34-ish Week Appointment

I had my 34-ish week appointment today (which I call my 35 week appointment but everyone else in the office kept reminding me that despite the fact that I am 4 days past 34 weeks...I am not actually 35 weeks yet...whatever, we are rounding UP people!) and it was quite interesting.

Somehow I have managed to gain an additional 4 pounds in the last two weeks (seriously???) and I decided that I will get on the scale backwards from that appointment on and do not want to be told my weight gain each week. Truly...I've gained more weight this pregnancy than with Addison and although I know I shouldn't worry about it...I do.

Braxton's heart rate was a strong 150 and he was kicking and moving around so much that the nurse had to keep trying to "find" him each time he would move. I'm telling you...this little guy's a mover! I received the wonderful news that I WILL have a choice of which way this baby enters the world unless he is another big baby like his sister was, so I was so thankful for that. After everything both Addison and I went through to get her into this world, Dr. Graham was concerned that when my tailbone healed from her birth, that it may have healed pointing up. If that would have been the case, Braxton would definitely have been a C-section baby. However, yesterday, Dr. Graham didn't find any reason that if Braxton is in the 7 lb. - 7 1/2 lb. range that I couldn't have him naturally if I chose to. So, we will continue to monitor his growth and see where we are around 37 weeks. Fun and so thankful for that news!

What Dr. Graham did find yesterday is that I have already started to dilate. I am only 1 cm so he wasn't too concerned about it but did tell me that I need to take it easy, etc. unless I'd like Braxton to be here before Easter. He said that because I was past 34 weeks (and only 1 cm not 2 cm) that he didn't feel it was necessary to put me on bed rest and if I could make it to 36 weeks that he wouldn't stop labor if I did go into it. He made me promise if the contractions continued or if I felt like they were getting stronger, that I would come back in and let him check me and I agreed. So we'll see what happens in the next few weeks.

We are all so excited and anxious to meet this little guy and it seems like it may be sooner than later that we get to see his precious face!

20 Week Ultrasound Photos

When we went for our 20 Week Ultrasound appointment (right before Christmas), we were able to get the best glispe of our sweet boy...






Talk about feeling blessed!

So Much For Keeping Up With This Blog...

At this point, all I can say is "Oh Well" and try to move on. I truly had every intention of documenting this pregnancy using this blog so we'd all have something to look back on in a few years.

I had plans of taking the weekly photos (okay...I'll be honest..maybe monthly photos) of my ever expanding belly, writing about each doctors appointment, etc. I even had a cute story planned for the first time I felt him (by the way...we're naming him Braxton) move but all of that went right out the window when he decided to "bless" me with the exact same pregnancy symptoms as Addison did and the toilet and Chex Mix became my best friend. So...here we are, at 34 weeks and 4 days (which I will call 35 weeks) and I am just now returning to the blog.

So...what have we missed? Let's see??? Christmas...we had a wonderful Christmas despite the fact that the Christmas tree didn't make it out of the box until about 3 weeks prior to Christmas Eve and half of our typical decor never saw the light of day. Oh well, we still enjoyed our last Christmas as a family of 3 (crazy to think that!) and Addison was beyond thrilled that Santa brought her a "Big Girl Bike" complete with pink streamers on the handles.

Our weather was crazy this Winter and we got hit pretty hard with snow a few times. We had almost 6 inches at our house and it pretty much shut the entire state down for a week. Addison loved the snow the first day but as the week went on and she wasn't able to do much, she was ready to see it go. We passed the time by playing games, watching (lots) of movies and baking.

Addison is beyond excited to welcome her baby brother into the world and constantly showers my belly with hugs and kisses. She is so sweet! Each time I leave for work or to run errands, Braxton and myself get separate kisses. Then when I return, she will place her hands on either side of my stomach and tell him how much she missed him...Melts My Heart!

Addison continues to thrive in school and with her learning, I know every parent thinks their child is smart, but Addison truly amazes us daily. She can write anything you ask her to and is always wanting to know how to spell things so she can write them. Her vocabulary and the way she puts things together truly is amazing. She knows how to spell (and write) her entire name as well as Mom, Dad and Braxton. She knows her phone number, my parents phone number, her full address as well as her birthday and my due date (which she tells EVERYONE!). She just learned how to count to 100 on her own and we hear her do that a lot (which makes for some long car rides...Ha!) but we are so proud of her! :)

I have a doctors appointment tomorrow so I'll have some "baby" news to report then. The plan is to try and determine whether or not this peanut needs to be a C-Section baby or if we're good to go the "other way" so I'll let you know. Hard to believe we're almost there! Let's hope I can at least blog about the next few weeks.