Happy Mother's Day

I've got the cutest present ever.

A Family Portrait!

A very tired Mommy and Daddy and an 11 day old Goob!

Taken at a Mother's Day BBQ on May 10th, 2008

He's here!

Goob was born on April 29th, 2008 at 11:33 am. He weighed 8 lbs and 5.6 oz and measured 20 3/4 inches long!

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.

Spring Break, Day Two

I'm trying to relax AND get some work done. I've been doing a lot of reading. In fact, I just ready Ana's Story by Jenna Bush. It was very simple and conveyed a good message. If I were a junior high teacher, I'd love to share this with my class. Now, I'm half watching American Idol, doing laundry and fixing to start a new book. (I'm gonna get some reading done now cause I know that I probably won't have a lot of time once the baby gets here.)

Bad/Stressful Day

J took a blood test last week as part of a study of diabetics. The doctor called this morning and let us know that his blood sugar has been high and he needs to get it under control. Yikes. That was definitely a wakeup call to both of us. We now know that we need to really watch what we eat and make sure we're exercising. We don't want to take any chances on our health now that we're having a baby soon.

J's going to go back to the doc in a month to check things out.

Whirlwind Weekend

Our weekend got off to quite a bang on Friday morning. J went to work super early so that we could leave for Houston as soon as I got off of work. But on his way to work, J's car broke down AGAIN! (A few months ago we spent abou $2500 to repair the car!) Once he called me, it was clear that we needed to do something. Well, we've been talking about getting an SUV forever. So it was time to take the plunge. We decided to just leave for Houston that morning (I called in sick!) to go car shopping.

Once we got to Houston, we dropped off our dogs and luggage at my parents' house and started shopping. We started with the Ford dealership and found an Edge. It was love at first sight. We talked with a kid there for about 20 minutes and then headed to the next dealership.

We stopped by a few other place, but nothing compared to the Edge. And since my parents have a deal with their employers when they buy a car they told us to wait for them to go talk to the salesmen. Plus they've been dealing with a certain salesman for a few years now when they've been buying their cars. My mom called him and let him know we were coming and to get a good deal ready.

Let me just say THANK GOODNESS that my parents were with us. J and I have never done anything like this before and probably would have gotten eaten alive. But my parents were able to get us a fabulous deal!!!

We are now the proud owners of a Ford Edge. It'll be perfect for all of Goob's stuff. And J and I are already fighting over who will drive it. (I'll win!)

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.

I hate TAKS testing!

This was the most boring day of my life. But thankfully I'm done til next year since I'll be on maternity leave during the Reading and Math TAKS.

The only bright side of today was I got some reading done. Unfortunately, I left the book I'm currently reading at home so I had to stick with children's literature. I read Becoming Naomi Leon and The Giver. Good reads.

What do you mean this rattle is not for ME?

So yesterday my aunt gave us a stuffed frog, a frog blanket, and a little frog rattle. It's really cute. It matches Goob's room. When we got home, I put the bag on the couch and thought nothing of it.

At around midnight, I was watching Home Improvement and J was happily snoring away. I heard a strange noise. I knew our oldest dog was asleep cause I could see him on his bed. But the little one was nowhere to be found. Hmmm.

The noise stopped and I went back to watching tv. About 10 minutes late, I heard the noise again. I woke up J and sent him to investigate. He found Kiki (the litle one) going to town chewing on Goob's new rattle. She loved it. When he took it away and put it on the ironing board, out of her reach, she barked for about half an hour.

Just now I took it and put it in Goob's crib and she can see it and the barking continued. She wants the rattle.

Why?

My week started out okay.... I woke up on Monday, took a shower, got dressed, and then my phone started ringing. It's never a good sign when someone calls you before 7 am.

One of my really good friends whom I teach with was on the phone. She said that she's bleeding and her doc wants her to come to the office asap. Did I mention she's 20 weeks pregnant? I told her I'd cover her class and for her just to concentrate on keeping her and her little one safe. I assumed she was going to be fine. I was hoping it was nothing.

I didn't hear anything during the day until our conference period. Then I went to make copies and our asst. principal tells me that the secretary just spoke to my friend and that she lost the baby. What? I was totally confused. How could she just lose the baby? She's 5 months pregnant. There's a baby in there!!! What happened?

I decided to wait until afterschool to call her. But as I'm getting in my car, I notice I have 2 missed calls the Medical Center. It's my friend. She's been admitted for pre-term labor. She had been dilating and having contraction and that's what caused the bleeding. She said that she hadn't lost the baby yet. But the doc thinks that what's gonna happen. But for the time being they are trying to stop the labor. I tell her I love her and to stay strong and I'll call her tomorrow.

I get to school the next day and it seems like everyone knows that she lost the baby. I get pissed and let everyone know that that hasn't happened yet and that they need to keep her in their prayers. (I think my pregnancy hormones got the best of me!)

I called her at lunch time and she's already crying. The doc had just left her room and there's been no change in stopping her labor. He's ready to induce her. He told her that there's just no way that baby will make it. It's just too soon. She's gonna have to deliver her baby. She's losing it on the phone. I hear it in her voice. There are no words to say at moments like this.

She calls me Wednesday morning and tells me everything is done. She made it through delivery okay. She's already feeling better. She had her second beautiful son and he died shortly after coming to this world.

Why? What is the reasoning behind this? Why does anyone have to go through something like this? I just don't understand. I know that God has a plan for us all, but it's times like these that we've gotta have extra faith.


I did go by and see her today and she's doing amazing. I really admire her strength, and she's already talking about giving it another go. Wow.

Busy day!!!!

J and I had a fabulously, productive day! Yay!

We borrowed my uncle's truck. We drove over to the only Target in the Valley that has my breast pump and bought it. We used like 10 gift cards! It was kinda funny. Then we had a great burger lunch. Yum. Then drove to Babies R Us and picked up our crib, ordered our dresser/changing table, and bought our mattress and bedding.

Pics will come later!

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.

Happy 26th Birthday, J!

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!