We spent not long enough in Florida this week. You should never come home at the end of April to 37 degrees and rainy and freezing in the day time. In Florida it was 90 and sunny EVERY DAY. I kept apologizing to Baby H when we sat in the sun or in the pool that we have to live somewhere with such miserable weather. We had a great time with my dad, Denise, Jr., and my grandparents. Jr.'s dog Tuffy is so adorable. He makes Mawby look like a moose. I'm really glad he rescued him and hopefully he can continue to make him less nervous, more trusting, and get rid of that separation anxiety he has! Fortunately Aunt Sarah dolled him up with a new summer collar, matching leash and a yellow Zanies bear that he loves.
Jason got to golf with my dad, and I got to catch up with Denise in the pool which was great. When Denise would go inside, I was just sitting in the sun (or on the sunshelf in the pool) and I never needed a magazine or anything. I was content to just BE. That never happens! I spent a lot of time thinking about everything we've been through since we've gotten married. I also spent a lot of time talking to God in prayer which was very calming and peaceful.
I had my OB appointment today and I had to bring up the severe pain in my back, because it's progressively getting worse. Sitting at my desk is bad but at least I can get up. Sitting in the car is the worst because I don't want to have to pull over every 10 minutes to get out. The plane ride was especially brutal but thanks to the nice stewardess who allowed me to stand in the back. My doctor believes, of all things, that I have a rib out! I start physical therapy on Monday and I hope I have PT several times a week if that means this problem can be fixed quickly!!! It makes sense though since heat/ice don't touch the pain and I can't manipulate my muscles to make the pain more or less. My next appointment will also include the glucose test instead of just the usual pee in a cup/blood pressure/baby heart beat/any questions? so that will be interesting.
This will be a busy weekend with us going to register tomorrow at Target and Babies R Us. Fortunately I have lists from friends with infants so I hopefully will have an easy time registering. Sunday is Mass and Easter dinner so I am looking forward to that and being able to tell the rest of my family we are expecting. My shower invites came today and I'm really happy with them! It all feels so real now, especially as I sit here and Harrison keeps up the high kicks!
We are so grateful for the many blessings we have. God is great!
Friday, April 22, 2011
Friday, April 15, 2011
Half way through April and 24 weeks pregnant!
I am so grateful to start today's post with that! It seems like so long ago we were on pins and needles waiting to find out if our dream of becoming parents would come true. Now here I am, 24 weeks, and definitely pregnant. At our big Curwood meeting on Wednesday, there was no more hiding Baby H! Even with my big baggy red sweatshirt, apparently it was obvious. It was exciting and scary all at once to have so many people offering hugs and congratulations. Baby H and I had a little talk in bed that night about him sticking with it and getting stronger and healthy since so many people are waiting to meet him. What a blessed little guy.
He moves around so frequently now that if a few hours go by and I don't feel him, I start to get worried. Obsessive I'm sure, but I will always worry about my son. My next OB appointment is Thursday when we return from visiting my family in Florida so that reassurance will be nice. Then only one more monthly appointment and I graduate to every two weeks! I can't believe it.
Jason made some serious progress on the nursery last weekend. He painted below the coming chair rail a deep chocolate brown (to match our decor, we had the Home Depot guy scan the puppy's ear from our pattern!). We also cleaned everything except my old twin bed out of that room and had St. Vincent De Paul pick up his old bachelor days futon and a ton of clothes we aren't in need of. I washed the closet out and got some of the baby things we have organized. It's really coming along! Now we just need to get the chair rail up so I can call in the guys to clean the carpets in the whole house... one step at a time.
We are hoping to get our registries done next weekend now that my shower date is set. I am SO excited to have it at the Shiawassee Arts Council on June 19th. It will be a perfect place to have it. Several friends already know they can't make it, which does make me a little sad. Summer is so busy though that I totally understand!
We also booked our maternity photos session with Maureen Hartson. Weather permitting, we will be doing them at Curwood Castle on June 14th. I am excited for that! I just hope I haven't started swelling all over by then. My ankles and feet are currently pretty bad but the compression thigh highs I now sport are making a big difference in keeping the edema to a minimum.
Since everyone always asks how I'm feeling, here is the truth. I can't remember the last time I slept well or for more than three hours at a time. I'm pretty sure it was pre-FET in November. I figure this is God's way of preparing me for life with an infant in the house! I also have tremendous back pain that seems worse from sitting and driving along with acid reflux which is all new to me. Sometimes I can hear my heart beating in my ear which is totally strange but normal I am told. I love the idea that we will have a son soon, but I don't love being pregnant at all. I'm actually pretty uncomfortable most of the time and it's only going to get worse. I often tell Jason he should try to strap a 14 pound bowling ball onto his stomach and see how it is to do the day to day stuff with it on. BUT I wouldn't trade any of this for anything though! I am so grateful for the chance to have this baby. God is great!
He moves around so frequently now that if a few hours go by and I don't feel him, I start to get worried. Obsessive I'm sure, but I will always worry about my son. My next OB appointment is Thursday when we return from visiting my family in Florida so that reassurance will be nice. Then only one more monthly appointment and I graduate to every two weeks! I can't believe it.
Jason made some serious progress on the nursery last weekend. He painted below the coming chair rail a deep chocolate brown (to match our decor, we had the Home Depot guy scan the puppy's ear from our pattern!). We also cleaned everything except my old twin bed out of that room and had St. Vincent De Paul pick up his old bachelor days futon and a ton of clothes we aren't in need of. I washed the closet out and got some of the baby things we have organized. It's really coming along! Now we just need to get the chair rail up so I can call in the guys to clean the carpets in the whole house... one step at a time.
We are hoping to get our registries done next weekend now that my shower date is set. I am SO excited to have it at the Shiawassee Arts Council on June 19th. It will be a perfect place to have it. Several friends already know they can't make it, which does make me a little sad. Summer is so busy though that I totally understand!
We also booked our maternity photos session with Maureen Hartson. Weather permitting, we will be doing them at Curwood Castle on June 14th. I am excited for that! I just hope I haven't started swelling all over by then. My ankles and feet are currently pretty bad but the compression thigh highs I now sport are making a big difference in keeping the edema to a minimum.
Since everyone always asks how I'm feeling, here is the truth. I can't remember the last time I slept well or for more than three hours at a time. I'm pretty sure it was pre-FET in November. I figure this is God's way of preparing me for life with an infant in the house! I also have tremendous back pain that seems worse from sitting and driving along with acid reflux which is all new to me. Sometimes I can hear my heart beating in my ear which is totally strange but normal I am told. I love the idea that we will have a son soon, but I don't love being pregnant at all. I'm actually pretty uncomfortable most of the time and it's only going to get worse. I often tell Jason he should try to strap a 14 pound bowling ball onto his stomach and see how it is to do the day to day stuff with it on. BUT I wouldn't trade any of this for anything though! I am so grateful for the chance to have this baby. God is great!
Friday, April 1, 2011
It's finally April!
After the long Michigan winter, I am so excited it's officially April today! A lot has happened in the past few months, so I'll take a minute to get caught up:
The rest of January--I went for my final visit to the RE's office in Flint. I knew I would miss them terribly but I didn't cry when I said goodbye and I was proud of myself for that! I took them cupcakes and brownies and both were a big hit. Even at 9am, like my office, everyone was eating treats, including one of the doctors in his street clothes. My favorite nurse and I hugged one last time, and I congratulated her as she's due in June! I promised to keep in touch and I fully intend to stop in sometime in the next two months. Thank you to them from the bottom of my heart! It should also go on record here that I told Stephanie I was SURE that I am having a boy. She asked me how I knew that, and I said I just know. Plus I had two dreams and both were boys. She had the same thing happen and she was right, so time would tell if I would be right too.
February--baby's first vacations!! Jason and I went to Ft. Myers and then to Key West with his mom and dad for a long weekend. Key West was awesome! We had a great time and my appetite was a little better which was nice. Still a lot of food aversions but being able to eat something besides Triscuits sure was a treat. I definitely look like I overindulged though in my bathing suit! Oh well. Baby's second vacation was just a long weekend that my mom and I took to get away to Anna Maria Island in Florida. She's been feeling a lot of sadness from the loss of my grandma, not to mention having the legal battles to deal with. It was a great weekend away for both of us. Again I was able to eat just a little bit more which was nice, but I still just looked like I ate too much ice cream in my bathing suit!
March--After a couple of visits with my new OB, I asked if we could set up an ultrasound early to determine the sex of our baby since no one knew at this point, and we wanted to at least tell our closest friends. Since I was there alone, I felt guilty (for about 10 seconds) when they offered to look right then. It was very clearly A BOY. I was right, and I knew Jason would be thrilled. When I called him from the parking lot, he said it was the happiest day of his life. He finally got to attend the BIG ultrasound for 20 weeks on March 22. It took about an hour, but we saw so much amazing detail; his hands, feet, face (in 4D!), heart, brain, spine, etc. etc. He also measured almost 22 weeks with the size of his head/brain and abdomen! Either he's coming early or I am going to have one huge kid! Jason has officially picked Aug. 2 as the due date, and I'm sticking with July 31. I think he wants to be a July baby.
Finally, we have chosen a name for our little miracle. Jason likes power names (HH) so we toyed around with a few things, but kept coming back to the same one. It also happens to be his grandmother's (she's English) maiden name; Harrison! As long as we're going for power and dignified, I suggested Adams for his middle name. And so it is. I am totally fine with Harris for short, but Harry will not work. :)
We are looking forward to picking out nursery paint this weekend! I am starting to feel like we are running out of time. Once it's nice, I know we will be up north every weekend anyway so it's time to get moving! We're also signed up for birthing classes in May, and a hospital tour at the beginning of the month, plus we are going to tour Grayling's Mercy Hospital just in case Harrison decides he'd like to see the north country first. I can't believe how fast time is going. We are so grateful to have made it this far. God is great!!
The rest of January--I went for my final visit to the RE's office in Flint. I knew I would miss them terribly but I didn't cry when I said goodbye and I was proud of myself for that! I took them cupcakes and brownies and both were a big hit. Even at 9am, like my office, everyone was eating treats, including one of the doctors in his street clothes. My favorite nurse and I hugged one last time, and I congratulated her as she's due in June! I promised to keep in touch and I fully intend to stop in sometime in the next two months. Thank you to them from the bottom of my heart! It should also go on record here that I told Stephanie I was SURE that I am having a boy. She asked me how I knew that, and I said I just know. Plus I had two dreams and both were boys. She had the same thing happen and she was right, so time would tell if I would be right too.
February--baby's first vacations!! Jason and I went to Ft. Myers and then to Key West with his mom and dad for a long weekend. Key West was awesome! We had a great time and my appetite was a little better which was nice. Still a lot of food aversions but being able to eat something besides Triscuits sure was a treat. I definitely look like I overindulged though in my bathing suit! Oh well. Baby's second vacation was just a long weekend that my mom and I took to get away to Anna Maria Island in Florida. She's been feeling a lot of sadness from the loss of my grandma, not to mention having the legal battles to deal with. It was a great weekend away for both of us. Again I was able to eat just a little bit more which was nice, but I still just looked like I ate too much ice cream in my bathing suit!
March--After a couple of visits with my new OB, I asked if we could set up an ultrasound early to determine the sex of our baby since no one knew at this point, and we wanted to at least tell our closest friends. Since I was there alone, I felt guilty (for about 10 seconds) when they offered to look right then. It was very clearly A BOY. I was right, and I knew Jason would be thrilled. When I called him from the parking lot, he said it was the happiest day of his life. He finally got to attend the BIG ultrasound for 20 weeks on March 22. It took about an hour, but we saw so much amazing detail; his hands, feet, face (in 4D!), heart, brain, spine, etc. etc. He also measured almost 22 weeks with the size of his head/brain and abdomen! Either he's coming early or I am going to have one huge kid! Jason has officially picked Aug. 2 as the due date, and I'm sticking with July 31. I think he wants to be a July baby.
Finally, we have chosen a name for our little miracle. Jason likes power names (HH) so we toyed around with a few things, but kept coming back to the same one. It also happens to be his grandmother's (she's English) maiden name; Harrison! As long as we're going for power and dignified, I suggested Adams for his middle name. And so it is. I am totally fine with Harris for short, but Harry will not work. :)
We are looking forward to picking out nursery paint this weekend! I am starting to feel like we are running out of time. Once it's nice, I know we will be up north every weekend anyway so it's time to get moving! We're also signed up for birthing classes in May, and a hospital tour at the beginning of the month, plus we are going to tour Grayling's Mercy Hospital just in case Harrison decides he'd like to see the north country first. I can't believe how fast time is going. We are so grateful to have made it this far. God is great!!
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