No baby here.......yet!!!

SO my contractions pretty much stopped by noon. I laid down and took a good nap and when I woke up they were still there just about one an hour. Not fun having contractions all day for nothing! I didn't mind them, they weren't really painful, they just came enough to be annoying!
Today I feel good, just tired. Garrett didn't sleep good last night and all I wanna do is sleep so we will be napping today~hopefully! We will be taking Madison trick-or-treating with her friends tonight. I'm looking forward to that. Have a safe and Happy Halloween! Oh and don't let your kids eat the gold pirate coins this year. They are from China and are made with the same thing that is getting all the babies sick over there!

Our Morning in L&D

I was up at 5:30 this morning cause I couldn't sleep in bed anymore. My hips were hurting so bad. Came to the couch and tried laying down. Well I couldn't feel Austin, not even a bit and thats not normal so I drank a big thing of water and laid down again waiting to feel him. Still at 6 no movement and I started to freak alittle. SO I called the nurses station and they said drink a big glass of juice and feel for him. 6-10 movements in an hour is normal. Well I only felt him 3 times in an hour so I told Garrett that I wanted to get it checked out. Oh and I was having some contractions 5 mins apart but wasn't too worried about that. Just wanted to know if our little guy was ok. We got to the hospital around 8 and in that time I only felt him 6 times. Got hooked up and he was/is just fine, stinker! But my contractions went from 5 mins to 2 mins apart. They checked me and I'm still 2 cm dilated. Doctor said I could go home or wait. We wanted to go home, shower and eat! Well here I am at home home still having contractions but they aren't so close. The nurse suspects we will be back later today to deliver. We will see.

Doctors Appointment

Well I'm 2 cm dialated and 50% effaced. The doctor did strip my membranes and said if he's ready this will just soften the cervix and help move things along and if he's not ready I'll just be crampy. It didn't hurt and I have been having some cramps/contractions but nothing back to back. I did test positive for Group B Strep which isn't serious I just have to get some antibiotics while in labor. Here is a link to help understand more. I just know its common and they take measures to prevent the baby from getting it. And since they know they can watch the baby closer.
http://www.americanpregnancy.org/pregnancycomplications/groupbstrepinfection.html

Halloween Party

Had our Halloween Party today for playgroup. Probably the last one I'm going to for awhile, if they even continue it. I made her Jessie costume and absolutely love it! It turned out so cute, if you ask me! She loves it too. Friday I hope to get some pictures on "Bullseye". Anyways the party was fun, but exhausting! It was about 4 hours and it wore me out! The kids all had fun though so it was worth it :) Hope everyone enjoyed the pictures!

We have a doctor appointment tomorrow and get to see how far I am or am not LOL!

Cornbelly's Pumpkin Patch

Had a great time at the Pumpkin Patch this weekend. Madison and Daddy played so hard. Jumping on the big pillows, sliding down the slides, the cow train, and the bouncy castle. She had too much fun! The food was yummy too! Hot dogs and chicken strips YUM. Also we made Cheddar Broccoli Soup. So good.

Thursday we had our appointment and went to lunch at Carnios again. Its my new favorite place. Their sandwiches are so good! Gonna start checking me next appointment which is on Wednesday. I can't believe that I'm almost 37 weeks! Ahhh can't wait :)

Went out and saw the house. We have frame work. If that even makes sense. Got to walk through it and I'm very happy with my upstairs, but my downstairs is hard for me to picture. I'm freaking out thats it's gonna be too small. I'm still excited though and can't wait to have our own house again.

Saturday we had a a BBQ for the people at Garrett's work who are leaving. It was awkward but once things started going it went good. Madison didn't want to share the swing set and that kinda shocked Garrett and I. We thought maybe it was because we have done alot this weekend and she didn't nap. Very cranky. So unlike her to be the 'mean' one! She ended up playing by herself alot. The 9 yo and 5 yo wanted nothing to do with her. It was kinda sad. She'd try to talk to them and play with them, but they just walked off and left her there. I wanted to scoop her up and run home with her. (Prolly just my pregnancy hormones, I know she has to learn these things). I went and got her baby out of the truck and she seemed content then. I think she was fine playing by herself (it's what she does all day), but Garrett and I felt sad/bad for her.

It was a very busy weekend. Looking forward to chilling this week. I got to go grocery shopping Saturday morning by myself, which was so nice! Have a Halloween party on Tuesday, appointment on Wednesday and then Halloween on Friday. And that's all I hope to do. Just relax. Oh and I've been watching the World Series and I'm kinda into it. I've been asking Garrett all these questions since I know nothing about baseball. I haven't been interested in watching baseball before. I'm gonna say little AJ wanted me too and leave it at that :)

OH and......

The Broncos........Not doing good at all! Almost wanna start rooting for the Redskins ;)

OMG Funny!!!

Have you ever laughed so hard you cried? Of course you have! But laughing so hard and being 9 months pregnant isn't so funny! I was watching tv tonight (The Big Bang Theory) and it was funny. So funny that I starting laughing so hard I was crying. That was all good, but then I started to hurt. My stomach was getting hard and I couldn't breath. Then I started crying cause I was in pain, but I couldn't stop laughing. It was great, only not :) Poor Madison she kept saying "Mommy your crying, Mommy your crying!" She was really worried. Sweet girl!

On another note playgroup isn't doing well. I think its done. Nobody wants to participate and I can't do it once the baby is here. SO far nobody has stepped up and has said they wanna help out so I think only two more playdates and its over. We'll see though. The lady, Laura, that I hang out with is a great person and Friend and I see us hanging out regardless. She has family and friends out in Eagle Mountain so we will see her a lot once we move out there. And she has offered to take Madison for an afternoon so Garrett and I can have a "date" before little AJ comes.

Anyways just wanted to share my painful but funny moment. Have a good night!

Getting Ready

This weekend we were pretty busy. Had a BBQ for one of Garrett's friends from Singapore and I spent the morning in the kitchen making some of his favorite sides. Potato Salad, Deviled eggs, and Guacamole. Well Garrett made the Guacamole. It was kinda fun to make all that stuff, and his friend was very appreciative for it so that was nice. Had a good time visiting and relaxing. The peoples house we went to had 2 big Doberman Pincher's and Madison had so much fun playing with them. They were good with her too!

Thursday I picked up my parents from the airport and we had lunch with them before they headed home. We went to Carninos (SP) which was very yummy! And just hung out and played the rest of the day.

Friday we went out to the house. Waste! I'm not going out there anymore. I get more and more frustrated. I just want it done LOL. Then came home and got the house ready for Austin to arrive. Got the car seat cleaned and his clothes put away. Made a spot in our room for his bed and got rid of any extra junk in the house. Just need to get the swing out of storage and cleaned, but that can wait. Yesterday afternoon I had sharp pain/contraction (maybe?) for a good half hour so we called the nurses at Alta View and she said to start timing them. I sat down and tried to relax and they slowly went away. Probably just Braxton Hick contractions again. The pain for that long was kinda concerning but I'm good this morning. We have an appointment on Thursday so I'll probably have him check things out. Hopefully we can tour the hospital then too.

This week is gonna be busy with weekly grocery shopping, playgroups, doctors appointment, and the pumpkin patch. Gonna just hang out today and try and get some scrap booking done, maybe catch up on some laundry. Ahh thats never ending :) Hope everyone has a great weekend.

New Haircut

Madison's new haircut pictures. Before, during, and after! The place was so cool, and the people were nice. There was a little slide for them to play on while they waited, or as I was informed, play on while mommy gets her hair cut. I didn't this time but maybe next time. Neat idea. She got to watch Little Einsteins while the lady cut and styled her hair. She even let them blow dry her bangs. WHAT!?!? LOL Madison did really good and seemed to have a good time. The balloon she got says "cookie cutters" on it and it's tied to a blue snowman cookie cutter and the whole ride home she kept repeating it over and over. So cute.

Some Sad News

My family recently lost a very close friend on Thursday. My dad worked with him and he was a very good man. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.

http://www.elkodaily.com/articles/2008/10/12/news/breaking_news/bursting1.txt

January 2nd

Yup thats the date our house will be done. Not thrilled about it but there is nothing we can do about it. So yeah just thought I'd update.

Doc. Appt.

Had another doctor appointment for the baby. It went good. I asked about delivery and what his plans were. He said after the next appointment (I'll be 36 weeks) we will be seeing him every week. He said that he doesn't like to "induce" before 39 weeks and if the baby isn't here on his own by week 42 he will induce. So bascially 39-41 weeks is when he likes the baby to come. He also said he can start stripping the membranes at 37 weeks but since that worked so well for Madison (it sent us into labor) I wanna wait until at least 38 weeks. Hope that all made sense. Its good to know that we are on the same track. I wanna do this as natural as we can this time (besides the epidural LOL) if everything goes good. I also asked about how big the baby is and he said he was average but on the smaller side. Which is good for me. I also gained 5 pounds in the last two weeks!! Yay, bring on the chex mix!! LOL Also heartburn is gotten worse. The other night I woke up choking on it. I couldn't breath and thought I was gonna be sick. Not Fun!! And last night I was up every hour with it, so the doctor gave me some better stuff to try. I don't mind it cause its just part of the pregnancy but when I'm not sleeping I need to do something about it. Oh and I got to go to the appointment by myself. Thanks honey! :)

Hmmm other than that just hanging out today. I don't even know what's going on the weekend. Maybe we will all just catch up on sleep. :)

Ok I Think Its Good Now

Wow what a mess this blog has been. I don't know why it got messed up but now it seems to be fixed. Kinda mad that I deleted my old blog before Garrett fixed it, but oh well. I'm moving on!

This weekend my sister came over and helped me with some things around the house. And she came grocery shopping with me. What a blessing. Can she come everytime!! LOL. Gonna have to start having Garrett come with me. Or leaving Madison at home. Went through some more baby stuff and got things alittle more organized. Feeling better about bringing our baby to the apartment.

I'm gonna call on the house today and ask when the projected date of completion will be. The contractor told us that once they started digging they would have a better understanding of when it would be done.

I'm taking my parents and brother to the airport on Wednesday for their trip to Hawaii. I'm jealous. Could you imagine a trip to the beach, drinking drinks, laying in the sun, swimming in the water..........oh sorry I'm back ;) And then I have an appointment after that.

Oh we went fishing on Friday. That was so fun. We both caught a fish. Madison had fun reeling in daddy's fish and she loved touching them. I'm working on posting pictures.

K I think thats it for now. It feels like we did alot, but we didn't really. Oh we got Garretts car fixed. It is so nice to have two vehicles again. K I'm getting on those pictures!!