Wrapping up Week 33...or 34?

Been a while since I have blogged about anything. Maybe I was waiting until I had A LOT to talk about? I will try to throw the excitement of the last few weeks in 1 post! (WISH ME LUCK!)

I guess the first thing...that is a major change for our household is the kiddies are back in school now. The summer went by so fast and for them I'm sure it went twice as fast. The last couple weeks were the worst...not sure why really. Anyway...Andrew is a junior this year and Kate is a Freshmen. I know...sad! :(

Kate was very nervous..not just because of the new school but HIGH SCHOOL! School has been in session for a little over a week and I think they are getting into the groove of things. I hated high school so I don't envy them. It's just one of those things that you have to participate in to get to the rest of your life.

We will start with the best pic!

Goofy...yup they're mine!

Hard to believe this is my child with long hair and lip rings. Looks a little different then my 3 year old blond terrror I remember!

Can't believe how grown up she is already! I see her every single day but pictures open your eyes sometimes more than real life!

I was shocked at how excited they were on the first day. I only posted the pics that they won't complain about me sharing with THE WHOLE WORLD because I took several and after careful consideration....these were the chosen ones.

 

Since I am talking about my children, I might as well throw the little guy in there.

 

This is the best pic we have of Liam. He just looks happy and I can see his little nose and lips. It will have to be enough to get us through another month!

 

It's so hard to get a good picture of a sonogram pic. I wish I could have gotten a 3D US with a disc and such but trying to keep cost down and our insurance won't cover a 3D. Duane and I were both anxious about this particular visit. Him because he is an anxious Daddy and just wanted to make sure baby was doing ok and me? I just wanted to make sure he was still a boy! AND HE IS!!!

Everything seems to be going great with baby. Seems very healthy. Always active. When he isn't active...I worry. We haven't seen our OB since July 3rd which is a really long time when a girl is as far along as I am. When they made my appointment they had to work around the time Jane WASN'T in the office and then they called to reschedule once and last Wednesday we went in for our appointment, waited 30-45 minutes and they came and told us that Jane had to leave to go up to delivery. NONSENSE!

We were very angry. We look forward to every visit...especially this one because we have decided that we want a c-section. We want to make plans for the c-section and we had lots of questions that have yet to be answered because our new appointment is on Monday. HOPEFULLY we get to see her then!

With our last US they gave me a new DD of Sept. 29th...which sounds amazing. I am not sure Jane will move us up but I'm hoping! I'm also hoping that I can take 3-4 weeks off and be healthy and get back to work cuz Christmas is coming and coming fast....as it always does! LOVING the fact that some of the stores have their Halloween stuff out already. As horrible as it seems...Halloween is my favorite holiday. I love to decorate. Love all the spooky stuff and LOVE scary movies!!!! Also, there isn't the added stress of having to spend hundreds of dollars on the people that mean the most to me. I hate that Christmas has come to that. I guess if I was a millionaire...Christmas would be my favorite holiday. Til then.....Halloween is it for me! :)

The place where Lil Liam will be born...if all goes as planned!

 

The night b4 our last appointment I went to the hospital because I was having regular contractions. I called into work several hours b4 because they were time able and BH aren't supposed to be. I was also having alot of back pain and some pelvic pressure. I let this go on for about 5 hours b4 I decided to go to the hospital. Part of me knew it was way too soon but with all the symptoms...I had to be sure. After 3 hours in OB and a lot of monitoring they determined I was just dehydrated? Believe it or not after I drank LOTS more water than I wanted, the contractions stopped. I really haven't had any since then! As much as Duane and I want to meet our little guy...we want him here healthy and fully baked! I'm hoping the next few weeks go quickly.

 

Work is becoming more challenging. I can't stand for long...30 minutes at the most or I feel like my bottom is gonna drop out. With this last week, I haven't even been able to sit comfortably either. Hoping that my employer will understand I am really doing the best I can. Just creepin up on the MISERABLE stage! There are many aspects of my job that I can't do to the fullest because I can't bend over and I can get to the floor but getting up is a nightmare! Luckily...I have a pretty good crew that seems genuinely concerned about me and tries to help whenever they can. When I was off for 1 day...I came back and staff that I seldom talk to came up to me and asked how I was feeling. Even residents. Kind of a switch to what I'm used to. Starting to remember why I worked @ Pine View for as long as I did the first time around.

 

People care...or at least pretend that they do and sometimes that's all I need to keep me going!