Ultrasounds

So I just got home from my doctor's appointment and according to my mom, who has been doing her externship with my doctor's office, said I should have an ultrasound this time because I'm 30 weeks and that when my doctor would do the next one.
All excited to see how big my baby has grown, we get put in the regular exam room. I kept telling myself "They'll move me. They'll move me." Then my doctor, Dr. Sara Wood, came in and checked Cailin's heartbeat and measured my belly. When she asked if I had any questions I asked when the next ultrasound would be.
Here is her answer "I don't have you scheduled for an ultrasound unless there is a medical reason that I would need to check. So if you weren't growing at the rate to match how far along you are, or your high risk, there isn't a need for one." My outside appearance was calm and collect but my inside appearance was screaming, yelling, pulling my hair out. My last ultrasound was Sept. 9th! I've already gone crazy without an ultrasound and now I'll officially be going crazy!!!!
Who has an ultrasound machine just laying around that I can use to see Cailin?

Nesting

I feeling the nesting feelings BAD! I want to clean and go through things and get rid of things and I'm in crafty moods. Wow! HELP!!!
I really want to start working on the scrapbook for Cailin but I need photos. But to print off photos, I need money (which I don't have right now). I want to knit a cute little hat for her. I wish I could start putting together a nursery for her. Hopefully soon I can do that. I have such cute ideas.
As far as cleaning....oh boy. I won't even start that one. I just want to clean and declutter.

To Give Thanks

So we didn't get a chance to say what we were thankful for at dinner and so I wanted to share what I'm thankful for here.

First I'm thankful for my family. They have been there for me through thick and thin. We've all had our trials and struggles but we always have had each other's backs. So thank you Mom, Rachel, and Aaron for being my family and loving me.

Second I'm thankful for these two crazy girls right here! Alicia and Staci have helped me through some real rough days the past couple of months. I'm so thankful to not only having these girls in my life, but to have the honor of calling them my Best Friends. THANKS GUYS!!! I love you!!

Third I'm thankful for the beautiful spirit who has chosen me to be her mother. She is a blessing not only to me but to everyone who will be in her life. I have grown and learned so much through my pregnancy and will continue to grow and learn. 

Fourth and Final TWIN!!! This girl has been in my life for most of my life! She's my twin, my sister, my reality check, my best of Best Friends! She has been there for me more than she thinks she has. Thank you for supporting me in all my crazy life adventures but knowing when to kick me in the butt for being stupid haha.

Adventures

I had quite the adventure today. So yesterday I was going to take the glucose test but when I'm just down the street from my doctor's office, I threw up the drink. So this morning I drank the nasty orange beverage on my way to the doctors. I was able to complete the glucose test. BUT as I was walking out of the clinic, I trip on a rise in the sidewalk and fly on the ground. Banged up my left hand and knee and fell on the left side of my belly. So back inside I go to get bandaged up. As my mom, who has been completing her MA externship at my OB's office, is cleaning and wrapping my wounds, another MA is calling my doctor to see what she wanted me to do. My orders where to go straight up to McKay Dee Hospital's Labor & Delivery to be monitored since I did fall on my belly.

I arrive around 10am and they hook me up to the monitors right away. I started in Triage but they transferred me into a room after 10 minutes. Had to wait an hour to drink water and I had already gone an hour without. So I was parched. I told my nurse to bring 3 cups of water and my AWESOME nurse did just that. I needed those 3 cups. My doctor came in about 11:30 to check on me. She said that Cailin was looking good on the monitors and she "examined" me. Everything was still good and where I should be for 29 weeks. She said I could eat around 1-1:30 pm if there weren't any changes and then if things are still good I could go home at 3pm. And that's exactly how the rest of my day went. Cailin, of course, did not like being on the monitors. She was continuously kicking/punching them and moving away so we couldn't pick up her heartbeat. But my nurse was so on top of everything. She was right in to move the monitor as soon as Cailin moved away. A few time Cailin tired to kick/punch my nurse. She thought it was cute.

With how accident prone I am, this is the first time since being pregnant that I've taken a fall. Normally I'm tripping over something at least once a week. But not only am I glad that I haven't been my normal accident prone self, everything was fine. No harm, no foul. I am definitely counting my blessings tonight.

My plans for tomorrow? STAY INSIDE!! Till my Mommy/Daughter Date with my mom to the Midnight Release of Breaking Dawn. She told me today "You ARE Bella Swan." I told her to zip her lips and never say that again. LOL

Week #29

I'm officially in my 29th week of pregnancy. That means 11 weeks to go!!! Wow how time flies! But there is still many things to do on my list:

• Find a doctor for Cailin
• Fill out the first couple of pages of her Memory Book
• Start on my scrapbook for Cailin
• Survive Thanksgiving and Christmas
• BABY SHOWERS!!!
• Get all needed items not received at the Showers
• Pack hospital bag
• Sit and wait for her arrival

Okay so the list itself may not see like a lot, but a lot goes into each thing to do. I've got my work cut out for me. But in the end, the reward will be amazing. Seeing my little girl in my arms, looking back at me knowing that I'm her Mom. Wow...I'm going to be a Mom! It still seems surreal to me that in a few years, I'll be hearing the sweet voice of a child calling me Mommy. There is a overwhelming joy that comes to me and I have spring to my step, a sparkle in my eye, and a smile for no reason.

Wish List

So I finished my registry at Walmart today. But the scanner crapped out on me apparently and I didn't know. So most of the outfits didn't get scanned. So I did my best to find them online. For the items I couldn't find, I'll go back another day and rescan them.

Here are the links to my registries at Target and Walmart:
http://www.target.com/baby/registry/LtcUk1OEJLRCeUQ6bms2zw
http://www.walmart.com/giftregistry/gr_detail.do?registryId=16993091001

Memories...

I don't know if it the weather or what, but today I'm having a depressed day. I didn't want to get out of bed and do the things I had planned on doing. I also feel very lonely.


I miss a very important person in my life. This person was always there for me and I could run to and just cry and she won't ask why. She would just let me cry. She was always in my corner, cheering me on. I miss her support. She has been such an influence in my life. This person is my Grandma Luke, who passed away Feb. 28, 2007.

This is an old picture of my Grandma and I (and my brother) back when the theater at the Jr. High she taught at was being renovated and named after her. I can't remember how old I was but I think its when I was in 8th-9th grade. The last time I was inside her theater, I was singing at her funeral service. 


I've really missed her being round the past little bit. I keep reflecting on conversations I would have her about my future and where she saw me. We would joke about how she would be at my wedding and birth of my children. Little did we know that she would suffer from a stroke, then 2 weeks later pass away. And just a few months from my High School graduation. 


But I know that she is the Angel on my shoulder, the breeze in the trees, and that Still Small Voice cheering me on. Sometimes I think that she's the one behind all the trails in my life. Its her way of telling me that I can make it through and you'll only become stronger through them. And I'm sure that she is my #1 Supporter in my corner with my pregnancy.  Just wish she was here to share it with. 

27 Weeks

That means 3 more months left of my pregnancy. My lady friends were right about how pregnancy seems to fly by. It seems like yesterday I was only 8 weeks pregnant and getting my first ultrasound. 


I'm now experiencing Braxton Hick's and they are very uncomfortable. Especially when Cailin is moving at the the same time. Now that is a discomfort. But all the joys of creating life.


Cailin is more of a wiggle worm now. She loves to practice her punch and kicks. And its either her butt or head that she likes to poke out. Its quite entertaining to watch my belly move with her movements. It brings joy to my day and one of the small things in life that some people take for granted. Her movements are getting stronger and stronger everyday. Soon I'll post a video, that is if I can catch her in time. Haha