So I have been terrible at this whole blogging thing lately so here I am - playing catch up.
On the baby front: We have 7 weeks until D-Day (6 weeks and 4 days, but who's counting). I am actually due on May 12, but if this little girl doesn't make her appearance on her own before then, I have a scheduled C-section at 7:30am on Friday, May 6. Believe me when I say that day couldn't come any sooner. Well, actually we are not ready for her, per say. But Momma is ready to get her out. She has a room and a bed but not much of anything else. But hey, I could totally make due if she decided to come early. Not too early - I want her to be cooked and all but 7 weeks still seems like a long time to my body these days. I am getting pretty uncomfortable and sleeping is almost non-existent at this point.
I had an ultrasound this past Friday and all looked well. I am getting one every 4 weeks due to my high blood pressure (which was normal at my last visit) because that can impact the baby's growth and make her a little on the small side. I am happy to report that this is not the case with our little girl. As of Friday, she was weighing in a 4 lbs, 13 ozs already and will probably be 8.5 lbs but delivery. The ultrasound tech also said that she is quite the hairy little thing as well. You can see on the ultrasound where she has a little white fuzzy halo on her head which indicates that she has a lot of hair for her gestational age. This is surprising since our families tend to not make very hairy babies. But if heartburn really is an indication of how much hair she will have, we might have a little Chewbacca on our hands! I am actually on prescription heartburn medicine and have been for the last 1.5 months.
And then there comes the name...For those of you that I talk to frequently, you know this is a sore subject in our house. I joke that Kacey and I might actually fight to the death on this one. Then I realize that it's not a joke and I should probably stop telling people that so I don't implicate myself on anything. :) In all truth, we really are no closer to naming this little girl than we were before we even knew she was growing in my tummy. We have gone from one side to the next and each of us have our favorites and no one is budging at this point. In fact, she did have a name for about 3 weeks until Daddy decided that he didn't like that name anymore so we are back to square one!!! We do have 2 names narrowed down right now and her middle name is for sure Leigh so I guess we are finally making some headway. I just really need her to have a name because I feel like that will cinch it all up for me and make this feel more real at last. Hopefully we can decide on something soon. Kacey wants to wait until we see her but you know that jacks with my OCD...really badly.
As for what else is going on with us...We have been really busy lately with visiting with friends and family and doing things around the house. We spent the last weekend in Columbus with family and friends and had a really good time.
Mason got to see his cousins and spend a day as a country boy (which he LOVES) so that was really good for him. He got to play outside, swim, fish, trim bushes, stack firewood, chase frogs, catch lizards, etc...all the stuff city kids don't get to enjoy that much. Here is a picture of him with his first ever catch.
He is also having some behavioral issues right now. He is not napping much and his fuse seems to be getting shorter and shorter. His listening skills are definitely on the decline and he doesn't mind yelling back at Kacey or I if he gets angry. Oh, and he definitely is taking advantage of the fact that Mommy can't move as quickly as normal these days.
I was talking to a co-worker of mine today and decided that this is a combination of a whole lot of things. He is about to turn 3 (which I heard is worse than the Terrible Twos) and I am sure that he is sensing that the baby is coming soon. Although we are not purposely treating him any different, I am sure that he is sending change in the house. Baby Sister has her own room, people are buying her things, etc. I am hoping that this is all stemming from what is going on in his environment and that things will get better soon. This seems to be the general consensus amongst friends of mine who have kids and were adding another to the family.
Ok, so this was way longer than I intended it to be. I promise to at least TRY to update more often, but no promises. :)
Just warning you that most of my blog posts will now contain collages... :)
