Update on Me (Good News!!)

Well, after my appointment yesterday, my Doctor was even more concerned. My blood pressure was still a bit high, but the newest discovery is that my belly was measuring at 24 to 25 weeks instead of 28 1/2. I measured a couple weeks small with Jax and all was fine, but I've never been this far behind before. My doctor was worried that my blood pressure might be causing the placenta to deteriorate (sp) to quickly and that the baby wasn't growing properly. He scheduled me for an ultrasound at a different office for this morning. It turns out, the ultrsound was done by the same friend who did my 3D one a couple months ago. So, here are the newest pictures...



As it turns out, I just hide babies really well. Fitting into my itty-bitty belly is a little girl who is measuring 4 days ahead of her due date and already weighing in at 3 pounds. No wonder my ribs are hurting so bad. After we finished with all the medical stuff it was time to look at Lila in 3D. As soon as we tried to do the 3D pictures, Lila turned to face my back and we couldn't get her to turn back around. I was disapointed b/c I wanted to see her little face, but now I just get to go back again for another look in another week or so, and hopefully she'll be a little more cooperative.

After the ultasound I headed over to my doctor (yet again). He said things are looking better and for now I will just start going to see him every 2 weeks instead of 4 so we can keep a closer eye on my blood pressure. As long as it stays at a decent number, little Lila Cate should do just fine. This is very much like what happened with Jax. My blood pressure rose at 28 weeks and he wasn't delievered until 35 weeks and 5 days, so hopefully we'll get that far or even further with this one.

p.s. Yes, I asked if she was still a girl, and she most definitely is!!!!

My Trip to Labor and Delivery

I figured all those far away needed an update on what's going on with me and the baby, and how I'm doing. As is normal for me, this pregnancy has been pretty difficult. Last week I started feeling even worse than normal, and I couldn't figure out what was wrong. I was thinking maybe my kidneys weren't working properly so I went in to the Dr. to get it checked. When I got there the first thing they did was check my blood pressure. It happened to be 160/112, so I earned an immediate trip to L&D. Once there, my pressure went down some, but it was never as good as it should be.

My doctor is concerned about preeclampsia, which I had with Jackson. When I got to the hospital, they hooked me up to the monitors and did lots of bloodwork. All my lab work looked okay, and Lila looked great, but they noticed I was have pretty consistent contractions. This was NOT news to me, I've been telling them I was contracting for the last 14 weeks, but I guess now they believe me. After a couple hours I was released, and now I'm officially on bedrest (so don't tell about the Chucky Cheese Party).

I go back to the doctor today and hopefully things will be looking better. Right now we're just concerned with keeping my blood pressure down so that we don't have to deliver little Lila too early. At this point, we're really hoping to get to the beginning of March, but maybe we'll get lucky and be able to wait until closer to her due date.

I'll update after my appointment this afternoon and see if I can't get Jackson to take a picture of me so yall can see the belly!

Our Chucky Cheese Party

First, I'll apologize in advance for the lack of pictures. Our memory card is full, and we forgot to take the camera with us, so this will have to do. Last night Ryan's work had a party at Chucky Cheese. The kids were so excited they could hardly stand it. It was so hard for them to sit still and eat b/c all they wanted to do was play. They loved everything, but what surprised me the most was what turned out to be their very favorite thing of all. It was Chucky himself. He came out and danced around and they thought it was the best thing ever. They went right to the front and started dancing. They both said it was the best night ever.

On a side note, Jackson woke up throwing up at 5 this morning. Poor kid, the first thing he said to me this morning was ,"Man, I'm so glad I got sick now and not last night when I was at Chucky Cheese." Not necessarily what I was thinking, but quite cute from his perspective.

Christmas Morning 2007

So, this is my first time making a slide show,I hope it works. After going through all the pictures from Christmas morning, I realized we did a horrible job taking pictures. Just picture that the kids looked 10 times cuter than they do in all of these. I think I was too busy unwrapping dolls and action figures to really worry about pictures.

The kids had a great Christmas, it was the first time that they both really understood what was going on. They were so happy and so sweet. They loved every single toy they got. Although, I think the singing Belle from Mok wins the overall prize!

p.s. The last picture is Sunny holding her favorite cousin Anna. She is totally baby crazy and can't wait for her own little sister to get here.

Twas the Night Before Christmas...

We had a wonderful Christmas Eve this year. We spent it with a couple from our neighborhood and their three children. We had dinner, played games, read stories, and opened pajamas that "Santa" left on the doorstep. Unfortunately, we left our camera at home, so we don't have any pictures of that. These are all right before the kids went to bed.

They are so exicted they can hardly stand it!!!

Jackson is holding cookies for Santa, and Sunny has apples and carrots for the reindeer.

Merry Christmas To All, And To All A Goodnight!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

This is our attempt at a family christmas picture. I think it turned out pretty good, considering we were trying to hurry and get to church on time.

Brother and Sister

Jackson took this one of Ryan and I. Not quite centered, but not bad for a 4 year old!

Christmas Dress!

Apparently Sunny overheard me talking to my grandmother on the phone, so she knew one of her presents under the tree was a christmas dress. Being a sucker for opening presents early, when she asked to open it to wear to church today I let her. She was so thrilled with her "gorgeous" dress. She really loves it a lot. Thanks Mok!