Yep, Courtney woke up this morning with gunk in her eye again and a pink look to it...pink eye is back! Good thing we have almost a whole bottle of drops left over from last week.
That means no church/ Sunday School for her this morning! She will be so sad. (I'm being sarcastic, she always cries when we drop her off at Sunday School, even though she has a blast!)
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Saturday, March 6, 2010
27 Weeks
Yes, I am now 27 weeks pregnant and starting to feel it!
I do have some thoughts for this stage in the game:
1. Those lovely tendons that support the baby are starting to get stretched and I can feel it quite well!
2. I go back to the dr. next week for my gestational diabetes test (28 weeks). I was fine with the other two girls, so I hope I will get the same results.
Sometimes I feel like I have a trouble with low blood sugar. When I was between 20-24 weeks, I would get weak pretty easily,espcially in the morning. I finally figured out that if I ate something, I would feel better. My problem was that I ate too much and gained 7 pounds in 4 weeks! My midwife said I was fine, but she also acted like that was too much in a month. I am hoping I don't repeat that. I'm not eating as much this month because I don't feel as weak, but I did weigh myself last week and I had already gained 5, so we'll see what happens next week!
3. Speaking of weight, I really hope this boy is the size of my girls (one can hope, right?) I am almost up to the weight that I gained with each girl and I still have 3 months to go! Yikes! Luckily I drop baby weight pretty easily after it's all over.
4. Another reason I am concerned about the baby's weight is that I want to deliver naturally again. For those of you who don't know, I don't get epidurals. Needles in my back scare me. If they could put it in anywhere else, I would probably go for it. I also don't do any medicine in my IV, I've heard scary stuff about that, so I don't go for that either. I do it all without a drop of pain medicine and yes, it hurts really bad!
Since I've done it twice and know how bad it hurts, I am concerned about doing it again. I want to do it again, but I just need to prepare myself. I need to start reading up on natural births and get my mind set on it again. It is a mind game with me.
My concern with the baby's weight is that if he is about Megan's size (8 lb. 12 oz) or littler, I may be able to do it, BUT if I have a baby bigger, I am a little concerned.
5. With 3 months left, we still don't have a room even close to being ready! We are going to put the baby in Matt's office and in order to that, we need to finish him an office in the basement (our basement was completely unfinished when we bought the house last year). Matt is working very hard on the bathroom in the basement and said he is going to do his office next.
I told him if the new office doesn't get it done and we are unable to move his desk/ computer down there before the baby is born, then I at least need a dresser somewhere (place for clothes, diapers, changing pad) and a place for the baby to sleep. This will suffice for at least two to three months. After that, I kind of need the baby's room. And it needs to be painted blue of course with cute trucks all over the walls!
6. Courtney is still not convinced there is a boy in my tummy. When people ask her, she's says, "It's a girl." A couple of my friends have had baby boys lately and she shows interest, so we'll see what happens. She loves to go shopping for baby clothes. She always says, "Mom, is this for a boy baby or a girl baby? You should buy this for our baby." It's very cute!
Until next week! (for a baby update anyway)
I do have some thoughts for this stage in the game:
1. Those lovely tendons that support the baby are starting to get stretched and I can feel it quite well!
2. I go back to the dr. next week for my gestational diabetes test (28 weeks). I was fine with the other two girls, so I hope I will get the same results.
Sometimes I feel like I have a trouble with low blood sugar. When I was between 20-24 weeks, I would get weak pretty easily,espcially in the morning. I finally figured out that if I ate something, I would feel better. My problem was that I ate too much and gained 7 pounds in 4 weeks! My midwife said I was fine, but she also acted like that was too much in a month. I am hoping I don't repeat that. I'm not eating as much this month because I don't feel as weak, but I did weigh myself last week and I had already gained 5, so we'll see what happens next week!
3. Speaking of weight, I really hope this boy is the size of my girls (one can hope, right?) I am almost up to the weight that I gained with each girl and I still have 3 months to go! Yikes! Luckily I drop baby weight pretty easily after it's all over.
4. Another reason I am concerned about the baby's weight is that I want to deliver naturally again. For those of you who don't know, I don't get epidurals. Needles in my back scare me. If they could put it in anywhere else, I would probably go for it. I also don't do any medicine in my IV, I've heard scary stuff about that, so I don't go for that either. I do it all without a drop of pain medicine and yes, it hurts really bad!
Since I've done it twice and know how bad it hurts, I am concerned about doing it again. I want to do it again, but I just need to prepare myself. I need to start reading up on natural births and get my mind set on it again. It is a mind game with me.
My concern with the baby's weight is that if he is about Megan's size (8 lb. 12 oz) or littler, I may be able to do it, BUT if I have a baby bigger, I am a little concerned.
5. With 3 months left, we still don't have a room even close to being ready! We are going to put the baby in Matt's office and in order to that, we need to finish him an office in the basement (our basement was completely unfinished when we bought the house last year). Matt is working very hard on the bathroom in the basement and said he is going to do his office next.
I told him if the new office doesn't get it done and we are unable to move his desk/ computer down there before the baby is born, then I at least need a dresser somewhere (place for clothes, diapers, changing pad) and a place for the baby to sleep. This will suffice for at least two to three months. After that, I kind of need the baby's room. And it needs to be painted blue of course with cute trucks all over the walls!
6. Courtney is still not convinced there is a boy in my tummy. When people ask her, she's says, "It's a girl." A couple of my friends have had baby boys lately and she shows interest, so we'll see what happens. She loves to go shopping for baby clothes. She always says, "Mom, is this for a boy baby or a girl baby? You should buy this for our baby." It's very cute!
Until next week! (for a baby update anyway)
Thursday, March 4, 2010
The Sun is Shining....but that can only mean one thing- mud!
Wow, it's finally nice enough to play outside again! Megan got off the bus, threw her jacket and backpack on the sidewalk, and ran off to play! It is so nice to be able to get outside and get some fresh air...but at this moment, my evil enemy is also present- mud! I hate mud! If anybody has any suggestions on how to get mud out of clothes, please tell me! I've been battling this for years now (and it's only going to get worse with a boy on the way). Why did Courtney have to put on pink sweatpants to play outside? Now she has mud up the back of the pants- ugh! It's just unavoidable! I threw her pants in the washer right away and put the soil level on "high." Hopefully this new washer will do the trick. :)
If you were wondering, I can get almost everything out of clothes except mud and chocolate ice cream!
Update: Courtney's pants came out clean! Happy day!!
If you were wondering, I can get almost everything out of clothes except mud and chocolate ice cream!
Update: Courtney's pants came out clean! Happy day!!
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
words from a 3-year old...
I love Courtney's made-up word of "pinealoupe"- she really means "cantaloupe"!
Monday, March 1, 2010
Baby shower?
Some very nice sister-in-laws/ great aunts have offered to throw a shower for baby boy Ruwe!
Sunday, April 25th at 2 pm
I can't wait! (and neither can baby boy because I'm SURE he doesn't want to wear pink!!)
Bring on the blue!!
-Now if we can only talk Courtney into the fact that there is a BOY in my tummy and not a girl!
Sunday, April 25th at 2 pm
I can't wait! (and neither can baby boy because I'm SURE he doesn't want to wear pink!!)
Bring on the blue!!
-Now if we can only talk Courtney into the fact that there is a BOY in my tummy and not a girl!
School today...
Megan said she had the BEST day at school today because she got to be the line leader! I love it when she comes jumping off the bus with a great big smile on her face!
Her good friend was also back from a two week trip to China, so maybe that made her day good too. :)
Her good friend was also back from a two week trip to China, so maybe that made her day good too. :)
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