We'll see

So J and I did some talking.

I think we're going to start trying for #2 next August. The only condition is that we need Jose to get some sort of pay raise between now and then. He's due for one so that shouldn't be a problem.

Goob will be 16 months old when we start trying and 2 years old when new baby is hopefully born.

I hope it all works out. We'll see. Only time will tell.

Blast from the Past

A year ago today I got the best news of my life.

Happy Due Date!

I'm still without my little guy.

My parents are here until next Sunday. J is off until next Sunday. And I'm still really pregnant. Everyone was supposed to be off to help take care of the baby, but we have no baby yet.

39 weeks and still pregnant

Yep. I'm still here with a big ole baby in my belly. He's way too comfy. He needs to come out now! I'm feeling miserable. I'm tired, swollen, headachy, etc. And I'm still having to work! I never thought I'd still be working at this point. I thought I'd be taking care of my son.

If I'm still pregnant on Monday, I have another doc appt and then I'll probably be sent to the hospital to begin induction.

(If I have the baby next Tuesday, he'll have to share his birthday with his cousin. And I don't want that! I want my son to have his own birthday!!! Cross your fingers that he comes before then!)

37+ weeks

I'm done. It's time for him to come out! I can't sleep. I'm always tired and my back is killing me. Plus, I feel like he's gonna drop out of me when I stand up.

I had a dr appt on Monday. Baby is doing well. He's nice and cozy in there. He's already 2 ounces shy of 7 lbs. Doc thinks he'll be close to 8 lbs when he makes his appearance. He's head down and pretty low.

But when my doc did an internal. I've made no progress. Zip. Zilch. Nada.

I'm thinking it won't be until past my due date until Goob decides to come out.

16 days!

36 weeks and in pain!!

I was having a wonderful pregnancy so far. I had no complaints. Things were great.

Then I hit 35 weeks. Ugh. Here comes insomnia, back aches, pubic bone pain, major cramps. And each day they've gotten worse. Now I'm sitting at 36 weeks and a day and I can barely stand up without having pain in my pelvis. I feel like Goob is gonna pop out anytime I'm on my feet. I've gotten kind of worried.

Thankfully, I have my check up tomorrow afternoon so I'll be sure to get all my questions answered. It's the start of my weekly check ups. So she'll be giving me internals and we'll see if I'm making any progress.

You know, with all my aches and pains in the past week, I've experienced no contractions. Or at least none that I'm aware of. I mean, I could be having contractions and just not realize it, right? Who knows?

Now it's just a waiting game. And pretty much everything is coming along:

At school: all my lesson plans are done. I've put away pretty much everything that I dont want a sub routing around in. I've made all the copies my kids will need. My lesson plans don't start until April 7th so no baby until then!! Plus I still need to get the paperwork straightened out with my leave. Hopefully that will be done on Tuesday.

At home: Goob's room is all ready. I've got tons of clothes, plenty of diapers, and most of the supplies that I'll need. Plus J and I've spiffied up our bedroom since that's where the little guy will sleep most of the time. We rented a Rug Doctor last night and have cleaned the carpets. (Our carpet was horrible!!!!! You should have seen the dirty water. It was black!!!!) We moved the furniture to make room for the pack and play/bassinet. I bought a little cheapie night table. It's kinda crazy. Our room looks more homey. Before it just had a bed and a tv. Seriously. Now it's more cozy.

With family: It seems like everyone is ready to drop everything and head down here when they get the call. My parents were here last weekend and my mom was here this weekend. So the next time I'll see them is when I'm at the hospital getting ready to deliver. We haven't seen J's parents since early February. And we got a phone call from them last night, that they want to visit us next weekend. Why? Why now? Why come when I'm 37 weeks pregnant. It's not like I'm gonna wanna to be entertaining. Jeez, I can't barely walk and they want to come and visit. Why not just wait until the baby's born? It seems strange to me to drive all this way to visit next weekend and then they'll have to come back up in a week or two for the baby's birth. Weird.

35 weeks today!

So today I turned 35 weeks. YAY! I can't believe that it's almost over.

Prepared Childbirth Classes

J and I start our "Prepared Childbirth Class" tonite. But can anyone really be prepared?? To be honest, I'm terrified of having to pop this guy out. Maybe tonite can ease my fears.

The longest week!

Today marks my 31st week being pregnant. It feels like I'm coming down the hill. Before we know it, the baby will be here. It's getting kind of scary.

I'm feeling okay. The exhaustion is back. I haven't been this tired since I was 8 or 9 weeks pregnant. My back is starting to kill me all over. And I can't get a good night's sleep. It's not so bad...at least not yet.

Goob is still kicking away in there. He's exactly like his momma. He doesn't like any unnecessary touching. I'll put my hand on my stomach and he'll kick it away. J puts his hand on my stomach and Goob will kick it away. He's certainly gonna be a Mommy's boy.

This week marked the end of my tutorial classes. Thank goodness! I was having to stay in school til 5:30 three days a week and it was taking it's toll on me. I'll miss the extra bucks, but it'll be worth it to be home and take a cat nap during Oprah. :)

And the next few weeks are gonna fly by. Next week, we'll only have a 3 1/2 day week due to Charro Days. The next week is our TAKS test which will be an easy week. The following week J and I will be driving to Houston for baby shower #2 for me, and then it's Spring Break. The next week after that is Easter Weekend and baby shower #3. Then it'll be April.

OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDNNNNNNNNESSSSSSSS!

Goob's room is coming along. We got carpet today. Hopefully, we'll be able to go pick up the crib tonite and order the dresser. Pics will be up tomorrow of the crib and carpet!!

30 week appointment

All is well and normal. I gained a pound since my last appt which puts me at 6 under my pre-pregnancy wait. Doc says I'll probably gain another 5 lbs. I'm measuring 31 weeks which is weird since I've never measured ahead. I've always measured right on track. Who knows what it means.

And I'm having to start doing kick counts. That'll be fun. Something else to stress out about.

Obsessing

I have my first baby shower today. Yay! But I'm already obsessing...... over my registries. I'm registered at Target and Babies R Us. I've been checking these like a hawk over the past few days. As of yesterday morning, I'd only gotten one or two things from the registry?!?! And I know that 25 people are coming today. How is that possible? Oh my goodness, listen to me. I sound like such a snake. I can't help it if I want presents and I want them now!!!!!! I'm gonna chalk all this crazy psycho talk to being pregnant. I'm really not that bad a person. I promise!

ETA: I just checked my registries again and some other items have been fulfilled. YAY!

Baby Shower this weekend!

My inlaws are giving me my first baby shower this weekend!!! Yippee!!

Psycho preggo!

So last night J and I went to Home Depot. They had come to measure the nursery for carpet and now we were going to get our estimate and then pay for the installation. We got there and spent 20 minutes sitting at the flooring specialist's desk waiting. We pressed the button and no one came to help us. Then we finally caught someone and they told us that we could be helped at the service desk. So up to the service desk we go. When we get there, there are 2 people behind the desk just chit-chatting, gossiping about how was with who. When we finally got there attention, they told us that the women who could help us would be right back. So we waited again. When the women came, she handed us our quote and that was it. She wasn't able to answer any of our questions. When we asked when the flooring specialist would be there, she said that he should be there now so she paged him. Apparently, he took off for the night already. (We were there at 7:30 and Home Depot doesn't close until 10?!?!) So there was no one to help us. I really wanted to get the estimate and talk with the guy and pay so that they could have come to install it tomorrow and Friday which is when they originally told us they could do it. I just want the nursery to be DONE!!! So needless to say, I was pissed when we walked out of Home Depot with no carpet coming.

The first thing that J tells when when we get in the car is that I needed to have more patience and what kind of mother am I going to be when the baby comes if I have such little patience!!!!! (Side note: I'm a 4th grade teacher. I have all the patience in the world, believe me!) J said it in a kind of joking manner, but me being a psycho took it to heart!

When we got home, I went directly to bed and starting reading. I had the tv off, the big lights off, and I was just using a bedside lamp. When J came to the room, I was half-asleep. J turns on the big lights, turns on the TV (loud), and starts to iron his clothes. It was just so rude. He knows that it takes me forever to fall asleep. I make him turn the tv down and then I try to go back to sleep. When he's done, he gets into bed and then puts our dog on the bed and gives her a squeaking toy!!!!! So our little dog starts squeaking away. I freak out, grab my pillow and leave the room.

I originally went to the living room and laid on the couch, but that got too uncomfortable so I go back to the bedroom, where J gives me a look like, "what did I do?" I grabbed my pillows and go to the guest room. He yells at me from the bedroom to quit being so dramatic and come back to bed which just makes me more pissed off.So I get into the guest room and spend like another hour or two just laying there trying to fall asleep. I think I was too mad to sleep. I woke up this morning in a great mood until I realized that I was in my guest room and not my bedroom.

I'm not usually like this. I'm usually go with the flow. And nothing ever has made me or J sleep apart since we've been living together. Pregnancy has made me crazy. And it doesn't help that J sometimes puts his foot in his mouth!!!!I can't take 2 and a half more months of being pissed at the world.

Our New Pack 'n Play and Nursery Progress

My Stomach Moves!

Last night, J and I were at dinner at my step-mom's house. My whole family was pretty much there. We were sitting around the dinner waiting for the food to be ready. I looked down at my stomach and saw a kick. A hard one. You could see my shirt bounce. J who was sitting on the other side of the table saw me looking at my stomach and then Goob kicked again and he saw it. Yay!

The 3 hour Glucose Test

In a nutshell, I passed!!!!


The longer version: I arrived at 8:30. The tech took my initial sugar at 82. It had to be below 95 so that was good. I drank an awful, awful sugary drink that was much sweeter than yesterday's. It made me want to throw up, but I kept it in. So I sat and waited and read until 9:35. Tech took another finger prick and my sugar was 165. It had to be below 180. Check! I went back and waited another hour. (By now my booty was numb from the wooden chairs, I had a headache from staring at the bright yellow walls, and I wanted water!) At 10:40 I got another prick and another reading. It needed to be below 160 and my sugar was 152. At this point, I felt a lot better. After researching it last night, I knew that most docs would accept that I didn't have GD if at least 3 of my 4 sugars was in range. Since I knew that 3 of the my 4 would be good, I felt a huge wave of relief. Finally when I thought I was about to faint from hunger, it was 11:40 and time for the final prick. My sugar was 146. It needed to be 140 or less. Oops. The tech mentioned that my doc would probably want me to make a few changes in diet, but we'd discuss that at my next appt in Feb.

Thank goodness it's over!

24 week appt yesterday

The actual appt was fine. But I had my GD test afterwards. It was just the one hour screening. The cut off blood suger was 135 and I had 146. Now I have to go in for the three hour test.

I'm going in about an hour and I've been fasting since last night. I really hope I don't have it. I'll be depressed if I do.

Wish me luck.

Trip to the In-laws, Work, Goob

Our trip was fun. We got to see J's parents, his brother, one of his sisters and her hubby, his grandparents, and a few of his aunts and cousins. A great time was had....with one exception. I'm going to kill my brother-in-law. I feel like he's jealous of my unborn son. It's really weird. and a long story that I'll bore your with later.

I go back to work tomorrow, and I have my 24 week appt and glucose test tomorrow afternoon. Exciting.

Goob has been kicking up a storm lately. I'm enjoying it. And J is finally able to feel it. Life is good.

Baby's Name & Kicks!

So J and I've decided to name our son after him. It's a family tradition. But our lil guy will be called by his middle name - Christian.

Speaking of Christian, I think I'm starting to feel some kicks. I *just* felt something in my lower abdomen. Hopefully they'll keep getting stronger and I'll know for sure!!!

My hubby was right!

It's a boy!