Baby Wiggles!

I caught him!  Finally I was able to video tape our little man in all his crazy wiggly action.

This happens usually 2-3 times per day and then, of course, right when it's time to go to sleep.  I find myself most nights playing on my phone, waiting on him calm down, so I can fall asleep myself.  Middle of the night bathroom trips usually wake him up too, so I start over and wait on him to get comfortable so I can get back to sleep myself.

Slow Cooker Freezer Meals

My intention all a long as been to prepare freezer meals for my postpartum recovery.

I tried this method last summer, 1 day = 1 month of made ahead meals (whole foods).

That didn't go so well.  It was EXHAUSTING and took longer then a single day.  Was very expensive.  Also didn't even get them all made.  Some recipes we didn't even like and seemed like such a waste.

So I've been on the hunt for something QUICK, EASY, and would be recipes that I know our family will like and EAT.

I FOUND IT:

The shopping list isn't huge, the meals look yummy, and you just throw everything into a freezer bag and your done.  I may even double this depending on our budget for the month.

I haven't found anything as quick and as simplified as this.

My hope is to get this done in the next couple of weeks.  I'll blog about how it goes!

3 Hour Glucose Test

After my initial 1 hour glucose test last week, my levels came back a little high.  Just a tad higher then the cut off.  However, my blood was drawn just a little early due to me having those contractions and their rushing to get me over to the hospital.

It makes me wonder if they still would have been that high had they waited a few more minutes to do the blood draw.

So today I had to go in for the 3 hour test.

After a finger prick - they said my levels were at 70 and that they weren't too concerned about the test going over okay for me.  But they still had to do the 3 hour test.

So they drew blood, made me drink a more concentrated sugar drink, then drew blood 3 more times for three consecutive hours.

We mainly just walked around the building, potty breaks, thank goodness for cell phones.  None the less it was exhausting.

We got there at 8:15am and left at Noon.
After 5 needle pokes, I was so glad to be done.

After fasting for well over 12 hours, I really wasn't super hungry surprisingly.  More sick feeling from not eating mixed with water and that sugar drink.  Not the best combo.

But we stopped on our way home and got McD's.  I was surprised I put a good dent in my meal, it was nice to just chew food again.

At 4pm I got a call from the Dr....

NORMAL LAB RESULTS

Thank goodness.  One less thing I'll have to worry about for these last 3 months.

Next doctor's appointment is January 22nd. (1 week from tomorrow)

Car Seat Base

Our original plan for car seats/infant seats was this:

The infant carrier would go into the car, because it was smaller and the car is smaller.

Then the convertible permanent car seat would go and stay in our van.

Problem there was, the car is mainly used to: Take Alyssa to school, hubby to go back and forth to work, and any other running around as a family (which is usually only on the weekends).

The van is used for: Picking Alyssa up from school, my errands when hubby has the car at work, and we take all the seats out to haul all my display/merchandise to expos.

Sooooo... That would mean, everyday that I had to pick Alyssa up from school I'd have to put the baby in and out of the permanent car seat that would be staying in the van.  Not a huge deal, but could get really old, really fast.  Not to mention I wouldn't have the infant seat for running errands. 

The solution:

We bought an extra base

$49.99 at Diapers.com with no tax and free shipping.

A base in both vehicles.

Problem solved.

The convertible car seat will come in handy when the baby is bigger.  Then we can leave it rear facing a little longer when we don't need the infant seat anymore.

It is getting more real for me when we are talking about getting the cars ready for the infant seat to be installed.

27 Weeks

 27 Weeks

I'm trying to enjoy the last few days of my 2nd trimester... however, it seems like 3rd trimester symptoms have started to kick into gear already.

Sitting I always need a pillow behind my back because my stomach digs into my ribcage

My hips get sore at night from laying on my sides

Heartburn (hope he has hair!)

Exhaustion - anything and everything makes me tired.  Showers really take it out of me.

But other then that - I had one evening with some contractions that were in a steady pattern.  I just laid down with my bottle of water and they eventually stopped (like they usually do).

 BABY at 27 Weeks

This week the baby is getting smarter!  Brain activity is being detected.

He also is breathing in and out the amniotic fluid and practicing for when he takes his first breath of air.

 Baby is getting bigger every day!

He's now the size of a rutabaga:

How Big Is Carter?

After school today (over a special ice cream desert snack she earned for getting a 102% on her spelling test! Wahoo!), Alyssa asked me: "How big is Carter?"

I said - about 2 lbs.

Then I thought, she has no idea what that means (she's 6 1/2 yrs old).

So I went into the pantry to find something that was around 2 lbs for her to actually hold and see.  

A BAG OF RICE was exactly 2 lbs.

Perfect

She says to me "He's heavy!"

Haha!  Yeah, you are tell me kiddo!

She then held the bag up to my stomach to compare the sizes, and she says "yep, looks about right."

HAHA!

She's so funny, she makes us laugh all the time.

Possibly Going Out of My Mind

After yesterday's trip to the hospital, my mind was going a mile a minute with:

I still need to do "this" "that" and "the other"

How do I rest when I have so much to do

Should I hurry to get things ready incase the baby comes early

How do I go about working? Should I not be working at all?

If I don't work = No income = Problems

So after a long day, my body hurting from all the needles, laying in a horrible uncomfortable hospital bed, contractions that were killing my back, stress, and worry - I was really feeling like I was going out of my mind.

Today, I am feeling a little bit better, more rested, my mind has things a little more under control.  

So today, I'm just keeping these mottos:

One thing at a time

I'll get to it when and if I get it

If I don't get to it - No one besides me will know