25 Weeks 3 Days

Hi y'all ~ Well our weekend was a trying time. Jason had a job that he had a hard time on and things didn't work out as planned. It happens. Saturday I was out there helping him get this job done as he was losing time for the install on Sunday. We did get the job done, but other things happened on Sunday that just didn't work. Oh well. Learn and move on. So with that said, Jason was home early from his install on Sunday and we went to register at Babies-R-Us in the afternoon finally. Sheeesh! It took over 2 hours to go through the store scanning things we needed and wanted. 1/2 hour of our time was spent on a stroller alone! We could NOT figure the darn thing out and how to collapse it. We finally had to ask a sales person how the darn thing worked. He showed us and it was really simple, however we would have NEVER figured it out on our own. Jason and I need classes to go to, to learn how all these baby things work! Do they have them? I don't know, but they should for first time parents!

I had to do my glucose test this week and finally did that on Wednesday. It wasn't bad at all. I was prepared for the worst with the orange stuff I had to drink. I had been told by others how awful this stuff was to drink. I must be weird, because I thought it tasted just like Sunkist orange drink and didn't have a hard time drinking it. It was gone in a minute. Then I sat there in the waiting room for an hour. Boring! Then after my hour was up, they had to take my blood. 2 vials for testing. I received my results back today. NOT good! My glucose results were suppose to be under 139 mg and mine was 227 mg. So now I wait for the doctor to call me and schedule me to come back for more testing to see if I have gestational diabetes. Apparently it's a longer glucose test where I have to fast for 12 hours before and they take blood every hour for 3 hours after I drink the orange glucose stuff. I thought for sure I was going to pass this test with no problems what so ever. Boy was I wrong. I will keep you all informed on the next test to come.

As for the baby... He is kicking away and getting a little bigger. His daddy and I sit on the couch at night with the TV remote on my tummy and watch the little one kick it around. It's so funny to watch. Grandma still tries to feel him move, but no go. He freezes up on her too.

For this weekend, we have Jason's mom's garage sale planned both days. It should be great weather and in the 70's. I can't believe it's January with this weather! And after the garage sale on Sunday, we are back at home to watch the Super Bowl. :) I don't care who wins, but I'm in a pool so I hope the score fall on my numbers! Wish me luck! Talk to you all soon.

Love to all!

24 Weeks 3 Days

Greetings -
Sorry it's been a while again since my last blog. Time is starting to slip away from me. Nothing much to record for last week. We did however start cleaning out the baby's room and moving our office into the dining room. That is just about done then we can start painting. The paint color will be a very light green on the upper half of the room and a darker green on the bottom half. Jason's going to put up a chair railing to divide the colors and add some crown moldings as well. We went back to Babies-R-Us and picked out a theme. Jason decided on a Farm theme, so I went with it. We wanted to register last weekend, but never made it. That brings me to the weekend and this week... Oops, first last Wednesday I pulled some stomach mussels. WOW did that hurt! Went to see the doctor the next day and everything is fine. She said I just strained them and to maybe try one of those pregnancy belts for support. I can say it works great and I feel so much better with it on. Then I came down with the flu on Saturday night. Lucky me!!! It was 14 hours of pure hell. Jason called the advise nurse twice to find out how to stop me from vomiting and stop the diarrhea too. We were all getting worried about the baby. Nothing stopped it all, but time. Then Jason came down with it on Monday night. I'm glad I could share with him. ;) My mommy always told me to share! So while I was still recouping, I was taking care of him. Not fun, let me tell you. We are both on the road to recovery today. So needless to say, what we had planned to get down over the weekend did not get done. Next on my list was our doctor appointment today. Just your normal appointment. Blood pressure normal, baby's heart beat sounded good, and conversation with the doc and I lost 3 pounds from being sick. So with everything bad that happened this last week, the baby is doing fine. Upon our leaving the doctor office, we received our registration papers for the hospital. Lots of forms to fill out and bring back next time. This made it even more real for Jason. :)

I think that is it for now. I feel okay and my belly is growing, but not too fast. ONLY 4 MORE MONTHS TO GO! Yippee!

Love to all!

22 Weeks 1 Day

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! 2009 is going to be divine!!!! A fresh new start to life and love. Okay enough of that... ;) I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Years! I'm back from vacation and back at work now. I was off for a whole week and a half and it was so nice! But time off is never long enough. Jason and I spent Christmas Eve with my mom, then Christmas evening with Jason's mom, then day after Christmas with Jason's dad and step mom for lunch. It was a very busy holiday, that's for sure. New Years Eve was a quiet one at home. I almost didn't make it to midnight. Soon after that ball dropped in New York City, I was in bed and fast asleep. Some party animals we turned out to be! The following day, Jason and I took our fifth wheel out to Tracy Wildlife for the weekend. It was cold, but relaxing and quiet and that is exactly what we needed. We did have dinner with Linda and Juan at a yummy sushi restaurant in Tracy as well. I always look forward to our time with them as it doesn't happen to often. Anyways, that was the jest of our time for the holidays, besides Jason working while we were at home the rest of the time. He was a busy boy!

As for the baby, he is kicking and kicking. I think he is sideways in there. I feel his feet on my right side and possibly his head or arms on my left lower side. It's very weird, let me tell ya! And finally Jason got to feel the baby move last week too! It has been a long time coming. Every time Jason puts his hand on my belly, our son stops moving. Needless to say, Jason has not felt him since. But I think he'll be feeling him on a regular basis soon. I can see my belly moving around every now and then. It's the funniest thing to see.

I'm feeling fine though. I'm a little sore after a long day and with a lot of walking. My lower belly gets really sore and tight so it's hard for me to stand straight at night and makes my walking slow too. But I'm sure it's just me growing and stretching. The picture above is me last week on New Years Eve. I was getting ready to meet a long time friend Sally for lunch. I hadn't seen her in quite a while and it was so nice to catch up with her for a change. Anyways, not a lot of exciting news this week. I'll touch base with you all next week.

Love to all!