No baby yet... Looking to September!

We had our Sono today and our little man looks great! I am almost 42 weeks according to our guesses, but he was only measuring 39wks. He is just a slow cooker!

But oh boy is he cute! We could see his face and hands and feet and what a doll he is. He was sucking on his big ol'e toe!

So his fluid levels, movement, breathing, heart rate, etc were all just perfect! So now we wait. I would be surprised if he comes before September. Everyone can stop panicking everytime I call!

I will try and get the sono pictures posted in a bit... when the kiddos who are out stop whining.

Pregnancy Photos!

I did two sessions. One with the Family (Thanks Bianca!) and one with just me (Thanks Chantel!). I will admit the one by myself was a lot more relaxing, but I do love having Tom and the kids in the other photos.

So without further ado, here are some samples!

With the family...

By myself...

(This one is my FAV!)

Bleh.

For all of you who were excitedly thinking I had a baby... no luck. Instead I am sick. Blah. Yep, those last few days of not feeling well, were me actually not feeling well. It is like the flu, only I haven't thrown up, thank goodness. However, I am dehydrated from the "other" symptom and seem to be causing some great contractions! Let me tell you contractions and an upset stomach do NOT go well together.

So, I will keep everyone posted, but I doubt this kid is coming anytime soon.

Maybe?

Well, I kept telling everyone all week long that I wanted to make it to Sunday and have this baby then. I had three due dates. The first was based on LMP and my sonos and was last Tuesday, August 12th. The next was the one my midwife gave me, August 16th. Then I had figured my own early on and it was August 17th. So depending on how you look at, I am right around 40 weeks.

So you all read my previous post. This weekend has made up for it. Tom and I went away last night. It was so nice! We went to the Hyatt and stayed in a beautiful room and I soaked in a bathtub half the night and we slept til 10am this morning. Ahhhh. The kids did fantastically and even slept through the night at Dee's house. Dunk stayed at Aarons. THANKS EVERYONE!

Then this evening we went and did Maternity photos. I kept putting it off and putting it off. Not sure why, but a lovely mama from one of my local boards offered to do them for me. I obviously don't have any yet, but will share when I do!

So, I think everything is ready! I am finished working, have all my stuff, had my night out, did my maternity photos, etc! Let's have a baby.

Interestingly enough, I started feeling pretty miserable yesterday. Huge, sore, stomach off. I am hoping it is a precurser to labor. Tonight is yucky too. I haven't had any appetite and have visited the throne many times. About an hour ago my contractions started picking up a little and we REALLY painful when this little man would move during one. That wasn't fun.

So I am off to make some peanut butter balls. They sound yummy. I would laugh if this kid actually came when I told him too! Say a prayer!

Yesterday stunk.

I had a crappy, emotional, bad day yesterday. Why, you ask? So many reasons!

First off, I obviously never posted about my car accident. 18 days ago, I was driving in Dallas with the two little ones. I was lost and trying to figure out where I was going. I was behind this huge semi truck and couldn't see anything, so after crossing thru an intersection, I went to change lanes. Well, there was a small car in my blind spot and I ended up hitting her. Thankfully we were only going about 20 miles per hour and it didn't seem to do much damage. It was my fault though.

So our ins. has been awesome! They have just been great about everything. Our rate will go up a little (about $15) but they have been quick and effecient. For the most part we were happy with Service King in the repair... until yesterday! We finally got the call saying our car was done (about $5000 in damage-yuck) and we went over to pick it up. Now my advice is to never leave fast food in a car for 17 days in triple digit heat. Had I known I would get into an accident, I would have cleaned it out first!

Anyway, we get the car and start driving home. It quickly becomes apparent that it is NOT fixed. The alignment is HORRIFIC. If you let go of the steering wheel for even a second the car swerves dangerously to the left. I was so not happy. Tom took it back in this morning and we now have a rental again. NOT HAPPY.

As if that wasn't bad enough, Tom and I were supposed to have a night away yesterday night. We had a girlfriend coming to sleep at the house with the kiddos and we were going to a hotel and going to sleep ALL. NIGHT. Then yesterday morning Zach woke up throwing up. Yep. I felt bad for the poor kiddo, cause he didn't feel well, but I was seriously annoyed that we weren't going to get to go. At least I never paid for the hotel room. Now I have to wait another week to have this baby so we have a chance to go next weekend. Sigh.

Tom paid a bill he wasn't supposed to. He was trying to be helpful, bless him, but he didn't consult the budget sheet like he was supposed to first. His doctor told him he would probably need surgery on his back again. His new prescription was $300 (GAG! We're not filling it.) I had to pay for extra gas for the stinkin car rental. Tom didn't end up getting any work yesterday which means will be short for paying bills. My best friend is in Mexico and I couldn't even call her to cry about it all.

The list goes on. I was so emotional and cried the whole afternoon. I hate days like that. I know none of it is really life shattering. It just felt like a lot of disappointment in one day for one very hot and pregnant mama.

So pray that this baby waits so I get another shot at a night out with my hubby. I need it.

No baby yet and MAN is it hot.

I think the title says it all! I am now 38 wks and feeling very large and uncomfortable. Sleeping fine, but having a ton of contractions that make me very cranky. I am so cranky, even I don't want to be around me! I think everyone will be glad with Benjamin makes his appearance.

I think we are almost ready! I have all my supplies, the pool, etc ready for the birth. We have our doula and birth photographers on stand by and my homeopath is also planning on coming. It will make for a full house, I am sure! We have pretty much worked out the details and are excited for it to arrive! I still want to have maternity photos taken and need to make my frozen meals, but otherwise, most of my stuff is taken care of! I have some work left to do still and am trying to take care of those loose ends, but I am making great progress!

It has been terribly hot. We have had triple digits for most of the month and it is getting old. I would love for it to cool down, but alas, we do live in Texas.

Baby B seems fine. He is head down and ofcourse posterior (facing the wrong way) which is how Zach and Isabel were born. It will probably make for a longer, harder labor, but at least I know I can birth them that way! I am not too swollen, in fact it has gone down alot in the last week. My blood pressure is a little high 124/90 but not terrible considering I am pretty stressed out and not really resting. Slap on my hand, I know.

So since the last time I took a belly shot, I was 11 wks along, I figured it was probably time! This is me at 38 wks exactly. I took it in a mirror, so sorry for the quality! Amazing what a little photoshop can do! I honestly don't think I look that big, but Tom and Dunk both swear this is my biggest belly ever. I am measuring pretty small (only 33.5 cm instead of 38cm) but I am carrying him completely out front, which probably makes it worse.

So enjoy! I will post maternity photos as soon as I get them!

Cloth!!!!

WOOHOO!!! I recently ordered some things from an awesome work at home mom. Since I have this little baby coming soon and needed some more mama cloth. I was searching on diaperswappers for some and came accross a mom that not only made those, but cloth cleaning supplies as well.

I was so excited! Tom finally talked me into getting a swiffer sweeper which he LOVES. However, they are so expensive and wasteful to keep using. It was killing me! So I found this lovely mama who makes reusable cloth pads for swiffer sweepers. I was thrilled.


So I placed my order... I ordered 4 mama pads, a little zipper bag to keep them in my purse, two sweeper cloths, and one mopper cloth. The mom making them had a death in the family, so it took a little longer to get here, but as a thank you for waiting, she included an extra liner pad and some peppermint bath soak! Woot!

So, I know you are all dying to see pics. I am just so impressed with her workmanship and quality. I am soooo picky about what I want and these are better than I expected! I love them! Kuddos to Kim Lingerfeldt of All Things Cloth. You can purchase her stuff at www.allthingscloth.com and I highly recommend that you do!

The Mama Pads:

My wet bag for my purse:
A sweeper in action:
The other sweeper and my mopper pretty side up:
The grabby side up: