My Ideal Pamper Day

My Ideal Pamper Day. I guess it would have to begin with me not being pregnant. Then I would be at a place where I can get massaged for half the day, then I would get a pedicure, a manicure and all the while have my hair played with. Not to mention being surrounded by all types of food throughout the day. Oh yeah, it would be silent, unless I decided to watch a movie while getting my pedicure. Then I would come home to a clean house, big hugs and kisses to the kids and husband and then I will lay down in my quiet room with cold pillows and sleep until I wanted to wake up. Doesn't that sound wonderful?

I couple of quick stories about Conner that I keep forgetting to post.

First: Only one door in our house actually shuts completely, so Conner can push open any door even if it is locked. I was going to the bathroom the other day and Conner walks in. He says, "toilet, bathroom?" I said yes I am going to the bathroom on the toilet. Then he gets this big smile on his face, claps his hands together and says, "yeah!" I thought it was hilarious, he was now giving me the reaction that I give him when he goes to the bathroom on the toilet. We have since taught him the word privacy. So now if he walks in I say, "Conner I need privacy." and he will go out. A lot of times it is only for a few seconds but he tries.

Second: I may have already posted this but I don't remember. Over Christmas break we were all driving in the car and then Conner started messing with his nose. We figured out that he had just stuck a raisin up his nose. We get home and grabbed a flashlight, sure enough there was a raisin up his nose, he had shoved it pretty far up there. We grabbed some tweezers and attempted to get it out. It was so hard because Conner was squirming around like crazy and crying pretty hard. I am sure it was very uncomfortable. After a while we were finally able to get it out. Grateful we didn't have to go to the doctor to get it out.

7 More Weeks

Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers. After three visits to the doctor's office this week, two ultrasounds, and a NST everything looks great. I have stopped leaking and the baby is doing very well. I am so grateful that I have 7 more weeks until I am induced. I have a lot to do. Dr. Allen said everything looked so great today that I don't even have to be put on bed rest. So thank you again for all your prayers!

Well That Was A Surprise...

So today I realized that my garments had felt a little damp for a couple of days. I called the nurse to see if there was a way to tell if I was leaking fluid or urine. She said not really, you need to come in for the test. I debated it and thought it would be a waste of everyone's time if I went in, then the nurse said it was better to just check, so I made the appointment and went in. Dr. Parker saw me and did the swab, this was his response, "Well, that looks positive, that's not good." Then he tells me he will do another test. He did another test then had to look at it under the microscope. That test was negative. He said that they could have false positives as well as false negatives so he still was definitive. He grabbed the ultrasound machine and saw that I still have a lot of amniotic fluid. Then he tells me, "In my heart of hearts I think you have ruptured your membranes. Tell me what your days look like." I told him I just take care of a two year old all day. He told me I needed to take it easy, get off my feet. Then we started to talk about the baby. He told me how it is such a tough decision to know whether to take the baby right now, which would probably end up with a c-section or to risk the baby and myself getting an infection because my water is broken. He almost sent me to the hospital to do one more test called an amniosure, it is a new test that would tell them for sure if my water had indeed broken. He decided since I am leaking such a little amount to give me two more days and then repeat the test in the clinic on Thursday. If the test in positive on Thursday I will be admitted into the hospital and put on bed rest, the baby would then be continually monitored to make sure she doesn't get an infection. He said it is hard to know what to do because both choices have such high risks. Take the baby now and it might not survive, let the baby stay and there is a chance of us getting an infection and he said that would really not be good. Dr. Parker goes out of town this week so he is having me see Dr. Allen on Thursday for the tests. So if you don't mind would you pray that my baby will be ok? Dr. Parker said that it is possible for my body to seal itself up again, he said it won't heal but it can seal up. I am anxious for Thursday to see what the tests say. I am sure that the test will be negative and my body will have stopped leaking, but still it'll be good to hear Dr. Allen say for sure that the baby can stay and have more time to develop. I will be 32 weeks at that appointment.

Update!

Conner update: I love having Conner in a regular bed. It is so nice he can get up in the morning when he wakes up and I don't have to get him out. Sometimes when he wakes up he just starts playing in his room so I don't even know he is awake. We have had some rough nights of constantly putting him back in bed and he has been going to bed later so he is more tired. That's not so much fun. The other night he got out of bed and I could hear him talking in the hallway. I peeked down the hall and Conner was sitting on the floor by his room reading a book. Pretty cute. Tonight Conner got out of bed and took forever to come down the hall, so I looked down the hall and he was sitting playing we told him to get back in bed and he said, "poop, toilet." We decided to indulge him and sat him on the toilet and guess what! He pooped in the toilet. We haven't really tried to toilet train him we just put him on the toilet when he asks but that was neat. Pretty funny the things we get excited about as parents. On Sunday Steve was making breakfast and Conner was sitting in his high chair. Then all of a sudden Steve heard, "Heavenly Father." Steve turned  around and Conner had his head bowed and arms folded. He is doing really well with his colors, he doesn't say yellow though. He knows, purple, red, green, blue, orange and pink. We are working on the alphabet and Conner will go through the whole alphabet (after I say each letter first) and repeat but he won't say the letter n. Maybe it is because he thinks he just said that with m. Last night Conner woke up in the middle of the night and came into our room while we were sleeping. I didn't even hear him until he started asking for his trailer. Scared me a little bit. He talks in his sleep a lot.

Pregnancy update: I am 31 weeks tomorrow. Yesterday I had my appointment with Dr. Allen and things are looking good, except my darn blood pressure. Oh well, I know it is ok before I get there and after I leave. I have to bring in all my blood sugar levels to my next appointment to see if I have to start NSTs. I doubt I will because my numbers have been awesome! As long as I get my water in for the day, I exercise and watch everything that goes in my body. He also said that I could be induced on March 17th so that means we will have a St. Patricks Day baby. Kind of fun. He was so nice, Dr. Allen said, "especially with the kind of tear that you had last time it'd be better for you to have a smaller baby. As long as your cervix is looking good we can induce on the 17th."

It seems like there was so much more I wanted to write down but I can't remember.

10 more weeks!

Ok so really I have 10 weeks and a few days but whatever. Oh, only 10 more weeks until I can, eat what I want!, sleep in a position that is comfortable, stop having to pee every hour, only 10 more weeks until I am skinny again, (relatively speaking), only 10 more weeks of contractions, of heartburn, of major hip pain, nausea, my insane hormonal issues and most importantly only 10 more weeks until we get to meet our new baby girl! Our friends Hope and Brandon came over the other night and Conner did not want to leave their baby. He just wanted to be by her and watch her. I don't think that there will be any jealousy issues but I do think he will want to help and do things that he is not yet big enough to do with the baby. Steve and I were talking today and realized that if they docs will induce me one week early that will be Steve's spring break. It is also St. Patrick's Day. Then he wouldn't have to miss a day of school or work but since I was in labor for almost 21 hours with Conner who knows how long she will take to come out. Hopefully not that long but I am getting excited for the delivery. I have a bag of clothes with a few girl clothes in it that I saw in Conners closet today and I smiled. It'll be fun and crazy!

Update Time

Conner just took a nap for almost 3 hours in his "new" bed. He fell out of his crib this morning so I decided I would take the front of his crib off which makes it a toddler bed. I was excited that he didn't fall out during his nap. When he woke up, I happened to be standing in his doorway to check on him, he just slid out pushed his blanket back on the bed and walked over for a hug. We will see how tonight goes. 

On December 23rd our little family went to Temple Square. It was pretty busy but really nice to get out as a family and do something. Christmas was fun with Conner it took him a couple of presents but he got the hang of opening presents.

Getting Conner all bundled up to walk around Temple Square.

The Tuesday after Christmas we took Conner to Kangaroo Zoo. He LOVED it! He climbed up the ladder of the biggest slide all by himself. Here are some pics.

I had Steve stand in front of the slide so you could get an idea of how big it is. Conner was in the process of going up see the line forming behind him?  Conner was pooped by the time he reached the top every time but he would jump off at the bottom and race to go back up. A lot of times they have a $2 off coupon online. So Conner played as long as he wanted for $3. Every time we would say it was time to go Conner would say, "One more time." and hold up one finger.

Conner has peed in the toilet a handful of times and will every now and then say poop, toilet, so we will run to the toilet but it is always just gas. I need to just put him in some training pants and really give it a go I am just scared to. Conner is such a cuddler, he loves to randomly give Steve and me hugs and will ask to cuddle.

He will be 22 months on January 7th. The baby is very active and kicks all day long. It is nice to be reminded  that she is ok. I am leaning towards Maggie for her name. I will be 29 weeks on Thursday, my next appointment is the 18th. The doctor asked me to bring the blood pressure monitor that I am using at home to the appointment he wants to make sure it is accurate because my blood pressure is still too high every time I go in for my appointment. My diabetes is harder to control this time. I mentioned in an earlier post what carb amounts I am allowed to have but so far if I have that many carbs my numbers are too high. I can only have about half of those amounts. I'll talk to him about that on the 18th. Exercise is one of the goals for me this year. I exercised Saturday morning thanks to my sister in law. I am still sore this morning. You have to understand my body doesn't get any sort of exercise ever, it is going to take a while for it to not hurt. Steve and I are going to exercise tonight when he gets home from work. We are going to see how many days in a row we can exercise.

Conner still loves to help his dad with whatever he is doing.