MaKieley, the Baby and another Sonogram

MaKieley is so ready for this baby to come! She follows me around and takes care of the baby and me constantly! I took her earlier in the summer to Target and Babies R Us to register and she thought that was the GREATEST thing! She is trying to help with everything to get ready for the baby. Last weekend she helped paint the baby's room! Now she is looking forward to putting the babies bed together next week! We just cannot slow her down!

We had another sonogram today! Since the baby did not participate last time we all gave the baby a pep talk before going in and it worked...somewhat! I also had some coffee and juice and ice! So if the pep talk did not get the babies attention my added ingredients did. The baby of course is still head down but instead of facing back -- we were facing forward with our face to the turned to the side! They were able to get all of the pictures they wanted this time and said the heart looked great and everything inside the babies head looked great too! These were the best pictures of the face they could get since the baby has dropped and does not have a lot of fluid around the face. 6 and 1/2 weeks left!

VACATION!! Second stop!

Our second stop was Sea World! We all had a lot of fun, especially MaKieley! In the morning we went see several shows...The Sea Lions, the Dolphins along with a lot of acrobats and water dancers and, a 4-D Haunted Lighthouse move where you got squirted with water and air and things seemed to jump out of the screen at you! During the afternoon we went to the water park to stay cool! MaKieley loved the wave pool and also the water playground! In the evening we went to see Shamu's new show Believe, the night show of the Sea Lions and Shamu Rocks Texas. At Shamu rocks Texas John decided we needed to sit in the splash zone. Needless to say we were soaked with freezing cold salt water after the sun went down! It was cold! MaKieley and I would hide behind John every time they would come to splash us! Since we were on the 4th row the water would still get us! It was a lot of fun though! Our last stop before going home was Franklin and the Farm! MaKieley shelled a ton of peas with Pap and picked tomatoes and flowers with Pudden! She also rode around in Pudden's new Putt Putt, played with the dogs and looked at the chickens and cows. Also while we were there we went to a wedding and MaKieley saw Katie and Buddy, her "cousins"! We had a great visit there.

VACATION!! First stop!

Our first stop as I said before was Fredericksburg!! We stayed in the Log Cottage, a bed and breakfast John's parents own. We swam and went to town to look around, John played tennis and, MaKieley rode a horse affectionately named "Big Tex" (otherwise known as Samar). She rode this horse instead of her pony because her pony had given birth only three months before and had not had a rider or been worked with since. If you want to check out the cottage you can see pictures of it at
http://www.fredericksburg-lodging.com/log-cottage/

Catch Up Time!

Wow!
The summer is flying by. Let's see if I can update.....then I will go back and hit the important parts that have pictures to go along with them!
MaKieley and I have been hanging out at home a lot! Reading and playing outside and doing workbooks!
Our last sonogram was almost a waste of time! The baby (which has been head down since 3 months) was as usual head down but also face back and in my back! They could not get all the pictures they wanted! They poked me and I turned on my side for a few minutes but she would not move for anything!!! I guess we know mid morning is going to be a great naptime for us!!
The doctor says everything is progressing well! I did end up being diagnosed with gestational diabetes again but have had no problem keeping it in control with a strict diet! MY BLOOD PRESSURE has stayed LOW!!! Most of the time it is around 104 over 65! That has been the biggest blessing of all! Despite the doctor not wanting me to travel ... she allowed me to go on vacation as long as I took along prenatal records in case of a needed trip to the hospital!
Vacation was great! MaKieley had so much fun! First we spent a few days in Fredericksburg...we swam, John played tennis and, MaKieley rode not HER horse but one that suited her just fine. Then we went to Sea World for a day! What fun! MaKieley loved every minute of that. It was a lot of walking though! Then on to the Farm to see Pudden and Pap! MaKieley shelled a lot of peas with Pap and picked tomatoes and flowers with Pudden! She even got to ride on Pudden's new PUTT PUTT!
After vacation it was time to rest up! Especially for Mom!
We ended up at the hospital almost a week after we got home! I had had a migraine for three days and the baby had not been moving like normal so they sent us to the hospital for a NST (non-stress test) to check the baby out. They said the baby looked good and gave me a shot to help get rid of my headache and sent me home!
Tomorrow we have another sonogram so hopefully the baby will participate this time and we will have pictures to share with everyone! Well I guess we are getting down to the wire so we better get busy on the nursery and names!