38 weeks.

38 weeks.

Not much going on. Had my doctors appt today. Still fingertip dilated, 50% effaced and -2 station. It's so frustrating to hear that nothing is changing particularly since he was so worried a couple of weeks ago that I was going to deliver early. Oh yea, and I have PUPPPs. Pruritic Urticarial Papules and Plagues of Pregnancy. Basically it's a nasty rash that starts on the belly and can spread to the rest of your body. It itches like you wouldn't frickin believe and there's basically nothing you can do about it except deliver the baby. So I've been taking benadryl to sleep at night, which is no longer working, and using a hydrocortizone cream on it which works ok I guess, but only as long as there is nothing touching my skin. The second I pull my shirt down or something touches me I start itching again. So between that and the carpal tunnel and generally being a whale, you can imagine I'm not sleeping much. I could go on and on but I'm tired of complaining and I know everyone is tired of hearing it. It's not even that I'm tired of being pregnant (although I am) I'm just sooo ready to have my baby! I want him here more than anything. Plus once he's out of my belly, Matt can hold him for awhile :0) I've had him for the last 9 months, I figure it's his turn, ha!

Matt played in UC's alumni baseball game last weekend and they kicked butt! The alumni (any of the players can come back and play, there were some guys playing from back in 1990) won the game 21-15. He pitched the last inning and kept the students from scoring. My man won the game! woo!

Mom's doing better. She is starting to talk a little bit and eating a bit more as well. She shouldn't be in the ICU much longer. So things are going well there. Hopefully she'll continue to make progress quickly and be home soon.

That's all for now!

Celebrate!

Matt is now officially the sole Store Manager of The Liquor Company. Woo hoo! Way to go babe! Whether this promotion will lead to another raise is yet to be known (but we can hope right?) seeing as how he just got one it's hard to say... But a girl can dream :0)

I'm so proud of my hubby, yay!

37 weeks and counting....

37 weeks. Officially full-term and ready to go! I almost don't fit in the doorway anymore, haha. I feel pretty maxed out, can I really get any bigger?

Oh! I started a poll on the side of the blog there so people can vote and say what week they think I'll deliver in. I might start another one to guess his weight too. I gotta have something fun to do!

Had my appointment today, no change in the cervix, which doc said was good, but I said, "that depends on your definition of good. Good for me right now would be about 2-3cm!" Oh well, he'll come when he comes I guess :) I did get another ultrasound! They did one to check his size and position. Victor is still head-down ready for delivery, woo! Right before we went back I had this horrible feeling they were going to tell me he'd flipped and we were going to have to have a c-section. Thank goodness he didn't!

Little man is weighing in at a whopping 7lbs and 8ozs! She did say that could be give or take about 7ozs, so anywhere between 7-8lbs. I know several people who said their measurements were way off, so I asked her about that. She said that usually, if they are off by more than a pound it's because the baby wouldn't cooperate in order to get clear enough shots for the measurements. Since she was able to get clear shots of his head, abdomen, spine and legs, our mearement should be pretty close. I'm guessing about 8lbs at birth. Which will hopefully be SOON!!

I'm actually not as uncomfortable this week as I was last week. I'm taking advantage of that and I'm going to be taking some walks and maybe running some stairs, haha! Doc is guessing I'll gointo labor next week, but I don't know if he's basing that on anything or just throwing it out there. I hope he's right though!

On a different note: my mom. They took her off the sedative last week and she's finally starting to respond a little bit. Since she'd been out for so long (3 weeks now) it took awhile for the sedative to wear off since so much of it was stored in her body. She is breathing on her own, they took out the ventilator, but she still has a trach tube (in case they need to help her breathe) so she still can't talk. She's been opening her eyes and looking at people when they talk to her, and moving her arms and legs a bit. They got her into a chair the other day, kind of had to strap her in to it though. Again, since she's been out for 3 weeks she's lost a TON of muscle tone and she's going to have to go through rehab in order to teach her how to swallow, eat, to talk and to basically walk again. She's slowly getting better, but it's going to be a long road until she's 100% again. It's good to hear she's getting better, but SOOOO frustrating to know how slow it is. I was talking to my dad about it and the thing I kept thinking about is if I go into labor and have Victor, I couldn't even call her to tell her. Hopefully she'll be talking soon and I can' finally talk to her again! It's been almost a month since her original surgery and I only talked to her once the day after for about 2 mintues. I miss my mommy!

Say what?

Week 36. Technically 4 left. I'm praying for just 2..... I may kill someone if i go longer than that...

I think the cartoon says it all....

Did you know that your cervix can go back? As in, my cervix is firmer this week than it was last week. I did not know it could go backwards! And I'm totally irritated. Granted, I'm only 36 weeks and my doc is happy about this little development because it means my bed rest has been working and I'm not progressing too quickly, too early. But come on!!! I'm sooo ready to have this kid. He did say that lil man's head has dropped further, at which point I wanted to say DUH. I'm had constant pressure/pain very low alll day and I can tell it's from him being lower. It's almost like constant Braxton hicks contractions. Very annoying, and extremely uncomfortable.

I am measuring 2cm behind what I should be at this point, doc almost guarantees that it is because lil guys head has dropped so much lower, but I still get another ultrasound next week to check his growth. yay! I'll never turn down an opportunity to see lil vic :)

I feel kind of bad, like I'm always complaining about being pregnant. But I told Matt that for all the times I did NOT complain before, I'm making up for it in the next few weeks. He has agreed that this is fair and he will smile and tell me he loves all the while :0) that's why I love him *kisses to him*

1 Wonderful Year!

One year ago today we became man and wife. He is everything to me, he makes me laugh when the last thing I want to do is laugh and always makes me feel better whenever I'm a little bit down. I can't (and don't want to) imagine my life without him. He is the first person I want to call when something funny happens, the first one I want to tell everything to. Knowing I come home to him and he comes home to me makes every day like Christmas! He is the father of my son, and I hope that my son turns out just like him. If Victor is even half the man that my husband is, I consider myself the luckiest woman on earth! They say the first year of marriage is the hardest, and I've heard that the first pregnancy is one of the hardest things for a couple (next to the first year actually WITH a child) and since we knocked out 2 of those already, I think we're SET!

Happy Anniversary Babe! I love you!

One of our enagement photos
exchanging rings

K-I-S-S-I-N-G, First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a baby in a baby carriage!

Big sigh of relief, We got Married!! Yay!!!

First Dance "Bring It On Home" "When your long day is over, and you can barely hang your head, the fate of the world is on your shoulders, bring it on home to me..."

I think this picture is funny

Bridal Shots

The whole gang. We had so much fun!

what now?

So walked out of the house this morning to go to work and the car wouldn't start. Just a click, click, click..... Geez, Seriously!? It's the only car we have right now to get both of us to work and doctors appts and now it's not gonna freaking work. We think it's the battery. We're hoping and praying it's the battery because, while we don't want to have to pay for a new battery, it's better than paying for a lot of other work that is sure to be a LOT more expensive. And, since it's Labor Day weekend, everything is closed and we can't even get it looked at till Tuesday.

Then, while I'm at work (my boss came on his way in and picked me up and Matt got a ride with one of his buddies) our landlord calls. They proceed to tell me that our neighbors pipes burst in their bathroom so they needed to get into our appt to see if anything leaked or if there was any damage. Luckily, there wasn't, but I was just thinking, "are you FREAKING kidding me?!?!"

so... yea. AWESOME.

the best one

This is the best of the little video clips. He moves around a bit and you can see him moving his fingers by his chin.

And I have to say, the best part of the day was when I was watching these clips with Matt. He was hugging me and rubbing my belly and kept saying, "I'm so excited for the baby! Let's get him here now!" He's going to be such a good dad, I can't wait!

35 Week Appt and 4D Ultrasound

Week 35! 5 More to go.

This is last weeks pic. I guess I look a lil bigger. I don't feel much bigger, but at this point whats the difference between a cow and a bigger cow? haha!

It's coming so quick now I feel like we're in fast forward. The beginning of it seemed to drag on forever and now it's almost here! My appointment this morning went really well. It was quick and non-eventful. He did my GBS (Group B Strep) test, so I'll get the results of that next week. There is no change in my cervix from last week so that's good for now. My FFN (test for premature labor) came back negative so I guess I won't be going into labor in the next week or so, haha, darn it! Apparently they had done a 4D ultrasound for someone yesterday that turned out really amazing and my doc was pretty excited. He asked if we'd planned on getting one and I told him I'd wanted too but hadn't really decided if we were going to or not. He was all "do it while you're here! it's awesome!" So I said, Ok! we got some pictures and a bunch of little video clips.

He was pretty much sleeping the whole time and not too thrilled with us for trying to wake him up. Look at him pouting with his face scrunched up and his big ol' lips!

I think he's going to look just like Matt, I can't wait!! Ultrasound tech said he's already got lots of hair too. I think it'll be blonde, just because Matt and I were both blonde when we were born.

Awww.....trying to sleep.....still pouting a bit.

Then he really got mad for trying to wake him up and he flipped us off! We're gonna have to curb That kind of behavior but it's still cute right now, hahaha!

I'm trying to post a couple of the video clips. Hopefully it works!