Life is a roller coaster; we are along for the ride!

Monday, April 13, 2009

Baby will be here soon!

So I am officially starting to panic. Dr. Salisbury said I won't make it to 40 weeks. I will be lucky to get to 37 with my blood pressure and am probably looking at an induction. Nice eh? I am 50% effaced but not dilated yet. He said to take it easy and monitor the headaches and swelling. Did I mention I hit the 40 pounds gained mark!!!! 40 stinkin pounds OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If my diastolic blood pressure is up to 100 in the next week then we are looking at an induction. Otherwise, if it is consistently high for the next two weeks, then we will try to get to 37 before we induce to be safe. I am really glad I am having my shower this week, so I can go get the rest of my stuff before he comes. Maybe all my boxes will be unpacked by then huh? At least I have a new cozy recliner to be lazy in and couch for my awesome sister/fill-in mom to sleep on. I miss my mommy today :(

Sunday, April 12, 2009

35 weeks and 1 day- Me on the way to a massage and pedicure for a
stress free Saturday! YIPPEE
The baby has definitely dropped this week with all the stress.
I am too tired to update all the drama in our lives right now, but
I am sure he is coming early. I have another stress test tomorrow and will
see if I am dilating at all. My blood pressure has been consistently high
since last week and my feet and hands are swollen and are on fire! Not
to mention the lovely headaches and dizziness. Pray to make it to 37 weeks....
I can handle having him at 37 I think.

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Moving

I took two days off work this week to move and didn't really get it done. My awesome sisters came over while Sherri was in town and helped moved a lot of stuff on Tuesday. Wednesday I did a little here and there putting things away and then got stuck at Walmart buying groceries and new house stuff. Even though it is in a ghetto mobile home park I would have to say it is at least 2 or 3 times better than the old place. I am excited to have a nicer kitchen and actually be able to leave my blinds open without tenants knocking on my door and peeking in my windows. Keldon's furniture is all unpacked but we still have a days worth of putting stuff together. Hopefully by Monday I can go to work relaxed. We have conference this weekend so that will give us more time to organize. I got little bins and baskets at the store yesterday. It is so nice to have a place for everything instead of just being shoved in here and there. I didn't know how much food I actually had in my old house until we started packing it. I have a little pantry thing at the new place and I can actually see where things are. GLORIOUS! My back is killing me, I have had a headache for 3 days and I get to go to work in a couple of hours and give 4 massages, how? I don't know!

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Pregnancy week 32 & 33

NEWS FLASH....BREAKING NEWS FLASH!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have another tenant occupying space inside my body besides myself, an alien-like figure that squirms and pokes and prods bony protuberances inside my abdomen.

Baby Keldon is getting way too big and wiggly. He as been sticking his foot out on both my sides lately and hard enough to make me jump constantly. He is rolling his bum from right to left and back and forth. His head has been down for about 2 months now and I have a feeling he is coming early. Maybe just superstition? I would like to think that a nice mothers day present would be a little baby boy that just so happens to be a little gift from my mother and the man upstairs.... haha , wishful thinking huh? I am crossing my fingers. Chris got "let go," from his management job at the mobile home park which leaves us houseless. There is a mobile home within the park that he owns which is vacant right now. He has been having a hard time selling it and it so happens to be the nicest one he owns. It is newly remodeled and at least has new paint and new carpet. We might be moving over there this week and he is hoping to continuing working until his contract with the park ends which for right now is June. We are already paying lot rent and electricity so we might as well move there instead of staying in the place we are now. That will give me time to get ready for the baby and be ready and as non-stressed as I can be in case he comes early. I am excited to have a less ghetto house/trailer! I am having a couple of baby showers in the next month and will feel more prepared when they have come and gone. I haven't bought hardly anything so far. I want to wait until after the showers and then go get the things I still need. I suppose I should pack a hospital bag just in case. I talked Chris into childbirth classes. We have gone 3 weeks and have one week left with a private birth Doula and 3 other couples. I have really enjoyed it. I think he thinks it is a little out there. We draw "Birth Art," and express our inner feelings. HA, funny right? It is actually really cool and I think will help me tons. I am still planning on doing things natural for now and take it one step at a time. I think the classes have helped Chris to understand what I need as far as support. He is actually pretty into it and has formed his own little opinion about birthing which has been interesting. We will see how this baby goes. He keeps mentioning an at home water birth. Ha ha! Maybe he should try it first.
I love being pregnant! I rub my belly about 23 hours out of the day. My sister Kim was making fun of me the other day. This kid is going to be addicted to massages like his daddy!

A visit long past due

My friend Natalie and I had a long over due visit finally a couple of weeks ago. Chris was out of town for the weekend and I decided to drive to see Nat. We met when I was a beehive in young womens. She was my awesome leader with a brand new adopted baby boy. I loved her because she was real with us and never sugar coated "churchy stuff." I went through a couple of really rough years as a teenager and she was always my go to gal. She didn't judge, she always just listened. One time she showed up early in the morning at my house with a rented mustang convertible and we made a road trip to Coeur d' alene Idaho. We talked all day and went shopping. I will never forget that day. She and her family moved from Kennewick to Burbank out of our area, then to Spokane. I went a long time without talking to her and when I moved to Spokane we crossed lines again through a mutual friend and I found out she lived like 4 miles from my apartment. They moved a lot because of her husbands job. When I moved back to Kennewick to start my massage practice she was still in Spokane. I went another long block Natalie-less :( until my wedding day where she showed up to by my bridesmaid and help me get all dressed up in my pretty white dress. She has been through a lot. All three kids are adopted and Malachi the oldest was only 3 days old the first day I held him. His birth father fought for custody for about 10 years. Last fall, the courts finally granted Natalie and Ron full custody of their little (now big) boy. What a long time!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love her so much. When I left Spokane, the baby Callie was barely starting to talk. These are pictures from our visit..... I couldn't believe how big they were! OH my goodness. Nat and I went to lunch and talked all day about being good moms and how hard it is to be a good wife as well. Girly stuff! It's amazing that I am old enough to talk about grown up stuff with my grown up friend. Ha ha. She is a lot older than me but we have always had that sister bond. We can go 6 months or a
year without talking and next time we do we pick right up where we left off. I love good friends!