Thursday, February 26, 2009
Big Baby?
I had a check-up today and it looks like this baby is following in Luke's footsteps and could be a big baby. That's not exactly the news I was looking for. Don't get me wrong--I'm not after a scrawny baby or anything--but I'm not trying to set any records either! The ultrasound I had a few weeks ago estimated my due date at about April 10th or 11th which would be almost 2 weeks early. My doc basically told me not to get my hopes up--that just meant the baby was big, but he could still easily go to term. Luke was born about 10 days early at 8 lbs. 6 oz. My doc then was shocked at his size...so was I. He also had an extremely big head. When the nurse saw his head she said, "That's the biggest head I've ever seen." Not exactly comforting considering I wasn't done birthing the bigheaded child yet! I kind of wanted to punch her in the face or something. I'm measuring a cm big right now and the doc is estimating this could be an 8.5-9 pounder if I go to term. Yikes! I'll admit that scares me a little. Oh well, can't wait to meet this chubby guy, and I'd be totally excited if it was just a week or two early! At least this time around I won't let the doctors examine his head. Poor Luke had to be sedated and get an MRI when he was a year because his doc was so concerned about his gigantic cranium. Turns out he just had a big head. He gets that from his Grandpa Steve (or me if you ask Jer)!
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
You've Come a Long Way Baby
I thought it was about time I did a post dedicated to this little guy growing inside me. The two months I have left seems like a long time but considering we were trying for this pregnancy for over 3 years, we are almost to the finish line. My kids are both asleep, and I felt like blogging so I'm going for it. (Unfortunately Luke is sleeping because he's sick. He has a fever, rash, and has been throwing up. After he wakes up and lets me know how his throat is I may need to have him checked for strep.) I am breaking down and documenting my pregnant belly. I need a few pics (very few) to remember it by.
Here I am in all my glory at 30 weeks and counting. I really don't mind the belly growing too much. It would just be nice to not also get bigger thighs, puffy hands, extra chin...!
Having a picture like this is a perk of IVF. This is our baby boy in his embryonic state (5 days). Which one he is will forever be a mystery. It's most likely that he's the larger one called a blastocyst. The other is still in the morula stage which means it was a little behind from where it should have been. You too could have a picture of your child as an embryo for lots of money, hundreds of needles, and several invasive procedures! Just kidding. Now that it's over I feel like joking about it a little. I still consider myself extremely lucky!
Our first ultrasound at 7 weeks. It doesn't look like much, but it was my reassurance that he was there and growing in the right place. It also let us know that we were having one baby only.
This is at about 18 weeks when we found out we were having a boy (see the arrow). More importantly everything was right where it should be and looked great.
This was just earlier today. I had another ultrasound because my placenta was low lying, and they needed to check it again. Thankfully it had moved out of the way of the cervix (barely), so I should be able to have a normal birth. It was so fun to see how big he is getting. I think these ultrasounds are totally amazing! She guesstimated that he weighs about 4 pounds right now, and he is right on track with his growth.
Check out those cheeks! They look very kissable. It's amazing to me how much you can love someone you've never even met yet. By the way, we are most likely naming him Ian. Jer is totally sold on it, and I like it a lot so unless some other name comes out of nowhere that will be the one. The middle name is still undecided. I've had several days with fairly strong contractions lately but all still seems to be well. He just needs to stay in there and keep on cooking!
Here I am in all my glory at 30 weeks and counting. I really don't mind the belly growing too much. It would just be nice to not also get bigger thighs, puffy hands, extra chin...!
Having a picture like this is a perk of IVF. This is our baby boy in his embryonic state (5 days). Which one he is will forever be a mystery. It's most likely that he's the larger one called a blastocyst. The other is still in the morula stage which means it was a little behind from where it should have been. You too could have a picture of your child as an embryo for lots of money, hundreds of needles, and several invasive procedures! Just kidding. Now that it's over I feel like joking about it a little. I still consider myself extremely lucky!
Our first ultrasound at 7 weeks. It doesn't look like much, but it was my reassurance that he was there and growing in the right place. It also let us know that we were having one baby only.
This is at about 18 weeks when we found out we were having a boy (see the arrow). More importantly everything was right where it should be and looked great.
This was just earlier today. I had another ultrasound because my placenta was low lying, and they needed to check it again. Thankfully it had moved out of the way of the cervix (barely), so I should be able to have a normal birth. It was so fun to see how big he is getting. I think these ultrasounds are totally amazing! She guesstimated that he weighs about 4 pounds right now, and he is right on track with his growth.
Check out those cheeks! They look very kissable. It's amazing to me how much you can love someone you've never even met yet. By the way, we are most likely naming him Ian. Jer is totally sold on it, and I like it a lot so unless some other name comes out of nowhere that will be the one. The middle name is still undecided. I've had several days with fairly strong contractions lately but all still seems to be well. He just needs to stay in there and keep on cooking!
Monday, February 16, 2009
Boy Stuff
Since I'm about to be a mom of three boys, I know I'm looking forward to a lifetime of sports, trucks, dinosaurs, you name it. I'm not much of a girly girl though, so it works great for me. (Not that I wouldn't take a girl if another miraculous pregnancy happened!) My boys are growing up on me so fast and some of the stuff they say and do cracks me up. Luke is always telling me things he'll do "while my belly is so fat." The list includes being really nice to Seth (work in progress), cleaning everything up, and helping me make stuff. His primary teacher said he prayed "to not shove Seth" in class the other day. He and Seth love each other and most of the time when I send Luke to his room for doing something mean to Seth then Seth follows him and cries to be let in.
Luke is learning to read and doing great at it. I've been working with him on "reading lessons," and he's really picking it up fast. Writing on the other hand, he could do without. He has made a lot of progress but it's not his favorite thing. He watched our neighbor's little girl coloring in sacrament meeting the other day totally interested. He was amazed at her ability to "stay in the lines" and "use lots of different colors." He is more about quantity than quality when coloring.
Jer and Luke headed down with two of our neighbor friends and their boys on Friday to the Monster Truck show. They loved it. Luke looks pretty somber in the pictures, but he's been telling me how cool it was.
This is the same place the dinosaur show we went to was held as well as an ice skating thing quite a while ago, and being the detail guy he is Luke had all sorts of questions about how they "changed the floor."
Luke was pleased as punch with the "ear muffs" he got to wear. I guess monster trucks are super loud.
Seth is also becoming such a big boy and actually initiates going on the potty! I am hoping for an easy potty training rather than the horrible experience it was with Luke. He is especially great about wanting to try #2 on the potty. The only drawback is he wants to get on a million times a day, and when he does go he will persist with it and drag it out for like 20 minutes. He just sits there like he owns the throne. He claps for himself when he's done. What a cutie. I'm really not trying to train him yet, but I have him in pull-ups and whenever he's interested we put him on. He is still my snuggly boy and gives all of us the best hugs and kisses.
Luke is learning to read and doing great at it. I've been working with him on "reading lessons," and he's really picking it up fast. Writing on the other hand, he could do without. He has made a lot of progress but it's not his favorite thing. He watched our neighbor's little girl coloring in sacrament meeting the other day totally interested. He was amazed at her ability to "stay in the lines" and "use lots of different colors." He is more about quantity than quality when coloring.
Jer and Luke headed down with two of our neighbor friends and their boys on Friday to the Monster Truck show. They loved it. Luke looks pretty somber in the pictures, but he's been telling me how cool it was.
This is the same place the dinosaur show we went to was held as well as an ice skating thing quite a while ago, and being the detail guy he is Luke had all sorts of questions about how they "changed the floor."
Luke was pleased as punch with the "ear muffs" he got to wear. I guess monster trucks are super loud.
Seth is also becoming such a big boy and actually initiates going on the potty! I am hoping for an easy potty training rather than the horrible experience it was with Luke. He is especially great about wanting to try #2 on the potty. The only drawback is he wants to get on a million times a day, and when he does go he will persist with it and drag it out for like 20 minutes. He just sits there like he owns the throne. He claps for himself when he's done. What a cutie. I'm really not trying to train him yet, but I have him in pull-ups and whenever he's interested we put him on. He is still my snuggly boy and gives all of us the best hugs and kisses.
I didn't take any pics of Valentine's Day, but we had a fun couple of days. We made treats, Luke had a party at school, we ate yummy chocolate covered strawberries, and Jer and I went out on a much needed date. Luke even thanked in his prayers for the "Valentine toys he got from grandmas, grandpas, and mom and dad" and the "yummy pizza-shaped like a heart." It's nice that it doesn't take much to please kids. They enjoy the little stuff and time with family the most.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Fun Weekend
Jer patrolled Friday night and Saturday, so we decided to make it a family affair and headed to the mountains for the weekend. Our friend Steve was also patrolling, so Seth and I hung out with Cami and Caitlyn while the others headed out to ski. Luke had a major skiing breakthrough and loved it!!! He could not get enough. We took dinner up, and I was expecting them to be in by 6:30 or so at the latest to eat, but it was after eight. He just made his "pizza" (that's kid lingo for snowplow) and did run after run down the Little Beav. I was so proud of him. He's a kid that needs some encouragement...sometimes persuasion...to do things but once he does he has so much fun. It was a pretty cold night and he looked like a frozen popsicle when he came in, but he was so excited about what a good skier he was and told me he just "tried his hardest." Jer said his legs were shaking on the lift ride up and when he asked if he was cold Luke said "no, my legs are just a little tired." I totally feel his pain. After skiing with him last year I realized what a workout it is to snow plow all the time! Now he wants to go skiing everyday.
We stayed the night at Steve and Cami's cabin and had a fun day of hanging out and sledding on Saturday while the dads were gone. My kids were exhausted though--especially Seth...and me. We got the kids to bed late Friday and then stayed up until about 2 am which is way past my bedtime. I'm old..and pregnant. When we finally did go to sleep Luke was in the bed with us (it was huge) and Seth was in the port-a-crib in the same room. Between my coughing, overheating (I had Jer opening windows in the middle of the night), Luke hogging the bed, and somebody waking up at least every hour it was not exactly restful. In the morning Jer and I had both kids in bed with us, and we were still closing our eyes and pretending to sleep. After about 5 minutes of the kids jumping around, landing on our heads, etc. I could not help but laugh and ask why we were even bothering!
Here are some pics from the sledding and playing at the cabin. There was a ton of snow!
It looks kind of flat, but they went down the tire tracks in the driveway and actually picked up a lot of speed by the end.
There was a lot of snow eating going on. Luke doesn't even bother to pick it up first. Notice his tiny glasses. Yes, that's the pair he got at age one (a replacement anyway). His have been broken for two weeks and the replacements are still nowhere in sight. After trying both tape and super glue to hold them together it's getting a little old! Glasses and four-year-olds are a very bad combo.
Luke, Caitlyn, and Jack (belongs to some other friends who came up to stay too).
Jack was not a fan of the sledding but Cami finally convinced him to go down with her. After Luke saw that he wanted a ride too. Thanks Cami! He asked me but the tube was a little low on air, and I was pretty sure we would bottom out and/or I would never get back up again. Cami is so tiny you can hardly see her!
And yes, Seth was on this trip, but he was attempting to take a nap during the sledding. He loves "panda" right now and does kung fu/karate around the house with Luke a lot. He waves his arms around, kicks, and says "hiya" a lot. I can't stand how fast he's growing up!
We stayed the night at Steve and Cami's cabin and had a fun day of hanging out and sledding on Saturday while the dads were gone. My kids were exhausted though--especially Seth...and me. We got the kids to bed late Friday and then stayed up until about 2 am which is way past my bedtime. I'm old..and pregnant. When we finally did go to sleep Luke was in the bed with us (it was huge) and Seth was in the port-a-crib in the same room. Between my coughing, overheating (I had Jer opening windows in the middle of the night), Luke hogging the bed, and somebody waking up at least every hour it was not exactly restful. In the morning Jer and I had both kids in bed with us, and we were still closing our eyes and pretending to sleep. After about 5 minutes of the kids jumping around, landing on our heads, etc. I could not help but laugh and ask why we were even bothering!
Here are some pics from the sledding and playing at the cabin. There was a ton of snow!
It looks kind of flat, but they went down the tire tracks in the driveway and actually picked up a lot of speed by the end.
There was a lot of snow eating going on. Luke doesn't even bother to pick it up first. Notice his tiny glasses. Yes, that's the pair he got at age one (a replacement anyway). His have been broken for two weeks and the replacements are still nowhere in sight. After trying both tape and super glue to hold them together it's getting a little old! Glasses and four-year-olds are a very bad combo.
Luke, Caitlyn, and Jack (belongs to some other friends who came up to stay too).
Jack was not a fan of the sledding but Cami finally convinced him to go down with her. After Luke saw that he wanted a ride too. Thanks Cami! He asked me but the tube was a little low on air, and I was pretty sure we would bottom out and/or I would never get back up again. Cami is so tiny you can hardly see her!
And yes, Seth was on this trip, but he was attempting to take a nap during the sledding. He loves "panda" right now and does kung fu/karate around the house with Luke a lot. He waves his arms around, kicks, and says "hiya" a lot. I can't stand how fast he's growing up!
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