Sloppy Kisses

29 Weeks

Yeah I am still pregnant!

I delivered Riah at 32 weeks so lets keep our fingers crossed. I haven't had any contractions since Christmas Day and have just been taking it easy!

Two

Someone is way excited to be turning two next week on the second of January!
She loves wearing her "cuc-ake" cupcake hat and dental hygiene!

Merry Christmas

p.s. I miss my Nikon D-80 terribly. It's being serviced under warranty so "hopefully" I'll get it back soon!

Saturday, Sunday, Monday...

Work Party. Ribeye. Contractions. Embarrassed. Rushing. Labor. Hospital. Pain. Contractions. Tributaline. Contractions. IV. Passed Out. Contractions. Tributaline. Stillness. Test Negative. Shaking. Home. Contractions. Pain. Couch. Sleep. Prescription. Tributaline tablets. Shaking. Mom arrives. Contractions. 17p Shot. Nurse. OB-GYN office. Cervix Check. 1 cm. Bedrest. Contractions. Tributaline. Pasta. Monopoly. Prince won.

Tomorrow I have my three hour gestational diabetes screening because I failed my first... this week officially blows. On the plus side I am still pregnant, on the downside I probably have diabetes. I cannot get comfortable or shake the contractions. On the plus side my Mother is here till tomorrow night and I have an aunt coming on Wednesday, on the down side I have absolutely no idea what I will do with Riah Thursday and Friday morning.

UPDATE*

Gestational diabetes test is normal! Yeah! But my scores were abnormal, says the lab tech. So I am waiting to hear back from my Doctor. In the meantime I am stuffing my face with chocolate in celebration!

Kiddie Camp

Today I had a doctors appointment that really wasn't that great. To put it mildly I am dilated to one c.m. and I have to go in again for next week for further gestational diabetes testing...which is just what I need, not to be able to eat Christmas goodies and carbs.

Thankfully Bethany was able to assist me today with Riah while I went in for my one hour glucose testing. She brought with her the little boy she nannies for and they ended up having a great time!

Here are some photos of them taken via- Bethany phone... so cute!

Merry Little Christmas

Santa's elves have been hard at work this season, so hard in fact that Christmas came early for me this year! Talk about efficiency!

He had his top two elves sporting the gift when they walked in the door from their ECFE class tonight (acting like nothing new was going on). Riah couldn't contain herself when she saw my excited face and exclaimed, "Diaper!!!"

So yes, this Mommy is sporting the new petunia pickle bottom, meadow lark diaper bag! SCORE!

I love santa and his silly little elves.

Quilting for Baby

I made a quilt for Riah before she was born and decided to do the same for our new son. It's still surreal for me to say, "son." I never really imagined having a boy. Call me crazy I guess just envisioned a home full of girls, but I couldn't be happier to have a son and all the new things having a son will bring. Prince thinks Riah's a handful I cannot imagine what he'll be muttering when this little guy grows!

Prayer Team.....GO!

I am anxiously waiting for Prince to get home.

He's taking me into the hospital... again. My friend KT is coming to stay with Riah for a few hours so Prince can be with me. God bless all of you who help us ... it mean's so much.

I have been * warning this is gross* having dirrehea since last Friday and I feel blah right now. I slept from 2-6... thankfully I had Riah my bed with me. I am having minor contractions... probably because I am dehydrated. I drink water and eat, I just cannot keep it in. I went to my OB office yesterday and the Doctor I don't normally see said it was probably a bug.... really? A six day bug that hurts and has me sluffing around for energy.. maybe but then shouldn't we be concerned because I am pregnant?

So tonight I am going to request a stool sample be taken and try to knock this thing.

Just pray for us that it doesn't send me into premature labor...I feel like a crack head writing this post .... I feel anxious and unsettled. Which isn't a good sign, hopefully my intuitions are off.

So prayer team.... GO GO GO on your knees for a full term pregnancy!

*Update*

It's 10:30 p.m. and we are home. Thankfully I was just contracting because I was dehydrated. The baby looks good. So I am pumped full of fresh fluids and new I.V. pricks... my veins are horrible it took a few tries...my veins kept popping and flushing the tissue so my hands and arms look awful.

I am taking some medication, hopefully that will help.

Thanks KT for your help and thanks to Bethany whom is coming tomorrow to play!

Ah 98 days to go.

All I want for Christmas...

I have been through two diaper bags, cheap diaper bags. Right now I just use my purse to carry things for Riah or a backpack if it's a long trip.

Dear Santa Baby (whomever you are),
Please have your elves make me a "Petunia Pickle Bottom" diaper bag in either of the following colors,

That's all!

Love,
Chelsey

Monkey in the Middle

It's 11 p.m. and I am off to claim back my side of the bed. It's been weeks now that I have been battling with Riah over which bed she can sleep in and I am going to win.

I am officially declaring war tonight. I am not going to let her in at six or seven in the morning I will grumble and get up and make her breakfast. No more nine a.m. sleep in's for me. I figure this way she'll nap better and hopefully view our bed as off limits.

In October we started letting her sleep with us while our furnace was out for two weeks, it was cozy and yes I do love snuggling with her. Lately, though it's about her dominating my side of the bed and me being squished between her and Prince with one hand gripping my pillow from snatchers and the other hand protecting my belly from a kicking toddler. Needless to say I am not sleeping much anyways.

Riah has a very comfortable pillow top twin mattress with a bed rail, I realize her comfort for being near us but when the baby comes I'll need her in her bed not ours while I am nursing in middle of the night. It's been a struggle to get her to stay in her bed and I am a sucker for a snuggling toddler but this has to stop.

It's going to be a process I fear, but hopefully she'll throw in her white flag sooner than later. Lord knows she has the persistence of her Mother.

With my luck I'll be in her room with the baby while she and Prince occupy the sleep number! Wait! That's words of quitter.... THAT WON'T HAPPEN!!!!