Still going & growing!

21 weeks & 1 day

Well, as you can tell, we are still growing! Things keep going better than expected! So far, it continues to be an uneventful pregnancy. I seen my OB last Thursday & everything was good. I gained 2 more pounds, blood pressure was great & my cervix was still the same, no changes! So keep your fingers crossed that things keep going good! I don't go back & see my OB until the 26th (so it will be 3 weeks until I see him again) because he is taking Spring Break off, I asked him where did he think he was going & he said to Mexico. I told him he better be back because he was needed here!!

As for other news, my munchkin is FINALLY walking! He started about a week & 1/2 ago just walking between be and furniture or me & his daddy by himself, and ever since then, he has been walking on his own more than he crawls. It is soooo cute to watch him because he gets so excited at himself & sometimes he will get ahead of himself. He has been a totally different kid ever since we had his ear tubes put in & got over all those infections & crud. When we went for his 15 month well check & shots last Tuesday, he weighed 29#s & was 33" long. He is getting soooo big! You would never be able to tell he was a month early! His dr. was glad with his progress. The only thing we have to do is go get fitted for special shoes because he has his daddy's severe flat feet & when he walks, his feet turn out & it almost looks like is inner ankles touch the floor when he walks. It is hard to explain. But she said since he is going to be a big boy, his feet would only "cave inward" more as he got bigger & the shoes will help him walk better. I just feel so bad for him because my husband's feet bother him all the time no matter what we do, & I just know it will eventually get to Bradyn. :(
This past weekend he we went to a birthday party for his cousin & he got to play in the dirt for the first time. It was hilarious watching him, he LOVED it. He is definatley all little boy!! He is going to be a kid that loves to play outside because he wants out alllll the time now.

Bradyn & his daddy after he got thru getting dirty!!

I guess that is all for now!!

Until next time, Take Care!!

20 weeks & 3 GIRLS!!

YEAH!! So, I went to the high risk perinatologist for the first time yesterday and all went better than expected. We found out that we are on the PINK team all the way! Even though I was wanting at least one more boy, I am still happy with what we got. My mom & sister & hubby were all there with me. Now, me and the hubster are arguing over names!! All of the girls anatomy & measurements looked good. They all weighed 13 oz & are measuring about 9 inches a piece & right on with my dates. (yesterday I was 19 weeks 6 days) I also found out why I have been soo miserable here lately, it is cause they are all "stacked" on each other. Baby C is at the top (feels like under my diaphragm!) and she is breeched, Baby B is in the middle laying from my left to right, and Baby A is at the bottom, also breeched. So if you can imagine, they are like making a huge "t" up & down my belly. I am like "Can't you girls move from side to side or something, I have enough room!!" And for once, being a "big girl" (as the doc put it nicely) has it advantages for once because that means the babies will have more room to grow and possibly decreases my chances of preterm labor. I quit working as of this past Monday, but I am not on complete bedrest yet. So I just get to enjoy hanging out & doing nothing. But now I get to really start looking for nursery stuff etc. I go back & see my regular OB next Wednesday. Last week my cervix was good and all the vitals were good. But, I have only gained 2# throughout the whole pregnancy. Then, I go back to the high risk doc in a month. Here is a slide show of all of the sono pics of the babies. They were quiet some characters!! Baby B is going to be my "camera hog". She was doing all kinds of poses, where as Baby A & C wanted to be left alone!

As for my other munchkin, last week was a hell week for us. We had a post-op follow up appt with his ear doctor on Tuesday (the 17th) and both of his ears still had raging infections in them despite the post-op antibiotics & ear drops. Soooo, he changed us to another stronger antibiotic that was 3 times a day instead of once a day, and new ear drops that had an antibiotic in them. But, otherwise he was acting like he felt just fine. So he went to daycare that Tues, Wed & Thurs (because I was still working then) and on Thursday the daycare called me in the afternoon & told me he was running a 101 fever. I was thinking "WHAT??? Will we EVER get a break??" So, sure enough I go get him & he is running fever, called his pedi & told her everything about the ear situation & all the changes etc., & she asked me if he had been coughing, congested, runny nose etc. & I told her yes he had been for weeks despite the breathing treatments, but, he hadn't been running any fever. So she wanted to see him first thing Friday morning. We went in & she checked him and she said he just "smelled of infection" (I guess they have a certain smell???). So she gave him an antibiotic SHOT & we had to go get a chest x-ray & lab work done to rule out pneumonia. I drug my mom with me since I couldn't go in the x-ray room with him & then she went in with him for his lab draw while I sat outside & listened to him scream & cry & I cried. We went home & the doc called me that afternoon & she said everything looked fine, he just had bronchiolitis & we would manage it at home with his other antibiotics for his ears, & breathing treatments. By Sunday, he was a whole brand new kid. You could tell a world of difference in him!! I was so happy he FINALLY was starting to feel better. We went back to his ear doc on Wed. of this week & is finally clear of ear infections & passed his hearing test! YEAH! What a relief!! And, he is finally back to his normal bed time ritual & getting over the anxiety @ bedtime. He is just really clingy to me whenever I am around, which surprises me because he has been a daddy's boy here lately. But, everyone says it's because he knows I am pregnant. So, that has been my crazy 2 weeks! Now that I have gabbed for ever, you should be up to date!!

Until next time,

Take Care!!

Picture of Bradyn playing with Grammy (my mom) & his cousin Aubree.

Pic of me @ 19weeks2days. (I hate having pics of me taken!)

Belly shot!!