Sweet Relief

Let me tell you how nice it is to have my body back! Well, I know parts of it still belong to Noelle but man it's good to see my skinny toes again! (My toes are the only skinny part of my body so you have no idea how much they mean to me!!) And, my ankles no longer look like they belong to Shrek's wife! Woo hoo! I can clip my own toe nails and tie my own shoes. I don't have to use my booster seat in the van anymore so my head isn't smooshed up next to the ceiling anymore!

Noelle has had a few outings. Her very first was to Babies R Us to get some supplies after we went to the pediatrician. She went out to vote and do her civic duty on October 23rd.


We got her all dressed up in her festive wear for a late lunch/early dinner at Denny's. It took us 45 minutes to get out of the house. As soon as we put her in her carseat she decided she was hungry. Then we couldn't find all three cats. The hunt began. Put Noey back in her carseat and she felt the need to pee right on through her pumpkin wear. Good grief. As we were leaving Sally was knocking at the door so she came with us to babysit while we ate.


Noelle is doing good. She is eating like a little piggy and loves to sleep all day. We are still working on the sleep all night business. That would be nice because then momma would have fewer headaches! We are getting rest but it's in broken pieces at night and that does bad things to my head.

A Few More Pics

We would have more pics posted but we've been rather preoccupied with this little one. I call her Pumpkin Butt. Dave is hard at work cleaning his room and garage for our replumb (more on that later.) And Photoshop is not working properly on my new computer so I am at the mercy of whatever Dave gets edited and sends to me in a shared folder to post. There will be many more when all these kinks are worked out. Today we are setting a good example for Noey and taking her to vote and maybe stop and pick her up a pumpkin of her own to carve next weekend. I can't believe it's almost Halloween! She is so not going to fit in her costume!

Napping with momma.


Pucker lips!


And some of Dave's handy work!

She's Here!

Cord Blood and Tissue Collection

Here's the link again for those of you who have asked about our cord blood and tissue registry. The registry is still open but closes as soon as I deliver. You can still donate but it would have to be directly through us. We will be making payments on the cost for 6 months after she is born.

Type in my name and Nevada and I'm the only one that comes up.

https://www.cbrclients.com/GiftRegistry/FindRegistry.aspx

Baby Shower

Three friends from school hosted my baby shower. We had a really nice time. Ruth, our librarian, held it at her home and made yummy food for us. It was nice to get together with the ladies and not talk about school and just get to know each other. Dave came for a little bit and took a few pictures but then he couldn't handle all the noise and estrogen! My friend Sally took lots more pictures that I don't have yet but this is all Dave got before he ran!



Some of us were clearly looking at the wrong camera!






Dorothy got the cupcake cake for us! It was very cute!

4th Ultrasound

I had my 4th ultrasound this week after a horrible visit to the doctor and the hospital. All of my tests are coming out perfect but my BP is still elevated and there is a great chance I will not be returning to work. That thought alone stresses me out. I just want Noelle to bake until at least 37 weeks. She can come on September 26th. (I am partial to even days.) I have switched doctors and will be meeting with the new one this Thursday. I'm doing my best to rest and not stress but me and worry go hand in hand. I have nothing to do but lay around and worry! And then lying around really does a number on my neck and makes me feel like poo in general and then I start crying. Hello crazy hormone crying. I thought I was spared from that lovely side effect but I don't care anymore. I just cry. Sob actually.

Here are some pics of my baby girl. We have video that we are working on editing and going to try and upload. (I know, we haven't even uploaded the cake video yet!) But the video shows her kissing the placenta with her big baby lips, opening her eyes, kind of smiling and giving us a wave. She is 3 pounds 10 oz. as of Thursday and is in the 20% percentile which the ultrasound doc said is perfect. She is on target to be a 7 pound baby. She should be putting on a half pound every week now. If she'd let me eat. Welcome back third trimester puking.



You have to kind of sit back to really see her face here. But it's there. The video is much better. We are still contemplating the 4D ultrasound. They finally called me back and are having their grand re-opening. I think I'd rather have the $80 in my maternity leave fund though which makes me sad. I would really like to see her better.



HAIR! Who would have thought a child of mine would have hair!?! I was bald for a really long time! I hope she is a blondie. Dave and my mom think she could have red hair. We shall see! I guess it's an old wives tale about having lots of heart burn and the baby having lots of hair. So far that looks to be true!



No fear, she is still a girl. We have LOTS of pictures to confirm that but I will spare Noelle the shame of having those posted on the internet!! We found her a babysitter right down the street so I feel good about that. We go to our hospital tour today and get pre-registered. I'm trying to not think about a human being coming out of me in 5 or 6 weeks but I'd really just like her here, healthy and safe, and this whole pregnancy crap over with!!

My Pirate

Dave woke up Thursday morning with a horrible red/pink eye. He had a horrible day and then he came home and I saw his eye. I sent him off to Urgent Care. They loaded it up with dye and could not find anything in his eye. They told him he had pink eye and gave him an ointment and wrapped him up. I felt so bad he had to drive home like this! What a way to end an already crappy day!



I freaked out because I didn't want to catch pink eye. I have been avoiding him for days and obsessively washing my hands. He missed work on Friday and I called off a lunch date in case I was contagious too! I was pretty worried though that it wasn't pink eye and that he got something in there when he was working in the garage and welding.

He got a referral for a regular eye doctor and went today to get checked. There was something in his eye! Thankfully they got it out and gave him some drops and drugs to make sure it heals up.