Katie’s 2 week check up!

Today has been very good! Brad’s Mom was coming to get me and Katie @ 9:30AM and I had woke up after sleeping a little at 8:30AM but I laid back down on the couch and woke up at about 9:15AM! I was thinking AH! Gotta get going! Got up, got myself dressed, got Katie’s stuff together then Brad’s Mom and youngest sister arrived. Changed Katie’s diaper, fed her and then we were out the door about 9:40AM. Got to the Doc’s office about 10:15AM and didn’t have to wait too long before we got called back. Nurse checked Katie’s temp, measured her and then weighed her! At her last appointment she weighed 5lbs 12oz and now she’s up to 6lbs 2oz! I’m so proud and proud of her!! Katie’s umbilical cord fell off Saturday so Doc said we can give her full baths now! AND we can start using baby wipes when we change her! Yayz! Then the Doc asked if she could go show her off to her husband before he goes back to work LOL I said sure! Hehehe.


(pic after we got home) <333

After we were all done and got back into town, Brad’s Mom bought lunch for all us and we got back to the apartment just in time to see Braaaaaad!! before he had to go back to work (he was home for his lunch break) hehe so Brad’s Mom left, Brad went back to work and I fed my bitty girl then fed myself! Talked to Mom for a bit, pumped some milk and then a bit later on Brad came home! It’s about time for Miss Katie to wake up, change her diapie and feed her before we go over to Brad’s Moms housie. Katie goes back on the 19th for her 1 month appointment, awwwws. <333

I’m sooooooooo thrilled to be a Mommy! And so in love with my Bradley. SOO in love :] <333

OH! and P.S. last night was HILARIOUS LOL I got the butt paste for Brad to put on Katie’s bum and It had gotten hot by my lava lamp and when he went to get some he thought it would be thicker but it was liquidish and squirted on his pants LOL!!!!!!! I couldn’t stop laughing LOL!

Friday appointment & busy!

Man am I tired! Was up quite a bit during the night because of leg/hip pain and having to use the bathroom every couple hours and then a little more haha. Then we had to get up at 7AM to get ready for my baby doc appointment @ 8:30AM. Brad happened to be off work today (I think I had mentioned in a post before that his work has had random weeks lately where instead of 5 days they’ve been working 4) SO I was glad that he was gonna be able to take me to the doc once again. I think I got up around almost 6AM? to use the bathroom and then Brad got up about 6:45AM so I layed there for a few more minutes then finally got up to start getting ready.

We left about 7:45AM and got there a little early so we sat in the truck for just a bit before going in. Waited a few more min inside before the nurse called me back. Haven’t gained any weight in 2 weeks. Blood pressure was 134/85 and my sugar was 69! Brad was already waiting back in one of the rooms hehe so I went and joined him to wait for the Doc. She came in and said everything still looks good! :] Measured my belly – my belly is measuring about a week ahead of where It should be which she said is ok. Got to hear Katie’s heartbeat and she had been squirming all morning so her heartrate was up to 158-159bpm then It went back down to 147bpm which Doc said was just fine! Told her about my leg/pelvic pain so she prescribed me some muscle relaxers. Take 1 an hour before bed time. I really hope they work, lol. That was about it! Made my next appointment for in 2 weeks then we headed out to get breakfast! I got a sausage biscuit and bottle of water and Brad got a chicken biscuit and coke. Went to Wal-Mart parking lot, ate then went inside to wander around. Didn’t have to be back at the Docs till 11AM. Bought a few little items and Brad’s Mom called to say they had gotten their stimulas check and they were heading up to Wal-Mart to buy groceries. We met them in the parking lot right before we were heading back to the Doc and said after we were done we’d come back, follow them in Wal-Mart till they were done then we’d all go eat lunch! YAY! Back to the Docs. The awesome nurse Linda took my blood sugar this time and as she said while we were waiting.. “Drum roll please” hehe and number was… 88! Woot! Then she joked and said, “I’m sorry but I’m gonna have to let you go” lol. She is great. So we were out of there!! Headed back to Wal-Mart & went and found Brad’s Mom and Stepdad in the store and went along with them as they did their shopping. They checked out and we headed for the Mexican restaurant! I wound up with a shrimp chimichanga YUMZ. I was so full, lol. Afterwards, we thanked them then headed home.

Brad’s Mom and their crew were grilling out tonight so we wanted to eat some yum grill food too so after going home, relaxing a bit, watching most of Dr. Phil then I called Mom and talked to her for a long while – we headed back over to Brad’s Moms about 5:30PM-ish and food was delish. We stayed over there past 8PM then came on home. I got in the bath to relax and soak and now I’m sitting here typing this listening to Breaking Benjamin! Think I’m gonna do a few more things then maybe log onto Lord of the Rings Online for a bit before taking my muscle relaxer, waiting an hour then hopefully getting some niiiiiiiice Zzzz’s! Busy but awesome day and even better? How good the temp was outside today! WOOT WOOT. Have a great rest of the weekend!

30.3wk appointment

Had my weekly appointment this morning – in fact I haven’t been home too long. Another excellent appointment! Came in, they took my sugar first thing and with no food or drink It was 78. I’ve lost 1 pound and my blood pressure was good! (Think it was around 129/83?) Saw the Doc and she said she was very pleased on how everything was going and that she was certain that my blood sugar was gonna do fine so now I don’t have to go every week anymore! Back to normal – which would be every 2 weeks at this point in pregnancy. Got to listen to my little girls heartbeat of course and she was anxious this morning because her heartrate was up and she had been squirming all morning! Her heartrate was 163bpm hehe. SO me and my MIL went and got food from McDonalds – I got a sausage biscuit, hash browns and water. Ate the biscuit and water then we went to Wal-Mart and my MIL bought a few things including a few things for the little one heheh. Got back to the Doc’s a little before 11:15 – waited a few min then went back for my 2nd stick in the finger. One of the other nurses was actually dancing cheering for my sugar to be a good number, lol. She’s hilarious. Wait. Wait. Wait. 112! WOOT so I was good to go!

I’m very happy things are good! :] But SHH afterwards we stopped by Dairy Queen for a little treat lol. Gotta have atleast a little treat!!!! Bought Brad one too so he’ll be very happy to find that in the freezer when he comes home from work today!

Only bad thing right now is I’ve got a bit of a cold.. boo. Already getting to where I can only taste just a bit. That sucks. My sinuses hurt as well. Anyhow, gonna go ahead and get some cleaning done then I’m gonna lay down for a little nap before Brad gets home home home!!!

Have a GREAT weekend!

Thursdays appointment

(taken from my livejournal)

My Doc’s appointment went well Thursday 🙂 Gained 1 pound which they said is good because from now on I might gain a pound a week. Blood pressure was excellent @ 120/79! Of course my MIL drove me up there @ 8:30AM and after they weighed and took my blood pressure, they stuck my finger to see about my sugar level. It was 80 and they said that’s good. Told me to go wait out in the waiting room for the Doc to see me. Finally came back and the nurse asked my MIL if she wanted to come back with me 🙂 At first she said no but then the nurse said, “Come on back and hear the babys heartbeat!” Heheh and my MIL asked me If I cared and I said no so she came back with me. Doc finally came in and measured my belly – I’m measuring a bit bigger but she said I have extra inches on my belly and that baby will probably fill in those inches. Got to hear my little girls heartbeat!!!! Going at 142 beats per minute, awwwww. It’s just so nice to think about that.. It’s my little girls heart I’m hearing! So was done seeing the Doc – she said to go and get something to eat and come back in 2 hours. Doc said that because she wants to watch my glucose (sugar) level that I will need to come every week now (normally would be every 2 weeks at this point) and It needs to be in the morning.. which means Brad can’t take me anymore, boo. =( My MIL said of course that will take me anytime I need her to. Made my next appointment for Friday, May 2nd.

My MIL and I left to go see about getting Taco Bell but It was 9AM and they didn’t open till 10AM. Wasn’t sure where to eat but we decided on McDonalds where I got a sausage biscuit and a breakfast burrito + low fat milk. Ate on the way to the courthouse and went in once we were finished eating. Asked about where the ID department was and It was downstairs so we went down and there was a pretty big line. Ugh. The examiner asked what everyone needed and of course I said ID. She left soon after that to go do a driving test and wouldn’t be back till 10:15AM so everyone cleared out at that point so we got to sit down, yay lol. Waited.. examiner came back, got a few more people done then I got to go in!!! WOOT AND I FINALLLLLLLLLY GOT AN ID hahah so now I can identify myself after all these years haha. Pitiful. Also picked up a permit book to study and hopefully soon I can get my permit, practice driving and get my drivers license. When we left there It was 11:00AM and we had to be back @ the Docs at 11:30AM so we went over to Shoe Show real quick and when we went in my MIL said to pick out a pair of sandals and she’d buy them for me! She is too generous! She really didn’t have to do that but I thought WOOT new sandals! 😀 She helped me look around and I finally decided on these nice blue Nike flip flops that have green and orange flowers on the bottom and the straps are white with a green Nike check on them. Their really nice! We left around 11:25AM and got back just in time! The nurse called me back just as I sat down lol. The older nurse Linda cracks me up everytime I’m there!! She’s great. She stuck my finger and my glucose was 124 and they didn’t want it higher than 125 so I just did make the number, lol. We sat there and waited for the Doc to get through with a patient so Linda could tell her my number but It took a while! Linda and I talked about all kinds of things – I’m so glad their such nice people up there. Makes me feel sooo at ease, relaxed and welcome. Finally the younger nurse came in and said she’d go tell the Doc and Doc said that number was fine so I was done! My MIL drove me back home and I was soooooo thirsty! Told her thank you, thank you, thank you over and over hehe then headed inside to eat lunch and clean up a little. Layed down at 1PM, woke up 2 short times then got up when I heard Brad came home!

So yeah that was my Thursday! 😀 We had chinese last night and It was soooooo good! Planning on going out and about today and going grocery shopping sometime tonight before we come back home. OMG gas prices are insane. In maybe the last 2 weeks? It’s went from $3.29 to $3.55!!!!!!!!! Insanity. Also – my baby girl has really been giving me some big kicks lately! Like 4-5 kicks in a row! It’s funny, lol. I hear the kicks start to really hurt at the end but I don’t care If they do. =) Welp, better get up and go get ready! Have a great weekend!!!

(guess this is the longest entry I’ve typed in a long time! lol)

Christmas & baby!

taken from livejournal…..
FYI: this is gonna be a long post :]

Our trip to Georgia was good all except for the smoke like I mentioned before! Simba doggie is still hanging in there and Moms kitty Hunter (he’s about.. 6 months?) is as spunky as can be! He LOOOOVES to play but does NOT like to be held heh. Mom cooked LOTS of good food, I tried to eat as much of it as I could, lol. I really love love LOVE to play card games with Mom and Cathy.. always have since I was real young. It’s kindof a family tradition. We stayed mostly at my Cousins house THANK GOODNESS he doesn’t smoke. We would sleep at my Cousins house, get up go over at Moms and go back to my Cousins house later at night. The trip to and from Georgia was overall alright. Now for OVERALL Christmas pressies from everyone (including Brad’s family) !!!

* penguin snowglobe
* penguin kitchen towels, oven mitten
* 2 stuffed animal penguins
* a nifty tea light fountain
* blankie made by brad’s aunt for baby + wal-mart gift card
* lovely bedspread/quilt
* chocolate covered raisins
* penguin container + jolly ranchers
* veeery soft jacket
* $45 buckarooo’s

BABY STUFF from my Mom and Aunt!
* 3 bottles (1 TINY bottle, 1 curved bottle, 1 regular)
* BITTY sockies! + 2 pair of MY baby socks from Mom, aww <3
* 2 pair of wittle pants :]
* 3 little stuffed animals
* soft jungle friends green blankie
* a yellow outfit (shirt, pants, hat) that says “i cry over spilt milk” SO CUTE!

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Mom

Last week Mom told me she went to the lung Doctor because lately she hasn’t been able to breathe hardly at all. They said her lungs weren’t their main concern, her heart was. Monday she went to the heart Doctor and they said she needed to get an angiogram done today to see what was up with her heart. I was SO WORRIED! They said If she had blockages, they would put stents in but If she had more than a couple, she would have to have bypass surgery. Eek. So I worried, worried, worried all day about her. She told me to call her tonight to see If she was home (meaning It wasn’t something bad or that she had to have surgery) but when I called tonight there was no answer so I waited then called my Aunt. No answer on her end either! She called me back tho and said that Mom had 2 blockages and they put 2 stents in today. She gave me Moms room number so I called her.

She seemed to be doing alright but had been having to lay flat of her back since 8:30AM this morning since they had to put tube up her leg to her heart through a major artery and they didn’t want her leg to bleed where they put that in so she can’t move until midnight tonight. She said her back hurt so bad and she can’t wait to move! She also said that she had been STARVING. She ate earlier and when I got off the phone with her they brought her a turkey sandwich, lol. I’m soooo glad that It’s over with and that she’ll have a few days to rest rest rest before we come to visit. She’s gonna have to take it REAL easy and I really wish she would just not even touch cigarettes… The Doctors also said that she had blockages in her kidneys so she’ll have to go to a kidney specialist but she said she’s not gonna go till after the holidays!

I am so, so relieved that It went ok. I can’t wait to see her!!!!!!

8 weeks!

8 weeks pregnant today! Well, that’s what I estimate.. according to my LMP due date, I’d be a little over 8 weeks so I might change my tickers and such or I may wait till I go to the Doc and see exactly when I’m due according to her. I feel pretty good, I think my boobs are already growing a little, gosh lol.

My only concern is that I’m sooo afraid they won’t do an ultrasound or anything with my appointment and I just want to hear my little ones heartbeat. I guess I’ll have to see what my Doc says and then If nothing I think I’m gonna plead to atleast hear the heartbeat through a doppler or something!! Just to hear the little heart yenno?? Just some reassurance that my little bean is OK in there! It’s keeping me on the edge of my seat! If they won’t do ANYTHING, I’m gonna rent a doppler so I can listen to it @ home. I might do that anyway.

Getting very, very excited about Christmas! We DEFINETLY are going to visit Mom, my Aunt and Cousin YAAAAAY! We leave early on the 22nd, woohoo! Talked to Mom yesterday and she was naming off all the food she’s cooking for Christmas.. sounds DELICIOUS! She’s also making like 4 different desserts, lol. Cherry pie, strawberry cheesecake pie, red velvet cake (she always makes that @ Christmas) and this type of jello-mashmellow salad stuff that is beyond awesomecore! I JUST CAN’T WAIT!!!! 😀

So Brad randomly said to me yesterday while I was on the phone with Mom: Would you want to move to Georgia? After I got off the phone with Mom I asked him – HUH? Coz he doesn’t like Georgia. He said he could get used to it. Man, I would love to live in Georgia again. I grew up there! I dunno, we’ll see If anything comes of that or not.

Know what I wish I had right now? A can of spaghetti-o’s! 😆 Gonna have to stock up on those this weekend haha!

Holidays

Wohoo, so the holidays are right upon us! What are you guys doing for Thanksgiving? I’m not sure of our EXACT plans but I do know I’m getting some yummy food and I can’t wait for that! 😆

Next month is gonna be a busy one for us! December 10th will be our 2 YEAR wedding anniversary! We always go out to eat to celebrate. Then come all the Christmas cheer with Christmas Eve and Christmas Day! I’m hoping and praying that we will be in Georgia by then visiting my Mom, Aunt and Cousin! That would make me very, very, very happy to see them again! Espically Mom. I’ve got my very FIRST baby appointment December 27th – Brad has vacation that week so we’re gonna try to go to Georgia from Saturday – Wednesday then come back that night and get up and go to the Doc’s appointment on Thursday! Shew! Then a couple of days later we’ll be bringing in the new year, 2008! Wow. 😯

I think tonight we’re gonna eat chinese. Gosh I hope It’s what I want, LOL. These days I NEVER know what I want anymore so half the time I’m left unsatisfied and still wanting something else. My appetite is pretty much gone! I hope everyone has a great Friday night!!!! 😀 😀

6 weeks!

Aww, yay! I’m 6 weeks pregnant today!!! My lower abdomen is starting to bump out just a tiny but how exciting!!! I love to go and read about what’s going on with the baby each week as it grows. 😀

What I’m not too impressed about is that the Doctor I was wanting to see – which is the closest Doctor to us (about 35 minutes away) will not see any patients until they are 12 weeks, ugh!!! I was hoping to get seen before then! I want to know ASAP that everything is alright with my tiny baby! I figured up 12 weeks and that will be the day after Christmas for me. We will probably be in Georgia at that time so I would have to reschedule for January, even later!!! Ugh, ugh. We could go for the other Doctor but it’s much further away and with gas as high as it is, would cost us much more money, espically later in the pregnancy when I would need to go to appointments more often. SO I dunno. That other Doc might not see patients until 12 weeks as well, not sure.

I was hoping to get to hear my babys heart soon! What a bummer!

Rain, rain

Yeah, yeah I’m talking about weather again! LOL. 😆 This morning It was starting to cloud up and then It really poured for a bit. Even got some thunder and lightning for a little while. Now It seems to be calm out there, for now. Supposed to be almost 80 degrees tomorrow, sheesh!!! Thankfully though, that won’t last and tempertures will cool off once again.

I know a lot of people don’t like paid posts but I’m really starting to get into them now so please just overlook them and I’ll try to post normal entries everyday as well.

Whaaat else! OH OH. FINALLY got a hold of my Doc’s office today, well, this morning. They said they would call me back AGAIN just like they said last week. ARGH. I took a nap.. woke up and they still hadn’t called. Around 2pm they finally called and said my lab work looked great and hey, that I’m pregnant! Who knew! LOL 😆 So now I need to get an appointment for the new baby Doc we’ve been looking into. YAY. I hope she’s nice.. if not then we can always switch.