Baby update

Had my appointment today ( the ultra-sound one ) & found out that my placenta has moved completely... well the tech wasn't suppose to tell me that, but I just really wanted to know if all looked normal BEFORE the 7th. I am guessing by what she told me, I won't have to have a c-section. Good news. ( even though - KNOWING the exact day would be kind-of nice )
But luckily I get to do the same old (what I know & have practice at)

He weighs a little over 4 pounds...

He looks like Jace in this picture - but then again, I don't have a 4D of Trenton to compare ...fun to put a face to those rib jabs and bladder kicks ;) ....

Our weekend starts tomorrow AM ...

I am looking forward to having a few days with Roger solo. I have been so unbelievably freakin uncomfortable. I go from feeling GREAT, just a bit chunky, but like so good.i don't feel pregnant. Then comes the O.m.G uncomfortable-ness. Like I can't 10 more minutes of this baby in my ribs let alone 8 MORE WEEKS~
We find out on the 1st if the baby will be here in 6 weeks or not ( I have mixed feelings about it all). I have my 2nd U/S to see if conditions have changed & if not - - we may know the baby's birthday then! That's kind-of exciting ... I just can't stand this cramped, painful feeling. I would rather be sitting at a 5 uncomfortable feeling than this 0-10 swing.

All I can say is ... WOW!

So about 5pm - I sent a text to my lil bro ( who earlier asked if Trenton & Jace were going to visit soon ) that he can have Trenton - - I was just joking around, because Trenton was sitting next to me with the non-stop "LETS PLAY" going. Well ... ya about 3am this morning my mother and Ford show up to pick up the boys. They slept a bit then we went out to eat and they took off. CRAZY!!! I guess I ask & I shall receive!! My boys are some lucky boys to have such amazing people in their lives, if only they truly understood! I guess I can say they are dearly missed in MN -
Well, my mom has a class 2nd week in June, so then is when I'll get my boys back, so about 16 days and counting - - -what to do, what to do?!

I am getting my BIG.HUGE.TO-DO accomplished, so when they do come back, I will feel no pressure to get 'other' stuff done & I can completely enjoy my time with them, not much longer until I will have to spread my attention even thinner.

I can rest easy because I know the boys are having the time of their lives, like they always do, at gma & gpa's. Attention.Attention.Attention.
It's pretty sick how much playing they get to do - Golf, Baseball, Biking, Rock picking, Movies @ the theaters, Football and so.much.more.

Lucky kids.
Lucky parents.
Lucky grandparents.

I do miss them already tho!

with the good comes the bad ...

As much as I LoooOOOoooOOOve the summers & I do mean CHERISH them, I am starting to feel overwhelmed with the attention my boys need during ALL.THESE.SUNNY.HOURS! Bedtime is getting harder to enforce because 'it's not dark, mom' - I can remember saying this to my parents! And their energy levels came out of hibernation, they are non-stop go.go.go.


I love the sunny mornings and the long beautiful days, but I enjoy them so much more when Roger is home to help out. Single mommin' it w/ 2 crazy boys & a body that does not want to function correctly is getting to me ... time for a trip to grandma's maybe??

Even though they are crazy, insane, actin' all 'little' boyish ;) - I do love them so very much.duh. & I have to remember that are only a few [+ some] more weeks left with just my 3 men. :)

the countdown is on ....

I had my latest appointment this past Monday. My regular doctor had her baby 2 weeks ago, so now I'm in the care of a the other OB that practices here. I felt like I got hit by the information train at this appointment. I find out that I have a Complete Placenta Previa, which my other doc told me, but went into nothing about it. other than she wants to me to have another ultrasound on the 1st see if things change. The way she talked about it made me believe that there was nothing for me to worry about - other than a possible c-section.
Well .... This doctor went into everything I can/cannot do, what to do if I start bleeding (even the tiniest), who I need to talk to & what I need to tell them, what it means if I do start bleeding and that this pregnancy of mine is considered 'high risk'. I was blown away, why did my other doctor decide that this information was not necessary for me to know!? I was kind-of pissed, well - really pissed. I didn't go to medical school - I don't know what I should or shouldn't be asking about conditions I've never dealt with. The new doc told me that the reason I am having this type of pregnancy is from my D&C as a result from my miscarriage in '08.

Well, to be honest, I am not too worried. Maybe things have changed - the placenta could move up higher during the growing - but I have dealt with no bleeding to date & I feel good. I have been taking it easy - just have to do what I need to.

S00000 - I have 10 weeks left. Maybe less if they plan a c-section. [ What I've read about the condition of this pregnancy they like to schedule c-sections earlier (after 36 weeks) to make sure I don't go into labor. If I do go into labor with the C.P.P it can cause major hemorrhaging. :-/ ]

I'm praying for change @ the u/s & I can have the same delivery process that I did with Jace & Trenton. But baby is healthy and that is all that is important!

BUT NOW -
I have to start getting ready!!!
I keep thinking I have time & I do, but I know it's going to fly by.

I need everything :-/

- Car seat
- Crib (Mini Delta) I don't want to use our BIG one because we are going to put the baby in our room, and I don't want to buy a bassinet just for it to last 3 months.
- Pump -Medla Metro. (( this baby is getting MY milk ))
- need to collect some outfits - - I gave away / sold most all of our baby clothes. I was just getting overwhelmed with the amount of bins of clothes we had around here & we decided to pass most of them on. But summer baby - onesies are going to be #1. :)
- The hospital bag items for baby & mommy
- basic 'things' :: wipes/diapers/bottles

I hate the amount of stuff that gets accumulated with a NB & most of it is not needed. So with that said - - I'm going to pretend I'm a minimalist & not try to collect anything we DON'T need!


74 days!

These type of days make up for those 'other' type of days

Run down of why today was oh... so good.

- kids played at the park with daddy as I shopped for an hour solo

- Hung out with the boys at the park for another hour or so - in the nice heat & ate watermelon

- Made a GREAT potato salad that turned out FAB!

- Talked to my mom (in peace) for awhile this AM

- Roger let me sleep in until 10:30AM

- got to spend about an hour of my morning getting ready for the day vs. the 10 mins I usually get

- Turned on the Central Air for the 1st time

- Door open to the deck while I cooked in peace w/ the smell of fresh mowed grass & rain pouring in

- Took a nice walk with the kiddos
- No complaining @ bath time.
- movie night w/ my hubster & boys :: ANNIE for the 3rd night in a row, but I just love watching Jace watch it. He loves it so much!

Perfect day! love.love.love these days!

Even ended it with a FULL Double rainbow :)

Makes for a great 1 1/2 year anniversary :)

Weekend Review

So our weekends start Sunday AM (when Roger gets home) and ends about 5:30pm on Tuesday when Roger returns back to work.
I woke up on mother's day to hubby bringing me some of my favorite OJ & some reading material. He usually crawls into bed until about 11-noonish, but we stayed up before the kiddos awoke & watched the Tivo'd SNL w/ Betty White & JayZ. I haven't laughed so hard in a long time - neither has Roger. It was a great episode of SNL - Then the rest of the day I got to sit back & relax [partly because I did my Sunday chores on Sat] but I was free of diaper duty & got to sneak in a nice nap. score! We hung out & went to pick up Iron Man (1) in blu-ray, happy mother's day to me?! ;) , and had a movie & Pizza Hut night. It was a perfect 'lil day!

Then Monday, well this was a busy day, not crazy busy, but early and a bit stressful. Trenton had to get 2 cavities filled at 8am & Jace had 1 to get filled at 8:30. I was very impressed with how fast the entire family was able to get out of the house that morning. But showing up tired & nervous wasn't the greatest feeling in the world. Trenton got called in about 3 minutes after arriving. They use 'laughing gas' over the nose with the little kids to get them relaxed. Trenton was a CHAMP! He did everything he needed to & it was less than 4 mins and the tiny - surface - cavities were filled. As he was coming out of it, he was telling me how he wanted to do it again [get his teeth drilled] & that it was so much fun. Then about 3 mins later, he retracted that statement saying he was lying. He complained of a slight a headache but that's all. He got to pick out a toy & he chilled in the waiting room watching an old VHS movie . He was a rock star patient!
Jace on the other hand. Well, he sounded like he was being tortured, pretty much made me tear up. He hated the mask, I imagine the smell in combination with scariness of it, totally freaked the lil kid out. Thankfully Roger was there, helped calm him a bit & hold him for the 45 seconds ( i kid you not ) that it took to drill & fill the thing. But he was 100% fine after the whole ordeal.
I was worried about Jace because he is SO young, but the dentist said where the cavity was located it will decay fast down to the 'pulp' of the tooth. So Roger & I decided to just get it over with so it didn't become a bigger issue.
So with doctors orders w/ the unknown type of Heart Murmur he has, we gave him the antibiotics and he was set to go.
(We have that BIG appointment with the Mayo Clinic Cardiologist on the 28th of June)
We just found it funny with Jace that a lil mask makes him scream, but he can have a nurse dig around in his arm for a vein to draw blood and he doesn't make a sound.
We scheduled another appointment for Roger in 2 weeks to officially start the-never-ending work that needs to be done!!
They will start out with the basics; Xrays/cleaning/checking out the bone that is exposed from his extraction a month ago ... then beings the cavity-filling & teeth-pulling to prepare for those dang braces. :-/
I am so thankful for Dental insurance.

After that was done with, we headed home to have a lil breakfast & hang out until about noon. We had Trenton's Open house for kindergarten. I liked what I saw, all but the pick-up/drop-off situation. NOT a FAN! I can imagine it is just NUTS! They have no busing in town so that means there are going to be X amount of cars that are in front of the school every morning & afternoon. I am not looking forward to it at all!!
-a mess of cars + little kids does not sound like a good mixture to me-
But after lunch & a tour of the grounds, Trenton seems pretty excited to start. I think he's nervous about all the other kids, but he will adjust in time.

We finished off our day with a Movie @ the Mall. Ironman 2. Jace fell asleep like he does in every movie we go to (must be the pigging out on popcorn for 10 mins with the dark lights is a recipe for NAP TIME!) But we really enjoyed the movie!

So we had a pretty good, lay-low, sort-of weekend. Roger went back to work early tonight, for a meeting, so that means he will be home early[er] in AM -as they can only put in so many hours in a day- So that makes for a nice day tomorrow. :) Now I have got to start the cleaning that I put off this weekend. So I'm off to being the whole routine over again ;) ...