An Abundance of Love

I just feel so loved and grateful for family and friends. We have been blessed with many gifts from our church family. Even after our baby shower we've been still receiving gifts. Today my school family gave me a baby shower and once again, I'm feeling blessed. Even though we all have just known each other since July, they have been wonderful to me. They are a great school family to have. They show they care by asking how I'm doing on a daily basis and offer help and assistance. So I just wanted to say THANK YOU to all my family and friends for all that you do for Travis and I!

36 weeks and counting

Today I had my doctor's appointment and all was well. My blood pressure was good (thank goodness) so I didn't have to go to triage! I asked about going back to work since I was on bed rest for a week. My doctor said since everything looks good, I could go back to work...but she wanted me to get blood work done to just make sure everything is good. So I had to go get blood work done and the wait was forever! So I'm going back to work tomorrow. I will have my long term sub there with me so she can get answers to any questions she has. My doctor says any signs of preeclampsia and I'm back on bed rest. I turned into my school district my leave of absence request for maternity leave to start on Feb. 2nd. So I have these 2 days and then next week before going on maternity leave. I think I should be okay. Carson has been doing well. I haven't had any signs of going into labor anytime soon, so it's just a waiting game now to see when Carson is ready to be born. Since he's been measuring 2 weeks earlier I don't know if that means he'll come 2 weeks earlier than my due date. So now I try to wait patiently for his arrival.

Carson at 35 weeks

He is just too adorable. Look at those cheeks! So round and plump! As you can tell, I'm just really excited for him to be here!

Dr. Appointment Update

I haven't been on here for awhile with the holidays and then started back to work. I had my doctor appointment today though and thought I should update everyone on how things are going. My appointments are now weekly, which is great! At my appointment today I had high blood pressure. So for precautions again, they wanted me to go to triage after my appointment. My doctor also put me on bed rest for a week until my next doctor appointment where they reevaluate me. While at triage they took my blood pressure every 15 minutes and took blood work. Once again, blood pressure is great at triage and blood work came back great. They gave me an ultrasound too while at triage to see if the baby was still measuring big. Carson is still measuring 2 weeks earlier. He is now about 6lbs they said. They did a 3D on his face and he just looks SO CUTE! He is now looking more like a baby. He has chubby cheeks and is just so adorable! I can't wait to really see him and hold him. So now I will be at home resting and just waiting anxiously for Carson to come. Oh, I actually felt contractions for the first time today too while at triage. I was never really sure how they feel since this is our first baby. But when I was hooked to the monitor the doctor was saying that I am contracting some. So now every time I feel a contraction I need to start timing it. I'll scan the picture of Carson tomorrow and post it. But for now, I'm exhausted and ready for bed.

Dr. Appt. and Shopping

My doctor appointment went well today. Hooray! She said his heartbeat is really good. It is always so nice to hear his heart beating strong. My appointments are now every 2 weeks. She said that the ultrasound that I had on Friday looked well. She said that they want to do another ultrasound in 4 weeks to see how the baby is growing, since he is measuring 2 weeks earlier. So at 36 weeks we’ll be having another ultrasound. I can’t believe the time is going by fast. There is still so much to be done!

After my doctor appointment I did some Christmas shopping (yes, I’m still doing it). I went to babies-r-us and found a great diaper bag. It has so many compartments inside the bag and outside the bag. It’s also lightweight and it has a strap that can be adjustable. It is a chocolate brown color with baby blue inside which will make looking for things easier. On the outside there is also an insulator pocket for 2 bottles. I’m just so happy about the bag! I also went to Kohl’s and they were having a great sale! I found a cute outfit for Carson and it was only $4.00!!! I also bought me 2 gowns for the hospital (I don’t want to wear the open back one). I found me some tops too. I also bought Travis and I an ornament for our first home. Now I’m tired from all the walking I did and relaxing at home.

Here is the ornament I bought. It has a heart at the top and then a key under it.

Here is our lovely Christmas tree.

No chimney for our stockings, so I put it by one of our windows.

Here is the $20 outfit I got for $4 at Kohl's. It's so cute!

Here is a picture of inside Carson's closet. I haven't washed them yet, so the tags are still attached.

Here is the diaper bag I got. It's so great!

Update on Carson

December has been a crazy month...that is for sure! So many things have been happening. We had the baby shower on Sunday, December 14th. It was really nice. We got a lot of really cute things! We had some fun games too and I have some funny stories that some of the ladies wrote.

I had a phone call from my doctor that said from my last ultrasound it was showing I had too much amniotic fluid. They wanted me to schedule another ultrasound so they can take a look at it again. They said if I did have too much that they would have to start monitoring me. I of course was worried on that happening. I had my ultrasound yesterday and found out some interesting things. First, she double checked my amniotic fluid twice and said everything looked good. So I'm thanking God for that! She said that Carson is doing a good job of practicing breathing. She also said that I'm measuring 2 weeks earlier now. Carson has been growing a lot too. She said he was 5lbs and .25 ounces!!!! I was like, "WOW!" I wasn't expecting him to be that big. She said he is a healthy baby and has a good heartrate. I have a doctor's appointment this coming Tuesday. I'm interested to see what the doctor has to say about my ultrasound. Travis and I are thinking Carson will be coming at the end of January...so we'll see if that happens or not.

Travis has been busy with Carson's room. He has it painted and the crib is up. We still have things to get for the room so it's not officially done yet. When it is all together, I will post a picture.

I'm on my winter break now from school. I'm going to be getting some baby stuff together and relaxing. I'm really glad break is here. I'm hoping I'll be able to go back to work after break so we get some more money before I have to take off. Well that is all for now. I will update more after my doctor's appointment.

Showing my ultrasound pictures of Carson.

Me holding my belly.

Me with the cake.

Dr. Appointment

So this Thursday I had a dr. appt. just for a check-up. At school my kids drove me nuts and I told my colleagues that at my dr. appt. I bet I will have high blood pressure from today. Sure enough at my dr. appt. I did have high blood pressure. I told them about my day and they said it's procedure that I need to get monitored every 15 minutes on my blood pressure and get blood work done. So they said I needed to go over to triage. I'm glad Travis was with me. We went over to the maternity ward and I had to get into a gown and everything. They hooked me up to monitors to check my blood pressure and check the heart rate of the baby. They also took my blood. I had to lay on my left side for 2 hours. Everything came back normal so I was able to get released. My feet have been swelling lately, so I'm trying to elevate them more. They said I need to continue to watch the swelling to see if I start swelling in my hands and face. They said I could be put on bed rest...so I'm really trying to stay off my feet as much as possible. So keep me in your prayers that I don't need to do that.