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I had a really good appt! I had the sono first, and it showed just one baby. Which is good!! I didnt have to worry about Casey passing out! We saw the little heart beating away at 170 bpm. All looked well, and they changed my due date from March 27th like I had figured, but they moved it to March 30th, which is actually right on for when I ovulated!! All looked good!!
Dr said he will probably keep an eye on my hemoglobin. I have had to have a blood transfusion after the last 3 c-sections, so he wants to keep an eye on it, and he said they will probably make sure to have some blood on hand for another transfusion after this c-section as well. I have some funky antibody called a Duffy antibody, so they have to really check out the blood!
He said they will probably do an sono between 18 & 20 weeks to see if we can rule out any problems!! I am very excited for that one!! He normally doesnt do one until 24-28 weeks!! Evil, pure evil I tell ya!! Then I will have another one probably around 28-32 weeks!!
And just for good measure, here is a picture of our little lucky charm!!

I forgot that I wanted to say that my little baby in my widget actually looks like a little baby now, rather than a little alien!!

And, we are gonna be getting a new puppy!! Probably around September 16th!! A little boy!! We decided to name him Wickett, since he will kinda look like an Ewok!! He is a Morkie, which is 1/2 Maltese and 1/2 Yorkie!! I am so excited!! His momma is only 4.5lbs and his daddy is 3.5lbs! So needless to say, he will be a little guy!! We have already bought a little food/water bowl, and a super cute little, and I stress the word little, collar that says, "Bad to the bone!"

I cant wait to share pictures of him!!

And, Sunday, we went out the the cemetary to visit Carli, and Keaton never ceases to amaze me!! He always talks to Carli!! I think Casey and I were kinda down when we were out there, but Keaton made us smile!! He went over and showed Carli (leaned over where she is) and said, "Hey Carli, want to see my new tattoo? It is a dinosaur!!" He is just so sweet and innocent!!

I have my first prenate appointment today!! I will go for an ultrasound at 1:30 p.m. and then right after that I go see Dr. S! I am so excited, but so scared/nervous all at once. I had an u/s about this same time last time with Carli. Actually, they say that by the end of this week is when the risk for congenital problems drop. With Carli, they say her diaphragm didnt close up around this time. But the baby is too small to know that right now. As silly as it sounds, I did talk to my belly one day last week and told the diaphragm to do what it was suppose to do!!

Monday seemed to be kinda of a rough day again. Last Monday was the same way! I was very anxious and felt like I was gonna burst into tears at any moment! I think it was a combo of trying not to stress out about this appt, and that I had Chelsea's baby shower on Sunday. It went really well. I got pretty upset though, cause some of my family decided it would be nice to be fashionably late! I put on the invites that it was gonna start at 2 p.m. They decided to show up around 2:30-2:45! I was NOT happy!! I had to wait for them to show up so we could do all the games! After that though, it went smooth!

Here is the front!
And the back!!

I really dont know for sure where to start, so here it goes....


I guess I will start with the really wonderful news that Miss Carli's bench finally showed up!! Yes!! It is here!! And I am so incredibly excited about it! And sad all at the same time!! It is really beautiful thou! The guy called me and left me a message telling me that he got it set up....so I of course was not going to be able to wait until after work to see it...so I headed out to the cemetery to see it!! It is wonderful! And I am so excited that Carli finally has her bench for us to come sit and visit with her on. But, we havent really been making it out there too much to see her, since it has been 100 + degrees. I am sure she understands!!
On the pregnancy side...I have felt like crap!!! I went to the ER on Friday at 7pm. While at the pool with the kids earlier, my left hand, left side of my lips, my tongue, and even my teeth, yes my teeth, felt numb. I stopped by work and checked my blood pressure...141/92, super high for me. Go in thinking my dr was the one on call...guess what, hes not!! A paperboard like dr is on instead...I didnt really feel like they did much. They checked my blood pressure again, which was good...checked my temp, guess it was good, and he checked to make sure I wasnt having a stroke. That is pretty much it! Oh yeah, he also asked me if the baby was moving like normal. To which I gave him a funny look, and said, well, I dont know since I CANT FEEL it move yet, since I am only 7 weeks!! Talk about wanting to smack him upside the head!!
Anyhow, needless to say, I went home, had a massive migraine that started and hasnt completely gone away since then. I went to bed that nite at 7:30pm, woke up at 2:45am, took 2 T3's, stayed awake until 5am watching mindless tv, then slept until 10 or 11am. I did end up going to Topeka for awhile on Saturday, but I really wasnt up for it. I only went to get a few things for my SIL's baby shower coming up soon. I did pretty much take the dr's advice though, and stayed in the house where it was cool. But it didnt help the migraine at all. I even stayed home yesterday from work, with the exception of going to see my dr for myself and for Carter's Kindergarten physical. Tell me something, why the hell do Kindergartners need a physical??? But Carter passed his with flying colors!!
As for me seeing my dr, he really couldnt do much he said. As we all know, since I mention it 23 thousand times...I will be seeing him in 2 weeks and 1 day for my first prenatal appt and sonogram. Which I am still very excited for!! He told me that if the headaches continue, he might move the appt up sooner...I did ask him if it was possible for there to be two babies in there since I am having such doozies of headaches. He said he didnt know, he hadnt ever heard of headaches being a sign of twins. Not the headaches silly....the SEVERITY of the headaches!! Guess we will find out in 2w1d!!
Speaking of that...want to see a picture of my tummy?? How about TWO?? Here is me at 6w3d:
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And me at 7w3d!!
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Me thinks the belly is growing!! Dr. S wonders if my migraines arent stress related, considering all I went thru with Carli. I told him that so far, I havent really stressed yet. That I have been doing well with this pregnancy. Some how, I dont think he believes me! I really do have an amazing group of support, coming from all directions! My family and friends here, a great group of dr's to work with, and of course I have some amazing friends in my computer!! I wish they could all know how much they mean to me, but I dont think they will ever competely know!!
Well, at least I got on here and did some updating!! Oh crud, I just remembered, I need to make sure to get a really super cute picture of Carter for one of my message boards!! Must work on that!! But for now, this chicka is really ready for bed!!!



That is how far along I am as of today. Wow!! It just seems like I just found out I was pregnant!! But man does it seem like forever away!! I dont have my first appointment until August 29th...and I am so ready for it!! I seem to be growing pretty quick this time. I cant believe it!

I cant remember if I have said this before or not, but when I ask Keaton how many babies there are in my tummy, he says 2! No lie!! Maybe Granny's dream will come true! Casey will die if that is the case! All the more reason I cant wait to go to my first prenatal appointment! I have my sonogram first before I even have my appt. That kinda makes me nervous too!

I have been trying to have good thoughts. I havent really had very many bad thoughts. I even bought a little something the other day at the dollar store. Just some cute little pink pacis. I sure hope it is a girl!! I keep saying that, but in all reality, I know I will love a little boy just as much!!

There has been a number of people who tell me they cant believe I am doing as well as I am. The way I look at it, I have 2 choices. I can make the best of it, whatever that might be, and go on living my life, or I can be upset and down and miserable. I personally choose to try to make the best of it. We all know that if I could have Carli here with me, then I would. But nothing I do or say is going to change that fact! Yes, I miss her terribly, and would give anything in the world (well, within limits) to have her back in my arms. I look at this pregnancy, and think of all the hope I have for it! I am going to do my best and try to enjoy every aspect of it that I can. I have even been taking weekly pictures of my growing belly. And so far, I have done good! I just wish I would have done that with Carli too!

On a completely different front, my sister in law, Melissa, had a garage sale this weekend and was selling all her scrapbook stuff. I got to buy all of it, or I guess I should say my mom bought it all for me! I am so excited too!! I got a Cricut!! I even played with it today. I got a start on my pregnancy album. I started a page entitled, A Blessing. It has the picture of my positive digital pregnancy test! I just need to get my journaling on it. I have the new printer hooked up, so now I dont have any excuse not to get it done!! My SIL had a ton of stuff!! Tons of paper, tons of magazines/idea books!! It is crazy!! I need a whole room just to set up my scrapbooking stuff!!

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