29 Weeks

Today I am 29 weeks pregnant!

Pregnancy highlights:

Size of Baby: Baby H now weighs about 2 1/2 pounds, about the size of a Butternut Squash and measures 15 inches long from the top of his head to his heels! 

Total Weight Gain/Loss: +5 since my last doctors visit putting me about +16 pounds all together. Wowzers..

Baby's heartbeat at last visit: I should take this one out because the doctor never tells me, they just say "heartbeat sounds good" and that's really all I need to hear.

Maternity Clothes: YES

Gender: We are having a BOY!

Movement: Yes! Yes! Yes! It's the most amazing thing. He's a squirmier and I think he's crawling right up into my rib cage. As I sit here this afternoon I can see him squirming around in my belly. It's amazing I had to call a co-worker over. I was going to get Micayla but she was on the phone.

Sleep: Sleeping great other than getting up to pee and it's so much more difficult getting out of bed lately.

What I miss: Being able to get up and out of the couch and/or chair, it seems like a chore to have to get up, or tie my shoes, that's exhausting. I think I'll be keeping this as my "what I miss" but I also miss my energy.

Cravings: Chocolate Shakes - definitely! And I've been starting to crave pop, cherry Pepsi.

Symptoms: Lots of kicking going on and I love it. 

Best Moment This Week: Finally "seeing" him move around in my belly. I love it! It's like I'm having a little party in my belly he's moving that much. I still can't believe I only have 11 weeks to go! We are finally planning my baby shower. It will be here before we know it. We are getting the final bids on our basement and once we decide on that the basement will get started. I can't wait, there is just so much to do and time is running out.

I go for my 3 hour glucose test tomorrow morning, not looking forward to it but I'm glad I'm getting it out of they way, hopefully everything will be fine because I would hate to have to give up chocolate shakes and Cherry Pepsi. But I'll do what I have to do for this baby, he's my world!

I've decided not to go with the furniture I posted last week, so I'm kind of back to square one, well not that far back just have to decide what I want.

Daycare Decision

I can finally say we've made a decision!

Baby H will be attending ABC Learning, we can't wait, well I shouldn't say that because I'll probably be one of those mom's who cry after dropping there child off, I know I will be! 

But here's the proof!

I love the little note they wrote on our receipt we got this in the mail the other day. They seem to be a great place to take kids and I'm glad we chose them!

Weekend update

Thanks to Martin Luther King Jr. we get an extra day off work and it's a well deserved one. Work has been crazy and we were all in need of an extra day off.

So on this extra day off I'm relaxing on the couch, Tom's sleeping because he has to work tonight and the kids are out and about. I really wanted to do something today, like register for baby stuff, but decided to just relax at home in the peace and quiet.

We didn't do much this weekend, Friday night we grabbed dinner at Great Dragon and came home and ate it, it was an early night, Tom was exhausted and I was too so we were in bed around 9:30.

Saturday we stopped at Tom's Grandparent's house, then went to Sam's to do a little shopping and stopped and got groceries. We wanted to make twice baked potatoes to have in the freezer. We have all this meat in the freezer and decided some potatoes are great with them so we whipped them up and we ended up eating potato skins for dinner, we didn't even eat what we made. LOL Brandon had to work that night and Micayla was with her mom so it was another relaxing night. We watched a few movies then went to bed.

Sunday we slept in. Mom had us up for Clam Chowder, she had Grandma, Nikki, Chuck, Lexi and Andy up as well as Chris and Greg Weeks from Chicago, they were in town for Greg's work so they came up as well. It was nice seeing them, it's been a while since we didn't get to Chicago this year. But wow was it loud! The Packer game was on and everyone but Dad was cheering on the Giants, we don't know when he ever became a Packer fan but it was funny, they didn't play well and we were all excited to see them lose.

Here are a few pictures of the night.

Before everyone got there mom and dad were looking for something in the panty, it was so funny, Dad pulled out the flashlight!

Chris, Greg and Nikki discussing something!

And after everyone left, Abby got some much need TLC, I guess she wasn't feeling the best but she seemed fine to me. She's such a sweetie.

And a few random pictures. Here Brandon and two of his friends all went sleigh riding with the first big snow storm we got Thursday. It was so funny seeing these guys in there gear, which was some old stuff we had around the house that no one could fit in to but they figured it out. Brandon stepped aside because he looked "normal" here is Tyler and Kyle:

And here is an almost brand new pack and play that mom got for the baby from a friend of hers that was only used a couple of times. It looks brand new and has a changing table and everything. I'm so excited to see all this stuff, it means the baby is really coming.

 

I am heading to Grandma's for Chicken tonight, Chris and Greg are treating us to dinner, Tom's going to the Moose with his dad and Grandpa for Liver and Onions, yuck!

28 Weeks - Hello 3rd Trimester!

Today I am 28 weeks pregnant!

Pregnancy Highlights

Size of Baby: Baby H now weighs almost 2 and a quarter pounds, about the size of a Chinese cabbage and measures 14.8 inches long from the top of his head to his heels!  

Total Weight Gain/Loss: +5 since my last doctors visit putting me about +16 pounds all together. Wowzers..

Baby's heartbeat at last visit: I should take this one out because the doctor never tells me, they just say "heartbeat sounds good" and that's really all I need to hear.

Maternity Clothes: YES

Gender: We are having a BOY!

Movement: Yes! Yes! Yes! It's the most amazing thing. He's a squirmier and I think he's crawling right up into my rib cage.

Sleep: Sleeping great other than getting up to pee and it's so much more difficult getting out of bed lately.

What I miss: Being able to get up and out of the couch and/or chair, it seems like a chore to have to get up, or tie my shoes, that's exhausting. I think I'll be keeping this as my "what I miss" but I also miss my energy.

Cravings: Chocolate Shakes - definitely! And I've been starting to crave pop, cherry coke and/or pepsi, as I'm enjoying right now.

Symptoms: Lots of kicking going on and I love it. I get nervous when I haven't felt him in a while but if I just relax for bit he starts right up. Yesterday, Tuesday, I felt like crap, starting to get achy and felt like a cold is coming on, but today I feel OK, but my hips are sore. I think it's because I'm sitting all day long except to go to the bathroom, so I need to get up and move more.

Best Moment This Week: Getting to hear the baby's heartbeat and hearing the doctor tell me everything sounds/looks good and that I'm measuring right on track. Celebrating Tom's Grandmas' 80th birthday, it was a great night. Oh and finally choosing a daycare, I dropped my deposit off last night to ABC Learning! And I think I will have my furniture ordered in the next week or so. Wow, so much going on. I also start going to the doc every 2 weeks, which is crazy to me, but that means this little guy will be here before we know it.

One last note - I didn't pass my Glucose test so I have to go through the dreaded 3 hour test sometime next week, I'm thinking Wednesday or Thursday. Please pray that I pass!

So here's the furniture that I'm hoping to get, we'll find out this week hopefully. We just need a room to put it in and that's in the process as well. So much to do so little time!

Randon things

I don't really have much to talk about but thought I would write about a few things.

Work had been absolutely crazy busy! I have been exhausted at night and knowing I'm almost 28 weeks pregnant It's probably going to get worse going forward. January is one of the craziest months at work and it seems like it's much busier than last year. Job security, that's all I can say!

This weekend we celebrated Tom's Grandma's 80th birthday! We all, meaning Tom's parents, and his Aunts and Uncles, went for dinner at The Village Bar, a little dive restaurant in Keiler, WI. The food was delicious, I had steak and shrimp and Tom had the seafood platter.Tom and I were the only "kids" that went or were invited. It was great. You should have seen that prime rib that Tom's uncle and Grandpa got, it was the king cut and it was the size of big roast. After dinner we all headed to the Mystique casino, the former dog track. I didn't have any luck but Tom made a little money. The baby wasn't feeling the luck I guess. Oh well, it was some of the winnings from the previous weekend.

That was about the extent of our weekend, Sunday we stayed home all day and just relaxed. It was nice. Oh and I forgot to mention Saturday out contractor stopped by with an estimate for the basement, it's a little more than we were hoping but I think it's something we're going to have to do, time is running out only 12 more weeks to go before little baby H comes into this work. OMG only 12 weeks! I know I'm saying it too. We have lots to do within that time frame, picking a name is one of the things on our list to do.

Mom and I finally got to Jazzercise together again, it's been a while and it was nice having her back in class. Everyone else was so happy to see her back as well.

Today was my glucose test along with my 28 week appointment. Unfortunately I didn't pass which means I have to do the long 3 hour test sometime within the next 2 weeks. I have to go to the doc every 2 weeks now until 36 weeks then I go every week until the baby comes. It's so hard to believe that time is sneaking up on us. We have so much to do, such as create a registry, buy a crib, dresser/changer, figure out when I'll have my baby shower and I'm sure there is so much more to do but that's on the top of my list. Oh and decide on a pediatrician. Oh and a daycare, OK I think I can pretty much take that one off the list, tomorrow I'm going to drop off my deposit at ABC Learning. I was going to do it today but I just couldn't get myself to do it, then talking to Tom we have agreed ABC Learning it is.

I'm sitting here watching the movie Titanic and now I can't think of anything else. So my next post will be on Wednesday!

27 Weeks!

Today I am 27 weeks pregnant - last week of my 2nd trimester!

Pregnancy Highlights:

Size of Baby: Baby H now weighs almost 2 pound about the size of a head of cauliflower and measures 14 1/2 inches long with his legs extended!  

Total Weight Gain/Loss: +6 since my last doctors visit putting me about +11 pounds all together

Baby's heartbeat at last visit: 146 BPM

Maternity Clothes: YES

Gender: We are having a BOY!

Movement: Yes! Yes! Yes! It's the most amazing thing. He's a squirmier..

Sleep: Pretty good and I really slept good while Tom was off work all week. I actually slept better knowing he was in bed with me but that all changed once he went back to work, now I have the whole bed to myself again and I seem to wake up more often.

What I miss: Being able to get up and out of the couch and/or chair, it seems like a chore to have to get up, or tie my shoes, that's exhausting.

Cravings: Chocolate Shakes - definitely!

Symptoms:I'm starting to get some pain in my lower back on the right side, but this usually happens more ofter I've over done it, but other than that, not much. I do feel him move a lot more lately and at work this week I could actually see my belly moving, it was so cool.

Best Moment This Week: Celebrating the new year - I can't believe it's 2012! I know there are so many exciting things that are going to happen this year and I can't wait. I also loved having Tom home all week, even though I had to work it was still nice to be able to go to bed together and go out to lunch a couple of times while he was off.

Monday is my glucose test - I sure hope I pass!

Out with the old 2011 in with the new 2012

We sure ended 2011 with a bang, it all started out Friday night, Tom and I picked up Grandma and headed up to mom and dad's, Grandma got a Christmas present from Chris and Kristi, 20 one dollar casino chips and she wanted to try her luck, so me and Tom, mom and dad and Grandma all went down to the casino. They like me along so I can get them free drinks, I know that's not the only reason but it's a good one. I was the DD! Dad scored some free buffets from a guy he knows at the moose and is a Casino manager, so we scored big! We got to the Diamond Jo about 6:30 or so and got a few drinks then headed to the buffet for dinner. Everything was delicious!

 So during dinner we discussed our game plan. Mom suggested we all chip in $5 and either go to a $5 machine or a $1 machine. We decided on a $1 machine that way would get a few more pulls. We finally found the $1 machines and chose a Double Bow Tie machine, we got to play for awhile and were down to our last few spins and Grandma spun and hit for $800!

We were all so excited and walked away with $160 each, it was awesome, it was a great start to our night since this was the first that we gambled. I pretty much took my money and ran, I have baby furniture I'm saving for. LOL Tom went and played a few more slots and Grandma wanted to use her $20 chips yet and she wanted to play blackjack so her and I went and found a $5 table and I found a good one, well a good dealer, Bruce, I remembered him from when I worked there and he was super nice and always seemed to have a good time. Grandma pulled out her baggie with her chips and the few people at the table were like OMG but it was all cool, we played for quite a while however we didn't win anything. Dad gave me $20 to play with and when that was about gone he threw in another $20 we played on that for awhile, we had a blast, the dealer was calling Grandma - Grandma and helping her out as much as he could. When it was his time to for break the next dealer was not as nice so we decided to leave. Grandma ended up losing $10 and I ended up losing $14 so not bad. We played a few more slots then called it a night. Tom and I got home about 11:00. It's always great to leave with some money!

Saturday was New Year's Eve and we decided to spend the night at home and make ourselves some Steak and Lobster. First the kids wanted to go bowling so off to Cherry Lanes we went. I thought I would give it a try and it wasn't too bad. We bought 3 games each and Tom and I split the one, so he bowled the first and third game and I bowled the 2nd game, it was fun but crowded.

Micayla bowling! She was out of practice but finally got her game on about the 3rd game.

Brandon showing us how it's done.

Brandon and Micayla loving on each other.

And Tom, well, its tough for both of us. LOL

I don't think we'll be going the PBA anytime soon but we had a fun family outing. Once we got home I took all the Christmas stuff down and thanks for the help of Tom and Brandon it wasn't too bad. It's nice to have everything down so now I can concentrate on baby stuff! Brandon went to work about 5:00 and Micayla was off with some friends, so Tom and I made steak and Lobster, it was so good.

 

After dinner we relaxed and watched a movie and tried to stay awake to see the ball drop. Tom ended up having to pick Brandon up from work and take him to his friends house so he wasn't home by the time the NY ball dropped, and we were in bed by the time midnight our time rolled around. LOL But it was still a great night.

Sunday, New Years, is always a special day, for one its the beginning of the new year and it's also Dad's birthday. Mom always has an open house style party and dad's sisters and their families all come over and we get to play cards or dice. This year we played Left Right Center, lots of hooting and hollering.

Look at Tommie's headband, it's Olivia's, Sara Hilby's daughter. He won like 3 games in a row, Noreen made him move seats.

Taylor and her cousin, Aunna, we dancing, they were showing us there moves. I didn't get a picture of the 2 of them dancing but I did get a pic of Taylor and Dad dancing, it was so funny.

Nikki, the one egging them on.  Go figure. LOL

And finally, I had to get a picture of the wall in mom's basement. This is finally complete after 2+ years.

Overall we have no complaints for the lovely weekend we had. Tom's off to work tonight and tomorrow starts the day from hell at work. January is crazy but I'm ready for it!