7 Month Appointment

Yesterday I had my 7ish month OB appointment, the one where I drink the yucky sugar water and they test my blood sugar. Well, I have never had high blood sugar before so I didn't think anything of the test so I went about my day business as usual and one hour before the test I drank the yucky stuff and didn't have anything else til my appointment.... ...well I guess the cutoff between high and low blood sugar in pregnancy is 140, well my score was 145. I thought rats a little high but maybe b/c I ate french toast w/ tons of syrup and drank 2 pops that morning. I will admit that I haven't been watching what I eat like I do normally but I allowed myself to cheat b/c that is one thing you can do in pregnancy that feels so good I think. Well, today was my wake up call. Dr. Miller informed me that i needed to go up to the hospital in the next few days to take a 3 hour glucose screening. WHAT?!!?!? I got pretty concerned then and felt even worse about it as the day wore on. More about that in a minute cause there was a SUPER highlight!! We got to see Baby Girl today!!! We had a sonogram to check the position of my placenta and good news it has moved and is now where it is supposed to me. you KNOW Heath was doing cartwheels when he got that news... not that "it" is going to happen for him any time soon!! That doesn't sound fun to me at all!! So our girl was just sleeping away not really moving too much. She did open and close her mouth so that was cute but the only other thing she had going on were her legs... it was like she was on her back doing the bicycle! Her knees were in her face and her feet were above her head. Our little gymnast has just proven that she is SUPA flexible!!! It was adorable and so fun to see her today even if she wasn't showing off for us (the lady was really shaking my belly to wake her up but she wasn't having it!!)

After the appointment I read the paper the Dr. gave me on the 3 hour test. I guess you can't leave the hospital for 5 hours, you have to sit outside the lab, and nothing to eat or drink for almost 17 hours total!! WHAT???? How on EARTH can they expect a pregnant lady to go into that willingly??? NOT I!! Oh and did I mention they draw blood 3-4 times alternating arms, of course while you drink more yucky stuff and if you barf TOO BAD the results are voided and you have to take the test all over again!!! That was just it for me...I was so upset I got a little teary just at the thought of going through all of that! This doesn't even take into consideration sitting in a chair for 5 hours ---my back is like WHOA after 10 minutes and doing this over the weekend on my day off after going back to school!! Too much to even think about!! After doing some research online (I bet drs. LOVE that patients have so much access to medical information ;) I found out that 145 is barely over the limit and that would be a reason to ask for a retest b/c every site I went to said to avoid the 3hour if possible cause it is HORRID!!! So I called and they were like sure we can retest you at your next appt in 2 weeks! (I'm in my 3rd trimester and going every 2 weeks now!! YAY!!) That easy?!?!? Let this be a lesson to us all that is doesn't hurt to ask!!! So I am going to be really careful about what I take in for the rest of my pregnancy and get lots of exercise (KG good thing we start back to spin Monday!!). And since he released me to pretty much all exercise b/c my placenta is in good shape the girls and I got dressed and headed up to the track at Sonner Stadium.

My goal was 2 miles and i did it pretty easily. I walked the straights and jogged the curves. I'm glad there weren't any other runners up there at the time we were cause I probably looked kinda funny bobbling along!!! It felt good to do a little jogging again and I know it may sound crazy to jog this late in pregnancy but I am a runner so for me it is pretty natural!

I was so proud of my little Adler. She decided she wanted to do 2 miles too so she did and was very happy with herself after! Chel was bored to tears after sprinting a lap and then pooping out!! Crosby ran around a couple of times and then took off her shoes and socks and ran through the sprinklers!!! She also put on a little horse race show for us after the run. we sat in the stadium while her horses (Paper, Plastic, Coco, and Marked!!) ran the race. Coco won the race of course!!

Then one last pic on the rock on the way out. How can I turn them down when they are asking to get their pictures taken??? Love those girls!!!

Six Month Appointment and Swimming

We went to my OB today for my monthly checkup. Chelo and Crosby went with me and when we were on our way to the 2nd floor of the clinic i kind of stumbled up the stairs. It was not a big enough trip that I worried about falling but the girls were DYING laughing which drew double attention to us so I felt SUPER!! (Heather, sound familiar???) Then, when the nurse was listening for the baby's heartbeat the Doppler was making its typical sounds while she was running it over my tummy listening for the heart. Well Chel thought that was the second funniest thing ever and announced "Mom, I think you are going to give birth to a puppy!!" This made us all start laughing and I don't know if it was the belly laughing I was doing or the noisy Doppler but the baby started kicking right where she was holding the mic on my tummy so that made us laugh more. She kicked in that same spot about 4 more times and we just couldn't quit laughing so the nurse finally gave up and said "I caught it at 144." and we left it at that. No one was cooperating today!! We were all too stinkin giggly---and I think the baby was just ticked cause we woke her up!! I can just envision her in there kicking me and saying "People let me sleep!!!"

While we were waiting for the Doctor Crosby and Chelo thought it would be cute to get on the table and make their tummies look pregnant!

Chelo was puffing her stomach out so hard that she was holding her breath and at one point her face got so red!!!

Oh, and I did see Dr. Miller for the first time. He is young, pretty cute, and has a little accent--I have no idea where he is from but I want to know. I thought he was really great but I didn't feel comfortable asking him if we could move up the date of my next sonogram to see if my placenta has moved cause Heath is getting a little moody!!!! ;) I was excited about having a female OB this time so I hadn't scheduled with him yet. It isn't that I won't see a male OB--my last two were-- I just feel sooo much more comfy with a woman, especially one that has given birth 5 times. makes sense right??? I just don't always feel like guys can completely relate, and if it weren't for my LARGE midsection I am SURE Heath would forget I am pregnant sometimes!! I just feel like the woman is invested in the whole process about 100x more than the husband. So not fair!!! i was talking to the Dr. today about my backaches and be said that I should get it massaged every night and when I told heath this he was like FAT CHANCE of THAT HAPPENING... just not in so many words!! That is fine... I just won't clear it with him before I start making weekly massage appointments! But I will have to find someone that does prenatal massage cause my normal therapist won't do preggos. BS!!

After the doctor I took the girls to the City Pool. After about 10 solid minutes of them bickering they finally decided to get along and go swim... after I threatened to take their butts home!

here they were having fun playing in the kiddie playground area...

and here they are trying to talk the lifeguard into letting Crosby go down the slide, even though she is about 2 feet too short. If any of you have been to our pool you know how big of NAZIs they are about everything so I knew this wasn't happening but they BEGGED to try anyway. Adler was especially insisting that they just go see if she could. It was so SUPER sweet! Of course the lifeguard shot them down with one look at Cros and she was sent back crying. LUCKILY, at that moment it started to lightening so they cleared the pool and we could either stay in the bathrooms for 20 minutes or go home. The girls kinda looked at me and I said DREAM ON we are outta here. There was NO WAY ON EARTH I was going to stand in the smelling bathrooms with 100 wet kids for 20 minutes--especially since it was 4:30 and time to go anyway.

One Sick Baby Girl and 2 Fake Mustaches!

For the last couple of days we have had a pretty sick little girl. Crosby has been up practically all night both Sunday and Monday nights coughing and having trouble breathing because her chest was just filled with drainage from her little allergies. Poor baby and Poor Parents!! We have been sooo tired b/c we were up all night trying EVERYTHING! I tried to take on the majority of the care but sometimes I was just too tired and at one point hubby gave her a shower (at like 3 or 4am) hoping the warm steam would help our girl out. She literally seemed like she was struggling to breathe and nothing is scarier than that!!! So we got her in first thing this morning to see the doctor. She was a little nervous about going but did just great. It turns out she has a left ear infection and bronchitis. We headed straight to the pharmacy to get her prescriptions filled and when I finished checking out this is what I found....

They had bought fake mustaches in one of those little machines! It was HILARIOUS!! Crosby's looked sooo real! It was fuzzy and looked like a caterpillar on her face. I think Adler's was upside down most of the time but funny anyway! Everyone at the store was cracking up at my two little girls with fake mustaches!

School's Out For SUMMER!!!!!

Sing it with me!!!! Okay maybe just the teachers and kids are as excited about this as I am!! WOOOHOOOO!! I am so ready to sleep in, wear comfy clothes, have a clean house, and spend time with my girls!

Another FROG DANCE!!!

Last night we traveled back to Derby for the girl's second league fast pitch game and they won again!! Those games are really exciting--- especially when your daughter is up to bat or making a play!!! Our girls struggled with their hitting last night. They both struck out both times up to bat... but they are SWINGING and being aggressive. It will only be a matter of a few games before they are making contact consistently. Chelo played outfield the whole game but didn't see any action. This early in the season there aren't too many girls that can get the ball out of the infield. Adler played 2nd base 2 innings and caught the other 2. She works sooo hard behind the plate and never complains... she makes me sooo proud out there. Her work ethic is amazing when she is catching. She hustles after EVERY ball even if there aren't runners on the bases. It is neat to watch. Last night she even made a GREAT play!!! She threw a girl out trying to steal 3rd!! I was jumping up and down!! She even had to throw around the batter which looked tough to do.

And her is a picture of L. Fox and I giving a BIG PEACE OUT to the school year!!!! We are PUMPED to be starting our summers in just a few hours starting with A WHOLE DAY OF SCRAPINGBOOKING tomorrow-- SCRAPFUNATTIC here we come!!!

Oh and I almost forgot... I went to the OB yesterday. Baby Pumpkin is doing GREAT!!! The little heartbeat was 150 so I consulted the ancient Chinese profits (online of course :)) and they say BOY!!! We will sure see! Daddy Heath is DYING for a son!!! My sonogram is June 17th (we decided to wait til my 20th week---I didn't want to risk not being able to find out the day as planned...I just didn't want to hear the girls reaction to the sono tech if it was too early or they were 70% sure. SCREW THAT... my BIL and SIL were told they that the tech was 70% sure it was a boy and my beautiful NIECE Braylinn was born in December!!!! I want to be 100% sure!!! As Elo would say... I want to see if there are any franks and beans!!!!! And the best news of all... I gained ZERO pounds last month!! WOOHOO!!! It makes the 16 I have gained in the first 3 months a little easier to take!!!