because I was beginning to feel light headed...yikes.  I sipped on some water and was fine.  As soon as we got back to the car, I was eating my protein bar I was encouraged to take with me.  I'm glad I listened to this step!  Xander was knocked out before I even backed out of the parking space, so i decided to use this time to go finish the cards in the post office parking lot while he napped.  I'm glad I did because he was able to get an hour nap in. 

(I just checked on Xander, 1 hour and 15 minutes later he's finally sleeping)

In other news, we finally have decided on baby girls first name.  Once we finalize the middle name, I'll let everyone know.  I'm excited that we finally have narrowed it down.  It's been between two names for about 2 weeks.  Then I realized that I liked the middle name of the one name choice and the first name to the other...so I put those together and we agreed.  But now, he wants to add in another middle name...yikes.  We'll see, my sister gave me a nice alternative to hubs desire...so now i'm waiting for a reply to see what he says.

Well until we have decided on the name...

Have a great day!

27 weeks

I thought it would be fun to start keeping track of some of the "fun" parts of being pregnant.

How far along? 27 Weeks

Total weight gain: 13+
Gender: Girl
Maternity clothes? Maternity, except PJ’s
Stretch marks?  Not yet
Sleep: Not the most restful nights, I’m a back sleeper so trying not to sleep on the back keeps me up trying to make sure I stay off it
Best moment this week: Baby Xander started crawling
Miss Anything? Going on walks without having to pee by the time I get to the corner, wearing my cute non-maternity sweaters, and shaving my legs without having to be in awkward positions
Movement: Mostly at night and first thing in the morning.  When I use the heating pad she moves a lot.
Food cravings: Chocolate, fruity candies, and peanut butter
Anything making you queasy or sick: Can’t stand meat
Labor Signs: No
Symptoms: Heartburn every night and some serious killer back pain
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy
Looking forward to: Hubbies return and getting some help with baby Xander

Rough week

...for this pregnant mama. Xander's been great, crawling all over now. Today he followed me everywhere I went as I was vacuuming. He normally just goes after the dog, but today he was all over. He's been clingy and when I'm out of sight, he screams. It's normal for this age so we are just trying new things to keep him content and happy. We did our first craft on Friday. We made a handprint Christmas tree with paint. It turned out cute, considering his age and cooperation with the task at hand.
I've been having really bad back pain for the past week. Before this it was occasional, but it's been constant for 7 days now. Today I did something I haven't done during this pregnancy, took 2 extra strength Tylenol at once. I know it's safe to take during pregnancy, but I don't like taking anything that could possibly risk the outcome of the pregnancy. I've also been using the heating pad for the past 3 days any chance I get. I think baby girl likes it. Whenever I have it on, she's moving within a few minutes. Other than the back pain, things are fine. I'm ready for hubby to make his way back home and stay for awhile. It's hard being 27 weeks pregnant, a bulging belly, getting groceries and lugging them up 4 flights of stairs, carrying a 20+ pound 8 month old around, bending over to play and entertain my boy, trying to clear out the computer room to make into a nursery, rearranging closets, giving bath time, just everyday stuff. It's exhausting and getting some help in the evenings hopefully will be what I've been missing.
Excited for the 18th, hubby's return, then the 19th is his 31st birthday. I'm hoping his gift makes it this week.

Well I'm exhausted and tired. Have a great day!

Crawling!

I didn't think this was going to come so soon.  Yesterday he just began doing a leap the frog type of crawl, where he'd take a leap forward, fall to his belly and do that over to get what he wanted.  Tonight I saw him take about 4 perfect knee crawls and thought...oh my.  After his nap, he was doing long length crawls.  He's a quick learner.  Now, he's been trying to crawl since about 7 months, but was only getting up and rocking, not actually moving.  Then last week I decided that our floors are limiting him and started leaving his pants and socks off so he wouldn't be slipping everywhere.  It's so amazing how fast babies grow and learn what to do.  It's just a matter of time for him to be walking.
I've also discovered that even though he don't like puree peas, try the real thing.  He liked them!  I gave him peas and carrots mix from the can like hubby eats and this boy tore them up!  Gotta go give him his bath as he's ready for bed.  He's had a long day with doing/trying new things.

Have a great day!

Baby Girl

25 weeks 4 days