Fun Game---give it a try :)

I had my first (AWESOME) baby shower on Saturday...more about that to come in a later post. We played a game at the shower and I thought I'd see how you all can do :)

Name That Candy!

Think of a candy (candy bars and other kinds of candy) that you think of when you hear the clue. (If you want some hints, I'm including a word bank at the bottom of this post).

1. Girl's Name

2. Contractions

3. Epidurals

4. Hospital Bills

5. Chubby Baby

6. Breast Engorgement

7. Mommy's Sleep

8. Baby Giggles

9. Postpartum Stomach

10. Triplets

11. Dirty Diapers

12. Preemies

WORD BANK

Three Musketeers

Life Savers

Baby Ruth

Hubba Bubba

Jelly Belly

Now & Later

Snickers

Laffy Taffy

Milk Duds

100 Grand

Zero

Runts

Mounds

Milky Way

Whoppers

Super SWEET student story!

Every year my school has a fundraiser...this year it was called Frosty February Fun! The biggest way that the PTA makes money from this event is with the baskets that are raffled off. Each class is in charge of assembling a basket (in the past my class has had the "Boys Will Be Boys" basket. There are a lot of really cool ones...Chocolate Lovers, Dress-Up, Golf, Car Care, etc...This year my class was assigned the Baby Boy basket (oh, the irony....my kids were a bit confused about bringing in baby things and having them not actually be for me!) (This year I won the Wrapping Paper basket--I LOVE it!).

I also put tickets into the Baby Boy basket (last year I won the Baby Girl basket...not a lot of people put tickets in the baby baskets, so it was my best chance of winning something :)). I didn't win the baby basket this year.

One of my students had some extra tickets at the end (after she played the games) and her mom let her put the tickets into any baskets she wanted. Where did she put her tickets? In the Baby Boy basket! She wanted to win it for me.....and SHE DID!!!! Here mom brought it in to me at school yesterday. There were so many baskets that would have appealed to a 7 year old girl, yet she still chose to use her tickets to try to win the basket for me. SO sweet :)

(I do now have 3 bathtubs....one from the baby girl basket, one that my friend Joanna gave me, and then another one from this basket. We will have one clean baby!!!)

8.5 weeks....?

Last night it occurred to me that I only have 8.5 weeks of teaching left. Cameron mentioned that he hopes that I can enjoy them. I pretty much lost it (in a controlled way) when I realized that yes, I do indeed only have 8.5 weeks of teaching left.

I'm SO excited to be a stay at home mom (for a while at least), but I never actually stopped to think about what it would mean in terms of not teaching. Sure, I knew I wouldn't be going back to teach (and I've had issue with--"Who will I be when I'm not a teacher?" already), but I never slowed down to think about the things I'll miss when I'm not teaching.

My goal and my prayer now is that I can slow down, close my door, and really enjoy and appreciate my students. There is so much else that can get my down at work, so I'm hoping that keeping my eyes on my students only will allow me to finish the first part of my teaching career on a positive note.

I have a feeling I've got some pretty emotional days coming up in the next 8.5 weeks before I track out in April 25th!

Latest appointment

I had an appointment this afternoon and all is still going well! It was a very short visit with the doctor...she listened to his heartbeat and then took my measurement.

His heartbeat is 148bpm (right where it should be) and I measured 30cm (I'm 30 weeks, so this is perfect).

I start going for appointments every 2 weeks now until I'm 35 weeks, and then I will go every week. In the beginning I thought it would be forever before I started going every 2 weeks....but here I am! :)

When will he be born?

Recently I've been thinking that it would be nice to know exactly when this little guy will arrive. I know that that is not possible, so I thought I'd use this website for people to make their guesses about when they think he will arrive and how big he will be.

Go ahead, make a guess!

http://www.expectnet.com/game.php?babyid=1&tx=1298252290
The name of the game is MoccariBaby (in case you need it).

Ultrasound from February 2nd

Since our 'Lil Dude is too big to get a full body shot in the ultrasound, we don't have any of those to share. (We were much happier with good news about our baby than a full body shot of him!). Here are a few that we DID get though....you may need to use some imagination!


What a good looking spine we have there! All of his bones are in the right spot and the right size. Well done 'Lil Dude!



So, this is his leg. What you can't see exactly is that his ankles are crossed...it really was pretty cute! (Even cooler because he also had his right arm over his face and his ankles crossed at the same time. Back when I was allowed to sleep on my back, I would fall asleep with my arm across my face and my ankles crossed!!!)




This is his face....eyes and nose and lips.....can you see it? If not, you'll just have to wait until he's born!!!

Ramsey, do you want a little brother?

His eyes say it all!!! (Just kidding...Ramsey will LOVE his little brother!)

29 weeks 5 days

Look---you can start to see my belly button!

28 weeks 3 days

Taking pictures in the morning=sleepy face...oh well....focus on the belly!!! (I am still not looking or feeling huge, but I'm fine with that because I know that all is well with our 'Lil Dude!)

Inside an ultrasound....

In case anybody is curious what it looks like to have an ultrasound, Cameron took a few photos last week. The technician had to use a LOT of the goopy stuff this time because she had to look at so many parts of our little guy. (I have no idea what is on the screen, so don't ask. It's some part of the baby).

Does a Body Good

I'm not sure if I've posted this before, but my HOPE and INTENTION is to have a natural delivery...meaning no interventions of any kind. We have a doula who will teach us what we need to know and who will be there with us on the day of the birth and in the delivery room.

In addition to having the support of the doula, I want to do as much as I can to prepare my body. Going to prenatal yoga is one thing that's helping me prepare my body. I hope to be able to strengthen muscles and learn a few relaxation techniques.

I have also started going to a new chiropractor. I am seeing the chiropractor to make sure that my pelvis is aligned. Having my pelvis aligned will help with the delivery of 'Lil Dude. In addition to having my pelvis aligned the chiropractor can help alleviate sciatic pains and other back pains that I'm sure to develop over the next couple of months!

Glucose Test Update

So my glucose tolerance test was on Wednesday.

We woke up at 7:25 and then Cameron went downstairs to get my Glucose50 from the fridge so I could stay comfortable and drink it in bed. Here is my take on this drink---imagine orange soda with 5 times the sugar taste and no carbonation. It wasn't AWFUL, but it's not something I would choose to drink again! One of the worst parts about drinking it was that I had it on an empty stomach, so it was all just sitting there in my belly.

My doctor has her patients fast before the glucose test because she found that there were too many false positives when patients didn't fast. (Not all doctors have you fast).

So, after finishing the drink (in 5 minutes) I got up and finished getting ready. We drove to the doctor's office and I had a few vials of blood drawn shortly after we arrived. No biggie :) I was very thankful that we had about 40 minutes between getting my blood drawn and our ultrasound, so we went over to Whole Foods for some oatmeal. I was SO hungry by this point, so oatmeal tasted great! Haha!

I didn't end up having a huge sugar crash like I expected, but I was certainly pretty tired for the rest of the day. It was great to be tracked out, since I was able to come home and watch tv, have a nap and then go for a walk :)

The doctor only calls if you don't pass your glucose test (they need to set up another test which is a 4 hour test and really no fun). I wanted to know either way though, and I was curious about my numbers, so I made sure to call the office today. After waiting for a few hours, the nurse called me back.

I PASSED!!!! In order to pass, the number needs to be below 141....my number? 71!!!!! I passed with flying colors :)

Nurse Nancy thought I was cute that I was worried about this, considering I had NO risk factors or reason to believe I might not pass. I figure that I've been relatively calm during this pregnancy, so I HAD to have a few things to worry about :)

Weighing in at...

...2 pounds!!!!! Our 'Lil Dude is coming along great so far! They don't measure for a length, but they can (somehow) see how much he weighs. He is now 2 pounds, which is exactly where he should be. Dr. Tahtawi told us that he should gain about half a pound a week between now and delivery, so that will put him at a little more than 8 pounds (we'll see!).

In addition to his weight being on track everything else is looking good :)

They measured his leg bones and they are a good length, his heart is beating well (167 bpm), his belly is a good size and his head is looking great :) I love seeing the heart...it's amazing because we can see the ventricles and the little flaps opening and closing. It's really amazing how hard everything in there is working and he's not even born yet!

There were a few funny points during the ultra sound. First, when the ultra sound technician found his bladder she said, "his bladder is pretty small right now...he must have just emptied it." How funny and cool is it that our little baby is peeing?! (Not gross, cool!)

Another great thing was seeing how he is relaxing inside. We couldn't get a good profile shot of his face because he had his arm covering his face! When I sleep (well, when I'm allowed to sleep on my back), I sleep with my right arm over my face! I also cross my ankles when I sleep on my back. What was our 'Lil Dude doing with his legs? He had his ankles crossed!!!!

We just need to wait until Friday to hear the results of the glucose test, and my fingers are crossed that my glucose number is below 141!!!

We didn't get really great pictures of our guy from this ultra sound, but, as Cameron pointed out, we would much rather hear that everything looks good than have a good profile shot of our baby!

All in all, this appointment was awesome :)

27 weeks 2 days

Here I am!!!
First week of the...Third Trimester!