A Much Lighter Note

Mom got us a small chest freezer for Christmas!  I'm very excited about filling it up with make ahead and freeze meals for after Xavier gets here.  Any recipe ideas are greatly appreciated!

Some Old News

I've been holding on to this because I wasn't sure how worried to be and I didn't want to worry anyone else. At my 30 week appt on Dec. 18, I was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia. My blood pressure has been on the high range of normal but, protein has been spilling. Dr. Reed wanted to admit me to the hospital until we got to 37 weeks and then do a c-section. At this news I had a wee bit of a break from reality and started laughing hysterically. Frankly it seemed so ridiculous to me, to be in the hospital for 7 weeks. I started to babble about things that needed to be finished up at work and who was going to take care of the dog if I wasn't there, not that Michael doesn't take care of her it just popped into my head. She talked with the attending Dr. Rone (Dr. Reed is a resident) and they decided that it would be okay for me to keep working but, not to do anything strenuous (i.e. no dog park). This was because my BP was okay and it was stipulated on having non-stress tests (NST) two times a week and once a week doctor's appts. So, I'm still working, yeah!!! But, I'm taking everything else easy. So far Xavier has passed all his NSTs with flying colors and my BP has stayed reasonable. She did warn me that I will most likely end up in the hospital for awhile before he gets here and that they will probably take him at 37 weeks but, at least I'm going into it a little more aware. I was chatting with another mom who went to her doctor's appt and was admitted directly to the hospital, she could even go home and pack, yuck! So, I know I'm lucky and I'm doing everything I can to stay on the outside, so to speak. Christmas was extra special knowing I could have been stuck at UK with a one visitor at a time policy over the holiday.

Update

Everything is well in babyland.  Dr. Reed was really happy with my blood sugar tracking results.  She wants me to keep tracking but, doesn't want to put me on any medicine for fear that it would bottom out my blood sugar levels. 

Yesterday was the first time I've been to the dentisit to have my teeth cleaned in a few years.  The hygienist was very impressed, she said they look good and was very suprised that I've never had braces.  Her assistant said "I had braces for three years and my teeth still aren't as straight as yours."  So thanks to whichever side of the family I got the teeth from!  I'm thinking it was the Holbrooks because Mom and Doug had braces.  They gave me a tooth brush for Xavier!  It's so cute.  It has a teeny tiny brush with a huge chunky handle and it's all primary colors.  We're supposed to start brushing his "teeth" at 4 months.  Hopefully that will go over better than brushing the dog's teeth, she always get frustrated that I'm putting something in her mouth that she can't eat or chew on.

This weekend Mom and I are going to visit Doug and Carrie.  I'm very excited about that!

Fosters

I've really been missing the kittens from the Lexington Humane Society.  We have taken a break with fostering until Xavier gets here and we have everything settled.  Here's a couple pictures of our favorite foster kitten Bob (named because of her tail, what can I say we're not very creative with the names).  She's one of our favorties because she was so teeny tiny that she stayed with us through two litters of kittens and the people that adopted her became foster parents also so, I have her grown up pictures too!

Michael says she looked like a goat.

She is very playful!

And she loved to "help" me sew.

Here she is as a grown up kitty, thankfully her parents renamed her Addie!

Michael says she still looks like a goat.

Don't you just want pet that white belly!

She has a brother now.

I don't think she looks like a goat, she so pretty!

She was such a good kitty and it really makes the fostering worth it when you get to see the good homes that the kittens go to!

Third Trimester!!!!!

We officially hit the final trimester yesterday!  Woohoo!!!!  He's still really active and gets mommy out of bed each morning with a swift kick to the bladder.  Oh Joy!  I think Michael is starting to feeling the ticking clock, he has offered to cut out diapers for me, it's the part I hate the most about sewing.